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Filmed shortly after the 2014 Gaza war, this documentary examines how violence has transformed the lives of 10 Palestinian children.

Madrid was one of the hardest-hit regions in the world by the pandemic of Covid-19. When the state of alarm was declared in March 2020, awarded filmmaker Hernán Zin grab his camera and went out to portray it from all fronts: hospitals, ambulances, nursing homes, funeral homes, fire department, police and army operations.He got exclusive access to places and situations that few filmmakers in the world had due to the effort of the politicians to keep the press out of the hospitals and nursing homes. He follows the everyday work of Gabi, a doctor at an ICU struggling to save the lives of the first covid patients in Spain. The work of Carolina, that rescues the pets of people that died of covid. The endless work of Miguel, and undertaker, that has to bury more than 70 bodies every day with a waiting list of many weeks. The endless energy of Carmen, the director of the largest hospital in Madrid, that has to convert 15 floors of just one building into ICUs beds. The result is "2020", a film that shows us what was really happening when we were all under lock-down. A unique document on the pandemic that gives a name, face and history to the number of victims published every day in newspapers. That humanizes the consequences of a pandemic that has changed our lives forever. In short, a film loaded with humanity and with a very special artistic view, that will live forever as a historical document. A tribute to the victims of the pandemic and to all who have fought to save their lives.

A documentary examining the global phenomenon of rape as a "weapon of war" in various conflict zones, including Bosnia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Since civil war started in Syria in 2011, an estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes, half of them children. These children have fled unimaginable horror: the indiscriminate bombings of Bachar Al Assad's government, and ISIS' raping and beheading, only to find themselves trapped in makeshift camps or closed borders. We witness the journey of these refugees to the promised land of Europe.

The disappearance of a child in the small town of Fortuna unchains a series of events that will impact the local detective's life and reveal a shocking secret.

A highly commercially successful rock band mysteriously disbanded before their first concert. 30 years later, they have a second chance.

"Morir para contar" tells the stories of Spanish war correspondant dead while doing their work.

Julio Lumbreras was one of the first patients to enter an ICU in Spain with Covid-19. Through the phone messages of his family, we follow his 57 days of fighting the coronavirus.

A fisherman in his youth, now a grandfather spends time with infant granddaughter. He tells her of the sea while she plays in his beached, rusting fishing boat, stranded far from water in the sand of an endless desert scrub.

The Journey tells the story of three trafficked and sexual assault survivors who were part of the first group of women to go through the ninety-day Amplify Voices Program. The film follows these courageous women as they take steps to heal, find sisterhood, and learn to give voice to their trauma in a series of powerful and inspiring stage talks.

Lionel Messi and Diego Armando Maradona are considered two of the best football players of all times They both come from Argentina. A country that has provided the world not just with these two geniuses but with hundreds of amazing players like Di Stefano, Kempes, Batistuta or Higuaín. If we think about outstanding football factories, Argentina is undoubtedly on the top of the list. In the documentary "I want to be Messi," the award-winning director Hernan Zin shows how this football factory works. What makes it so successful...

More than 100,000 elephants are killed in Africa every year. That is one every 15 minutes. Poachers and a growing ivory market in China are behind these massacres. According to the UN data, there are only 400,000 elephants left. If this goes on, they will become extinct in less than a decade. As simple as that. The Kenyan Richard Moller is working on protecting a specially threatened group - the iconic big Tuskers. Their ivory grows long down to the ground. A hundred years ago, there were thousands of them but nowadays, there are only 10 left at Tsavo National Park and only 4 more in the whole continent. Moller chases poachers every day across the savannah with his team. However, he cannot keep them from being killed. By the time this new documentary by Hernán Zin (director of 'Born In Gaza', nominated for the Spanish Academy Awards in 2014) was finished, not even 10 elephants were still alive. This short documentary reveals without hesitation the brutal plundering Africa is suffering while the international community looks the other way.