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Zombies Rabiosos

Zombies Rabiosos

Zombies Rabiosos retrata la situacion de un vagabundo que al comer sobras en mal estado se transforma en Zombie y desata una rabia acompa�ada de miles de seguidores en una manifestacion donde la sangre y tripa son moneda corriente. Mientras tanto, ...

By Seba Experymental

Breaking Free

Crisscrossing across India, featuring in-depth with advocates, activists and candid testimonies of gay and transgender persons, BREAKING FREE traces the history of challenge to the colonial anti-sodomy law Sec 377. Shot over 7 years, from 2007 to 201 ...

By Sridhar Rangayan

Purple Skies

Like shifting clouds and shifting colours of an evening sky, Purple Skies weaves together stories of pain, trauma, hope and happiness of lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) persons to offer an evocative, endearing tapestry of contemporary Indian ...

By Sridhar Rangayan

Yugoslavos

Yugoslavos es un documental concebido con la intenci�n de evitar prejuicios y manipulaciones m�s que aceptadas por los medios y mucha bibliograf�a manique�sta para arrojar algo de luz sobre los tr�gicos y complejos acontecimientos que se sucedieron en la antigu ...

By Eduardo Jorge Garc�a

Baby Nap

A trip into the mind's hidden playground

By Paul Muresan

Emptiness

Fien studies psychology and works as an escort to make some extra money. But to fill up the emptiness in her life, she makes some extreme decisions to make sure she's never alone again. http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-films/detail/emptiness

By Vermaercke Michael

When a space is compromised, memory is endangered. After demolitions, debris and ghosts are left. There are some visible traces only for those who sharpen their eyes in search of the past. Under such risk, some stay to defend what they know is their ...

By Andres Grabois

Second Round

Music video for the song "Segundo Round" by Delanada. http://delanada.es/category/delanada-videos/

By Pilar Pascual Cerd�n

Nail V.

(Real) Heroes Don't Know They're Heroes! Nail V. documentary is a visual story of Nail Vahdeti �ak?rhan, a very inspirational character who lived an extraordinary life. He was a poet, a revolutionist, a journalist, a politician, a political convict, a ...

By Kurtulus Ozgen

Untitled

Two musicians try to develop a new song despite their conflicting tastes.

By Riyadh Haque

The Voice Of Reason

The Voice Of Reason

A couple attempt to reconcile their incompatibility despite a deep infatuation with each other.

By Riyadh Haque

Rien

A young girl recounts her failings with an ex-lover.

By Riyadh Haque

Valentina

A woman. A man. A dog. Fate. https://www.facebook.com/valentinacortometraje

By Mois�s Romera P�rez

A BETTER PLACE

Thimbo wants to be a football player. Malik dreams of managing his own business. Demba just thinks of going to a better place. https://www.proyectafilms.com

By Mois�s Romera P�rez

That's me

The film talks about a young man's dreams and ambitions of the owner refused to colleges and several areas and he refused to surrender became a skillful painter and participated in exhibitions of painting in the last show that he physically handicapp ...

By hassanein khazaal

BLACK MOON

Early 19th century. An island. Three men. A long walk through the night.

By Gallien Guibert

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

Two Soldiers a Mohammedan and a Christian are waking up in a room. Their freedom of movement is very restricted because both are chained on feet and hands. The length of the chain is preventing them from going at each other's throats so they wage wa ...

By Slavko Spionjak

There is light inside

There is light inside

Petrit Halilaj shares his own story. He comes from Runik�, a village in the region of Drenica (Kosovo), being one of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who were forcibly deported to camps in Albania and Macedonia. A child, he revealed his rare capac ...

By Dardan Selimaj

Paper plant

History of Paper Man.

By Pavel Zelenov

The Invention of the Year 2016

The Invention of the Year 2016

How make a film about time?

The island that was

The island that was

ENG: In 1954, legendary italian neorealist director Renato Dall�Ara shot his first short film, helped by a group of friends and communist Polesian cinema lovers. Being self-taught, he started the project almost just for fun about a fact which happe ...

By alberto gambato

ImaginingT

IMAGINING T - Two people, two imaginaries, two parallel universes, unconsciously attracted to each other because of the mutual usage of testosterone. Andreas is transitioning from female to male. Gea is experimenting her fluid gender identity. T ...

By Naike Anna Silipo

Escape Velocity

Escape Velocity

A young boy struggles to find beauty in the world around him. From pollution, to landfills, to grey skies and alleyways covered in graffiti, the Earth is ugly in the eyes of this boy. He wants to escape from Earth and travel to the far reaches of the ...

By James Tralie

the urban frisbee

everybody people make a frisbee... a social resposability event about the notes written by the citizens on any kind of lid that passes from one to another... against banning the internet, we spread our message by frisbee frisbee hits the urban b ...

By serhat �zer

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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
[ Call for Entries 2025 ]

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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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