The current medical, scientific and economic situation has been transformed by the discovery that malaria, a disease many people appear to have forgotten, kills one person in the world every 30 seconds and weakens Sub-Saharan Africa.

In the Pokot minority in Kenya female genital mutilation remains as cruel rite of passage between childhood and adulthood

In Cameroon, faiths are strongs and albino are often stigmatized. Here, as in many others countries, traditionalistes societies and their mystic practices have cultivated distruts to albino by making them being almost inhumans. Neither black nor white, a little bit african but especially different... Being albino in Africa it's alwaysprotect itself : from the sun at first and then from prejudices.

While the developed world rants that action is necessary to save our planets, some industrialists show no hesitation on environmental as they pollute the distant continent of Africa.

In Ivory Coast, the fight beetwen surgeons and a terrible desease : Buruli Ulceris.

In official competition

Nearly 10 per cent of the world population suffers from malaria. Regions of the planet where malaria is severely active almost match the map of the world poorest countries.This disease is not only a matter of health and mortality, it is a plague touching all vital aspects of the countries where malaria is rife; it draws precariousness and lack of hygiene, weakens family and economic activities as well as education. The fight against malaria is the fight against poverty, the fight for the development of south countries, for women's right to work, for chidren 's education.

In Niger and Switzerland the story of three children faced of the noma desease.

In official compétition

While being based on the examples of several burkinabés villages, the film shows the interest to found a mutual insurance association so that the populations can deal with their expenditure of health.

The battle of sexes deals with the relationship between men and women, showing the socio-cultural and economic factors concerning the transmission of HIV. The sub context talks about the eternal misunderstanding between the two sexes which badly communicates and rejects the cause of the spreading of the disease.

Tiim is a documentary on street-sold medicines.

It explores the attitudes of providers and consumers in the Ouahigouya area of Burkina Faso.

Their frank and spontaneous reactions highlight the complexity of the issue; their motivation, beliefs and questions provide a revealing insight into existing sales techniques, the success of street vendors, the popularity of doping substances, the lack of knowledge of generic drugs…