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Mahtab Mansour & Alex
Nathan Le Graciet
Fatoumata Coulibaly
Br�si �lason
Frank Erftemeier
Andres Villasenor
Cortese, Fenucci & Ve
Marta Koszowy
Bartosz Sikorski
Guiu Vallv�
Gar�a Lazza
Santi Planet
Hemantkumar Mahale
Ulysse Dikoum� Alechinsky
Jos� Luis Ducid
Francisco Varvar�
Sylwia Kubus
Julian Reboratti
Afshin Eisaei
Dash Kolos

OS XVII 2019

Official Selection XVII Cine Pobre Film Festival 2019

La Trampa

To not fall into the same trap with the foolish viewer the photographer must avoid the clich�.

By Francisco Montoro

Yorozuya Detective Story

Yorozuya Detective Story

Why keep your dull job when you can be a detective poking Japanese suburbia in its surreal underbelly.

By Touji Sawamura

The Modern Mom

The unseen life of Thailand's most successful mother.

Little Milo

A young man learns that friendships are predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought.

By Drago Lazetich

Maelstrom

omething spins faster inside Tony's head than the spoon in Karl's coffee.

By Carlos G�mez-Trigo

Struggle Within

Struggle Within

Two radical anti-globalists organize a kidnapping but things go wrong as their personal views interfere with ideology.

By Geoffrey Fighiera

Una Idea

Things happen when you unleash your imagination

By Juan Paul�n

Strictly Professional

Strictly Professional

A trio of affluent white women considers hiring Black gigolos the perfect cure for their privileged ennui.

Dream/Life

Life is a journey beyond.

By David Aufdembrinke

House of Beasts

House of Beasts

The lives of an amateur porn actress and an agoraphobic youtuber crash in a house full of beasts.

By Diego Carballo & Daniel Carl�n

Team Tibet

Tibet cannot take part in the Olympics so a group of young refugees held their own.

By Alison Pinkney

Ongi Etorri

Un mosaico de dolor, miedo, fortaleza, solidaridad y esperanza.

Frida the cat

Frida cat's owner is a huge fan of Frida Kahlo and a staunch vegetarian. It would come to no surprise that this cat spends much of its time dreaming about.... meat.

By Lucia Borjas

Professional Cuddler

Professional Cuddler

A? young Israeli man is about to meet his long-distance lover for the first time-- while pursuing his dreams in NYC playing the trumpet by day and working as a Professional Cuddler by night.

Local Control: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas

Local Control: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas

A carefully woven essay and biopic that questions the political spectrum as we know it and considers the meaning of political rhetoric as it moves through different bodies.

By Daniel Tucker

Serendip

After months of pooling resources, Andrea joins Antonio in Sri Lanka on their path to greatness organizing the delivery of school supplies for the children of Ambewela.

By Marco Napoli

Proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the Transatlantic slave trade.

By Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi

Roots Grow Together

Roots Grow Together

What is your sacred space?

By Hart Ginsburg

California No

A listless Angeleno discovers that he�s in an open marriage - or at least his wife is.

Transient Passengers

Transient Passengers

A psychological voyage through the memory of a time-obsessed office clerk as he chases the woman who stole his golden pocket watch.

By Natalia Hermida

Start Up a War. Psychology of a conflict.

Start Up a War. Psychology of a conflict.

Once we understand the machinations & techniques of creating a war over geo-political interests, we begin to understand how conflicts are being narrated as a feud between neighborly people.

By Sara Reginella

UberLand

The story of a scandal-ridden startup that upended transportation, defied regulators, decimated the taxi industry and ended up cannibalizing its own drivers.

By Nick St. Charles

No se Mata la Verdad

No se Mata la Verdad

Cr�nica de los tres a�os m�s sangrientos para los periodistas en M�xico.

By Lhyan Carbajal

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
culture and capabilities
[ 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

THE RIO HONGO EDITION
XXIII Cine Pobre Fim Festival 2025 / animation / documentary / experimental / music / african / underground / road trip

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