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.
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.
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.
Nearly 10% of the girls at this school in Balata Refugee Camp are late each morning. See why this is creating problems in this film created by participant’s from WFC’s Documentary Workshop in Palestine.
This short film produced by participants from our Level 2 documentary workshop in Morros dos Prazeres favela, Rio de Janeiro focuses on life in the favela. All footage is shot on a mobile phone and edited by the participants, producing candid interviews with some of the local individuals in the favela.
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.
This film was produced during WFC’s first workshop in Morro dos Prazeres favela in Rio de Janeiro. The students, aged 10 to 12 years old, learned how to develop their ideas in storyboards, shoot footage using Nokia 6110 mobile phones, and edit films using free editing software. In this film, the children express their frustration […]
Students from WFC’s Level 1 Fiction Film Workshop in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro produced this short film using Nokia 6110 mobile phones and free editing software. “The Admirer tells the story of an unlikely romance. After a fight with her boyfriend, Alice discovers she is the object of someone else’s […]
This film depicts a poignant story of reckless debauchery with dire consequences. ‘The Truth within Our Families’ was created by Grade 11 and 12 students who wanted to say something about alcohol abuse in their communities and its effect on families living at subsistence level.
