Nobody's Home is a docu-essay on communities, work and death in two elderly communities.
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Nobody's Home is a docu-essay on communities, work and death in two elderly communities.
The ears of the standing horses are cut off above the closed dawn. A girl roller skates on the parquet floor of an empty apartment. In the rain-coloured garden, a white rose bush with dew. A film of process, of observations and notes on the inner landscape and the beauty of lost moments.
It so happened that from 1969 to 1985, new maps of the island were drawn up. The cartographer Samuel Feijóo decided to discover the mythical island and for this reason he settled in the middle of the country and regularly published a travel book that looked like a magazine, narrating his own travels through the mythological universe of folk culture. Twenty four years later, a young man wishes to redraw the trip following the trail left by Feijóo in "Signos", in such a manner that the trip through the magazine displays on the screen the mythical world of Feijóo, his life and his inclusion in folk culture.
Life divides two brothers and reunites them again in the city of Tegucigalpa.
Pedro is an average guy who can't seem to find a stable job and has the worst of luck. His landlord, Don Manuel, is an abusive crook who wants to steal Pedro’s stuff and his girlfriend. Finally, when he's put in jail for a crime he didn't commit, Pedro decides that he's fed up and trains to become Chinche Man, the very first Honduran superhero.
Camil is the portrait of a young Puerto Rican transsexual who travels to Ecuador to begin the transition process. The film addresses Camil's aspirations, as well as the twists - challenging and sometimes confusing - that life presents.
The documentary consists of 10 self-portrait stories elaborated by participants of the Matria Project. Matria has been a space of transformation and empowerment for women in Puerto Rico.
A documentary short on the effects of a contaminated 3.5-mile long natural tidal channel located in the heart of the San Juan National Estuary.
What are the pedestrians looking for when they stop in the plaza? A documentary based on atmospheric sensations, the film reveals the human’s need for the company of others. The images and sounds reveal a dream-like show in which the elderly, couples and children unravel inside this oasis, where only the here and now matter, beyond the city flow.
By the year 2078, all animal species from the rain forest had become extinct. Only genetic samples of such species remained, stored and patented by big commercial Labs. Aiming at preserving this genetic material near its natural habitat, these Labs created a controversial project, "Zootizens", implanting such genes in the bodies of Central American citizens who were willing to be host organisms in exchange of a package of social benefits. The animation shows, documentary-style, interviews with such hybrid citizens (a Sloth, a Tapir, a forest Frog and a Glyptodon) as they tell the ups and downs of their experiences with the project.
On December 10th, 2006, General Pinochet dies unexpectedly at Santiago's Military Hospital. His decease triggers a 24 hours revival of political divisions that marked with violence and death Chilean recent history. With high quality original footage and testimonies of four characters that deeply experienced a journey of strong contrasts and surrealistic nuances, the film narrates in an innovative, exciting way the ending of a key chapter in Chilean history.
Cristina plans a quiet friday at home. When she goes out to buy nearby, she meets some friends who tell her that Jimena, with whom she has pending issues, has just moved back to Lima.
In the middle of the night, a group of teenagers practice skateboarding without notice that somebody is watching them from the shadows. One of the girls separates from the group to return home through the lonely streets of the city and someone follows her.
This short animation begins with a newspaper, discarded on a public bench, whose headlines warn of unusual phenomena. A gust of wind animates the paper's pages, conjuring strange and fantastical creatures: a bridge that becomes a caterpillar, a steeple turning into a bird, a dome transformed into an octopus. Elemental forces have been unleashed. Skilfully wielding paper cut-outs, origami, and a healthy dose of humour, filmmaker Emmanuelle Loslier plunges us into a fantastical world in which Montreal’s urban landscape has never been so alive.
Based on the story Mr. G. by Gustavo Roldán Devetach
A wild horse meets a boy coming from the Paleolithic. A bond of curiosity will grow between them, but old fears, inherited for millennia, will awaken too
History of the anti-fascist guerrilla resistance in Granada.
Happy images from home movies are confronted with the off-camera conversation between two women who emigrated from Andalucía to Barcelona in the seventies, people who couldn't film or keep their own images at that time. Giving images to the accounts of both immigrants, María Zafra reclaims the importance of their experiences and gives them visibility. An essay on migration, memory and the lack of accessibility to self-representation.
Speculative fantasy around self-destruction
1980 - Kylian and Luis are two best friends. They always meet in the fields between their two houses. On this summer day, Kylian dares to take out a Playboy magazine.
When a new deadly virus spreads, these old ladies take matter into their hands.
A documentary short film that tells the story of Jairo Briceño, a 63-year-old drag queen from Villavicencio who started cross-dressing and performing in the 1970s.
Performances by the Finnish metal band Apocalyptica accompanied by Avanti! Chamber Orchestra at the Wacken Open Air festival held in the homonymous town of Wacken in northern Germany 2014
Beyond Words seeks to reflect on the weight that our words acquire when we place them on other people through the story of Gabriel, a man who works responding to customer complaints in an office.
Palestine. A body is trapped at a checkpoint; an essential mechanism of the Israeli occupation. The body is pierced by structural and physical violence, which is aggressive and arbitrary and prevents and attacks its free movement and existence.
What happens when bodies defy the norm on a daily basis; when existing, breathing or showing yourself becomes an act of rebellion? A film that reflects on the traces that sexism, heteronormativity, transphobia, racism, ableism and fatphobia have left in their lives and the strategies they have developed to resist.
Carla is a dressmaker. She works in the tailoring workshop to which she dedicates her life. Teresa, a childhood friend, visits her to talk about making a dress for her own wedding. Carla, who feels attracted to Teresa, does not take the news well.
Tito is a film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play. Embedded in contemporary Mexico, it discusses the logic of revenge - an omnipresent topic since the beginning of the drug war in 2006. The protagonists of the film are not characters of the play, but tell the story as witnesses, bystanders and neighbours. They do not take part in the events of the play, but are affected by its consequences. In their reflections and commentaries on the play, the fictitious story blurs with their experiences and the present situation in Camino Verde, one of the poorest and most violent districts of Tijuana.
The two sisters who star in this short film by Miguel G. Catalán are sick and tired of their situation: an accident has separated them, and all they can think about is getting back together. Of course, they live in a world ruled by zombies, so things aren't going to be that easy. On the other hand, there is their father, a madman lost in an imaginary world, who waits for their return.
The film tells the love story of Tita and Ignacio, which is surrounded by dark, violent and drug-related events.
A young girl's peaceful evening turns into a nightmare when her mom asks her to call her phone, which she's unable to find.
Every family has rumors; but not all have secrets. When she comes across a possible family secret, Samantha is tasked with searching for the answer. Revealing a harsh reality to her father, and opening a Pandora's box that will be almost impossible to close, along with a great unknown. since her grandfather, grandmother and godmother always lived together.
The story of Sebastián, a young Salvadoran who returns to his country after spending 5 years in Spain. His parents, Jose and Rita, are Spaniards who have lived in El Salvador for 30 years. Sebastián's return unleashes a series of family conflicts during his father's birthday celebration in which his cousins Ray and Sergio, his best friend Sofia and his sister Nicole are also invited. We learn the secrets of each guest, and José's homophobia causes enormous tension with Sebastián, his only son who is gay.
A world where everyone lives in their work stations. Eat canned liquid food provided by a distributor. Workers which are only numbers, with alienating and incomprehensible tasks that earn them points, that might conquer them a better life. One of them is known as 079 and often stays behind, meaning his promotion is always out of reach. He then decides to steal the necessary points from his neighbor.
Juan takes a trip to the mountains with a technical team and a reduced cast to film the thesis of his film career. Together with Leo, his assistant director and best friend, they try to carry out a chaotic filming, while Juan's personal life hangs by a thread.
In the Anorí region, Antioquia, the eyes of scientists and ex-combatants from the FARC-EP converge to rediscover the territory that sheltered them during the war years. Biodiversity is now the symbol of peace and reconciliation.
SOLEDAD is a Venezuelan short film that tells the story of two children that live in the streets.
History as a social science, as a literary genre, as a political campaign, as a collective writing, as a pantheon, as a prison, as a myth.