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This heart-warming documentary follows a team of football mad teenagers from Laos. In the shadow of the country’s dark past they travel to The Gothia Youth World Cup in Sweden. See their journey, on and off the pitch, as they fulfil their dreams to fly on a plane, catch a glimpse of the sea and become members of the first Laos football team ever to play outside of Asia.
Parlourwood
Cape Town’s flat-topped Table Mountain, slap-bang in the middle of a big city, looks an easy climb. It’s not. We go behind the scenes with the mountain rescue team. With spectacular footage showing difficult rock-climbs and the splendour of Table Mountain, this is an intimate portrait of the unique camaraderie and emotions that come with saving lives on a mountain which has one of the highest accident rates in the world.
Factuals: Biography and History Unit
The story of the pearl is a tumultuous tale that dates back to the birth of civilisation. The magical allure and unearthly lustre of this ‘queen of gems’ seduced the rich and powerful, holding them spellbound for centuries. As the passion for the gems escalated, so did the status of the island of Bahrain - the source of the world’s finest pearls.
A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist meet five Palestinians and Syrians refugees in Milan who entered Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa after fleeing the war in Syria. They decide to help them complete their journey to Sweden – and hopefully avoid getting themselves arrested as traffickers – by faking a wedding. This emotionally charged journey brings out the stories, hopes and dreams of the refugees and their traffickers.
Gina Films di Antonio Augugliaro & Co.
The Burmese freedom fighters struggling for their cause across the border from Thailand want a democratic Burma. Their forces are united under the banner of the ‘All Burma Students Democratic Front’. An insider’s view, Peacock in the Jungle is an unprecedented insight into this anguished country.
Movie Tron
People now commonly see their pets as part of the family. Pet spas offer “paw- dicures”; celebrity chefs dish up treats at pet delis; and everything from braces to stem cell transplants to heart surgery is now available for your pet... assuming you can afford it. The newest trend is the most controversial and revealing: psycho- active drugs for dogs and cats.
On Safer Ground
1 x 60’, 2013, HD
On The Bride’s Side
1 x 60’ or 1 x 98’, 2014, HD
On The Edge: Search And
Rescue On Table Mountain
1 x 60’, 2011, HD
Peacock In The Jungle
1 x 30’, 1998, SD
Pearl Islands
1 x 60’, 2013, HD
Save our Seas
White Pine Pictures
Pets On Prozac
1 x 60’, 2009, HD
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