"8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today."
Nigist Anteneh
as Tiya (segment "Tiya's Dream")
Tefera Gizaw
as Tiya's father (segment "Tiya's Dream")
Fekadu Kebede
as Teacher (segment "Tiya's Dream")
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
as Father (segment "The Letter")
Hringur Ingvarsson
as Son (segment "The Letter")
Dieudonné Ilboudo
as Man (segment "SIDA")
Konkona Sen Sharma
as Zeinab (segment "How can it be ?")
Ranvir Shorey
as Arif (segment "How can it be ?")
Birsa Chatterjee
as Son (segment "How can it be?")
Alice Englert
as Ziggy (segment "The Water Diary")
Tintin Marova Kelly
as Sam (segment "The Water Diary")
Isidore Tillers
as Felicity Miles (segment "The Water Diary")
Harry Greenwood
as Simon (segment "The Water Diary")
Miranda Jakich
as Mrs. Miles (segment "The Water Diary")
Justine Clarke
as Mother (segment "The Water Diary")
Russell Dykstra
as Father (segment "The Water Diary")
Ian Abdulla
as Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary")
Di Adams
Chris Haywood
Loydi Hucshva Haynas
as Panshin Beka (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Olivia Aravelo Lomos
as Nonna (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Denis Rafael Barbaran
as Marito (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Auristela Brito Valles
as Panshin Beka's friend (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Pendo Duku
as (segment "Person to Person")
Tsehaie Kidane
as (segment "Person to Person") (as Tsehaie Abraham Kidane)
Megan Gay
as Ronda (segment "Person to Person")
Bhasker Patel
Robert Seeliger
Ian T. Dickinson
as Frank (segment "Person to Person")
Tomas Spencer
as Seymour (segment "Person to Person")
Gerhard Gutberlet
Aminata M. Kalokoh
Mena Z. Kalokoh
Augusto Aguilera
as Lender (segment "Person to Person")
Aba Arthur
as African Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Bob Geldof
as Himself
Melissa Butts
as Lender
Youssou N'Dour
Campino
Lavetta Cannon
Luis Fernandez-Gil
as Guatemalan Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Herbert Grönemeyer
Yolanda Hester
Michael Lehr
Angela Malhotra
as Borrower - East Indian (segment "Person to Person")
Marta Cross
as Costa Rican Borrower (segment "Person to Person") (as Marta McGonagle)
Vanessa Paul
as The Lender (segment "Person to Person")
Shai Fali
as Borrower- East Indian (segment "Person to Person") (as Shaifali Ratti)
Kaius Harrison
as Lender (segment "Person to Person") (as Kharrison Sweeney)
Rodney Charles
Constance Ejuma
Susanne Herrmann
Grace Matias
as Lawyer
Pendo Nyinondi
as African Borrower 'Person to Person' (as Pendo)
Jessica Shelby
Jennifer Popagain
as Panamanian Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Geneviève Lemon
as Pam Garner (segment "The Water Diary")
Jan Kounen
Director
Abderrahmane Sissako
Gael García Bernal
Gaspar Noé
Mira Nair
Gus Van Sant
Wim Wenders
Jane Campion
Michel Merkt
Producer
Erin Dignam
Writer
Anadil Hossain
Executive Producer
Neil Kopp
Lise Paillet
Jean-Marc Sabet
Lissandra Haulica
Suketu Mehta
Greig Fraser
Director of Photography
Ami Boghani
David Ungaro
Belinda Mravicic
Associate Producer
François Roy
Original Music Composer
Nadia ben Rachid
Editor
Finni Johannsson
Marc Joory
Philipp G. Steffens
Declan Quinn
Régine Abadia
David Allen Cress
Supervising Producer
Mark Bradshaw
Dominique Gentil
Rashida Mustafa
Franck-Nicolas Chelle
Christopher Gill
Mychael Danna
Alex Rodríguez
Jean-Jacques Hertz
Rain Li
Pablo Cruz
Marc Obéron
Walter Werzowa
Mark Tschanz
Heidi Kenessey
Allyson C. Johnson
Nicolas Jorelle
Marc Boucrot
Anny Danché
Nadine Kaiser
Rob Simonsen
In-Ah Lee