HOT LIFE AFRICA

Pati’s world turns upside down when her stolen computer becomes the target of a blackmail threat. An invisible hacker sets a cat-and-mouse hunt pushing Pati to the limit as she seeks help from legal authorities, only to realize she is the only one who can find the way out. Through her search, Pati discovers that her story is just one of the countless cases uncovering the vulnerability we all face in protecting our privacy in the online world. 

The Click Trap exposes the alarming truths behind the digital advertising economy, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, showing the far-reaching impact it’s having on our lives, both on and offline. New advertising technology, monopolized by big tech companies, has turned hate and mis- and disinformation into a profitable business opportunity, which cyber scammers worldwide are also exploiting. By revealing how this complex industry works, who controls it and who is choosing to fight back, The Click Trap questions whether a safer, fairer and more transparent digital ad business is possible in the future. 

After the death of his father, Mauro, an Italian filmmaker living in Panama, encounters a lifeless body on a road in the middle of the jungle. He tries to revive him with a chest compression, the person comes back to life for a few seconds, and then passes away again. In front of this particular coincidence he embarks on an intimate journey into uncharted territories, looking for a dialogue with death. Driven by curiosity and a deep desire for understanding, Mauro immerses himself in intimate stories of people that deal with extreme and indefinite spaces. 

In the poorest region of Guatemala, most of the men have fled the country to pursue a better life in the USA. They send gifts to their loved ones through Mario, an extravagant business and showman or, as he calls himself, “a love messenger who unifies families”. 

Seven siblings isolated themselves in 1920 at the foot of Europe’s largest glacier. They explored it before anyone talked about the melt. Their farm is now an empty skeleton. But their voice will echo again like a litany, like a warning. On the wall, the image of a ‘pietà’, with the great white shroud twisted over the corpse of the dying son. 

A race against time to save her freedom: Samaneh, a young Iranian, must find an endangered bird to escape a forced marriage and a tradition of Cease Blood Sacrifice. 

An in-depth investigation into an enigmatic botanist who belonged to the SS and fled to Argentina. Unsolved crimes and a question that puts the survival of the human race in doubt.