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NARRATIVE SELECTION \u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Loved Ones <\/strong>(2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Oleg Vitvitski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 21:27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Yekaterina is organizing her mother\u2019s\nfuneral while the rest relatives try to divide possessions of the deceased as\nsoon as possible. Each of them pursues their personal goals but circumstances\ntake a sudden turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Garlic <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Chris Zahariev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 24:53<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: To kill or get killed? That\u2019s the\ndecision Angel have to take. And take it quick. Grown up on the streets in\nEastern Europe, Angel now works for a crime organization. When he fails his\nboss in a money deal, he is given one last chance for redemption. Will Angel\ncommit the murder of a rival drug dealer and what\u2019s going to happen when in his\nmess he cross roads with an lost elderly woman, who is trying to go back home?\n\u201cWild Garlic\u201d is a film about unexpected meetings, which reminds us that\nsomewhere deep down we all have power for a new beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironrite (2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Clayton Combe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 09:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A 1950s housewife struggles to accept her place in the world,\nwhile hiding herself and her young son from an aggressive door-to-door\nsalesman.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abiura (2018) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Giovanni B. Algieri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:47<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Fofo, an humble and honest retired worker, picks up strange\npeople on his van and drives them to the polling station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMET (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Giorgio Messina, Stefania Simoni<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 15:41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Max finds a message in a bottle that will change his life\ndrastically and unexpectedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Director: Andrea Gatopoulos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:59<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: It’s a sunny summer day. Mickey is sick with the worst disease.\nHe chooses Flo, an old friend, for a trip in his hippie van to forget about\neverything just for one night.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hen Man (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Thiebault Gu\u00e9rin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: John has the feeling that he belongs to the poultry world and\nmeticulously crafts himself a hen costume. Marginalised by society but\nsupported by his loving sister he remains true to his vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival Of The Midnight\nSun (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Bj\u00f6rn Rallare, Niklas Mertel Ekelund, Peder Carlsson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Two filmmakers wants to make a movie, but what story to choose?\nOne of them pitch the idea of that true story about what was supposed to be\nSweden’s answer to Woodstock, set at a motorway in the Swedish countryside back\nin 1970. They expected 300.000 people, but only 3.000 showed up and a plethora\nof weirdness took place around what has been described as “Sweden’s biggest\nmusic failure”.  As this story\nunfolds over a phone conversation, we see what the movie would have looked\nlike, it they were to pick that idea. But will they? To begin with they don’t\neven have time for this, and actually, real life is even more hard to puzzle\nthan this short show in its documentary parts. \nA short that ends in the beginning, with long time Swedish actor\nBert-\u00c5ke Varg in one of the roles, Swedish writer and columnist Fredrik Strage\nand Swedish band Hellsingland Underground as Canned Heat.  Weird doesn’t end here, while working on this\nshort, getting no funds having to fund it themselves and using crowdfunding,\nthe creators came in contact with a person that said “Hey, let’s breathe\nsome life in to this festival…” and the festival returned, gloriously,\nin August 2019.  This short is a slice of\na full length script, where more ideas with various themes are pitched back and\nforth, with a longer short baked into it – the short they finally decide to make.\nThat long script can however also be broken down in to more shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIS TOWN. THAT FUTURE (2019)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Thomas John<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 24:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: It’s a story of\ntwo young sisters who are on a mission to get back to the city they love. Their\nfather gets a job in a small town and moves the base from Mumbai city to a\nsmall hill town. A sudden change of lifestyle from fast and interesting city\nlife, to a slow and simple small-town life, gets to them. After a year and a\nseries of events, they finally confront their father for good and demand that\nthey are taken back to their city life. The father tries to explain that life\nhas rules and he cannot just leave his job and move to a city which has an\nexpensive lifestyle. To this, the girls take upon themselves to find ways to\nget back to Mumbai city without their father’s help and move out of the small\ntown they’re trapped in, which by now has become their enemy NO.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the web (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pavel Goncharov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 15:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love me (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u0391\u039d\u03a4\u03a9\u039d\u0397\u03a3 \u03a3\u0391\u039c\u039f\u03a5\u03a1\u0391\u039a\u0397\u03a3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Greece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 26:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once in Purple Dungarees (2019<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Benjamin Kramme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 13:14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Three women. Three generations. One political conflict.  