Society

When filmmaker, Marc Isaacs, decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they would reveal of their lives. He simply set himself up in the lift with his camera and waited for the right moment to ask questions. The result is...

On the street corners of south Tel Aviv, stand, forgotten, public telephones, a reminder of the pre-cellular days. Every weekend, the phones come to life as migrant workers gather around them, taking advantage of the weekly day off to phone home. Waiting on the other end of the line are children, fi...

They claimed to be “men of honour”. In reality, they were killers for the Cosa Nostra (Sicily). Arrested in the early 1990s, they chose to work with the Italian justice and obtained the status of “pentiti” (state witnesses). Three of them tell their story: how they joined the mafia, what they experi...

The film shot in the financial place of The City, focuses on several Londoners from various social classes during the 2008 economic crisis. From a high-end hedge fund manager to a spiritually oriented street sweeper seeking peace, Isaacs fluidly balances sensitive portraits of people striving to fin...

“Cakes for new mothers, Baden Caramel sweets, Quetsch strudel, Linzertorte…” A handwritten recipe book, covered in craft paper, held together by a simple piece of string. Deported by the nazis in Terezin, Mina Pächter wrote down, before dying of starvation, her best recipes to send to her daughter w...

Every day, thousands of miles from here, dozens of people are driven by an incredible sense of hope to set out with the intention of arriving in Europe. During the first few days of their crossing from Agadez to Djanet, from Niger into Algeria, these emigrants are forced to confront the time of the ...

Energy is a key to progress and growth but both are synonymous to pollution. From Kyoto to Copenhagen the release of CO2 in the atmosphere has not stopped increasing. The critical line has been reached and we cannot count on the main actors (USA and China) to interfere in this evolution. Finding sol...

Progress and growth are both synonymous with pollution. From Kyoto to Copenhagen the release of CO2 in the atmosphere has not stopped increasing. The critical line has been reached. A whole range of so-called sustainable technologies are already carried out but no solution seems truly feasible witho...

In Makoko, the largest slum on water in Nigeria, Mrs F. wants to unite women and perform the play called "Hear Word"; a women empowerment project about gender inequality based on true stories to get women out of their oppressed position, to convince them to speak up and encourage them to connect. Bu...

17-year-old Rosa Jiménez came to the USA to help provide a better life for her family back in Mexico. She found work in Texas, got married and had her first baby. But several years later the dream turned to a nightmare when the two year-old boy in her care died tragically. Accused with his murder b...