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- A journalist tries to uncover the plans of a neo-Nazi organization that has been involved in the murder of an MP.
- A French woman who works for a non-governmental organization forms a special relationship with a lost young boy in war-torn Chechnya in 1999.
- Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.
- A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
- When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she meets former lover Sultan. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
- In the '90s, a mother looks for her missing son and finds farms with slave labor practices in the Amazon region.
- In 2009, Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, was removed from power in the first Central American Coup in over 25 years. By 2011, San Pedro Sula, Honduras had become, "the murder capital of the world". That same year Karmic Release began work on This is Honduras, the story of the International Aid workers and everyday citizens who have dedicated themselves to this place the rest of the world has forsaken.
- A groundbreaking documentary investigating the backlash against women who feel threatened by penis-having individuals.
- Berlin's Fuck for Forest is one of the world's most bizarre charities: based on the idea that sex can change the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the Internet.
- At the head of his NGO Move For Kids, Jacques Arnault pulls some humanitarian workers in a country of Africa "to take in" orphan children. The operation is transformed in a panic.
- Caught red-handed, a baggage handler from Roissy finds himself forcibly employed by the secret services to unmask a businessman suspected of trafficking explosives.
- Eva dreams of having a child in paradise, while a seropositive boy reads Moby Dick at the bottom of an empty pool. Eva is Tânia, a young woman studying to pass a public exam and become a judge. The other Eva is Vanessa, an executive who works at a large publicity agency. Vera, Tânia's mother, coordinates, in fits and starts, an NGO that takes care of HIV-positive children. She has always been a courageous woman and a fighter, as well as a passionate advocate of all liberties. But the fact that her daughter wants to be a mother through the belly of her partner is something she cannot admit. This unthinkable situation brings out a flood of questions, and painful memories of her past as a rebel start to come up. Despite the major differences between them, these two women, mother and daughter, both of them born in a wealthy middle class, still believe in the virtues of dialogue and in the achievements of democracy, while a militarized shallow looms over them. Their story is a portrait of the last months of a period, before the recent presidential election in Brazil.
- 'The Weight of Chains 2' is a documentary film largely dealing with the effects of the Washington Consensus economic doctrine on the newly established former Yugoslav republics, but also with neoliberalism as an economic concept. Through interviews with Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone and many others, the author, Serbian-Canadian Boris Malagurski, attempts to analyze why so many people in the Balkans are disappointed with the systems imposed after the fall of socialism and how capitalism could be improved. Looking at the examples of Ecuador and Iceland, the film tries to uncover alternatives to the prevailing orthodoxies of Western economic dictates and help developing nations find their own way to shape their economies and their countries.
- Roy Kiyoshi, who has the ability to interact with supernatural beings, is very frustrated when his sister is kidnapped by the demon.
- A Christian relief organization is met with the challenge of fighting the Ebola epidemic in west Africa, through this enormous challenge their faith grew.
- Jackson travels to remote villages in the war zones of the Congo to meet rape survivors, providing a piercing, intimate look into the struggle of their lives.
- Two worlds colliding for the best. The children of Phnom Penh scavenging the dump-site to survive and a recently retired couple discovering Cambodia. This is the extraordinary human story of Christian and Marie France and how they changed the lives of more than 10,000 kids over 20 years. For a Child Smile is born.
