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Hesam Dehghani
Robin Bisio
Lorenzo Harani
Arturo López
Carme Puche Moré
Jean Apa
Heloisa Machado
Francisco Tomás Sanchez
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Willy Burrut (seudónimo d
Martin Haag
Pirinha
Dani Feixas
Nima Tabandeh
Salih Cihan Özalp
Orangel Lugo
Rodrigo Sena
Esteban Santana Guerrero
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EXCERPTS FROM CINE POBRE FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

OS XIII 2015
OS XIV 2016
OS XV 2017
OS XVI 2018
OS XVII 2019

A Pretty Mermaid became Princess of the ocean (completely by chance) finds herself in front of earthly and human situations that exceeds her power to manage them. So that any confusion, she takes herself for a animal from the zoo in completely unreal ...

By cl�ment roy

Ahavot Bekitsur

Ahavot Bekitsur

HE is short and grotesque yet is delighted to marry HER - The beautiful, sexy love of his life. Yet is about to discover that she sold her body to the general public while he was out for work. Is this his bizarre fantasy or nightmare come true? At t ...

By Yaron Yarkoni

Guantanamo Baby

Guantanamo Baby

The story of a heroic baby, trapped and imprisoned, trying to avoid yet another portion of green spinach in the arms of an over-caressing mom.

By APEIRON FILMS

EN: Idioms garnish our language, but are often hard to translate. This comedy helps to illustrate them and tells the story of two neighbours, who become enamoured. The "foam-beater" (boaster) Hanspeter throws an eye after an addleheaded Annemarie, bu ...

By APEIRON FILMS

A movie entitled three special effects movies

A movie entitled three special effects movies

en un mundo donde la realidad es el producto de apariencia... tres escenarios en el cual hay un fenomeno magico que podria ser facilmente hecho por efectos especiales, pero...

Venice

Josh is in Venice, Mum is in Sydney. Josh doesn't understand backpacking, Mum doesn't understand Skype. ( Josh est� en Venecia, Italia y su madre en Sydney, Australia. Josh no entiende realmente qu� es ser mochilero y su madre no entiende realmente c�mo fu ...

By Venetia Taylor

en los zapatos del zapatero

en los zapatos del zapatero

Rosendo pulido cantor, es un anciano dedicado a la zapater�a nos cuenta, como es un d�a de su trabajo, desde que saca del lugar donde vive un carro esferado , que luego lo convierte en su zapater�a�nos relata un accidente que le ocasion� un polic�a que causo ...

Marcatti

A little about Francisco Marcatti Jr, the most awarded Brazilian underground comics.

By Arthur B. Senra

Brigade de Cuisine

Brigade de Cuisine

A housewife is set upon preparing a delicious meal of stuffed chicken. But the main difficulties of the dish go way beyond finding the perfect seasoning: to achieve her goal, she will have to capture the main ingredients of the recipe. Una ama de ...

By Javier Arcelus Cano

LA DESCORRUPCION

LA DESCORRUPCION

Un pa�s X plagado de corrupci�n donde una funcionaria p�blica encuentra una forma alternativa de acabar con el problema: matar a los corruptos Any old country plagued by corruption where a rebellious government employee decides to purge the system in a ...

By ideólogo monofóbico

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

The Watchers

Since the dawn of time Earth has been controlled by ETs. The Watchers carry out the agenda of the New World Order. One Watcher questions everything.

By Jason Fedusenko

Leeches

Raisa lives with her Ammi and three younger sisters in Hyderabad's Old City. When Ammi promises her 13-year old daughter, Zainab, in marriage to a foreign businessman, Raisa decides to save her little sister at any cost. In an old custom that has ...

NORMALIDAD

Norma es una estudiante universitaria, militante y defensora de las luchas sociales. Francisco es un joven bachiller que quiere entrar a la universidad pero su sue�o se ve frustrado al no pasar y ser reclutado por el ej�rcito para cumplir el servicio ...

By Hugo Andres Quintero Rivera

Time Simply Passes

Time Simply Passes

Nearly 50 years ago, a mass murder was committed in the small Florida town of Arcadia. The victims were all children in the same family of African-American citrus pickers. Their father James Richardson was convicted of the crime and sentenced to deat ...

Mock the Vote

This experimental documentary explores the formation and evolution of contemporary America, the ascendance of politicians, and making a living on the streets of Las Vegas.

BACKROAD

"I don't like here." "Why don't you like?" Mei is a junior high student. She decides to look for the answer.

Bulgur Mill

We get up in the wind of the life like a wheat kernel, we grow tall every single day. We make a bid for surviving in the many hurricanes, many floods. We understand these things we can find us in our tiredness, intimidation and boredom at our old age ...

By BEK?R B�LB�L

The Box

Short Animation film �The Box� is about listening, listening to ones own listening. When this listening cannot be listened, then one is not present to life. Listening is a new faculty of awareness, one has to nurture carefully, so that one becomes fl ...

Misophonia 'X"

A girl who has a strange psychological illness as a result of trauma in childhood, Haruka, living his everyday life as a student, b / vlogger, Otaku and an Artist. Always feel lonely and alone in the crowded situation, but on the contrary, when in th ...

By Nier Castielroy

Scammerhead

A Global Film Noir with dark comic elements about a legendarily unorthodox business hustler who travels the world seeking capitol from bizarre investors, mobsters and government officials for a series of increasingly elaborate projects.

Desire in New York

Desire in New York

When Karen's strong personality collides with her sexual addiction, she has to take a closer look at her relationship with her estranged son.

Love Crimes of Kabul

Love Crimes of Kabul

A 2011 documentary film following select cases of inmates at Badam Bagh women's prison in Kabul, Afghanistan where half are jailed for moral crimes.

Polaroid

Amidst the sweltering summer heat, Jered can think of only one thing - the girl across the street.

By James Repici

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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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