Human Rights Film Festival Berlin

Persistent drought is putting the lands and culture of northern Kenya’s Turkana-Ngaremara people in jeopardy, causing problems with wildlife and increasing tensions between rival tribes. Meanwhile, orphaned shepherd boy Kolei waits impatiently to begin his journey as a traditional warrior.

A country is turning its inhabitants into prisoners. Anyone who tries to leave North Korea risks imprisonment, torture and even execution. At the same time, they are exposed to potential exploitation by unscrupulous traffickers. Nevertheless, a family of five with two young children dares to make the dangerous journey.

It starts with coordinated fare evasions by a few students in 2019. But soon, millions of people in Chile are taking a stand in a popular uprising. They are demanding nothing less than the resignation of President Sebastian Piñera, a new constitution and an end to ‘the brick’ – the neoliberal economic model of the Pinochet dictatorship.

If the shamans stop dancing and life in the rainforest loses its balance, the sky will collapse and crush everything beneath it. This story has been passed down in the Brazilian Amazon by every generation of Yanomami. But greed for gold is polluting rivers and poses a threat to the Yanomami. Their shamans are dying as the earth warms.

Mutlu Kaya is just 19 when her dream of making it as a singer comes close enough to touch: she is about to enter the finale of the TV show ‘Turkey’s Got Talent’. But then, a man guns down the Kurdish teenager. His motive: Mutlu rejected his marriage proposal. She barely survives and is left with a bullet in her head.

Six Iranian women speak about life in a country that demands their silence. Six women who courageously defy the written and unwritten restrictions on freedom of expression in Iran. An artist who wants to draw female characters and perform plays.

Who said that living with a disability means giving up on your biggest dreams?

Indian television journalist Ravish Kumar appears on primetime television – and he is on edge. For many years, his news channel has been known for its solid research, fact-based analysis and independent journalism.