Sun Village is the name of a refuge for Chinese children whose parents are serving time in prison. With no one to look after or feed them, Sun Village is a home until their parents are released. A unique project that aims to achieve a better future for China.
One route – one continent: the world’s longest direct bus service runs on the Transocéanica between Rio de Janeiro and Lima. This road movie allows us to delve deep into South American soul. Along the wayside and in the bus itself, we immerse ourselves in fascinating stories that demonstrate the continent in all its ambivalence.
Over 2000 years ago, the Ifugao mountain people created a unique natural landscape: the rice terraces in the Philippine Cordilleras. But nowadays the arduous work in the rice fields brings little financial reward and a third of the terraces has fallen into disrepair. Can this world heritage site be preserved for generations to come?
Glyphosate is the world’s most widely used weed killer. The WHO believes the herbicide to be carcinogenic and is calling for an all-out ban on the substance developed by Monsanto, Syngenta and BASF. The film sets out in search of sick animals and humans – a highly topical investigation into a controversial substance.
A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s largest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. We follow a teen rocker, a media-savvy activist, a conflicted TEPCO engineer, and a female horse breeder as they cope with the loss of their homes and the unseen danger of radiation. Each faces a crucial decision: to stay or to go?
In the small town of Parchim in northern Germany, a Chinese investor has bought a deserted military airport. He wants to create an international hub for air cargo transport – a new centre for global trade. Sheer megalomania or enviable drive and enthusiasm? A tragicomedy that takes a bitter look at the absurd reality of capitalism.
Der als Lausch-Spezialist der NSA in West-Berlin stationierte junge Sergeant „Jeffrey Carney“ verriet ab 1983 dem DDR-Staatssicherheitsdienst Top-Geheimnisse der USA. Carney avancierte in kürzester Zeit zu einem der wichtigsten Agenten des Ostblocks. Sein Deckname „Kid“. Eine beispiellose Verräter-Karriere vor dem Hintergrund des Kalten Krieges.
Nero is one of the most controversial rulers of ancient Rome. For a long time he was considered a narcissistic madman, who persecuted Christians and set fire to Rome. But recent research disproves many of the accusations made against Nero. Was he the victim of a systematic smear campaign? A dramatically presented historical investigation.
Anyone in Central Asia who has water also has power. But water supplies are unequally distributed. The chronic overuse of existing resources and the effects of global climate change compound the situation. Will there soon be an all-out battle for water in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan?
Elektra One is a single-seat, electrically powered composite aircraft. The electricity for the plane is generated by solar-charging hangars. Its designer is aviation pioneer Calin Gologan. Will the aircraft of the future make the test flight from France to Tunisia?
On February 27, 2015, Boris Nemtsov, who stood for hope and liberty in Russia, was assassinated near the Kremlin in Moscow. By examining his life and career and investigations into his shocking murder, we take a look at the current situation in Putin’s Russia.
Nearly half of the soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War were women, but to this day little is known about their role in the conflict. With previously unpublished film material and fascinating interviews with the women veterans and historians, this film tells their story and for the first time describes their impact on Vietnamese society today.
