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Animalis duration 13 minutes 26 seconds Animalis Animalis	Animalis This web series is produced by a Swiss Youtuber… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Animalis Director Julien Donzé Producer Michael Lapaire, Patrick Suhner Series Yes Series of title Animalis Episode number in series 10 Running time 14:00 Year of production 2016 Country Swaziland Genre Web-Specific Program description in session This web series is produced by a Swiss Youtuber and his friend, a keen animal photographer. Armed with their cameras, Julien Donzé (alias Le Grand JD) and Fabien Wohlschlag venture into the forests to observe the animals that surround us – beavers, foxes, bats, badgers and reptiles. Julien and Fabien tell the story, share the adventure, and share their subjective experiences. On camera, they talk of their own escapades, reveal their feelings and uncover some of the secrets of the natural world that surrounds us. What does ‘Animalis’ seek to deliver? It aims to encourage a young audience to look beyond the built-up world in which we live and to reconnect with the world of nature. Each episode is dedicated to one animal alone, observed respectfully and discretely. The series consists of ten episodes - seven minutes each - and is the product of a national invitation by RTS to submit projects. This is the first time that RTS has collaborated directly with a Youtuber. In both its images and editing, ‘Animalis’ reflects both the language and rules of the Internet. Shop steward Stefano Semeria
Limbo duration 30 minutes 0 seconds Limbo Limbo	Limbo Twelve boys lead a carefree life on a seaside… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Limbo Director Konstantina Kotzamani Producer Maria Drandaki, Ron Dyens Series Yes Series of title Microfilm Episode number in series 12 Running time 30:00 Year of production 2017 Country Greece Genre Fiction Program description in session Twelve boys lead a carefree life on a seaside village that looks like a paradise lost. Rumours of a dead whale washed ashore feed their imagination. They come to believe that the whale is still alive but are too afraid to go and check. It is then that a new boy, looking very different from the others, arrives at the village and disturbs their lives and beliefs. The film is part of the Microfilm project, which is an initiative by ERT, aiming to promote short films and to support new filmmakers. Each year Microfilm calls for a short film script contest and an independent committee choses the best 10-12 scripts out of 150-200 submissions. Additionally, ERT organises script writing and directing workshops for the development of the projects and offers technical facilities and experienced staff for the production of the films. Since 1999, more than 150 short films have been produced, with many of them enjoying and international careers with festival awards and theatrical distribution. Shop steward Stefano Semeria
The Scan duration 5 minutes 31 seconds The Scan The Scan	The Scan The Scan is a long sequence in the news,… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title The Scan Director Axel Bonnert Producer Bertrand Brebois Series Yes Series of title The Carbon Market Episode number in series 16 Running time 06:00 Year of production 2016 Country Belgium Genre Youth Program Program description in session The Scan is a long sequence in the news, different from the ‘Breaking News’. This sequence gives an additional value to the news, a deeper glance with a new and catchier tone dedicated to young people. Every Monday, we take you to ‘Le Scan’, a hyper-equipped office in which we will check, verify and analyse the news from every angle. In this episode we deal with the question whether some companies earn money while polluting the environment? ‘Le Scan’ dissects the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The reports explain how one of these companies, ArcelorMittal, takes advantage of this system. And above all, why this multinational does not intend to let go. Shop steward Stefano Semeria
Youth News@PTS: Same-Sex Marriage — Yes or… duration 20 minutes 37 seconds Youth News@PTS: Same-Sex Marriage — Yes or… Youth News@PTS: Same-Sex Marriage — Yes or No?	Youth News@PTS: Same-Sex Marriage — Yes or No? Youth News@PTS is a youth and children’s… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title 同志婚姻行？不行？ Director Fu Wei-Zhi, Jiang Zhi-Cheng, Zou Kun-Zhao, Li Li-Chang Producer Shu Yi-Chi Series Yes Series of title Youth News@PTS Episode number in series 39 Running time 20:00 Year of production 2016 Country Taiwan Genre Children Program description in session Youth News@PTS is a youth and children’s news programme that caters to its target audience with news content worthy of their attention every week through an atypical TV news broadcasting format. This episode focuses on the efforts of Taiwanese legislators to legalise same-sex marriage. While many look forward to Taiwan becoming the first country in Asia to recognise gay marriage, the move has caused a societal rift between supporters and opposers. Does the conflict of opinion signal that widespread discrimination of homosexuals still exists in society? Or is the country’s gender education still lacking? This episode strives to spur young people into thinking about the meaning of ‘marriage equality’. Through young LGBT people discussing their real-life experiences and the dissecting of various arguments, it is our hope that young people can learn to respect how each person lives their life, thereby eliminating all kinds of discrimination and fear. Shop steward Stefano Semeria
