Chicco runs fast to get home: an imminent house call by the SSS (INPS) might make him lose his job! Worried, he rings his flatmate Andrea, begging him to pretend to be ill, instead of him.
In the meantime, Dr. Paglioli and his assistant Raffaele are due to meet for the first time a terminally ill patient who needs home palliative therapies.
It so happens that the three arrive simultaneously at the front door and a series of coincidences and circumstances light the fuse of an unfortunate mix-up.
There is an uninhabited village and there is 'Ndunetta who tells the story of her life. The narration and the images proceed in parallel until they come across a ghost in common: The earthquake of Irpinia in 1980. 'Ndunetta is a life story that blooms in hope, keeps up even with the hardship and by looking back, is surprised by the time lived.
Ludovico accepted the tough choice of his sick wife to be left to die. It takes some time to let him find the courage to reveal their daughter the truth through memories.
In una vecchia e sinistra casa napoletana, sita in un palazzo storico del centro, Yuljia, una giovane donna straniera, viene accolta come badante; la donna porta con sé il figlio neonato e una sola valigia. Ad aprirle la porta un’anziana signora dall’aspetto fiero e misterioso: sua sorella, gravemente malata, ormai quasi dissociata dalla realtà, ha bisogno di essere accudita.
Solo mountaineer reaches the top of magnificent 273-meter Tabuleiro waterfall, Brazil's number three in height.
Berlin Flash Film Festival (GE) | Official Selection
Los Angeles Cine Fest (US) | Semi-Finalist
European Cinefest Golden Nika (CZ, RU) | Official Selection
Short to the Point (RO) | Official Selection (running for winner) *NEW*
The 22 minute length video "Labor of Love" dissects the freelance labor conditions of professional horseracing through an endearing series of portraits of 3 German-based international jockeys including champion jockey Andrasch Starke, considered by many as the best German jockey of all time and winner of the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and The 2012 King George VI Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
On 29 July 1890, Vincent Van Gogh took his last breath.
Despite the painter's silence about the circumstances, his death was put down to suicide throughout the 20th century.
In 2011, following their investigation into the painter's last hours, American researchers Gregory White Smith and Steven Naifeh delivered a new verion of the facts.
In a village by the Meuse river, located near the French-Belgian border, a factory storekeeper named Basile Matrin leads a dreary life with his wife, Rose. The young Maryse Duval, who had just come back from Paris, has abandoned her dreams of becoming an actress. She will unwittingly turn their life upside down. Basile’s great friend and neighbour, who is a reporter for a local newspaper « Le Quotidien de la Meuse», witnesses the comical drama that is unfolding on the street outside his house,and will unwillingly be drawn into this "Dramedy" ...
A short short film, Kaise ('How') revolves around the issue of eve teasing. However, its with a difference when even the male folk undergo such hazards. At one such instance, an aspiring male actor asks his female friend an actress as to how do the girls and women tolerate unwanted attention, comments and eve teasing ?? What she replies is epic...
SANDHYA AN AWAKENING focuses the status of women in a patriarchal village society. It also bears resemblance to real-life instances of gender imbalance and economics, fraternal polyandry, bride buying and rape in remote parts of rural India.
SANDHYA AN AWAKENING focuses the status of women in a patriarchal village society. It also bears resemblance to real-life instances of gender imbalance and economics, fraternal polyandry, bride buying and rape in remote parts of rural India.
Bun maska (Bread & Butter) and Irani chai (Irani Tea)– the combination makes most of us Mumbaikars (Mumbai, India inhabitants) nostalgic. Whether over a college project or serious political discussion at an Irani cafe, all have dunked butter slathered buns in sweet chai and eaten pocket-friendly meals. The city, once replete with hundreds of Irani cafes, now has only a handful remaining. Cafe Irani Chaii that has opened a new home in Mahim and is pumping life back into the Irani cafe culture, Cafe Irani Chaii manages to transport you to a different era.
Bun maska (Bread & Butter) and Irani chai (Irani Tea)– the combination makes most of us Mumbaikars (Mumbai, India inhabitants) nostalgic. Whether over a college project or serious political discussion at an Irani cafe, all have dunked butter slathered buns in sweet chai and eaten pocket-friendly meals. The city, once replete with hundreds of Irani cafes, now has only a handful remaining. Cafe Irani Chaii that has opened a new home in Mahim and is pumping life back into the Irani cafe culture, Cafe Irani Chaii manages to transport you to a different era.
Crossing the USA on horseback, from the Mexican to the Canadian border.
In five episodes, German actress Marie Bäumer and trapper “Hawk” explore the wild heart of America. With horses through the deserts, the prairie, and across the Rocky Mountains – step by step, over hill and dale. On trails that can only be accessed on horseback.
