Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/roosters A young Albanian immigrant experiences repeated visions of an execution. The past veers its way into the present … Continue reading Roosters (Gallos) (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/sounds-of-sand Water is life! A dire shortage of water leads the people of a sub-Saharan village to pack up … Continue reading Sounds of Sand (Si Le Vent Soulève Les Sables) (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/some-are-brave This innovative animated short film is multilayered and poetic. It chronicles the struggles for global peace and equality. … Continue reading But Some Are Brave (2007)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/gambit A mysterious explosion erupts in the northern Italian town of Seveso at its Icmesa factory in 1976. Hidden … Continue reading Gambit (2005)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/gabra2 Do you own your body? Mr. Hamsen, an unemployed labourer discovers that The Genomics Health Group Ltd. has … Continue reading Gabra2 (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/my-village-doesnt-live-here-anymore “I was born beneath this water; I was ten years old when it happened,” says the young narrator. … Continue reading My Village Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/when-ecology-came When ecology came and resulted in the establishment of a national park in Brazil, all sorts of conflicts … Continue reading When Ecology Came (Quando a Ecologia Chegou) (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/at-the-earths-confines For five years, a Spanish team of scientists and adventurers explored the seas and peaks of Antarctica, including … Continue reading At the Earth’s Confines (En Los confines de la Tierra) (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/you-are-here-we-are-there In Iceland, a landscape is being submerged under 57 square kilometers of water to create a reservoir for … Continue reading You Are Here/We Are There (2007)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/la-gallina-ciega A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that … Continue reading La Gallina Ciega (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/mountain-top-removal “It don’t grow back.” Here is something to ponder. If a tree falls in the forest with no … Continue reading Mountain Top Removal (2006)

Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/land-out-time With the US at war in Iraq, rushing to secure the flow of oil from the Middle East, … Continue reading Land Out of Time