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A biologist describes her research into various species of frogs in the rainforest of Central America and their mysterious disappearance as if it were a criminal case. Brilliantly animated drawings accompany her vivid scientific analysis.

The EU is investing billions to establish African states as its new border guards. It also supports dictatorships that close their borders in return.

What are the consequences of heat peaks on our bodies and on the organization of our social life in major urban centers, agricultural territories and aquatic areas? Bringing together the expertise of scientists from different disciplines, this documentary highlights the multiple undesirable effects of rising temperatures on the European continent, and presents a range of possible adaptation strategies to deal with them.

Because his single mother criticised the state, Alex was sent to a special children’s home at the age of eleven, in order to shape him – like almost 500,000 children in the GDR – into a “socialist personality”. He escaped and ended up as a punishment at the Torgau Closed Juvenile Detention Centre, more prison than social institution. His life was now dominated by military drill and violence … Reduced rotoscope images follow Alex’s memories and show how the trauma affects him even today.

A father and daughter have lost touch. They used to take trips to the cinema, discuss music and politics. Until her interests began to change; then her looks; then her way of speaking. And one day she told him she was going to a wedding party in Denmark. Instead she started a new life. As the wife of a jihadist living in Syria.