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Carme Puche Moré
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Francisco Tomás Sanchez
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Dani Feixas
Nima Tabandeh
Salih Cihan Özalp
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Rodrigo Sena
Esteban Santana Guerrero
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Muriel Montini
Jaicheng Xai Dohutia

Tea and Destiny

Tea and Destiny

A young woman joins the United States Army and explains to her father why she enlisted, with emotional results.

By R. Christian Anderson

Mother

The true story about a 3 years old boy who was abandoned at a landfill by his mother but later finds the strength to forgive her.

By Michail Komlev

Cinema's Propaganda Machine

Cinema's Propaganda Machine

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

By EL Pobre Profe

May 2025

L'unione falla forse

L'unione falla forse

After being on hold for 30 years, the law that now allows same sex couples in Italy to institutionalize their love has spawned plenty of homophobic ressentiment.

How to Light An Interview for $26

How to Light An Interview for $26

How affordably could we light an interview that is good enough to go on primetime? It can be easy to get lost in all of the toys and tools and forget the basics. When you really understand how your choices add to story, you can often do so so much wi ...

By EL Pobre Profe

The city of the Sun

The city of the Sun

�The City of the Sun�: stories of three completely different people, who are trying to find their place and their mission in this world. Each of them tries to change something in their city and in the world. And each of them has his own way to ach ...

By Daria Orkhan

Pig Blood Vampire

Pig Blood Vampire

A face blind man is accused of killing a pig.

By Nick Josephs

Red Marker

Sherief is a psychologist.. through his research finds a small bar. the increasing life stresses force him to show the other side of his character

By Alaadin Assem

592 Metroz Goiti

592 Metroz Goiti

When a natural environment is dramatically disturbed, what possibilities for life remain?

By Zuri Goikoetxea

The Lane

A modern small town in India wants to break free from its shackles of moral convention and the rigid socio-cultural structure.

The Inflicted

David O'Hara is a troubled medical student who kidnaps, rapes and murders women. He impregnates one of his victims, Melissa Daniels, in an attempt to replace the family that he lost as a young boy. However, the police rescue Melissa from David's ware ...

By Matthan Harris

ROMANTICOS de LAS MARISMAS

ROMANTICOS de LAS MARISMAS

Cuando uno lo mira y ve de la forma que le brillan los ojos quiz�s casi casi que uno tiene una conversaci�n con el toro y te expresa algo que te hace sentirte el mas grande del mundo pero que a la vez te llena de humildad porque sabes que se lo debes a ...

By Luc GOBYN Luke Aaron CLARK

She is just a child who struggles to survive in the concrete jungle. She was born unwanted, survives the infamous way and will die rejected being the way she is. Poor, dirty and uneducated. This modern version of Andersen�s classic tale shows some p ...

By Kyoko Yamashita

BRAZIL IS NOT COPACABANA

BRAZIL IS NOT COPACABANA

A puckish encounter with the asymmetric resistance flourishing in Rio de Janeiros underbelly. This year's best short film! Thumbs up for the way Seyfert satirized macho radicalism at the same time as pointing out complex social issues." Br ...

By J. Michael Seyfert

Burden

Orhan, who is married and has one child, was fullfiling their wishes but he was having difficulties to make them happy at the same time. In the movie, what is wanted to be expressed is the empathy towards the dilemma between Orhan and his mother who ...

"Alpha Phi"

Mass Shootings have become the norm in todays society. But, are the media giving the shooters what they crave, which is notoriety?

The Minions

By Jeremiah Kipp

Rebel Child

When a young boy witnesses a tragedy by the hands of soldiers he is coerced into joining the rebels.

The Debt

A Combat veteran whose life is falling apart unexpectedly faces her past, and it's not what she thought.

By Mahmoud Shoolizadeh

When a space is compromised, memory is endangered. After demolitions, debris and ghosts are left. There are some visible traces only for those who sharpen their eyes in search of the past. Under such risk, some stay to defend what they know is their ...

By Andres Grabois

Mumpsimus and Halcyon Discord

Mumpsimus and Halcyon Discord

Exploring the connections between mental illness and homelessness among young people, challenging common misrepresentations.

The Other Lisbon Story

The Other Lisbon Story

Many residents in picture perfect postcard Lisbon neighborhoods are no longer able to cope with rent increases, mass tourism and frightening gentrification. This film was directed by Ines von Bonhorst & Yuri Pirondi, as a juxtaposition to �Lisbon ...

By Ines von Bonhorst

A fortune teller who manipulates her clientele; a man, unable to leave his desk, controlled by an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ; children trapped in adult's bodies. Explore three different stories.

By Charlotte Cayeux

Al Mismo Tempo

Al Mismo Tempo is a documentary about the power music has to help people integrate into society and tackle personal, real-life issues. The film is about a social project which was established in a neighbourhood in Barcelona and brings together an orc ...

By Robert Pyburn

Glidecam Tutorial

Glidecam Tutorial

Cal Thomson offers this Glidecam Tutorial: How to operate a Glidecam with your DSLR

By EL Pobre Profe

That's me

The film talks about a young man's dreams and ambitions of the owner refused to colleges and several areas and he refused to surrender became a skillful painter and participated in exhibitions of painting in the last show that he physically handicapp ...

By hassanein khazaal

La joven Ch�a vuelve a su aldea y se reencuentra con parientes y amigos: el abuelo Claudio Rojo, el t�o "Chencho", el escritor Julio Carrillo, etc. y con ellos conoce relatos sobre "los encantos", -esp�ritus de las lagunas- y otras creencias de origen ind�ge ...

By Wilmer D�az Soto

Since 2002

Building bridges based on the
belief that film becomes art
only when its materials are as
inexpensive as pencil & paper

Cine Pobre is the 100%
self-funded intersection of
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[ Call for Entries 2025 ]

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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XXIII Cine Pobre Fim Festival 2025 / animation / documentary / experimental / music / african / underground / road trip

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