Jürgen Ellinghaus
Shortly before the First World War, the German "Africa explorer" and film director Hans Schomburgk embarked on an unprecedented film expedition to West Africa to shoot adventure and documentary films in the exotic setting in the north of the then German colony of Togo. To this day, his films remain ...
Julien Samani
Five shark fishermen set off for the Irish Sea coast for another day’s fishing. Their unusual daily routine means getting away from it all. Away from their homes and families, surrounded by the rough seas and the inclemency of the weather, these men plunge into a truly primeval state. In a fable-...
Ariane Doublet
A small village of Normandy is getting ready to welcome a new family without knowing who they are. The mayor is totally in favor, the local sheriff fears for his tranquility, others get all exited by their new welcoming mission whilst the youngest observe amused how the elders may be disturbed. Time...
Anne Poiret
Welcome to Refugeestan focuses on the way the UNHCR manages camps that shelter more than sixteen million refugees all around the world, creating a virtual country as large as the Netherlands. How does the UNHCR run these camps and train its representatives? How can they deal with the urgent needs of...
Sandrine Loncke
On the banks of the Moyen-Chari River, in Southern Chad, young linguist Florian Lionnet is documenting Láàl, a language isolate only spoken in two small villages, which is threatened of disappearing in the short to medium term. For the time being, however, people in this part of the world commonly s...
Mehran Tamadon
Taghi, Homa and Mazyar were arrested and interrogated by the Iranian regime. All three testify with their bodies, with their gestures and tell what it means to resist, what it means to break. Is there any hope that the torturer will one day reconnect with his conscience ?...
Jean-Marie Barbe
Humberto, Christian, Guy and Carmen earn a living, or rather, manage to survive as farm labourers and grape and fruit pickers, following the flow of hard seasonal work. They find moments to enjoy life and freedom within the troubled farming world torn between modernity and nostalgic archaism....
Claire Billet, Olivier Jobard
A Syrian refugee couple, Ahmad and Jihane, tell the story of their exile to Sweden to their youngest daughter Sally. They recount their journey as migrants being smuggled across borders, evoke memories of their beloved Syria, and talk of the violence which is present at all times... Ahmad and Jihane...
Aicha Macky
In the town of Zinder in Niger, in the poor area of Kara-Kara which used to be the lepers’ district, a culture of gang violence reigns. A group of youths is trying to break free from this violence, some are trying to start a family and make a life for themselves rather than end up in prison. Aicha M...
Georgi Lazarevski
Zona Franca is a large outdated shopping district at the heart of the Chilean province located near the Strait of Magellan. Everywhere this area shows the scars of the upheaval which transformed the last wild place of the original America into a window display of today’s commercial society. Among t...