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If the Seed Doesn’t Die
Romania about 200 years ago. Peasants drag a wooden church across a frozen lake to their village. They’re not allowed to build one, because they…Published on: -
Norteado
After several documentaries, Rigoberto Perezcano makes his debut as a fiction director with an appealing feature filled with documentary detail and psychological insight. The protagonist…Published on: -
Alice’s House
In this feature début by documentary maker Teixeira, a drama unfolds that matches up to his earlier work in terms of intensity and social themes.…Published on: -
Hakuoki
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Electrical Gaza
Filmmaker Nashashibi presents Gaza as a place from myth: isolated, suspended in time, difficult to access and highly charged. The accompanying animation and a distinctive…Published on: -
A Brighter Summer Day
Edward Yang’s epic and stylistically impressive A Brighter Summer Day from 1991 is set in Taipei in the early 1960s. Yang’s masterpiece has hundreds of…Published on: -
Taipei Story
Taipei Story portrays the hectic and labyrinthine capital of Taiwan from the inside. Against the background of contemporary city life, the decay of traditional family…Published on: -
Jean Gentil
After he is dismissed as a French teacher, middle-aged Haitian man Jean Gentil embarks on a desperate quest for work in Santo Domingo in the…Published on: -
If the Seed Doesn’t Die
Romania about 200 years ago. Peasants drag a wooden church across a frozen lake to their village. They’re not allowed to build one, because they…Published on: -
Main-Ma-Le Thein Kywe
Dramatic, romantic and one of Burma’s most popular films from the past year. Mi Thein Kywe, a simple girl, lives in a small village. She…Published on: