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Are backpackers destroying the planet—or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed? From the Bolivian jungle to the party beaches of Thailand, and from the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali to the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan, GRINGO TRAILS traces stories ove...

The Bozos in Mali have been renowned for many generations for their skills in the art of fishing. They know the waters of the Niger River better than anyone else, and they are on good terms with the water spirits. In recent years, however, their lives have become increasingly difficult, as fish stoc...

“My father always told me: 'Of the three sons, the one who works the land will take over the farm.' I liked this place and hoped to live here one day. But I never wanted the land, my desire to become a filmmaker was stronger. My second brother, Régis, is getting ready to take over the farming. Filmi...

Ghorban reached France alone in 2010 when he was 12 years old. He had travelled over 12,000 km from Afghanistan, experiencing the terror and dangers of clandestine migration. He was taken into the care of the child welfare services, and his social workers addressed him to a psychologist. He had to t...

Two brothers separated by a war Drazan, political refugee in Marseille, France. Dejan in Bosanski Brod, Bosnia-Hercegovinia, an industrial city agonizing at the Croatian border. In 2007, Drazan decides to go and see his brother. The Exiled. The former soldier. The path they walk. The “bridge” they...

In 1972, a dart on a map of Europe changes the life of Congolese-Belgian musician Jack Roskam: he moves to Croatia, part of Yugoslavia at that time. After a career as a guitar player in a well-known local band, Galija, he is confronted wit the Balkan war. While his colleagues start to sing Serbian p...

Joachim Kühn is a renowned contemporary jazz pianist. Following him throughout the recording of his latest album “Universal Time” in New York and Avignon, the director’s long friendship with this very private artist enables her to portray a free man, who lives and breathes by his music....

"Journey to the West" is an embedded documentary film into a bus of Chinese tourists visiting Europe for the very first time (6 countries in 10 days!). This road movie captures with humor and spirit the cultural differences between China and Europe in a play of mirrors and contrasts. It also destroy...

The Kigali Shaolin Temple is a kung-fu club in Rwanda started by a group of young orphans from the genocide. Today, they find fulfillment in passing on their skills and teaching young Rwandans the values of sharing, tolerance and mutual respect. The visual beauty of kung fu highlights the resilience...

In March 2023, at the age of 84, theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine decides to put together a theatre workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine, with a hundred Ukrainian actors. It becomes a unique experience for them. The necessity for them to continue their Art, a light within the darkness of war, an Island of ho...