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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

O Arquivo

How far can you run, so you can run even further?

Lived

A ghost travels throughout England talking to other ghosts about their lives.

By Denis O'Rourke

Hush

After an alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity, a lone man makes his way through a vast desert with the alien threat still looming. After confronting a fellow survivor they're left to decide whether survival is best achieved alone or together ...

Motherland

In urban Austin, Texas, JEN, a young Thai man in his early 20s, learns from his young mother, MARLEE, that everything is not what it appears in their family. The morning that she leaves, Jen frustratingly packs his mother�s bags for her as she hides ...

By Komtouch Napattaloong

Zid decided to build a Pirate Ship to his escape from an island, but he didn�t think of a way to put the ship into the sea after finishing its construction. And now? How can he reach the sea?

By Gabriel Oliveira

Tres corderos

Triptych about the human condition, offering or sacrifice?

Ministry of Guilt

Ministry of Guilt

This darkly humorous short thriller is set against the nightmarish scenario of 24/7 surveillance, privacy invasion and those dark thoughts that keep us awake at night. Sam Smith is woken by the late-night delivery of threatening notes through his let ...

By Matthew Bartlett

ROD?

Ismail is a roadie who is responsible for the stage-setting for a rock band. Ismail, who wants to be a famous musician, tries to give his demo CD to Bark?n, the vocalist of the band, during a concert day. However, he messes up because of his pretende ...

By G�zde Yeti?kin

JORA

One morning a young man goes a forest accompanied by his girlfriend, where are placed his recurrent dreams which are ruining his live. There, after a crisis a photographer finds her and take a picture while the other sleeps. the same night the photog ...

By Fernando Garc�a

el ultimo lonco

el ultimo lonco

El �ltimo Lonco retrata la historia de Ram�n, un conserje y luchador amateur, que luego de ver en peligro su carrera de luchador por su estado de salud, har� lo posible por demostrar que a�n es capaz de luchar y de esta forma, retener su t�tulo.

All Is Forgiven

All Is Forgiven

A short American drama about a black teenager, subject to a fate beyond his control�an inevitable intervening of police brutality. The film communicates a truth inspired by events that have already happened in The United States. �All Is Forgiven� i ...

On a few key sites of the migratory routes of Europe, voices, faces, bodies and landscape tell the violence hidden beyond the euphemism of �control of flows�. A violence exerted on men, women and children which reveals one of the faces of today�s ...

By paysdesmiroirs

MEMENTO MORI

`Do you fear death? Don�t be frightened...� A boy spends hours on a busy holiday-beach. His impressions and thoughts intertwine to a current perception, that is concerned with transience. The cinematic essay `Memento Mori� aims to understand life ...

Life is Strange

Life is Strange

Olaf, a young graffer, will come back the day of his birthday to his family castle in order to reconnect with his past and he will fall in a real madness in this amazing place...

DREAM A DREAM

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality" . Ajay is deeply disturbed after watching a horror film , he goes on to deal with his imagination and dreams that haunt him.The movie revolves around a situation where the gap between imagination ...

CHRISTMAS AGAIN

CHRISTMAS AGAIN

The holidays are fun, no matter how many times you have to do it.

Suhani

The world is big. Love is bigger.

From The Killingtons

From The Killingtons

All the things that make family time festive and special...joy, togetherness, murder.

Raconteur

After an argument about the merits of truth, a conflicted nursing intern must decide whether to tell a dying memory patient about his condition or keep him immersed in a fantasy of adventure.

Lavra � uma experi�ncia em dan�a no universo do cinema e utiliza a cria��o musical e a poesia como meio para a constru��o dram�tica do filme. O filme � inspirado em pensamentos, letras e poesias de Paulo Leminski - poeta que sentia prazer em assumir-se como um af ...

By Nat�lia Montoni

THE OTHER RIPKEN

THE OTHER RIPKEN

Billy Ripken wrote a filthy word on a bassball bat...and it created a legacy.

YanYuan

ZHAO has been visiting Chinese brothels on the Lower East Side for many years, but one girl stands out to him in particular. We follow Zhao in his struggle to accept his love for her and ultimately help her escape prostitution, or return to the comfo ...

By Nueraili Maimaitimusha

NuevaYorkino

'NuevaYorkino' explores the voyage of a Puerto Rican photographer to New York for the first time, as he embarks on journey to forget.

By Alejandro D Orengo Colon

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A man brought a gift to visit his lover. However, love is not always sweet...

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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%
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culture and capabilities
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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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