Un homme en crise se laisse convaincre par une adolescente atteinte d'un cancer d'exercer sur elle ses dons de guérisseur, dont il a hérité de son grand-père.
Pour se rapprocher de la clinique où leur fils malade d'un cancer est hospitalisé, les Campbell décident d'emménager dans le Connecticut. Ils ne savent pas que la charmante maison victorienne dans laquelle ils vont loger est un ancien dépôt mortuaire. Jonah, le fils du propriétaire, va bientôt les mettre en contact avec des morces maléfiques...
Un tournage va avoir lieu cité Picasso, à Boulogne-Sur-Mer, dans le nord de la France. Lors du casting, quatre ados, Lily, Ryan, Maylis et Jessy sont choisis pour jouer dans le film. Dans le quartier, tout le monde s’étonne : pourquoi n’avoir pris que « les pires » ?
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.
Three teenagers appear to have a lot of fun on the children's oncology department on the fourth floor of a large hospital. Nick and Iwan both lost a leg as a result of bone cancer. For their friend Olivier, an amputation may be the next phase. The fourth of the bunch, Pepijn, is so ill and weak that he often stays in his room. Friendship and a deep desire to live keeps the guys mentally balanced. Their friendship changes when Gina arrives. Sickos is a humorous drama that deals with adolescence and chemotherapy.
Les luttes édifiantes et déchirantes des familles qui traitent leurs enfants atteints de cancer avec de la marijuana, certaines avec des résultats étonnants.
Sophie, a young volunteer, meets her kindred spirit in Roxie, a girl with a life threatening medical condition and a unique wish to meet Bigfoot.
Soleiman is a fisherman in an isolated island in northern Morocco (Al Hoceima). He lives with his wife, Aisha, and his son, Ismael who is sick with cancer. Soleiman and Aicha are in love and form a happy family... until one day Eva appears, and is captivated by Soleiman. Overtaken by jealousy Eric puts an end to their romantic vacations, leaving Eva behind and taking with him her passport and the rest of her possessions Now, more than ever, Eva will need Soleiman's presence. Gradually, Soleiman falls in love with Eva, disengages from his wife and starts drifting away from his son who is about to die. Aisha is unsettled and concerned by Eva's sudden and unjustified presence, causing marital conflicts with Soleiman. Despite this, Aisha makes an effort to keep her marriage alive for the sake of her son, who needs his father at this critical point in his life. Its a dramatic story of jealousy, love and deceits that only lead to hell.
The Film tells the grim tale of the half century War on Cancer and focuses on the character of Thomas Navarro. In 1999, the four year old boy was diagnosed with brain cancer and thrust into the system of Surgery, Chemo and Radiation and not allowed to be treated with a proven method by Texas Doctor Stanislaw Burzynski. The war between the Navarro Family and the FDA is perhaps this country's greatest evidence as to why there should be medical freedom and how since the War on Cancer began in 1971, the war is still failing in 2009.
À l’aube du 3ième millénaire, l’énergie nucléaire semble la solution à la demande croissante d’énergie des sept milliards d’humains. Partout sur le globe, l’industrie nucléaire prépare sa renaissance et le Québec, champion mondial de l’hydro-électricité, emboîte le pas avec la réfection de sa centrale Gentilly-2 à Bécancour. Au-delà des risques d’accidents et de la gestion des déchets irradiés, cette forme d’énergie a-t-elle un impact sur la santé humaine? Gentilly Or Not To Be pose la question aux plus grands défenseurs de l’énergie nucléaire ainsi qu’à ses détracteurs. Ce documentaire nous transporte en France, en Allemagne, aux États-Unis, en Angleterre et au Japon où les plus grands spécialistes du monde se prononcent, souvent en contradiction les uns avec les autres. Qui dit vrai?
When Kirk, a top roller-blader, discovers that he has bone cancer in his leg, his pleasant affluent life is shattered. Even though amputation provides the best chance for survival; to him, losing skating means the end of life. His friends cannot cope with his condition, but his hospital isolation is relieved by Marty - a street kid survivor who was found dying of leukemia. Marty bullies, taunts, and challenges Kirk, until he begins to climb out of his depression. Marty seems afraid of nothing and, knowing she will die, wants to experience everything.
The daily life of the volunteers of the Compañeros de Batalla foundation, dedicated to providing support and hope to the children fighting cancer at the Pediatric Specialties Hospital in Maracaibo.
Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most intimate or traumatic personal experiences through artful, documentary-style video games. Using a combination of intimate verité footage and video capture from the games, the short film tells the stories of three developer and the personal experiences that inspired their game.
Paul & The Dragon is a short animated film about a nine-year old who is diagnosed with cancer. His doctor explains him that the cancer is like a dragon in his body that needs to be faught. As a true hero, Paultje, fights the dragon and wins. The film is for children with cancer and their parents. The movie gives support to the children and their parents in their battle with the disease. The film portrays children with cancer as a heros, whom have to battle an evil dragon that lives inside of them. In this exciting humorous metaphor, children can also learn about what kind of problems and issues can arise when a child has cancer. This visual representation of cancer may also help alleviate the fears a child may have, and help talk about what is going on inside their bodies.