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Wake up, Serbia! Pumpaj: The Student Uprising

In a Europe where youth increasingly drift between political apathy and the lure of far-right populism, Serbia’s students have created the largest protest movement in decades.

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The Gardener, The Buddhist & The Spy

For five years, Rob Moore was paid very well to infiltrate environmental activists on behalf of the asbestos industry. But according to him, all that time, he was secretly working as a double agent, trying to reveal the truth about the dodgy oligarchs and rich corporations employing him. When the truth is exposed, he makes one final attempt to redeem himself. Premiering at CPH Dox, this acclaimed film provides a rare insight into the shadowy corporate spy industry.

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Women on Mars

Isolated in an analogous Martian base in the desert of Utah, USA, an all-female crew alternate between simulation missions outside (with radios, helmets, suits and astronaut protocols) and the development of their research at the base, all aimed at contributing to the mission to make inhabiting Mars a possibility in the not too distant future.

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The Family Approach

It’s an undisputed fact that the best place to raise a child is in a family. But all over Europe, there’s a shortage of foster families for those children who can’t live with their biological families. In a house beside a lake in Germany, three youth workers step in as caregivers for five children in a therapeutic residential home. We spent a year following them and the children they care for.

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Achille Lauro: The Terror Cruise

October 7th, 1985. An Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, carrying passengers from all over the world is hijacked off the coast of Egypt by a Palestinian commando. It’s the beginning of a three-day ordeal that culminates in the murder of an American hostage and an armed standoff between two NATO allies to capture his killers. As the anniversary of the hijacking approaches, this film brings together the main players for the first time to reveal what really happened.

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The Forbidden Call: Women Priests

Since their clandestine ordinations on a boat on the Danube in 2002, Catholic women priests have been challenging the Vatican to denounce its misogyny. For the first time, women priests have succeeded in obtaining a dialogue with the Vatican, prompting cardinals and Pope Francis to take a stand on the forbidden subject of women's ordination.

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She Rises Up

She Rises Up reveals the explosive implications of women’s economic participation. We follow three radically different women from Sri Lanka, Peru and Senegal, who are fighting to build businesses that create job opportunities for women, while also contributing to the reduction of poverty in their communities.

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Outgrow the System

"Change the system, not the climate" is a common demand in the climate movement. But what kind of system do we actually want? In the midst of humanity's worst crisis, there are pioneers standing ready. Meet the new economic perspectives that have the potential to change the world at its core.

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Shrinking Space

Israel’s actions since the start of the war in banning UNRWA and restricting the activities of NGOs and UN agencies helping Palestinians have been well publicised. But this policy of targeting aid organisations can be traced back years earlier.

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