True Talk duration 5 minutes 0 seconds True Talk True Talk	True Talk One episode, one person, so much prejudice: The… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title True Talk Director Swantje Zorn Producer Rosanna Grueter Series Yes Series of title True Talk - Hitzi - In a wheelchair since 2011 / True Talk - Fathima - Wearing a hijab Episode number in series 12 Running time 05:00 Year of production 2016 Country Switzerland Genre Web-Specific Program description in session One episode, one person, so much prejudice: The web series ‘True Talk’ portrays people, people who have to deal with prejudice due to their characteristics, features, preferences, or their job. War reporter Kurt, porn star Aviva, paraplegic ‘Hitzi’, hijab-wearing Fathima, HIV-positive Jenni or exjunkie Réda – they all have to justify themselves constantly for what they are. ‘True Talk’ is their platform: They can talk straight, refer to the clichés about them, and answer questions they are usually not confronted with: Are all war reporters adrenalin-addicted cynics? Do porn stars still desire sex in their private lives? How disabled-friendly is Switzerland really? Are hijab wearing-women generally oppressed? Why is HIV still a taboo? The protagonists address their laconic reactions and answers directly to the camera and thus to the viewers. Matching the preferences of the target audiences (20- to 30-year-olds), ‘True Talk’s’ main distribution channel is Facebook. It is also broadcasted on its own YouTube channel, and on the SRF player. For ideal consumption on mobile devices, each episode is subtitled and has a length of max. 150 seconds. Easy to share! Shop steward Stefano Semeria
Martial Heart duration 49 minutes 29 seconds Martial Heart Martial Heart	Martial Heart After his release from prison Nick Roest, a… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Vechtershart Director Laurens Blok Producer Ada Goossens Series Yes Series of title Vechtershart Episode number in series 8 Running time 50:00 Year of production 2015 Country Netherlands Genre Fiction Program description in session After his release from prison Nick Roest, a former K1 champion, is eager to make his comeback. He landed in jail after a serious violent crime, which involved his young (half) brother David Roest. The brothers have a complicated love-hate relationship, a relationship shaped by the Spartan upbringing by their dominant father, the legendary kickboxing trainer John Roest. Roest is the man who made kickboxing big in Holland. Nick is determined to give it his best to fight his way back to the top. To accomplish his goal he will have to get in good graces with his father again. Roest, however, it is not planning on easily forgiving Nick for his sudden switch to a rival trainer. It turns out that the up and coming fighter Jerry has taken Nick’s place at the gym. Jerry is clearly the one who will take over from Roest. Jerry is a boxer with the appearance of the ideal sonin- law. Before Nick went to prison he was on the fast track to becoming famous. So the day Nick knocks on the door of the gym, is the day John Roest has secretly been hoping for. When he suffers a stroke he knows his end is approaching. Just then Jerry’s clean image is starting to show signs of cracking. The old fighter has to decide who of the two should inherit what he has built. Shop steward Stefano Semeria
Death in the Terminal duration 52 minutes 10 seconds Death in the Terminal Death in the Terminal	Death in the Terminal On October 18, 2015, a terrorist started shooting… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Mavet Be Be‘er Sheva Director Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry Producer Asaf Sudry, Tali Shemesh, Alma Harel Series Yes Running time 52:00 Year of production 2016 Country Israel Genre Documentary Program description in session On October 18, 2015, a terrorist started shooting at the bus terminal in the Israeli town of Be’er Sheva, killing an Israeli soldier. This detailed, minute-by-minute reconstruction reveals what happened in the crucial 18 minutes following the attack. Several eye-witnesses discuss the whirlwind of events and the emotions that swept them up. Their accounts and the footage from a variety of camera sources form a painstaking reconstruction of the drama that took place. Some of the images are fluid, sharp and detailed, while others are static and grainy. Other footage shot using mobile phones is just that: very mobile. The intricate editing combines it all to offer a surprisingly thorough account of the situation on the ground. In addition to presenting the facts, Death in the Terminal also raises questions. From which perspective should you draw your conclusions in such an extreme situation? And, based those conclusions, what actions should you take? A thrilling reconstruction in so-called Rashomon style, with several eyewitnesses offering their own perspectives on a single event. Shop steward Bart De Poot
Frame 394 duration 30 minutes 20 seconds Frame 394 Frame 394	Frame 394 The film follows a young man from Toronto who… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Frame 394 Director Rich Williamson Producer Shasha Nakhai Series Yes Running time 30:00 Year of production 2016 Country Afghanistan Genre Documentary Program description in session The film follows a young man from Toronto who entangles himself in one of America’s most high-profile police-involved shootings. While scouring the Internet one night, Daniel Voshart stumbles upon a viral cell phone video. In North Charleston, South Carolina a chilling scene unfolds. A white police officer shoots an unarmed black man in the back as he runs away, pulling the trigger 8 times. Daniel is compelled to dig deeper, hoping to use his expertise in image stabilisation to find evidence in the shaky video that will help indict the police officer. But in the glimmer of a shiny object, he finds something that could potentially help the man he set out to incriminate. Will he take things a step further and leave the comfort and safety of his apartment to actually get involved? What are the implications of being seen as helping a man vilified in the court of public opinion? Set against the bigger narrative of the growing Black Lives Matter movement, the film’s micro-narrative profiles Daniel’s fascinating journey down the rabbit hole and follows his moral quandary to South Carolina. Shop steward Bart De Poot
