Shorts that examine the impact of the most significant current events facing our modern world.
In this program

Digging for Life
Directed by
Joao Queiroga
When a young Cameroonian man attempts to pursue the dream of a better life in post-apartheid South Africa, he instead finds himself trapped as a slave in Angola.

Faraway
Directed by
Aziz Zoromba
After being estranged from his family for his homosexuality, a young Arab man navigates his solitude while attempting to reconnect with his mother.

Generation 94
Directed by
Gemma Capdevila
A quarter-century after the Rwandan genocide took nearly a million lives, the orphans left behind have become the symbol of the country's reconstruction.

Hunger Ward
Directed by
Skye Fitzgerald
Two women healthcare workers fight to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war in Yemen.

Three Songs for Benazir
Directed by
Elizabeth Mirzaei & Gulistan Mirzaei
Shaista, newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul, struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family.