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What happens when your nation is swallowed by the sea? With abrupt climate change looming, the peaceful Pacific nation of Kiribati must find a new solution for the survival of its people. Anote's Ark weaves together two touching stories; Anote Tong, the island's president who does everything to find solutions, and Sermary, a young mother who must decide whether to leave the only culture she knows and migrate to a new life in New Zealand.

Following the publication of a study announcing the possible disappearance of part of humanity between now and 2100, Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent embark on an exciting journey around the world to find out what could cause this catastrophe, but above all how to avoid it.

Neverland actually exists and is located in the heart of the Indian Ocean. It's called Aldabra, and it's the last untouched paradise in the world. A fabulous insight into the life, origins and struggle for survival of the creatures that inhabit this pristine paradise.

An old fisherman lives in an atoll with a pristine sea who practices fishing with ancient methods in Banco Chinchorro, an extensive coral reef in the seas of Mexico. One day his son Jorge joins him with Natan, his 5-year-old nephew who lives in Italy. Natan and Jorge accompany their grandfather fishing every day, discovering a deep connection with nature, learning to explore the fascinating world that lies beneath the sea surface.

The stronger eaglet is destined to drive the weaker brother out of the nest: this is usually what happens when two young eaglets find themselves sharing the same nest. It often happens even among men that, to hurt them, it is precisely the people closest to them.

A Jewish barber is mistaken for Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania, and in this capacity delivers a humanitarian speech. Penetrating and even prescient satire of Nazi-fascism in which Charlot doubles as the little Jewish barber and the dictator Hynkel (Hitler): one appears as the somewhat faded image of the tramp; the other is, in some ways, its negative.

Sami Blood is the story of Elle Marja, a Sámi girl from a community of natives in the far north of Sweden, who rejects her blood and her origins, moving away from the family and culture of her people. Raised among reindeer herders, Elle Marja is exposed to 1930s discrimination and breed certification to attend school. Thus begins to dream of a different life, full of dignity and respect it deserves.

Intimate and personal portrait of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who became a target of the Taliban and was seriously injured by a barrage of bullets while returning home on the school bus, in the Swat valley in Pakistan. Miraculously survived, she now leads a global campaign for the right to education of girls and boys around the world, as co-founder of the Malala Fund.

The touching story of four children from different corners of the planet. United by the same thirst for knowledge, they embark on an extraordinary journey every day. They know almost instinctively that their well-being, indeed their survival, will depend on knowledge and schooling.

Dreams and hopes through the stories of four young protagonists. Guys from the most disparate corners of the world. For months, even years, the four protagonists of the film await this special day that will change their lives forever. Our four heroes will face the test that will determine not only their fate but also that of their families.

The story of little Auggie who, born with a rare disease, will have to face the world of school for the first time. How will it be accepted by peers and teachers? Based on RJ Palacio's bestselling book of the same name, it quickly became a literary case all over the world.

A courageous and poetic feature film directed by one of the voices of the rare Japanese directors, Naoko Yamada, which delicately and modestly recounts the difficulties of Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf girl who is bullied by a peer, who in turn is a victim of other classmates .

TS Spivet is a child prodigy with a passion for cartography and inventions. One day TS receives a call from the Smithsonian Institute announcing that he has won an award for his invention of a perpetual motion device. To receive his award and give his acceptance speech, TS jumps on a freight train and sets out on his journey to Washington.

Simon, a famous violinist in his fifties, disillusioned with life is having a hard time. Lacking engagements, he can do nothing but accept the job offer proposed to him by Farid: to teach in his class-orchestra at a junior high school on the outskirts of Paris, attended by kids living in disadvantaged socio-economic conditions. Thanks to the energy of the boys Simon will gradually rediscover the joys of music.

Among the nomadic families who return to the Altai mountains in the summer to spend the warm months there is also that of little Aisholpan, the thirteen-year-old protagonist of the documentary The Princess and the Eagle. an imaginary tale of female conquest and revenge..

Wadjda is a ten-year-old girl who lives in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The little girl falls in love with a beautiful green bicycle for sale, but her mother won't let her have it, fearing the repercussions of a society that considers bicycles a danger to girls' virtue. So Wadjda decides to try to recover the money herself.

