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 is a video diary describing what Saleh did on the day of Eid, which is a Muslim celebration similar to Christmas. Within the camp, the mood was sombre, and Saleh describes it as the ‘worst feasts “Eid” in my life’. He was unable to communicate with the rest of his family in Syria, or […]
In this episode of Kaltcha Talk, the team disucss sex in the context of relationships, how it impacts on them and changes them. They talk about ideas of love, openly and from their perspective. This episode of part of a series created during a project run in partnership with Grassroot Soccer and funded by the […]
This film was produced by students in WFC’s Level 1 Fictional Short workshop in Ilford, East London. After getting in trouble, Mia, a teenage girl from Poland, faces the threat of being sent back to Poland by her mother. Hoping to stay in the UK, she urges her friends to shape up and make a […]
Grannies perform at a concert. This film was one episode in a series commissioned by Mxit, South Africa’s popular mobile social network. The WFC team produced one episode of Grannies With Balls every week for three months. This was broadcast on a mobile platform on Mxit, which the guys helped to design. The films were available […]
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 […]
In this film, the Kaltcha Pioneers show what a young person can do if their parents are misinformed about HIV/AIDS. This project allowed young people to explore all the reasons that HIV spreads in their communities and found ways to prevent this from happening, using filmmaking to share this with their family, friends and community […]
