Liso has just finished a stay at a psychiatric institute. He goes to live at his parent’s house where he is treated as if he were a child. He tries to pull his life together, but the only things that seem to keep him going is his relationship with Sonia, the Bolivian maid, and the time he spends with his grandmother.

World Premiere, 63 Berlinale

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Diego Star

Canada/Belgium, 2013, 83 minutes

In French with English subtitles

Written and directed by Frédérick Pelletier

A serious accident occurs onboard the Diego Star, a dilapidated Russian cargo ship. Traoré, a mechanic from the Ivory Coast, is unfairly blamed for it. The ship is towed to the nearest shipyard for repairs. In the interim, crew members find shelter with the inhabitants of the small local village. Far from everyone he loves and knows, Traoré is engulfed by the Quebec winter.

World Premiere, 2013 IFFRotterdam

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2012

Avanti Popolo

Brazil, 2012, 72 minutes

In Portuguese with English subtitles

Written & directed by Michael Wahrmann

Through the recovery of found Super-8mm footage captured by his brother during the 70´s dictatorship, André tries to revive the memories of his father, who’s been waiting for his missing son for over 30 years.World Premiere, VII Rome Film Festival

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Jonathas’ Forest (A Floresta de Jonathas)

Brazil/2012/99 min.

In Portuguese with English subtitles

Written & directed by Sergio Andrade

Jonathas lives with his parents and his brother, Juliano, in a cottage in a rural area of the Amazon. The family harvests and sells local produce at a roadside fruit stand, a place of contact with new friends and novelties from the rest of the world. Juliano is outgoing and laid-back, while Jonathas is centered and emotional. They meet Milly, a visitor from the Ukraine, and the local native Kedassere. The group decides to spend the weekend at a campground in the jungle. Against his father’s wishes, Jonathas will embark on this adventure. Seduced by Milly and the forest, he undertakes a journey full of discoveries and fatalities in which emotion will be his sole guide.

World Premiere, 2012 Rio International Film Festival

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Dog Flesh (Carne de perro)

Chile/France/Germany, 2012, 81 minutes

In Spanish with English subtitles

Written & directed by Fernando Guzzoni

Dog Flesh deals with a complex period in the life of Alejandro (Alejandro Goic), a solitary, fragile and unpredictable man who is crushed by the hostility of his mysterious past. The story is that of a man searching for a new identity, but who becomes lost among his own ghosts and obsessions: a man who begins to dangerously unravel and whose perception of reality is warped. Carne de Perro tells the tale in 2012, of one of the torturers of the Pinochet dictatorship as he attempts to redefine and give purpose to his existence

World Premiere, 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival!

In a small abandoned house isolated in the Algerian countryside, Ouardia (Djamila Sahraoui) has buried her son Tarik. She suspects her other son, Ali, leader of an armed Islamic group, to be involved in his death. Ali has sent one of his guards to watch her. In this universe, stricken by drought and tense with pain, life tries to reassert itself…

World Premiere, 2012 Venice Film Festival!