One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
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China’s Uncle Smog Buster on the struggle to combat pollution
ENVIRONMENT: Balancing conflicting political demands for clean air and water - and a thriving economy - in a one party state is not an easy task.
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By the light of a mobile screen
SPIRITUALITY: In the few years since TV and internet were introduced to Bhutan, daily rituals like candle lighting and recitation of prayer now compete with the lure of smartphones.
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The painful destiny of the Tamils
CONFLICT: The never before told story of Sri Lanka’s Tamil women fiercely fighting for their sovereignty.
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«Canada is not a nation, it’s a corporation»
CAPITALISM: Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women fight for their communities, land, and future in the face of environmental racism.
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The true face of Chechnya’s invisibles
CHECHNYA: A group of activists risk unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ programme raging in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
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Skinless exposure
PHOTOGRAPHY: Lene Marie Fossen's own tortured body as a canvas for grief, pain and longing in her series of self portraits
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The art of disruption in the world’s most closed regime
NORTH KOREA:Seven international artists travel to Pyongyang to participate in the hermit kingdom’s first arts symposium in a throughout provoking reminder how we are all products of cultural conditioning.
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ONE WORLD FESTIVAL/PRAGUE 2012: Life is short
Short films are often made by young filmmakers with an innovative approach. They have a lot to give, since they have to convince the viewer in a short time. Here we look at three of them.