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Synopsis
During the Millenium Summit held by the United Nations in September 2000, the 189 Heads of States and governments present signed the Millenium Declaration which lead to the creation of the 8 Millenium Development Objectives which were to be put into action by 2015. Eight directors have used their work to evoke the vital importance of a collective effort to carry out this campagin. 8 is the final result, produced in complete independence and autonomy from any type of institution.

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Tiya's Dream, by Abderrahmane Sissako
Shot in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Produttore | Producer: Franck-Nicolas Chelle
In Ethiopia, a small country school, children have a lesson on the Millennium Development Goals. One of the pupils, Tiya, is distracted, staring through the window at her own reality.

2. Achieve universal primary education
The Letter, by Gael Garcia Bernal
Shot in Reykjavik (Iceland)
Produttore | Producer: Gael Garcia Bernal, Pablo Cruz, Finni Johannsson
A letter is delivered. A father goes to work. Throughout the activities in a normal day, he will remember that education is the only way to be free. That's what he can see in his son. That's what the letter explains.

3. Promote gender equality
How Can It Be?, by Mira Nair
Shot in Brooklyn (USA)
Produttore | Producer: Mira Nair, Ami Boghani
Zainab and Arif live with their son in Brooklyn. Zainab chooses to leave her sheltered life and follow her sacred values. Based on a true story.

4. Reduce child mortality
Mansion on the Hill, by Gus Van Sant
Shot in San Francisco (USA)
Produttore | Producer: David Cress, Neil Kopp
Images of American youth at play enjoying the freedom and exhilaration of a favourite pastime, skateboarding, are contrasted against the harrowing facts of infant mortality.

5. Improve maternal health
Panshin Beka Winoni (The Story of Panshin Beka), by Jan Kounen
Shot in Peruvian Amazonia
Produttore | Producer: Marc Oberon, Lissandra Haulica
Panshin Beka lives in Amazonia and will soon have her baby. One day, she feels sharp pains and heads to the city with her husband and her grandmother. But they have no money, no fuel, and a long way to travel.

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
SIDA, by Gaspar Noe
Shot in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Produttore | Producer: Marc Oberon, Lissandra Haulica
In a hospital in Burkina Faso, a man infected by HIV.

7. Ensure environmental sustainability
The Water Diary, by Jane Campion
Shot in Cooma (Australia)
Produttore | Producer: Christopher Gill
Australia. The worst drought in history. In a diary, 11 year old Ziggy records the daily difficulties and dreams of water.

8. Global partnership for development
Person to Person, by Wim Wenders
Shot in Berlin (Germany)
Produttore | Producer: In-Ah Lee, Philipp Steffans
G8 - Germany, June 2007. Protesters are outraged that the world's most powerful leaders have not kept their promises. In the control room of a TV Channel, reporters prepare short news topics on the state of the Millennium Goals.