A prison drama where an old mobster and a prison guard must find a way to coexist so that imprisonment can become less so, and perhaps reveal the paradox that is behind the very concept of captivity.
Agata, eine Buchhändlerin mit einer inneren Energie ausgestattet, die Glühbirnen und Computer oder auch Verkehrsampeln zum Durchbrennen bringt, verliebt sich in einen viel jüngeren Mann. Ihr vermeintlicher Bruder Gustavo, ein gut situierter Architekt, erfährt plötzlich, dass er adoptiert wurde. In der Person von Romeo, seinem echten Bruder, haben sie nun ein neues Familienmitglied. Romeo, ein Modevertreter, der auch privat hinter jedem Rock her ist, seine gelähmte Frau aber über alles liebt, bringt mit seinem Unternehmungsgeist ziemlichen Schwung in das Leben der beiden. Gustavo trennt sich von seiner Frau, die als Eheberaterin im Fernsehen jede Ehe retten kann, ihre eigene im wirklichen Leben aber zerstört. Er vernachlässigt sein Architekturbüro und fühlt sich sehr wohl dabei, wenn er mit Romeo ein Ausflugsparadies rund um einen Forellenteich plant. Agata ist Dreh- und Angelpunkt in dieser fröhlichen, bunten Sommerkomödie, die durchaus auch ernste Themen anreißt.
In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy tribesmen to sell to the European slave traders. When his village falls prey to one of Adanggaman's attacks, Ossei manages to escape, but his family is murdered except for his captured mother. Chasing after the soldiers in an effort to free her, Ossei is befriended by a fierce warrior named Naka.
Der afrikanische Grossvater des elfjährigen Lionel (Max Tardioli) ist gestorben. Lionel reist mit seiner Mutter Luv (Fatou Kine Boye) zur traditionellen Beerdigung nach Afrika. Dort erhält er das Amulett seines Grossvaters, eines Stammeshäuptlings. Er erinnert sich, was ihm dieser dazu gesagt hatte: Eine grosse Verantwortung erwarte den kleinen Lionel...
The Director Mohammed Soudani comes back to Algeria after 30 years with the photographer Michael von Graffenried to visit the Algerians he had photographed between 1991 and 2000 without them knowing it.
Suffering from agoraphobia, Seconda is unable to leave her house. When she finally succeeds, new challenges push her limits even further.
Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between the late '70s and early '80s, known as the downtown scene.
Every night nameless bodies land in Dr. Cristina Cattaneo’s autopsy room. She calls them the Pure Unknown. These Pure Unknown often belong to the fringes of society. They are homeless, sex workers, runaway teenagers. Lately, they have mostly been migrants, rejected by the Mediterranean Sea onto the shores of Italy. If all rights belong to the living, nothing is left to the dead. So what happens when the dead have lost their identity? In the face of this growing multitude, no one seems concerned about their right to dignity.No one but Cristina.
As if in a dream, a young girl recounts the story of Orpheus and Eurydice and the questions raised by the myth. Heartsick from suffering, Orpheus descends into the Underworld to bring his beloved Eurydice who has just died from a snake bite back. The magnificent music played by Orpheus convinces Hades, the god of the Underworld, to free Eurydice, but on one condition : on his way back to Earth, Orpheus must not look back at Eurydice. On finally arriving at the gates of the Underworld, already catching glimpses of trees and bushes, Orpheus looks back. Eurydice disappears forever into darkness.
What would happen if everything stopped? If the engine gears of the economy jammed for good? The Japanese island of Ikeshima is a place that seems to be ahead of its time, showing us a possible future. The few remaining inhabitants live in a surreal setting, clinging firmly to a normality that seems however to escape them. A dreamlike journey, which forces us to think about our relationship with the planet but also about social isolation and loneliness.
Der Dokumentarfilmer Mohammed Soudani reist nach Ghana, Senegal, Ruanda, Mosambik, Kenia, an die Elfenbeinküste und nach Burundi. Dort trifft er starke Frauen, die entschlossen sind, alles zu tun, um dem afrikanischen Volk eine bessere Zukunft zu ermöglichen. (Text: 3sat)