Episode 1:
First preparations in Arizona: exploring history in New Mexico, a ranch with significant tradition, and the simple life in the wilderness. The adventure begins ...
Entre bemoles y sostenidos aborda la problemática que conlleva el dedicarse a la música dentro de la ciudad de Toluca, recopilando testimonios y opiniones de distintos músicos tanto y personas cercanas a las instituciones que imparten la enseñanza musical, entre bemoles y sostenidos nos ayuda a entender lo difícil que es dedicarse al noble arte de la música en una ciudad como Toluca y por sobre todo a darnos cuenta que la música más que un arte o un trabajo es una forma de vida.
En un futuro distópico donde los combustibles fósiles estaban agotados, las corporaciones gobernantes habían recurrido a medidas desesperadas para generar energía. Los libros fueron prohibidos y confiscados como combustible para el fuego, y con ellos se perdió el pensamiento libre. Los seres humanos se habían transformado en cucarachas analfabetas.
Nidos musicales, iniciativa social de Pasatono Orquesta, promueve en niños y jóvenes, educación musical a partir de su propia cultura y tradiciones.
Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna, en la Mixteca baja oaxaqueña, asume su responsabilidad histórica con los instrumentos de cuerdas.
La música siempre ha acompañado los pasos del ser humano durante su evolución, es la expresión de la cultura por excelencia. La música distingue, agrupa e identifica las virtudes más sobresalientes de una sociedad. Santiaguito es una comunidad al sur del Estado de México perteneciente al municipio de Tenango del Valle. El corrido de “Santiaguito…” es prueba latente del valor de las costumbres de la comunidad y el apego a éstas confinadas en una sola canción popular.
Cuenta la historia de un alien que intenta comunicarse con una chica a través de un programa de televisión el cual hace referencia al la cultura visual relacionada con encuentros de tercer tipo. El clip maneja distintos estilos de video que cuentan esta historia extranormal de manera simbólica y rítmica.
El chorizo es considerado a nivel nacional como el símbolo de la Ciudad de Toluca, y por mas de 300 años ha sido el sustento de familias de hasta 4 generaciones. La historia de dos hombres productores de chorizo con historia y pensamientos distintos pero con mucho en común.
Carl lleva una vida rutinaria, luego de ausentarse del trabajo durante varias semanas por una tragedia personal, comienza a recibir notas de una misteriosa mujer que lo visita en su departamento. Inician una relación muy apasionada mientras Carl descuida cada vez más su trabajo y sus amistades. La increíble obsesión que siente por ella lo hará ignorar todos los sucesos extraños que se están desatando en su departamento.
Monserrat Plata lleva más de 15 años siendo Escaramuza Charra, ha pasado por diversas dificultades para consolidar un equipo de ocho señoritas que estén dispuestas a cambiar su estilo de vida y entregarse en cuerpo y alma a defender con gracia y destreza el papel de la mujer en la Charrería.
Patricio es un niño en la Sierra Mixteca Oaxaqueña, que sueña con ser maromero de grande. La maroma es una representación circense que se lleva acabó en comunidades indígenas.
Después de haber sido deportada dos veces de Estados Unidos a México, Betty no puede regresar. Al hacerlo se arriesgaría a una sentencia en prisión por parte de las leyes inmigratorias de Estados Unidos.
Duan Xu, a scholar of the Ming dynasty saw the importance of water—
the powerful element. By inventing the Lanzhou Waterwheel, Duan Xu
channeled the power of the Yellow River to irrigate local crops. This
brought prosper to the dry lands of Lanzhou.
The art of making the Lanzhou Waterwheel was all but lost in the 21st
century, until Duan Xu’s 20th descendent Duan Yicun took it upon
himself to study and learn the craft. Now 74 years old, Duan Yicun finds
the waterwheel market chaotic and competitive.
A Vegas showgirl wanders into the desert while performing her routine. The harsh natural conditions force her to acknowledge her own physical needs, and she transforms from a beautiful object into a living being with thoughts, desires, and a point of view. Yet this is a dangerous freedom, as the viewer turns voyeur and ultimately predator. 'The Imagemaker' engages the relationship of the viewer to the viewed with the artist playing both director and performer.
David es un detective privado que vive en un mundo imaginario para evitar la realidad donde Marx, su ex novio, lo ha dejado. Pero todo cambia cuando ella viene a pedirle ayuda ya que cree que puede ser asesinada, aunque al principio no le cree, su mundo se vendrá abajo cuando es secuestrada por alguien que no descansará por verlos muertos.