While visiting her grandmother, Johanna meets\nher mother coincidentally, who broke off contact with her, and a major dispute\nbreaks out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRASKOVYA (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Alexander Solovyov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Praskovya continues working in the Bank despite hunger in the\nfreezing siege of Leningrad. Her husband went to war. The only thing he left is\nthe ink pot. This gift is the onlyitem which makes Praskovya feel warm. In the\nmost critical moment when no hopes or energy is left only the ink pot acts as a\ntwist of destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staying with Penny (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Carolyn Dekkers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 15:58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: STAYING WITH PENNY: A SINKING SHIP OR A STEP UP TO SHORE?  For some people life can be like walking a\ntightrope. They’re just one step away from everything to come crashing down.\nPenny understands this and has built her world around the needs of the more\nvulnerable. ‘Staying with Penny’ follows Sam into this volatile dynamic, as\nhe’s forced to choose between taking the safe road or finding the courage to\nride the chaos he’s found himself in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Upon A Time In…Sai\nWan (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nate Ki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Hong Kong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 22:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In 1989, there were rumors saying money became joss papers when a\ndelivery guy returned to his restaurant after delivering food order to Room 4E\nof Sau Lai Building which was to be disassembled. Such rumors horrified\nrestaurant staff members nearby as they all afraid that they would receive call\nfrom the ghost someday.  Shui, who was a\nstaff member from Chiu Fat Restaurant, however, manipulated people\u2019s\nsuperstition, claiming that he received order from the ghost. He stole all the\nmoney after delivering food orders while replacing the money with joss papers.\nHis boss and colleagues were shocked as they had never thought that their\nrestaurant was chosen and cursed!  Shui\nfound that his trick succeed and thus decided to cheat money using the same\ntactics again and again…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Birthday (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Kevin McAuliffe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: We jump in to the thoughts and feelings of a group of friends at\na surprise party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberation (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Karim Imamiev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The action takes place in the near future. A man returns home\nfrom the war, where he is overcome by heavy memories of the past. After\nunsuccessful attempts to return to normal life, the past catches up with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHASING MY DREAM (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Rudrajit Roy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 21:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: CHASING MY DREAM,is an inspirational short film about a doctor in\nhis late 30’s who breaks free from his daily life to explore the nature .Its\nabout fulfilling his dream to travel,and explore the mother nature,adjusting\nfrom the fast life which he leads in a busy city from India .The film will\nserve as an example of inspiration and also give few social message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touch (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nir Berger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 25:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A dark romantic comedy in the age of social media. The film\nfeatures no spoken dialogue, as its protagonist communicates solely through\ntext messages. Adele is an aggressive, self-conscious 17-year-old girl who\nspends most of her time “trolling” (i.e insulting) her classmates\nonline. When she is hit on by another internet troll, Uri, they flirt until he\nurges her to send a picture in which she is actually visible. But instead of\nsending her own picture, Adele sends Uri a picture of a random pretty girl from\nSyria \u2013 sparking another unexpected relationship.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Mohammad Ali Husainy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunset Idol (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Gautier Babe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 07:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: During a funeral wake, a young boy questions his grand father’s\npassing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Anyuta <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Clemy Clarke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: London, 2019. Anyuta spends the day posing as a life model for\nboth her lover, medical student Steven, and neighboring artist Ferris. A\nmeditation on toxic relationships and agency inspired by Anton Chekhov’s short\nstory Anyuta (1886).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Boomerang <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ga\u00efa Rasnova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:04<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: “National Boomerang” retraces the wanderings of Loba, a\nlonely teenage girl, against a backdrop of urban, country and industrial\nlandscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charcoal (<\/strong>2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Miguel G\u00f3es<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Not Specified<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A story about a man, doorman of a village of houses, haunted by\nan irresistible obsession. Quiet, averse to intimacy, he draws with charcoal\nall the people who pass by his cabin. He draws for him self, until a woman\ndiscovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shell Shock (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Thushara Ramanayake<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Sri Lanka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: It is the post-war era. An expressway construction project. A man\nworking as Flag Man (Budde). He is a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)\npatient. He has a 6-year-old daughter. \nBudde is not a fanatic of the Crows club; therefore, its behavior is a\nchallenge to him. He tries to live in the problem by lighting fire crackers\nwithout looking for an alternative. (Budde, is fond of inhaling gun powder and\nthe sound of gun fire)  The doctor who is\ndesiring to save Budde is explaining to him, the theory of \u201cFinding a crow\nfeather\u201d.  