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What are you hiding

What are you hiding

Sound evokes emotion. We don't listen until we trust. An experiment.

By Nikhil Agnihotri

Aquí Nadie Vivirá Para Siempre

Aquí Nadie Vivirá Para Siempre

To live in the State with the highest rate of femicides in the world.

By Carlos Altamirano

Cinema's Propaganda Machine

Cinema's Propaganda Machine

Who knew that Lenin established the world's first film school?

By EL Pobre Profe

OCTOBER 2025

The Secret of Iyas

The Secret of Iyas

Alidou, a musician from Benin, wonders about the G�l�d� rite. He goes to Sagon, a Voodooist village in Benin, to the heart of a society ordered by a woman called Iyalash�. Sharing the daily life of the villagers, he goes from meeting to meeting as he at ...

By Noyalet cyrill

Selfie With It

A girl takes an unsettling walk through the woods.

By Alex Zajicek

Golden Tuna - Montreal Sessions

Golden Tuna - Montreal Sessions

After leaving Berlin, French multidisciplinary artist Golden Tuna surfs Montreal's cold and dark wave to find inspiration. Contains nudity.

By Jenny Cartwright

If The Artist Can Not FInd The Way... Then The Way Can Not Be Found

If The Artist Can Not FInd The Way... Then The Way Can Not Be Found

Terence McKenna - You Must Have A Plan

The documentary IRON GRANDPA follows Esko Ketola, a 72-year-old, four-time powerlifting world champion on the way to his last world championship event. Ketola is injured just before the world championship event in 2013. But this 72-year-old strong ...

By Janiv Takala

Lovely Journey

Combining religion and socialism with sexual feelings.

By Carolina Hindsj�

PLASTICS

PLASTICS. This psycho-thriller is an intimate view into a broken detective's interrogation of the "Plastic Serial killer". A psychotic, serial killer prostitute who eluded capture for a year by living as a 'transgender.

By melony matthews

An old street vendor generates a world of fantasy in which he lives to hide his solitude together with his dog, Agust�n. What he does not know is that his fantasy has transformed into his disease.

By The Farandulers

The Baby Cries (Grito Del Bebe)

The Baby Cries (Grito Del Bebe)

Marco is going to all lengths to unite his protective husband David, his estranged conservative parents and his newborn daughter in a dramedy about love, faith and devotion. Marco and David, a married gay couple and their newborn baby, adjust into f ...

By Mario J Novoa

Going The Distance: A Honeymoon Adventure

Going The Distance: A Honeymoon Adventure

This is the story of a couple who put their relationship to the ultimate test in order to find the secret of everlasting love. Part travelogue, part cross-cultural story-finding, and part scientific experiment, this film tells the story of the coupl ...

Waiting for the (t)rain

Waiting for the (t)rain

A small village lost in a dusty desert in Burkina's bush. Two times a week passes the train. Various food items and water bottles thrown by the passengers while passing by constitute the main income of the village, and the only source of water during ...

In a future decadent world a professional player of the Laserball league is disqualified during the game and forced to be disconnected for a few hours. Returning to the real world, he is reunited with his father. The clash between their realities reo ...

By Hern�ndez Torrado Daniel

Rainbow: A Story About Life

Rainbow: A Story About Life

The last moments of a couple told through the colors of the rainbow.

By Eduardo Wahrhaftig

ARIANAS

Atrav�s dos sons , das imagens e do trabalho de ator um transbordamento do que pode ser de um acontecimento, um crime, na vida de duas meninas mulheres, mulheres em constru��o, na imensid�o da vida.

By hylnara anny vidal

THE AFTERNOON REMAINS (QUEDA LA TARDE)

THE AFTERNOON REMAINS (QUEDA LA TARDE)

Today Juana has decided to declare her love to Federico. While she is on her way to meet him, thousands of possibilities will stay on her women universe. Juana will have to choose between emotions and fears of the undecipherable of life. More than a ...

By ANGELICA MORALES MORA

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By yulia koritni

SEPARATION

To have loved and lost might be preferred by some, but Sam isn't so sure when his wife, Alex leaves him once and for all.

Wherever the River Takes You

Wherever the River Takes You

A homeless bible salesman with a haunted military past is led by divine intervention to fulfill his purpose in life. However, his purpose in life ties into an abused town family while involving his troubled military roots. This film takes you on an e ...

By Gabriel Kissinger

House of Forbidden Secrets

House of Forbidden Secrets

An original, compelling story, full of twists and turns, House of Forbidden Secrets is sure to be a standout of the genre, bringing fresh ideas to the Haunted House formula. Featuring practical special make-up effects, not the overused computer gene ...

Hide and Screech

Hide and Screech

At a sleepover, Bella, Alysha and Sophie find a ouija board amongst a pile of boardgames. After conducting a seance they find themselves trapped in a murderous game of hide and seek, running from someone or something that may be closer than they thin ...

By Ryan Paturzo-Polson

Advanced Doodling

Advanced Doodling

A 'Making Of' movie about itself, Advanced Doodling, is a stop-motion confection that blurs the line between art and art-making.

Breathe (Respira)

Breathe (Respira)

Facing her inability to break her own record, a swimmer decides to take a breath and enjoy for a moment with her surroundings

By Amanda P�rez

Abruzzo, Italy. 1950. Nenn� is an eight year old child that lives with her mother in a small village surrounded by the mountains. Nenn� is fascinated by the story of Ba�ll, an ogre of Abruzzo's ancient fairy tales, that hides in the old abandoned houses ...

By Daniele Campea

How To Make A Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

How To Make A Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich seems easy until you think about all the decision making and philosophy behind it.

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NOTABLES
The Last Photo
The Model
Fourteen Days
La Descorrupcion
Yomigaeru To Live Again
Veni Etiam
The Servant
Young Syrian Lenses
Brazil is Not Copacabana
Forest of Copper Columns
About Killing The Pig
The Caramel Corn Riot
Fiona Humphrey: A Family Album

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