Engaging with the world
SPAIN | 110 minutes | 2017
A single mother and her rebellious son make some bad judgment calls, only to discover precious little light at the end of the tunnel. The 2016 presidential race is on: Hillary or Trump? Caught up in a string of minor offences, the film’s young African-American protagonist couldn’t give a damn. Because being black in America means coming up to bat with two strikes against you... Powerfully authentic, Life and Nothing More takes an unflinching look at the glaring social inequalities plaguing the land of the free.IN COMPETITION
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Japanese director Katsuya Tomita, who broke out in 2011 with Saudade, delves behind the neon facade of sex tourism in a Bangkok red- light district. Luck...
Feature film , Drama
JAPAN , France , Laos , Thailand | 110 minutes | 2016
Journey through the Cameroonian jungle, where ancestral beliefs linger while the local population resists. In each of her films, Marie Voignier takes...
Feature film , Documentary
FRANCE | 110 minutes | 2017
A polemical musical about the working world and unfettered capitalism — neo-realism, updated. Portuguese documentary filmmaker Pedro Pinho made waves...
PORTUGAL | 110 minutes | 2017
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