2011

My Two Families

Running time: 28 min
Filmed in: Cameroon
Director: Emilie Kengmo Chappatte

My mother is Swiss, my father Cameroonian. I am in my home village in West Cameroon, waiting for the arrival of members from my mother's family who will meet the Cameroonian family for the first time. Will they be able to look past their cultural differences and relate as one big family?

Saliendo Adelante

Running time: 28 min
Filmed in: Colombia
Director: Ben Cheetham

Growing up on the streets of Bogotá, where drugs and violence dominate, it seemed as though José might never escape this cycle. It is the job of Orlando and those at the Institution for the Protection of Childhood and Adolescence to offer José and others an experience of a childhood they missed out on, so as to help them move forward in society.

Coming of Age

Running time: 18 min
Filmed in: UK
Director: Celia Turley

Faced with the prospect of spending their remaining years living alone, a group of women from across London have come together to set up ‘OWCH’: the first older women’s co-housing project in the UK. Coming of age follows two members as they reflect upon the ageing process and contemplate how they will pass the time in the final chapter of their lives.

Shooting Freetown

Running time: 28 min
Filmed in: Sierra Leone
Director: Kieran Hanson

A decade since Sierra Leone's devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Shooting Freetown explores the lives of those driving this - incorporating collaborative video projects to give a fresh image of post-war Freetown, presented to the world through their own lens.

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Sex, Drugs & Alcohol

Running time: 28 min
Filmed in: The Netherlands
Director: Oscar van Keulen

We all recognise the longing for happiness. In Amsterdam, Germain chases this elusive ideal, and meets many obstacles on the way. Missed opportunities, tough social surroundings, and material temptations are just some of the things that he has to deal with.

Fortitude

Running time: 30 min
Filmed in: United Arab Emirates
Director: Mona Al-Qanai

"Fortitude", follows the daily activities of two Arab women athletes from the United Arab Emirates, Sumaya, an Olympic shooter in air and sport pistol, and Siham, an Olympic paraplegic athlete in track and field. Both reflect on the personal struggles and hardships they face in a society where women athletes are not viewed in a very positive light, and relate as to how they have overcome the limits imposed on women athletes in Arab countries

Leaving London Behind

Running time: 28 min
Filmed in: UK
Director: Tom Turner

In the summer of 2011, 97 of London’s most vulnerable 9-13 year olds were taken on a residential summer holiday by Charity Kids Company. 'Leaving London Behind' follows two of these children, 11 year old boys Kyle and Lakwai, as they form new relationships and face new challenges on their week away from home.