Budde goes to the dumping\nground in search of a crow feather. He finds a crow instead of a feather. (he\ncannot kill the crow for feathers.) He, lives with his daughter and the crow\nunder one roof. However, she tries to save the crow from her father\u2019s\ncruelty.  Throws fire crackers at the\ncrow. Her fingers get fractured and she becomes handicapped. One day the crow\nwhich flies away from the man giving up all bonds and takes away the life of\nthe little girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double Blind (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pieter du Plessis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 06:43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Keith enters a poker game without understanding the stakes and\nfinds himself trapped in a life and death situation of a hatred triangle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forgive me (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Gustavo Adolfo Contreras Barranco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Renowned medical doctor Juli\u00e1n Mosquera is also known for being\nunfaithful to his wife Diana. Tired of her lies, she decides on her own to\nfollow him covertly in order to catch him with her lover and put an end to his\nstormy deception; but like all plans, they are not perfect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pardon (2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Rositsa Trayanova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: After the three times that Thais tried to kill herself, she ends\nup at the rehabilitation center where she meets Roxan. Young singer, who is\nseeking treatment for her drug addiction. They get close very quick after\nspending little time together behind the doctors back. During a secret beach\nwalk, a day before they release Thais, Roxan makes a present. Small player with\na record of her last song.  On other\nhand, Thais tells Roxan all the reasons why she wanted to end her life. Roxan\nis asking Thais to forgive, because \u201cif we do not forgive we will never forget\nthe pain.\u201d And the pains stay, especially if you cannot forgive to yourself. A\nrandom meeting with the love of your life. A young singer who makes you see the\nlife from another side of view. Who teach you that forgiving is the way to\nforget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Trip with Mom (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Sophie SHUI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Taiwan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 25:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In order to take care of his old mother (played by Liou,\nYiin-Shang), who has lost her intelligence and is disabled, Xia Changming\n(played by Yi-Wen CHEN) remains unemployed at home.   A family of four, who have been relying on\nthe wife Xiaoling (played by CHIN, TZU-YEN), who is an insurance salesperson,\nfor many years.   Under the multiple\npressures of the complaints from her wife, economic loading, long-term care,\nand physical and mental bundling, Changming is always depressed and feels\nhopeless and helpless.   Finally, when\nthe police brought the mother back, and his wife took his son away, after\nreceiving a call, Changming mark  the\nlate summer with a red pen. He decided to take his mother to travel…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DROWNED (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daria Kocherova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 15:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A father fakes his own drowning in a desperate attempt to force\nhis estranged, high-flying daughter and layabout son to visit his Italian home\nand become friends again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambiland (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Danilo Stanimirovi\u0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Serbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:59<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Strahinja has just finished acting school and he works as a clown\nin a kid\u2019s playhouse. Bambiland is a big amusement park in his home town which\nwas open when he was a child. Now, it is an abandoned, creepy place and as such\nit represents a metaphor for Strahinja\u2019s generation in Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caninity (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Chuang-Chieh Liao<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Taiwan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 25:04<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: When a young\nTaiwanese man visits a remote Escort Karaoke for the first time, he begins to\nunderstand the complexity of desire and exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recharge (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Michal Hytro\u015b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 17:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: It’s a sci-fi movie which concentrate mostly on human beings and\ntheir loneliness in the future world. The world where people become\nandroids.  She (name unknown) sinks into\nthis unbearable silence, far away from the external world, locked in her\nunconquered house-fortress. We do not know who she is, do not know why she m’de\nthe decisions that got her to the current place – place that is surrounded by\nemptiness.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meatgrinder (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladislav Bakhanovich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Eighth-grader Dima starts a new life. A beautiful girlfriend,\ngrown-up friends, night parties – everything he dreamed about is already\nstarting to come true. It only remains for him to win the fight without rules\nin the tournament “Meat Grinder” and for this he will have to make a\ntruly adult choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postludium (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Svend Colding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Joachim has come to take care of his self-destructive and\nsuicidal father Ulrich, who lives on the countryside. They have not spoken nor\nseen each other for several years. It\u2019s a story about family and betrayal. They\nwill both have to let go of their failure, shame and guilt to move on, even\nthough the outcome might be hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sooner or Later (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Gadi Rimer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 18:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Adam\u2019s longing to his ex-girlfriend, Alona, leads him to break\ninto her new house. When she discovers him there, they are forced to deal with\nthe pain caused by their separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing at a time (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Niels Beth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 25:21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The Judith van Swethuis is a residential facility for people with\na long psychiatric history. They don\u2019t get, nor want, treatment anymore.