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Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava's past relationship, and Ali's emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.

A unique documentary on the notorious S-21 prison, today the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with testimony by the only surviving prisoners and former Khmer Rouge guards.

Jackson, the Kenyan; Carlito, the Argentinian; Zahira, the Moroccan; Samuel, the Indian: four children who live light years away from each other and who have never met but who have a common point: they have to cover tremendously long distances to reach their school. On foot, on horseback or in a wheelchair, but all with an extraordinary determination...

A documentary that captures the same 24-hour period throughout every country in the world.

Examines the theory that aliens have landed on Earth in ancient times and were responsible for many of mankind's oldest mysteries. Hosted by Rod Serling.

A young woman with Down syndrome is determined to earn her High school diploma, just like anyone else. As she faces her own difficulties, she must also deal with the doubts of her loved ones and the occasional cruelty of her peers.

On a Mediterranean cruise, a young man hired as a tour guide is intrigued by the beauty of a female interpreter hiding behind her sunglasses. He makes advances to her by venturing into a series of strange stories.

Amin and Myriam are secretly in love. Their families are rivals and when their relationship is discovered, conflict is inevitable. In the quiet atmosphere of the palm groves, the two communities have long nurtured the seeds of discord and hatred. The persecution is the first signal of inevitable evil. From inside the cave where they have taken refuge, the two young people hear the cries of a senseless murderous raid. A universal metaphor to denounce the horror of all extremist violence, THE DESERT ARK is a splendid and terrifying metaphor for a burning contemporary reality.

In January 2006 three naturalists lead an expedition into the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia to study forest birds, survey reptiles and amphibians and collect a representative sample of insect specimens.

The teachers Beyond deploying their profound commitment which goes above and beyond their primary job requirements. They have also turned teaching into a genuine adventure, changing the destinies of their pupils .

Where does water come from? Will we run out of it? Who decides how much water we can use? Is there something we can do? In order to connect the dots and enhance the understanding of the general public on how we use our freshwater resources, UN WWAP produced a unique project called: The Water Rooms. The Water Rooms is a visionary and inspirational itinerary of five short animated movies intertwined by five monologues, created to trigger interest and encourage learning about freshwater resources and their responsible and sustainable management.

Fourteen Greenlanders, all of whom have stories to tell, provide a fascinating portrait of a land and its people through their tales of childhood and youth. We hear about a 14-year old orphan boy who catches his first narwhale, about a boy who accidentally kills his puppy, about a woman who hears a qivittoq's (a mountain wanderer) cry of horror, about a shaman who must battle with his spirit when he decides to become a Christian ... All tales from Ammassalik, Thule and Upernavik, narrated vividly and dramatically in the tradition of Greenlandic storytelling which has developed over centuries of long, dark polar winters.

In 1980, five years after the war ended in Vietnam, one year after the conflict with China and the intervention in Cambodgia, how do peasants (the social majority) deal with life in the country? And the situation in the big cities?

An important pilgrimage site in antiquity, the island of Philae has fascinated travelers for centuries. On this rock rising from the Nile, nicknamed the "pearl of Egypt", powerful rulers have built monumental sanctuaries from the time of the last pharaohs to the Romans. Subsequently, the temples were looted, vandalized or transformed, before the successive construction of two dams in the 20th century sealed the fate of the island. To save the precious vestiges from the rising waters, an international campaign coordinated by UNESCO was undertaken in the 1970s. The objective: to dismantle the monuments stone by stone to rebuild them on a neighboring island.

Bolivian miners have developed during 30 years community radio stations to voice their needs and political position.

The "Wise Ones" have told the King of Ségou that a baby boy will be born during the rainy season, who will be a threat to his power.

The 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular article 24 on education. Using footage from schools in Kenya, Finland and Turkey, it addresses the situation of children with disabilities worldwide and the importance of getting them into school. It also contains interviews and commentary from key stakeholders and experts and some 50 educational resources such as tool kits and policy guidelines.

When Benjamin escapes a harsh life he goes through because of his race, he falls into Abednego's hands; a man who hunts down albinos to sell their body parts.