Watch a selection of the best Witness documentaries from Europe.
A selection of previous Witness films from Europe can be watched here in full.
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| From Zero: Next Moves
A global web platform follows people trying to rebuild their lives after an earthquake. | |
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From Zero: Ask the Dust
What happens in a disaster area after the international media have left?
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| Clandestine Crisis
A look at Bolivian immigrants in Europe and the mechanics of expulsion. | |
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Rice Girls
Former labourers relive their youth and their dreams in the paddy fields along Po valley.
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| Surviving Aids
Young people in Kaliningrad are trying to turn back the tide of drugs and HIV/Aids. | |
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The Contest
How prisoners in a Siberian labour camp for women prepare for a beauty contest.
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| Underground Heroes
The story of Ukrainian miners who risk their lives with hardly a second thought. | |
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Heavy Metal Junior
We follow a prepubescent band from Scotland in their bid for rock glory.
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| Nima’s Story
An intimate look at an Afghan life lived in the crosswinds of war and migration. | |
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The Last of the Reindeer Herders
Chronicling the struggle of Lapland’s Sami people to use ancient grazing land.
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| The Herdswoman
The story of three Sami women for whom reindeer herding is more than an occupation. | |
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An Italian Orchestra
Witness follows the story of a creative new force of musical immigrants in Rome.
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| Tales from Piemonte
A series of snapshot films show the passion Italians feel for the place of their birth. | |
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Fighting Global Sex Trade
An insight into why women are forced into being trafficked and how to help them.
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| A Nurse’s Tale
Lydia returns to her home in Ghana after 15 months working as a nurse in the UK. | |
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Waiting at De Gaulle
Preview: A look into the surreal life of an Iranian living in an airport lounge.
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| Mao in Bosnia
A small Bosnian town is being rebuilt with the help of 40,000 Chinese immigrants. | |
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Odessa Detectives
Odessa’s first private investigator lifts the lid on real life in Ukraine’s Miami.
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| Nerma’s Story
One woman’s campaign to bring war criminals to justice in Bosnia. | |
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Safe Haven
Survivors of the Srebrenica genocide return to the site of the massacre.
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| House of Journalists
The story of a shelter in Paris for threatened journalists from all over the world. | |
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Turkey’s Hidden Shame
Human rights lawyer acts for women who have been sexually tortured in custody.
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Armenian Homecoming
One woman’s pilgrimage to her family’s former home in Turkey.
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Under New Management
Muslims aspire to open a mosque in a small English town eager to preserve tradition.
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| Lost Boys
Young Somali men in London feel alienated from UK society – with tragic results. | |
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Bama’s Journey
A once-in-a-lifetime journey from a gorilla sanctuary in Cameroon to a zoo in the UK.
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| Gangsters Made Good
A relative’s death leads one man to draw local youths away from UK gang culture. | |
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Little England
Spain is a hot spot for northern Europeans, but local anger is growing.
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| Qat Barons of Sheffield
An ancient Yemeni tradition is maintained in northern England. | |
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Caravan of Love
Lonely hearts in remote Spanish villages get ready for the bus of love.
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| Digging up the Past
One man sets out to exhume the ghosts of Spain’s totalitarian past. | |
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Gypsy Witch
Madame Rodica practices her white magic to reassure both family and clients.
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| Children of Chechnya
A doctor returns to his war-torn country to help children maimed by landmines. | |
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Chechen Fighters
The war in Chechnya is over, but rebels are still prepared to die for their beliefs.
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| The Chechen Syndrome
Russian soldiers face a tough time coming home after serving in Chechnya. | |
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Meltdown Bavaria
Germany’s new warmer climate has led to a sharp increase in woodland parasites.
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