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Kinderland

Kinderland The tale of a century-old rivalry between two progressive Jewish summer camps and their attempt at a newfound alliance, inspiring unity within today’s divided world.
Resilience (nl)

Resilience (nl) A one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress
Chasing Childhood

Chasing Childhood All work and no play is no way for kids to grow up.
The Art of Making It

The Art of Making It Who gets seen, who gets left behind, and why does it matter who is anointed to tell the stories of our time?
The Revolution Generation

The Revolution Generation More than half of the 80 million Millennials in America are politically Independent. Every single one of them will be needed if the planet is to avoid climate catastrophe.
Taiwan vs. China: A Fragile Democracy

Taiwan vs. China: A Fragile Democracy To China, it’s a breakaway province that must return to the fold. To its 24 million inhabitants, it’s a sovereign state. Now that Hong Kong has been brought into line, Taiwan remains determined to stand up as a vibrant, young democracy. But it won’t be easy…
Shadow Game

Shadow Game Every day teenagers who have fled their war-torn countries try to cross Europe’s borders in search of a better life. They travel through a shadow world of minefields, bears, fast-flowing rivers, smugglers and border guards, desperately trying to win 'the game’.
Roll Red Roll Feature & Toolkit Bundle A bundle offer comprising the 80-minute feature and its accompanying 14-clip toolkit package, uncovering the deep-seated "boys will be boys" culture after a high school sexual assault in America, to encourage assault prevent discussions with student athletes Trailer
Wake Up

Wake Up Stories from the frontlines of suicide prevention
RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words The improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn’t get a job after graduating at the top of her law class, became a revered Justice of the Supreme Court and icon for gender equality and human rights
Oh La La Pauline!

Oh La La Pauline! It starts out like a fairy tale: there's a queen, a king and their beautiful children, Pauline, Anaïs and Guillaume. But it's a bit more complicated, a little more funky than that
In a Soldier’s Footsteps

In a Soldier’s Footsteps Even after the worst happened to this child, Steven found the courage to tell his story.
Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game The coaches of an employment consultancy firm teach young people without qualifications the attitudes and language required to find work today
Our Defeats

Our Defeats Nowadays in France, a group of teenagers reenact iconic films from the 1968’s era. While barely able to define neither political commitment nor the idea of revolution at first, they gradually realize that the perspectives from the past still echo in our present politics
The Boy Factory

The Boy Factory The Boy Factory follows several classes of teens at technical colleges in remote regions of France as they train to become foundry workers and mechanics in the hopes of securing a better future for themselves and their families
Sons of Honor

Sons of Honor In the most violent region of Italy, the ‘Ndrangheta mafia rules. One of the few who dares to stand up against the mafia is the President of the juvenile court, Roberto Di Bella. Through him and his team we will meet the sons of some of the most dangerous men in Italy
The Grand Hotel Ballet

The Grand Hotel Ballet At the foot of the French alps, students at the renowned Lesdiguières Hotel School are on track to become chefs, headwaiters and housekeepers for the world’s most prestigious hotels and restaurants
Nice People

Nice People When refugees become rockstars in the most unlikely of settings.
Faith

Faith How far does faith take you as a child, or in a cult?
Idomeni

Idomeni Up, close and personal: a different look at how families are torn apart in war, and reunite in peace.
Humanity on Trial

Humanity on Trial The precedent in European courts: is it smuggling, or is it saving people from drowning?
Ambulance

Ambulance When a highly talented young filmmaker tells the story of this country with compassion, beauty, and warmth.
Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not A Black 17 year-old gun violence survivor challenges a powerful white incumbent for a seat on Houston City Council. With one foot in teenagerhood and the other in hardball politics, Marcel McClinton comes of age before our very eyes
The School in the Cloud

The School in the Cloud What is the future of education in a networked world? Indian professor Sugata Mitra sets up an internet kiosk in a remote Bengali village to pioneer the “School in the Cloud”. The film follows the children as they encounter the internet for the first time
Roll Red Roll Toolkit

Roll Red Roll Toolkit The Roll Red Roll Toolkit follows the film’s impact campaign and supports college athletic administrators, coaches, and counselors who are looking for a way to discuss sexual assault prevention with student athletes Trailer
The Rescue List

The Rescue List In a hidden safehouse in Ghana, social workers help two children recover from a childhood enslaved to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another rescue mission and asks the children for help
The First Sea

The First Sea A touching story from the midst of the Israel-Palestine conflict
My Fathers, my Mother and Me

My Fathers, my Mother and Me Growing up in the infamous Freidrichshof commune, Paul-Julien Robert looks at what the nature of family is
Solo – Out of a Dream

Solo – Out of a Dream A story of poverty, violence, and escape from the slums of Rio de Janeiro
The Antidote

The Antidote Stories of kindness, decency, and the power of community in America
Latifa

Latifa Latifa Ibn Ziaten is the story of a mother who becomes an activist
Palestine.net

Palestine.net The new role of Social media is utilized by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
PilgrIMAGE

PilgrIMAGE PilgrIMAGE is a populist but personal inter-generational journey into movies, media and image-making.
Midsummer in Newtown

