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One World - Different People

One World - Different People

Hostility toward strangers, Xenophobia, Racism can be found at many places and in a lot of different ways in Germany. The film sharpens an image of migrant`s experiences with racism. Hereby it is searching for answers, how people can face discriminat ...

By Oliver Langewitz

Hunt and prey

Maria and Radu are a couple in love planning their wedding. But there is a secret between them that will chance their lives forever. Based on the short story of the same title by Alicia S�rieux.

By Oliver Langewitz

In long days

IN LONG DAYS is a short documentary about a family who decided to take the risk of living a different life. Rodrigo, Miriam and Pablo abandoned the city to pursue their autonomy and their freedom in the wilderness, allowing themselves to imagine a fl ...

By Adrian Villa Davila

LATE REPORT

This experimental film is a critique of human apathy regarding our planet� Climate is changing, but nobody seems to hear the thousands of studies which demonstrate this, we are turning a deaf ear � Unfotunately, life on Earth is heading towards an ...

Metamorphosis

A man wakes up feeling unable to live among other beings.

By Even Fr�d�ric

Silesia, home country

Silesia, home country

Through the eyes of a late repatriate we see people from ?wi?toch?owice / Upper Silesia: those who stayed there during the crises in the 80s and those who left the area to start a new life in Germany. We accompany the female protagonist right from ...

By Dorothea Lata

Fanette

Julien , new recruit � Skin Center �, makes customers without any sale !!! After a disastrous first test day Jean-Luc his boss threatens to fire him if he did not made a sale the next day. Julien henceforth to 24h to sell a sofa at all costs !! http: ...

By Sebastien Chamaillard

Dring of the dead

Dring of the dead

A zombie girl is after a man. He hides in a telephone box, trying to call for help... But the zombie finds him and assaults the phone box. https://vimeo.com/66506698

By Ga�l Pouvreau

Sacrifice of Anna

Sacrifice of Anna

Anna, principal dancer reapeats her leading role in � the Sleeping Beauty � ballet. But an unforeseen event disturbs her preparation; she is pregnant and must make a decision alone.

By Ali Sattarpour

Synopsis: It�s a day of celebration in the street of the city and everybody are wearing mask and making noise. However a little girl discoverd things are not what they appear to be. Her only solution is to find her big sister in this crowd of f ...

By Myriam L. Obin

The Patient

A mysterious midnight call completely changes the normal life of the old doctor Karapetrov, who has to go and examine his last patient...

By Kiril Todorov

The First Summer

The First Summer

Isabel and Miguel meet during a driving lesson. They start hanging out and end up spending the summer together. In Autumn, he travels to visit his family, while she stays and takes care of his dog. When he returns their love for each other will be te ...

Milk, No Sugar

In an attempt to come to terms with his life, Anton has one last shot at reconciliation with his thoughts and, therefore, with himself. http://www.milknosugarfilm.com

By Andrei Florescu

The Princess of Love O Love

The Princess of Love O Love

While reading her students a fairy tale, a teacher becomes so invested in the story that she begins to substitute its morals with her own.

By Arnaud Lalanne

THE DOLPHIN SKIN CITY

THE DOLPHIN SKIN CITY

Eric Laurent, an idealistic architect, attends a congress to present his view of future cities : the "Dolphin skin project". But, at the same time, he meets Claire, a young florist, and falls under her spell... The film is about love or architecture ...

By Pierre Gaffi�

The mysterious chilanga masked woman

The mysterious chilanga masked woman

The courtship of a boy in love becomes a surreal when in an everyday conversation, she teaches him how to dream. http://www.jirafica.com/cuentos/chilanga

By Jos� Cardoso

YUMIKO

Yumiko Yoshioka is a Butoh dance artist born in Tokyo, lives in Germany and travels around the world developing workshops where investigates the interaction between dance, space and visual arts, from traditional Butoh to venture into an exploration o ...

By Jos� Cardoso

En la ciudad de Cuenca (Ecuador) camina un hombre curioso pregunt�ndose: "�Como ser�a aqu�, antes de que hayan estas casas?", encuentra la respuesta en un museo de arte pre hispanico por el que atraviesa. Una respuesta trascendental que le cambiar� su modo d ...

By Jos� Cardoso

Hippopotamus

Ruby has been kidnapped, but her kidnapper doesn't want a ransom. He wants her to fall in love with him.

By Edward Palmer

A Trace

After having been abandoned at an orphanage as a child, a young man is exploring his past.

By Andreas Kaufmann

Vanishing

35-year old Iwona takes care of the house during her husband�s absence. She tries to make up with her son Michal. One day, Michal doesn�t come back home for the night. None of his friends now where he is. The husband doesn�t answer the phone. http:// ...

By Bartosz Kruhlik

The Heat

THE HEAT - 1. Coal or wood afire to redness, 2. High air temperature, 3. Vehemence of feelings. http://www.kruhlik.com

By Bartosz Kruhlik

The waiting room

The waiting room

In a waiting room, a coffee machine doesn't work correctly. A man and a woman wait patiently. The siren of a fire truck sounds from the street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RwnTz49ZFQ

By alexandre mermaz

Piece by piece

Living statues fall through the clouds. The fall is hard and they lose a bit of themselves every time. Soon after that they are hit by the ground and have to search for what they are missing http://trozoatrozo.blogspot.es/

By Miguel Pe�a

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Building bridges based on the
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Cine Pobre is the 100%
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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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