The psychological effects of war are no longer considered just a human condition. Africa is cultivating gangs of juvenile delinquents, wreaking havoc in the wild. African elephants are becoming edgy 30 years of poaching and conservation management is beginning to backfire, resulting in abnormal violent behavior. In Kenya, elephants are targeting and killing the Maasai tribes cattle. In South Africa, 36 rhinos are killed in a single park over a period of two years. And in Western Uganda a village is being subjected to indiscriminate and violent attacks by local elephants - where, previously they had roamed peacefully.

Amiel Courtin-Wilson's documentary film BASTARDY profiles the colourful life of Jack Charles; a gay Aboriginal man, whose career swung from actor of stage and screen to burglar and drug addict. Consisting of archive footage and press clippings, Jack narrates his own remarkable story.

Have you maxed out your credit card? Bought shares with borrowed money? Taken out a large home loan believing that prices always go up? Then you may be living on borrowed time. Filmmaker Martin Borgs takes a provocative look at the events leading up the Global Financial Crisis and asks if the attempts to avoid a ruinous collapse of banks and other major finance houses may set the world on the path to an even bigger meltdown.

Within 8 years, Hugo Chavez had transformed Latin American country into a true world power with oil barrel prices topping 100 dollars. On a trip to Venezuela, Diego discovers massive food shortages and cheap gasoline; sugar cane workers fight for land rights in San Felipe; a mobile library in the Andes.