Midsummer in Newtown A show of strength. An act of courage.
Pressure Cooker

Pressure Cooker Three high school senior find inspiration and the possibility for a better life while attempting to win a scholarship for the country's best culinary schools under the tutelage of Mrs. Stephenson, a one of a kind teacher.
Reconstructing Utøya

Reconstructing Utøya A feature documentary where four survivors from the Utøya massacre of 2011 reconstruct their memories in a black box studio together with twelve young participants in order to share and remember their experiences.
Resilience

Resilience A one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress
Paper Tigers

Paper Tigers One high school’s unlikely success story.
Most Likely to Succeed

Most Likely to Succeed A Provocative Look at the Future of Education
The World According to Sesame Street

The World According to Sesame Street The World According To Sesame Street explores the drama, challenges, and rewarding outcome as dedicated Sesame producers and local producers bring to life the world’s most watched children’s television program in Bangladesh, Kosovo and South Africa.
Kids on the Silk Road (series)

Kids on the Silk Road (series) 15 countries along the colorful ancient Silk Road, 15 children (11-14 years old) who give an insight into their lives and challenges.
Roll Red Roll

Roll Red Roll Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled "boys will be boys" culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America.
Foster

Foster Every Child Needs A Family
Oleg and the War

Oleg and the War Follow 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg, who learns to navigate his childhood through the war.
The Price of Free

The Price of Free Opening our eyes to the injustice of child labour, this film tell the true stories of child labourers rescued by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi.
Girl Rising 5th Anniversary Edition

Girl Rising 5th Anniversary Edition The updated film features new research on girl’s education, video updates on the girls, and videos from the Girl Rising movement featuring students, teachers, and community leaders taking action for girls’ education
High Fantasy

High Fantasy “Our national anthem is bullshit, our flag is bullshit, Rainbow Nation is bullshit. Bullshit”
State of Mind

State of Mind People from the war-torn DRC will not be able to be productive until they overcome their trauma.
Stories of Our Lives

Stories of Our Lives A series of vignettes based on true stories collected for the Stories Of Our Lives project.
Love the One You Love

Love the One You Love ‘Love The One You Love’s parallel stories question the ideals we hold too sacred: love,
happiness, and the New South Africa, the pursuit of which makes truth impossible.
Beats of the Antonov

Beats of the Antonov BEATS OF THE ANTONOV shows how the people of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains in Sudan how they deal with civil war. Traditionally music has always been part of daily life but now it has a new role in a society challenge by war.
Broken Places

Broken Places “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
America to Me

America to Me Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Steve James examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education in the multipart unscripted documentary series. Witness it through their eyes.
In My Room

In My Room An up-close and personal look at six teenagers inside their room, told entirely out of their self made videos posted on YouTube.
Far from the Tree

Far from the Tree From The New York Times best seller and "10 Best Books" Honoree Andrew Solomon
Race to Nowhere

Race to Nowhere Featuring the heartbreaking stories of students across the country who have been pushed to the brink by over-scheduling, over-testing and the relentless pressure to achieve, “Race to Nowhere” points to a silent epidemic in our schools.
Not Alone

Not Alone In a world that is so connected, why do we feel so alone? Jacqueline Monetta asks teens to share their struggles with mental illness and suicide.
Romeo Is Bleeding

Romeo Is Bleeding Richmond, CA is a community struggling with gun violence, stemming from a turf war which spans multiple generations. A local arts organization recruits young people to take part in an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.
World Class Kids

World Class Kids "An Arab, a Jew, a Chinese, and a Philippine walk to school ..." It sounds like the beginning of an old joke, but instead these are some of the second-grade pupils attending an elementary school in the heart of Tel Aviv.
A Brave Heart

A Brave Heart Following the inspiring journey of 26 year old, 58 pound Lizzie Velasquez from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist.
A Small Act

A Small Act With clarity and grace, A Small Act bears witness to the ripple effect one singular action can have.
Sold

Sold Based on the global bestseller by Patricia McCormick, SOLD is the story of Lakshmi who journeys from a pastoral, rural village in Nepal to a gritty brothel/prison called Happiness House in Kolkata, India.
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia How can dyslexia, a persistent problem with learning to read, be as great a gift as it is an obstacle?
Life, Animated

Life, Animated A documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams based on a book by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Ron Suskind.
I Am Here

I Am Here Every week, millions of viewers tune in to China's most popular singing competition, Super Boy. I Am Here immerses us in the finalists' gruelling, adrenaline-filled experience, whilst raising provocative questions about the social context of such a phenomenon.
Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky Can one test shape the rest of your life? Suneung isn’t a regular high school test. The test determines not only where high school seniors attend university but also their ultimate status in Korea's hierarchical society.
Placebo

Placebo With an acceptance rate of just 0.1%, India’s most prestigious medical school is much more competitive than any Ivy League university. Getting in, however, is the easy part.
White Rage

White Rage The story of Lauri, and the story of other victims of school bullying and other childhood trauma: victims full of white rage, which may lead to extreme acts of violence such as school shootings.
Five Days to Dance

