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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

THE SEASHELL (LA CONCHA DE LA VIEIRA)

THE SEASHELL (LA CONCHA DE LA VIEIRA)

We are on the edge of Finisterrae, regarded in ancient times as the "Last Stop", beyond it there was nothing but the big expanse of the ocean. From this place the ancient pilgrims threw their dirty clothes down into the ocean so they could leave ever ...

By Paolo Santagostino

Unexpected (?????????)

Unexpected (?????????)

A scam artist pretends to be a psychic as a way of living, but in this will result in different accident s and testing the existence of psychic abilities and the con artist real intentions.

Boom is Life

Wheeled out of the fog. Horizon curves. Caesar� is that you?

By Jesse Collett

Multitudes

A woman sees a murder scene from the window of her apartment. How this event will change her daily life?

By Camila Vieira

WILDLIFE CROSSING!

WILDLIFE CROSSING!

The story of a witty and dynamic narrative about love of two snails, which must overcome the pitfalls of the harsh reality that separates them - the road in the middle of the countryside. Does he overcome his handicaps and proofs that true love never ...

By David Tousek

Armies of the Old World

Armies of the Old World

An endless war beyond time and space between two great warriors.. Who will win, the Executioner or Sargon? Only the most clever will see the real world...

By Ismail Kemal Ciftcioglu

I'm pregnant (Estoy Embarazada)

I'm pregnant (Estoy Embarazada)

A young girl faces the rejection of her loved ones after know she is pregnant.

By Jorge Mario L�pez Morales

The Debt

A Combat veteran whose life is falling apart unexpectedly faces her past, and it's not what she thought.

By Mahmoud Shoolizadeh

Falling Girl

Falling girl based on the same name story by Dino Buzzati Girl jumps from the top of skyscraper. While slowly fall she better understands the world and the people around her. Everything is as usual. Day and night are shifting, people enjoy at ...

By Marko Kacanski

Inspector Plustard - The Series

Inspector Plustard - The Series

Inspector Plustard and his associate Johnny are not your average detectives. Well, they aren't really detectives at all. Join them as they try to unravel mysteries and catch 'le criminalle' before the time runs out in this new series of fun and adve ...

By Andrei 'Wolf' Constantinescu

An old woman haunted by past and her lost childhood.

By Charlotte Cayeux

It's one of those cinematic moments when the director forgets the plot of his story for a while to let himself take a sheer pleasure in just filming his actor or actress.

By Charlotte Cayeux

A fortune teller who manipulates her clientele; a man, unable to leave his desk, controlled by an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ; children trapped in adult's bodies. Explore three different stories.

By Charlotte Cayeux

Mis_Chief (Trave_Sura)

Mis_Chief (Trave_Sura)

Police Evidence reveals footage of Two young friends who find a CARTEL drug stash worth $1 million dollars and the trouble that followed . - ' Mis_Chief ' Genre: Crime, Drama

By Victor Matos

Check-mate

At a remote village when an old, workaholic Postman, who is not usually concerned about his family, comes across his death, is given any one of the two options to choose before he dies. He may either meet his ailing wife at home or deliver two very u ...

By Sanjiban Nath

Chasing the wind (Inseguire il vento)

Chasing the wind (Inseguire il vento)

Karine is an embalmer. She is one of the best at that job. She thinks herself as a gambler playing with the decease. She tries to steal some moments from death, before nothingness. But this game could end up becoming an unattainable pursuit of the pe ...

By Filippo Ticozzi

Alegria - A Humanitarian Expedition

Alegria - A Humanitarian Expedition

Alegria - A Humanitarian Expedition tells the story of an epic solo expedition across the Himalaya that changed the life of hundreds of people in need and reached millions around the world. In 2010, Christoph von Toggenburg cycled alone 3200km along ...

By Christoph von Toggenburg

I wish my life

"I wish my life" tells the science fiction story about a beautiful young lady Sara (26).She lives together with an old man Skybo (68).. Weekly her progress is monitored by two mysterious men.

By Joachim Huveneers

Timeless

Faruk is a young man on his twenties who doesn�t accept his behaviors and mistakes. One day he realizes that his best friend Onur�s attitudes have changed a lot and their friendship tends to die. He asks for help from a fulsome wise man who describes ...

Maria Stock

When Milan � clearly from a different world � turns up in a godforsaken village overlooked by the ruins of a church, he is probably as yet unaware what significance the immediate future holds for him. It�s not only his encounter with redhead Hilda th ...

By Marek Nov�k

On the ropes (Alle corde)

On the ropes (Alle corde)

Cosimo is a boy of twenty-seven. He lives in a working class neighborhood in southern Italy with his father Giuseppe, a fisherman with serious economic problems due to gambling. He works as a factory worker at 'ILVA�, the largest iron and steel plant ...

By andrea simonetti

God by the Neck (Dios por el Cuello)

God by the Neck (Dios por el Cuello)

It�s Sunday, and Pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party. It�s Sunday, and for the first time, Pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother. It�s Sunday, and behind each door, there is a ...

By Jos� Trigueiros

Pink (????)

Khadijah, a middle aged Arabic woman is suffering from depression and low self esteem post her divorce. The divorce has scarred her and led her to believe that she is no more beautiful. Therefore, she begins a quest to look beautiful once again.

Freedom

A street performer exposes a ideology onto a wall and he ends up betraying it.

By Rafael Remache

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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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