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O Uivo da Carne na Terra da Luz

O Uivo da Carne na Terra da Luz

Mulher resignada abandona o pr�prio lar e encontra ref�gio em um hotel onde estranhas situa��es parecem conversar com seus dilemas mais profundos

By Eduardo Madeira

Calou-se. Saiu. Saltei.

Calou-se. Saiu. Saltei.

A man speaks to the onlookers intimate moments of his life, which will eventually unveil his true essence. Faced with this reality, he decides to make a decision.

By Bruno Carnide

Me gustan los poemas y me gusta la vida

Me gustan los poemas y me gusta la vida

En Managua hay un hospital para ni�os con c�ncer en el que creen que la poes�a ayuda a los peque�os a superar la enfermedad. Todos los martes del a�o el poeta Ernesto Cardenal imparte un taller de poes�a para estos peque�os.

By Daniel Rodr�guez Moya y Ulises J�arez Polanco

Night with Judas

Night with Judas

In the wee hours of the morning in the shady streets of London, two intoxicated Irishmen come upon The Emerald Isle�s biggest aficionado. His name is Seamus. The lads take Seamus in as one of their own and they drink the night away together. But is ...

By Brian McNulty

The Black Era

Just the other day, we were watching the news of the coalmine fire in Jharia, Jharkhand. A concept spawned in our minds. We took the coalmines fire, added global warming and aliens. We told a few people in our institute (Zee Institute of Creative Art ...

Ciudad

Ciudad es un cortometraje documental - experimental donde el espacio urbano es protagonista, calles, edificios personajes, todos inmersos en la cotidianidad que mata, mirando pasar y la vida extinguirse.

By J. Pablo Romo

El espejo humano

El espejo humano

Based on a real story. A 17-year-old girl with social anxiety has hardly any contact with the outside world. Never leaving her home she watches the cruelties being reported on the news every day, bringing her mind closer and closer to the dangerous n ...

THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON D.C. 1963

THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON D.C. 1963

Two very talented musicians come together to performed a very gifted Jazz song made in the heavens! Featuring 'Mahatma Gandhi,and 'Mother Theresa. In this film you will see that it pays great respect to 'MLK.Jr. And the leadership that March on Washi ...

By DAVON JOHNSON

Peace 2 'U'

Peace 2 'U' follows the musical journey of the bagpiper who appeared in Davon Johnson's short film 'Amazing Grace" In Peace 2 'U' the bagpiper (now playing the pennywhistle) teams up with a conga/kalimba player,as he is absorbed in musical joy on a s ...

By DAVON JOHNSON

Tanta Luz

Una historia de amor a trav�s de un estudio del paisaje. La voz de una mujer le habla al padre de su �nico hijo. �l la abandon� antes de saber del embarazo. Muchos a�os despu�s, se entera de la existencia de su hijo y decide emprender su b�squeda. Desde el punt ...

By Pablo Martinez-Zarate

Games People Play

Games People Play

Un matrimonio se jura de no atacarse mas con las palabras habladas, pero con las jugadas...es otra historia.

By Dawn Westlake

MANENAYA ( Waiting )

MANENAYA ( Waiting )

�Manenaya� (Waiting) is a story of a determined woman and her journey through life under the backdrop of the various landscapes of Pampanga. She brings with her a wooden casket for her husband, a victim of political killings. The film is a journey ...

By Richard Soriano Legaspi

A Butterfly Space

A Butterfly Space

A short documentary filmed in Malawi, A Butterfly Space spotlights two British women who relocated to the country and set up myriad community outreach programs including a nursery and primary school for local children, nutritional assistance programs ...

By Denise Dragiewicz

AAi

A POV film of a mother watching her son grow up

By Aroop Dwivedi

Samuel es un chaval de once a�os que vive en la calle como consecuencia de la crisis econ�mica. Su retrato es el retrato del pa�s en el que vive, una Espa�a desmembrada que se halla inmersa en una situaci�n de posguerra que no ha necesitado de conflicto previo.

By Alvaro Martin

The Park

In May 2013 the plan to build a shopping center and a mosque in the place of a small park next to Taksim Square in Istanbul provokes unexpected critique. On that day thousands of people start an occupation of Gezi Park triggering the spreading of ant ...

By Dorota Proba & Monika Proa

LENS

A compelling short story about a young, tormented man in a wrong place at a wrong time.

By Benjamin Bubb

Pene?lope

En un ambiente de sadismo, romance, erotismo y drama, el cortometraje "Pen�lope" muestra ambos lados de la moneda dentro de la vida de un artista y hasta donde nos lleva la obsesi�n a trascender dentro del mundo del arte, con las consecuencias que esto ti ...

By Cristopher Gama

SKELETAL DREAMS

SKELETAL DREAMS

A disturbed woman dreams about what her future will bring . The dreamer meets an array of characters that introduce her to a true love,her murdered child. Is the dreamer fearful of the future or would she rather live in a past of nothing?

By DAVON JOHNSON

COUNTRY MUSIC IS IN MY BLOOD

COUNTRY MUSIC IS IN MY BLOOD

A reporter for the African International Press comes from Washington D.C. to Denver to interview a country western singer.

By DAVON JOHNSON

MURDER.COM

The website of the 90's.DebbieCam.com Debbie Winter.alone blonde and beautiful,puts her life literally online with live digital pictures uploading to a web page every two minutes. But Cole isn't the only one who wants her-there's another!

By DAVON JOHNSON

AMAZING GRACE

Director Davon Johnson explores the power of "Amazing Grace' played on bagpipes.

By DAVON JOHNSON

The Juggler

After being rejected as a juggler at the Academy of Circus Arts, Alan decides to leave the capital and return to his hometown, where his longtime girlfriend awaits him. While he packs up, a series of unusual events threatens to turn a quiet return ho ...

By Marcelo Mendez

saken

Even as a child, Ibrahim was obsessed with weapons. As a teenager in the 1980s he went to Lebanon, trained and ready to serve in the Palestinian revolution. �Would I be capable of killing someone from the Israeli army?� he curiously wondered. He stil ...

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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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