After the fall of President Omar al-Bashir, Ali and his friends camp out at the sit-in in Khartoum, joining hundreds of thousands demanding civilian rule and justice for the protesters who had been killed. To pass the time, they repurpose a cardboard box and water bottles into a video camera. They go around the sprawling camp “interviewing” protesters. Their act, which they dub “Suddenly TV”, allows them to meet people from all over Sudan - musicians, artists, tea ladies, and volunteer...

Wuhan was the first city in the world to emerge from a total COVID lockdown. Chinese filmmaker Vincent Du drives into Wuhan one day after restrictions are lifted and befriends a journalist who is trying to get back to Beijing. But Vincent turns the camera on himself as he discovers the city’s residents battling with collective signs of severe depression and trauma in the immediate aftermath. He wonders if Wuhan - and China - will ever truly come to terms with the psychological damage...

When NATO forces first started withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2014, the Afghan National Army were left to defend the extremely dangerous Helmand province from increasingly bold Taliban offensives. This film follows a unit of the Afghan National Army during 2013/2014, their first year fighting the Taliban in Helmand without NATO support. For the young soldiers, war meant a steady job even if they were paid irregularly and had to get by with insufficient supplies and substandard...

Darwin’s notorious "Laksa Queen" Amye Un is a local personality with a cult following. In a video that goes viral, she chastises the Darwin council for lack of greenery and embarrasses them into immediate action. Buoyed by her popularity, Amye decides to run as an independent in the Northern Territory 2020 elections. Not your typical aspiring politician - a self-made woman from a tough childhood in war-torn Timor - Amye must learn how to navigate the cowboy world of Territory politics.

Can comedy help ease tensions between Israelis and Palestinians? Israeli comedian Noam Shuster thinks it is worth a shot. Noam is a peace builder-turned-comedian whose political satire makes headlines across the Middle East. She was about to launch her one-woman US comedy tour when the first coronavirus wave hit. She returns to Israel and soon finds herself recovering from COVID-19 in a government-assigned hotel. Even more surprising to Noam is a dream come true: Palestinians and Israelis...

Javad is a civil engineer in charge of a large construction project - to build an extension to an old hospital in one of Tehran’s most impoverished areas. As the coronavirus pandemic surges through Iran, death tolls soar and hospitals start to run out of capacity. To accommodate the growing number of COVID-19 patients, Javad is given the almost impossible task of preparing two floors of an unfinished building in just 20 days - work that would require three months under normal...

In "India’s Silicon Valley", the taps are running dry. Bangalore's once-famous city lakes have become a dumping ground for toxic waste and clean drinking water is growing scarce for many of the city’s 12 million residents. Anand Malligavad is an engineer-turned-water conservationist. He is on a herculean mission to clean up his city's lakes. But demanding supporters, angry locals and a derelict temple stand in his way. Anand must convince everyone that he can transform the lakes for a...

In January 2018, seven-year-old Zainab Ansari was raped and murdered. Her body was discovered on a rubbish heap in Kasur, Pakistan’s "child abuse capital", sparking national outrage that reverberated across the world. Zainab’s father, Amin, channelled his grief into a fight for justice and demanded systemic change. Two years later, the government of Pakistan passed the "Zainab Alert Bill", a child protection law that mandates changes including faster police response to reports of missing...

Filmmaker: Lisa Camillo Max is a film producer in Milan, Italy. At the end of February 2020, his life takes an unexpected turn when Italy becomes the epicentre of the first wave of the novel coronavirus in Europe. When the Italian film industry is forced to close, Max is compelled to resume his voluntary service with the Carabinieri, Italy’s widely respected military-run police force. Every day, Max and other volunteers at the Emergency Response Unit of Milan must field thousands of...

Andrea and Salsabila, nicknamed Dea and Salsa, are childhood friends from Indonesia. Both have been blind since birth. At five years old, Dea moved with her family to the United States, while Salsa remained in Jakarta. Now in the US, Dea attends a school for visually impaired students. In Indonesia, Salsa lives in a dormitory far from her parents so she can attend one of the few "inclusive schools" that accept visually impaired students. With graduation from high school around the corner,...

To cope with the onslaught of coronavirus cases, Italy rushed 10,000 resident doctors into service during the first wave of the global pandemic. Dr Alessandro Galli, 31, is one of them. The young Italian resident volunteered to serve on the front lines of the coronavirus epicentre in Europe, a daunting task. At the renowned Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Galli joins other physicians looking after COVID-19 patients in critical condition in the intensive care unit. His daily...

