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• Kompin Kemgumnird
• Thailand
• 2006
• 97min

This is Thailand`s first 3D feature animation. Even though this animation appears to have been heavily influenced by both Hollywood and Japanese animation, it met with a roar of ap...

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• Denis DERCOURT
• France
• 2006
• 85min

Melanie is a teenaged girl dreaming of being a pianist. She takes piano lessons with the help of her hard-working parents. When she sits for the Conservatory entrance exam, she get...

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• Amir NADERI
• Iran
• 2002
• 74min

Twentysomething Gretchen (Sara Paul) is a crossword addict who has challenged herself to complete 77 puzzles in 24 hours. Almost pathologically dependent on noise, she inexplicably...

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• Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
• India
• 1941
• 134min

The film was made during British colonial rule of India, and is a dark critique of the divide-and-rule policy of the British that stirred communal hatred between Hindus and Muslims...

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• Satoshi KON
• Japan
• 2006
• 90min

One of the most ideal topics for animation is the `world of dreams`. Kon Satoshi`s [Paprika], based on the film by Tsutsui Yasutaka, unfurls a novel world of sci-fi animation, whic...

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• Jean-Luc GODARD
• France
• 1965
• 110min

Ferdinand is an ex-Spanish teacher living with a wealthy Italian wife. When a beautiful babysitter, Marianne, comes into Ferdinand`s life a mysterious air comes along with her ? an...

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• Madhura Pandit Jasraj
• India
• 1988
• 100min

This is an encyclopaedic documentary on V.Shantaram by his daughter Madhura Jasraj. While it follows the traditional, chronological long-winded format in telling his story, it is i...

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• Patrice LECONTE
• France
• 1996
• 102min

In late 1770, France is on the verge of the revolution. A country nobleman visits Versailles seeking the funds to drain the festering swamp back home. All he receives is icy treatm...

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• Amir NADERI
• Iran
• 1985
• 94min

A young boy who lost his home during the war, Amiro now lives in an abandoned ship. He spends his days working odd jobs, until he realizes that the only way that he can realize his...

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• Amir NADERI
• Iran
• 2005
• 86min

Comprised of only a handful of scenes and even fewer lines of dialogue, this experiment in ambient sound design is minimalist even by Naderi`s extreme standards. It`s also marks a ...