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Between the black and the red land

Between the black and the red land

It is the "female" ethno-meditation genre. It is an immersion into the depths of the archaic consciousness of the people, which no longer exists. This film is about the soul of the ancient people. Currently, there are only one young pregnant woman an ...

By Igor Korablev

After the war... before the war...

After the war... before the war...

28.12.2012, in the Day of the Holy innocents of Bethlehem, the president of Russia Putin signed a law ?272-FZ, which effectively prohibited American and other foreign families from adopting Russian orphans. The law of "Herod the Baby Killer", as it i ...

By Igor Korablev

Guzo Business

A Filipino seaweed farmer must find a way to escape from his boss' hands and his corrupt business after witnessing the killing of his only colleague.

By Ignacio Hennigs

Sarah's Room

A psychedelic ambient horror/thriller. Joe returns home from a mysterious absence to discover his wife has taken in an equally mysterious lodger.

By Grant McPhee

Lonely Planet

While on a temporary assignment in Barcelona, a restless travel guide writer meets a tall dark stranger who challenges her to live in the moment... with him.

By Alex Burunova

Buffalo

Roger a lonely cab driver who is diagnosed with a terminally ill disease. He is shaken by the sudden death of his ex-wife, and steals a cab from his job and sets out to find the son he hasn't seen in more than thirty years.

By Michael McCallum

Fason Nou/Our way

Fason Nou/Our way

A weekend retreat between an interracial couple and their in-laws takes a dark turn when they discover that their house is haunted by the ghosts of an interracial couple from from the 1950's who has no patience for intolerance.

By Romane Simon

World Above Reality

World Above Reality

Aitor, Dani, Josu and Ana meet to play World Above Reality, the first virtual reality videogame released worldwide. But what at first appears as a fun time, ends up in a fight for survival.

By Kanata Productions

The movie starts with the narration of Keit (Keitlin Sh�ngjergji). She and Anna (Altea Mukaj) are Rachel's (Klesta Rapaj) best friends since childhood. During an April day Rachel is found dead in the school toilets reported to have committed suicide. K ...

HERETIC

An unusual autobiographical documentary that lifts the lid on the mysterious life of Christina Conrad - painter, poet, sculptor & film-maker - whose life-long struggle with convention, prejudice, injustice and the art world's respectability, reminds ...

By Christina Conrad

Waves

A man with borderline personality disorder struggles on a weekend away with his friends, or is it them that are struggling with his condition.

By stephen broekhuizen

One Last Question

One Last Question

Based on true story, 4 best friends decide to join a militant outfit in 1998 in an attempt to give sovereignty to the state of Assam from India. The film takes us through the personal conflict of Tultul (protagonist) & his 3 friends.

By Prathamesh KriSang

Glove Compartment

Glove Compartment

Long-term hitman Frankie takes untrained killer Jacob under his wing for his latest instruction, but Jacob's psychotic tendencies lead him to taking the daughter of their targets captive. When Jacob insists on treating the young girl to a milkshake, ...

By Daniel Allen

Robot Vitaliy (????? ???????)

Robot Vitaliy (????? ???????)

The video for the band's song "Neschastniy sluchay ". History rather short life robot romance and his friends

By Natalya Berezovaya

A bedtime story

A bedtime story

A woman wakes up in the dark of night without knowing that his nightmare is about to begin. During the next few minutes she will be the victim of a ghost whit the only mission of torture her of fear for his own amusement.

By Sergio Ruvalcaba

The Garden of Steven

The Garden of Steven

Steven Crosby, a small town missionary in a strange land stumbles upon the lowest road to salvation with the help of a little Mayan girl, a black magic woman, and a saint with a cigar.

THE RETURN OF DELADOOR

THE RETURN OF DELADOOR

Secret agent Dominick Deladoor wakes up after being in coma for 6 years. His memory progressively comes back and with that comes trouble. However in the world of secret services what appears is not always what it seems to be. Who is John Valos, and w ...

By ZACHOS SAMOLADAS

Stop

In a broken corner of the world, while waiting at a bus stop people encounters the creature that causes the strange events.

By serdar �otuk

Kampiringisa: a childhood behind bars

Kampiringisa: a childhood behind bars

This is the story of Kampiringisa, a centre meant for children in conflict with the law, that has also become a dumping ground for the street children of Kampala. Treated like criminals and with little hope for a future, these children are condemned ...

By William Ek-Uvelius

Burning from the inside

Burning from the inside

�Burning from the inside� is a socio-political documentary, coming out from the streets of Athens and Berlin. Using the rise of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn as the main axe, it exposes the fascist structures and the social disintegration witch inva ...

By Marsia Tzivara

The Rhythm of Time

The Rhythm of Time

An incursion in a documentary form in the world of emerging Algerian music . On camera, succeed artists and bands with various influences , which are at the heart of this new wave . From Algiers to Oran.

By Elias Djemil

Symphony of the forest

Symphony of the forest

A man depressed by an irreparable loss and about to take a final decision is called by a friend offered him a new life abroad. He think that moving to a new countrie it may help to solve his problems, but their problems not only unresolved, but they ...

By Martin Chertudi

The Voice of the Voiceless

The Voice of the Voiceless

"CHAPLIN MEETS ERASERHEAD� IN THIS MAGICAL-NEO-REALIST, MODERN DAY SILENT FILM. LA VOZ DE LOS SILENCIADOS takes us inside the mind and heartbreak of Olga, a deaf teenager brought from Latin America to New York City, under the false promise of at ...

By Maxim�n Monihan

Malek Means Angel

Malek Means Angel

With the smile of an angel and the will of a warrior, Malek is far from an average eleven year old girl. Striving to one day become a professional fencer, she spends every day training alongside her best friend Yassmine in a working class neighbourho ...

By Lea Mathiesen

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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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