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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

Invasion

During a Carnival holiday, a group of friends decide to travel to a remote country house. What they did not expect was that terrifying events would be witnessed in major cities in the world. Isolated and without communication, the group needs to de ...

By Helio Martins Jr.

Soror

Soror explores the lives and relationships of two half-sisters; Grace, insular and shy but a talented dancer; and Lisa, who dreams of escaping the confines of their upbringing. The close relationship shared by the sisters is the most important part o ...

By James Webber

Among The Discarded

Among The Discarded

On his 44th birthday, artist Trent Dion Soto voluntarily joined the homeless population, on L.A.�s notorious Skid Row for 30 days in an attempt to foster positive change upon the community. Trent�s goal was total immersion, as he wanted to live as t ...

At the end of 2005, I was lucky enough to get to know Jose "Pepin" Bello, the last living voice of the Generation of '27. Intimate friend of Salvador Dal�, Luis Bu�uel and Federico Garc�a Lorca among others, "Pepin" modestly, had influenced both the work an ...

By �LVARO MERINO

A long night

Within wars and revolutions many people become victims and may heroes, names arise, but sadness, sorrow and disasters become the share of woman. Woman in every case sacrifices but unfortunately her sacrifices are regardless, here I wanted to speak ab ...

By Shamal Sabri

Crazy Golf

A young couple struggle to retain sanity whilst playing a game of Crazy Golf. Reed's competitive nature veers towards homicidal. It's going to be GORE-ious! http://www.crazygolffilm.co.uk

By Chloe Philippou

Gastarbeiter

A young Bosnian worker moves to Germany in search of a better future. What he finds is exploitation and a dangerous criminal organization that threatens his livelihood. http://www.littleroosterproductions.com/

Porphyrophobia

A rare celestial event has an extraordinary impact on a stir crazy mother and her peculiar, adult son. http://www.shunkfilms.co.uk

By Paul Holbrook

900 Seconds

The mysterious stranger suddenly appears in the laboratory. He strikes scientists with dismay, but even more surprised himself - he had not planned to be here. While scientists are trying to communicate with the guest, the kids who participate in the ...

By Robert Seneko

Three times Maria

Three times Maria

On�rio tries to keep his mother�s brothel running after her death and the three Marias Dorinha, Cida and Paloma strengthen their friendship when more personal problems come. http://coletivocabore.wix.com/caboreaudiovisual

By B�RBARA BARACHO

Janaina Colorful Like the Sky

Janaina Colorful Like the Sky

When she wakes up without knowing who she is, the protagonist recognizes only the environment that surrounds her. However, she will have new meanings of the places through her interaction with the city and the experiences she lives. http://coletivoc ...

By B�RBARA BARACHO

Sailor

You can feel the salt to permeate your skin? Peter faces a relationship ever experienced. Johnny came from far and follows the cycle of your life. From standing back. SAILOR recounts an unexpected encounter, inspired by the song "Surabaya Johnny" fro ...

By B�RBARA BARACHO

The Collector

The Collector is about a man with unusual habits... http://www.dimitrisargyriou.com/The-Collector

By NewBorn Short Film Agency

The Drift

The boundless sea, the grey city,a pale dawn on the face of a lonely wandering man, it's a slow. unstoppable drift that leaves behind a waste of skeletons, recollections and shadows of the past that emerge slowly wave after wave http://visualfac.wix. ...

By Stefano Poggioni

�It smelled sweet,� one woman remembered, �like ripe guavas.� Others remember it hanging in the air like a thick fog. Some say when aircrafts sprayed, it looked like stripes of powder decorating the sky. Yet their poetic observations are in stark c ...

By Matthias Leupold

The Event

Flavio is a drug courier, and she knows her love makes him change life. But a strange event, which is repeated every seemingly randomly changes the course of his life and forced him continually to live a series of adventures that mix the underworld, ...

By Lorenzo D'Amelio

Strings Attached

Strings Attached

A teenage girl from Harlem struggles with obeying her mother's wishes and risk the relationship they have in order to play the violin. http://www.nelciesouffrant.com

By Nelcie Souffrant

It's a journey not a destination

It's a journey not a destination

By Jelena Zlatkovic Velickovic

Belgrade in white

Belgrade in white

Our beutiful Belgrade covered by snow Lady in whhite

By Jelena Zlatkovic Velickovic

The Tellers

#1 and #2 are searching for their magnum opus, the one story that will bring them clarity, purpose. When they struggle to find inspiration in our world, they are ripped from it. Working together, they tease, test and tug each other to the far reaches ...

By Grace Cleere

Eden

"Eden" it's about a young man who celebrates his 26th birthday on the bed in a room with a girl.

By Rita Sabat�

OFF

OFF is an Experimental Horror Short Film which emphasis on MATTER OVER MIND. The story is about a paranormal lift(s) splitting the minds of it's passenger with the aid of their worst memories thereby consuming them. For most of the cases it is MIN ...

Parallel

A young delivery boy enters an abandoned house to make his final delivery for the day, not knowing of the evil that lives inside. http://www.novvvafilms.com

LoSING MY PRIDE

LoSING MY PRIDE

Natasha has great prospect and dreams for herself and her generation, but all crashed when her dreams was cut short before 3months in the womb.

By Ayo Donaldlove

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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 2025 ]

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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