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Whereswilder - BO

Whereswilder - BO

A short animation film about the sun, the sea, and a boy growing to become what was born to be. The password is : outtherebo http://bo.outtherestudio.com/

By Christos Panagiotou

LOOK!

A course in Dutch Sign Language runs out of hand. The signs are coming to life and the class end up in chaos. How will the teacher deal with this problem ? SYNOPSIS A Dutch Sign Language interpreter is starting a lesson. What she is teaching, sig ...

Jos� M�rio Branco, a multitalented man who have been using his songs to transform the country and whose lyrics make as much sense today as they did 40 years ago. The shooting began in 2005 covered seven years of rehearsals, recording, talks and concerts, ...

By nelson pedro

Ulises

Ulises is a young man who disappears bodies. He wants to take his mother to Alaska, but she is very ill. Ulises starts to decompose physically, mentally and spiritually. The time and the earthworms destroy it all.

By Abel Francisco Amador Alcal�

Cinema

The story revolves around a child Qasim who is extremely poor and lives with his father who�s always into drugs. Qasim works on a traffic signal washes the wind screen of cars and earns a little. He is curious to watch the movie which is released in ...

By Abdullah Khan

AKSPA

AKSPA is a malayalam short film with English subtitles based on the kiss of love strike ( protest by kissing in public ) on Nov 2 2014 which happened in Kerala against Moral Policing . The Film is a social satire which tries to define real meaning of ...

By Gopan R Nair

The Curse of Sanguanel

The Curse of Sanguanel

Four directors presents four episodes about one of the most terrifying legends from Brazil: the Sanguanel, a Italian creature who terrorized European immigrants in the 19th century. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3007542/

By Felipe M. Guerra

En Route

When three groups of strangers on a train don't speak the same language, they stumble upon connections in unexpected ways. http://enroutethefilm.com

(un)Sunny

What if the Sun did not exist? Or if the clouds could completely cover it? Tito imagines a world where sunflowers do not have to look at the sky, where the Moon works overtime to make him smile... The question is: why? http://www.desolado.net

By Victor Nores

To the Power of Anne

To the Power of Anne

Former South African A-lister Anne Power has been relegated to the D-list. No longer a sought after singing commodity she has been unfairly relegated to the sidelines due to her age, sex and skin colour. Is she bitter about it? Well of course. That w ...

By ROBERT Haynes

Antiprism

Found fortage from a Super8 roll - a woman walking on a dock - the film's being destroyed by decay and chemical intervention, then put on a VHS tape and manipulated live in a modified VCR. Ephemeral state of matter. http://www.gvallee.com

By Guillaume Vall�e

Dreams into the wind

Dreams into the wind

A wise man has created a peculiar garden that embodies the disturbing images of your dreams.

By �NGEL DAVID DELGADO SAN GIN�S

Semiotics of a Model

Semiotics of a Model

Lily can't be a model because she is too big.

By Tabassom Habibzadeh

Joseph's Epiphany

Joseph's Epiphany

Joseph's Epiphany tells the story of a hated debt collector Joseph(Callie Covington) attempt to live day by day. When a top representative retires; a position is opened that will give Joseph the schedule and the life he's always wanted. To get the co ...

By Callie covington

The last departure

The last departure

The film tells a story of the women, through the relationship between two women and a child. How many Neapolitans in the 80s spent their holidays in places near a recreation area. The last day of vacation and 'joint, the feelings are not revealed thr ...

By Chiara Minopoli

Moonkup - a period comedy

Moonkup - a period comedy

As all the women of Europe, Eva gives her blood to remain peace with vampires. She is the illegitimate girl of the powerful Mister Pire, who made a fortune in the transport of the haemoglobin. When Mister Pire decides to marry his justifiable daught ...

By Nelson Ghr�nassia

Sunday Morning

Ana waits for her lover. Yvonne wakes up next to a girl she doesn�t know. Ema goes through a tough reality check. Carol searches for a way out. Andi kills himself again. On an idle Sunday, five couples deal with their endings. http://sub25.ro/duminic ...

By Bogdan Theodor Olteanu

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A typical family. Maybe not so typical.

By Andres Camara

Stuckey, Private First Class

Stuckey, Private First Class

Struggling to escape the realities of fatherhood, a young Civil War re-enactor loses himself in the lore of his own Lost Cause. *Filmed entirely in the state of Georgia

By Billy Ray Brewton

Right To Left

'Right To Left' is an unbiased documentary in which we follow Tommy English (The Leader of the EDL's LGBT division) as he marches alongside his friends and family for the 'March For England' event in Brighton. We set out attempting to set up a debate ...

By Jody Doherty-Cove

A Normal Day in Michoacan

A Normal Day in Michoacan

A normal day for a Michoacan�s family. Drug dealers came to collect every month�s fee.

By Jos� Miguel Gonz�lez

Tempo

What happens when all your emotional luggage comes with you?

By Ioana Georgeta Turcan

The Dragonfly of Believers (Yasoob)

The Dragonfly of Believers (Yasoob)

A Short film, trying to reflect part of the Ali Ibn Abi Talib glittering commandments, and its impact on humanity rights and justice. Not for poch or religen or sect or clan � he is the dragonfly �Yasoob� of Humanity

By Hamed Almujaibel

The Antwerp Dolls

The Antwerp Dolls

When an opportunity presents itself to ruthless businessman Tommy Callaghan to strengthen his establishment and bring back his glory days he sends two couriers to make a trade in the hope of forming an allegiance with a new Belgian force within the c ...

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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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