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Set in the mid-1950s when Tangier was still an international zone, El Chergui presents the city on the eve of its independence, as Aïcha resorts to magical practices to try to prevent her husband from taking a second wife. Around her, a society of women creates its own form of active resistance even as the larger independence movement grows around it. Through his unique use of montage, Smihi creates arresting images that present a society torn by the contradictions of colonialism, religion, patriarchy, and resistance. (Block Cinema)

About the legendary musical competition between the famous Turkmen dutar player Shukur Bakhshy and Persian court musician Ghulam Bakhshy.

A film about the dramatic lives ofthe people of the village of Ráztoka during WW I. Women are left without husbands, families fall apart, finding themselves on the verge of poverty. Eva, the main heroine, is going through difficulties after her husband was drafted to the army. Her defilement and her tragic death cause a rebellion by which the village inhabitants finally stand up against their unbearable situation.

A short poem from the perspective of a non-believer, that questions the realism of religious creation, using basic emotions as a motif.

A story of two boys who obstinately, in spite of everything and everyone run to the front when the war was almost over.

A budding romance between two toy dancers is put into dangers when the boy is conscripted into the toy army.

What happens after THE END? The fable of Isabela, a phantasmagorical journey of a girl searching for her true self.

In split screen we see both a utopian and a dystopian day in the life of a girl called Sam.

Wingsuit BASE jumping is often presented as a thrill seeking adrenaline rush. Spellbound takes us deeper into the more contemplative aspects of jumping, as David Walden and friends venture into the mountains around his home in New Zealand. Beautiful scenery and hypnotic cinematography eject us from our daily lives into a world of air, earth and flight.

A poetic film about ancient Lithuanian traditions and rituals.