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- At first glance De Verrekijker looks like a normal Dutch primary school. However, the boys and girls are all children of rejected asylum seekers. Headmaster Toon and the teachers do all they can to give them the best education. Yet each morning they worry if any pupil has been forced to leave the country. After a series of deportations it becomes increasingly difficult to provide the children with a safe haven. The situation escalates when a group of Syrian boys fleeing war arrive at the school.
- Playing soccer is the most important thing for Neevin, a Palestinian girl. But in PALESTINIAN SOCCER GIRLS we find out the sport also confronts her with a lot of problems: crossing Israeli checkpoints, getting permission to play a game abroad and the Palestinian society frowning upon a girl playing soccer.
- The Lock ("Verlaat") is a poetic short on the adventures of a young skipper during the German occupation of Holland, seen through the eyes of his grandson. Steering clear of traditional documentary form, the film uses associative images, sound scape and music to examine the passing on of fears between generations.
- Chimit is a proud Tuvan. His people used to freely roam the steps of northern Mongolia, but Chimit's religion was outlawed in Soviet times, and the Russian border laws make his traditional nomad lifestyle difficult. Chimit hopes TUVAN KHURESH, the traditional Tuvan wrestling sport he is a master at, will help his sons preserve the Tuvan traditions in the face of the all present Russian culture and army.
- Henrike's father was a champion at BASQUE PILOTA - a game where a small ball, hard as a rock, is thrown against the wall with incredible speed. Will playing his father's sport help Henrike overcome the frustration of growing up as a Basque boy in the Spanish city of Madrid?
- There are almost one million people living with HIV in Russia, but the virus is still widely regarded as a "sinners' disease". Sasha Volgina - HIV positive, pregnant and bustling with energy - leads a young activist group protesting against the shortage of antiretrovirals. While fighting for the medicines essential for her and her unborn baby, she faces reluctant government, AIDS denialists and her own past as a heroin addict.