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- Following the everyday life of 21-year-old Samira from Zanzibar for 7 years, NDOTO YA SAMIRA depicts the quiet victories of a determined young woman.
- In the Salento region of Southern Italy, cancer cases have recently increased by 40%. The air, the earth and the water are poisoned, the land of the famous "Mediterranean diet" has become a "hell in paradise". For decades, this beautiful and touristic region has been used as a giant garbage dump. How did this happen? For three years, the Swiss filmmakers have repeatedly traveled to Salento to assess the damage, meet the people and find out how they cope. All is not lost: there is an organized resistance, with criminal and civil cases underway against corporations and the Italian State. This documentary is a heartfelt cry to put a stop to the unchecked greed and pollution that has so much harmed the "South" in general.
- While playing in a forest with his friends, a young boy comes across a lost and crying child of foreign ethnicity, bodies piled up in rows, military policemen with their dogs and a high wall of barbed wire. Where are we? .. And when?
- In Cairo, usually men ride scooters and women are seated in the back. But these young, modern Amazons are determined to change old habits and achieve equality. In the process, they are advancing women's independence and forcing a traditional culture to embrace new ideas. They take us for a ride, sharing their battle and perseverance to make their dream come true.
- The "Ditta Poggi" shop is located in Via Del Gesù, near the Pantheon in Rome. Originally it was a shop where they sold not only paints, but also combs, hair lotions, perfumes, raisins, and cinnamon. Over time, the activities of the company shifted to focus on the paints. For many years, the management of the paint shop has been entrusted to Doemnico Mancini, called Memmo, the craft-man who Mimmo Paladino called an "alchemical traveler". Memmo started working the shop in 1962, when he was eighteen, as a sample laborer. But, in a short time, he became the preferred contact point for all customers. His clientele included many great artists like Balthus, Renato Guttuso, Jim Dine, Cy Twombly, Mario Schifano , as well as younger artists, like the painters of the "Transvanguardia", Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi and Mimmo Paladino.
- Lyrice, Arnaud and Valérian met on a cross-country skiing trip in the Jura. An encounter with senior members of the Geneva section of the Swiss Alpine Club persuades them to undertake an expedition in the Zanskar. With passion and enthusiasm the experienced alpinists transform the youngsters into independent mountaineers.
- Celine van Till was a rider in the Swiss National Equestrian team for dressage when she suffered a severe head injury in a dramatic accident. She was only 16 years old. In a coma for weeks, she awoke without the ability to speak or to walk. Bucéphale is a film about her life, her passion and her destiny. We discover this beautiful young woman and her incredible will to not only survive, but to ride again - and make it to the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016. How do you reclaim your body after a traumatic injury ? How do you live with an invisible handicap? How strong is your passion, which gives you the energy to face your fear and rise above your limitations? It is a story of a young woman for whom "Anything is possible" is not simply a saying, it is a reality she lives every day.
- Buffeted by glacial Arctic winds, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, the last stop before the end of the world is called Longyearbyen. This small town has the peculiarity of welcoming immigrants from all over the world who hold neither permit nor visa. Forty-four nationalities are represented on the island. The only condition for being allowed to stay is the ability to provide for one's own needs. At Longyearbyen, births are not really authorized, but then neither are deaths ... it is a place for passers-through which is difficult not only to live in, but also to leave.
- Two groups of teenagers venture on a week-long Arctic expedition on the Svalbard archipelago. Through concrete activities, these young people will appreciate the 21st century issues regarding climate change.
- "The journey of Geckos" portrays three young women who fight for equality and justice in an unusual and courageous way in Cairo, Egypt.