Voices from a Troubled World Voices from a Troubled World offers perspectives on humanitarian crises. Films in this category Battle of the Giants This documentary tries to put voice and face to the Giants that, all over the world, fight against hunger and its consequences. To tell us about their struggle, with no intermediaries or filters,… to the film Bitter Bread Refugees fleeing from neighbouring Syria have settled temporarily in Beqaa Valley, Lebanon, where they live and work under the supervision of a local administrator from whom they rent their land,… to the film Discount Workers One can never be totally certain whether their clothes were sewn in a dark windowless cellar by someone working under wretched conditions and without safety regulations. This film tracks the… to the film Even After Death Since the beginning of the crisis, thousands of refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean and been buried in both marked and unmarked graves in Greece, their final resting places to remain a… to the film Exiled: The Rohingyas The Rohingya in Myanmar are the most persecuted minority in the world. Why, in 2018, were their villages burned to the ground and hundreds of thousands driven from their homes, in a country… to the film Gaza GAZA brings us into a unique place beyond the reach of televised news reports to reveal a world rich with eloquent and resilient characters and to offer us a cinematic and enriching portrait of a… to the film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) A girl learning to skateboard in Kabul seems impossible. The challenge, not just for her but for the society around her, seems insurmountable. But, with every training session, the girls get better:… to the film Refugee In 2015, Raf’aa, a Syrian mother, was forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. With her husband Nazem in the hospital and bombs falling ever closer to their home, she fled Syria to find asylum for… to the film Run Like a Girl "A marathon is a long journey", says the Kenyan runner Visiline Jepkesho. Like every runner in the east African nation, success brings with it the burden of responsibility. Running is a way out of… to the film Selfish War, pandemics, or famine: All over the world, people working in humanitarian aid are used to extreme situations and potentially lethal danger. SELFISH interviews forty men and women. They give… to the film Talking with the Dead In 2017, twenty-five years after the war, a mass grave is discovered in a pine forest in the north of Bosnia. Darija Vujinovic visits families awaiting the identification of their missing persons… to the film THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE Single mother Anna and her four children live on the front-line in Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world consists of bombings and chaos, the family manages to keep their home a safe haven, full of… to the film The Forbidden Strings Akbar, Hakim, Mohammad, and Suri are descendants of Afghan immigrants in Iran. During the day, they work in their parents’ shops, but at night they escape into their own world: rock music. In a small… to the film Tiny Souls 9-year-old Marwa is a lively, inquisitive child. She and her family live in the world’s largest camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan but hope to return home soon. Weeks turn into years and Marwa… to the film Share this page last update: 8. SEPTEMBER 2020
Battle of the Giants This documentary tries to put voice and face to the Giants that, all over the world, fight against hunger and its consequences. To tell us about their struggle, with no intermediaries or filters,…
Bitter Bread Refugees fleeing from neighbouring Syria have settled temporarily in Beqaa Valley, Lebanon, where they live and work under the supervision of a local administrator from whom they rent their land,…
Discount Workers One can never be totally certain whether their clothes were sewn in a dark windowless cellar by someone working under wretched conditions and without safety regulations. This film tracks the…
Even After Death Since the beginning of the crisis, thousands of refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean and been buried in both marked and unmarked graves in Greece, their final resting places to remain a…
Exiled: The Rohingyas The Rohingya in Myanmar are the most persecuted minority in the world. Why, in 2018, were their villages burned to the ground and hundreds of thousands driven from their homes, in a country…
Gaza GAZA brings us into a unique place beyond the reach of televised news reports to reveal a world rich with eloquent and resilient characters and to offer us a cinematic and enriching portrait of a…
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) A girl learning to skateboard in Kabul seems impossible. The challenge, not just for her but for the society around her, seems insurmountable. But, with every training session, the girls get better:…
Refugee In 2015, Raf’aa, a Syrian mother, was forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. With her husband Nazem in the hospital and bombs falling ever closer to their home, she fled Syria to find asylum for…
Run Like a Girl "A marathon is a long journey", says the Kenyan runner Visiline Jepkesho. Like every runner in the east African nation, success brings with it the burden of responsibility. Running is a way out of…
Selfish War, pandemics, or famine: All over the world, people working in humanitarian aid are used to extreme situations and potentially lethal danger. SELFISH interviews forty men and women. They give…
Talking with the Dead In 2017, twenty-five years after the war, a mass grave is discovered in a pine forest in the north of Bosnia. Darija Vujinovic visits families awaiting the identification of their missing persons…
THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE Single mother Anna and her four children live on the front-line in Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world consists of bombings and chaos, the family manages to keep their home a safe haven, full of…
The Forbidden Strings Akbar, Hakim, Mohammad, and Suri are descendants of Afghan immigrants in Iran. During the day, they work in their parents’ shops, but at night they escape into their own world: rock music. In a small…
Tiny Souls 9-year-old Marwa is a lively, inquisitive child. She and her family live in the world’s largest camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan but hope to return home soon. Weeks turn into years and Marwa…
