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Heloisa Machado
Francisco Tomás Sanchez
mohammad Kazemzadeh mojde
Willy Burrut (seudónimo d
Martin Haag
Pirinha
Dani Feixas
Nima Tabandeh
Salih Cihan Özalp
Orangel Lugo
Rodrigo Sena
Esteban Santana Guerrero
Anton
Irina Ianovskaia
Eloy Gurucharri
Doron
Muriel Montini
Jaicheng Xai Dohutia
Konexion Kallejera
Tábata Clarissa de Morais

Monty Comes Back by John Nudi
USA | Comedy, Drama
A Cigar At The Beach by Stephen Keep Mills
USA | Drama, Satire
15:00

Old Man's Heavy Sleep by Mostafa Rostampour
Iran | Drama
1:30:00

She Rises by Larry Wade Carrell
USA | Art-house, B Movie
10:50

Das Krokodil im Hallenbad by Helmut Steinecker
Austria | Comedy, Freaky
Forgotten Scares by Steve De Roover
Belgi� | Documentary, Horror
03:15

The Other Side by Walt Mzengi
South Africa | Short, no film school
15:46

CUSCUZ PEITINHO by Rodrigo Sena
Brazil | Short
The Cucumber That Killed Me by Francisco Lupini Basagoiti
United States | Art-house, Comedy
09:00

9 o�das 9 vistas de Georgia by Camilo Mart�n-Fl�rez
Spain | Documentary, experimental
12:25

caseria de bruxas by Josue Orellana
Honduras | Documentary, Human Rights
11:47

Close Your Eyes by Ali Albayati
Iraq | Drama
1:24:00

MISIRLOU by Trevor Simms
USA | Art-house, Thriller
METAL LASER CITY by Philipp Ramspeck
Switzerland | Animation, Avantgarde
11:23

Maria Teresa by Gladys Medina
Venezuela | Documentary
The Proper Rules to Stuffing Hostages in Trucks by Erik Anello
| Art-house, Avantgarde

The Other Side

South Africa

Walt Mzengi Filmmaker / Student

2,114

Short, no film school

Added 8 years ago to Late Night Teasers
A day in the life of a Spanish teenager living in South Africa in form of a narrated poem.

Since 2002

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%
self-funded intersection of
culture and capabilities
[ Call for Entries 2025 ]

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

THE RIO HONGO EDITION
XXIII Cine Pobre Fim Festival 2025 / animation / documentary / experimental / music / african / underground / road trip

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