Jacob was, as many school kids in the 80's involved in fundraising actions to "save the rainforest trees" Today, grown up, he decides to find out what happened to the trees he helped save and to see if their efforts made a difference.
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Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?
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Join us on this dumpster diver adventure down the east coast of Australia! With no money, no food, driving only on vegetable fuel they plan to drive 2000 km in 7 days living on nothing but societies waste.
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This is a story about a polish milkbar and a stubborn woman running a business that springs from another time. Danuta has a mission to serve healthy and cheap meals. "Look at Mc Donalds what kind of food is that?"
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Dolkar, a young Buddhist woman from Ladakh in the Himalayas wants to play ice hockey. She and her friends tries to make ice to skate on, get equipment and coaching. But the biggest problem is that the men in charge don’t think women ice hockey is important.
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This is the story of Mairéad and Christine, growing up in post-war Belfast. Two strong, young women with their everyday life struggles, living as in different worlds in the same city, cut off from each other by many high walls.
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What would you do if you woke up one morning and all your savings had vanished? Argentina goes bankrupt and many of its inhabitants who once lived a comfortable life suddenly became poor.
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A dramatic, behind-the-scene-story about the building of Santiago Calatravas Turning Torso. A 190 meter high, twisted residential building which was appointed “worlds best residential building project” at Mipim in Cannes, 2005.
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The crane driver Paul Mezga came to Malmö as an 18-year-old. 40 years later he is maneuvering the Kockums crane for the last time. A beloved work site does no longer exist. From his kitchen window he sees the crane disappear. A dramatic documentary about two men and the definate end of an era.
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This is a film by a woman who after a sad separation gave life an unexpected turn. Anna Norberg traveled on a ship full of handsome sailors and came home with a film about love and longing.
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This documentary presents the supporters of Malmö FF, The True Blue, who will do anything for their team whether they win or lose. A film for anyone who ever supported a team, be it Malmö FF or any other.
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The legendary football team Malmö FF has been kicked out of the Swedish Premier League for the first time in 64 years.A young guy with gets an important role in the team. Zlatan Ibrahimovic. However, his cocky attitude creates problems in the team.
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A warm film where we meet the poet Lasse Söderberg and his friends at a Poetry festival in Malmö. Lasse Söderberg is an unusual artist, poet, translator and entertainer. For many years he has arranged the international poetry days in Malmö.
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About a son who, in his father’s folder of negatives, finds love, despair and reconciliation with a painful memory. The father’s suicide and the great emptiness that followed.
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Between traditional dancers from Tanzania and well educated, modern dancers from Europe and USA. In the film we see some of the most stunning and provoking scenes of the performance recorded on the market.
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Although it had been in existance for 113 years, Arbetet, a Malmö newspaper, was in its death throes by September 2000. A miracle would be needed to save it. The turning point comes four days before the last issue is due to be published...
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The Öresund Bridge is one of the most significant construction projects in Scandinavian history. In this film by Fredrik Gertten and Lars Westman we see the bridge grow during the course of five intense years.
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In this documentary it´s shown how football and samba music go hand in hand and how football has a life of its own, as a source of joy in the midst of poverty and destitution.
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The documentary filmmaker Lars Westman returns to to the mines in the north of Sweden and shows his film from 1970 about one of the most revolutionary strikes in Swedish labour history.
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A short film about the dreams and the people around the construction of the Öresunds Bridge. In the film a little girl plays the violin when the Swedish bigest pear-cultivation is devastated.
A young video journalist works undercover to keep the world informed about the state of affairs inside the closed country.
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Premiere: 2010
Tells the amazing story of E. Petrov, formerly of the Soviet Army. A man who held the fate of the world in his hands.
Premiere: 2011
A film that challenges a well established myth: ”Nobody needs to starve in Sweden”.