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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

Infierno Grande

Infierno Grande

A pregnant small town teacher has decided to leave her violent husband and raise her child in a better place, even if it means in the deepest desert of La Pampa.

By Marina Scardaccione

Grandpa and Grandma are Moving to Senior Housing (Maybe)

Grandpa and Grandma are Moving to Senior Housing (Maybe)

An octogenarian couple is facing a dilemma: move to senior housing or hold their fort...

By Ella Goldenberg

Wax and Feathers

Wax and Feathers

My dad passed away thirty years ago, but I just saw him last year, in a dream.

By Marios Lizides

It Was All So Wonderful

It Was All So Wonderful

Feminist painter or traditional housewife? Displaced and isolated, a life of delicate rebellion.

By Kenneth J Harvey

[PRAIA DO FUTURO]

[PRAIA DO FUTURO]

Dreams written in the sand and erased by the shuttle of the waves.

By coletivo madeirista

Prison

An Iranian girl lost her father in the Iraq war and her tormented mother to suicide.

By Shora Falah Vahdati

All My Tomorrows

All My Tomorrows

Endearment complicates the arrangement between a widowed lawyer and a lettered Latina prostitute.

By Jeffrey van Davis

Hace 500 a�os Pedro Cieza de Le�n fue el primer europeo en narrar la historia del Imperio Inca.

By �ngel Hen�ndez Garc�a

Pig Blood Vampire

Pig Blood Vampire

A face blind man is accused of killing a pig.

By Nick Josephs

REN

An adopted Asian-American woman learns her biological father was a high-ranking crime boss in the Kongbu mafia.

By Andr� & Vito Gogola

LIFT

It will take an ethereal journey to overcome your ego, find true love and realize your dream.

By Alexander Kaminer

Felicidades

A struggling mother takes her twins on a birthday adventure to Tijuana.

By Jared Jacobsen

ESPIRAL

An unhappy young man meet an out of this world healer.

By Susana Weingarten

Stolen

Remembering the babies stolen during the Franco era.

By Dean Marriott

El Cuarto Reino

El Cuarto Reino

In a redemption center on the outskirts of New York the undocumented & underdogs share their disappointment in the American Dream & answers to cosmic mysteries & existential questions.

The Second Life of Jamie P

The Second Life of Jamie P

Like a bolt of lightning a 63 year old man realizes she's a woman.

By Roger Sherman

Algo grave va a pasar

Algo grave va a pasar

Un documental de archivo encontrado sobre la memoria de los 12 pol�ticos del Valle del Cauca secuestrados y asesinados como un reflejo de la barbarie de la guerra que se vivi� en Colombia.

By Harold Romo Acu�a

Typhoon

The impoverished father of a nine-year-old son holds the darkest of secrets.

By Mostafa Akbari Manjili

Aywakushun

Una ni�a de 9 a�os vive temporalmente en Lima para curar a su mam� de una enfermedad.

By Dalila Salas Alarcon

592 Metroz Goiti

592 Metroz Goiti

When a natural environment is dramatically disturbed, what possibilities for life remain?

By Zuri Goikoetxea

Materiales Para Resistir La Realidad

Materiales Para Resistir La Realidad

Un grupo de autores de historieta buscan espacio para su obra El Gallito Ingl�s.

By Benjam�n Garc�a Minjares

L'unione falla forse

L'unione falla forse

After being on hold for 30 years, the law that now allows same sex couples in Italy to institutionalize their love has spawned plenty of homophobic ressentiment.

El Cuento

En un mundo y en un tiempo incierto, ya no hay futuro ni para los m�s aptos. Pero una Mujer, un Ni�o y un Viejo encontrar�n entre s� la fuerza humana olvidada, para resistir.

By Claudio Perrin

Greek Rock Revolution

Greek Rock Revolution

Greek Rock Revolution is a music documentary featuring seven of the bands representing the flourishing Greek Rock Scene, speaking about their music and the context �inspiring� this movement: a long- lasting unstable social situation boosting artistic ...

By Miguel Angel Cano

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Building bridges based on the
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Cine Pobre is the 100%
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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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