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Dimos Avdeliodis pays homage to Charles Chaplin and all his favorite silent heroes. This is the first film he directed.

The investigation about an alleged international spy after the Nazi refugees in Argentina gives way to a plot that expands, becomes delirious and branches off. A mockumentary that has, at its center, an elusive woman whose trail can be traced in the most emphatic convulsions of the 20th century.

Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties to the work of the young director.

Dans les clous

Burn victims get to enjoy a family day at the beach thanks to an outing organized by the Association des grands brûlés.

Every year, five to ten percent of all deceased Berliners are buried by the authorities because no relatives are found. Most of them are put into the ground by mortician Bernd Simon going alone. But sometimes companions do turn up and say goodbye in their very own way. An observational documentary about an undertaker who actually wanted to become an entertainer, a bizarre city portrait and a mirror of how we deal with death, mourning and commemoration.

La Pepperette

One spring evening, Nino, a young writer of flamboyant, kitschy melos, finds himself catapulted into the nightclub of a city on the edge of the world. How did he end up there? Between two drinks, under the benevolent gaze of Rosa, a philosophical barmaid, and Al, a young customer, memories of his incredible evening gradually surface, like fragments of a love film that has yet to find its ending.

Judith is a member of the mariachi band "La Estampa de Calimaya" and the only woman in the group. She's also mother of two kids and lives in Toluca.

May's sister Gemma has become a goth overnight, causing May to explore the fantastical reasons for the sudden change, while also going on a journey of self-discovery.

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight, and as everyone races home Mater is left alone primed for a good old-fashioned scare.

At Adams College, the jocks rule from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own frat to protect their outcast brothers, the nerds soon find themselves in a battle royale as the Alpha Betas try to crush their new rivals.

Alan, a 70-something widower, struggles to accept the fact that he's not the young and healthy man that he used to be. This is sparked after his daughter suggests that he should move into an assisted living home.

Henry lies at the side of the road, bleeding out from a gunshot wound. A young mother with a bizarre sense of appropriate uses his final moments as a teachable lesson for her 6 year old son.

Radin

A local man attempts to take advantage of a global crisis by forming a proper cult. Like every good cult, there is a nefarious end game.

An informercial salesman reconciles his loneliness after 5 years spent in the post apocalyptic ruins by creating an infomercial about killing giant bugs, but the thing is, he's really just lost it after a year in quarantine.

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.