- Wenn eine Epidemie droht, sich ein gefährliches Virus ausbreitet oder die Grippewelle rollt, ist die Weltgesundheitsorganisation gefragt. Ihre Erfolge sind unbestritten, denn allein ihre Impfprogramme retten Millionen Menschen das Leben. Doch immer wieder versagt die Behörde auch - zum Beispiel während der Ebola-Krise. Mehr als 11.000 Menschen sind am Ebola-Virus gestorben. Die WHO nahm die Warnungen lange nicht ernst und reagierte zu langsam. Das sieht die Behörde inzwischen selbst so. Doch hat man aus Ebola gelernt? Auch bei der Bekämpfung von Tuberkulose werfen die Empfehlungen der WHO Fragen auf. Gleiches gilt für die Risikobewertung des Unkrautvernichtungsmittels Glyphosat, das als weitgehend harmlos, als "wahrscheinlich nicht krebserregend" eingestuft wird. Problematisch ist auch die Haltung beim Thema Atomkraft. Durch einen Vertrag zwischen WHO und der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde ist die WHO offensichtlich gezwungen, die Erforschung der gesundheitlichen Folgen von Atomstrahlung mit den Interessen der Atomindustrie abzustimmen. Viele Gesundheitsexperten fordern eine grundlegende Reform. Insbesondere die Finanzierung der WHO sei ein Problem, denn der wachsende Anteil von privaten Spendern gefährde die Unabhängigkeit. Einer der größten Geldgeber ist die Bill und Melinda Gates Foundation. Mit breit angelegten Impfkampagnen haben die Stifter Einiges für die Gesundheit der Menschen bewirkt, doch mit ihren Spenden nehmen sie auch starken Einfluss auf die Ausrichtung der Weltgesundheitsorganisation. Die WHO, so Kritiker, hänge mittlerweile am Tropf der Gates-Stiftung. Was ist dran an dem Vorwurf? Die Autorinnen Jutta Pinzler und Tatjana Mischke haben mit Kritikern und Befürwortern der WHO Politik gesprochen, sie führten Interviews mit Stiftern und mit den Menschen in Afrika, Südamerika und Europa, die direkt von den Genfer Entscheidungen betroffen sind.
- Gonzalo is in the middle of an exam. He doesn't care if he fails or passes, he doesn't care if his mother gets angry, even though that's what he wants. He doesn't like what's around him and has decided that his world is going to stop.
- Which wine or story do you want to choose? A Story of the Sweet Taste, a Story of the Luxurious Needs, or a Story of the Passionate Matchmaker?
- An inspiring true story of tsunami relief, filmed on location in Sri Lanka.
- In this powerful and moving film, we follow the NGO rescue ship 'Iuventa' in their mission to save the lives of migrants. From this year, NGO rescue ships find themselves unable to operate, accused of running a 'taxi service' for smugglers. It's a complex story, capturing both the drama of the rescues and the political awakening of the young protagonists.
- The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
- CSULB Professor Carlos Silveira, an artist educator and social activist, wants to bring a sense of joy to impoverished children in Cambodia who are affected by HIV/AIDS. He has recruited 27 American university students to join him as part of a pilot program in using drawing and painting to help these children express their wishes and desires for their futures. As Carlos and the students grapple with the realities of a culture much different from their own, a language they don't understand, art projects that don't go as planned and a three-week deadline, they form a bond with the children. Through these young Cambodian mentors-all of them abandoned by society-the Americans empower their own social activism and learn the true meaning of kindness, selflessness, courage and community. Told from Carlos' and six of his students' perspectives through a mix of spoken (voice-over) diary entries, interviews and interaction with the children as they create art projects together, this documentary shows that even the smallest attempt at making a difference can have life-changing consequences for all the people involved. The film also highlights the growing problem of the 77,000 children in Cambodia who have become orphans due to their parents dying from AIDS, a population expected to grow to 108,700 over the next five years. Yet, the audience is left with a sense of hope that adequate funding, proper food and medical care, as exemplified through the featured NGOs Little Sprouts and Little Folks, will allow these children to thrive until hopefully there is a cure for this unforgiving disease.
- Chiranjit and Bubai are two young transgender friends from Kolkata. Hailing from poor and uneducated families, they confronted social castration from a tender age. However, it helped strengthening their bond as friends. Bubai, often mistreated in his family, seeks love and care outside. He falls in love with a boy only to be dumped for a 'real' girl. Chiranjit, an only child, is relatively accepted by his parents. He wants a good job. But nobody wants a feminine boy in company. In 2009, they joined Manas Bangla, a non-profit organization working in LGBT advocacy and HIV awareness. Their job is to generate consciousness amongst high risk youth and bring them in for blood test. Days pass. Bubai gets a new boyfriend. He is happy now. Chiranjit gets a promotion in Manas Bangla and becomes Bubai's superior. But this development in their personal life and career opens up a rift. Soon they stopped talking to each other.