Films
FILMS
FILMS
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THE SACRED SPIRIT (ESPĺRITU SAGRADO)
by Chema García Ibarra
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Feature Film I 97 min I 2021
While an ongoing investigation for the mysterious disappearance of a little girl is shaking the local community, José Manuel continues his daily routine. He works in his modest tapas bar, takes
care of his mother and attends the weekly meetings of the ufology association, Ovni-Levante, where he exchanges information about extraterrestrial messages and alien abductions with the
rest of its devoted members. When their leader dies unexpectedly, José Manuel is the only person who knows the cosmic secret that could alter the future of humanity.
rest of its devoted members. When their leader dies unexpectedly, José Manuel is the only person who knows the cosmic secret that could alter the future of humanity.
Written and Directed by: Chema García Ibarra
Produced by:
Jaibo films (Spain), Apellaniz y de Sosa (Spain), La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France), Teferruat Film (Turkey)
World Premiere: Locarno Film Festival Competition 2021
*Golden Leopard - Special Mention Locarno Film Festival Competition 2021
Festivals: 50+ selections: Sevilla I Mar del Plata IFF I Sao Paolo IFF I CPH Pix I etc.
Sales: Heretic
THE TROUBLE WITH NATURE
by Illum Jacobi
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Feature Film I 95 min I 2020
The year 1769. The philosopher Edmund Burke has fled London, debt collectors and a ramping midlife crisis to go on a grandtour of the Alps to rewrite his book on the Sublime in this 18th century roadmovie.
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THE ORPHANAGE (PARWARESHGHAH)
THE ORPHANAGE (PARWARESHGHAH)
by Shahrbanoo Sadat
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Feature Film
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90 min
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2019
Kabul, in the late 1980s. Young and resourceful,
Qodrat makes a living by reselling tickets to go and
watch his favourite Bollywood movies.
Written and Directed by: Shahrbanoo Sadat
Produced by: Adomeit Film (Denmark/Germany), La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France),
Samsa Film (Luxemburg)
World Premiere: Director’s Fortnight Cannes Film Festival 2019
Festivals: 50+ selections:
Rotterdam IFFR
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Brussels IFF
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Sarajevo IFF
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etc.
Sales: Luxbox
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THE HEIRESSES (LAS HEREDERAS)
THE HEIRESSES (LAS HEREDERAS)
by Marcelo Martinessi
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Feature Film
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95 min
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2018
Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asunción, Paraguay, have been together as a couple for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened and they begin selling off their inherited possessions.
World Premiere: Berlinale Competition 2018
50+ Awards around the world
including
:
*Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
& Silver Bear for the Best Actress (Berlinale 2018)
*Best Film (Sydney FF I
Jeonju IFF I
Transilvania IFF I
SANFIC I
Gramado FF etc.)
*FIPRESCI Prize (Berlinale 2018 I
Cartagena FICCI 2018)
Festivals: 50+ selections:
San Sebastián
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Cartagena FICCI
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Vilnius IFF
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Istanbul FF
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etc.
Sales: Luxbox
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WOLF AND SHEEP
WOLF AND SHEEP
by Shahrbanoo Sadat
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Feature Film
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85 min
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2016
In rural Afghanistan, people are storytellers who make up and tell each other tales of mystery and imagination to explain the world in which they live. The shepherd children own the mountains and, although no adults are around, they know the rules; they know that boys and girls are not allowed to be together.
Written and Directed by: Shahrbanoo Sadat
Produced by: Adomeit Film (Denmark), La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France),
Zentropa (Sweden),
Wolf Pictures (Afghanistan)
World Premiere: Director's Fortnight Cannes Film Festival 2016
Festivals: 50+ selections:
Rotterdam IFF
I
London BFI
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Thessaloniki
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Busan
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etc.
*CICAE Art Cinema Award (Director’s Fortnight
2016)
*Best Film (Festival Della Lessinia 2017)
*Jury’s Special Award (International Women Film Festival of Salé I
Morocco 2017)
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GLOW OF THE HYENAS (INCANDESCENCE DES HYÈNES)
GLOW OF THE HYENAS (INCANDESCENCE DES HYÈNES)
by Nicolas Matos Ichaso
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Documentary Film
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55
min
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2021
In Ethiopia, Harari blacksmiths have the reputation of turning themselves into hyenas and roaming the streets of the old city.
Written and Directed by: Nicolas Matos Ichaso
Produced by: La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France), in coproduction with Lyon Capitale TV
World Premiere: Cinéma
du Réel 2021
Festivals: 30+ selections: Biografilm Festival I etc.
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SCÈNES D'UN PLACEMENT FAMILIAL
SCÈNES D'UN PLACEMENT FAMILIAL
by Mickaël Bandela
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Documentary Film
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80 min
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2021
For twenty years I grew up in foster care. In an ideal world, this situation, which was initially temporary, would have been resolved at the end of the contract. But fifteen years after the end of the placement, I ask myself: what is a mother?
Written and Directed by: Mickaël Bandela
Produced by: La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France)
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THE INVENTED BIOGRAPHY (LA BIOGRAFĺA INVENTADA)
THE INVENTED BIOGRAPHY (LA BIOGRAFĺA INVENTADA)
by Nicolás Lasnibat
I Documentary Film
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95 min
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2018
Arturo Belano, alter ego of the writer Roberto Bolaño, shared with his creator a great part of his biography. The film searches for him in places where his stories and novels occur, meeting with real and imaginary characters, in a territory where reality and fiction have a diffuse frontier. A new form of literary biopic, where the writer and his character turn into one and only person.
Written and Directed by: Nicolás Lasnibat
Produced by: La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France),
Panchito Films (Chile), Fidelio Films (Mexico)
World Premiere: CPH:DOX 2019
Festivals: 20+ selections:
Cinémathèque Française
I SANFIC Santiago
I FILMAR Geneva etc.
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MOTH
(PHALÈNE)
MOTH
(PHALÈNE)
by Artur Sokolov
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Documentary Film
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55
min
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2019
A little siberian town has grown alongside a wide river narrowed by forests and swamps, somewhere lost in a vast country. Yarstevo is un reacheable seven months a year : the only way to reach the village is following the river by boat.
Written and Directed by: Artur Sokolov
Produced by: Siberian Studio of Cinema
(Russia), La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France)
Festivals: 10+ selections:
Etats Généraux du film documentaire de Lussas
I etc.
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DON'T PRESS STOP
DON'T PRESS STOP
by Maria Morina I Documentary Film
I 55
min I 2017
Dima Voron and his friends – "Double D" rap band – live in Nijni Taguil, the old "forbidden city" lost in the middle of Siberia. Dima is twenty three years old; he works in a factory since seven years.
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THE LOST CITY (LA CIUDAD PERDIDA)
THE LOST CITY (LA CIUDAD PERDIDA)
by Francisco Hervé I Documentary Film I 75
min
I 2016
Aysén, a region in Chilean Patagonia, is the size of England but has only 90 thousand inhabitants. They live isolated, with nearly no roads, in a stunning, rough, landscape. Somewhere in this lost world, a mysterious city is hiding.
Written and Directed by: Francisco Hervé
Produced by: Panchito Films (Chile), La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France)
World Premiere: Visions du réel Nyon Film Festival 2016
*Best Film (Cine de los extremos, Iquique FIC 2017 Mejor Realización FICAMS 2017)
*Jury’s Special Mention (FIDOCS 2016)
Festivals: 20+ selections:
Bpi Centre Pompidou I SANFIC Santiago de Chile I
Moscow IDFF
I etc.
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TATA CEDRÓN,
EL
REGRESO DE JUANCITO CAMINADOR
TATA CEDRÓN,
EL
REGRESO DE JUANCITO CAMINADOR
by Fernando Pérez
I Documentary Film
I 90 min
I 2012
Born in Buenos Aires suburbs in the thirties, Juan "Tata" Cedrón, and his famous "Cedrón Quartet" quickly became on the the most innovative and gifted tango musicians of our times.
Written and Directed by: Fernando Pérez
Produced by: Magma Ciné (Argentina), La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France),
Tic Tac Productions (Spain)
World Premiere: Montreal Film Festival
Festivals: 20+
selections: Mar De Plata FIC I
SANFIC I
Cinélatino Toulouse FFI etc.
*Lena Esquenazi post produccion Prize (Docs BA)
*Mejor proyecto del Cono Sur Prize
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COMALA COMALA
COMALA COMALA
by Fran Ruvira I Short Film I 11 min I 2015
Looking for Pedro Páramo, in Comala, south of Spain.
Written and Directed by: Fran Ruvira
Produced by:
La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France), Umbracle Cine (Spain)
World Premiere: Documenta Madrid I
Festivals: 10+ selections
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HORS COMBAT
HORS COMBAT
by Alexandre Hilaire I Short Film I 17 min I 2018
Qualified for a judo championship competition, Nicolas, 17 years old, suspects his father of having drugged his oponent to let him win. He loses his grounding and feels his anger rising.
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LES RITES
LES RITES
by Matthieu Taponier
I Short Film
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21 min
I 2012
Yves is a glazier, he has raised his son whithin a set of rules which took a ritual form as time went by. Clément is now seventeen. Bachelor's degree summer is geting closer ; while a young neighboor arrives nearby and ends turning upside down a so well-planned way of living.
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LA FUITE DU JOUR
LA FUITE DU JOUR
by Christophe Clavert I Short Film
I 40 min
I 2011
Paris, nowadays. Lise needs the money she lent to a former lover, Stéphane. But he can't afford to pay her back anymore. And Lise doesn't know how to explain this issue with her actual lover, Charles.
Written and Directed by: Christophe Clavert
Production company:
La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma (France)
World Premiere: Côté Court Pantin FF I
Festivals: 10+ selections: Viennale (Austria) etc.