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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

Deal with her (Trata con ella)

Deal with her (Trata con ella)

Mary lives locked up thanks to being a victim of human traffic, her only communication with the outside is the window of her room. Mary dreams of being free with the love of her life, but the harassment of her pimp and be doomed to betrayal, resigned ...

Bayberries have ripened (Kafal Pakyo)

Bayberries have ripened (Kafal Pakyo)

The film is set in the countryside of Nepal during the civil war period, where most men were either abroad or displaced because of the war. A countryside where orient cuckoo bird (known locally as Kafal Pakyo ) tweets continuously. Sushmadevi, a moth ...

By Niranjan Raj Bhetwal

Wayward

Tattoo artist Jones Henry has found out he has Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (AIDS) Through a series of vignettes, Jones tells us all about his past exploits and adds his own personal take on the situation. Through his recollections, he attemp ...

UNTOLD

a story about Pria and Laras who never say the truth of their feeling.

By Ayu Dwi Astiti

Spectrum

Spectrum is used to classify something in terms of it's position on a scale between two extreme points. Documenting a slice in the life of five diferent people living in the heart of the city of Athens and the power relations between them. Priorities ...

By Dimitris Gkotsis

BUMBA BUMBA

Hardened by the city, Escorel has sit down and became part of it. Standing before an offering, the crossroad that sumarizes his life reveals itself.

By MIRRAH IA�ez

OCCUPYING ED

OCCUPYING ED is a film for the times. Ed learns, after a series of blackouts, that he has split personality disorder - and that his alternate personality thinks she's a woman. As Ed learns more about his alternate personality, he also begins to dev ...

By STEVE BALDERSON

The Long Night of Victor Kowalsky

The Long Night of Victor Kowalsky

Victor Kowalsky lies on his bed, tormented by the nightmares of his past. He�s alone, in a smelly and dirty room, surrounded by the ghosts of a deep madness, by memories taken aside, and by monsters that lives in his world of loneliness.

By Niccol� Barletta

Impression-XPS160

Impression-XPS160

A post-apocalyptic tale of a blind photographer who lives in a dark room ...

By Hossein Ershadi

Afternoon at Gudrun

Afternoon at Gudrun

A painfully shy waitress at a cheese and wine bar gets asked by a handsome customer to teach him a couple waltz steps for his sister's wedding.

By Javier Badillo

Aftershocks

Aftershocks, a short film, features two strangers struggling together to survive as aliens invade their city, creating massive earthquakes and destruction.

By Richard Krause

Waiting for a Train

Waiting for a Train

This emotionally gripping film is about two young adults who fall in love with each other. The couple struggles to deal with a health challenge. The story brings romance and laughter into your heart, it will make you cry, laugh, and think. Two peop ...

By Uladzimir Taukachou

ENERGY 11105

Energy III05 is a non-verbal cinematic portrait of a mysterious place � the boat graveyard located in Staten Island, New York. This is in the one of the largest collections of historical boats in the United States. They all have their own life story, ...

By Uladzimir Taukachou

The Room (La Chambre)

The Room (La Chambre)

Confined in a hotel suite, haunted by the apparitions of her dead husband, Salom� is watching again and again the same shoddy video. It is a murder. The victim is her husband, strangled by a stranger. For : SeeM�r Film Festival, Anglesey Dialogue : ...

By Karim Alliane

An Artisan Toy Designer

An Artisan Toy Designer

A documentary that show the process of creating a Designer Toy handcrafted, from the first sketch to get a copy on hand. We want to share our experience and our way of working, and share it as a guide for anyone�s creative process, beginner or expe ...

By Jose M. Cu�at

LAST ULTIMATUM

Tobacco kills almost five million people each year. Tobacco caused 100 million deaths in the 20th century. If current trends continue, it is projected to kill 10 million people a year by 2020, with 70% of those deaths occurring in developing countrie ...

Permafrost

Synn�ve seems to have it all: a well-paid job, a boyfriend with things going for him, and a nice apartment. But the truth of the matter is that she is utterly lonely, stagnated in a destructive relationship. She has come to feel increasingly desperat ...

By Martin Edelsteen

Momento

a story about love, a tale of terror.

By Daniel Amaya Llamas

Kassandra

Kassandra is a mute girl with psychiatric problems. She lives isolated in a huge apartment and is constantly disturbed by the shade of a scary huge man, who nobody believes to be real.

By Ulisses Da Motta Costa

Ruthless (Sang Vergogne)

Ruthless (Sang Vergogne)

Paris. Its monuments, luxury brands, cafe terraces. But also its suburbs, its traffic, its crime. It follows a mysterious man on a powerful sports car that runs on a day the dark side of the capital between dubious acquaintances and suspicious trans ...

By Christopher Zengomona

Big Head

The Chilean painter Javier Marticorena receives in his home studio an unexpected visit: "Big Head", an enormous English Mastiff dog. Big Head overnights for a few days, the perfect time to portray it. During this unusual coexistence, the painting wor ...

By Jairo Boisier

Sux Apartment

The neurotic actress Anja and her close-mouthed camera operator Jasmin try to make a film in their science fiction looking apartment film set. The result is a montage of quirky and darkly comedic scenes, accompanied by a neighbor�s saxophone.

By Anja H�vik Str�msted

Keep That Way

By Joris FAVRAUD

Nondescript insurance salesman Capra is rescued from a mugging by an unknown woman. Convinced they are meant to be together, he decides to follow her and ends up being drawn into a surreal and nightmarish world where to love is to end up at very clos ...

By J. L. Jean-Francois Guay

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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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