AFRICA / FILM

Khartoum

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In a world where migrants are increasingly treated as faceless numbers, Khartoum offers a vital and deeply humanising portrayal of five Sudanese people forced to flee war. Filmed entirely on iPhones, the documentary allows its subjects to tell their own stories with honesty and emotion, using roleplay reminiscent of Gestalt therapy to revisit painful memories. At a time when compassion is in short supply, Khartoum reminds us why empathy matters.

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PHOTO

Nos mondes sous l’objectif d’Alessandro Punzo

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À Venise, une exposition photographique m’a menée bien au-delà de l’esthétique : dans les pas d’Alessandro Punzo, photographe-nomade, j’ai découvert les visages oubliés de la migration et les fractures invisibles de notre monde. De Madagascar au Sénégal, des ruelles italiennes aux plages brûlantes, ce récit mêle art, engagement et rencontres poignantes.

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PHOTO

Our Worlds Through the Lens of Alessandro Punzo

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Alessandro Punzo started his working life at sea as a trainee officer onboard a mammoth petrol tanker bearing the Italian flag. He describes this experience as having opened his eyes to the dreadful inequalities of capitalism and its detrimental effect on the environment as well as showing him:

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CINEMA / FILM

A Valley of Hope

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The film opens with a scene showing a local couple, Elisabetta and her husband, teaching French to a young Eritrean family. They hope by doing so they may best be able to help the family better explain their complex asylum case to the local authority.

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GRECE / VOYAGE

DÉPAYSEMENT ET EXIL EN GRÈCE

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Au pied des montagnes grecques, un petit-fils cherche à retracer la vie de sa grand-mère, réfugiée pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Entre rencontres, solidarité et vulnérabilité des exilés, son séjour dans un camp de Véria devient un voyage intime où mémoire et humanité se rejoignent.

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TRAVEL

Walking in the footsteps of Irene Koppl – Step 1

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Walking in the footsteps of my grandmother Irene Koppl, I begin the first chapter of my journey in Greece. Although she never set foot here during her lifetime, her experience of arriving alone in a foreign land echoes through my time in Veria. Over three months, I sought not only to lose myself but to rediscover her story — a story marked by displacement, resilience, and the courage to begin again. Among refugees, volunteers, and a camp filled with both hardship and hope, I began to understand the vulnerability she must have felt, and the strength she carried.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIETY

Migrants – Messengers of Love and a Conduit for Light

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Migrants – Messengers of Love and a Conduit for Light   By Tony J. Selimi Award-winning Author, Speaker, Human Behaviour & Cognitive Specialist, Leadership Coach, Business Success Consultant. Migrants – Messengers of Love […]

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THEATRE

Syria – Told From the Inside

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With Syria’s partial truce still holding and Russia’s recent, surprise announcement of its intention to withdraw the majority of its troops from the country, it is perhaps an appropriate time to look back at a conflict which has lasted over five years and has had devastating consequences. Costing the lives of a quarter of a million people, while displacing millions more.

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