Metepec es reconocido por ser una de las entidades más prósperas de La República Mexicana. Este municipio que recibió el nombramiento de “Pueblo Mágico” en 2012, comenzó sus primeros años como una región alfarera, hasta la llegada de lo que sus pobladores conocen como artesanía ornamental con la creación del popular árbol de la vida. Conoce el panorama actual de la artesanía en este municipio que toma como eje principal una pieza que representa a México.
Cada martes en Santiago Tianguistenco de Galeana, se coloca uno de los mercados más grandes del Estado de México, a las orillas de este mercado se encuentra el mercado del trueque, a través de María de Jesús se nos cuenta la historia del trueque y como es que las personas sobreviven gracias a él.
Guerrero es uno de los estados del país con mayor desigualdad e índices de violencia, y una de las regiones donde los movimientos sociales han sido más combativos y organizados. En este contexto, el documental de Ludovic Bonleux revela el trabajo de activistas que operan en las zonas rurales, normalmente ajenas a la atención de los medios. Sin importar los sacrificios que esa lucha implica, ellos se mantienen firmes en su denuncia de la impunidad.
The Hot Springs Arts & Film Institute presents, The 6th annual Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival. Held every year at the historic Central Theater located in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
Fidé is the first festival in France which is completely dedicated to the international student documentary. It's about any filmed, sound or multimedia work leaning on the reality and which was realized during director's studies. Universities, schools, workshops and students of the whole world participate in it, for about 600 documentaries registered every year. Its principles are the ones of the promotion and the celebration of the student creations, except the usual circuits, in which they rarely find their place.
A celebration of Faith in Film, Media, Music, & Art Content over 3 days in New York, NY, from November 30, 2018 thru December 2, 2018.
Diversity & Inclusion of Faith, Inspiration & Spirituality will headline screenings and panels devoted to the victories, criticisms, challenges and opportunities of expressing Faith in the boldest way, through the Arts!
Awards & Prizes
Awards For:
Best of Fest
Best of Shorts
Best of Documentary
Best of Feature
Best of Web Series
WHO WE ARE:
The 1905 Hong Kong Human Rights Film Festival is a newly established human rights film festival in Hong Kong. Our organization sees film as an easily accessible medium to spread awareness about human rights abuses, which can have an immense impact on the festival's audience.
Known for it's quaint location, friendly staff/volunteers, inquisitive audience, consistent communication, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels and other amazing networking opportunities and parties; it's no wonder JDIFF was voted one of the coolest film festivals and one of the top 50 worth the submission fee by MovieMaker Magazine (2016 & 2017). JDIFF also ranks as one of the top 100 reviewed festivals by FilmFreeway. JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker!
Super 9 Mobile Film Fest, is an international festival exclusively dedicated to movies recorded on mobile phones with open competition to all countries, based on Portugal.
Films from 1 to 15 minutes of different genres:
- Fiction
- Documentary
- Animation
- Experimental
- Music videos
Super 9 is a year-round online mobile film festival, the competition takes place over nine months (from April to December) on the platform: www.super9mobile.com
Bare Bones was created to champion the small budget filmmaker who wears many hats to bring their project to completion By Any Means Necessary. BAMN! 'No Frills-No Waste' is our common battle cry.
If you are a fiercely independent filmmaker producing small budget films or a screenwriter that can craft a script that can be shot on a small (less than a million dollar) budget, this festival is for you.
The Florida Animation Festival is a four-day film festival launched in 2016 by The Tallahassee Film Society in partnership with Wells Fargo and The Pod Advertising to showcase amazing animated films and spotlight both regional and global animation talent.
EVERYONE who participates will receive a webinar - "How to Win Contests and Influence Producers" with award-winning screenwriter, Jacob Krueger!
Our goal is to help you, the emerging screenwriter develop as a storyteller, show off your talents to industry, and provide you with a cash prize to help propel you along in your screenwriting career.
We organize the "Rimbaud du Cinéma", an event whose objective is to show a whole range of unknown cinema, to offer a different perspective on works, far from the cinematic standardization and to honor those who produce and make films every year outside the luminous paths.
Designed in 2008 as a contemporary art fair or all Art-galleries were only obliged to submit the works of Artists in visual art, "Art show Cannes" becomes the "AVIFF-Art Film Festival" in 2010 with an initial selection of Artists'films assigned to Camillo Racana, "curator" for a "carte blanche" in Marrakesh in 2010, during the 10th edition of the film festival in December and in 2011 in Cannes during the 64 edition of the film festival in May.
The mission & objective of the festival is to give short films an identity that differentiates art form ,from the conventional big screen.CISFFI 2017 show cases short films that celebrate diverse cultures ,aesthetic traditions, social & relevant themes & other works that challenge &transcend exceptions.Our particular interest is in short films that deal with novel themes,cutting-edges technology & visualization, traditional as well as those that dissent in form, technique or content from the mainstream.
