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Past Their Prime

Past Their Prime

A look at the world of geriatric zoo animal care, through Colo�the oldest living gorilla in captivity�on her 55th birthday.

By Becca Friedman

Amparo and Luis visit their friend Valentin to give him their wedding invitation, and at the same time ask him if he wants to be the witness.

By Toni L�pez Bautista

How to Make Love More Difficult

How to Make Love More Difficult

Cynical Abby seduces as many women as she can while managing anxiety attacks and part time jobs as she dreams of studying sea turtles in Costa Rica.

By Wendy Jo Carlton

OBRENOVAC 1003

Synopsis Obrenovac 1003 is a movie about a devastation of an entire Serbian city of Obrenovac during a flood of, almost, biblical proportions that struck Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia in May 2014. This Balkans region, already devastated by decades o ...

By Predrag Vukosavljevic

Black Matter Tomithy

Black Matter Tomithy

The structure of The Wizard Of Oz. The insanity of John Waters. The eccentricity of Living Wake. Tomithy spirals into a stream of strange occurrences after coming in contact with a mysterious black sludge from outer space. Awkward and eccentric ...

By David Petlansky

Killer (Matador)

Killer (Matador)

He has a job to accomplish. She has a blind date.

By Wladymir Lima

Obama is/and me

Obama is/and me

In a ghetto outside Paris, on the night of Barack Obama's election, a diverse group of friends celebrates the dawning of a new world of hope, change, and understanding, only to discover society's violent rejection of a hopeful world.

By Stevan Mraovitch

Our Year - A Season with the Stirling Clansmen

Our Year - A Season with the Stirling Clansmen

In 2013, the season of the Stirling Clansmen (university american football team) ended with a heart-breaking loss to the Birmingham Lions. 'Our Year' follows the team from that moment, and throughout the 2013/14 season, as they attempt to overcome th ...

Zepo

Time ago, a winter morning, she went out for firewood, too far from home, spotted a blood trail...and she followed it.

Sobrevivo

Sobrevivo chronicles the struggles of a woman in a post-apocalyptic world. When April and her boyfriend's safe-haven is compromised, the two must flee and search for a new place to call 'home.' After nearly losing her fight for survival, April in tak ...

By Matt Sullivan

101 Secrets

Nonlinear live - action anime about a Buddhist hobo trapped inside a video game where his only chance to level up is by reversing his karma.

After The Shipwreck

After The Shipwreck

In a limbo, God decided that no one is going to step through the Heaven's Gate. When a priest arrives, people's hope wakes up.

By Roberto Prestia

Phantasmagoria

3 shocking tales of horror that take you beyond fear.

Mortal Dilemma

Violence erupts between three unrepentant men at a West Texas roadside caf�.

By Jesse Sherman

POUSSIERE D'ANGE (Angel Dust)

POUSSIERE D'ANGE (Angel Dust)

One year ago, Alexa, a young woman in around thirty, lost her sister Estelle in tragic circumstances. Although this reality always appears to her as unacceptable, she sees itself inescapable to commemorate with her family this sad anniversary.

By Laurent Everaerts

The Saint of the burning waters

The Saint of the burning waters

Since various decades, the local population denounce the decay of the Bodocong�'s dam, located in Campina Grande (Paraiba, Brazil). Through this film we show a part of this struggle, as well as its reasons. Please note that one month after the end of th ...

By Riccardo Migliore

Argentine Boxer, Oscar Natalio Bonavena, popularly known as Ringo, was murdered at the gate of a brothel in Nevada, Reno, in the USA in 1976. Ringo, who had fought with Muhammad Ali, had never lost hope of having the chance of a revenge with the Amer ...

By Jos� Luis Nacci

Night Crawlers

Two best friends come to a crossroads when they are faced with the real-world problems of a pregnant girlfriend and a small Texas town populated by hillbilly vampires.

By Benjamin Wilbanks

Fusion

The film explores the Yin in the Yang and is a message to our male dominated civilization. It's an invitation to men to discover both energies in them, independently of their sexuality. To let go of their fear of the archetypal woman energy physicall ...

By Vahe Abrahamyan

Jewel Garden

Short documentary film about preserving Tibetan Art. Tibet has one of the oldest cultures in the world and their Art speaks volumes about the Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The film is an attempt to capture the intent, technique and significance of thi ...

By Apoorva Gandhi

Survival

A beaten, bleeding woman is rescued from the woods. Is she a victim or is the truth darker than it seems?

By Jamie Langlands

God, Church, Pills & Condoms

God, Church, Pills & Condoms

�God, Church, Pills & Condoms� tells the story of a teenage mother in Manila and a controversial family planning law in the making for more than 16 years.

God, Church, Pills & Condoms

God, Church, Pills & Condoms

�God, Church, Pills & Condoms� tells the story of a teenage mother in Manila and a controversial family planning law in the making for more than 16 years.

5 to 12

5 to 12 tells the story of friends Rinus Jossee and Kees Kortleve and their life and death challenges they face as older athletes in their 70-ties. Europe is getting older, people above 65 form the fastest growing population segment. This film exp ...

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Building bridges based on the
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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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