In September 2000, 191 governments committed to halve world poverty by 2015 and set eight goals to achieve this: the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). At the halfway point, eight directors were invited to share their vision of these major issues, each by way of a short film.
MDG 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger: Tiya’s Dream, d. Abderrahmane Sissako (Ethopia). In a small country school, children have a lesson in the MDGs but one child, Tiya, is distracted and staring out of the window…
MDG 2 Achieve universal primary education: The Letter, d. Gael Garcia Bernal (Iceland). A letter is delivered. A father goes to work. Throughout this normal day, he will remember that education is the only way to be free.
MDG 3 Promote gender equality and empower women: How Can It Be? d. Mira Nair (USA). Base on true story, wife and mother, Nainab, makes the complicated decision to leave her sheltered Brooklyn life and follow her heart within the realm of the values she holds sacred.
MDG 4 Reduce child mortality: Mansion on the Hill, d. Gus Van Sant (USA). Images of youth at play are constrasted against the harrowing facts of infant mortality.
MDG 5 Improve maternal health: The Story of Panshin Beka, d. Jan Kounen (Peru). In Amazonia, pregnant Panshin Beka feels labour pains and, with her husband and grandmother, attempts the difficult journey by boat, with no money or fuel, to the hospital in the city.
MDG 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases: SIDA, d. Gasper Noe (Burkina Faso). A portrait of Dieudonne Ilboudo, a man infected with HIV in a hospital in Burkina Faso.
MDG 7 Ensure environmental sustainability: The Water Diary, d. Jane Campion (Australia). Eleven year old Ziggy writes in her diary about the things that happen during the worst drought in history. She reports, also, on the dreams people have about water…
MDG 8 Develop a global partnership for development: Person to Person, d. Wim Wenders (Germany). At a TV station, reporters prepare news stories on the state of the Millenium Goals until something unusual happens.
Winner: Cinema for Peace Award for Contribution to UN Millenium Development Goals
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