8 (2008)
8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today.
Directors: Gael García Bernal, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Jane Campion, Mira Nair, Abderrahmane Sissako, Jan Kounen, Gaspar Noé.
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Nigist Anteneh as Tiya (segment "Tiya's Dream") |
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Tefera Gizaw as Tiya's father (segment "Tiya's Dream") |
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Fekadu Kebede as Teacher (segment "Tiya's Dream") |
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Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as Father (segment "The Letter") |
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Hringur Ingvarsson as Son (segment "The Letter") |
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Dieudonné Ilboudo as Man (segment "SIDA") |
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Konkona Sen Sharma as Zeinab (segment "How can it be ?") |
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Ranvir Shorey as Arif (segment "How can it be ?") |
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Birsa Chatterjee as Son (segment "How can it be?") |
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Alice Englert as Ziggy (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Tintin Marova Kelly as Sam (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Isidore Tillers as Felicity Miles (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Harry Greenwood as Simon (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Miranda Jakich as Mrs. Miles (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Justine Clarke as Mother (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Russell Dykstra as Father (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Ian Abdulla as Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Di Adams as Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Chris Haywood as Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary") |
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Loydi Hucshva Haynas as Panshin Beka (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") |
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Olivia Aravelo Lomos as Nonna (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") |
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Denis Rafael Barbaran as Marito (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") |
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Auristela Brito Valles as Panshin Beka's friend (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") |
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Pendo Duku as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Tsehaie Kidane as (segment "Person to Person") (as Tsehaie Abraham Kidane) |
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Megan Gay as Ronda (segment "Person to Person") |
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Bhasker Patel as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Robert Seeliger as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Ian T. Dickinson as Frank (segment "Person to Person") |
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Tomas Spencer as Seymour (segment "Person to Person") |
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Gerhard Gutberlet as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Aminata M. Kalokoh as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Mena Z. Kalokoh as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Augusto Aguilera as Lender (segment "Person to Person") |
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Aba Arthur as African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
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Bob Geldof as Himself |
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Melissa Butts as Lender |
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Youssou N'Dour as Himself |
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Campino as Himself |
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Lavetta Cannon as African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
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Luis Fernandez-Gil as Guatemalan Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
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Herbert Grönemeyer as Himself |
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Yolanda Hester as African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
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Michael Lehr as Lender (segment "Person to Person") |
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Angela Malhotra as Borrower - East Indian (segment "Person to Person") |
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Marta Cross as Costa Rican Borrower (segment "Person to Person") (as Marta McGonagle) |
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Vanessa Paul as The Lender (segment "Person to Person") |
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Shai Fali as Borrower- East Indian (segment "Person to Person") (as Shaifali Ratti) |
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Kaius Harrison as Lender (segment "Person to Person") (as Kharrison Sweeney) |
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Rodney Charles as Lender |
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Constance Ejuma as African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
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Susanne Herrmann as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Grace Matias as Lawyer |
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Pendo Nyinondi as African Borrower 'Person to Person' (as Pendo) |
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Jessica Shelby as (segment "Person to Person") |
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Jennifer Popagain as Panamanian Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
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Geneviève Lemon as Pam Garner (segment "The Water Diary") |
| Directing | Gael García Bernal | Director |
| Directing | Gus Van Sant | Director |
| Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
| Directing | Jane Campion | Director |
| Directing | Mira Nair | Director |
| Directing | Abderrahmane Sissako | Director |
| Directing | Jan Kounen | Director |
| Directing | Gaspar Noé | Director |
| Writing | Régine Abadia | Writer |
| Camera | Rain Li | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jean-Marc Sabet | Producer |
| Camera | Greig Fraser | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ami Boghani | Producer |
| Production | Anadil Hossain | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marc Obéron | Producer |
| Production | Lissandra Haulica | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Marc Joory | Producer |
| Writing | Erin Dignam | Writer |
| Production | Michel Merkt | Producer |
| Sound | François Roy | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Marc Boucrot | Editor |
| Editing | Heidi Kenessey | Editor |
| Camera | David Ungaro | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mira Nair | Producer |
| Production | Pablo Cruz | Producer |
| Sound | Mark Tschanz | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Dominique Gentil | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gael García Bernal | Producer |
| Production | Lissandra Haulica | Producer |
| Production | Philipp G. Steffens | Producer |
| Sound | Mychael Danna | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jane Campion | Writer |
| Writing | Gael García Bernal | Writer |
| Writing | Gaspar Noé | Writer |
| Sound | Rob Simonsen | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Belinda Mravicic | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Rashida Mustafa | Writer |
| Camera | Gaspar Noé | Director of Photography |
| Production | Christopher Gill | Producer |
| Production | Neil Kopp | Producer |
| Production | Lise Paillet | Producer |
| Sound | Mark Bradshaw | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Suketu Mehta | Writer |
| Production | Franck-Nicolas Chelle | Producer |
| Production | David Allen Cress | Producer |
| Sound | Walter Werzowa | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jan Kounen | Writer |
| Writing | Abderrahmane Sissako | Writer |
| Production | Finni Johannsson | Producer |
| Sound | Jean-Jacques Hertz | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Nicolas Jorelle | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Gaspar Noé | Editor |
| Editing | Gus Van Sant | Editor |
| Camera | Declan Quinn | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alex Rodríguez | Editor |
| Sound | Nadine Kaiser | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Nadia ben Rachid | Editor |
| Editing | Allyson C. Johnson | Editor |
| Editing | Anny Danché | Editor |
| Writing | Wim Wenders | Writer |
| Production | In-Ah Lee | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Benoit Philippon | Visual Effects Supervisor |