Go Project Films - Shorts

This short film tells the story of Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada in 2014. After fleeing torture and imprisonment by the Assad regime, he is rebuilding his life. Mohammed counsels newly-arrived Syrian refugee families with the same Vancouver-based NGO that aided...

When A Town Runs Dry documents life in Stratford, a small town in California's Central Valley. A farming community for over a hundred years, Stratford is suffering from a drought that is severely impacting the community, land, and residents' daily lives.

Currently in its sixth year of drought,...

This package includes the award winning films Soleá, Yukon KIngs, Isle de Jean Charles, Marie's Dictionary, Path of Freedom, Laugh Clown Laugh, The Ocean Inside, Silent Cresendo and Celeritas.

This package includes the award winning films A Thousand Suns, What Would it Look Like, Barrio de Paz, A Game for Life and Ubuntu.

Set in Seville, Spain this short film follows a day in the life of flamenco guitarist Juan Ramierez. Through his eyes we experience Soleá - the mother of flamenco - and Juan’s unusual journey to master his craft.

This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language and the dictionary she created in an effort to keep her language alive.

This short film offers a portrait of the Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny island deep in the bayous of Southern Louisiana. The film explores the changes taking place on the island through the lives of two residents whose families are facing a future where rising seas, coastal erosion and storms are t...

This short film offers a portrait of the Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny island deep in the bayous of Southern Louisiana. The film explores the changes taking place on the island through the lives of two residents whose families are facing a future where rising seas, coastal erosion and storms are t...

Filmed over the course of three years across four continents, time-lapse film Celeritas explores our relationship to nature and the modern world.

An intimate portrait of ex-Yugoslavian émigré artist Slobodan Dan Paich, Silent Crescendo follows his daily ritual of creating simple drawings with tea and ink. In response to the modern pace of the art scene, Slobodan has embraced these fluid works of art to express his searching approach.

A meditation on surfing, the ocean, and the land that is our home. Director Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee joined forces with writer and surfer Josh Berry, whose words float over the beautiful and dramatic landscapes, coastline and ocean waves that form the backdrop for his personal and poetic tale.

In the harsh environment of a Rhode Island men's prison, a group of fifty inmates are transforming their lives through the practice of meditation. Path of Freedom follows former inmate Fleet Maull as he visits prison to share his strategies for surviving on the inside. The film offers a rare glim...

Laugh Clown Laugh offers a portrait of Berlin based clown Reinhard "Filou" Horstkotte. The role of the clown, for Reinhard, is not just to entertain, but to explore the whole human being including all of the contradictions. For him, there is truly more to being a clown than laughter.

A Thousand Suns tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region. This isolated area has remained remarkably intact both biologically and culturally. It is one of the most densely populated rural regions of Africa yet its p...

What if the world embodied our highest potential? What would it look like? As the structures of modern society crumble, where do we find solutions that can help us build the future that serves us all? This 25-minute Global Oneness Project film retrospective asks us to reflect on the state of the ...

"I am because you are," is the deep meaning of Ubuntu, a traditional African philosophy recognizing the shared essence within humanity and life. In this film, we visit Dorah Lebelo and the GreenHouse Project, Credo Mutwa, the great Zulu traditional healer and teacher, and the former Deputy Minist...

In Barrio de Paz (Peace Town), we meet gang youth who band together not to commit crimes, but to provide services to their struggling community. Nelsa Libertad Curbelo initiated this non-violent youth movement in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and in this film explains how she helps youth channel their need...

Nolusindiso "Titie" Plaatjie knows that soccer can help kids "stay away from things that could destroy their lives" because that's just what it did for her. In A Game for Life, we are taken to the soccer fields in the poor neighborhood of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where provincial soccer star...