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“Heirloom Recipes” is a documentary series featuring hereditary food recipes interwoven with heartwarming stories connected to the families sharing them.The taste of a hereditary dish can be said to be a chronicle of bygone times, carrying with it snapshots of a different generation that rekindles one’s memories.Do you miss the familiar taste of a family dish? Perhaps a dish by your grandmother that you relished when you were younger? Do you want to try your hand on cooking it but lack the recipe?“Heirloom Recipes” hopes to impart timeless recipes, held dearly by our elders, to a whole new generation Propagate the dishes to a wider audience to discover and experience Inspire a whole new generation to find new ways to innovate upon the recipes and make them their own I hope that by documenting these recipes and producing this series everyone will get a chance to learn and savour a piece of collective history.

During the last trip before new year, Thinh, a train commissioner, recalls his friends, family and fears.

As a plant that blooms in an inhospitable environment, a square takes the place of land abandoned in downtown Curitiba (Brazil). In a short time the place becomes the stage of the local cultural effervescence and symbol of a movement for creative occupation of the city. This short film, produced by the creators of the square, is a look at the motivations and challenges of transforming the city collectively.

The Bate-bola costume was brought to colonial Brazil by the Portuguese. During Carnival, it released people from fear and allowed them to transgress a life of religion and discipline. The moment Bate-bola crews take the streets is currently the most anticipated of all Carnival celebrations in underprivileged communities in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.

The day I decided to tell you about the things came right after the one you left me.

While the city of Rio de Janeiro continues to grow over the large Guanabara Bay mangrove, on the opposite bank, a preserved remnant from this environment still serves as a source of food and sustenance for some families.

This documentary is about a 19ft white backed crocodile which was caught and killed in Sarawak.

The port, one discovery and two moving bodies.

On November 5th, a dam full of residual mud from iron ore mine, owned by Samarco - a joint venture of the mining giants BHP Billiton of Australia and Brazil's Vale, burst and 62 million cubic meters of contaminated mud and mine waste started its deadly 800 kilometers descent towards the Atlantic Ocean, through the river system of the states of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo. The disaster claimed the lives of 19 people, more than 1,200 people were left homeless; at least 1,469 hectares of land were destroyed, including several national parks and protected areas. We decided to descend the river to the Heart of Darkness.

In this 3-minute documentary, we explore the Tricking scene in Singapore. A small but vibrant community filled with young, passionate individuals, they show us what home truly means to them.

Our documentary revolves around a grandmother who has been sending newspapers for a living since she was young. Once an important presence of Singapore’s daily newspaper scene, it is now a dying trade. Grandma Nancy, who is 71, still finds motivation in herself to continue delivering newspapers daily, only ending work when the sun rises.

This documentary movie told about children from any villages who rejected the cities as their new homeland. A main issue backed this problems. Their homeland (located at Cipaku Sub-District, Sumedang District, West Java Province, Indonesia) was a "victim area‟ since 1982. At least 28 villages must be cleared and evacuated earlier because all of them were located in zone of Jatigede Dam (a government‟s project which planned to be accomplished in this July 2015).So, their houses and villages will be waterlogged soon. The children had own reasons to remain in spite of their parents. Their reasons would be one of movie's presentations to watch. Cameras successfully recorded any unadorned minds either innocent acts from "the bumpkins‟ like them.