A central theme for many World Film Collective participants, this collection showcases films that demonstrate community ties, friendship and the important support network that this provides.
This film by Taya includes interviews with staff members from the Tree House youth centre in Kilburn, north London. The Tree House was run by Kids Company. This films give s a real sense of the emotional impact of the closure of the centre and what it meant to the people who worked there and […]
Our young filmmakers from Palestine tackle the sensitive issue of gender discrimination in this drama – which follows the lives of a brother and sister living with their mother while their father is away.
Are we born with dreams or goals? This short film focuses on interviewing locals from the Morros dos Prazeres favela, Rio de Janeiro to ask them this very question. All footage is shot on a mobile phone and edited by the participants from the Level 2 documentary workshop.
The Muslim celebration of Eid is like Christmas. In the camp however, there was a feeling of sadness as many were spending the day without their families, surrounded by squalor with dwindling hope of ever reaching Britain. Despite this, some men in the Afghan section hooked up a speaker and started to dance.
Our reporters visit a local woman who cooks food for the community in her own kitchen. Watch as she serves up hearty stews and massive plates of samp and beans. And don’t worry, the food is free to those who can’t afford it.
As part of a series commissioned by Cape Town TV (CTV) and funded by Nokia, the filmmakers created a concept called ‘Kaltcha Talk’ which borrowed from Joe Menell and Richard Mills’ show, ‘Street Talk’. In this episode, people in a taxi discuss HIV. At the time the topic was very much still taboo in these […]
This brilliantly improvised conversation between a couple just after the wife has discovered she is HIV positive, gives a rare and poignant insight into the reality of living in a community where HIV is a common occurrence. This scene, so vivid and so true, shows how adults cope with the situations this present them with […]
