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Huramentado (Oath To Die)

Huramentado (Oath To Die)

Northern Samar is one of the poorest provinces in the Philippines. Politicians here are elected into office by means of vote-buying. Most of them are based in Manila and they only come here during election time. They treat the province like it�s thei ...

By Noriel M. Jarito

The Rank & Fashion - The road

The Rank & Fashion - The road

Official Music Video for The Rank & Fashion's song 'The Road'

By Bogdan Giurca

My dear snitch

BookTrailer for 'Dragul meu turnator' by Gabriel Liiceanu Humanitas

By Bogdan Giurca

Pintu (Behind the Door)

Pintu (Behind the Door)

A man chocked on his meal and wakes up in a office ready to be interviewed by someone who decides his fate.

By Ryan monoarfa

Kurung Manuk

Manuk an overly imaginative man child who never leaves his bedroom who ends up not only becoming the black sheep of the neighbourhood but also the prime suspect in a serial murder case.

By Sigit Pradityo

The Revolutionary

The Revolutionary

Damiano a shy, irrational and self-conscious twenty one year old decides to start his own revolutionary movement; with a kilt and a tandem bicycle! Celeste works as an office clerk saving money for college. She is mature for her twenty years and dre ...

By Denis Astolfi

asuntos domesticos

asuntos domesticos

Luna llena de Abril, viernes por la noche. Unos tacones resuenan en una calle vac�a. �gata huye de su pasado para encontrarse de lleno con su futuro. Los esp�ritus noct�mbulos se acaban encontrando, pero no siempre para bien.

By alexia mui�os ruiz

Viacrucis Migrante - Kreuzweg der Migrant_innen

Viacrucis Migrante - Kreuzweg der Migrant_innen

'Viacrucis Migrante' es un documental sobre hombres, mujeres y ni�@s, que est�n huyendo hac�a el Norte de circunstancias apremiantes en sus pa�ses de origen, El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras. Inician un viaje que implica peligro de muerte, del que nunca se s ...

By Hauke Lorenz

Postcards from Manila

Postcards from Manila

A short essay film on writer�s block and the creative process, collecting elements from several projects left unfinished by the filmmaker over a period of almost twenty years. A personal diary written in a filmic language that�s both abstract and ana ...

By Harry Lagoussis

After a random encounter with a curious old man in the train, Frida starts observing the world differently. Then, a second random encounter turns her feelings upside down and makes her take an unexpected and difficult decision for her.

Nazdiktar

Ali, who has quit addiction, returns to his mother house after 3 years to make up for the damage he has done and to introduce his fianc�e. The family who have gathered because Ali's nephew is going abroad, show bad reactions because of Ali's previous l ...

By Mostafa Ahmadi

Love Happened

Love Happened pokes fun at cinematic cliches, and is filled with characters literally trying to escape their own story.

By Sean Michael Smith

How To Be Alone

How To Be Alone

"Listen to me: there is life without love. You don't need anyone. Don't search, don't hope, don't dream; and only then, perhaps, you too will learn how to be alone."

By Erez Eisenstein

SAVING LOVE

What if you'll decide to save your love?..

By Roman Olkhovka

Skinned

Can a married architect stay faithful when she returns to her home country for work.

By Andrew O'Keefe

After her son dissappears, a mother refuses to give into her pain and into oblivion. One day she and her husband receive disturbing news that will change their destiny. That same day, before her son�s birthday, she intends to have a conversation with ...

By MONICA VELASCO

Anay ny lalana

Dadakoto, why do you often say � It�s my road � ? - It�s actually a game, says this man who seems to have a childish mind despite his old body. In working he plays, In working he lives.

By Nantenaina Fifaliana

Nan Miyongsaga Aniya

Nan Miyongsaga Aniya

A man working at the death experience service helps an old woman and her grandson to go through unusual experience.

By Chae Han-young

Tea and Destiny

Tea and Destiny

A young woman joins the United States Army and explains to her father why she enlisted, with emotional results.

By R. Christian Anderson

Sea of Trees

After Megumi's little sister, Nanako, doesn't come home, she worries that she has gone to the Suicide Forest. Nanako has a history dealing with suicide and depression, so Megumi calls upon the help of her friend, Takeo, to help her save her little si ...

Inside Mind

Spencer, a young scientist tries to enter Clarice, his girlfriend's mind to save her from coma. Inside her head, he founds that her other personality, Angie tries to kill her to control the body. He has to find Clarice and help her out before Angie t ...

By Kevin Anderson

Dilemma

Muzaffer is a village imam who lives with his son, Ahmet. One night, Ahmet had a crush and after that Muzaffer starts to experience a dilemma between his spirit ual beliefs and son.

By Mehmet Talha Akhan

The Audition

The Audition is a fatal collision of a cynical casting agent and a young Vietnamese dancer. Racial tension freezes their short encounter when a strange phone call pushes the agent toward his demons.

By Attila Rostas

She Rides The Ghostbike

She Rides The Ghostbike

She Rides The Ghostbike is an intimate tale of one man's grieving process. Through loss, one must find new purpose. But for some, when love is gone, the mind follows. As a widower soon learns, shutting out a city of over 8 million people isn't ea ...

By Daniel James Huppert

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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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