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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

Ava's Silence

A young Persian woman works in her ailing father's auto repair shop hoping to start her own life.

By Seyed Gholamreza Nematpour

Citizen Lula

A contemporary portrait of Brazil and what was the Lula era.

By Mariana Vitarelli Alessi

Najibeh

An impoverished old religious woman enlists a friend to help her commit a crime in order to go to prison.

By Mostafa Gandomkar

The Bat

In a world that is becoming�more surreal by the second it is hard to find yourself let alone your ex girlfriend.

By Ruslan Mironov

Gam Cam Grrl

A notorious hacker is released from prison to help the NSA meddle with juicy Russian collusionists.

By Michael Paul Girard

Long Pig

Evil doesn�t have to follow a specific set of rules.

By Riccardo Suriano

Soldier Hat

A soldier needs to survive behind enemy lines both physically and ideologically.

By Pavel Moskvin

Kaimera

Addiction never satisfies.

By Githen Kiruba

Love X Bites

Sharing a hotel room during quarantine two young women begin to form a relationship.

Gazing

A 30 something man suffers from a lack of perspective due to traumatic events in his life.

By Namira Hafizi

Consolation

While an amputee avoids relationships she has sex with random cab drivers.

By Lina Asadullina

A look at the ancestral production process of Mezcal

By Ortiz & V�rtiz

The Badger

A bizarre incident occurs right before a woman marries her second husband.

By Kazem Mollaie

English

When a little girl finds out about her parents' separation she turns back time.

By Parviz Shojae

DIADEMA

When the chaos and meaninglessness of war crush your dreams.

By Milana Majar

Chistota

Garbage thrown out of a window during a party triggers an unbreakable chain of events.

By Pavla Stratulat

ZUGZWANG

One man's sinister plan to sabotage his marriage.

By Homa Bazrafshan

Cold Ashes

A mad old man rants about 1700 year old conflicts between Zoroastrians and Christians while a film crew is setting up a shoot.

By Masoud Motlagh

From Star To Star

From Star To Star

A homeless man wants to make a movie in order to understand cinema.

By Antonio Amaral

Death of a Leaf

Death of a Leaf

Uncle Khosrow was a faithful and God fearing man.

Mermaid

A Persian transgender person tries to find their footing in society.

By Saber Mostafapour

The Dance Connection

The Dance Connection

How dance connects people, places, and cultures.

By Andrea Novoa

Pola

So much for daily routine after a middle-aged mother working at a phone sex line gets a call from her estranged son.

By Sotiris Petridis

Ifigeneia: no more tears

Ifigeneia: no more tears

When two intolerance auditors appear at a family gathering things get complicated.

By George Georgakopoulos

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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%
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

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