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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

Jack Thompson: Fighting Evil

Jack Thompson: Fighting Evil

The eleven year old Alex is obsessed by the violent cartoonshow Jack Thompson: Fighting Evil. In his imaginative world Alex fights side-by-side with Jack Thompson against the Blue Jumpsuit Army led by General Horrid. But the boundaries between fantas ...

By Tristan van Doorn

In-Between

A short documentary about complex Caribbean identity, explored trough art and literature. Young student Joshua Vasilda tries to understand the term �ones-in-between�, used to describe writers and artists who have to deal with diverse cultural shifts ...

By Maaki Nurmeots

MAREEZ

A common middle class man's anxieties about his family, narrated through his sub-conscious mind.

By ranjith raghupathy

Eye-shadow�s palette in rainbow colors. A blond woman starts speaking about her childhood in Yugoslavia, as she was still, to everyone�s eyes, a little boy. Psychiatrics� threats, military service, school, mother or religion didn�t bridle her convict ...

By Eva Hercegovina

The Doll

Synopsis Jim wakes up inside unknown area of haunted house after he finds a box on the way to his home.

By Veemsen Lama

Rupees 500

Birkha Bahadur is local porter in Kathmandu Nepal who earns Rupees 500 one day and spends the next day debating what to purchase with that money but something is waiting in his fate.

By Veemsen Lama

A Graduate

Struggling to find work after University, A graduate takes matters into his own hands.

By Veemsen Lama

I was a miner (Minero Fui)

I was a miner (Minero Fui)

The story narrates how Mineral de Pozos, once a mining town, has its decadence due to the fact that the mining industry goes away, this story is told by Don Raymundo the last miner of Pozos, who beside being native of this place, allows us to know ho ...

By Edgar Gutierrez Neri

Rupestre

Rupestre is a cry for Mexico and the world to appreciate the musical value of a group of Mexican musicians and how their artistic careers were intertwined with a genuine, unique, controversial and completely grassroots cultural movement.

By Alberto Z��iga

A story of a boy named Dunyamali which lexically means possessions and wealth. His mother happens to give birth to her lung with Dunyamali. They accept the Lung as a family member and live happily for 7 years, then the misfortune comes.

By Neslig�l Sat?r

the sun sink

The film is about a shoe black which can identify the people�s character through their shoes , the film also shows us Egypt in the start of the 1980th

By joseph ezzat

Candlestick

A social gathering is rocked to its core when Jack accuses his best friend's wife of infidelity. But as the allegations start flying, it soon emerges that far more sinister intentions may be at play...

By Christopher Presswell

Suki

SUKI tells the story of Mathieu grappling with the ultimate decision: to end the life of his faithful companion, his dog Suki. We are witnessing the inner turmoil caused by this decision and the ambivalence it provokes in the character: Is it so ill? ...

By Maxime-Claude L'�cuyer

Zsofika

A man returns home after dedicating his life to war. In the now abandoned house where he once was happy, he tries to reconnect with what was lost. Remorse fills the final moments of his life as his broken promise haunts his memories.

By Maxime-Claude L'�cuyer

A Syrian Story (Une histoire syrienne)

A Syrian Story (Une histoire syrienne)

Jessica, a freelance photographer and a member of 99%Media, decides to leave Montreal and go to Syria, her native country, to cover the conflict that has lasted three years and film the horrors suffered by Syrian people under the regime of Bashar Al ...

By Samer Beyhum

The Charter of Distraction

The Charter of Distraction

"The Charter of distractions" offers a critical look at Bill 60 of the Parti Qu�b�cois, currently being discussed in the public space. The complexity of the many issues raised during the debate is explored by speakeres affected in various ways by the d ...

By Samer Beyhum

Alchemy in Hyde Park

Alchemy in Hyde Park

Alchemy in Hyde Park is the first digital feature-length fiction film shot and set entirely in the neighborhood of Hyde Park (Chicago, IL). It is an esoteric drama about four Chicagoans (Mira, Rumi, Franco, and Louise) who help one another grow throu ...

By Robert Beshara

Te con Amor

Escaping the turmoil of Chile a young refugee arrives in industrial Liverpool in 1979. With no money and no English he struggles to get by, aimlessly filling in days until a chance encounter with the single mum next door sets him on a journey to ask ...

By Harriet Macdonald

DIMENSIONS

Dimensions is a mini-documentary that digs deeper into the power of arts, music and human perceptions. The visual story telling is completely immersive, and it will lead you to a psychedelic journey so timeless that words are actually not powerful ...

By Okan �al??kan

STILL

Dance is a universal language. With this in mind, filmmaker/choreographer William L� explores the idea of using dance and movement as dialogs in this narrative film about a young man who struggles with longing and loss. STILL tells a story of two sou ...

By William L�

FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky

FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky

SYNOPSIS: May 4, 1970 � Cambodia. During the 1970 US-Vietnam conflict, a combined US & Army of South Vietnam military operation enters Cambodia to locate and destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sanctuaries. A kid named Lucky and an ornery but lika ...

Sound of Silence

Sound of Silence

An old retired soldier from Myanmar Army recalls a terrifying front-line experience he had during his active duty. His memory takes us into his traumatized mind via the actual combat footage he was watching. What comes out is a deeply wounded soul, n ...

By Thet Oo Maung

Red Marker

Sherief is a psychologist.. through his research finds a small bar. the increasing life stresses force him to show the other side of his character

By Alaadin Assem

On Hold

An episodic short film that follows four people, while they are waiting for the better, the worse, the unexpected or just the unavoidable.

By George Tsirogiannis

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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%
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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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