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A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.

Sixteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for being outspoken about her country’s education system. The Pakistani government spends seven times more on its military than on education. The Taliban banned girls from attending school. Pakistan’s literacy rate is among the lowest in the world, with the number of school aged children who don’t attend school is second highest globally. Malala survived and is now the youngest person to ever be awarded the Nobel peace Prize for her activism for female education. This is the story of Malala’s fight for a right to education and freedom.

Breathe into life the characters of Danny, Peter, and Martin in this UPFI undergraduate thesis film. This romantic drama tells the story of Danny, a 29-year-old florist, as he organizes a funeral and tribute for his ex-lover, Peter, who died a martyr after taking up arms seven years ago. As he takes the lead in organizing the tribute, he grapples with the memories of when he was active in the movement, together with the man he loved the most.

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

Set in Baku at the turn of the 20th century, a young successful businessman Asgar wishes to marry. He wants his bride to be the choice of his heart, however, Azerbaijani tradition restricted him from communicating with the lady as a lover before marriage. So Asgar decides to disguise himself as a mere cloth peddler and the young woman Gulchohra falls in love with him.

16 year old girl go-kart driver Nika exceeds conflict with her mother to win the most important race of her life.

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Ximena, a 28-year-old, unstructured and modern, is trapped in a temporary "loop" with Walter and Aurelio, and has the difficult task of escaping before losing her sanity.

Three interwoven stories of loneliness and isolation that centre around Janan, a woman from Afghanistan who travels to the UK for artificial insemination. Complications arise when William, a medical sciences student working in the clinic switches the donor's semen for his own.

In a small provincial Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statue. Sharing a passion for cinema, Yahya's boss Naser Khan decides to help them find the owner.

The tragic death of a polar bear triggers the end of the Buenos Aires Zoo. A superhero lover lawyer asks a court to declare the orangutan Sandra a Non-Human Person and revolutionizes the planet. A very Argentine story, full of passions, embarrassing missteps and memorable characters.

The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrollable laughter, happy tears, and special guests.

A story of soul searching, science, nature and creativity, InnSæi takes us on a global journey to uncover the art of connecting within today's world of distraction and stress.

Unhinged: Surviving Jo'burg is an honest, quirky and sometimes frenzied documentary about Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city and the world's gateway to Southern Africa. With rapid narrative, dry humour, trivial factoids, insightful observations and a highly enjoyable soundtrack, the film tells a slice-of-city-life story. It's a personal video snapshot of today's city, providing a unique opportunity for viewers to get a glimpse inside a place that the world has a very fuzzy sense of. Written by Adrian Loveland

A gay barber swallows a large rock from the sky that turns him into a sexy superheroine. She soon finds herself fighting against a giant frog, a zombie outbreak, and a group of warriors who plan to turn the world's males into females.

Emilia and Ismael were not ready to take on parental responsibilities. However, their baby is there, and it must be assumed. Emil's mother Nazilati strives as best she can to empower her daughter. So will they be able to assume their new role?

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In September 2005, Afghanistan held its first parliamentary elections in 35 years. Among the candidates for 249 assembly seats was Malalai Joya, a courageous, controversial 27-year-old woman who had ignited outrage among hard-liners when she spoke out against corrupt warlords at the Grand Council of tribal elders in 2003. Enemies of Happiness is a revelatory portrait of this extraordinary freedom fighter and the way she won the hearts of voters, as well as a snapshot of life and politics in war-torn Afghanistan.

This a documentary film on Afghanistan and the effects of wars of the last 38 years. Malalai Joya, Afghan activist for human rights, democracy and women's rights, speaks to the atrocities committed against Afghans by Soviets, local Warlords, Taliban, and now USA and NATO presence in the country. Many victims of these atrocious wars tell their stories. A film by Pronesis Institute of Audiovisual and Social Change and Cine Cinematográfica of Brazil.

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.

A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.

A historical saga, based on personal stories and the history of Brda (a region near the border in the west of Slovenia), depicts a bloody history of Europe, full of wars, nationalisms and at the same time cohabitation, which is always personal and common to everyone.

In 1909, four fearless entrepreneurs and then-unknown Irish writer James Joyce met in Trieste, the main port of the Austro-Hungarian empire, where he convinced them to expand their cinema business and invest in the opening of Ireland's first full time cinema. The Cinema Volta is not a historical documentary about the opening of a landmark cinema, but a light, spirited and modern personal search for the spirit of the people involved.

After the disappearance of Randrenja, a powerful businessman, the family is torn apart over his inheritance. Between drama and comedy, this instalment of the franchise takes the viewer into a world of conflict, against a backdrop of corruption, abuse of power and social injustice.

Since the Stone Age, man has done many things to cover his nakedness. For some time he covered his nakedness with leaves. Later, they used animal skins to cover their nakedness by creating different clothes. In the gradually developing Sri Lankan society, the name Sarama is the main men's clothing in Sri Lanka. So Samare is the speaker of this story called Sarama. Both the good and the bad that happened to Samara due to Sarama are very easily unfolded as humorous stories that heal the minds of the people subjected to various games in an oppressive society. This is the story of Samare's Sarama, who lived between birth and death.

Follows the story of a school paper's new editor-in-chief who begins to slowly spiral out of control due to the influence of a mysterious new member of his team.

Spain, 1970s. While a cruel dictatorship rules an eternally grey country through fear, violence, repression and censorship, María, a young dancer, dreams of bringing bright colours into her life and the lives of others, as she makes her way towards personal freedom and pursues her crazy dream of becoming a TV star; a very funny journey in which she will be comforted by the pop songs of the incomparable Italian singer and dancer Raffaella Carrà.

A mysterious, horse-headed man plagued by insomnia seeks help from his longtime therapist, only to unravel a haunting web of repressed memories, guilt, and surreal repetition that blurs the line between reality and the mind’s darkest corners.

The film follows Jaliwa's journey as he goes through the harsh realities of life inside Maula Prison. The prison is depicted as a place of confinement and a symbol of wider societal issues such as injustice and overcrowding, as well as human neglect. With bad living conditions and limited access to medical care, as well as a strict inmate hierarchy, Jaliwa must confront the brutal truths of prison life while fighting to maintain his dignity and hope.