Umbrella
Du Haibin, Cina, 2007, 93 min
In the city of Zhong Shan in Guangdong Province, numerous young workers originally from the countryside, work day and night in an umberalla factory: increasing output for them means a fatter pay packet at the end of the month.
End of the Rainbow
Robert Nugent, Francia Australia, 2007, 83 min
The opening of a gold mine in a remote region of West Africa brings about economic transformation and raises hopes for a better life.
All In This Tea
Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht, Stati Uniti, 2007, 70 min
A film about David Lee Hoffman, a tea importer of worldwide fame, and the search for the best home produced teas in some of China's most remote regions
Italia / Sardegna
Paleoliche
Francesco Cabras, Italia, 2006, 4 min 30''
The wind turbines of Bonaita, in Sardinia, interpret a rhapsody in three movements, three seasons in a single day: fire, flight and the tenebre.
Losers and Winners
Michel Loeken, Ulrike Franke , Germania, 2006, 96 min
This film documents the dismantling of a gigantic coal production plant in the Ruhr and how its workers live through the introduction of Chinese working practices.