Five Days to Dance "If people can dance together, people can live together." Two choreographers show up at a rough Spanish high school one Monday morning to put this adage to the test.
Leila Khaled Hijacker

Leila Khaled Hijacker Leila Khaled was the first woman in the world to hijack an aircraft, an American Boeing 707 in 1969. How did this Palestinian woman become one of the world's most famous terrorists?
Thank You For Playing

Thank You For Playing How can a video game address the universal complexity of grief? THANK YOU FOR PLAYING explores how the fusion of art and technology can document profound human experiences in the modern age.
I Am Kuba

I Am Kuba A coming-of-age film, following Kuba, a twelve-year-old boy from Poland who is left to take care of his little brother Mikołaj (8) after their parents are forced to leave them to work abroad.
#chicagoGirl

#chicagoGirl From her childhood bedroom in suburban Chicago, Ala’a, a 19-year-old American girl coordinates the revolution in Syria
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets 3½ MINUTES: TEN BULLETS dissects the aftermath of the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and the trial of Michael Dunn who, in 2012, shot him repeatedly at a Florida gas station for playing his music too loudly.
Children of the State

Children of the State How did 500'000 Russian orphans became the victims of international political power games?
Most Valuable Players

Most Valuable Players Meet a new kind of high school All-Star in a live television event that celebrates excellence in high school musical theater.
The Crash Reel

The Crash Reel The Mind Has Mountains. Kevin Pearce is an unforgettable athlete with a comeback story with a difference.
Louder than a Bomb

Louder than a Bomb A mic. A stage. A pen. A page. The story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam
Promises

Promises The most widely used educational media tool teaching the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven children on both sides of the divide
Girl Rising

Girl Rising Educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, yet millions of girls aren’t in school
We Are Legion

We Are Legion The Story of the Hacktavists
The Internet’s Own Boy

The Internet’s Own Boy A personal story about what we lose when we ignore the implications of technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.
A Place At The Table

A Place At The Table One nation. Underfed. Examining the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity.
The World Before Her

The World Before Her A provocative portrait of Indian women and their current cultural conflicts.
American Promise

American Promise Success is our only option. Spanning 12 years in the lives of two middle class black families sending their sons to a prestigious Manhattan private school.
Crime After Crime

Crime After Crime Horribly abused, wrongfully imprisoned... one signature away from freedom.
Connected

Connected An Autoblogography about Love, Death, and Technology. This is an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century.
The House on August street

The House on August street The story of the Jewish Children’s Home in Auguststrasse, Berlin, and its heroic transfer to Israel by Beate Berger once the Nazi Party rose to power.
Like The Others

Like The Others A rare insight into daily life at a child and adolescent psychiatric centre. We meet dedicated therapists, parents and patients with very different problems.
My Toxic Baby

My Toxic Baby This is a personal essay that aims to broaden the options that are made available to parents in the context of the chemical world we live in today.
Israel LTD

Israel LTD “The Israel Experience" is one of the largest Zionist outreach projects in recent years, with the aim to create new allies for the government of Israel. To this end, it takes young Jews on guided tours of the “Holy Land”.
Poisoned

Poisoned A character driven film, following four Israeli boys from their high school graduation and deep into the army service. At the age of 18 they will all become the property of the national army.
The Al-Mahdi Scouts

The Al-Mahdi Scouts The Al-Mahdi scouts are Shiite Muslims. An Islamic community, originally from southern Lebanon, who follows the prophet Mohamed and his descendants and whose lives are affected by the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Dolls. A Woman from Damascus

Dolls. A Woman from Damascus In a traditional Damascene milieu, Manal is challenged to cherish her excellence as a housewife. Still, she insists on chasing a personal dream of getting back to work.
State of Play

State of Play Top video game players in South Korea can earn hundreds of thousands. But what happens to these young men's lives when play becomes work?
Char… the No Man’s Island

Char… the No Man’s Island Rubel is a fourteen year old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh, crossing the river Ganga which acts as an international border between the two countries.
Blush of Fruit

Blush of Fruit Tong Phuoc Phuc, has been praised as an anti-abortionist and a saviour to ‘fallen’ Vietnamese women and their unwanted children. With rumours of child abuse and profiteering, does this home offer the safe-haven which these women expect?
A River Changes Course

A River Changes Course Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastating and beautiful story of an ancient culture ravaged by globalization.
A Mi Lado (By My Side)

A Mi Lado (By My Side) Some mothers put their children first. Some don’t. To survive in the trash of the Chureca, three young women will have to determine whether their mothers are their best allies or unexpected foes.
Agnus Dei: Lamb of God

Agnus Dei: Lamb of God Agnus Dei is a courageous documentary on the thorny subject of pedophilia in the Catholic Church. 15 years after his abuse, Jesús is torn between Christian forgiveness and anger toward his sexual predator
Maori Boy Genius

Maori Boy Genius Two cultures collide in the life of Ngaa, a young Maori boy who displays a prodigious talent for politics and the aptitude to become a leader of tomorrow.
Teacher Irena

Teacher Irena Facing her own struggles as a widow in a new country, Irena turns her energies to address the struggles of others: her 26 third grade students growing up in one of the toughest neighbourhoods in Jerusalem.

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