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2 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1994.

Sharks: Stewards of the Reef, takes you on a voyage of underwater discovery, to explore tropical reefs and dive with sharks. This 30 minute educational documentary describes the relationship between these top predators, to the oceans and coral reef ecosystems. Sharks: Stewards of the Reef, examines escalating threats to shark population including habitat destruction of reef ecosystems and over fishing that are causing Pacific reef shark populations to plummet. This film examines the most brutal assault threatening shark abundance: that of finning sharks for shark fin soup. Compelling interviews with leading marine biologists and conservationists reveal these driving forces behind the drastic reduction of many shark populations.

Using the 1964 Russian-Cuban classic film I Am Cuba as its starting point, She Was Cuba explores the nature of memory, the time passed and its remains. The film is made up of two stories. The first traces the life and death of a Cuban woman, Ada Perez Esquivel, who fled to seek political asylum in Canada. It is the tale of a woman of colour in exile, and her search for freedom, love and acceptance. The heroine symbolizes Cuba the country as well as those who have left their native land for a new home elsewhere.

One from Europe, the other from a country aspiring to be European for centuries...Yet, both are women, DJs and mothers to 11-year old sons. SHE-J is the story of two alter-egos; DJ Beyza from Turkey and DJ Dame (Natasja) from Holland. It is not a film about DJs or club scene but a film about women and Turkey with its young urban face and its confrontation with Europe. Beyza, the first female DJ of Turkey says her work is like selling pork in a Muslim neighbourhood. She travels from one city to another performing and has hardly any time to see her son, Dunya. Life conditions in Turkey force her to live a lonely life, unable to find a partner who would accept her marginal lifestyle. Natasja, on the other hand, chooses to put her son Kyan in the center of her life and music comes second. She has a supportive partner and a more structured family life. Yet she feels stifled by the lack of chaos and yearns to spend more time doing music. At first, both women seem to desire what the other one has. Yet, over the course of the year they discover that the grass is not always greener on the other side.