Eve Vernet is a demanding artisan, a French countrywoman passionate about her craft, humble by nature, proud in her staunch values, with deep roots in the terroir of her family home. A brilliant breeder of roses carrying on in her father’s footsteps, but increasingly crushed by moneyed, industrial competitors, her small family business of two — Eve and her secretary — is on the verge of bankruptcy. She is saddled with three rehabilitation workers who know nothing about gardening, in this tender dramedy about apprenticeship, striving for excellence, and the passing down of savoir-faire.

Two young sisters flee the Angolan war and arrive in Lisbon. Left to fend for themselves, as they wait for a word from their mother, they learn to survive in a foreign city. With money slowly dwindling and danger growing, they find help from fellow exiles.

Sam Ali, a sensitive and impulsive young Syrian, flees his country for Lebanon to escape the war. In order to get to Europe and live with the love of his life, he agrees to have his back tattooed by the world’s most sultry contemporary artist. But as he transforms his body into a prestigious work of art, Sam discovers that his decision has come at the cost of his freedom.

A biographical drama that depicts a crucial period in the life of one of modern French history’s most famous figures. It is May 1940, where the war between Germany and its neighbours has intensified. Facing the defeatist attitude of Pétain ready to negotiate with Hitler, de Gaulle has one purpose: continue fighting. Alongside thousands of French families, his family, are soon forced to flee the advancing German troops.

A young man is sent to “La Maca”, a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new “Roman” and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of the legendary outlaw named “Zama King” and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn.

In 2021, Agnes Tirop broke the women’s 10,000-meter world record. Five weeks later, she was dead. Bloomberg Investigates examines her murder and the threat of violence for other Kenyan runners. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Tirop’s Angels Foundation, formed by elite Kenyan athletes and friends of Agnes Tirop to fight gender-based violence.

An immersion into emblematic initiatives in the field of sport and social impact. Through inspiring testimonials from beneficiaries, former sportsmen and women, educators and voluntary workers, we discover how these initiatives are opening the field of possibilities when it comes to the place of sport in tomorrow’s world.  Stories from five different countries, offering a diversity of perspectives and experiences in a captivating journey.

An unprecedented alignment of planets impacting gravity will upset the balance of a ghetto and the destiny of two duos of brothers eager to do anything for their freedom.

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Bobi Wine is a pop star in Uganda who uses his music for political protest and social activism. Born Robert Kyagulanyi, he became a Member of Parliament in 2017 and has gone on to lead a popular opposition movement in the face of state violence and repression. This documentary retraces his political journey.