Competition

"Anak Araw" is a tragic colonialism love story that springs from the search of a local albino for his identity in an imagined past of Taal lake. He believes that he is a son of an American, thus, he tries to learn English through reading translations and definitions from a Tagalog-English dictionary. He lives amidst a town facing an exodus due to precarious events such as appearances of sharks and unexplained explosions and deaths.

Contact
Gym Lumbera
dionisiosandovaljunior@yahoo.com

"Upon entering men in landscape and landscape in men, the eternal life of Galicia was created" - Castelao

Costa da Morte is a region in the northwest of Galicia (Spain), which was considered as the end of the world during the Roman period. Its dramatic name comes from the numerous shipwrecks that happened along history in this area made of rocks, mist and storms.

We cross this land observing the people who inhabit it, fishermen, gatherers of shellfish, loggers... We witness traditional craftsmen who maintain both an intimate relationship and an antagonistic battle with the vastness of this territory. The wind, the stones, the sea, the fire, are characters in this film, and through them we approach the mystery of the landscape, understanding it as an unified ensemble with man, his history and legends.

Contact
Zeitun Films
info@zeitunfilms.com

"In the beginning, women lived apart, unaware of the existence of men. Until one day, when the first woman, Toli, who was brave and adventurous traveled deep into the forest. Toli discovered solitary creatures with big muscles who knew how to climb trees and harvest wild honey. When Toli tasted their honey, she thought they should all live together... "

That is how one of the creation stories of the Aka people from the tropical rainforest of the Congo Basin goes. The film follows their unique community life as it unfolds over many years. We experience the practice of their spirituality in the most difficult situations. Their religion is playful and highly creative in dealing with deeply serious matters of life and death, and may be the oldest human religion practiced on earth today.

Contact
www.forestofthedancingspirits.com

High above a jungle in Nepal, pilgrims make an ancient journey by cable car to worship Manakamana.

Contact
www.manakamanafilm.com

Ricardo Bär is a young man who lives with his family on a little farm, near the border between Brazil and Argentina. There’s mainly the jungle and the settlers, descendants of German immigrants. Ricardo doesn’t want to inherit his father’s land; he wants to become a pastor. Problems begin when Ricardo and the community tell the directors to stop shooting and leave. From that moment on Ricardo Bär tells two stories: one about a deal, the directors’ offer to Ricardo in order to be able to shoot the film, and the other about Ricardo’s life at this moment, his reaction to the director’s offer, reenacted for the camera.

Contact
Nele Wohlatz
nele@wohlatz.eu

Sara is a young girl raised in a family of goat farmers. Her parents homeschool their twelve children, rigorously following the precepts of the Bible. Like her sisters, Sara is taught to be a devout woman, subservient to men while keeping her emotional and physical purity intact until marriage. When Sara meets Colby, a young amateur bull rider, she is thrown into crisis, questioning the only way of life she has ever known. In a stunning portrayal of contemporary America and the insular communities that dot its landscape, Stop the Pounding Heart is an exploration of adolescence, family and social values, gender roles, and religion in the rural American South.

Contact
Doc & Film International
sales@docandfilm.com