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Feature Films
BELOVED SKY, by Darioush Mehrjui, Iran, 2011, 80'
DAVID, by Joel Fendelman and Patrick Daly, USA, 2011, 90'
FLIGHT OF AN ANGEL, by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr., The Philippines, 2011, 94'
KADDISH FOR A FRIEND, by Leo Khasin, Germany, 2011, 93'
LIMEN (OMISSION), by Emiliano Dante, Italy, 2012, 93'
MINDFULNESS AND MURDER, by Tom Waller, Thailand, 2010, 90'
MODEST RECEPTION, by Mani Haghighi, Iran, 2012, 95'
MY AUSTRALIA, by Ami Drozd, Israel, 2011, 96'
SA GRÀSCIA, by Bonifacio Angius, Italy, 2011, 73'
SETTE OPERE DI MISERICORDIA, by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, Italy, 2011, 103'
THE LAST CHRISTEROS, by Matias Meyer, Mexico, 2011, 90'
THE MILL & THE CROSS - I COLORI DELLA PASSIONE, by Lech Majewski, Sweden-Poland, 2010, 96'
THE POOR, by Mohammad Reza Arab, Iran, 2011, 93'


Short Feature Films
ADMISSIONS, by Harry Kakatsakis, USA, 2011, 21'
GHARGHA, by Zeynab Ghorbani Faryad, Iran, 2011, 5'
GOOD GUY, by Noam Yellinek, Israel, 2011, 22'
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, by Luca Marvanyi, Israel, 2011, 28'
JAGJEET, by Kavanjit Singh, India, 2011, 14'
MEETING IN THE HEAVENS, by Rodolphe Viémont, France, 2011, 10'
MYSTERY OF THE LOOK, by Hamed Sa'adat, Iran, 2010, 2'
SISTER OF MINE, by Oshrat Meirovitch, Israel, 2011, 24'
STAND UP!, by Asi Tzobel, Israel, 2011, 29'
THE CO-DRIVER, by Javier Figuero, Spain, 2012, 6'
THE GIFT, by Evgenij Isachenko, Belarus, 2011, 12'
THE PILLARS, by Moustafa Zakaria, UAE, 2012, 16'
THREE OF YOU, THREE OF US, by Vitalij Liubeckij, Belarus, 2012, 16'
TIME OF SHADOWS SILENCE, by Osman Mohammadi, Iran, 2010, 8'


Documentaries
A PLACE OF HER OWN, by Sigal Emanuel, Israel, 2011, 68'
AGHA SEYYED GIRLS, by Fatemeh Heidari, Iran, 2012, 10'
ALI, THE LION OF GOD, by Mohammad Jafar Bagheri Nia, Iran, 2012, 26'
AUSCHWITZ IS MY TEACHER, by Katia Bernardi, Italy, 2011, 52'
BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE AXIS OF EVIL, by Vibeke Bryld, Denmark, 2011, 23'
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, by Ovidio Salazar, UK, 2012, 75'
CAIRO REVOLUTION, by Andrea Bernardi, Egypt, 2011, 38'
CAP OR KIPPAH, by Susanne Engels, The Netherlands, 2012, 15'
CARRYING THE LIGHT, by Guy Natanel, Israel, 2011, 56'
DOLPHIN BOY, by Dani Menkin e Yonatan Nir, USA, 2011, 72'
FOOTBALL IS GOD, by Ole Bendtzen, Denmark, 2010, 53'
FOURTH DIMENSION, by Krzysztof Zurowski, Poland, 2011, 27'
GORELOVKA-EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF A DISAPPEARING COMMUNITY, by Alexander Kviria, Georgia, 2010, 48'
GUNNAR GOES GOD, by Gunnar Hall Jensen, Norway, 2011, 86'
HERE I LEARNED TO LOVE, by Avi Angel, Israel, 2011, 53'
HERMITS, by Kacper Czubak, Poland, 2011, 26'
IL VOLTO DEL SANTO, by Paolo Benvenuti, Italy, 2012, 16'
JEAN WEIJNOON (GENIES AND MADNESS), by Mamdooh Afdile, Israel, 2011, 87'
LA CHIESA ALTROVE, by Maite Carpio, Italy, 2011, 35'
LA CHIESA GALLEGGIANTE, by Nello Correale, Italy, 2011, 52'
LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, by Jim Hanon, USA, 2010, 77'
MASHTI ESMAEIL, by Mahdi Zamanpoor, Iran, 2012, 30'
MOTHER INDIA, by Raffaele Brunetti, Italy, 2011, 61'
MY REINCARNATION, by Jennifer Fox, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, 2010, 102'
PURE SOUND - THE GYUTO MONKS OF TIBET, by John Doggett-Williams, Australia, 2012, 52'
RIDING FOR JESUS, by Sabrina Varani, Italy, 2011, 55'
THE FURIOUS PROPHET, by David Sipos, Slovenia, 2011, 20'
TORN, by Ronit Kerstner, Israel, 2011, 72'
UNRESOLVABLE? THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH, by Bryan Hall e Jack Donaldson, USA, 2012, 80'
URBAN TUNDRA, by Robi Uppin e Maria Kivirand, Estonia, 2012, doc, 14'


Read the synopsis! BELOVED SKY, by Darioush Mehrjui, Iran, 2011, film, 80'
Shayan is a young renowned doctor, who at the peak of his career and social success, finds out he has an incurable disease. Therefore, he leaves his work and daily life and leaves the city. He ends up in a village where unexpected events await him.
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DAVID, by Joel Fendelman and Patrick Daly, USA, 2011, film, 90'
Eleven year-old Daud, the son of a religious imam in Brooklyn, is mistaken for a Jewish boy. He becomes conflicted after befriending Jewish kids his age, and the longer he plays out his double life, the more he risks driving a wedge in his family. This prize-winning film explores boundaries of faith and trust in New York's multi-cultural backdrop.
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FLIGHT OF AN ANGEL, by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr., The Philippines, 2011, film, 94'
Gabby, a young accountant in a TV network, leads an uneventful, if not boring, life - until one day when he sees an old, sickly beggar needing help. He decides to bring the old woman to a hospice that is run by nuns who take care of the poor and dying. After this act of goodness, feathers start to grow on his back. As the feathers grow into full wings, Gabby faces the consequences of being an "angel."
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KADDISH FOR A FRIEND, by Leo Khasin, Germany, 2011, film, 93'
Grown up in a Palestinian refugee camp, the 14-year-old Ali Messalam, after escaping Lebanon, ends up in Berlin-Kreuzberg with his family. To be accepted by his fellow Arab youths, he complies to break into the apartment of his old Russian Jewish neighbor Alexander Zamskoy, who reports him to the police. To avoid being sentenced and deported, Ali is forced to seek out closeness to his enemy. A tragicomic story about friendship and forgiveness.
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LIMEN (OMISSION), by Emiliano Dante, Italy, 2012, film, 93'
A heterodox spy story set in 2005 - year of death of John Paul II. We are inside an international intrigue based on Christian fundamentalism. If the main theme is therefore the Clash of Civilizations, as it was theorized by Samuel Huntington, other levels investigate the relationship between technology and the Judeo-Christian concept of God.
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MINDFULNESS AND MURDER, by Tom Waller, Thailand, 2010, film, 90'
When a boy is murdered in the grounds of a Buddhist monastery in Bangkok, the police do little to solve the crime, leaving Father Ananda - a former homicide detective - to investigate the murder. With the help of his temple boy Jak, Ananda travels the canals of the city to unravel the clues and catch the killer. A murder mystery with a karmic payback set in the sealed-off world of Buddhist monkhood.
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MODEST RECEPTION, by Mani Haghighi, Iran, 2012, film, 95'
A man and a woman drive through a mountain road in their SUV. The vehicle is stuffed with plastic bags full of cash. The man and the woman are giving the money away to the poor souls they encounter on the road. Is this a religious fulfillment? A good-will mission? A psychotic gamble? As the car ploughs through the icy terrain, answers become increasingly elusive and tension is built up to an unbearable pitch.
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MY AUSTRALIA, by Ami Drozd, Israel, 2011, film, 96'
Poland, 1960's. 10-year-old Tadek and his brother are part of an anti-Semitic gang. When they are arrested, their mother, a Holocaust survivor, has no choice but to reveal that though raised as Catholics, they are in fact Jews. Telling the younger boy they are going to Australia, the land of his fantasies, the family boards a ship to Israel. This tender and humorous drama is based on the filmmaker's own experiences.
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SA GRÀSCIA, by Bonifacio Angius, Italy, 2011, film, 73'
In an ancient Sardinia, rich in lullabies and nursery rhymes, Antoneddu, a ten-year-old child, walks in the street and lanes of a magic world to get to the church of the saint who "saved his life", who made him "Sa Grascia". A pilgrimage in a bizarre and contradictory reality where good and evil mix in a melancholic and surreal harmony.
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SETTE OPERE DI MISERICORDIA - SEVEN ACTS OF MERCY, by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, Italy, 2011, film, 103'
Luminita, a young illegal immigrant living on the edge of a shanty town, has hatched a plan to get herself out of her predicament. To carry it through she bumps into Antonio, a sick and mysterious old man. The clash between the two of them is unavoidable and harsh, but it brings about an unexpected glimmer of humanity which leads to unforeseeable consequences...
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THE LAST CHRISTEROS, by Matias Meyer, Mexico, 2011, film, 90'
At the end of the nineteen-thirties, a small band of men and their Christero colonel refuse to accept amnesty, instead continue their fight against religious persecution. The Last Christeros tells the valiant story of these soldiers of Christ, the last men standing against the Mexican army, with diminishing food and provisions, as they continue their journey against an arid and forbidding landscape.
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THE MILL & THE CROSS, by Lech Majewski, Sweden-Poland, 2010, film, 96'
THE MILL & THE CROSS invites the viewer to reconstruct from Bruegel's preparatory drawings the deeper meaning of scenes of the artist's epic masterpiece The Way To Calvary: a story of courage, defiance and sacrifice. The film offers a vibrant meditation on art and religion as ongoing processes of collective storytelling and reinterpretation; a cinematic tour de force on religious freedom and human rights.
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THE POOR by Mohammad Reza Arab, Iran, 2011, film, 93'
Trapped in a dead-end, facing social injustice, three youngsters try out a personal way to serve the justice, and decide to steal from the rich to give to the poor. Pleased by the initial successes, they keep on going without thinking of the consequences. But they gradually begin to see...
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ADMISSIONS, by Harry Kakatsakis, USA, 2011, short film, 21'
Admissions is a short film starring Academy Award nominee James Cromwell that tells a transformational tale about what it takes to find lasting peace. Featuring an Israeli couple and a Palestinian, this modern parable is set in the Admissions Room for the afterlife. Its purpose is to start a conversation that heals.
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GHARGHA, by Zeynab Ghorbani Faryad, Iran, 2011, short film, 5'
A baby crow realizes that all of his friends have something precious. He decides to steal something valuable but he is not successful, until he sees Imam Reza holy shrine...
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GOOD GUY, by Noam Yellinek, Israel, 2011, short film, 22'
A young yeshiva student falls in love with a beautiful young Indian caregiver in his grandfather's house.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS, by Luca Marvanyi, Israel, 2011, short film, 28'
Magda and Yutka, two sisters who have emigrated from Hungary, live in an absorption center in Israel. On the 24th of December, Magda rejects Jutka's request to celebrate Christmas with her, as they did in their childhood. During the day they need to face their mixed identity.
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JAGJEET, by Kavanjit Singh, India, 2011, short film, 14'
On 31 October 1984, Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards. According to official figures, around 3000 Sikhs were killed and many more were rendered homeless in the riots which went for the next three days. The film takes a pithy and uncompromising look at the relentless guilt that invariably follows a man - Jagjeet - after he fails to save his best friend from the rioters.
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MEETING IN THE HEAVENS, by Rodolphe Viémont, France, 2011, short film, 10'
A father visits his son, hospitalised after a failed suicide attempt. Communication between the two is uneasy. They are reserved, embarrassed, and soon start blaming each other. But when the young man, suffering from a migraine, turns the light off, the half-night that pervades the room prompts him, for the first time ever, to confide in his father...
