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The World's Best Self Funded FIlms

A Mancunian Story

A Mancunian Story

Joe "Jomo" Moore, considered the local lad of Salford, who runs the notorious United 'Red Army' football hooligan firm, finds himself constantly stressed over his past and present. The leader of City firm's 'Young Guvnors', Sam Green, is plotting Jom ...

Hills

�Hills� tells the story of a twenty five year old Englishman, James and his Norwegian travel companion Subi as they struggle to survive in a Norwegian wilderness, following a catastrophic viral apocalypse. The pair have to navigate not only the dange ...

By Oscar Forshaw Swift

qoyo (???)

#qoyo is a short film about a guy who experiences a situation, which made him, go to the streets and expresses his opinion his was.

By essam emadeldin

Star Wars: Threads of Destiny

Star Wars: Threads of Destiny

94 years after the defeat of emperor Palpatine, the galaxy is once again in deep conflict. The new republic and the Skenvi empire both compete over the small planet Coreign that provides a special ore.

By Rasmus Tirzitis

In the small town of Nova Tessal�nica, a miracle happens! But the saint who rises from the ground brings more than joy. She is God's messenger for humanity's ultimate test.

By Fl�vio Carnielli

DAWN

Kyle Shaw is a messenger for the Cities of Light. His task is to run messages between the cities. A task full of peril as between him and is goal is several miles of the Dark Lands, a place of fear and evil few survive. Not all messages get delivered ...

By Richard Reade

Desi Angrezi - The English of India

Desi Angrezi - The English of India

Desi Angrezi (The English of India) is a tale of human aspirations and struggle. Naushad and Tanveer, the protagonists in the film, come from humble backgrounds. They have big dreams. Naushad wishes to be a civil servant, and Tanveer aspires to becom ...

By Shadab Nazmi

The Vicious Dead

The Vicious Dead

Chase Connor is a gifted individual with few close friends that stand by him. His technical prowess allows him to manipulate and control security cameras almost anywhere. This troublesome nature of curiosity lands him in grave danger when he stumbles ...

Alindanaw (a butterfly that keeps on flying)

Alindanaw (a butterfly that keeps on flying)

Alindanaw is A silent film about the journey of an Alien in search for its identity and a safe haven.

Money Box

By muzappar osman

Naked Under The Leather

Naked Under The Leather

She protects her flesh but the leather is peelling off.

Sacrament

A woman becomes caught up in a cult and their worship of a strange deity. During the cult�s ritual dance, she is anointed as their priestess, but violence and conflict break out within the group when she rebels against the deity and her prescribed ro ...

By Natalie Metzger

ARENA

Eons ago, societies built centers of power inside stone circles. Centuries later, cities were enclosed within large stone walls. In contemporary, wall-less cities, we still feel the concentrated energy of colliding human wills, loves, hopes, and fear ...

By Natalie Metzger

Cafe Journal

Cafe Journal is a no-budget film that centers its story on Tudor, a young guy who is photophobic and insomniac, receives an unexpected nocturnal visit which will lead him to a mysterious cafe that exists only during nighttime.

By Ciprian Brasoveanu

Mysterious Scenes from Swamps

Mysterious Scenes from Swamps

"A young photographer is coming to take some pictures into the large swamps. But by the passion for his favorite activity, loses track of time and he becomes lost. The battery in his cellphone dies and young man after a few hours of wandering in the ...

Prosopon

A riot policeman encounters a demented old woman. Synopsis with Spoilers: Leaving the chaos of the riot behind him, a riot policeman holding a baton enters a dark alleyway. He questions his role and despairs. He encounters a demented old woman wh ...

By Thomas Thoma

MOUSSE

What could be easier than robbing a small bookie place on the outskirts of town?

By Kjell �hlund

The Hum

This mysterious hum doesn�t just drone out the world � it rises and falls like an unpredictable, nerve-killing boogeyman. And without giving too much away the movie serves as a terrific metaphor about weeding out the noise in our lives to focus on w ...

By Fred Rabbath

Scarlet's Witch

Scarlet's Witch

What happens when a girl who believes in fairytales � for good reason � tries to step into the world she deems as adult? How do you reconcile fantasy with reality when both are occurring?

By Fred Rabbath

Within

This dramatic short tells the story of an enigmatic stranger who helps a desperate write on the verge of self-destruction revisit his past, leading him to confront the harsh reality of his childhood.

Preserves

A poetic journey into an Ecuadorian rainforest that contains some of the greatest biodiversity on Earth, two uncontacted tribes living in voluntary isolation and 850 million barrels of oil that will ultimately determine its future.

By Anuradha Rana

The Drug Tours

a real-time mockumentary of drug culture through dual camera perspective. Five Dealers, Two Hours, One Shot. Welcome to the drug tours!

Desire For Beauty

Desire For Beauty

The first ever Polish documentary on the issues of beauty and self-perception. It follows the winding journeys of four people who turn to plastic surgery as the last resort in their search for perfection. Aside from the obvious dilemmas, Desire for B ...

La Scultura

Art that prostitutes itself, dies! The Sculpture is a film set in Italy in the contemporary world. The film deals with love, with trampled art, with prostitution, with transvestism and with the situation of the sculpture in Italy.

By Evoque Art House

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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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culture and capabilities
[ Call for Entries 2026 ]

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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