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  spare

  1. A film by Tomer Almagor
  4. run time 8 minutes 55 seconds

  Leo and Frank are gangsters. Leo is number one, and Frank is his right hand man. Their relationship is based on mutual respect, but when Leo crosses the line, Frank decides to avenge the old mafia way. When Frank's flimsy plan to whack Leo is tampered by a flat tire and Leo flees the scene, the two gangsters embark on a chase deep into the woods where they ultimately unravel a dark secret and...  (more)

  
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  North Atlantic

  1. A film by Bernardo Nascimento
  2. Aspen Shortsfest
  3. April 10 - 15, 2012
  4. run time 14 minutes 58 seconds

  An isolated air traffic controller in the Azores connects with a lone pilot cut helplessly adrift over the North Atlantic.  (more)

  
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  Ways of the Sea (HALAW )

  1. A film by Sheron Dayoc
  4. run time 78 minutes

  This film exposes the human trafficking operation and journey through the seas of Southern Philippines to neighboring Malaysia. Based on research and interviews, this dramatic narrative provides a kaleidoscope of characters hoping for a better life in Sabah, in spite of the dubiousness of the process, and uncertainty of a true job in Malaysia. It also represents a microcosm of the multi-cultural...  (more)

  
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  Ori

  1. A film by Miguel Ángel Jiménez Colmenar
  4. run time 80 minutes

  Nino crosses a vast waste ground in the outskirts of Tbilisi (Georgia). This young woman tries to push her life forward, but it´s not going to be easy. In the remote mountains of the Caucasus, solitary Beqa is visited by his nephew Tazo, a refugee from the Russian bombings. When the echoes of the war still persist, both lives are crossed by this bittersweet story of silences and cigarretes.  (more)

  
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  Red Letter

  1. A film by Edilberto Restino
  4. run time 10 minutes 20 seconds

  This thriller shows a young German trying to kill the holocaust beast. 1942, on a balcony Hitler gives an impassioned speech to the crowd. From a window across the road Franz trains a rifle on the Nazi leader's forehead. A crack of gunfire. Is this really happening or perhaps the fabric of memory is mixing with the fabric of time itself?  (more)

  
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  Birthday (生日願望)

  1. A film by Cheng-Yang Wang
  4. run time 30 minutes

  The brother used his credit card to buy a mobile phone for his little sister’s birthday. As a result, he won two flight tickets from the prize draw. His sister insistence gave the tickets to their parents to go on their second honeymoon abroad. They set out today which happens to be his little sister’s birthday. Her daddy promises to call her on her new mobile to make birthday wishes with...  (more)

  
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  Mattresses (Colchones)

  1. A film by Lucía Garibaldi
  4. run time 14 minutes

  It`s hot in Las Toscas. Mariana, a 15 year-old girl, and her family get together to spend Christmas eve away from the city. Everything seems normal, fireworks, the kids playing and the mother cooking, but nobody knows that Mariana wants to sleep whit her uncle. Maybe there`s a chance tonight.  (more)

  
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  Child (Anak)

  1. A film by Kerstin Rexrodt
  4. run time 9 minutes 1 seconds

  A filipino immigrant girl who lives in Germany gets into a conflict between filipino tradition and european way of live. Caught between two stools she is a victim of her own roots. The untold tradition says, that the youngest daughter in a filipinos family has not the obligation to get married. She has to stay from cradle to death in her parents house to take care of her parents until they die.  (more)

  
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  8:00 a.m.

  1. A film by Pablo Ortega
  4. run time 11 minutes 20 seconds

  What would you do if your life is centred around a relationship where your partner has forgotten why you are together?  (more)

  
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  THE ROTTEN APPLE (POCHA APEL)

  1. A film by SRINATH RAVULAPALLI
  4. run time 25 minutes 2 seconds

  A mentally challenged lady living on the streets of Kolkata, meets a man of similar condition. After the initial refusals from the lady, intense and persistent, the man succeeds in winning her camaraderie. But, very soon, the budding relationship snaps, and the couple is separated. Alone and impassioned, the lady moves to deserted fields and finds solace in her loneliness. Seasons change, and the...  (more)

  
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  Strays (Krantsid)

  1. A film by Sutharsan "Sui" Bala
  4. run time 38 minutes 45 seconds

  Nazeeya, a 24 year old immigrant girl from the Caucasus has one day to find a man to marry in Estonia, before her devout muslim grandfather, Jassim, marries her away to a friend in the village they're from. She befriends a train conductor named Mihkel, whom agrees to help her escape. Just when everything seems to be going her way, her little brother, Emir, becomes the biggest obstacle in her path...  (more)

  
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  32 (32)

  1. A film by Michele Pastrello
  4. run time 28 minutes

  A young woman flees through the Veneto countryside, seeking refuge in the construction site of a new, important highway. She is followed by a man with a briefcase who wants to attack and rape her. He catches her but she quickly turns the tables on him. But what seems like the end of the affair is perhaps just the beginning of a nightmare.  (more)

  
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  Pure Image (Pura Imagen)

  1. A film by Jonas Weydemann
  4. run time 8 minutes 25 seconds

  Diego is a young Photojournalist in the conflict between idealism and his wish for success. During a story on the landing of African Refugees on the Canary Islands he has to learn that the right decision is not always easy to see.  (more)

  
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  A real life (au voleur)

  1. A film by Sarah Leonor
  4. run time 96 minutes

  Isabelle is a teacher. Bruno is a thief. Together, they start believing they could find happiness. The day the police tightens the noose round him, Bruno runs away, taking Isabelle along with him. In the heart of the forest, they hide and love each other, timelessly, in an ultimate attempt to keep the violence of the world away.  (more)

  

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