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FILM LIBRARY
2017, films by category (135)
FEATURE NARRATIVE
HATE CRIME
Dir: Steven Esteb, United States, 90 min, 2016, Feature Narrative
As a young man is executed for a hate crime, two sets of parents struggle to deal with the consequences. The clock ticks toward midnight and the exe... more »
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KTM COCK-TALE
Dir: Anuska Rauniyar, Nepal, 90 min, 2016, Feature Narrative
Rajesh is a junkie and dealer of a drug - Nepali cocktail in Kathmandu. Though he takes pride in selling drugs, making money and a name for himself,... more »
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PANOPTICON
Dir: Aaron Keene, United States, 85 min, 2015, Feature Narrative
Panopticon is about a man with a sunlight allergy that isolates him from the outside world. Living in a beachside town, he is surrounded by spoils h... more »
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SOMEONE ELSE
Dir: Nelson Kim, United States, 72 min, 2015, Feature Narrative
SOMEONE ELSE is a surreal drama about the clash of wills between two Korean American cousins. Jamie (Aaron Yoo), a shy young law student hungry for... more »
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SHORT NARRATIVE
[RE] DEFINED
Dir: Danae Grandison, United States, 10 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Two awkward Brooklyn teenagers searching for acceptance while navigating through life and the changes. Who will accept them?... more »
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ADDICTED
Dir: Lance Reha, United States, 16 min, 2014, Short Narrative
When we meet the man simply known as 'Black', we quickly learn
of his struggle against the addiction that's controlling his life.
But after losi... more »
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AFRICAN BEAUTY
Dir: Nishanth Nair, United States, 13 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Taking a close look on the ghetto streets of New York, this film based on a true story, depicts a family who migrated from Africa years ago with the... more »
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ARTS AND CRAFTS
Dir: Nina Gielen, United States, 14 min, 2015, Short Narrative
When Misha was small, he and his mother would spend hours creating their own toys and animals out of sticks and leaves. It's been over a year since... more »
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BLACK COP
Dir: Cory Bowles, Canada, 10 min, 2016, Short Narrative
While listening to a talk radio show debating the death of an unarmed black teen by police, a black officer decides to take the privileged community... more »
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BLUEBEARD
Dir: Rachel Garber Cole & Kimberlee Venable, United States, 10 min, 2016, Short Narrative
BLUEBEARD is a modern adaptation of the French fairy tale with the same name, and follows one night with a woman who has recently moved into the hom... more »
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BOAT PEOPLE
Dir: Paul Meschúh , Germany, 28 min, 2016, Short Narrative
On his journey from Somalia to Europe, shipwrecked Moussa is picked up by a wealthy couple on their luxurious catamaran. The athletic young man is t... more »
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BREAKFAST
Dir: Tyler Byrnes, United States, 9 min, 2016, Short Narrative
When a young man suffering from anorexia is pressured to eat breakfast by his boyfriend, the couple are thrust into an otherworld where their anxiet... more »
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BRIDGE
Dir: Amin Ghashghaian, Iran, 20 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A teenager, fighting in Middle East, understands that his fellow is a spy and he reveals the entry to a city that is a bridge.
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BUILDING #13
Dir: Amir Gholami, Iran, 11 min, 2016, Short Narrative
The movie is the story of human life in the sewage systems in which people from upper floors make their social environment dirty
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BURNT POPCORN
Dir: Rafael De Leon Jr., United States, 8 min, 2016, Short Narrative
When a naive young woman is reluctant to break away from an unfulfilling dating situation, her father convinces her to handle it in an extreme way a... more »
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BUTTERFLY
Dir: Serife Potuk, United States, 15 min, 2016, Short Narrative
The story is about an artist who befriends a down-on-his-luck man in the park. It has echoes of both scriptures and fairy/folk tales. But the main m... more »
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BY BLOOD
Dir: Debra Markowitz, United States, 14 min, 2016, Short Narrative
On the night of his wife's burial, Vincent shares with his brother, Jimmy, information that will change their lives and their relationship, forever.... more »
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CAROUSEL
Dir: Camelia Azar, United States, 12 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Still suffering form the loss of his family, Adam turns to unconventional methods to elude his reality.
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ENHANCED INTERROGATION
Dir: Farraz Khan, United States, 18 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A Muslim-American writer struggling with writer's block is detained by two agents who mistake his terrorism satire as evidence of his involvement wi... more »
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FORGIVE ME FATHER
Dir: Mark Datuin, Canada, 13 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Mathieu and Elise are ex-lovers that are forced to reunite at a family breakfast where a war of words and revelations threaten an otherwise peaceful... more »
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Dir: Don Downie, United States, 12 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Maribeth just needs some help to finish a big project but ends up with much more than she expected! Sometimes more is less. This is the story of w... more »
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GROUNDLESS
Dir: Eimear Callaghan, Ireland, 10 min, 2016, Short Narrative
'Groundless' tells the story of a single mother who, despite her best efforts, keeps getting sucked back into her cruel reality.
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HELL FOLLOWS
Dir: Brian Harrison, Japan, 11 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Betrayed by his clan and murdered for his past evil deeds, a sadistic killer's soul possesses his identical twin's body and sets out onto the road o... more »
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HOTEL
Dir: Mark Clauburg, United States, 29 min, 2016, Short Narrative
When Benjamin's boss at Arkema Corp. sends him to present the annual report at the company's national conference, not all goes as planned.
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I AM THEM
Dir: Kel Haney, United States, 14 min, 2015, Short Narrative
I am THEM is a series of short films that explores the pivotal turning points for three different women. In the first film, a woman reveals the role... more »
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ILLUSIONS
Dir: Julie Dash, United States, 34 min, 1982, Short Narrative
The short film depicts the life of an African American woman passing as a white woman working in the film industry during the 1940s. It calls attent... more »
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INTENT
Dir: Murat Engiz, Turkey, 19 min, 2016, Short Narrative
In a polarized society where Fikret, a 30 year-old unemployed man, tries to find himself as an individual on who he is.
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KIRSCHKUCHEN
Dir: Silke Christina Engler, Germany, 24 min, 2015, Short Narrative
Don't fill life with days, fill days with life After her husband's death, Käthe doesn't want to impose on anybody. She already ordered old people's... more »
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LIMBO
Dir: Konstantina Kotzamani, Greece, 30 min, 2016, Short Narrative
The leopard shall lie down with the goat.
The wolves shall live with the lambs.
And the young boy will lead them.
12+1 kids and the carcass of a... more »
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MANS BEST
Dir: Seth Mctigue, United States, 15 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A depressed loner going through a rough time in his life must desperately find a way to save his dog before its to late.
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MANUEL
Dir: Roger Grau & Maria Medinilla, Spain, 3 min, 2016, Short Narrative
An old couple eats quietly until someone knockson the door.
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ME TOO, YOU
Dir: Travis Williams, United States, 14 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A woman on the path to forgive her sister for the death that tore them apart, searches for her estranged sister among New York City's forgotten. The... more »
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MUTE
Dir: A Color Green & Kyle Garrett Greenberg, United States, 6 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Mute Man is a tongue-chopping madman violently chasing three kids who stumble into his neck of the woods.
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NOW
Dir: Paul Kelly, United States, 11 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A short film starring SAG Award winner Judith Roberts. Director: Paul Kelly Editor: Celeste Balducci Lucid intervals of existential consciousness o... more »
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PARALLEL DREAMS
Dir: Aleksandar Kostic, United States, 7 min, 2015, Short Narrative
"All that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" -Edgar Allan Poe An artist Joseph Cornell immerses himself in the music of Debussy as he makes... more »
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PISCINA (POOL)
Dir: Leandro Goddinho, Brazil, 29 min, 2016, Short Narrative
On a quest to understand her grandmother's past, Claudia meets Marlene, an old woman who's created an homage to her memories inside an empty pool.
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PORGIES & BASS
Dir: Thomas Barnes, United States, 16 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Ben, a native fisherman on Long Island New York, fishes for the large striped bass. Jorge, a Latino immigrant catches the smaller fish known as ‘po... more »
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PSYCHOTIC BREAK
Dir: Andrew Serban, United States, 21 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Idealistic but perennially troubled wanna-be writer GWEN lives with her successful older sister NIKKI, an attorney, in a northern New Jersey suburb... more »
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SANKALPA (PLEDGE)
Dir: Santosh Dahal, Nepal, 18 min, 2015, Short Narrative
Lachhmi Prasad (40) has a dilemma whether to re-marry because of his promise with villagers of not getting married again during his wife's death to... more »
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SHOOT ME NICELY
Dir: Elias Plagianos, United States, 19 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Photographer Sean Wheeler is searching for a lucrative celebrity photo to re-launch his career. After being laid off from his dream job and losing h... more »
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SONNET 48
Dir: Patrick Chen, United States, 3 min, 2015, Short Narrative
Sonnet 48 explores the beloved as a possession thieves might pray upon while the poet is on a journey. A photographer (poet) must take a journey, a... more »
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STITCHED
Dir: Heather Taylor, United States, 3 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A sheltered woman, reeling from the death of her mother, shows her sister how far she will go to be heard.
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STREETWRITE
Dir: Blanche Baker, United States, 29 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A musical about freedom of speech. Using street art as a focal point, the film examines the various ways people struggle to express themselves in si... more »
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THE GUY CAME ON HORSEBACK
Dir: Hossein Rabiei Dastjerdi, Iran, 15 min, 2016, Short Narrative
When the rural man got aware of the truth that his disabled son has fallen in love with their neighbor's daughter, He decides to work around it...
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THE PERFECT NOTHING
Dir: Eddie Shieh, United States, 6 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A diligent young woman receives a medical diagnosis that unexpectedly alters her path to motherhood just as she discovers that her marriage is also... more »
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THE RETURN
Dir: Hamid Reza Mazrae Khatiri , Iran, 14 min, 2016, Short Narrative
A couple in a WAR. Unthinkable to the women of the losing side, shocking. No matter what side or what reason.... more »
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THE SEVEN MEN OF HANUKKAH
Dir: Daryl Lathon, United States, 16 min, 2016, Short Narrative
The Seven Men of Hanukkah is a romantic comedy about a man who's experienced a major loss--and he's about to embark on the most peculiar audition he... more »
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THIRST FOR LIFE
Dir: Michael Siebert, Germany, 16 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Yaya, a pregnant white woman, has been attacked by two men. Her black friend Emeka had to witness everything without being able to help. A third man... more »
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ÚLTIMOS DÍAS (LAST DAYS)
Dir: Arturo Leon Llerena, Peru, 15 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Ramón is a veteran tailor who has been elaborating gentlemen's clothing for decades, but in recent years his tailor shop has become anachronistic a... more »
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UNDER WATER
Dir: Bryan Fitzgerald & Valery Lessard, Canada, 14 min, 2015, Short Narrative
A susceptible teenager, in trying to escape the tumult of his home, drowns himself in alcohol, drugs, and parties. Based on a true story.
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WADE
Dir: Devereux Milburn, United States, 12 min, 2015, Short Narrative
A maladroit bumbler, Wade, pines after a co-worker in the vain hope of catching her eye over the advances of his superior. A brief sense of optimism... more »
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WAYS
Dir: Alex Lora, Spain, 14 min, 2017, Short Narrative
Everyone feels sorry for Alan, including his girlfriend. During the night of the Prom he will have to deal with the pain of his loss.
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WORDS
Dir: Emma Taylor, Germany, 12 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Two single New Yorker twenty-somethings find love and intimacy after a one-night-stand, but struggle with the insecurities resulting thereof. "Wor... more »
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WORKING POOR
Dir: Steven Bozga, United States, 25 min, 2016, Short Narrative
Thaddeus is a single father who finds caring for his young daughter increasingly difficult in his working class neighborhood. His situation quickly... more »
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DOCUMENTARY
HERR VON BOHLEN
Dir: Andre Schaefer, Germany, 90 min, 2015, Documentary
The film tells the story of the last offspring of a powerful German family, whose cannons killed countless people in two world wars: Arndt von Bohle... more »
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LATE BLOSSOM BLUES
Dir: Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer & Stefan Wolner, Austria, 89 min, 2017, Documentary
A 1932-born hard-working poor black man from the Mississippi backwoods who becomes an internationally acclaimed Blues star after he releases his deb... more »
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NO HUMAN INVOLVED
Dir: Pj Starr, United States, 75 min, 2016, Documentary
In 2009 after she was sentenced to more than two years imprisonment for prostitution, Marcia Powell was locked in a metal cage in the desert sun at... more »
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NOT BLACK ENOUGH
Dir: Tracey Anarella, United States, 82 min, 2015, Documentary
A Film by Tracey Anarella Not Black Enough is a film about class warfare and the cross-tides that African-Americans are dealing with within the bl... more »
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PROJECT BAYGANDA
Dir: Montaigne Massac, United States, 60 min, 2016, Documentary
Project BayGanda is a documentary about Bay Area fashion designer Erica Varize's ( "Evarize" ) 10 plus year youth program the "Sew What Sewing Camp"... more »
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THE PROMISE
Dir: Zeljko Mirkovic, Serbia, 74 min, 2016, Documentary
A century ago Rogljevo was incredibly prosperous for a remote village in far eastern corners of Serbia. The wines of Rogljevo were to be found at ex... more »
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THOU ART: DUBLIN
Dir: Camille Wainer, Ireland, 56 min, 2016, Documentary
Thou Art: Dublin is a documentary that attempts to paint an intimate portrait of the creative life of Dublin. Set in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, the... more »
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UNDOCUMENTED
Dir: Patricia Shih, United States, 72 min, 2016, Documentary
A documentary produced by first-time filmmaker Patricia Shih, written from the autobiographical book by the subject Dr. Harold Fernandez. A compelli... more »
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LGBT
ERICA
Dir: Iselin Saga, Norway, 19 min, 2016, LGBT
Erica has a secret relationship to the married Sebastian. When his wife Liv finds out, she decides to confront Erica over an evening of gin and ton... more »
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JUST FOR ONE DAY
Dir: Francis Legge, United States, 30 min, 2015, LGBT
What happens when show girl Sherry Vine retires to become an international spy? Comedy! Sherry goes after LadyGo Diva who has stolen all of the worl... more »
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TO HAVE YOU HERE
Dir: Jen Ackerman, United States, 14 min, 2016, LGBT
Toni and Joe Fiore have been devout Catholics all their lives. However, when their lesbian granddaughter moves in, the grandparents have to reconcil... more »
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TWO GAYS & A GIRL
Dir: Christina Raia, United States, 20 min, 2016, LGBT
When life gives you roommates, make friends. From the creators of critically acclaimed 'Kelsey,' the webseries, comes a comedy pilot about Timothy,... more »
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WHAT CAME AFTER
Dir: Tonya Pinkins, United States, 17 min, 2016, LGBT
A deaf women is brutally raped and forced to have the child by her religious mother. The grandmother raises the child, a girl, in the love of Jesus... more »
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ANIMATION
AYNY - MY SECOND EYE
Dir: Ahmad Saleh, Germany, 11 min, 2016, Animation
A cruel war has taken two brothers' home. Their mother protects them under her arms and fosters the seed of their new life. Anxious her sons could c... more »
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SHORT DOCUMENTARY
4 BED, 4 1/2 BATH
Dir: Amanda Katz, United States, 10 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Sudden divorce spurs a newly single Marjorie to sell her family home of 35 years. We move through, room by room, in this newly made intermediate zon... more »
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A WALK TO FREEDOM
Dir: Dan Pearson, United States, 30 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Donna Hylton's first person interview about the childhood abuse she endured, the spiral of events that lead to her incarceration, and how she learne... more »
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CHRIST/EL
Dir: Andreas Grützner, Germany, 9 min, 2016, Short Documentary
A family portrait told through Super8 footage and old tapes from 1975-77. In it's essence the question about belief. A boy and his dilemma to stand... more »
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OVER OCEANS
Dir: Lisa Tan, United States, 15 min, 2016, Short Documentary
In 2015 an interracial couple remembers their courtship and marriage two years before the US Supreme Court ruled the ban on interracial marriage unc... more »
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RAISIN/ROSEDALE
Dir: Sandy Chase, United States, 21 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Segregation in New York City affects people of different races and income levels in deeply personal ways. In Rosedale, Queens in the 1970s, for exa... more »
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THE DROVER'S BOY
Dir: Margaret McHugh, Australia, 11 min, 2014, Short Documentary
The Drover's Boy is an award-winning hybrid documentary set in the 1920s outback Australia, which recalls a time when it was illegal for white Austr... more »
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THE FISHERMAN
Dir: Anoah Levine, United States, 5 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Queens, New York is often described as the most diverse borough in New York City. Within this borough exists two conflicting worlds: the loud, fast... more »
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TO SERVE AND PROTECT?
Dir: Gandhi Brigade Youth Media, United States, 7 min, 2016, Short Documentary
We see it all over the media, but excessive use of force by police isn't new. We've known about the killings of men, women, and children of color to... more »
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VIRIATO
Dir: Gabriel Stanger Martins, Spain, 10 min, 2016, Short Documentary
A portrait of the spanish society and of a culture that has been taken down and it couldn't get up anymore, living generation after generation, the... more »
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