Featuring:

SCAVENGERS
Dirs. Aliyah Penelope Cruz, Isabella Moreno
Pinpin, a small tinkerer made of found objects, and Matilda, an origami yellow-billed magpie, reside in a backyard full of abandoned items. One day, an alluring bottle cap flips over the fence and into their yard. The tenacious tinkerer and the mischievous magpie both decide they must have it for themselves, initiating a rivalry where they test their limits for the treasure they have desperately searched for.

RENI’S WORLD
Dir. Claudia Marcela Ruiz
Renato is a six-year-old boy who likes to imagine and read. On the first day of school, he is afraid to enter a school where he doesn’t know anyone. But, with the help of a new friend, Andina, who invites him to a wonderful place, he finds a book in the school library about origami. Out of the book comes a crane that invites them on a brand new adventure.

LUNATIC
Dir. Robin Noorda
An improvisation animation film based Noorda’s poem about the human behaviour of leaving waste everywhere.

PURGA
Dirs. Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas
Winter, 1942. Beyond the Arctic Circle, on the uninhabited island of Trofimovsk in the Laptev Sea, deported people struggle to survive. In this harsh, alien landscape, man is a mere speck. Against the backdrop of such majestic isolation, thousands face the savage indifference and cruelty of nature. Always living on the edge, they must find a way to stay alive.

DEAR CHILD I
Dir. Devin Peters
Dear Child I, written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges takes the viewer on an uncompromising journey into the life of a child living under Israeli bombardment in Gaza. The film intentionally challenges the viewer to look at their own actions during the bloodshed, while also hinting at a possible hopeful future.

 

CLOSING FEATURE

BLACK BELT: THE TRUE STORY OF FERNANDO TERERÊ
Dir. Caco Souza
Five-time Jiu-jitsu world champion, Tererê won almost every battle he faced on the tatami mats, but it was far from them that he suffered his worst defeat. Based on real events, Black Belt tells the resilient story of Fernando Tererê.

 

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