A Word for Sad Laughter

Dog Dick

James Bell's experimental film edits a stream of video full of the idiosyncrasies we have all seen living amongst the so called 99% of the American population - aka shit kicking uneducated red-necks who get drunk, use food stamps to buy cigarettes, gossip about dead co-workers, and try to make baby birds fly before they are physically able. The film follows various individuals as they go through the different stages of their day. Some of these people clearly have some sort of mental disabilities, physical disabilities, and possible drug or alcohol problems. That also references the film’s alternate title The Great White Apocalypse.

Koma

16-year-old Jonas is forced to choose between his old and misfit friend and his new girlfriend.

Arctic Crimes : L'aube Sans Réveil

Accidents

A research scientist discovers that his project is being secretly adapted for use by the military. When he objects, his co-workers start to die in mysterious accidents.

Ma concierge fait la révolution

This is the story of a Parisian building guard who returns to the Comoros to overthrow a dictator. Fatima Oussoufa has been living in France for over 20 years. As a janitor in a building in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, she is in charge of cleaning and receiving packages. She keeps the elderly company and plays with the children. She shares her good mood with all the inhabitants of the building. What they don't know is that she has a double life. Every weekend, on the Place de la République, Fatima harangues the crowd with vehemence, she speaks out against the dictatorship in the Comoros. This African archipelago, a former French colony, has been mired in poverty and political instability for decades. It is now ruled with an iron fist by Colonel Azali Assoumani. Fatima's goal: to bring down the regime and bring back democracy to her people.

The Best Part

Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...

Margo Lily

A couple is determined to plant a tree in the middle of winter following the loss of their child.

Entangling Shadows

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

Arnaques à l'italienne

Crazy Weekend

Fede just broke up with his longtime girlfriend. His two best friends, Memo and Carlos, attempt to cheer him up inviting him to go out and meet some new girls.