Can anyone live in jail, within a land surrounded just by walls and prohibitions? Can you figure out what it is like not knowing what is there on the other side, to be a prisoner in your own city? “Dreams behind the wall” is the story of two kids: Shada, born in Gaza and Ahmed, in Cisjordania, who talk us through their fears, but also through their dreams. They, as starring roles, are the link that helps us get to know the life of their families, and hence, that of the entire Palestinian people.

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The uniqueness of Antonio is his absolute pitch. Only one out of 10,000 people has it. This is the ability to recognize a note just hearing it. Mozart and many great musicians had it. But in another facet Antonio is more common: he has autism. One out 80 people has autism.

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In 2008 the Indian Government launched an initiative to train 500 million of the rural poor to work in its growing industrial sector. This film tells the story of two village girls, Bhanu and Bhuntu, whose induction into the working world is overseen by Orlanda. Orlanda works with a company that places girls into textiles factories to produce clothes for corporate giants such as Gap. As Bhanu and Bhuntu travel to the city to take their places as part of India’s business- friendly future, the reality of life on the factory floor forces all three of them to face questions of social justice, family loyalty and the role of corporate responsibility.

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Shocking picture. In Marseille, 2012, young students Julia and Auriane stood up to posters against gay marriage and abortion, offering a snapshot that soon became a reference in terms of anti-discrimination civic action. Opposing them stands a homophobia that pretends to be invisible, taking advantage of the equal right movement to shamelessly parade. Between a progressive bill and a new homophobia, we delve into an image that bears witness to the state of the relationship between France and homosexuality.

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This year, things get tough. This year the Afro-Napoli United has passed to the higher national youth football league. It is almost a dream to many foreign players from Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Senegal and Brazil without a resident permit. Every Saturday, their stubborn coach Antonio phones them one by one to summon them for the match. Each of the players has an intriguing story. Maxim fled from a country at war, Ivory Coast, where he was a promise as a football player. Adam dropped out of school, and plays as goalkeeper and part-time acrobatic bartender. Lello has a son living abroad. He is stateless. He wants to have a better chance., but Italian laws on immigration are as restrictive as tangled in a jungle of “beaurecrazyness”. Throughout all these diffiulties, Antonio fights his way to keep the team together. “Afro Napoli United” tells a personal, emotional story of social integration that goes far beyond migrants’ rights.

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After a serie of crimes against Afro-American people in many American cities, particularly the sad event of Michael brown’s death which happened in Ferguson, the world noticed that a new generation of activists emerged. With unexpected new means of communication, they both succeeded in informing and mobilizing the international opinion of police violence against black people. Beyond the shock and the turmoil felt by the Black community, how does this population deal with this situation on a daily basis? Are we witnessing a new form of Apartheid? Who are these young activists who saw a black man acceding to the White House whilst they still hardly had the right to vote? Coming from popular circles, or being religious leaders or simple students, they come within the scope of their elders (Martin Luther King or Rosa Park) even if they do claim their independence from the historical civil right movements. This is a bitter assessment for them to realize that their country is not done with racism.

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In May 2013, a dozen tree defenders launched a protest movement at the heart of Istanbul’s Gezi Park on Taksim Square with an aim to conquer Turkey and oppose the authoritarian establishment. Fiercely opposing this eruption of freedom, Prime Minister Erdogan sent in numerous police convoys armed with tear gas and water cannons resulting in thousands of injuries including six deaths. To this day Erdogan continues this politics of fear, still spreading lies and twisting news to try and disband the opposition movement. The fight of the çapulku (meaning “vagrants”) – as Erdogan calls them – is born from a long-lasting fight against replacing entire boroughs in Istanbul with American-style buildings and shopping centres: Gezi Park’s fate as conceived by Erdogan. Against this destruction of Istanbul, the people of Taksim stood up and yelled: “The park belongs to us, Istanbul belongs to us”.

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Like millions of young girls throughout the world, Heba must marry a man that she has not chosen. A drama of tragic proportions is being played out in a recluse village by the Nile Delta. Filmed in 2013 while Egypt was led by the Muslim Brotherhood, this film is a direct and wrenching descent into a personal tragedy experienced by so many young women today. Taking a stripped-down approach that proves to be both discreet and omniscient, both thoughtful and spontaneous, the film reveals the deep confusion of an Egypt in crisis.

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Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, both lived through and wrote about the open wounds of modern times. Today, Arendt evokes renewed interest as her insights into the nature of evil, the plight of refugees and totalitarian ideologies sound more relevant than ever.

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n a little Christian Arab hair salon in Haifa, Israel, the director installs a camera over the washing basin. As she washes their hair, she converses candidly with the salon’s clients, who are Arab and Jewish, on topics ranging from politics to love. What emerges from these conversations is an honest and nuanced portrayal of contemporary Israel.

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