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No Fun City

It's summer 2009 in Vancouver, but Odette isn't sure where she is.

By Jessica Parsons

The inhabitants of Bakadadji, a village located in a Senegalese national park, are trying to finance fencing to secure their fields from protected species of animals that ruin their crops year after year. In doing so, these farmers are claiming recog ...

By Benchenna Sofiane

Once Upon a Time in Ukraine

Once Upon a Time in Ukraine

A bus is going to Kiev from Crimean village. We hear the bells of the church. It is the last chance for Nina to find the truth and be saved from the local werewolves in police uniform by joining the revolution. She has been raped, her girlfriend has ...

By Igor Parfenov

I AM SAMI

Living in a war zone, 10 year old Sami is forced to take decisions beyond his understanding; decisions that could deprive him of his childhood and change his life forever.

The Fall and the Rise and the Fall

The Fall and the Rise and the Fall

This movie is a statement and a research about the similarities between the ideal city of Mahagonny and a new 'promise land- utopia'. Is a feature docu-drama project which is based on a song and also on an operetta which deals with the migration of ...

By Thanasis Tatavlalis

parfois, ce qu'il y a en moi, ce n'est pas moi. qui est-ce? becoming beings-in-flux inviting the image to dance somewhere between Butoh and the world.

By Sebastian Wiedemann

Dimension By Synops & Constantinova

Dimension By Synops & Constantinova

Sci-Fi Music Video. Warrant officer is traveling in the outerspace to find and repair a mysterious artefact

By Leonardo Roma

Q.U.E.E.N.

Q.U.E.E.N. tells the story of a teenage girl with a troubled past who uses her gift of rapping to transform herself (an NYU Tisch pre-thesis short film). It explores the themes of identity, sexuality, abuse, expression, and more importantly healing. ...

By Brittany Fennell

@ Home With The Squabble Squad

@ Home With The Squabble Squad

The Squabble Squad are a trio of street dancers who live in the same house and make up dances about their favourite things from TV shows to video games. The problem is, they rarely agree on which one of them should choose the dance. This usually ends ...

Kalippaattakaaran(Toymaker)

Kalippaattakaaran(Toymaker)

The film ' kalippaattakkaaran'(Toy maker) tries to define solitude along with showcasing a young man's struggle for existence and survival. from the aching reality that his long lost childhood friend ANNA may never comeback, 'seba' hides himself in ...

By shinos rahman

Lilith

A vampire wants to live in a city that doesn't want her.

By Ben Vandendaele

Get Ripped

�Get Ripped� centers on the encounters of the twenty year old Niko and a personal trainer. Though they meet daily at their gym, contact remains indifferent and silent. As Niko�s efforts yield results, a game of manipulation unfolds. �Get Ripped� expo ...

By Ben Vandendaele

In the Dreams of the Horizon

In the Dreams of the Horizon

An old man revives with nostalghy the last moments with his older brother in the countryside by the end of Trujillo dictatorship in Dominican Republic. An approach to the solitude and the circularity of dreams.

DonPlusUltra - The Curse of Dr. Fiese

DonPlusUltra - The Curse of Dr. Fiese

In Doctor F�ese's laboratory a pizza man is transformed into a creature of modelling clay. Reborn, the hero finds himself in a cruel world of nightmares, accompanied by two fellow suffers. In a fast ride they have to fight against huge insects, chimera ...

By Marcus Grysczok

Attraction

Loneliness + Deception = �Attraction�. David meets Kyle in a bar. Will what happens next show the consequences of �attraction�?

By Larry Altmayer

God's Lamb

For Zakaria (11), son of an Islamic butcher, this year's Feast of Sacrifice will be the first one without his mother. Things get messed up when his mentally disabled brother accidentally gets attached to the lamb intended for the same Feast...

By Kees-Jan Mulder

THE AFTERNOON REMAINS (QUEDA LA TARDE)

THE AFTERNOON REMAINS (QUEDA LA TARDE)

Today Juana has decided to declare her love to Federico. While she is on her way to meet him, thousands of possibilities will stay on her women universe. Juana will have to choose between emotions and fears of the undecipherable of life. More than a ...

By ANGELICA MORALES MORA

Quivera

Looking for a sign of civilization after their car breaks down, Colin and June go searching for help. Hearing what sounds like a freeway on the other side of the woods, the couple goes further into the woods. In the process, they discover a cabin, wh ...

By Kevin Kisling

Super Lochal - The movie

Super Lochal - The movie

Super Lochal is an epic dark comedy that depicts a young Emirati girl fighting crime in hopes of finding a voice for young girls who are too afraid to speak up.

By Omnia ElAfifi

It takes two to fence (Plansa)

It takes two to fence (Plansa)

Alex, an ex-champion in fencing is thrown out of the game by a serious injury on his knee. He is given the chance of reentering the fencing world as a coach. In the same time, Anda is signing up at his fencing club. Alex is given the task of training ...

By Andrei Gheorghe

KIRA

A young lady living with a man 30 years older then her. She has a difficult time with him, and doesn't know how to escape from him. The man Addiction to smoking, alcohol, and even sex. The lady decided in the end to go away.

By Dilgesh Rojbeyani

Marathon Men

Two amateur runners take on the epic challenge of running 32 marathons in all 32 counties of Ireland in 32 consecutive days.

By Killian McLoughlin

Delia

"A man is chased by a mysterious character and encounters someone from his past."

By Valeria Jimenez

Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake is a slice of life in a relationship between a man named Jake with Aspergers Syndrome and his lovely girlfriend Blair. It is a glimpse into the social challenges and personal highs and lows of being in love with a partner with Asperge ...

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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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