Pervert Park duration 1 hour 15 minutes Pervert Park Pervert Park	Pervert Park This documentary follows residents of a trailer… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Pervert Park Director Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors Producer Frida Barkfors, Anne Kohncke Series Yes Series of title POV Running time 53:00 Year of production 2016 Country United States Genre Documentary Program description in session This documentary follows residents of a trailer park, owned and operated by Florida Justice Transitions (FJT), a private organisation founded by the mother of a convicted sex offender who could not find a place to live after his release. Locals refer to FJT as ‘Pervert Park’. The crimes committed by the residents range from misdemeanours to serious felonies. Each struggles with what they have done as they try to rebuild their lives in a world that - as the nickname given to their community suggests - finds it difficult to see past their crimes. With unflinching candor, residents tell the stories of their lives and their crimes. The film shows the residents’ flaws and humanity. Even as they grapple to live with what they have done and as some struggle with their own histories as victims of abuse, they hold jobs, go to school and build community. ‘Pervert Park’ seeks to deepen our understanding of this complex issue, and open up dialogue around management policies and sexual violence prevention. The film begs the question of whether lifetime registries, monitoring and restrictions on housing and work options are effective in protecting communities. How do we both protect public safety and implement just policies? Shop steward Nowell Cuanang Will Pedigo
Mosques Behind The Veil duration 54 minutes 51 seconds Mosques Behind The Veil Mosques Behind The Veil	Mosques Behind The Veil Do the Danish mosques help or counteract Muslims… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Moskeerne bag sløret Director Martin Kjær Jensen, Irene Thyrri Producer Lars Høj Series Yes Series of title Moskeerne bag sløret Episode number in series 3 Running time 54:00 Year of production 2016 Country Denmark Genre Documentary series Program description in session Do the Danish mosques help or counteract Muslims integrating in the mainstream Danish society? Based on this question, TV 2 sent two moles undercover with hidden cameras into eight of the most leading mosques in the three largest cities in Denmark. We follow the daily life of the moles for three months where they quickly gain access to closed study groups, orthodox Koranic schools, and personal counseling with religious leaders. In the first episode of the series, the moles undergo thorough training before they move into an apartment in Gellerupparken in Aarhus. Here they are quickly introduced to a disputed mosque on Grimhøjvej. Within the mosque there is preaching on stoning of adulterous women while parents are recommended to beat their children if they do not pray five times a day. After having visited the mosque for a while, the female mole Fatma is invited to join a closed study group for women. Behind closed doors, she and the other members are being taught the rules of killing other Muslims and are warned about loving non-Muslim Danes. Shop steward Nowell Cuanang Will Pedigo
Welcome to Leith duration 1 hour 26 minutes Welcome to Leith Welcome to Leith	Welcome to Leith The documentary chronicles the attempted takeover… 2017 +2 More From UPF Director Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker Producer Joey Carey, Joshua Woltermann Series Yes Running time 86:00 Year of production 2016 Country United States Genre Documentary Program description in session The documentary chronicles the attempted takeover of a small North Dakota town by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. As his behaviour becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbour. The filmmakers grapple with the question of what you do when a white supremacist comes to town? How do you even discover he is what he is? How do portray him and how much room do you give him in the film? Shop steward Nowell Cuanang Will Pedigo
The Words to Tell You duration 21 minutes 34 seconds The Words to Tell You The Words to Tell You	The Words to Tell You What do we say to someone who is terminally ill,… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Les mots pour le dire Director Eric Le Reste Producer Eric Le Reste Series Yes Running time 22:00 Year of production 2016 Country Canada Genre Documentary Program description in session What do we say to someone who is terminally ill, with just a few weeks left to live? How does a doctor tell the patient that there will not be any more treatment for his cancer? This is the story of Mr Hasan’s last two months before pancreatic cancer took his life. After the relationship with his doctor is established, we can see how difficult it becomes to tell him - that it is the end. In the last part of the documentary, we witness his confrontation with imminent death. This kind of access is still difficult to obtain, since hospitals are very cautious about letting the media scrutinise the work of doctors and the care given to patients in palliative care units. In this case, we discover how a few dedicated individuals will offer moments of relief to dying patients - with massage and music. And how an exceptional, empathic doctor, with years of experience, can still be moved when dealing with terminally ill patients. At a time of fast TV and short stories on social media, it is refreshing to see that slow storytelling can still powerfully address current affairs, by offering us the time to experience a reality, instead of endlessly debating the pros and cons of such a sensitive issue as the right to die. Shop steward Bart De Poot
