Human Rights Films

Luca and Bo are climate activists. Over the course of four years, the film watches the teenagers grow and follow their friendship and their joint fight against humanity’s extinction.

Asylum-seekers and sea rescuers meet on board of the Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean. They ask themselves questions about a shared future, basic human rights and living together as equals.

In many European countries, abortions, in-vitro fertilisation or euthanasia are illegal. Robin, Kiki, Katerina and Gaia go on a road trip of self-determination through the EU.

In Kinshasa, the largest city in Africa, access to electricity is unevenly distributed. Impressive images and sounds portray the fight or the essentials and the life after dark.

Critical journalism in crisis regions poses a particular challenge, especially in patriarchal countries. Three female German journalists give honest insights into their job and its limits.

In Spain, eighteen musicians have been sentenced to prison for making political statements in their lyrics. The Catalan music scene performs their songs and fight for freedom of arts and expression.

Years of drought are bringing an Argentinian cattle breeder to the brink of ruin. Within the small cosmos the world’s big problems are reflected: resignation and optimism, life and death.