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Paraísos artificiales
The director of the award-winning documentary Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies makes an impressive feature debut with an atmospheric narrativePublished on: -
1001 Irans
From Europe to the USA, people express their views and build a colourful mosaic of Iran and its inhabitants. Politics is of course included. ScreenedPublished on: -
Los últimos cristeros
The eternal battle between worldly rulers and believers resulted in the 1930s in Mexico in a bloody rebellion by the so-called Christeros. Meyer (WadlPublished on: -
Verano
The informal intimacy of amateur film formats, such as Hi8 or MP4, is often used by film makers. But seldom with such intense beauty as…Published on: -
El invierno de los raros
In the cold and damp winter in the heart of the Argentine outback, far from the bustle of modern life, people routinely do what they…Published on: -
Malaventura
One day, a nameless old man in Mexico City feels that he his life will end – and with it his memories. Dignified debut by…Published on: -
Eika Katappa
Collage of images and sounds which the spectator can compile into a unit in his head. The soundtrack, as we might expect from Schroeter, contains…Published on: -
El mar
Raw, surrealist, homoerotic and sometimes violent melodrama – a highlight of Villaronga’s oeuvre. Mallorca 1936: a mass execution by fascists is witnePublished on: -
Tras el cristal
Villaronga’s legendary film debut from 1987 is controversial and has lost nothing of its power. To those unafraid, it provides an insight into human dPublished on: -
Vete más lejos, Alicia
Feature debut by the winner of the Golden Palm for short film is an intimate, poetic portrait of a dreamy girl looking for herself and…Published on: