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Cinema's Propaganda Machine

Cinema's Propaganda Machine

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

By EL Pobre Profe

Frack U. Mexico

Frack U. Mexico

Joe T. Hodo, Presidente de "Frack U. M�xico" est� aqu� para mostrarte porque ustedes los mexicanos deber�an dejar de preocuparse y empezar a amar el fracking.

By EL Pobre Profe

Once Upon A Time, Cinema.

Once Upon A Time, Cinema.

The King is the supreme film censor who despises cinema until he falls in love an actress.

By EL Pobre Profe

A British film crew travel to Berlin to document the life of the world's worst actress.

By Serritiello & Patching

MONA

A robotics engineer brings Mona, the domestic android he developed, home to carry out some tests. How will his wife react? Best Self Funded Film XII Cine Pobre Film Festival 2014

By Alexis Barbosa

Magnolia & Clementine

Magnolia & Clementine

a story about a stolen story

By Ashley Shelton

60 Spins Around The Sun

60 Spins Around The Sun

Laura Kightlinger's brilliant documentary about Randy Credico.

By ideólogo monofóbico

Cien Cuadras de Noche

Cien Cuadras de Noche

An act of violence. A lost backpack. An urban trip in which you will face your fears and prejudices.

By Rafael Perez Boero

If I could choose...

If I could choose...

Inspired by the life story of Marina Obradovic, a girl from the village Glo�an near Novi Sad, Serbia. She has cerebral palsy but says she does not suffer. The scenario is made based on authentic e-mail correspondence with her.

Cities and Slums of Japan

Cities and Slums of Japan

imagery from our recent trip to Japan for our forthcoming documentary feature �Princes of the Yen�.

By Michael Oswald

My brother

A teen spends one day with his elder brother who teaches him how to be a man in the real world.

3 Pilgrims

Three pilgrims on the way to a sanctuary meet a salesman with a vanishing machine.

By Josip Viskovi?

Glasshole

Google ignored the supernatural dangers of modern technology by introducing ....

By Jonathan Brooks

Children of Pain (Filhos da Dor)

Children of Pain (Filhos da Dor)

The aquatic dance-theater show "MoAciR: Children of Pain"

Station

A young Armenian woman tries to escape her bleak life.

By Stepan Sragsyan

Polterguys

Two ghouls living the afterlife to the fullest! A short film

By Joseph Colby Doler

Getting Fat in a Healthy Way

Getting Fat in a Healthy Way

In a world where gravity is weak and skinny people fly into the sky, Constantine has never left the apartment he shares with his father Atanas. One day the beautiful stewardess who moves into the building will change Constantine's life forever. Dir. ...

By ideólogo monofóbico

The Power Principle

The Power Principle

An Introduction to the Empire; Iran � Oil and Geopolitics; Guatemala � the �merger of state and corporate power�; The Congo � Neocolonialism; Grenada � �The Mafia Doctrine�; Chile � �libertarianism with a small l"; Globalization: Consequences. There ...

By ideólogo monofóbico

Samsara

Thought provoking documentary that underlines the injustice, the inadequacies and the fallacies of a civilization founded on the anthropocentric model of human development. A message of impermanence?

By ideólogo monofóbico

MDMA Sasha Shulgin Creator of Ecstasy

MDMA Sasha Shulgin Creator of Ecstasy

A documentary about Dr. Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, the rogue chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA (aka Ecstasy) and over 200 other mind-altering drugs. Shulgin's alchemy has earned him the title "The Godfather of Psychedelics," and a reputation ...

By ideólogo monofóbico

KATCHAMATA

A ten year old tribal boy struggles to keep fishing with the traditional gear instead of replacing them with modern destructive methods.

By Pedram Yazdani

La hormiga roja Florentin

La hormiga roja "Florentin"

Rozando su adolescencia decidi� dejar atr�s su pueblo natal en la provincia de corrientes. Resguardando consejos en el interior de su certeza prematura se lanz� a perseguir sus sue�os adentrandoce a un nuevo mundo que lo esperaba ansioso en Buenos Aires. dir ...

By EL Pobre Profe

Decadence of Nature

Decadence of Nature

Directed by Olga Guse Screenplay by Olga Guse Animation and drawing by Olga Guse Music by MUTWAWA "Erosion" - Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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

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Cine Pobre is the 100%
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Fourteen Days
La Descorrupcion
Yomigaeru To Live Again
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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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