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Br�si �lason
Frank Erftemeier
Andres Villasenor
Cortese, Fenucci & Ve
Marta Koszowy
Bartosz Sikorski
Guiu Vallv�
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Santi Planet
Hemantkumar Mahale
Ulysse Dikoum� Alechinsky
Jos� Luis Ducid
Francisco Varvar�
Sylwia Kubus
Julian Reboratti
Afshin Eisaei
Dash Kolos

CABBAGE

Vegetables are defined by the slowness of their movement. Their metabolism incorporates water and soil nutrients from dark roots through photosynthesis. Sit back and watch.

By ideólogo monofóbico

Pact of Tears

A man and a woman living on the verge of death amidst Mexico's eternal violence meet in a motel room to seal a pact of tears.

By Jose Luis Luna

Cinema's Propaganda Machine

Cinema's Propaganda Machine

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

By EL Pobre Profe

July 2024

If I GIve My Soul

If I GIve My Soul

In Brazil, the inmates in prisons and jails are almost exclusively poor, black, uneducated males - society's lowest. In these previously unfilmed locations, �If I Give My Soul� examines how five Brazilian inmates have coped with this profound social ...

By Andrew Johnson

VESSEL

Spelunking the lengths romantic partners would go to in order to communicate with each other.

Zoya

�Zoya� is the tragic story of a woman, a Muslim journalist, and a theatrical where their life and death intertwine in prison cell as one of them waits for their execution before dawn. http://www.laindependentfilm.com

A Corto Plazo

Retrato del migrante centroamericano que en su traves�a para llegar a EUA, decide permanecer en la espera del dinero, el amigo o el coyote; o bien mientras el inconveniente de los 9 meses de embarazo se cumpla.

By �ngela Chapa

La Revoluci�n Cubana ocup� un lugar central en el imaginario que defini� el compromiso pol�tico de la izquierda como el asalto al poder. �En un rinc�n del alma�, no mira aquella �pica con nostalgia, es un documento excepcional sobre Cuba y un emocionado registro de ...

By Jorge Dalton

F for Fake (Today's Lesson: Structure)

F for Fake (Today's Lesson: Structure)

Let's study Orson Welles� 1973 masterpiece F for Fake. There are a million lessons to take away from it, but today, let�s see what it has to teach us about structure.

By EL Pobre Profe

SOS..Save our shadows

SOS..Save our shadows

You are never ever truly alone since there is always your shadow.

A group of junior high school pupils from a small town in a remotee corner of Poland discover a place where 800 local Jews were murdered during World War II. Today both the place, and the tragic story seem totally forgotten. Teenagers reach the last ...

SPIN Propaganda & Manipulation By Corporate Media

SPIN Propaganda & Manipulation By Corporate Media

1994 US documentary on American corporate media; Worth watching not just for the George Bush vomiting on Japanese PM moment ! dir. Brian Springer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Springer

By ideólogo monofóbico

Introducing Tyson

Introducing Tyson

Tyson outlines the epic film making endeavor he accomplished in his village. First, he convinces his neighbors to "invest" in the production; then he writes a village movie, centered on culture and custom; and finally he directs the art production, t ...

By ideólogo monofóbico

Damned On Earth

Damned On Earth

The ordinary Hell official Amon is assigned with a strange task by Luzifer: Together with the chaotic, sex-crazed Samsaveel, he is in charge of stopping Belial, Prince of Hell, who's gone out of control. In order to claim the thrones of Heaven and He ...

No Love Lost

A Jewish boy nurturing a secret romance with a Muslim girl, despite the realities of their backgrounds, is unaware he is being stalked. While the young lovers struggle to be open about their relationship, the stalker's obsession reveals a thought pro ...

By Shekhar Bassi

Kaali Maati

A young Indian farmer changes the course of his life and that of many others.

By Hemantkumar Mahale

ligia

Retrato de Ligia, una mujer gitana rumana que lee las cartas de su hija confinado a una prisi�n y que nos dice da la vida despu�s 15 a�os en campamento de barracas en la periferia de Bari, en el sur de Italia, y de su deseo de finalmente de haber una casa.

By giovanni princigalli

Two Strangers

A teenage girl who has become homeless An experimental independent short film, which is related to an increasing social issue; Homelessness. It's a women-centric movie and made by two sisters aka The Merchant Sisters, 22 and 24 years old. It is a ...

By Angelique Merchant

Under The Heavens

Under The Heavens

A film by Tyrik �Keyz� Washington. The American dream becomes a nightmare due to the recent killings of several unarmed black American citizens by the police for Rahkeem; a frustrated African- American adolescent from Brooklyn, New York. In his quest ...

By EL Pobre Profe

I See in the Dark

I See in the Dark

What does it feel like to be blind? (Tudi jaz vidim)

Symphony of two minds

Symphony of two minds

An outstanding opera, a gorgeous banquet, and two strange characters having a go at it. But today it seems the universe doesn�t want to take them seriously, and their true nature is catching up.

By valere amirault

Chestnut Cookies

Chestnut Cookies

A young Japanese woman tells the memory of her sister who passed away a few months ago.

By Andr�e-Anne Roussel

Kevin Smith: How He Made Clerks

Kevin Smith: How He Made "Clerks"

Kevin Smith wrote, directed and produced his first movie, Clerks, for just $27,000 and was subsequently hailed as part of a new wave of self-funded filmmakers.

By EL Pobre Profe

The Great African Scandal

The Great African Scandal

Gold, rice & Cocoa. Academic Robert Beckford visits Ghana to investigate the hidden costs of rice, chocolate and gold. And why, 50 years after independence, a country so rich in natural resources is one of the poorest in the world.

By ideólogo monofóbico

Florence and the Fish

Florence and the Fish

Florence and the Fish is a coming-of-age story about a young girl who has found a unique way of coping with the drowning of her friend.

By Kristina Mileska

Untimely

In the heat of summer, a young private is manning a watchtower in the Balochistan region divided between Pakistan and Iran.

By Pouya Eshtehardi

Kathalargal Jakirathai

Kathalargal Jakirathai

A guy along with his friend goes to a trade fair in search of a girl, he finds one and looses her in a few moments. Time, being his friend helps him, he finds her again. They talk and things go on well, but is Love the base of all the events?

By Steevez Rodriguez

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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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