{"id":6749,"date":"2021-06-01T11:54:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T11:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moscowshorts.com\/?p=5994"},"modified":"2021-06-16T18:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:14:29","slug":"nominees-for-the-best-films-of-2021-annual-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/nominees-for-the-best-films-of-2021-annual-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominees for the Best Films of 2021 Annual Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BEST ANIMATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To the dusty sea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: H\u00e9lo\u00efse Ferlay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Left alone in the deepest of the summer, Malo and Zoe are trying their best to catch their mother\u2019s elusive eye\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GON, THE LITTLE FOX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Takeshi Yashiro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 27:59<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: When Gon, a playful orphaned fox, finds that young Hyoju has lost his mother, he tries to comfort him and make amends for his own earlier mischiefs by secretly bringing small gifts to the boy every day. But Hyojudoesn\u2019t realize who is behind the anonymous gifts, and the two are headed for a heartbreaking climax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Aliona BARANOVA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Czech Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Huge sailor gets an autumn leaf from a small girl. It reminds him of his home. How long he has not been there? He runs to meet his old parents. What will he find there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AT FIRST SIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: SJAAK ROOD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 17:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A man and a woman drive straight towards one another. They hit the breaks just in time and come to a standstill, facing each other. They\u2019re both too stubborn to give way to the other. A life story begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Shadow of the Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ido Hartmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 08:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: 7 years ago Boaz has cut all ties with his parents, brother & sister, his friends, and his previous world. The film tracks the story of his disappearance and embarks in a surreal journey into the memories he left with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WICKED GIRL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: AYCE KARTAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 08:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: S., 8 years old, is a little Turkish girl with an overflowing imagination. She is keen on nature and animals. As she is in hospital, she is looking back on happy holidays in her granparents\u2019 village, but dark and terrifying memories emerged and, little by little, begin to make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opinci<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anton Groves, Damian Groves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 17:53<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A film based on a true story about a record breaking globetrotter and widowed father, who uses his extraordinary past to teach his young daughter lessons about life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jean<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Marion Auvin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 13:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Jean, a well-known but casual actor, arrives on set freshly shaved while his director had asked him to come with a four-day beard. This innocuous gesture is a disaster for the filming and, for Jean, an opportunity to finally pay attention to the world that surrounds him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sad Beauty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Arjan Brentjes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 09:50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just For The Record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vojin Vasovic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 07:01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In an abandoned attic, dictaphone robot REC desperately tries to connect to \u0442\u0445\u0435 bird that stops on its window. Using his play button to say something, he finds himself shocked by the content and scares the bird away. He rushes to make her come back, to record over his \u201cown voice\u201d before his battery leaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Marion Lacourt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: At night, while family members indulge in curious rituals before sleeping, a child invokes a wolf from the bottom of a box hidden under his bed. Disturbing sheep then besiege the door of his bedroom\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bully<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Adhip Iyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 23:57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A 12 year old boy struggles with bullying at school.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young Lady in the Pantry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tian Shi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 28:48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Many years later,In order to forget the hunted nightmare, Anna goes to a hospital where she bumps into a journalist, a nurse and a doctor who respectively knows her legendary yet unfortunate stories in different stages.However no one knows the truth of her nightmare but herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE UNKNOWN RACER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Danya Razuvaev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 08:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Short movie about the amateur racer, who is going to be the first racer from russia who took part in one of the toughest race in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE GIFT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Radik Kudoyarov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Father gives his son an unusual gift for his 10th birthday. It will change the boy\u2019s life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then comes the evening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Maja Novakovi\u0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinematographer: Jasna Proli\u0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 27:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The documentary depicts the bittersweet life of two grannies living isolated on the hills of Eastern Bosnia. Nature is the entity with which grannies speak, listen to, and respect. The film emphasizes the intangible cultural heritage, through the presentation of chants and rituals for taming the adverse weather, hail, and storm. It reflects the simplicity and purity of their way of life, as well as their painstaking work. The action of the film is the everyday life in the countryside, which shows the caring and intimacy of the grannies, both in their mutual relations and in the relationship with nature. The poetic tone of the frames relies on references from genre scenes of realism paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TIME IS GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pepo Alfaro , Elena Gutierrez, Pablo Garrido<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 04:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: \u201cTIME is not real \u2013 it is a human construct to help us differentiate between now and our perception of the past,  The concept of time is simply an illusion made up of human memories, everything that has ever been and ever will be is happening RIGHT NOW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cuckoo!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: J\u00f6rgen Scholtens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 07:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Absurd comedy about a lonely man (Frank Lammers) who lives inside a cuckoo clock. Every hour he straps himself into his ejection seat and shoots through the doors of the clock. \u201cCuckoo!\u201d He yells, \u201cCuckoo!\u201d His work is of vital importance. The old lady who sits under the clock needs to take her medication exactly at the top of every hour. One day the man has the opportunity to win a substantial sum of money in a radio quiz. He loves gadgets and wants to buy a new computer. The only problem is that he can only dial in at the exact time he\u2019s supposed to sit in his seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHARON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yannick Karcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 15:42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Freshly retired, a man doesn\u2019t know how to occupy his days. For fear of being killed by boredom, he gets involved in the crazy project of building a boat in the cellar of his suburban house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You Promise?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Lin Laurin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 14:58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: \u201cYou Promise?\u201d takes place in Malm\u00f6, Sweden in 1988. The story follows Vida, 5, and her brother Alex, 3, when they get a new father figure in the family. It\u2019s an aesthetic, poetic, and heartwarming short film about family love, divorce, and fear of change \u2013 from a five-year-old\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garage Romantic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daniel Sadgrove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A big dreamer from the small town of Togliatti, Russia ponders life while building a rocket powered sled made from discarded trash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second Seed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Baye & Asa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinematography: Alan Jensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 15:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Second Seed is a dance horror film responding to D.W. Griffith\u2019s The Birth of a Nation.\u00a0 Griffith\u2019s film is a veneration of the KKK, painting the Klan as saviors of a white race in danger as American culture and politics begin to shift after the American Civil War. It highlights a fundamental White supremacist delusion that continues to plague this country:\u00a0 that White people are inherently superior, and that they are politically and culturally under attack.\u00a0 Second Seed grapples with this White delusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST DIRECTOR<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bully <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Adhip Iyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 23:57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A 12 year old boy struggles with bullying at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young Lady in the Pantry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tian Shi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 28:48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Many years later,In order to forget the hunted nightmare, Anna goes to a hospital where she bumps into a journalist, a nurse and a doctor who respectively knows her legendary yet unfortunate stories in different stages.However no one knows the truth of her nightmare but herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Audition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Guy Lichtenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 22:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Even though she is exceptionally talented, Sarah is still stuck performing at small events. Today she is performing at the wedding of her ex, Jurgen.  The former couple tries to stay out of each other\u2019s way but old memories and sacrifices emerge anyway.  bravely Sarah strokes her bow over the strings, maybe she can finally find closure to the story, while around her a wedding is being celebrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Next Stop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Dominik Gy\u00f6rgy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Czech Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 13:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Mentally disabled driver and tired stewardess traveling with bus on the road of life. How far can they drive? \u201cDear passengers, fasten your seatbelts.\u201d The affection of a loving mother to fulfill her disabled son\u2019s dream by playing a game that gives him the opportunity to live in the world of fantasy in where he is so happy, also fulfills the goal of surviving and preserving peace in the family. The son has grown but not mentally, so the mother\u2019s play for herself has become a daily struggle and suffering. How long she can keep this long-lasting treatment under control is questionable. Will be The Next Stop their final destination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunburned<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nadia Ayala Tabachnik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 13:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Two neighbors and a rough Sunday. Elena, a woman with a well-structured life, the \u201cperfect\u201d boyfriend and perfectly ironed clothes. Irene, a free woman who hates being tied down and pre-established relationships. They are accidentally forced to spend a whole day together and interact, discovering they\u2019re not so different and that sometimes there\u2019s no better conversation partner than a stranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Brendan Canty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A 16-year-old school-dropout interviews for a job, but when he\u2019s let down by his brother he lashes back and looks to his friend for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cuckoo!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: J\u00f6rgen Scholtens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 07:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Absurd comedy about a lonely man (Frank Lammers) who lives inside a cuckoo clock. Every hour he straps himself into his ejection seat and shoots through the doors of the clock. \u201cCuckoo!\u201d He yells, \u201cCuckoo!\u201d His work is of vital importance. The old lady who sits under the clock needs to take her medication exactly at the top of every hour. One day the man has the opportunity to win a substantial sum of money in a radio quiz. He loves gadgets and wants to buy a new computer. The only problem is that he can only dial in at the exact time he\u2019s supposed to sit in his seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Saverini Widow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Lo\u00efc Gaillard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 19:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Bonifacio 1883, extreme south of Corsica. The widow of the late Saverini lives in an isolated house near the cliffs, with her only son Antoine, and her dog. During the day, she assists women giving birth in town. One night her son is killed in a clash. The murderer flees to Sardinia. Her world falls to pieces\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pier-Philippe Chevigny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: Alex, a six-year-old boy from Quebec, is much too young to understand why thousands of refugees have been entering Canada illegally. Yet when his father takes him along to a vigilante patrol in the woods to hunt out trespassing migrants, something inside him tells him to rebel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SMOKE AND OCHER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Gr\u00e9sillon Romain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: 19,000 years ago. Deemed responsible for a hunting accident that risked the life of a child, a man is cast out from his tribe and finds shelter in a cave near the campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DA YIE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anthony Nti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A foreigner in Ghana gets an assignment from his gang to find kids for a risky job that will take place later that evening. While spending the day with two energetic children, Prince and Matilda, he starts to question his decision and how it will affect their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST DOCUMENTARY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mothers Of<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ross Lai<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 21:03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: El Salvador has some of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the world. It is one of a handful of countries in the world where abortion is banned under all circumstances, including cases of rape and when a pregnancy poses a clinically verifiable risk to a woman\u2019s health. As an extreme consequence of the law, women who have naturally occurring obstetric emergencies are routinely imprisoned on homicide charges. When they seek emergency care after miscarriages or stillbirths, doctors report them to the police on the suspicion of having an abortion. Between 2000 and 2011, 129 women in El Salvador were prosecuted for abortion or homicide when the fetal deaths occurred in the last months of pregnancy.  \u2018Mothers of\u2019 explores the hyper-strict abortion regulations in El Salvador through the story of Teodora del Carmen V\u00e1squez, a woman forced to serve over 10 years in jail after suffering a stillbirth in her 9th month of pregnancy. Through Teodora\u2019s perspective, we begin to understand how loss and motherhood are felt in the face of bitter social injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Naked Woman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ross Casswell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A short film that documents three women\u2019s views and treatment of nudity. Body image is the common thread throughout the series, but the individuals approach to nudity exposes much more, as each woman attempts to liberate the representation of the female body, not through a campaign, or as part of a topical conversation, but in the manner with which they define themselves and go about their profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waiting for the Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: George Itzhak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 25:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Can an electronic music festival inspire a creative renaissance in Uzbekistan \u2013 and shine an international spotlight on a little-known environmental disaster?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fata Morgana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daniella Bokor, Leanna Berkovitch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 11:04<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Three women living life as nomads. Christina travels the world, Anna takes her daughter wherever she goes,  and Rachel has made her home under a branch roof, in a tent and in a cave .  What does each woman pack in her knapsack before she sets out on her own?  The movie confronts the conflict between the stability of motherhood and life at home, and the yearning to wander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robin Food<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

Synopsis: Robin Food is a non-profit and pay-as-you-feel restaurant with a mission: rescue, cook and serve food that otherwise would go to waste. The restaurant is saving fruit and vegetables from markets and farms to raise public awareness on issues of food waste, sustainability and climate change in the most tangible and delicious way possible: a tasty meal.  Robin Food location: Sirkin St 24, Haifa, Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consuming Contemporary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ana Aleksovska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A bunch of seniors enjoys Skopje\u2019s cultural events on a daily basis, as well as the food offered there. When societal judgment is about to stop their way of having fun \u2013 they realize how much more this habit means to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year of the robot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yves Gellie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 30:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: At the intersection of art and science, L\u2019ann\u00e9e du robot (Year of the robot) depicts the human being and the robot as its artificial counterpart. As a series of archival documents detailing the first contacts and dialogue between a robot gifted with an artificially created autonomy and human beings, it studies cognitive dissonance, a minute, mysterious relational space sitting between the two actors.  It involves elderly people sometimes afflicted with Alzheimer\u2019s or dementia, or young adults with autism or neurological problems.   Once past the surprise phase and aware of the artificial nature of the robot\u2019s functioning, the residents try, despite everything, to forge bonds with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BY THE RIVER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: DANIEL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India\u2019s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha \u2013 becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Several so-called \u2018death hotels\u2019 exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death \u2013 some for as long as 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Little Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Elena Kairyte<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: \u201cWhere the last house faded away in the wheat, there lived a little girl, who walked at night out in the fields, with a bucket of water to mirror the moon.\u201d It\u2019s a true story, based on Tonino Guerra\u2019s poem, about a girl who lives in a remote Lithuanian village. This single farm holds her entire world: family, beloved animals and the whole seeing moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garage Romantic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daniel Sadgrove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A big dreamer from the small town of Togliatti, Russia ponders life while building a rocket powered sled made from discarded trash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Toymaker Hidden Heirloom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ya\u011fmur Kartal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 23:51<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Sabahattin Parlar, an electrical master in his 90s in Istanbul, in the 1930s, has old Ottoman figures made of electrical cables in his house on the island of Av\u015fa. These figures, which can be played as toys, are embarked on a joyful adventure by making time in their small workshop at home and traveling to the memories of childhood days. The life of his teacher, who discovered his interest in painting at a young age, was working in the electrical business for a long time due to the difficulties of his life in the primary school and the difficulties of his life that led him to art. However, his love of art and child-minded naivety, which have remained for years, start him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Advocate Is Not Needed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Artem Minakov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: Vasiliy Chertkov is accused of murder and is questioned by high-class lawyer from a big company who is sent to verify qualification. The lawyer convinces Chertkov that there will be no \u2018case\u2019 at all if he goes to one very profitable deal. What price should Chertkov pay to clear all the charges? And what secret is hidden behind the lawyer\u2019s expensive suit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UNTIMED: a Lockdown Tale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Fabio Reitano<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: After a lifetime spent travelling the world, a man finds himself stuck in his old family house, during the pandemic.  He realizes growing up is not just about experiences and progress, about leaving everything behind. It is also about facing a buried past made of difficult memories, old Game Boys, sweet melancholy, and VHS.  \u201cUNTIMED: a Lockdown Tale\u201d is a short film shot in April 2020, in Italy, alone, at home. While the planet focuses on how empty the \u201coutside\u201d was, it was a privilege to notice the richness of the \u201cinside\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ELLE\/\u00c9L<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: ELLIOT HUESCAR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: At the wheel of his red Alpha-Romeo of the 60\u2019s, \u00c9l, a Spanish male, sexist and married, picks up Elle, a young French hitchhiker, not as innocent as she seems\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Face Me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: C\u00e1ndida Massielle Asencio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 02:31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Our movie is about fighting our demons being on lockdown. How we can find ourselves and try to get out of quarantine refreshed and healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stoners \/ Slices of Infinity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Fred Miranda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 07:14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Conceptual Thriller homaging the Portuguese Marble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Outopia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Helen Rollins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 08:09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In this experimental film by unknown Slovene director Franc Kranjc, an actor \u2013 during a rehearsal for a bleak play about puritans \u2013 becomes strangely compelled by then stuck in the floor, finding beneath it a world of kitsch and colour that ultimately traps him too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DREAM\/LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: DAVID AUFDEMBRINKE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 22:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A young man escapes his routine to find out what he truly wants in life. His friends refuse to participate in his endeavor, so he goes alone and arrives further than he ever would have dared to dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kilter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Rob Stanton-Cook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 11:36<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Kilter explores the wreckage left in the wake of generational toxic masculinity. Following a violent crime of passion, a gentle young man descends into a tormented reality as he struggles to reconcile who he is and what he has become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u041fUZZLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anastasiya Sovashchenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 19:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: This film is about the moment when a person creates something unique and creative. We will consider what the process consists of, what hinders it and what helps. It\u2019s like traveling from room to room, where dance parts that symbolize details of puzzle that called \u201cCreativity\u201d We use a novel narrative structure And single-frame shooting. Hidden cuts will help us to match parts together adds continuity to the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Secret Walls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, Jean-Marie Gatin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 14:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: (freely inspired by Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy)\u00a0 A theatre in the rain, people outside crowding to get in. A tired man comes through the stage door where a child -the master of the place- has been waiting for him. Engulfed in that theatrical machinery and caught up in the beguiling cogs of time, guided by some unknown force, the man plunges deep into a maelstrom of many faces\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST FILM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Silence (Ci\u00fanas) <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tristan Heanue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A couple embark on a journey in the midst of a family crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young Lady in the Pantry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tian Shi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 28:48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Many years later,In order to forget the hunted nightmare, Anna goes to a hospital where she bumps into a journalist, a nurse and a doctor who respectively knows her legendary yet unfortunate stories in different stages.However no one knows the truth of her nightmare but herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Audition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Guy Lichtenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 22:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Even though she is exceptionally talented, Sarah is still stuck performing at small events. Today she is performing at the wedding of her ex, Jurgen.  The former couple tries to stay out of each other\u2019s way but old memories and sacrifices emerge anyway.  bravely Sarah strokes her bow over the strings, maybe she can finally find closure to the story, while around her a wedding is being celebrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ARCHIBALD\u00b4S SYNDROME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: DANIEL PEREZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: Archibald was born with some curious curse: he can\u2019t make a move without everyone around doing the same.Now, grown man, he robs by despair a bank and, there, meets Indiana, a young woman who always escaped every form of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE CAMEL BOY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: CHABNAME ZARI\u00c2B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: Somewhere in the desert, a little boy is plunged by force into an intimidating and completely foreign new world: the world of camel racing. Will the distant hope of seeing his mother again give him the strength to overcome his fears and find his place in this hostile environment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: JEANNIE DONOHOE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A new kid in town shows up at the high school boys basketball tryouts and instantly makes an impression. Will talent and drive be enough to make the team?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bumper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ralantoaritsimba Nirina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 18:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: For many years, Max, a young man full of ambition, has been dreaming of being accepted in a prestigious school of political sciences. The day before the interview, he plans to spend the night at his grandmother\u2019s house which is near where the oral exam will be taking place the next morning, thus hoping to be in the best mindset to succeed. But once he gets there, Max finds out his Grandma has decided to take her driver\u2019s license again\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHARON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yannick Karcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 15:42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Freshly retired, a man doesn\u2019t know how to occupy his days. For fear of being killed by boredom, he gets involved in the crazy project of building a boat in the cellar of his suburban house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NUKRY\u017dIAVIMAS \/ CRUCIFIXION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Danielius Minkevi\u010dius<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A secretive man\u2019s inner thoughts confront against the reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garage Romantic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Daniel Sadgrove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A big dreamer from the small town of Togliatti, Russia ponders life while building a rocket powered sled made from discarded trash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DA YIE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anthony Nti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A foreigner in Ghana gets an assignment from his gang to find kids for a risky job that will take place later that evening. While spending the day with two energetic children, Prince and Matilda, he starts to question his decision and how it will affect their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sounds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Leonid Kolosovskyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Couple in love capture sounds surrounding them. These sounds become the symbol of their feelings and one day they are reborn to the songs. Eventually, feelings change, sounds change and songs change too, till they\u2019re gone forever. This film shows the parallel between couple relationship transformation and surrounding them sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DREZDEN \u201cDAVIDA OLEN\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladimir Nefedov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 04:01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TSOY IS DEAD!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Duration: 05:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Nine-year old Kim lives in North Korea. Surrounded by a totalitarian regime every day is the same \u2013 until the moment when Viktor Tsoy\u2019s rock concert interferes with the usual TV Signal. Kim is shocked by what he sees and becomes obsessed by the rock star, trying to move and dance like him. Kim is not the same person anymore, but will his new personality be accepted by his surroundings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Front<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Oswaldo Colon Ortiz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Puerto Rico<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:39<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: \u2018In Front\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Al Frente\u2019 \u2013 is a music\/short documentary of a day in the life of Jorge Perez Bras (Father), who fights with a neurological disorder called Autoinmune Encephalitis, and his son, Jorge E. Perez Torres, who is one of his family caretakers. Visually you experience one day with both of them, all that which the father goes through and the daily routines of the son while taking care of him. Sonically we experience the song made by Las Abejas,  lyrics written by Jorge E., which point of view is from a fully conscious father who observes as he reflects and experiences the effects of his condition on his mind and body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Said No Lover<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Miguel Rodrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 04:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Music Video for the song Said No Lover by Aaron Gibson & Nahuel Bronzini. A song about leaving everything you love, and the demons that follow you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TIME IS GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pepo Alfaro , Elena Gutierrez, Pablo Garrido<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 04:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: \u201cTIME is not real \u2013 it is a human construct to help us differentiate between now and our perception of the past,  The concept of time is simply an illusion made up of human memories, everything that has ever been and ever will be is happening RIGHT NOW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MADBEN \u2013 GRIEF, DANCE TO DEATH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: CHARLES KERAMOAL, NICOLAS PASQUET, SYLVAIN LEFEBVRE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 04:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A soldier wakes up in a desertic landscape. Completly lost, he walks for days and weeks before encountering a mysterious object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ekaterina Yashnikova \u2013 Recover<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yulia Uzkikh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 05:13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Touching musical road movie about best friends who don\u2019t want to grow up. Three boys go on the road in an old orange car. Where will they go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 Down (Official Music Video)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Sam Farage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 06:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The 2 Down music video depicts a journey of a lonely backpacker in a vast, dreamlike landscape of a never-ending mountain range. The traveller seems to be completely lost in thought. Painful memories start to arise from the past and she is forced to dive into them. She must fight the demons of guilt, blame and sorrow within in order to break free from this mental dissonance and find forgiveness, acceptance and gratitude to replace them.  The story is about overcoming the worst of sufferings and clearing one\u2019s mind from agony. It\u2019s about facing one\u2019s deepest fears and painful emotions head on, and growing from them as a person. No one is perfect and sometimes one needs to accept what is in order to move forward in life and strive to do one\u2019s best. Life is short, and we should be spending it loving each other instead of fighting. Ultimately, 2 Down is about gratitude towards life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bi-2 \u2014 God of the Jilted<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladimir Besedin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 03:43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A person deprived of love can become a monster is the main idea of the video. This is the story of the ugly duckling. But unlike Andersen\u2019s fairy tale, where the hero\u2019s suffering is rewarded and he becomes a beautiful swan, there is no happy ending here \u2013 revenge follows the insults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cornwall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Lasse Linder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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BEST NARRATIVE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AMERICAN MARRIAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Giorgio Arcelli Fontana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 14:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Leonardo, an Italian immigrant who lives in New York, marries a Latina woman, Nikki, to obtain the American greencard. Through the comedy of it all Nikki and Leo fall in love \u201cfor real\u201d but it looks like \u201cUncle Sam\u201d will be the one to have the last laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where is the wolf?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Jonathan Norberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 26:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Maj causes a devastating accident which turns her life into a living nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cover<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vahid Alvandifar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Synopsis: Everyone has a reason<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ONE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: JAVIER MARCO RICO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screenwriter: Arnaud Gabriel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: Far out at sea, a cell phone floating inside an air-tight bag starts to ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Good Ol\u2019 Bernie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Olivier Ducray, Wilfried M\u00e9ance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 11:03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Just retired, Bernie has only one goal left: Win the next regional game of race walking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LOST FACE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: SEAN MEEHAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 14:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Adapted from the Jack London story: A fur thief must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him at the hands of the native tribe he had helped enslave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy Birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Boris Dobrovolskiy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 07:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: She invited guests to her birthday party, but nobody came\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GETTING FAT IN A HEALTHY WAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: KEVORK ASLANYAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 22:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In a world where gravity is weak and skinny people fly into the sky, Constantine has never left the apartment he shares with his father Atanas. But one day the beautiful stewardess who moves into the building will change Constantine\u2019s life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IN BETWEEN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ana Pasti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 20:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: It\u2019s a late December night. Amalia is a career driven woman in her mid thirties and a mistress in a complicated love affair with a complicated man. While waiting to hear from her lover, Amalia encounters a 12 year old boy selling used books in the parking lot of a fast food drive through. She decides to \u201csave\u201d him from the long hours of waiting in the cold winter\u2019s night for his bus to arrive in the morning, by giving him a ride home. The more they drive into the night the less certain it is who is saving who\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaving for Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ariel Goldenberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 05:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: \u201cTatile Gidiyoruz\u201d project; is a short film based on the theme of \u201cChanging climates \u2013 Changing lives\u201d. The family that owns Ye\u015filova Farm has been struggling with drought, disease and soil inefficiency due to global warming in recent years. This struggle is now over and the farm has to be abandoned. The film, which witnesses this family\u2019s abandonment day, is narrated through the eyes of the house until you see the family for real in the road sequences, and this narration is accompanied by the voice of the little girl carrying the movie. The family tries to protect the little girl from this sad abandonment with the cover \u201cleaving for holiday\u201d. \u201cTatile Gidiyoruz\u201d is the story of Ye\u015filova Farm family\u2019s being ripped from their roots and abandoning their past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DAVID<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Zachary Woods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He\u2019s not the only one who needs help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST RUSSIAN FILM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Advocate Is Not Needed <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Artem Minakov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: Vasiliy Chertkov is accused of murder and is questioned by high-class lawyer from a big company who is sent to verify qualification. The lawyer convinces Chertkov that there will be no \u2018case\u2019 at all if he goes to one very profitable deal. What price should Chertkov pay to clear all the charges? And what secret is hidden behind the lawyer\u2019s expensive suit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sounds <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Leonid Kolosovskyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 12:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Couple in love capture sounds surrounding them. These sounds become the symbol of their feelings and one day they are reborn to the songs. Eventually, feelings change, sounds change and songs change too, till they\u2019re gone forever. This film shows the parallel between couple relationship transformation and surrounding them sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE UNKNOWN RACER <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Danya Razuvaev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 08:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Short movie about the amateur racer, who is going to be the first racer from russia who took part in one of the toughest race in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TSOY IS DEAD! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Duration: 05:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Nine-year old Kim lives in North Korea. Surrounded by a totalitarian regime every day is the same \u2013 until the moment when Viktor Tsoy\u2019s rock concert interferes with the usual TV Signal. Kim is shocked by what he sees and becomes obsessed by the rock star, trying to move and dance like him. Kim is not the same person anymore, but will his new personality be accepted by his surroundings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My own sky <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Duration: 29:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The story takes place in the nearest future. The main character, Georgiy, spends every night at the lake looking up at flying spacecrafts. One day he decides to spend all the family money and buys a spacecraft. When he finds out that the rocket is out of order and may cost him his life, Georgiy takes a chance and organizes a space journey for his children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love Eve <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u041a\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u043d\u0436\u0443\u043b\u0430<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 16:36<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Nastya has only one friend called Eve. A dark creature living in a tunnel at an abandoned hydroelectric station. One day, the girl decides to escape from her mother and her new lover, but Eve comes to their house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quarantine <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Aleksandr Khant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 14:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Irina works as an accountant. In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic she decides to go to the office to transfer salaries to the company\u2019s employees. However, her plan falls apart when she meets Boris, the paranoid security guard who protects the office not only from robbers but also from the virus itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy Birthday <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Boris Dobrovolskiy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 07:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: She invited guests to her birthday party, but nobody came\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ekaterina Yashnikova \u2013 Recover <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yulia Uzkikh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 05:13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Touching musical road movie about best friends who don\u2019t want to grow up. Three boys go on the road in an old orange car. Where will they go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u041fUZZLE <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anastasiya Sovashchenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 19:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: This film is about the moment when a person creates something unique and creative. We will consider what the process consists of, what hinders it and what helps. It\u2019s like traveling from room to room, where dance parts that symbolize details of puzzle that called \u201cCreativity\u201d We use a novel narrative structure And single-frame shooting. Hidden cuts will help us to match parts together adds continuity to the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bi-2 \u2014 God of the Jilted <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladimir Besedin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 03:43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A person deprived of love can become a monster is the main idea of the video. This is the story of the ugly duckling. But unlike Andersen\u2019s fairy tale, where the hero\u2019s suffering is rewarded and he becomes a beautiful swan, there is no happy ending here \u2013 revenge follows the insults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST SCREENPLAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Favor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: HENRY Bruno<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: CHRISTELLE works with PASCAL. They appreciate each other, are courteous to each other and are inclined to render each other mutually. But Christelle becomes strange, absent and bothered. One Sunday while Pascal is at home with his family, Christelle calls him and asks him to come because she has a problem. Worried, Pascal immediately goes home. There, she asks him to make him a child. Pascal, a good family man, is shocked and tries to bring her back to reason but the more he opposes, the more Christelle tries to convince and charm him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wings of the Spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Albert Meisl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 29:02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The failed Viennese musicologist Szabo works as an animal carer and house sitter for wealthy people. But when visited by his successful, younger ex-colleague Fitzthum, a rare parrot, which he should guard, escapes him. Szabo sees his already precarious life in shambles, but Fitzthum has a brilliant idea and together they go out in search of a doppelganger of the precious animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shutdown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Cindy Lartigue, Victoria Durand, Amandine Bou\u00e9tard, Chlo\u00e9 Gomez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 06:58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: At the very heart of a funfair stuck in time, a man goes in search of his loved one. This painful journey between joy caught under the stone and the deafening silence of solitude, will make him face the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My own sky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Duration: 29:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The story takes place in the nearest future. The main character, Georgiy, spends every night at the lake looking up at flying spacecrafts. One day he decides to spend all the family money and buys a spacecraft. When he finds out that the rocket is out of order and may cost him his life, Georgiy takes a chance and organizes a space journey for his children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunburned<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nadia Ayala Tabachnik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 13:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Two neighbors and a rough Sunday. Elena, a woman with a well-structured life, the \u201cperfect\u201d boyfriend and perfectly ironed clothes. Irene, a free woman who hates being tied down and pre-established relationships. They are accidentally forced to spend a whole day together and interact, discovering they\u2019re not so different and that sometimes there\u2019s no better conversation partner than a stranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: JEANNIE DONOHOE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A new kid in town shows up at the high school boys basketball tryouts and instantly makes an impression. Will talent and drive be enough to make the team?