2017
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Sasha and Rita are new immigrants in Israel from Dagestan. After Sasha's dismissal, they're facing foreclosure. How far will a man go to provide for his family? Part Of Shorts Program 9A
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When a virginal girl follows her lover into a mysterious forest, a twist of fate wrenches them apart forever. The girl struggles to be ever closer to him in this fairytale about sex, death, and pie. Part Of Shorts Program 5
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The story about a boy and his father--about a boy and his country. It is a coming of age conflict set in Angola, in 2016, where freedom to choose is not yet what it should be. Part Of Shorts Program 2
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Brett wanted to save his friend Johns life, so he asked every artist in their town to make a portrait of John. Part Of Shorts Program 3
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A love story with a surprise ending from teenage video poet Jade Graves. Part Of Shorts Program 8
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Each year 400.000 people from Africa, Asia, and Middle East try to enter Europe. They flee from war, persecution, and poverty. Since the ways by land have been interrupted, they board overloaded vessels and face a dangerous and often deadly voyage across the Mediterranean. Part Of Shorts Program 6
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How important is Instagram when the world has gone to hell? Very! Part Of Shorts Program 5
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In a dystopian future where fossil fuels were exhausted, ruling corporations had turned to desperate measures to generate energy. Books were banned & confiscated as fuel for the fire, and with them, free thinking had been lost. Human beings had morphed into illiterate cockroaches. In New York City an underground group of exiled scientists, writers and artists were the last bastion of those who remembered the books. The group risked their lives to seek the books, and save them from being destroyed. They are known as The Inksect.
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A stunning VR city created for social interaction within the VR space. This new realm in Hypatia is being created especially for Cinequest and catered to our attendees. Part of VR Cinema Program 4
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In a prison camp, a mother gives her son the last food she has: some seeds. When hunger and loneliness strike, he tries to fight it by eating a seed. One evening, he holds the last seed in his hand. While sleeping, it slips out of his hand and falls into a crack in the floor. Soon, a small plant begins to grow and gives him hope. Part Of Shorts Program 4