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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

Zugar Zombie

Zugar Zombie tells a story that from irony portrays a reflection of how things work in a small Latin American society.

By Alexander Quezada

Dunes

Three stages on a life�s man, show the story of his heartbreak.

By Alexander Quezada

The Curtain Comes Down: The Birth Of American Family Entertainme

The Curtain Comes Down: The Birth Of American Family Entertainme

Discover the birth of American family entertainment in this historical silent documentary on the history and significance of vaudeville, from its inception in the 1860's to its demise in the 1930's with the advent of 'talking' pictures.

By Andrew Porterfield

Freedom Isn't Free: The American Civil War

Freedom Isn't Free: The American Civil War

It's still the bloodiest war ever fought by the United States. The Civil War divided a nation, pitted brother against brother, friend against friend, family against family and nearly destroyed a nation. When it was over the country was decimated, wor ...

By Andrew Porterfield

To the other side (Al otro lado)

To the other side (Al otro lado)

Sara Sanabria, writer, and his lover, Adolfo Santolaya, lived their lives absorbed by just one obsession: the belief that, hidden in an abandoned mansion, there was a gate that ended in an unkown dimension. Seeking the path of his retired teacher, En ...

By Alicia Albares

Antonio, forced by his wife, takes his brother in law to the lake to help him to overcome a brake up. But this same day, Antonio has to assist to the bachelor�s party of a good friend. Carlos, the brother in law (obsessed by the belief that there�s a ...

By Alicia Albares

Lost and Found (Objetos Perdidos)

Lost and Found (Objetos Perdidos)

Andr�s uses items arrived to the Lost Property office where he works. One day he'll know the likes of Laura looking at the pictures of her mobile phone and he�ll try to impress her.

By Alicia Albares

Namnala (Namnala)

Namnala (Namnala)

Jos� is an outdated man with an outdated business. His store, a techinal support which made him feel alive in the past, is about to close. One of his last working days Jos� is visited by a mysterious customer.

By Alicia Albares

Stringless

A violinist desperately plays against her own existence. The effort, the overcoming and the struggle are the only guide to reach her dreams. The attempt to achieve perfection leaves stigmas on her body; however, nothing seems to matter when the obje ...

By Alicia Albares

Super 8 Role Play

Super 8 Role Play

In the early 80's a young couple decide to give a last chance to their relationship through an innovative couple therapy: they exchange their roles during a walking trip through the desert with two super8 cameras as the only witness of the whole ther ...

By Alicia Albares

Be Happy

Alejandra, a journalist student, decides to spend the weekend at his father�s house to study and relax. There she discovers that his father is not loving and caring person who always thought. He is actually a dangerous young girls murderer. The worst ...

By Alicia Albares

Let God Sort Them Out

Let God Sort Them Out

French countryside, 1975. A family is about to dinner... they do not know yet that the Great Purge has begun.

By Louis MIDAVAINE

LITTLE SECRETS

Tim accompanies his girlfriend Ann to a birthday party, only to realize that he knew the host, Julien, years ago. Trying to conceal old secrets, things are on the verge of getting out of hand as the evening progresses. And then there's also Marie...

By Remo Kaufmann

The last penalty (Il rigorista)

The last penalty (Il rigorista)

The penalty kicker and the goalkeeper are opposite each other. The ball is positioned carefully by the penalty kicker. He�s about to kick the last penalty goal. The memories, emotions, moments and important decisions made in his life come to mind, br ...

T� pregunta que yo contesto�

By Jaume Quiles

The Anklet (Un Tour de cheville)

The Anklet (Un Tour de cheville)

At the top of a mountain, a man clumsily recites his declaration of love: � I did hesitate, but I chose you� �

By Guillaume Levil

The longing (Raah)

The longing (Raah)

Two strangers try to spook each other on a 'haunted' road.

By Prateek Payodhi

Dead Hearts

A young mortician will give his heart away to find true love. A whimsical, gothic bedtime story filled with love, loss, taxidermy, Kung fu, and biker werewolves.

By stephen Martin

Arcadia

Arcadia uncovers some unpleasant truths about idealized pastoral landscapes.

The Bloody Prew (La maldita presa)

The Bloody Prew (La maldita presa)

Man will have to face the horror: the sound of a totally unknown wild creature that drives you insane. The horror of this phenomenon forces man to use its hunting instincts to chase and kill.

By Sergio Bonacci Lapalma

A man, rusty by the his daily work, gets pity with the help of alcohol forgetting about his family and responsibilities. His wife, with broken illusions, knows that her children won't have a future with their fathers regular condition. Hours of dar ...

By Sergio Bonacci Lapalma

25 Years Later

As if nothing is wrong.

By Mickael Muraz

IPPADIKKU ( YOURS TRULY )

IPPADIKKU ( YOURS TRULY )

Priya, a freelance blogger had been communicating with her grandfather through letters for 12 years in the past. After his demise 5 years back, there was no one to write her personal letters. When her son, Arjun came home from school with his �lett ...

By SivaShankar Natarajan

3665

In a post-apocalyptic future dominated by powerful corporations, a group of men risk their lives to recover collective memory through the human memories of the previous civilization.

By Miguel A. Refoyo

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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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