16memories (16memorias)
(Colombia,53 min.)
Director: Camilo Botero Jaramillo
Cast:
Mario Posada Ochoa, Maria Eugenia Saldarriaga, Jorge Mario Posada aldarriaga, Andrés Posada Saldarriaga, Pilar Posada Saldarriaga, Susana Posada Saldarriaga, Maria Eugenia Posada Saldarriaga, Dora Posada Saldarriaga, Catalina Posada Saldarriaga
Sixteen childhood memories. Director Camilo Botero was offered 33 hours of beautiful 16mm color home movies shot by Colombian industrialist Mario Posada Ochoa of his family growing up from 1945 to 1971. The resulting film is a delicate collage of childhood memories. This film is preceed by the short film Not All Rivers Flow to the Sea by Santiago Trujillo.
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9 to 5: Days in Porn
(Germany,96 min.)
Director: Jens Hoffmann
Cast:
Belladonna, Sasha Grey, Mia Rose, Katja Kassin, Rody Deville, Otto Bauer, Audrey Hollander, Mark Spiegler, Jim Powers, John Stagliano, Dr. Sharon Mitchell, Tom Herold and others
Follows the lives of ten porn stars over the course of a year. A married couple, sisters, and an 18-year-old rising star are some of the characters that offer a glimpse into the inner workings of the adult entertainment industry. Strong Adult Content
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Fura in Vivo, La
(France,71 min.)
Director: Matteo Minetto
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An unconventional sensory voyage revealing the essence of La Fura dels Baus, a Catalan theatrical group known for its unconventional urban theater. The driving force behind the film is the raw emotion resulting from a variety of performances, from project creation to stage production and casting, culminating with its premier in China.
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Inheritors, The (Los Herederos)
(Mexico,90 min.)
Director: Eugenio Polgovsky
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Eugenio Polgovsky offers a stunning, unadorned portrait of the daily lives of poor working indigenous children in northern Mexico. A documentary culled from three years of filming, Poglovsky denounces the exploitation of these children while celebrating their resilience and resourcefulness. A documentary for the heart and mind.
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Last Words (Derniers Mots)
(Netherlands,55 min.)
Director: Arno Hagers, Erik Lieshout, Reinier van Brummelen
Cast:
Michel Houellebecq, Frederic Bauchau, Benoît Magimel
Documentary film based on the adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's book The Possibility of an Island, into his first feature film. The narrative dwells on the particular themes of the book, emphasizing the loss of love and the fear of space. Mythical punk rocker Iggy Pop provides an awe-inspiring soundtrack.
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Man Who Bottled Clouds, The (O Homem Que Engarrafava Nuvens)
(Brazil/USA,105 min.)
Director: Lírio Ferreira
Cast:
Bebel Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Cordel do Fogo encantado, David Byrne, Denise Dummont, Elba Ramalho, Forró In The Dark, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Lenine, Luiz Gonzaga, Maria Bethânia, Miho Hatori, Os Mutantes, Otto, Raimundo Fagner, Senador Inácio Arruda, Sivuca, Wagner Tiso, Zeca Pagodinho
The multi-talented Humberto Teixeira revolutionized the course of Brazilian popular music when in the forties he introduced the northeastern rhythms of Baião to the entire country. This fascinating documentary searches for Teixeira and by revealing him, demonstrates the intimate relationship between music and national identity in Brazil.
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Mental (Seishin)
(Japan/USA,135 min.)
Director: Kazuhiro Soda
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Observing the complex world of an innovative outpatient mental health clinic in Japan in cinéma vérité style, Mental breaks a major taboo against discussing mental illness in Japanese society, capturing the candid lives of people coping with suicidal tendencies, poverty, sense of shame, apprehension and sociophobia.
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Oblivion (El Olvido)
(Netherlands/Peru,93 min.)
Director: Heddy Honigmann
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Dutch filmmaker Heddy Honigman returns to Lima, Peru, where she was born, for her latest quirky, deeply humanist exploration of everyday resilience and resignation. Lima is "the forgotten city"; in the shadow of the presidential palace, buskers and bartenders tell how they survive the destruction of the economy by a succession of leaders.
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Road to Fallujah, The
(USA,80 min.)
Director: Mark Manning
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Personal journey of an American citizen into the heart of the Iraq war. Mark Manning, the only westerner to live with the people of Fallujah immediately following the devastating November 2004 battle that destroyed the city, offers a humanizing account of the Iraqi experience, and alternative solutions to war.
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Servicios Prestados
(Argentina,52 min.)
Director: Diego Lerman
Cast:
Carmen Felix
One of Argentina's boldest young talents, Diego Lerman (Suddenly) returns to the Miami International Film Festival with this compelling documentary on Carmen Felix, a health care agent working in the "hot border" area that separates Argentina and Bolivia. Lerman is clearly inspired by this community organizer.
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Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies (Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo)
(Mexico,83 min.)
Director: Yulene Olaizola
Cast:
Rosa Elena Carbajal y Florencia Vega Moctezuma
Yulene Olaizola's debut documentary has fascinated audiences and garnered awards on the international festival circuit. A portrait of a mysterious, talented and disturbed young man who died under unexplained circumstances and may have been the serial killer who stalked Mexico City's red light district in the early 90s.
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Unidad 25
(Argentina,90 min.)
Director: Alejo Hoijman
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In Alejo Hoijman's uncompromising documentary, religion and indoctrination blur when violent offender Simon Pedro enters a prison dominated by a strict, relentless program of evangelical Christianity. Criminal banter plays less as streetwise bravado than as churchgoing confessionals. But is faith simply a survival mechanism, or is the inmate soul-searching truly transformative?
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