GLOBAL LENS: Whisky Category: World Cinema Jacobo is the dull and and dour owner of a sock factory. He rarely shares words with the manager, Marta. Until he asks her to be his wife - that is, in pretense - to deceive his brother.
GLOBAL LENS: Bunny Chow Category: World Cinema Three up-and-coming comedians find humor amidst hardship in the "new" Johannesburg, celebrating life on a raucous roadtrip to South Africa’s largest music festival.
GLOBAL LENS: Rachida Category: World Cinema Rachida, a young teacher, becomes the target of terrorists when she refuses to place a bomb in her classroom, forcing her to seek refuge in the countryside. Can she escape?
GLOBAL LENS: The Kite (Le Cerf-Volant) Category: World Cinema Lamia must cross a border checkpoint between Lebanon and Israel to fulfill an arranged marriage. But she has a secret: she's in love with the Israeli soldier guarding the checkpoint.
GLOBAL LENS: Luxury Car (Jiang Cheng Xia Ri) Category: World Cinema A father travels from his village to the city, determined to find his son. But instead, he discovers his daughter working as a karaoke bar escort, forcing him to face his family's estrangement head-on.
GLOBAL LENS: Kilometre Zero Category: World Cinema A tragi-comic story of ethnic conflict between Kurds and Iraqis during the war between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s, this film follows the adventures of a Kurdish soldier - a despised minority in the Iraqi military - traveling with an Iraqi taxi driver.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Romance Chinese-Style Category: Documentaries This episode of Al Jazeera English - Witness takes a whimsical look at how speed dating, online romance and love schools have replaced party loyalty in China. But in today's China, is there any time for love?
Al Jazeera English - Witness: The Singing Barber of Mosul Category: Documentaries It’s not safe to be shaving beards and singing pop songs in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul. Mohamed Yunis is 26 years old. His day job is a barber - but he loves to sing. So he decides to take it on the road...to Beirut.
Gilles Apap: Renegade Fiddler Category: Documentaries Gilles Apap, a classically trained French violinist, travels from Santa Barbara to India in a quest for musical innovation and inspiration.
Yang Ban Xi (The 8 Model Works) Category: Documentaries This musical documentary traces the rise and fall of Madam Mao's colorful propaganda operas during China’s Cultural Revolution and their renewed popularity in modern day China.
Global Mobile Shorts - Food Global Mobile brings together eight international filmmakers, selected for their innovative visual talents and interest in creating for this new format, to create a short films within the broad parameters of a single theme
