Docs For Families

One World also caters to its younger audience. Films shown within this category enable children to learn more about the lives of others their own age from different parts of the world.

In an animated film, we meet The Girl with Brass Rings from the Kayan tribe, who inhabit the eastern part of Myanmar. Due to vast cultural differences, she finds herself struggling to fit in at school. Meanwhile, in distant Pakistan, where Girl with Goals is set, another girl is faced with challenges, this time due to her own personal failures in football. Her biggest competitor is in fact her sister. The theme of siblinghood is also addressed in the film My Brother Is Deaf. Through the narration of a five-year-old boy, we learn what it's like to live in a family with a hearing-impaired member.

In Girl Away from Home, we follow the promising thirteen-year-old gymnast Nastya from Kyiv, who was forced to leave her home and family due to the war. This “One World for Families” block ends on a positive note with the film Skate the City, where a group of friends, despite bans, refuse to give up what they love most.

A notable new feature in this category is a screening designed to introduce young audiences to problems of the modern world. Two such short films will provide an insight into Afghanistan, where the Taliban's harsh rule includes the suppression of women’s and girls’ rights among other issues.

These films are part of the morning screenings intended for schools. However, you can also catch them at the Family Screenings from 23 to 25 March. Throughout the festival weekend, attendees can also enjoy a guided tour of the projection room and participate in art workshops arranged in partnership with FreeCinema.

Films for younger viewers are dubbed into Czech without subtitles, while the block for older viewers has Czech subtitles. Additionally, the moderation between films and the subsequent workshop is also exclusively in Czech.

Films in category Docs For Families

Three children sitting happily outdoors with bushes in the background, baby in one child

Short documentary

My Brother Is Deaf

One’s hair is curly, the other’s straight. Aged 5 and 2, they are brothers who play together and romp around like everyone else. But instead of talking they communicate using sign language.

Smiling girl lying on grass with a soccer ball near her head.

Short documentary

Girl with Goals

12-year-old Leeza lives high in the Pakistani mountains. Her dream is to become a professional footballer and travel the world with her team. Her plan has just one setback: she’s not very good at football yet.

A grayscale illustration of a girl with a hat, layered yellow necklaces, surrounded by shadowy figures.

Short documentary

The Girl with Brass Rings

The women and girls of the Kayan tribe living along the Myanmar-Thai border are known for their extremely long necks. The brass rings adorning them are part of their cultural identity, but outside their village often lead to bullying.

Young female dancer in studio with others practicing in background.

Short documentary

Girl Away from Home

Nastya is 13 and loves gymnastics above all else. She works hard, training as much as 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. But everything changes in an instant.

Boy on skateboard performing a trick near steps on a city street.

Short documentary

Skate the City

Pippa is 15, lives in Antwerp and loves skateboarding. As she and her friends go to their favourite places in the city, they increasingly find new signs saying “NO SKATEBOARDING”.

Short documentary

The Girl with Brass Rings

Group of men with guns gesturing passionately at a rally.

Short documentary

The Takeover

The Taliban regime’s boast about equal rights for all Afghanis starkly contrasts with reality. Women in Kabul who battle for their right to an education and the ability to work are putting their lives on the line.

Short documentary

Inside Kabul

Friends Raha and Marwa both grew up in Kabul but were split up because of the Taliban. When the radical movement violently seized power in 2021, one decided to stay, the other to flee.

Films in this category explore the diverse community experiences of contemporary society. It’s precisely communities – groups interlinked by various shared circumstances and bonds – that play a significant role in shaping society, perhaps even evolving into a new form of family — or perhaps acting as a “second family” has always been among the functions of any community?

Thematic Film Category

Structures of Power

The entrenched hierarchy of social status, in which the rich and powerful rule from the upper echelons whilst the marginalised and disenfranchised are stuck at the bottom of the barrel, remains a sad constant of our society. In this year's selection of top ten films exploring the rule of law and its exploitation, we witness the courageous endeavours of individuals and collectives striving to break through the usurping structures of power.

Thematic Film Category

Docs For Families

One World also caters to its younger audience. Films shown within this category enable children to learn more about the lives of others their own age from different parts of the world.