The story of a boy who had nothing but managed to change everything. The birth of one of the greatest champions of all time. Pelè is a biographical film that traces the first years of the goalscorer's life, the poverty of his Brazil, the relationship with his father, the first successes up to the sensational victory of the World Cup with the Brazilian national team at only 17 years old.

Conor lives in mid-80s Dublin, is 16 years old and has a talent for songwriting. The meeting with the aspiring model Raphina, with whom he falls madly in love, pushes him to found a pop band to attract the girl as a video clip actress. In the meantime, the parents' marriage falls apart: it will be music, love and the indestructible relationship with his older brother that will give the boy a courage he never thought possible.

Microbe is a shy boy who often gets lost in his drawings. Gasolina is a brilliant and inventive boy who arrives at school in the middle of the school year. The two quickly become great friends. The summer holidays are approaching and neither of them wants to spend them with their families. With the engine of a lawn mower and a few planks of wood, they build their "car" and set off on an adventure on the roads of France.

As soon as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence, a chubby twelve-year-old who can't stand physical activity, she discovers to her great dismay that her older sister Katja is hiding a serious eating disorder. The young protagonist will have to bring out all her courage to help Katja heal. A film about love, jealousy and betrayal between two sisters.

Based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling, the film follows the adventures of a man-cub named Mowgli who is raised by a family of wolves. When the fearsome tiger Shere Khan threatens the safety of the pack, Mowgli is forced to leave the jungle to return to the village of men accompanied by his inseparable mentor Bagheera, the black panther.

Based on the novel Life of Pi, the story centers on a 16-year-old boy who crosses the Pacific Ocean dreaming of a new American life. But when the ship he's on is wrecked, he's left on a raft with an orangutan, hyena, and Bengal tiger.

The BFG is a giant, a Big Giant Gentile, very different from the other inhabitants of the Land of Giants who like San-Guinario and Inghiotticicciaviva feed on human beings, preferably children. And so one night the BFG - who is vegetarian - kidnaps Sophie, a little girl who lives in London and takes her to his cave. Initially frightened by the mysterious giant, Sophie soon realizes that the BFG is actually sweet, friendly and can teach her wonderful things.

White Fang features a wolf with one quarter of dog's blood as its protagonist. She is a proud and courageous creature, and for this reason she will be the victim of man's cruelty. A story of redemption described from the dog's point of view and above all on the extraordinary strength of love that inextricably binds them to man. An animated transposition of the well-known novel by the American writer Jack London.

A Christmas Carol, one of the most emotional tales of all time. Here is the story of how Charles Dickens found inspiration for an extraordinary fairy tale. The film tells how Dickens, having reached a moment of crisis in life, as in creativity, managed to redeem himself. A human story full of hope.

The twelve-year-old Conor is convinced that the 12-metre tall creature he evoked is real. the terminal illness of the mother, the strictness of the grandmother, the emotional and geographical distance of the father, the bullying of which he is a victim of school. Without forgetting the fact that he has made a pact with the monster: at the end of the cycle of fairy tales, it will be up to him to tell his "truth".

At the end of the 1300s in Japan the forests were plundered by the Tatara, the clan of blacksmiths. In a remote village in the mountains, Ashitaka, he is forced to slay a monster to protect his village. Too late he discovers that the creature in the form of a boar is actually a guardian god of the forest.

From the moment the parents know each other up to maturity, Yuki with her voice-over accompanies the story of how her mother fell in love with a wolf man and thus gave birth to her and her brother Ame, wolf children capable of transforming themselves from wolves into humans and vice versa. Yuki and Ame develop different personalities and different ways of coming to terms with their dual natures under their mother's gaze. A modern fairy tale that chronicles family life in a stunning work of art.

Loving Vincent tells the incredible story of Van Gogh's life through his paintings. A powerful and evocative story made with over 60,000 hand-painted canvases for a journey through art and the mystery of the disappearance of one of the most important painters of all time.

The voice of the actor Giancarlo Giannini accompanies us in the last three years of the life of Samantha Cristoforetti, astronaut of the European Space Agency protagonist of the second long-term mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

While the new CERN experiment proceeds in its exploration of the mysterious energy that animates the universe, scientists and artists guide us towards that shadow line in which science and art, in different ways, pursue truth and beauty.

The life of Don Pablo Dominguez, a young priest who was a passionate mountain climber, who knew how to communicate hope to everyone he met, would have remained unknown to the general public if director Juan Manuel Cotelo had not decided to tell it with a film.