One11

About One11

By: Bas Mesters

A Gift In a post 9/11 world, One11 asks What Now? And looks for answers to people who refuse to be cynical, and who struggle to make a difference.

Sayed Kashua

By: Guus Valk

Sarcasm as a Last Resort In permanent danger, bullied Palestinian-Israeli soapwriter Sayed Kashua resolutely keeps making provocative jokes. And Israelis love him.

Charles Njau

By: Kees Broere

An African Middle-class Hero Charles is focused on lifting his family out of the lower middle-class. Like millions of other Africans, his life is anonymous but indispensable.

Mehdi Bigaderne

By: Frank Renout

Bringing Peace in Paris When the suburbs of Paris erupted, Mehdi Bigaderne’s old school friend was killed. But rather than join the rioters, he began to build bridges.

Godfrey Bulla

By: Koert Lindijer

Godfrey’s Long March is not yet over He saw the headless body of his dead uncle and looked lions in the eye. But Godfrey Bulla kept on searching for education, and found it.

Pedro Nchama

By: Rop Zoutberg

A Lieutenant Feeds the Spaniards After a career in the Spanish army, Pedro Nchama decided to set up a food bank. Without any subsidy he established a service for immigrants that now has Spanish citizens lining up too.

Gorki

By: Robert-Jan Friele

Rebel with a Cause An early love of rock music led to Gorki’s first arrest. And his determination to pursue artistic freedom has meant a life of conflict with Cuba’s Communist regime.

Rik Devillé

By: Petra de Koning

Advocate for the Church’s Victims While the Catholic Church hierarchy in Belgium looked away, one former priest opened his ears and his heart to sexual abuse victims.

Lorella Zanardo

By: Bas Mesters

Crushing Sexual Humiliation Girls on Italian TV: All but naked hanging from a meat hook. Lorella Zanardo loves women - but not like Silvio Berlusconi. She wants to stop their humiliation on TV.

Norbert Denef

By: Jeroen Akkermans

Breaking the silence on sexual abuse Serving as an altar boy, Norbert Denef was sexually abused. He now struggles for justice, but is treated as a pariah.

Alain en Daphrose Gauthier

By: VJ Movement

Couple Pursue Rwandan War Suspects in France Using information from Interpol, a French couple search for Rwandan genocide suspects. Their goal: justice for the 800.000 victims.

Simon Pierre Bell

By: Bram Posthumus

Images for Africa He has neither experience nor money, but he does have perseverance. Simon has given Africa a cinematic self-image with a festival for Cameroonian cineasts only.