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Embedding herself in the village of Wukan, southern China for several years starting in 2011, first time documentarian Jill Li witnessed an unprecedented experiment in local democracy. Corrupt officials had illegally sold villagers' land, but the villagers decided to fight back

A Philippine government plan to transform ancestral farmland into a tourist resort sparks a dramatic conflict when villagers actively resist the development. As peasants and fisherfolk organize to stop the golf courses and yacht marinas, their community becomes a violent flashpoint in a larger, national battle over land. A provocative portrait of one community's fight for survival against forces of economic "development" presenting conflicting views by peasants, developers, bureaucrats and golf boosters.

In Brazil, almost half of the agricultural land is owned by just one per cent of the population. The government estimates that land reform would benefit some 4.5 million families - both agricultural workers and city slum-dwellers. Although successive governments have backed the policy, political opposition has so far prevented any meaningful progress. Now Brazil's President, Luiz Ignazio Lula da Silva, has announced plans to resettle more than 100,000 landless families this year, and promised an extra US$500 million towards agrarian reform over the next two years. Life visits the Northeastern state of Bahia to report on an initiative, which encourages the landless to club together to buy up land, with low-interest government loans.

As a result of fervent Serbian nationalism, a movement stoked by Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic, all records of Albanian property and land ownership in Kosovo were either destroyed or removed, allowing Serb families to occupy houses and apartments owned by Albanians. In 1999, the tables turned. Following the NATO bombing of Kosovo and the return of thousands of Albanian refugees, Albanians quickly appropriated Serb homes and property. Today, under the umbrella of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), UN-Habitat officials are wrestling with the daunting task of rebuilding municipal government in the region, establishing who truly owns which property in the process. It's a painstaking business, one that involves recreating official ownership records and organizing local government elections. In short, rebuilding democracy from the ground up.

In an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land. A tender and moving family tale, director Rohan Fernandos lush cinematic journey intimately captures a year in the life of the Pop family as they struggle to preserve their values in a world that is suddenly and dramatically changing. A lament for cultures lost, this timely and vital film challenges our deeply held assumptions of progress.

"The world's farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuels or simply buy up land for profit. The film gives an inside look into the world of investors in the international agro-business and how the politics of the European Union is involved. Land grabbing doesn't only happen in Asia and Africa, but also in Romania, which has become known as 'Europe's breadbasket'. LAND GRABBING takes a closer look at what's happening to land and agriculture in Europe, whilst also challenging investors and their practices."--Container.

El Valle de los Olvidados retrata el conflicto por la tierra en una remota región de Mato Grosso, donde la violencia y el fuego defienden los intereses de los grupos rivales olvidada: la tierra de indígenas expulsados de sus lugares de origen, los ocupantes ilegales en busca de un pedazo de tierra, los ocupantes ilegales invadiendo ilegalmente, sin tierra esperando las decisiones del gobierno y los agricultores que luchan por mantener sus propiedades. Una cuenta del deseo intrínseco del ser humano sobre la tierra, un retrato de la vida en el Amazonas, una obra que cuenta la historia de un pedazo de Brasil en la lucha contra sí mismo.
Vale dos Esquecidos retrata o conflito por terras em uma remota região do Mato Grosso, onde a violência e o fogo defendem os interesses de grupos rivais: índios expulsos do seu lugar de origem, posseiros em busca de um pedaço de terra, grileiros invadindo terras ilegalmente, sem-terra esperando as decisões do governo e fazendeiros brigando para manter suas propriedades. Um relato sobre o desejo intrínseco do humano pela posse da terra, um retrato sobre a vida na Amazônia, uma obra que conta a história de um pedaço do Brasil em luta contra si mesmo.
Valley of the Forgotten shows the conflict for land in a very secluded area of the state of Mato Grosso, where violence and fire stand for the interests of opponent groups: indians evicted from their homeland, squatters trying to get a piece of land to make a living, land grabbers illegally invading properties, the Landless Workers Movement waiting for government decisions and the ranchers fighting to hold on to their property. A chronicle about the innate desire of the human being to own a piece of land, a portrait of life in the Amazon, a film that tells the story of a piece of Brazil, at war against itself.