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Cecília, a blind in one eye 8 years old girl, is out of the school. Until she decides to go back.

Javier wants to keep living his carefully built life in Europe in peace, away from Buenos Aires, his bureaucratic, corrupt and stressful hometown. But, since his father passed away, Javier must ensure the well-being of Miriam, his frail and chronically-ill mother. Stepping into the inverted role of parent, Javier must confront old wounds and make hard choices.

Dilya became a human rights activist the day her brother was thrown in prison, accused of being a terrorist. She challenged the dictatorship, escaped her home country but realized that the regime was closer than she could ever imagine.

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The fourth eldest is soon to finish school and follow in their footsteps, though he'd rather continue his schooling. The eldest brother finally decides that he wants to break free and set out on his own against his parents' wishes, with the support and sympathy of the other boys.

Joseph isn't particularly happy, even though he's good at hiding it. The day his brother dies, he becomes certain he'll miss out on his life. So that it doesn't slip away from him, one night, he gives in to his desire.

The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.

What happens when governmental and intricate care tasks like detention and rehabilitation are left to market forces and powerful international uncontrolled corporations take over. A phenomenon often started through cost-cutting by governments. In Prison for Profit, we follow investigative journalist Ruth Hopkins and the lives of former prisoners and prison warders from South Africa's Mangaung private prison, which is run by the controversial private security firm G4S, a British multi-billion company active on a world-wide scale. Leaked video footage filmed by prison guards shows the violent face of this notorious private prison from the inside. We expose how this very violent system of profit maximization at a company like G4S works, how this multinational operates this prison and what the far-reaching negative consequences are for society.

A low-budget film crew travels down to the Southern town of Mildew, Georgia to lens their new cinematic opus, Bigfoot vs. The Space Killers. Unbeknownst to them, there are actual monsters in the woods, monsters that are embodiment of pure evil, driven by a 3030 year-old force named Ida!