The Sweating Subject is a series of group portraits of tribal chiefs and their courts. All of the group portraits also include Jan Banning, the photographer. All the subjects are members of the Gonja or Dagomba tribes in the Northern Territories of ...
When Adam Patterson moved to London and began taking pictures of London gang members, he struck up a friendship with a gang leader called Vipoh (aka Jean-Claude Dagrou) who headed up a crew known as the Loughborough Soldiers. Patterson has been tracing ...
Oanh, a young woman in Vietnam, needs regular dialysis but can’t pay for the treatment from her meagre salary as a tea seller. While a tiny minority of people have become rich in the country, the gulf between them and the majority of the population...
A short film about the arrival of First Quantum Minerals mining company in a small village in Peru and the negotiations about access, water use and other effects of mining between the company administration and the miners. ...
In the Siberian state of Yakutia, the exploding number of wolves is impacting indigenous livelihoods. Meet Ion Maxsimovic, the region’s best wolf hunter. ...
Poaching of protected animals for their tusks and other body parts is funding militia in many fragile states and governments like Gabon are becoming increasingly alarmed by the threat posed by wildlife trafficking to national security. Rebel groups, drug...
E:XILE follows the story of Dlshad Othman, a Syrian digital security expert and human rights activist hiding in Ireland. From a small village outside Dublin, Dlshad works around the clock to ensure the safety of activists and journalists on the digital ...
The House of Culture of the Blinds in Yerevan, Armenia, has stood almost empty since the fall of the Soviet Union due to a lack of funding for disabled people. Many disabled people are now reconnecting with the world and finding employment through the ...
The Mwanmba family – Congolese refugees living in Bujumbura, Burundi. “Hidden Lives – The Untold Story of Urban Refugees” is a photo project and exhibition that was produced collaboratively between the International Rescue ...
In 1876 the explorer Henry Morton Stanley first encountered the Lualaba River in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo. Stanley was convinced that the Lualaba was connected to the great Congo River which the Portuguese had first sighted 400 ...
2011 Manchester United vs FC Barcelona final watched by supporters in a traditional English pub in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...
Everywhere and every day women have abortions. This is the story of Maria from Montevideo, Uruguay. Maria speaks of the stigma attached to abortions in her country and her experience of having an abortion after an accidental pregnancy. The film is part ...
This film follows a group of friends who commute together to work in Warsaw. About 500,000 people commute into the Polish capital every day. Part of a series of short films about life in Warsaw, the Polish capital. ...
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. For those who are often excluded from society, work is ‘A ...
Wika Szmit is 74 years old and a pensioner. Three times a week she runs discos at the Bolek club in Warsaw. Part of a series of short films about life in Warsaw, the Polish capital. ...
‘Jodie’ is a film about life in Warsaw seen through the eyes of a foreigner, an American living on a socialist-era housing estate and figuring out a way to be happy in Poland. Part of a series of short films about life in Warsaw, the Polish ...
The best call centre consultants are like doctors – they look beneath the skin of a client to determine the best way to sell him a product. Over 200,000 Poles work in 1,500 call centres in Poland. Call centres get commissions from companies that do...
On 13 March 2017 the discovery in Sierra Leone of the world's 14th largest diamond ever found was reported around the world. At 709 carat it is also the second largest ever seen in the country. The man who found it is pastor Emmanuel Momoh assisted ...
Now I am a Refugee tells the personal and moving story of Mazen, a Syrian refugee who arrived on the Greek island in the summer of 2015. Mazen is a powerful storyteller and as he takes us through his journey, he reflects on his past and on his future as ...
The diagnosis of cancer in anyone we love is a terrifying prospect, but we probably least expect it in our children. Three families at very different stages of this journey share their experiences of this life-changing ordeal. 13-year-old Julie Farum ...
In Northern Italy, one of the most delicate crafts has survived both industrialisation and globalisation. The hand-built violin is a huge success for the city of Cremona, where past and present comes together in a lucrative niche business. Meet 32 year ...
Two Danes, one mountain, one dream. Panos photographer and filmmaker Christian Als and his friend Lee Z. Berg climbed the majestic Ama Dablam mountain (6856m) in Nepal together. The mountain is often described as one of the most spectacular mountains in ...
40% of crops are lost to pests worldwide. For over 2 billion smallholder farmers in the world, these crops are a vital source of food and income for their families. The Plantwise Programme, an initiative from the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences ...
Everywhere and every day women have abortions. This is the story of Bhakti who, after discovering she was pregnant, decided to have an abortion, just like millions of other women around the world. Bhakti, who lives in India, shares her experience of why ...
Across southeast Asia, indigenous communities often lack formal legal title to their ancestral lands. As a result, traditional holdings can face expropriation and encroachment by business interests or by the state. Law groups on the island of Mindanao in...
In South Sudan, 13 Dutch organisations of the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) are helping with emergency relief activities. The alliance includes CARE Netherlands, Cordaid, Dorcas, ICCO, Kerk in Actie, OXFAM NOVIB, Plan Netherlands, Tear, Terre des Hommes, ...
Save the Children in Jordan commissioned Dutch photographer and director Chris de Bode and Dutch Filmmaker Steven Elbers to produce a short documentary, ‘Living on Scrap’, which tells the story of two young boys working to support their families by ...
The Boko Haram conflict in the Lake Chad region has displaced over 1,3 million children, causing a complex humanitarian crisis. One in three people in this region don’t have access to safe drinking water. In Chad, diarrhoea is one of the leading ...
After the recession of the 1990s, Japan’s white collar salarymen increasingly must work arduous hours for fear of losing their jobs. This often leads to depression and suicide. ...
This short documentary follows a mother’s devotion after her 11-year-old daughter is struck by a stray bullet in New York City. Nearly a third of stray bullet shooting victims in the United States are children. ...
The number of temp workers in Japan has been steadily climbing – from 16% in 1985 to 34% in 2007. As more and more companies continue to replace costly full-time employees with cheaper temp workers, an income gap between lifetime workers and their ...
Red Ant Security Relocation & Eviction Services, or the 'Red Ants' in short, is a private security company in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose employees have become notorious for using excessive force in conducting their operations. They are ...
Mercy Owiti is a palliative care nurse in Nyeri, Kenya. For people like her, caring for patients at the end of life often means more than just pain relief. That’s why the Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association has been training health care ...
They drive their children around in armoured minibuses; drones buzz around in the air above their homes. The Ovadia family are always armed when they venture outside their home and their settlement. This year, Israel celebrates the 70th anniversary ...
William Katende, his wife and six children own six hectares of farmland about 300 meters from the equator where they mainly grow matoke, a starchy variety of banana which is picked green and cooked. They sell about half of the food they produce and ...