\nCaretakers Tanja Kroeze and Jeffrey Duffels try to give fragile people as much\nindependency as possible. Will they be able to give meaning to the life of this\nvulnerable group?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AZAN (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Georgia Marangouli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Greece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 23:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Angelos, an eighteen year old soldier, disappears the night\nbefore at the Greek-Turkish borders. After his mother travels up there in a\ndesperate mood and everybody denies information about him, she sets on a quest\nat the actual borders. The meeting with a woman from Syria would help her to\nunderstand what happened the night her son disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FREE TO A GOOD HOME (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Natalia Matrokhina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 09:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A girl is looking for a hamster free a to a good home. You are responsible\nfor what you have tamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian roulette (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Alexey Fedorov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 26:36<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: “He who kennels with wolves must howl with the wolves.”\n– vital position Seryoga. We judge people by their appearance, but often we\ndon’t know what is inside the person. Serega was on the verge, he was ready to\npull the trigger. But at the last moment in his life comes Vlad – a new\nboyfriend of his ex-girlfriend. Can this meeting change Serega’s decision?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eighth (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Siyun Liu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Taking place in a small county hospital in China the 2000s, Juan\nis being forced into her eighth abortion by her family, because she repeatedly\ndoesn’t get pregnant with a boy. Despite being told that the surgery could be\ndangerous to Juan’s health, she is forced to go through with it, with her\n6-year-old daughter watching.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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DOCUMENTARY SELECTION\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

65 Roses (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Murat Zherka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 16:03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The documentary follows the story of a 14 year old from\nPrishtina, Yllka Leti, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Yllka has a great\ntalent for art, especially for paintings. This documentary shows her day-to-day\nlife, the obstacles that she has to ovrecome and the battle that she fights as\na 14 yearold for her life.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE CLAUSTROPHILES (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Sirio Sechi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 25:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: This film about caving is not meant for cavers. It was made for\nall those people who stay outside and ask questions such as: ” how can you\nbreath? “don’t you feel afraid of being trapped there?”\n“But..what do you do in there?” The speleology films often talk about\nthe caves: the discovery of a cave, the unblocking of a cave, the conjunction\nof a cave, the mysteries of that cave, the peculiarities of that cave, etc …\nBut they rarely talk about speleologists, who are these strange people who live\nunlike the others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks For Watching (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: LEE Chien-cheng<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Taiwan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: “Zhongsen Theatre” opened in 1968. At that time, the\ntheaters competed with each other. The Zhongsen Theatre still managed its own\ncharacteristics in many theaters. However, after 2000, the old city was down,\nand it was closed to the changes of the times. The company was closed down and\nidle. As the old city began to recover, the theaters also changed hands, but\nmost of them did not present the cinema, and the Zhongsen Theatre was sold to\nthe construction company in 2016. The film records the demolition of the old\ntheater and the rescue of two antique projectors, hoping to find a more\nsuitable place for them to preserve and continue the spirit of the times. After\nthe demolition is completed, the site is intended to be used as a new\nresidential construction site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A better world (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Geraldine Ottier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 09:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A better world is a docu-short film that tells the point of view\nof Giulia, an 11-year-old girl who lives in a society where the telephone, the\nsocial media are at the center of her days, and of which use she can’t be\nwithout because, otherwise, she would be seen as different. Unknowingly in a\nconversation, Giulia makes a comparison with the society of the 90s, in which\nchildren had no telephone and played with each other, having human contacts and\ndirect communications. A wish expressed unconsciously that will be fulfilled,\nin fact Giulia will jump back in time in the 90s. Giulia is an 11 year old girl\nwho just wants to be a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Phil Comeau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 26:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A group of Acadians from Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France, travel to\neastern Canada to visit their \u201ccousins\u201d with whom they share a common history.\nThey are descendants of the deported Acadians by the British from their Nova\nScotia homeland. They come to see their ancestors\u2019 lost \u201cAcadie\u201d and meet other\nrelatives at a World Acadian Congress. Face to face with their brutal history,\nwill they be able to forgive? This film is about exile, the power of memory and\nfinding your roots.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manifesting Greatness. A\nTrue Story by Raz Degan (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Raz Degan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The hero film piece is a collection of short docu clips that\nconnects audiences to the J\u00e4germeister MANIFEST brand through authentic\nstorytelling. Our protagonist Raz Degan shares his personal life story while\ntaking viewers on an exciting journey through space and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

miserere, the blessing of\nthe mountain (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Michel Pavlou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Norway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Still today, a long-lasting procession, in honour of Saint\nPanteleymon, leads, once a year across the mountain, to a cave, where squirts,\nit is said, by the cracks of the rock, a holy water. Sliding between the\nancestral mannerism of the faithful, the centuries-old olive trees, the\nabandoned houses and the elderly byzantine icons, the camera  spreads thus out layers of a millennial\nhistory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 Liters (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Andy Seiler and Aaron Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: “There is no joy without water.”  Set in Kenya, 20 Liters is an experiential\nshort documentary that gives you insight into what it\u2019s like living with the\nSamburu tribe. Experience what it\u2019s like with only 20 liters of water a day and\nthe life surrounding the search for water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ANIMATION SELECTION\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Gym & Goolie (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tovi\u0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: When alone, Gym and Goolie escape into the worlds of their own\nimaginations. Gym creates fan-work for an online community and Goolie crafts\nfantastical costumes. Both long to be someone else, somewhere else, yet\nstruggle with the fear of connection and the anxieties of self-expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urbanality (2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Evan McInnes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 03:28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The city folk are about to get a wake-up call. But, will they\nstop and listen?   “Urbanality”\nexplores the isolation of our modern environment, the resistance we have to\nchange, and the beauty of going with the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trap (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Paul James<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A young girl fights for a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smell of Sound (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 02:34<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Smell of Sound is an animated film combining sounds, smells and\nmoving images. Abstract forms produced with computer-generated images is\nanimate in an intimate sound space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LA DOLCE VITA (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pouya Afshar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: ‘LA DOLCE VITA’ is the story of a displaced character. Hope,\ndecides to leave his\/her war infested city to find a better life abroad. He\/She\ngoes on a journey in hoping for finding a purpose in life in the new world but\nencounters a wall along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Elephant of Air (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Alexey Galkin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 13:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In every family there is a place for a great adventure, and our\ncharacters are no exception to the rule. Together they find themselves in a\nparallel fantasy world inhabited by flying hippos and other fantasies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horizon leap (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Beata Pantya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 02:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: We attune to the Forest’s organic rhythm as moving through her\nroots and branches. The trees come to subtle motion, their pulse paces and we\nbecome capable of leaping the horizon’s frontier. A soul’s journey through the\nForest towards the stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magic Dream (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tom\u00e1s Welss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Chile<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:08<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: “Magic Dream” is a painted stop-motion full animation film\nthat tells the story of a magician on stage trying to perform his show. As his\nmagic goes wrong, he loses control and gets weak. The wizard timidly\nreintegrates to the set and tries to extract a rabbit from his hat. The rabbit\nrejects the magician and his environment. As he keeps crumbling down, the\nrabbit offers him help, to deal with the misleading and confusing magic and to\nconfront his life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EXPERIMENTAL SELECTION\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ghost Nursery (2019)  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Brandon Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 06:46<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A ghost is born in the forest. No longer tangled in a mass of\nspirits it gains strength as it turns to observe its surroundings, reveling in\nits mastery over death and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STuK (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nadira Murray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: LOGLINE:   Angela\u2019s mind\nexplodes with horror when she is trapped in the bathroom of a night club.   SYNOPSIS:  \nTroubled teen Angela enters the toilet to refresh herself.  