There is a strange aura around the pool which is not only the threatening black clouds hovering over the water. The air is heavy, we breath it with difficulty, we wait for a majestic thunder announced. One by one, the various characters that inhabit this pool during the day arrive, as strange as the scenery around them. A girl without a leg, a boy who limps, one with Down syndrome and another that simply stopped talking. Air and water surround these young people, one by one, making them increasingly natural. Or were they like this when they arrived on the scene? The majestic thunder is coming, but it takes shape in the conflict between the four, under the apathetic gaze of the swimming coach. (M. M.)
In a city plunged in darkness, men are working. They are sanding, welding… But what is this about? In a long backwards tracking shot, the observer gradually discovers the setting in which they are working. Suddenly the decor is upset by explosions. The
“Else” is an adaptation of Fräulein Else, the novel by Schnitzler. It is the account in the first person of the last days of a girl from a good family who, on holiday in the Alps, has to ask an old art agent for money to help her father, a Viennese lawye
Without waiting, in 1989 Jose Luis Garcia replaces his brother in the Argentine delegation going to North Korea to participate in the World Festival of Youth and Students, a political event “disguised” as vacation, with the support of the USSR after the Tiananmen massacre. Garcia takes a VHS camera on this trip of revolutionary tourism and captures images of a North Korea that opens itself for the first time to thousands of young people around the world. His focus is suddenly on Sukyung Lim, a young activist from South Korea, who comes to Pyongyang to defy the prohibition to travel between the two Koreas. Twenty years later, the image of Lim Sukyung crossing the border in Pyongyang still lives in Jose Luis Garcia’s memory and the reunion with the activist becomes an obsession that the filmmaker pursues, transporting us, on the one hand, to the political situation in Korea, and on the other, introducing us to the woman who in ’89 was the hope for reunification between the two regions. (C. C.)
A young boy doesn’t like to stay in the streets and prefers to read stories at home, which make him dream. But one day he meets a girl his age and realizes that he is not at all like the hero of his book.
An examination of language and its ability to transform an environment. The scene takes place in front of the cityscape of Belgrade, a city that has been rebuilt 38 times in its history. A woman invites the viewer to speak, turning the gallery into a list
In the office of Mumbai University, Aditi, a nineteen years old secretary writes a letter to the office’s head, Rajiv, to know his intentions toward her. Freely inspired from the love correspondence between Fernando Pessao and Ofélia Queiroz.
Diagnosis Krake”! But the little girl doesn’t realize how serious a “Krake” is – until her vicious friend starts to get out of hand. “
About the Mole who went to look for a beach of his dream but found a lot of asses and no free space.
A man terribly discovers that his wife misguidedly set a knife among the forks. He wants her to notice her error. But time passes and the knife remains among the forks. Is it possible that she had done it on purpose?
The adventures of a house in a fragile balance. In the edge of a mountain, the house balances from right to left.
During 6 days, competitores run as many miles as they can, day and night, stopping as little as possible to rest. Between hallucinating and hypnotic, the film penetrates into the essence of this meditative race. (M. C.)
A short abstract film that re-interprets and re-imagines the life of Kurt Cobain, as told through the lense of a dream.
A town, the night… A boy tries to see the stars, but the city lights shine to bright. Disappointed, he decides to leave this city.
A group of armed men are wandering in the jungle, tracking each other. Some move in pairs, some move alone, some wear military uniforms and some don’t. Like in any sort of game, rivalries and internal conflicts will not take long to emerge, drawing a line
To get to sweet and caring Olga’s house one must cross the sea, forests and escape big and scary animals. It’s an adventure, but all adventures are worth it just to meet her and her scissors. A black and modern fairy tale, lively and dazzlingly animated. (C. R.)
A feature-length documentary about legendary Memphis band Big Star. While mainstream success eluded them, Big Star’s three albums have become critically lauded touchstones of the rock music canon. A seminal band in the history of alternative music, Big Star has been cited as an influence by artists including REM, The Replacements, Belle & Sebastian, Elliot Smith and Flaming Lips. A film with never-before-seen footage and photos of the band, interviews and musical tributes.
“A short docu-fiction that came out of several months I spent with my grandfather over the last year. Since two years he found himself increasingly isolated, confronted with the acute deterioration of his body, loneliness and longing for intimacy. I felt
