Cracked: The Perplexing World of Egg Donation

CRACKED reveals the world of egg donation at a time when fertility rates are collapsing. Infertile potential parents are desperate to find egg donors with the right traits, the right ethnicity. But donating an egg is not simple and invites multiple risks. Through intimate stories of couples searching for donors, a Hollywood actor who had her child through egg donation, and frank confessions from a donor who is helping scores of families welcome babies, the film explores the economics, emotional costs and ethics of egg donation. It illuminates how rapid advances in reproductive science have left countries, cultures and laws struggling to catch up and both egg donors and those yearning for babies walking on eggshells.

Canvey Island

After decades of rising house prices, many of London’s Hasidic Jewish community are being forced out of the city and relocating 50 miles away to the more affordable green fields of Canvey Island in Essex. This lm follows the reactions of the island’s residents as they meet their new neighbours, and the Hasidic community as they attempt to settle into their new seaside home. It has the potential to be a culture clash, but community leaders are determined that good neighbourly relations will prevail.

Finding Satoshi

In 2005, a U.K based company developed an alternate reality game called Perplex City, which was played in the real world. The goal was to discover the location of an artifact called the “receda cube” buried with 100,000 GBP somewhere in the world. Players had to solve 256 puzzles to get clues to its location and it was found in 2007, thus officially putting an end to the game. However, out of the 256 cards, only one remains unsolved: A picture, a name and “Find me!” written in Japanese. Narrated by award-winning actor Willem Dafoe, FINDING SATOSHI is the wild story of a 14-year search for answers to a hide-and-seek puzzle game, and the fascinating path to the answer!

The Lion Cub From Harrods

This documentary tells the extraordinary story of Christian the Lion who was bought as a cub by John Rendall and Ace Bourke, from the Harrods ‘Exotic Animals Department’ Christian the lion then found himself swept up into the heart of hip London society at the height of the ‘swinging sixties’. The film features exclusive photographs, and never-before-seen footage of the last reunion between John, Ace and Christian which has come from their personal archive.

Spirit to Soar

SPIRIT TO SOAR is a one-hour documentary inspired by Tanya Talaga’s book, Seven Fallen Feathers, about seven missing or dead First Nations high school students. This documentary examines the hard truths around the deaths, truths the northern city of Thunder Bay and the country of Canada, have long ignored: Racism kills, especially when it presents itself as indifference. SPIRIT TO SOAR is a closer look at what has happened in the wake of the inquest into the student’s deaths, of how families and communities have struggled to carry on while pursuing justice for their loved ones and equity for First Nations People, and, it looks at Talaga’s own journey of trying to make sense of her role here. This film is a story of the strength and bravery First Nations youth show every single day, when they walk out the front door and head to high school in a country that has tried to erase them. We are still here and thriving.

I Am War

I AM WAR tells the personal accounts of five men and women who fought with the Canadian Forces during the Afghanistan War and how these traumatic experiences have changed their lives. These compelling testimonials are personal journeys into war and are based on actual events and stories from firsthand witnesses.

Independent America: The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop

INDEPENDENT AMERICA: THE TWO LANE SEARCH FOR MOM & POP follows former NBC foreign correspondents and married couple, Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes, as they hit the road and travel 13,000 miles through 32 states, searching for an America unchained by corporate retail. Complete with interviews with economists, advocates, political leaders and even the VP of the world’s leading big box store, this compelling and controversial documentary encourages society to think more about where they spend their hard-earned dollars.

I Didn't Do It

I DIDN’T DO IT reveals the untold stories and personal toll of wrongful convictions - one gut-wrenching case at a time. They are stories of innocent people caught in a nightmare who must, after their exoneration, try to pick up the shreds of their life after spending years in prison. And throughout each episode, the desperate search is on for the real perpetrator behind the crime.

Inside China: Kung Fu Inc.

Experience the past, present and future of the 1500 year old Shaolin Temple and the birthplace of Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism.

Day Job

Do you have the next billion-dollar business? Facebook, Instagram and Airbnb have set the bar high in the world of entrepreneurs, giving rise to legions of people trying to turn their brilliant ideas into the next big thing. DAY JOB explores the grueling process of three unique digital start-ups, all vying to be the next great billion-dollar business. Watch the real life stories of these teams as they experience the hardships and sacrifices entrepreneurs face to build their ideas during an intensive 12-week accelerator program funded by potential equity investors.