A letter, a poem and a farewell become intertwined in a journey full of memories. A collection of poems by the Peruvian poet Blanca Varela is the starting point for a beautiful cinematic letter about the traces of absence and the restrained emotions in what seems to be an unfinished love story.
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Sergio, Ubaldo, Yolexquis and Winston belong to different generations of the Cuban gay community. In this student film they reflect on their own experiences with discrimination, the good sides of being queer and the first years of the Cuban Revolution, when homosexuals were sent by train to concentration camps. Anyone who dared to jump off the train was met by armed soldiers.
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Passionate about sailing, Jean-Paul passes a difficult pass. He accumulates debts and moves away from his own. Determined to take his life into his own hands, he enrolled in Virtual Regatta the virtual race of the Vendée Globe. He puts himself in the conditions of a real skipper by insulating himself for 3 months on his boat in his garden - This trip like no other, will allow him to reconnect with his family but above all with himself.
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As a toddler, Hermeto Pascoal made a flute from a pumpkin stalk so he could make music with the birds. His love of the sounds of nature has remained with him throughout his life. They play a major role in the music of the famous Brazilian composer, bandleader, conductor and multi-instrumentalist – known in Brazil as ‘the sorcerer.’
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Since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have imposed a reign of terror that is particularly brutal towards women. Risking their own lives and those of their loved ones, groups of women are protesting against the regime, and standing up for the right to freedom, education and security. The filmmaker follows and interviews two of these women, Reshmin and her sister.
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During a hot and humid summer in the south, Mr.Wang mysteriously disappears after playing by the river, and the neighbor who secretly loves him, Xiao Fei, falls into sadness and confusion She works numbly during the day, and wanders the river like a ghost at night to find the traces of Mr.Wang.
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In 1945, beneath the oppressive shadow of the Francoist dictatorship, Juan, a university teacher assistant, meets Manuel during a chance encounter at night in a park. With their initial reservations, a complex love story unfolds between them, shaped by the turbulent political climate and the misunderstanding of those around them.
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The mother of animation director Rebecca Blöcher didn’t want to live an ordinary life. She wanted “something more,” she explains in this stop-motion film. The people around her didn’t understand—in a letter written in 1968, a girlfriend criticizes her for going out on her own and making men jealous, while advising her to dress in a more “feminine” way and to join a cooking course. Blöcher’s mother brushed aside the advice. Years later still, she divorced her husband and stepped into the big wide world.
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Botox, Revolax, Sculptra, Hyaron, Juvederm: all sorts of products—perhaps not all entirely legal—sell like hot cakes in Bouba’s Lebanese beauty salon. Skillfully, though not always gently, she jabs a constant stream of clients with all kinds of injectables to temporarily reduce their facial wrinkles and frown lines.
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The flow of migration from South to North America is not only a recent phenomenon. In the early 1980s, for example, Ecuadorians fled their country from the war with Peru, or escaped the violence in the border region by heading to the north of the country. Among them were the family of Wil Paucar Calle.
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