Two Danes, one mountain, one dream. Ten years ago, my friend Lee Z Berg and I stood at the foot of the majestic mountain Ama Dablam (6856m) in the Everest Region of Nepal. A mountain that is often described as one of the most spectacular mountains in the world. Not for its height but for its beauty, aesthetics and its exposure. A dream was born, and now we are back with the goal of standing on the summit.

DIRECTOR: Christian Als
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Christian Als

This film won ‘Best Danish Film’ at the Danish Adventure Film Festival and ‘Documentary of the Year’ at the Danish Press Photo Awards.

On the rapids of the Congo river, the Wagenia people practice a form of fishing perfected over hundreds of years.

Shot by Andrew McConnell
Edited by Panos Pictures

This is the story of a group of friends who commute together to work in Warsaw. About 500 thousand people commute every day to Polish capital.

This film is part of a project about life in Warsaw.

Shot, edited and produced by Piotr Malecki.

In September 2010, the Danish newspaper Berlingske published a photo of an 18-month-old orphan from Nepal. The story brought about a flood of reactions from readers. But one reader, 36-year-old Cecilie M. Hansen, went one step further. Having seen the picture of the abandoned girl, she decided to travel to Nepal to find and try to save the toddler with the big head.

Shot and edited by Mads Nissen

Northern Norway: The island of Røst is part of the Lofoten archipelago and has a population of approx. 600 poeple. Røst has been inhabited for hundreds of years and is a traditional fishing community. The sea is rich with life, and the world’s largest deep water coral reef is located west of Røst. Since the 15th century stockfish (dried fish) has been exported to Italy. Now the oil companies and many politicians want to search for oil in these waters. Conservationists want to ban oil exploration in this area, fearing pollution and oil spills. Wind turbines will be going up in the near future too, both on the island and further along the Lofoten coast.
In this short film we meet Oddleif Torsteinsen, a fisherman and sheep farmer.

Photo and video and editing by Fredrik Naumann.

The Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet. It is home to many indigenous people including some who voluntarily maintain no contact with the outside world. Unfortunately the Yasuní also sits atop between 412 and 920 million barrels of oil and the oil companies are desperate to start drilling.

Photographer Julio Etchart traveled to the Yasuní national park and met the Huaorani community who have come up with their own way to keep the oil in the ground.

Photo and video by Julio Etchart, edited and produced by New Internationalist.

In 2008, the Ghanaian government introduced free health care for all pregnant women.
However, due to an acute shortage of midwives in the country, nearly half of all women still give birth without assistance from a qualified health worker.
For Ghana to make real progress on reducing maternal mortality, many more midwives like Cecilia are needed on the front line to deliver life-saving free health-care.

Shot by Abbie Trayler-Smith for Oxfam

Wika Szmit is 74 years old and a pensioner. Three times a week she runs discos at the Bolek club in Warsaw.

Produced, edited and shot by Piotr Malecki.
Part of an ongoing series about life in Warsaw.

Please credit Piotr Malecki/Panos Pictures
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Ekon Association in Warsaw is a recycling plant that provides jobs for people with learning difficulties or mental health issues; who would otherwise find it difficult to get work. When you’re often excluded from society work is ‘A pleasure’.

Produced, edited and shot by Piotr Malecki.
Part of an ongoing series about life in Warsaw.

Nairobi Lights: circus as a means to build capacity and create a positive impact on people’s lives.

Shot and edited by Sven Torfinn for the Vertical Circus and the Sarakasi Trust

Ian Willey, 28, had his first experience with hip hop early.

“I wrote this great poem once in second grade called Fat Pat. It started like this, “Once there was a boy named Pat, who was very, very, very Fat.” And ever since then I liked rhymes,” Willey said.

Willey is now actively pursuing his dream of becoming a hip hop artist, having recently released his first professional album.

But the words and motivation behind that album originate from an unexpected place — 90 fifth grade students at an elementary school in Harlem.

Shot, edited and produced by Christian Als, Janine Boreland and Edith Champagne.

Multimedia presentation by Chris de Bode.
Editing by Panos Pictures.
Music : Rebel Music