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Nima Tabandeh
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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

Language and landscape as a gate into a new life. A young Galician filmmaker emigrates to Sweden, where he performs different part-time jobs. His learning of a new language and fascination for the Swedish landscape become a driving force against the ...

By Eloy Dom�nguez Ser�n

SINTO MUITO. EU TE AMO

SINTO MUITO. EU TE AMO

O filme retrata a jornada pelo inferno psicol�gico de Ana. Quando v� sua vida modificada de maneira brusca, escolhe trilhar um caminho sem retorno movida pela desilus�o.

By Bianca de Araujo Vasconcelos

AUTORRETRATO

Arturo believe that he is his own shadow, Andrea cant� find the inspiration for her draws, the Magician don�t know what to do with all the knowledge that he possess. The destiny of these three characters, converge in this assay about existence, life ...

Waiting for the (t)rain

Waiting for the (t)rain

A small village lost in a dusty desert in Burkina's bush. Two times a week passes the train. Various food items and water bottles thrown by the passengers while passing by constitute the main income of the village, and the only source of water during ...

Khobz El Hissar

Khobz El Hissar

Syria 2015, it's a long day of smuggling bread to the besieged area. A standing tree is her only shelter. He runs away leaving everything behind him. They both know there is no escape.

By soudade kaadan

Tigre Tigre

Z� is just a regular guy. He only has one problem: there's a tiger in his apartment. The tiger is real. Dangerous. And hungry...

By Felipe de Amorim

Inside the dance

Inside the dance

A man and woman recall their journey through partner dancing festivals in the Western United States, immersing the viewers in dance. It tells two stories simultaneously that move in opposite directions. On the surface, it explores an emerging subcult ...

By Claire Loussouarn

Cria

O projeto CRIA narra o dia de um trabalhador na metr�pole, seu cotidiano e dentro dessa perspectiva individual como a metr�pole influencia as pessoas de forma indireta. No curta-metragem o personagem principal se utiliza da arte urbana como forma de se exp ...

By Guilherme Carneiro Homem Alves

Pedro

The film is a autodocumentary mapping Pedro Borges's profile. A presentation of his history, mixed with his findings and insights of yourself and the world around him.

By Pedro Borges

Ave y nada

Adam and Eve in a Galician forest. He leaves the Earth in spring and will have to discover it all. In summer she appears and they are together until autumn. The winter punishment will be the separation of the two. Eventaully, Eva ends up alone on a ...

By Crist�bal Arteaga

An Unfinished Film, For My Daughter Somayeh

An Unfinished Film, For My Daughter Somayeh

An unfinished story about the Mohammadi family who are living in Canada. The father was an enthusiastic and faithful supporter of Mojahedin e Khalq (an Iranian opposition group) for more than 30 years and he encouraged his daughter to join this organ ...

By Morteza Payeshenas

A young musician, with no big plans, feels pressured to get a life after his father arrives.

By Guto Bozzetti

To Be Free

A frame by frame overhead projector animation illustrating the unavoidable flourish of the spirit and climatic submission of the flesh.

By Yen-Chao Lin

I only ask God

The short film directed by Levi Vatavuk is set during the period of slavery and presents the escape of a slave, the struggle of slaves for survival and violence and humiliations to which they were subjected. The film is set in 1850 in Minas Gerais, b ...

Planeta Escarlate

Planeta Escarlate

The conflict of a former addict, tormented by the ghost of his ex-girlfriend killed by overdose. In the battle for detoxification, he witnesses the passing of a mysterious planet on the earth's axis. Many believe in drastic changes in human behavior, ...

By Dellani Lima

From Within

A frame by frame overhead projector animation telling the story of genesis and culmination with human teeth, cat bones, found objects and insects.

By Yen-Chao Lin

El director de una instituci�n psicogeri�trica tiene un plan genocida para los ancianos del lugar. y no colocar� el marcapasos a la demente Orlandina que alucina con su hijo muerto. El plan lo percibe la anciana Selvia que recurre a sus pares y la Virgen ve ...

By Alicia Susana P�rez

QUANDO PAREI DE ME PREOCUPAR COM CANALHAS

QUANDO PAREI DE ME PREOCUPAR COM CANALHAS

Jo�o Carlos se cree muy politizado. Pero de a poco comienza a darse cuenta que se est� volviendo tan aburrido como uno de esos taxistas de la ciudad. En cuanto ese fantasma lo persigue y una crisis de pareja lo lleva al fondo del pozo, un brote de lucid�z ...

By Tiago Vieira

Interview

Journalist looking for serial murder for Interview

By Dmitry Moskvitin

Nosztalgia

a man in a antiquarian photography falls in love with a woman of today

By wayner tristao

Clitorisssima

CLITORISSIMA A global initiative about CLITORIS AWARENESS Made with the mission to normalize & facilitate, the first parent / child conversation about Clitoris & Clitoris Awareness - Through women stories & animated art.

Gil viveu em seu templo silencioso tudo o que p�de.

By Felipe Camilo

La Fabriquita

A small toy factory hidden little mysteries.

By Jorge H. Rosas

24 Horas

The world, industry and pollution run 24 hours.

By Jorge H. Rosas

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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 2026 ]

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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XXIV Cine Pobre Fim Festival 2026 / animation / documentary / experimental / music / african / underground / road trip

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