AmeriKa duration 13 minutes 56 seconds AmeriKa AmeriKa	AmeriKa Two white parents living in South Central Los… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title AmeriKa Director Ryan Ward Producer Mackenzie Gruer Series Yes Running time 14:00 Year of production 2017 Country United States Genre Fiction Program description in session Two white parents living in South Central Los Angeles struggle to raise their 8-year-old son while trying to overcome the father’s criminal past. The story is set in an alternate version of America where black and white race relations are reversed and where four hundred years ago, Africans captured Europeans and brought them to North America to be sold as slaves. Shop steward Bart De Poot
The Return duration 1 hour 23 minutes The Return The Return	The Return The documentary follows the newly released… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title The Return Director Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway Producer Elizabeth Newman Series Yes Running time 84:00 Country United States Genre Documentary Program description in session The documentary follows the newly released prisoners Bilal Chatman and Kenneth Anderson and the people who supported them on their paths to re-entry. ‘The Return’ highlights poignant and timely questions about the criminal justice system and re-entry issues facing communities nationwide; and further invites viewers to answer them. As part of the POV (Point Of View) format’s engagement campaign to build awareness, start conversations and prompt action, POV worked with public television stations, national organisations, community groups and educators to present free screenings of ‘The Return’ across the county. Key partners included the Federal Bureau of Prisons, prisons, jails and juvenile detention centres nationwide, U.S. Attorneys Offices and re-entry organisations and regional management offices. In addition, POV produced a discussion guide that includes information on Three Strikes laws and challenges to re-entry, as well as prompts for dialogue and a list of action steps and resources. POV also produced a standards-aligned lesson plan with free streaming clips that helps high school students develop a deeper understanding of what the experience of re-entry is like for former prisoners and their families. Shop steward Bart De Poot
The Experiments duration 1 hour 1 minute The Experiments The Experiments	The Experiments This documentary series investigates the Italian… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Dokument inifrån: Experimenten Director Bosse Lindquist Producer Bosse Lindquist Series Yes Series of title Dokument inifrån: Experimenten Episode number in series 3 Running time 58:00 Year of production 2016 Country Sweden Genre Documentary Program description in session This documentary series investigates the Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini’s claims to have invented a groundbreaking method to create new organs. His method using plastic tracheas sown with stem cells has been operated on patients in USA, Russia, Sweden and in Great Britain. So far, unfortunately, the track record of his plastic organs is not very good. Almost all patients are dead. The series provides a unique in-depth story of what actually took place. Is Macchiarini a genius, or a fraud? The director Bosse Lindquist got to follow Paolo Macchiarini and his work for a year. Slowly but surely he uncovers the facts about this new surgical method, and its victims. Episode one, ‘The Star Surgeon’, deals with the time the patients began to die and the critique grew against Paolo Macchiarini. Is he the man behind a medical scandal, with victims in many countries? Or is he the researcher who will solve one of the big enigmas in modern medicine? The impact of this series was enormous, with repercussions in Sweden as well as internationally. The world-famous Karolinska Institutet had up till now supported Paolo Macchiarini and his research, but in the heat following the broadcast Macchiarini was eventually fired in late March. Shop steward Nowell Cuanang Will Pedigo
Vanished duration 56 minutes 47 seconds Vanished Vanished	Vanished Vanished is the story of the Iraqi poetess Lilian… 2017 +2 More From UPF Original title Neelamot Director Yair Qedar, Ilan Peled Producer Yair Qedar, Ilan Peled Series Yes Series of title Vanished Episode number in series 1 Running time 55:00 Year of production 2017 Country Israel Genre Documentary Program description in session Vanished is the story of the Iraqi poetess Lilian Levi. Levi was rejected by the arts community in Israel and immigrated to France where she gained success. The story explores the marginalisation and discrimination of minority group artists in Israel and presents what remains of an artist lost to time. Since limited sources remain of Lilian Levi’s mark on history, the story is told through those influenced by her and her work. At the end of the film, are we able to know who Lilian Levi is and was? Will Lilian Levi remain lost to us or will a new generation rekindle her flame? Shop steward Nowell Cuanang Will Pedigo