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Waves
Documentaries Competition
Director: Ahmed Nour
Synopsis: A very personal reflection on the Egyptian revolution presented by Ahmed Nour through the city of Suez where the first spark of the revolution ignited.
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My Love Awaits Me by the Sea
Documentaries Competition
Director: Mais Darwazah
Synopsis: A poetic documentary narrating the story of the director who takes a first time journey back to her homeland,
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Lost in the Bewilderness
Documentaries Competition
Director: Alexandra Anthony
Synopsis: Filmed for over 20 years, Alexandra Anthony’s dramatic documentary chronicles the story of her cousin,
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Kismet
Documentaries Competition
Director: Nina Maria Paschalidou
Synopsis: With unprecedented access to the industry's most glamorous actors and creative talents, this film travels from North Africa to the Middle East,
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Jews of Egypt: The End of a Journey
Documentaries Competition
Director: Amir Ramses
Synopsis: Through fragments of the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the twentieth century until their second grand exodus,
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Guardians of Time Lost
Documentaries Competition
Director: Diala Kachmar
Synopsis: Between courage and fear, between ideology and deviation, between chivalry and violence, lies the street.
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My Name is Mirror
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Katarina Resek
Synopsis: The film monitors the daily life of Ayna, a young Muslim who lives in Slovenia to Australian Bosnian parents.
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Grazing the Sky
Documentaries Competition
Director: Horacio Alcala
Synopsis: Offering an exciting perspective for trapeze and circus lovers, Grazing the Sky is a magical documentary that conveys a personal look at
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Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
Documentaries Competition
Director: Madeleine Sackler
Synopsis: Comprised of smuggled footage and uncensored interviews, Dangerous Acts gives audiences a front row seat to a resistance movement.
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Concerning Violence
Documentaries Competition
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson
Synopsis: Based on Frantz Fanon’s famous book, The Wretched of the Earth, the documentary focuses on the uprisings that led to Africa’s decolonization.
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Cairo Drive
Documentaries Competition
Director: Sherief Elkatsha
Synopsis: Cairo Drive offers a unique look at a special city and its people at a critical time in the history of Egypt.
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The High Heel High
Animation Film Competition
Director: Christer Lindström (Chrzu)
Synopsis: Driven by her passion for high heels, Janette is always on the look for them. She has at least 70 pairs of high heels and still wants more
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Alone
Animation Film Competition
Director: Ahmed Hanno, Ashraf Mahdy
Synopsis: Alone is about departed people, who stand isolated thinking they belong and attached to others. The main character timing and existence is not synchronized with the city next to him,
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The Kiosk
Animation Film Competition
Director: Anete Melece
Synopsis: For several years now, the Kiosk has become Olga’s little home because her sweet tooth and monotonous life have made her bigger than the exit.
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Mythopolis
Animation Film Competition
Director: Alexandra Hetmerova
Synopsis: Multi-awarded animation envisioning a city inhabited by legendary characters from Greek mythology, not living in an epic historical land, instead .
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La Testa Tra Le Nuvole
Animation Film Competition
Director: Roberto Catani
Synopsis: A child’s daydream during a school lesson is abruptly interrupted by the teacher who threatens to cut off an ear to his young student to "stimulate" the concentration .
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Father
Animation Film Competition
Director: Santiago 'bou' Grasso
Synopsis: Set in 1983 Argentina, a woman is devoting herself to care for her sick father, a retired officer, and her daily routine is set by the ticking of the clock.
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Family in the Park
Animation Film Competition
Director: Pedro “Zulu” González
Synopsis: A Sunday trip to the park inspires happiness for the patriarch of a visiting family. However, a thoughtfully posed question forces him to find the source
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Baths
Animation Film Competition
Director: Tomek Ducki
Synopsis: The film takes us into the murky waters of fantasy. With a cool kind of magic, this delicately stylized film draws us into various layers of reality,
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Ana - A Palindrome
Animation Film Competition
Director: Joana Toste
Synopsis: In a desperate moment of her life, Ana discovers that her life is a typical embodiment of the known Greek mythology,
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A Cup of Turkish Coffee
Animation Film Competition
Director: Nazli Eda Noyan amd Daghan Celayir
Synopsis: No matter how hard she resists looking at her old family photographs, an old woman brings to memory her old events and feelings,
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Zela Trovke
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Asier Altuna
Synopsis: “Moritats” are old folk songs about crimes and are typical of Central Europe. ZELA TROVKE is a “moritat” from Slovakia and the Holland Baroque Society has recovered it to include it in its Barbaric Beauty program
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Xenos
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Synopsis: Aspiring to start a new life in a European country, Abu Eyad and others flee from the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp, reaching Greece which is stuck in a serious economic, political and social crisis
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The Visit
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Matej Bobrik
Synopsis: In a care house, the residents lead unruffled quite lives except on Sundays which is the visiting day.
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The Orchard Keepers
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Bryony Dunne
Synopsis: To a backdrop of political upheaval, an island of green life floats in an arid desert; two Bedouin embark on a daily quest to keep their orchard alive
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Romy, I am Shy
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Andreas Grutzner
Synopsis: Juergen Vollmer is a talented photographer who hung out with the Beatles at the Hamburg music club Kaiserkeller back in 1960 where he took several photos.
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Pure State of the Soul
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Uğur Egemen İres
Synopsis: Yusuf Ires is originally an Armenian Muslim who decides to be baptized at the age of 71.
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Om Amira
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Naji Esmail
Synopsis: Om Amira, resides with her family on a roof top in Downtown Cairo. Having no other option but to toughen up to support her family and her sick daughter suffering from a heart condition
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My Old Grandmother
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Hadi Moussally
Synopsis: When time flies and life is boring, the only thing we wait for is death. Mayssar, the old grandmother, leads a boring life where days go by and blend into each other
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Joanna
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Aneta Kopacz
Synopsis: From the darkest moments of her life which is about to end within 3 months, Joanna has become an icon of a thoughtful and joyful life.
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Inside The Game
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Omar Manjouneh
Synopsis: Being trapped within a game is more than just a metaphor with the widespread use of video games, and their imaginary parallel worlds influencing young generations of Egyptian .
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Identities
Short Documentary Competition
Director: Aiste Zegulyte
Synopsis: A short documentary reflecting on self-identity and journey in search of beauty.
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Agri And The Mountain
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Hasan Serin
Synopsis: An award-winning short film that tracks a day in the life of a 6-year-old girl who lives in Ağri Ve Dağ, a small village in the outskirts of Mount Ararat at winter time.
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AVERY PRIVATE PLACE
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Jamal Al Ghailan
Synopsis: A one-scene drama highlighting the stories of 14 ladies, from different walks of life, happened to pass by the same place, where each of them gets a one-minute chance to shed light on her different personality, needs, and interests.
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Des ( pecho) truccion
Short Fiction Competition
Director: María Ruiz
Synopsis: A bitter girlfriend goes great lengths to forget about her ex by mutilating all the items that reminds him of her; she wants to wipe out every memory related to him.
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Flora and Fauna
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Piotr Litwin
Synopsis: Deciding to buy a young girl’s virginity, a high school teacher concludes a contract with a teenager and they both decide to meet at a hotel for the execution of their deal. However, things doesn’t pan out as planned.
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Get Married
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Ismahane Lahmar
Synopsis: A bitter satire on the Tunisian bourgeoisie under the Ben Ali’s presidency through the story of Neila who attends a course at Cupidland to learn all the tips she needs to be the perfect bride she always dreams
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Killing Auntie
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Mateusz Glowacki
Synopsis: Based on the unfinished novella of the same name by Andrzej Bursa, the film is about Jurek, 23 years old, who is tired of the stifling stability and security provided by his aunt. He decides to change his fate and quite her incessant jabbering using a hammer.
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Little Secret
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Martin Krejci
Synopsis: As the consequences begin to snowbell, a 15-year-old boy innocently tells a lie which makes him live a complicated inner struggle. Unlikely, the more he moves on with his lie, the harder it is to back out of the lie and tell the truth.
