The Last Animals is a story about an extraordinary group of people who go to incredible lengths to save the planet’s last big animals. The documentary follows the conservationists, scientists and activists battling poachers and transnational trafficking syndicates to protect elephants and rhinos from extinction. From Africa’s frontlines to behind the scenes of Asian markets to the United States, the film takes an intense look at the global response to this slaughter and the desperate measures to genetically rescue the Northern White rhinos who are on the edge of extinction. Presented at Tribeca Festival in New York and Hot Docs […]

In Beirut, Syrian workers are closed up in a yard, where they work on a skyscraper. The only contact with the outside is a hole on the basement. Ripped away from their land, where the war is not over yet, they gather at night around a small TV to get news from their country hoping for a different and better life. Taste of Cement won the international Competition at Nyon Festival Visions du Réel in 2017. SCHEDA TECNICA Directed by: Ziad Kalthoum Screenplay: Ziad Kalthoum, Ansgar Frerich, Talal Khoury Production: BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion, Bidayyat for Audiovisual Art Producers: Ansgar Frerich, […]