Albert Serra
THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV
France, Portugal, Spain, 2016, 115'
Death and suffering don’t spare the mighty, not even absolute monarchs: In August 1715, King Louis XIV., the Sun King, suddenly feels a pain in his leg. He spends the next days in his chambers, running the government as best he ... Read More
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Matias Meyer
YO
Mexico,Canada, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, 2015, 80'
YO
Yo is a strong young man, but with limited mental skills. He says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her ... Read More
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Sergei Loznitsa
SOBYTIE
Netherlands, Belgium, 2015, 74'
THE EVENT
In August 1991 a failed coup d’état attempt (known as Putsch) led by a group of hardcore communists in Moscow, ended the 70-year-long rule of the Soviets. The USSR collapsed soon after, and the tricolour of the sovereign Russian Federation flew over Kremlin. As president ... Read More
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Babak Jalali
RADIO DREAMS
USA, Iran, 2016, 91'
Hamid immigrates to the U.S. to pursue his writing career and the American Dream. Instead, he winds up working at a small Iranian radio station, seeking artistic satisfaction through the esoteric programming he puts together for his radio audience. Meanwhile, the owners of the station ... Read More
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Felipe Guerrero
OSCURO ANIMAL
Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, 2016, 107'
OSCURO ANIMAL
The film tells the story of three women forced to flee their homes in a war-torn region of Colombia. Each woman’s journey, marked by terror, takes her on a trek from the depths of the jungle to the outskirts of Bogotá, where ... Read More
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Elias Demetriou
SMAC
Greece, 2015, 110'
Second Mitochondrial Activator of Caspases is a protein that promotes cell death. Without this protein our cells become immortalised but unfortunately we die from the uncontrolled cell multiplication. Eleni is diagnosed with cancer. After the initial shock she takes the chance to have another look at her ... Read More
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Fabianny Dechamps
ISOLA
France, 2016, 93'
A story made of dreams without fairies, at the heart of a contemporary world where individuals must reinvent themselves to survive. On an island lost between two worlds, Dai, a young Chinese woman, survives alone in a cave, waiting for the baby that swells her womb day ... Read More
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Lika Alekseeva
PARALLEL LINES MEET AT INFINITY
Russia, Hungary, Belarus, 2016, 70' 51''
Sasha is stalking a man. They seem to have a common past, which Sasha can`t let go. This leads her into dark territory. For he is an uncompromising photographer, who is obsessively trying to get an exhibition in a gallery. ... Read More
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