This is a short film introducing The Face of AIDS Film Archive. It contains clips from the archive, information about the origins of the archive and future plans.

XIX International AIDS Conference opening ceremony. Speeches by the Elizabeth Taylor award winners of 2012, political and religious leaders, leaders of international agencies such as UNAIDS, IAS, The Global Fund, The World Bank and UN, and many other delegates.

Staffan Hildebrand looks back on his 25 years of documenting the HIV and AIDS epidemic for the Face of AIDS Film Archive. The film portrays a shift from pessimism towards a growing optimism in the response to HIV and AIDS.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna in 2010. Press conference about the Shapa Boys, an initiative by male bicycle taxi drivers in Malawi, supported by the organization Friends of AIDS Support Trust (FAST), to prevent sex as payment for taxi services.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna in 2010. Press conference about the Shapa Boys, an initiative by male bicycle taxi drivers in Malawi, supported by the organization Friends of AIDS Support Trust (FAST), to prevent sex as payment for taxi services.