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More Than Two Hours
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Ali Asgari
Synopsis: Set in Iran, a young couple spends the night looking for a hospital at 03:00 am to find a treatment for the girl who has been bleeding for more than two hours. Being unmarried, they are brutally mistreated and the girl never receives the medical treatment she needs.
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PRIDE
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Pavel Vesnakov
Synopsis: Manol, a retired grandfather, is a patriarch of firm morals which he has always upheld in his household. It was suddenly revealed that the boy he's raised is gay. The life choices of his loved ones challenge his values in a battle he has lost already.
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Rest in Peace
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Dina Abd Elsalam
Synopsis: Trying to pass the night together after one of them has just lost her husband; two sisters spend their night praying and listening to Quranic recitals. Seeming slow-paced at the beginning, the night then takes an unexpected turn.
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SPEECHLESS
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Miguel Parra
Synopsis: Lola is somehow satisfied with her job as a telemarketing phone operator for a financial institution, although she suffers through the daily pressures. One day, while she plays her role to remind her contacts of their due payments, she is surprisingly left “Speechless”.
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That Afternoon We Went to See the Pandas
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Yue Weng Pok
Synopsis: Failing to realize their long-awaited dream to move into Singapore, a young Chinese couple decides to have some fun time, seeing the pandas.
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The Cave
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Ahmed Ghoneimy
Synopsis: Tired of the limited opportunities in his city, Adham travels from Alexandria to Cairo to pursue his musical career and rebound with his old friend, Amr, a member of his former band, who has transformed keeping up with the ever-evolving Cairo.
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TheHunger
Short Fiction Competition
Director: Benoit De Clerck
Synopsis: Set in 1963, three boys go out and play in the dunes. Their game is disrupted when one of them makes a discovery that will permanently alter his life and can only be remembered in secrecy.
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Maradona by Kusturica
Soccer Games Competition
Director: Emir Kusturica
Synopsis: A very passionate documentary depicting the controversial life story of the legendary Argentinean soccer star Maradona,
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Puskas Hungary
Soccer Games Competition
Director: Tamás Almási
Synopsis: From a humble kid coming from Kispest, to the brightest football star in the world; this documentary traces the terrific journey of the legendary player,
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The Two Escobars
Soccer Games Competition
Director: Jeff Zimbalist & Michael Zimbalist
Synopsis: A breathtaking intersection of sports, crime, and politics through the story of Pablo Escobar, who was the most powerful drug kingpin in the world
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Arej – Scent of a Revolution
Panorama Of The Egyptian Documentary Film
Director: Viola Shafik
Synopsis: Four unconnected strands of four young men recount their experiences in Egpyt. Two of them try to reconstruct the story of their hometown, Luxor
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Crop
Panorama Of The Egyptian Documentary Film
Director: Johanna Domke & Marouan Omara
Synopsis: The film analyzes the role of images in the Egyptian Revolution by putting images of Egypt’s political leaders into historical perspective
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The Square
Panorama Of The Egyptian Documentary Film
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Synopsis: The film narrates the continuous struggle of the Egyptian revolution, starting from Tahrir sit-ins leading to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak
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The Eight Wonder
Special screenings Competition
Director: John Feeney
Synopsis: Among the unique works of documentation in the history of Egyptian fine arts, is the set of paintings done by Bicar for "The Eighth Wonder", a documentary narrating the tale of the Ramses II
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About The Resistance (Work In Progress)
Special screenings Competition
Director: El Tornillo de Klaus (Alicia V Palacios Thomas and Pablo Cristóbal)
Synopsis: A group of young people called the “Guarimberos” devote themselves to the rehabilitation of the only movie theater in Amantea, a small town in southern Italy.
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The Place I call Home
Special screenings Competition
Director: Tamer Ezzat
Synopsis: The film tells the story of 4 Egyptians dreaming of immigration. Mariam wishes to immigrate to Canada; Hams is looking for a place where she can find her true self
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