Bafici
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The Portuguese filmmaker investigates spectators, ranging from Citizen Kane watched on a smartphone to a soccer match projected in a film theater, mixed with interviews to critics, filmmakers, and cinephiles.
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A foray into the personal, mental and creative universe of a unique artist who, at 89, continues being not only an enigmatic figure for Russian culture, but also for culture in general.
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Through stock footage and interviews, this documentary playfully tells of the sexual revolution and the rise of porn that took place in Italy in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, where battles for political, cultural and personal freedoms took place.
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Four months a year, the Basque cider bars attract thousands of people, both local and foreign. Everyone waits to fulfill the tradition: enjoying a menu of Spanish omelette, cod, chop and cheese, and drinking cider to the cry of “¡txotx!”.
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Big names of the Spanish food vanguard remember how they were able to spread throughout the world their passion for reinventing cooking with absolute freedom and creating a new language that is now spoken worldwide.
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When the president of Senegal runs for reelection in 2011 after two mandates, rappers Thiat and Kilifeu start a revolution for democracy. Rama Thiaw captures the conflicts between music and politics, the street and the State.
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A father and his son find themselves surrounded by a landscape that takes them away from everyday life. A kite getting stuck on a tree is just the trigger for an explosive amount of narrated adventures that, in the end, stand as a family love story.
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In a 25 years-old home video, a kid insistently asks his dad if he can play with the camera. Once an adult, he returns to that place to reflect on how all those years that passed have affected a place where time seems to have come to a halt. The cycle of life as seen by its protagonist and spectator.
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An old photograph works as the starting point of this exploration. The image dates from the late-19th Century, and through it, the Austrian filmmaker transports as to the epicenter of cinematic nature.
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A cartoon artist accidentally kills his best friend and finds a creative way of getting rid of the body. Soon after, he discovers his friend was seeing his girlfriend and unintentionally grabs the attention of a serial killer.
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The Iranian filmmaker tells the story of graffiti in Teheran, from the 1979 revolution that led to the fall of the Shah to 2008’s Green Revolution.
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