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quarantine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Aleksandr Khant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 14:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Irina works as an accountant. In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic she decides to go to the office to transfer salaries to the company\u2019s employees. However, her plan falls apart when she meets Boris, the paranoid security guard who protects the office not only from robbers but also from the virus itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GETTING FAT IN A HEALTHY WAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: KEVORK ASLANYAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writer: KEVORK ASLANYAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 22:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In a world where gravity is weak and skinny people fly into the sky, Constantine has never left the apartment he shares with his father Atanas. But one day the beautiful stewardess who moves into the building will change Constantine\u2019s life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The apple of my eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Fran\u00e7ois SZABOWSKI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 19:12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: An eye surgeon has to operate the man who provoked his daughter\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaving for Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ariel Goldenberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 05:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: \u201cTatile Gidiyoruz\u201d project; is a short film based on the theme of \u201cChanging climates \u2013 Changing lives\u201d. The family that owns Ye\u015filova Farm has been struggling with drought, disease and soil inefficiency due to global warming in recent years. This struggle is now over and the farm has to be abandoned. The film, which witnesses this family\u2019s abandonment day, is narrated through the eyes of the house until you see the family for real in the road sequences, and this narration is accompanied by the voice of the little girl carrying the movie. The family tries to protect the little girl from this sad abandonment with the cover \u201cleaving for holiday\u201d. \u201cTatile Gidiyoruz\u201d is the story of Ye\u015filova Farm family\u2019s being ripped from their roots and abandoning their past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DAVID<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Zachary Woods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writers: Zachary Woods, Brandon Gardner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He\u2019s not the only one who needs help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST STUDENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All Good<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Luisa Ricar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 18:58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: All good. Party a little, some drugs, together suppress the seriousness of the world. All good. From weekend to another, open relationship, the occasional sex between friends. All good. Not being able to say no. Not being able to talk about. Not wanting to over react. Still, everything all good? \u2013 All Good is a drama about a young women who couldn\u2019t say no but realizes that nothing is all good anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Eyelashes Of Giraffe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: YUZHENGDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 14:37<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The story between a man who was released from prison and a girl who was looking for her father. Written and Directced By YuZhengda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heart Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Guy Lichtenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 08:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Sganarell\u2019s tobacco shop makes its business over the disappearance of Doni, a don juan who left so many broken hearts behind. Now Sganarell has to deal with the Drama, as two of these ladies appear in his shop unexpectedly at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Next One<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Dominik Gy\u00f6rgy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Czech Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Synopsis: About men without men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love Eve<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u041a\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u043d\u0436\u0443\u043b\u0430<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 16:36<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Nastya has only one friend called Eve. A dark creature living in a tunnel at an abandoned hydroelectric station. One day, the girl decides to escape from her mother and her new lover, but Eve comes to their house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Amazing World of Emma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Laurence Roberts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A University student\u2019s life is turned upside down when she discovers the existence of a website dedicated to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Outsiders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Gleb Osatinski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 11:52<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Dmitry and Zhenya are Russians living in New York on expired visas, with their 7-month old daughter Dasha. Dasha was born in the US and is a citizen. When the baby has an accident one night, Zhenya wants to take her to the hospital, but Dmitry is reluctant, fearing they will be separated from her and deported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Kirill Khaletsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 08:23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The most important thing in life is people and the relationship between them. This film is about that. It doesn\u2019t matter when this story took place and where, only people are important and what everyone in the audience will discover for himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Psychophonic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Aline Romero<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 05:42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: During a full moon night, a cat is trapped inside a spooky house where a gramophone is playing, the cat will discover a secret while trying to escape and run for his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EINE SCHOKOLADEN LAMPE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Andrius Bartkus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Synopsis: A risk-averse man invests not his money in a profitable business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Painting Class<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yifei Song<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Duration: 10:56<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Feifei, the ten-year-old-girl who wants to enroll for a painting class but is refused by the parents, steals the money from her brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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