She feels odd. She hears a sudden\ngunshot  and screams – \u201cthe night club is\nunder attack\u201d. Angela fears for her life; or is her mind playing tricks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Time (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nathan Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: “At the Time” follows an individual’s relationship with\naddiction and the internal struggle that is yoked with that relationship. It is\ninspired by a loved one’s personal story of what they had experienced, at the\ntime when they were at their deepest struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See my ghost passing away\n(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yann PICHOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Between dreams and nightmares, Lilith sees the ghost of her lost\nlove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Exploration of the\nDreamworld (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Paulina MacNeil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 06:28<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MUSIC VIDEO SELECTION\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Sansara \u2013 Miami (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ivan Sosnin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: This video is about a dream of a young boy. Regardless of\nextending circumstances, you have to go to your dream. After all, it is not\nnecessary to live in a hot country to surf. In the story, the main character\nwho dreams of surfing quarrels with his mother and leaves home with his\nsurfboard. It\u2019s winter outside. He walks through the snow in an industrial\nRussia city. In his thoughts, he replaces reality with pictures of sunny Miami.\nFinally he comes to the coast of the Arctic Ocean and fulfills his dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music clip\n“DUDKI” (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Gulzhan Sitakhmetova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 03:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Mad flight without time and space, where the reality, dreams,\nfears, and memories are intertwined with each other. Look beyond mindlessly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophisticated <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daniel Duguay, Adam Benish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Official video for “Sophisticated”, the title track\nfrom Paul Cafcae’s 2019 debut LP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AURA <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u0141ukasz Zab\u0142ocki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A visual interpretation of an euphoric state of mind, occurring\nwhile in a presence of an exceptional personality or a flawless beauty.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azhar’s Aria <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Madina Altynbayeva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Kazakhstan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Zarina Altynbayeva performs “Azhar’s Aria” from the\nopera “Abai”.   This is a story\nof of pure eternal but forbidden love between Azhar and Aidar. Despite all of\nthe obstacles they faced, with Abai’s help they seemed to stand a chance. This\nstory is from Azhar’s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puppet <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Alexej Sigalov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Everybody is dependent. You, me. Especially me. People don’t\nspeak to each other nowdays, they stare to their gadgets, thinking they’re\nonline. The fact is – they’re offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lone in the Dark <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tomasz Chrapusta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 03:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Lone in the Dark \u2013 first fictional beatbox video in world. What\nhappens when two creative forces meet? When extreme emotions are given voice\nand indomitable passion prevails over the complicated matter? Time is in the\nvoid, scattered over the past, the present and the future. Sense of place is of\nno consequence, it\u2019s merely a pretext to show the real and lasting solitude of\na man. There is however light in darkness, which shelters from fear. Two\nopposed forces fight each other, none wins over the other. Good and evil, light\nand darkness, life and death. All come together in Lone in the Dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sun Will Fool You <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daniel Bigelow & Talon Nightshade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Our sun has a surprise for you…his blinding bright light\ndoesn’t always come with warmth. In “The Sun Will Fool You” a young\ngirl grows up reaching out for him and finding him cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fool For Your Love <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Odeya Rush<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Fool For Your Love is a journey into the imagination of a young\nboy named Scooter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PICTURES <\/strong>(2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladislav Parovozov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 02:56<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Synthetic romance of artificial space, collected from pieces of\nphotographs, clippings of Soviet Newspapers and fragments of images.  Mixed media (collage \/ graphics\/stop-motion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taki Pooost <\/strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tomasz Chrapusta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:08<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: As if by magic, “Taki Pooost” takes us to the colorful\n90s, which today are experiencing a real renaissance of popularity. The current\ntrends in fashion and culture are also there, with Instagram at the forefront,\nwhich in the clip functions as an ultimate symbol of contemporary lifestyle.\nWhat would Instagram look like in the 90s? A seductive visual and textual\nanswer to this question awaits in this music video.  In a world ruled by likes, stories, followers\nand hashtags, where there is little room for intellectual debate \u2013 alas, they\u2019ve\narrived: the most popular instagrammers in Poland! The stylized The Insta Of\nQueen knows exactly what and when to wear, which profile is better and what\nlight seems best for each photo to make her look slimmer and more athletic. For\nSexy Polish Girl, what counts most is clothes and murderous competition for\nperfect shots, even if she was to pose in the same position from dusk till\ndawn. This unreal world is thoroughly observed and analyzed by Lame Duck, who\ndreams that one day she will also become popular. At least for these 600 likes.\nEven for a moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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