Playful yet powerful
CHILDREN’S SHOWCASE
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Marshall Corwin
450 million children are living in conflict zones worldwide – around one in six of all children. 16 year old Bana Alabed, herself a refugee from Syria, explores what life is like for children affected by current wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. She hears how many, like her, are forced from their homes, suffer fear and trauma and may even receive terrible injuries.
Marshall Corwin
10-year-old sustainability advocate Moksha investigates the global water crisis which is being driven by climate change. She reveals how clean water supplies in the UK are under threat, and how communities around the world are devastated by a lack of safe, reliable water. She shows UK families how much water they’re wasting, what we should all be doing to save water – and what the consequences could be if we don’t.
Director: Daryoush Gharibzadeh
Producer: Mehdi Khajehpour – SAPRA Media Productions Inc.
THE LAST GIRL is a poetic, slow-cinema documentary chronicling fourteen years in the life of Maryam, a young girl with Down syndrome living in isolation in the remote mountains of southern Iran. Far from modern life, Maryam’s world is shaped by nature, her steadfast companion, teacher, and sanctuary. The film is an intimate meditation on resilience, coexistence, and healing through stillness.
Derek Robitaille
Penguins of the Point is an intimate short nature documentary offering a glimpse into the daily lives of King, Gentoo, and Magellanic penguins at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands.
Beyond the familiar seasonal rhythms of breeding and molting, the film explores three pressing threats to the colony’s survival: climate change, commercial overfishing, and avian influenza. Rather than relying on sensationalism, the documentary takes a measured, evidence-based approach to examining how human activity and warming oceans are reshaping the delicate balance of life in one of the world’s most remote ecosystems.
Stella Salvadego
In the heart of the Amazon, a young indigenous girl named Nina discovers a mysterious, shiny soda can that sparks her fascination with the outside world. As her curiosity grows, she begins to drift from her traditions—until she witnesses the destruction of her favorite tree at the hands of loggers. Faced with the harsh reality behind the object she once treasured, Nina is forced to question what progress truly means.