ENVIRONMENT

  • POISONED FIELDS – GLYPHOSATE, AN UNDERRATED RISK?

    POISONED FIELDS – GLYPHOSATE, AN UNDERRATED RISK?

    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.

  • FURUSATO

    FURUSATO

    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?

  • DRY SEASON – CENTRAL ASIA’S BATTLE FOR WATER

    DRY SEASON – CENTRAL ASIA’S BATTLE FOR WATER

    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?

  • ASIA’S LAST CHEETAHS

    ASIA’S LAST CHEETAHS

    Cheetahs in Asia? Yes, they do still exist. But they are a critically endangered species, and only 40-70 of these wild cats survive today in Iran. These Asiatic Cheetahs are the rarest big cats in the world. Animal welfare activists have launched a broad rescue mission to save these graceful hunters from extinction. A fight against time.