6 linee tematiche inglese - Prix Italia

THEMATIC GUIDELINES OF THE SPECIAL PRIZE PROGRAMMES
“Programmes that effect social change”
Globalization: development, poverty and immigration
The financial and food crises that has been rocking the world since 2008 has had a little
known side effect: it sparked a mad race for control of farmlands all around the planet.
The head of the FAO, Jacques Diouf, recently warned against the "risk of land
neo-colonialism. An inquiry on three continents to tell one and the same story: the story
of this gigantic game of Monopoly, and the terrible consequences it could have if nothing
is done to protect the interests of small farmers and developing countries. (Planet for sale
- ARTE France). For decades, "Microcredit" has been hailed as the number one solution
to eradicate poverty. But is it actually so! A string of interviews with poor people in
Bangladesh, India and Mexico all repeatedly bothered by loan-takers told the same
story: Most of them had numerous loans in NGOs and Micro Finance Institutions, and
many had to sell their own property or take new loans to pay back the old ones. Loans
with interest rates ranging from 30-200%. (The micro debt - DR Denmark).India has
become one of the world’s hot new destinations for the outsourcing of clinical trials
research. The industry there is predicted to be worth billions of euros. "Body hunters"
investigates the ethics and science of this powerful industry by taking India as a case
example and examines whether the pharmaceutical industry is taking chances not only
with the safety of those in India participating in the trials, but also ultimately our safety
back in the West. (Body hunters - ARTE France).The Ministry of Health of
Guinea-Bissau, in partnership with FNUAP implemented a project with the aim to
re-enforce emergency obstetric care in Guinea-Bissau. Maternal mortality, child
mortality, lack of health professionals in the field of obstetrics, degraded infrastructures,
and the lack of equipment and medical supplies, are some of the subjects to be tackled
by the health care workers. (To Give Life without Dying - RTP Portugal). "Mirage" is a
documentary shot in June, 2010 and tells the story of people who are given the chance
to speak out about their feelings, emotions, hardships and the causes which led them to
escape their homes and to leave their loved ones behind. (Mirage – MTV Hungary). Mano
and Sharan, both grown up in Iraq, dream of a new life in Norway and arrive to Oslo
with the help of people smugglers. Sharan gets a residence permit, while Mano is told to
return to Iraq, but chooses to stay as an illegal immigrant. When they are drawn deeper
and deeper into a world of crime in the everyday life of the Norwegians their dreams
disappear in thin air... (Brothers – NRK Norway).
Violence, abuse, crime
A landmark film exploring teenage violence and killings. Harrowing actualities filmed in
the immediate aftermath combines with moving testimony from the spectrum of people
affected in the wake of violent death. An emotional journey that chronicles every
teenager who died as a result of violence in the UK in 2009. (Scenes from a teenage
killing - BBC United Kingdom).This documentary traces the slow development of
Vatican awareness on the gravity regarding the issue on child abuse and tells the story
of Cardinal Ratzinger’s own mistakes in this area when "Prefect of the Congregation of
the Faith" and his struggle to change the opinion within the Vatican to finally make a
policy which addresses the rights of the victim. (Unspeakable crimes – RTE Ireland). An
unflinching look at the revived practice of buying young boys to keep as private dancers
in northern Afghanistan who later become victims of abuse, known as Bacha Bazi
literally "boy play", exploiting the desperation of many poverty stricken children with the
promise of a new life as singers and dancers for former warlords and businessman. They
are traded for sexual favours and subjected to abuse, rape and sometimes even
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