FEMEN: Exposed

As the turmoil of revolutions brought economic instability to many African countries, its citizens began to look across the sea, to Europe, for a chance to improve their lives. The Italian island of Lampedusa is often seen as “a door” to the Western paradise. Getting there though can be sheer hell.

Almost 500 children were robbed of their lives after their parents were murdered by a vile regime and their identities erased. Years later, a determined group of grandmothers, who refused to give up, finally found the children of the “disappeared”, and re-introduced them to their true selves.

There are many reasons why women stay in abusive relationships. Some believe their husbands will change, some have nowhere else to go and some are just afraid to act. But at what point do you say enough is enough? 

Finland's child protection system is supposed to serve the interests of the children. The problem is, sometimes it removes kids from perfectly happy families due to legislative flaws, and in those cases it is not likely to admit its mistakes.

Kidnapping girls to marry them is common practice in Kyrgyzstan. Some of those couples live happily together for the rest of their lives, but a lot of the women can never put up with the shame of forced marriage and sometimes take their own lives. 

Income inequality, corruption, foreclosures and the people's need to talk in person rather than tweet opinions into thin air has made these people come together. We look at where they came from and where they are going.

Should prostitution be legalised, banned or left to its own devices? The main protagonists in this film are former and current sex workers, victims of circumstance and members of their own trade union. And they all have a very diverse range of opinions on this controversial subject.

Sweden has a long history of welcoming refugees from military conflicts all around the world. Now, in the latest refugee crisis, it hasn’t shied away, opening its borders to asylum seekers. The scale of the current crisis though is unprecedented and the country is still dealing with previous migration issues. Many are now asking if it’s all too much, even for Swedish hospitality.

An Italian activist wants to hold NATO to account for harm she says it has caused around the world. Marinella Correggia likens her personal fight to a little donkey taking on a tyrannosaurus. Donkeys though, can be extremely stubborn.

Domestic abuse usually involves violence against women. There are cases though when men become the victims and the attacks aren’t always physical. That is certainly the case in Israel, where men fall prey to women who choose to abuse the laws put in place to protect them. 

This film focuses on life for gay men in America; they explain why it is important to them to be able to marry, go to church and be accepted by society without having to sacrifice their true identity.