Orly manages Eusebio 24hr Funeral Services in Manila, in the Philippines. His relationships with clients reveal both the empathy and contempt he holds for the country's "drug war" victims who have lost their loved ones in police killings and are now, like him, struggling to survive. When Angelita, who lost her son in a suspected drug-related police killing, arrives at Eusebio 24hr Funeral Services, she realises she cannot afford her son's funeral. Angelita sets out to raise the money,...

Ahmad gave up what he felt was the "perfect life" in the United Kingdom, where he studied and worked as an architect, to return to Nigeria and help rebuild his home city of Maiduguri. Maiduguri has been devastated by the armed group Boko Haram, whose name translates to mean "Western education is forbidden". Drug addiction and unemployment are also rife across the city. Undeterred, Ahmad is building boarding schools for orphans of the conflict. He is also determined to win over jobless young...

An Indigenous woman embarks on a journey to Machu Picchu that will force her to confront horrors from her past.   Maxi Manuttupa is a single mother in Cusco, Peru. Haunted by past traumas, she is anxious to find a safer home for her daughter. She decides to earn more money by becoming a porter. In Peru, two in three women have experienced some form of violence from a spouse or partner. Dead Woman's Pass follows Maxi as she fights to overcome decades of abuse. Only by returning to her roots...

Filmmaker: Vikram Singh Elephant habitats across India are shrinking at an alarming rate, leading to conflict with local residents. In the southern region of Hassan, the conflict has been particularly intense. But accountant-turned-conservationist Vinod Krishnan is part of a team, led by Dr Anand Kumar, that is pioneering a radically new approach to deal with the conflict based on strategies of co-existence. If successful, they could help revolutionise the way India deals with one of its...

The survivor of a brutal honour killing in India testifies against her parents in the murder trial of her lower-caste husband. In March 2016, Kausalya and her husband Shankar were brutally attacked on a crowded street in southern India. Shankar, who came from a lower Dalit caste, died of his injuries. Kausalya survived and accused her parents of orchestrating an honour killing. Witness follows Kausalya as she fights for justice through the courts, testifying against her parents in a trial...

Farhan Virk is a household name in Pakistan's Twittersphere. He is one of the country's most controversial political influencers and claims he can make any hashtag trend nationally. A hyper-nationalist believed by many to be a state-sponsored troll, Virk commands Team Imran Khan, a Twitter army of more than 1,000 volunteers. When India-Pakistan tensions flare, Virk mounts an online attack. His wife, who also leads a giant cyber-army, hatches a plan to infiltrate mainstream news across...

Ramadan meals are served drive-through style outside a mosque in Virginia amid the coronavirus lockdown.

The British veteran who raised millions for the National Health Service is celebrating his 100th birthday with an honorary promotion, approved by the Queen.

Ziyanda Ngcobo is a young, ambitious journalist known for reporting on the scourge of political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The province has seen more than 500 political assassinations since the country's first democractic elections in 1994, as politicians fall prey to a deadly scramble for state resources and contracts. Ziyanda is now investigating the murder of Sindiso Magaqa, a popular local politician and member of the ruling ANC party known for his anti-corruption work. He...

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Across Sweden, young Viking enthusiasts have been angered by the actions of some far-right organisations who have adopted Viking iconography to represent white supremacist propaganda. One, in particular, is the Nordic Resistance Movement, known as the NRM. Viking enthusiast Robin Lundinder is the co-founder of an association called Vikingar Mot Rasism (Vikings Against Racism, or VAR). The group was formed on Facebook to combat the conflation of Viking enthusiasm with neo-nazism, and it has...

It is 2017. The Kalaji family - originally from the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo - seek a new life in the United States with dreams of owning a house and car. They leave their temporary home in Jordan, saying goodbye to beloved family, and move to Philadelphia, where they must adjust to life in a new land. Upon their arrival, the Kalajis seem lucky: They are among the last refugees to make it into the US before Donald Trump's travel ban is implemented. But their private victory over...

Susan Kigula is a self-confident, strong woman. She is always well dressed and, like any businesswoman, she navigates through her challenging everyday life with power and determination. But Susan spent 16 years in prison, charged with murdering her husband and sentenced to death in 2002. Giving up was never an option for her and it never will be. While in prison, Susan studied law and in an historic Supreme Court verdict on January 21, 2009, her case changed the laws of her country: no more...