Films by topic Social/Human Interest
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An Abbreviated LifeNew Zealand An Abbreviated Life follows Sarah, who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis as she struggles to keep well and manage her life after leaving home for the first time.
Aki Ra’s BoysSingapore/Cambodia Aki Ra’s Boys follows Boreak, a young Cambodian boy and landmine victim, and Aki Ra, a former Khmer Rouge child soldier, both living in a country haunted by war.
Billy’s ChristmasNew Zealand Billy’s Christmas is the intimate and personal story of an Australian farming family coming to terms with the worst drought in living memory.
The BirthdayThe Netherlands The Birthday follows a young Iranian man in the process of becoming a woman through a transsexual operation, up to and beyond his operation.
Crude ImpactUSA This film uncovers the complex entanglement of the fate of humankind with its fierce dependence on petroleum providing vital inspiration for change.
Cry SeaItaly Cry Sea portrays the conflict between European and local fishermen in the Senegalese waters, as they compete for portions of a depleting stock of fish.
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys StoryNew Zealand/South Africa/Australia South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys opens his previously off-limits inner world to NZ writer-director Julian Shaw.
Do Not ResuscitateAustralia Do Not Resuscitate is a film about the truths people face when dealing with their own mortality. Steve, Mary and Judy want the right to choose how and when they die.
The ExchangeBelgium Through music, six men from Palestinian territories and Israel provide children and people of their cities a refuge from the strife of their everyday life.
FreeheldUSA Lieutenant Laurel Hester, a dying New Jersey police officer, fights to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree.