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Santi Planet
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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

Kupal

A hunter - taxidermist faces an unexpected challenge.

By Kazem Mollaie

Pas de Deux

Gigi, a free spirited woman, moves through NYC as a trumpeted �being� accompanies her.

By Luz Emma Ca�as

My dear snitch

BookTrailer for 'Dragul meu turnator' by Gabriel Liiceanu Humanitas

By Bogdan Giurca

Baby Nap (Pui de Somn)

Baby Nap (Pui de Somn)

A trip into the mind's hidden playground

By Paul Muresan

The Shadow Sea

Identity, sacrifice and the ramifications of violence are the major themes underlying THE SHADOW SEA. Reeshar wanders the streets of Bangkok in search of his missing lover; a beautiful but troubled transgender prostitute named Deh. Her disappearanc ...

By Richard Chambers

THE SEASHELL (LA CONCHA DE LA VIEIRA)

THE SEASHELL (LA CONCHA DE LA VIEIRA)

We are on the edge of Finisterrae, regarded in ancient times as the "Last Stop", beyond it there was nothing but the big expanse of the ocean. From this place the ancient pilgrims threw their dirty clothes down into the ocean so they could leave ever ...

By Paolo Santagostino

The Heat

THE HEAT - 1. Coal or wood afire to redness, 2. High air temperature, 3. Vehemence of feelings. http://www.kruhlik.com

By Bartosz Kruhlik

Arnoldo Camu y Los Combatientes Allendistas

Arnoldo Camu y Los Combatientes Allendistas

Documentary about the forgotten Chilean revolutionary Arnoldo Cam� Veloso and the political history of Chile in the 1960s and early 1970s, in the context of a Latin America convulsed by the winds of liberation.

By Sergio Arevalo

Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra INSO (?????? ????????? ??????? ????????)

Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra INSO (?????? ????????? ??????? ?????

For many years, Iraq was never been stable, as every couple of years there were political issues, wars, military coups etc. The film shows how those obstacles reflected against the INSO from a perspective of the classical music genre.

By Firas Sameer

We're Okay

A fantasy drama about teen depression and sexuality. Delilah has decided to kill herself on her 18 birthday, but her friend Lena surprises her with a birthday party. We see how Delilah is truly feeling in her stop motion animated circus world mind.

A Vida com Efeito

A Vida com Efeito

Willing to detach himself from technical formalities, the author Louren�o Mutatelli created a laboratory where he puts himself to work under the influence of massive doses of alcohol and anti-depressives in order to freely write and draw the ideas that ...

By Eduardo Liron

Black August

India, 1975. In a remote part of the country a young banker helps a girl stranded on a dirt road, but what begins as an innocent encounter takes an unexpected turn.

By William Stewart

From midnight till dawn

From midnight till dawn

An insight on sensorial experiences, collective memory and sense of identity of the wool workers from Covilh�, establishing a link with the abandoned and degraded factories that have once been a symbol of prosperity.

By Vanessa Duarte

"Fatigue Society - Byung-Chul Han in Seoul / Berlin" The essay film about the German philosopher Byung-Chul Han encircles the phenomenon of fatigue in our capitalistic societies and its associated symptoms such as depression and burnout. It raises t ...

By Isabella Gresser

SODIUM PARTY

Sodium Party follows Claire through a harrowing childhood to university where she meets Danny, a frequently intoxicated photographer who exposes her to real life through a cocktail of love and drugs. Their relationship is tested when ghosts of Claire ...

By Michael McCudden

Epiphany

Adam is contacted by a mysterious man, who calls himself 'the Messenger' and tells him that his world isn't real and that he is actually a character in a movie.

Oddities (Rarezas)

"Oddities" ("Rarezas")

One night, the Photographer, a man who takes post-mortem photographs, is seeked by a woman. The Client, needs him to do an unusual job: Take a photo of her dead wife's body arranged as the painting "The Nightmare" by Fuseli. The Photographer agrees t ...

By Luis Emilio Cerna Mazier

13 Burmese Days

13 Burmese Days

At Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary doctorate ceremony in Oxford 2012, she encouraged students to visit her country. Organised by the Oxford University Student Union, nine people were selected to be the UK's first student delegation in Burma, spending 13 ...

Survival

A beaten, bleeding woman is rescued from the woods. Is she a victim or is the truth darker than it seems?

By Jamie Langlands

IN SiLENCE

An emotionally immersive, aesthetically satisfying meditation on the nightmare of Nazi rule in Slovakia.

By Magdalena Macejkova

Attraction

Loneliness + Deception = �Attraction�. David meets Kyle in a bar. Will what happens next show the consequences of �attraction�?

By Larry Altmayer

SCREW

A young man, determined to recreate a catalog photo of the perfect apartment, turns to prostitution to get the cash. But there's more to the photo than he knows. SCREW is an experimental thriller that exposes the sinister side of perfection, and what ...

Marx Pode Sair

Amanda, Z�, Miguel, um apartamento e Karl Marx / Amanda, Z�, Miguel, un apartamiento y Karl Marx / Amanda, Z�, Miguel, an apartment and Karl Marx.

By Carolina Caniato

Rhizophora

Dancing between waking and dreaming, a day seen through the eyes of eleven youngsters living with disabilities caused by Agent Orange.

By Davide De Lillis

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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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