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L’associazione Culturale Esseoesse indice il concorso “CortoDino – Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio Dino De Laurentiis - VIII Edizione”. All’evento collabora il Liceo dell'Arte e della comunicazione Giorgio De Chirico e le scuole superiori di Torre Annunziata, le principali associazioni culturali e le Proloco del territorio vesuviano e campano.
All family friendly films, scripts, TV shows, music videos, all safe for families to view and hear.
Peak City International Film Festival Take 4 (PCIFF) is an international film, TV, Music and new-media production competition specifically for producers of family friendly content. Based in historic downtown Apex, North Carolina, the number one place to live in the USA, the event attracts entries from all over the world to be judged on their entertainment value, artistic merit, and excellence of technique.
London Short Series is the new re-branded DubWebFest. After 3 years run in Dublin, Ireland the festival now resides in London, UK. For more information, see https://filmfreeway.com/LondonShortSeriesFestival
London Short Series is a celebration of the storytelling power of the Internet. Uniting digital media and tech worlds, the festival provides a platform for original web series and short form digital content, as TV and Film production professionals gather in London for this unique annual event.
LUCKY STRIKE FILM FESTIVAL
A Home For Indie Filmmakers
A NEW VOICE FOR ARTISTS
September 21 screening -award ceremony sept 22, 2018
Acclaimed and prolific production company Lucky Strike Films is sponsoring an exciting new film festival! Besides giving filmmakers the opportunity to have their movies premiered before enthusiastic audiences, the Lucky Strike Film Festival will also host an awards show, complete with a red carpet event and after party!
A Table Game, was partially produced during an Erasmus exchange programme in the Estonian Academy of Arts, being supervised by the internationally known animator, Priit Pärn, and inspired by the absurdity that characterizes Estonian animation.
The festival will be held in Abkhazia from 2 to 7 April 2018. The program of 2018 will be constituted only of short fiction films. However, in the years to come this festival will open up for feature-length films and documentaries.
The objective of the festival is the presentation of pieces of screen, support of creative endeavour of masters and young cineasts, popularisation of cinematograph.
A story about a starving artist faints on the ground at a gallery opening reception. Unexpectedly, no one in the gallery helps him out but enjoys watching his fainting in an absurd way.
A B C A M (or A & B Cam) presents a scene from a TV movie where the angles have been superimposed to explore cinematic conventions. It reveals the narrative, angles as well as the adjustments in performance to observe the process in its rawness and mesmerizing predictability.
A long forgotten encounter comes to life through fragments of real and imagined recollections. Longing, memories and nostalgia are at play in a chronicle of an affair, set in a deserted interiors of a Los Angeles hotel. Water is present everywhere, not just as an element, but indicating the subconscious and desire. The atmosphere reminds of Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Fritz Lang’s Secret Beyond the Door.
DREAM LOGIC is a short film questioning the ways in which we approach the subjective and the artificial. The paradoxical 'self-aware fake film' concept stems from the irrational application of logic in dreams and how we either use the same illogic when interacting with art and life, or neglect it altogether.
time and love and I is about a couple who is in a predicament. Amber has to choose between William and the career of her dreams (between time and love). What is her choice?
This film is a self study examining the relationship between our minds and our bodies, our thoughts and our actions, and the sometimes insurmountable gaps between what we think we want to feel and what we actually experience.
Christina and Nicole murder Michel and throw him in the swimming pool, but the body disappears… «Les diaboliques-remix» entirely restructures and reassembles Clouzots’ psychological masterpiece in order to conjure up the films’ surrealism. ( With the agreement of the Clouzot family )
The video "Recover" was shot without the kayaker knowing that I was filming. I accidentally came across this man and was simply intrigued by his meditative movements, his focus and how his body and the canoe seem to merge into one. He'd be upside down, disappearing into the water, sometimes just long enough to make you wonder if he'd ever make it back up. He'd make the most beautiful moves, very dramatic and exercised with the greatest precision. Almost ritualistic or like a dance.
A young woman wanders the deserted expanses with a rolling suitcase. A father appears on her skin like a tattoo. A journey between two distresses where poetry is the only salvation.
A sweater, lovingly and arduously knit by a mother, incrementally unravels as her daughter treks her way across Canada by foot. Along the way, the film tugs at the crossed threads of familial ties, art versus craft, gendered materiality, and the relationship we have with mother nature and her great divide.
“The Knits” is a loving yet humorous homage to the artist’s mother and her chronic affliction of “the Knits”.
3 days FAIR ticket to any screening
3 days FAIR ticket to any screening on event 26th-30th of October 2018
Event start from 10AM-12AM each day
Address: Producers Club Theaters, 358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA