Back to Earth
Pierre Lacourt | Switzerland
Oil is our daily energy staple. Or is it a drug our society has been flying high on for over a century? And isn't it time we started getting ready....
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Paying Your Dues – The Cost of Protection
Marco Battaglia, Gianluca Donati, Laura Schimmenti, Andrea Zulini | Italy
The Mafia enriches itself in many ways, one of these is the demand for Pizzo, the Sicilian slang term for protection money. In Palermo 80% of businesses are believed to....
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Vermont, Montpelier
Carlos Martin - Penasco | Spain
“That Sunday morning, my father woke up and went to the bathroom. After a shower, he noticed he couldn't comb his hair properly. He headed for the kitchen where my....
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War Matador
Avner Faingulernt, Macabit Abramson | Israel
In January 2009, during the war in Gaza, two courageous Israeli directors grabbed their cameras to shoot material along the common border. The bombs are filmed from a distance, out....
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Zelal
Marianne Khoury, Mustapha Hasnaoui | Egypt, France, Morocco, United Arab Emirates
A quiet masterpiece of hard-hitting reportage, Mustapha Hasnaoui and Marianne Khoury's 'Zelal' has drawn global critical praise for its hard-hitting and sobering insight into the lives of those afflicted by....
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Niether Allah, Nor Master!
Nadia El Fani | France
Tunisian-Franco filmmaker Nadia El Fani, an avowed atheist, takes a personal approach to this cinematic exploration of secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia before and after the deposition of....
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Breathing Under Water
Hinnen Andri, Stefan Muggli | Switzerland
The Jent family watch images from their super-8 film archive of a strong, bright-eyed youth, who moves with an extraordinary grace, taking a daring high dive into a pool of....
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Goodbye Mubarak!
Katia Jarjoura | Egypt
On January 25, 2011, the world was captivated as thousands of protesters flooded Tahrir Square in Cairo, demanding an end to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. But the ground....
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Somos Wichi (We Are Wichi)
Andrew Buckland | Argentina, United States
'Somos Wichi' is a glimpse into the lives of a relatively unknown indigenous people. Set in the Gran Chaco forest of northwestern Argentina, the Wichi are struggling to cope with....
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