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MYSTERY OF THE LOOK, by Hamed Sa'adat, Iran, 2010, short film, 2'
The world from the point of view of a baby who is fastened to his mother's back while she is praying.
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SISTER OF MINE, by Oshrat Meirovitch, Israel, 2011, short film, 24'
Ruhi, the successful daughter in a Haredi family, discovers that something strange is going on with her matchmaking. Is it related to her sister with Down syndrome?
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STAND UP!, by Asi Tzobel, Israel, 2011, short film, 29'
Dudi is learning in a yeshiva to become a school teacher. His wife doesn't know that he really spends most of his time trying to be a stand-up comic. He goes to a comedy club when he should be at the yeshiva. This way Dudi loses his best friend. He is now afraid that his wife will also find out. Dudi needs to decide whether tell his wife or keep his dream a secret.
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THE CO-DRIVER, by Javier Figuero, Spain, 2012, short film, 6'
In life, the line between happiness and unhappiness is very subtle. Jump from one side to another is simple and makes the difference between having it all and losing everything. Crossing the line is as easy as difficult to try to go back and fix mistakes that are sometimes insurmountable.
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THE GIFT, by Evgenij Isachenko, Belarus, 2011, short film, 12'
Mother and daughter, it would seem two relatives, but they cannot hear each other. The daughter made a last attempt to get closer.
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THE PILLARS, by Moustafa Zakaria, UAE, 2012, short film, 16'
Chaptered according to the Five Pillars of Islam and set in an unnamed city in the United Arab Emirates. A man tries to restore his self-worth after realizing that he is useless. A woman is determined to move forward after realizing that she has a purpose. They were once married.
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THREE OF YOU, THREE OF US, by Vitalij Liubeckij, Belarus, 2012, short film, 16'
There were three elderly fishermen who lived on an island, the parable goes. One day, a venerable Archimandrite was travelling by boat past the island. When he heard that the fishermen were thought to be holy wonder-workers, he decided to see them with his own eyes. Finding out that they did not even know the Our Father prayer, he started to teach them how to pray. You will be surprised to see the result...
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TIME OF SHADOWS SILENCE, by Osman Mohammadi, Iran, 2010, short film, 8'
An old woman grows her rose and the hope of peace, while life goes on, with its burden of violence, through the shadows on a wall...
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A PLACE OF HER OWN, by Sigal Emanuel, Israel, 2011, doc, 68'
The shocking story of Reut, a Jewish homeless girl, who at the age of 17 had her first son, taken away by the welfare authorities and placed in a Jewish settler foster family. While she struggles to regain custody of her son, Reut marries a Palestinian man, moves to his village and gives birth to two more children. All Reut really wants is a place of her own and some peace of mind, but her life is full of turnabouts, right up to its tragic end.
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AGHA SEYYED GIRLS, by Fatemeh Heidari, Iran, 2012, doc, 10'
One day from the girls prayers and struggles in the Sar Agha Seyyed village, where they are involved in different activities from the morning till sunset.
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ALI, THE LION OF GOD, by Mohammad Jafar Bagheri Nia, Iran, 2012, doc, 26'
The figure of Imam Ali, the Lion of God, in the context of the artistic symbolism and the tribal life of Iranian nomad ethnic groups.
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AUSCHWITZ IS MY TEACHER, by Katia Bernardi, Italy, 2011, doc, 52'
Every year thousands of students visit the concentration camp in Auschwitz. This year, for the first time, a group of teenagers from all over the world togheter with a group of Peacemakers experienced the space and the memory of Auschwitz. In a place, where once differences were supposed to be eliminated, they were confronted with themselves as well as with others.
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BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE AXIS OF EVIL, by Vibeke Bryld, Denmark, 2011, doc, 23'
In Bedtime Stories from the Axis of Evil the intimate and ancient world of bedtime stories intertwine with the strange logic of political agitation. We visit a family from Iran, Iraq and North Korea as night falls on earth and encounter significant fairytales woven together by love, ideas of justice, beauty, and ultimately concepts of good and evil. A film about the stories that divide us and bring us together.
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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, by Ovidio Salazar, UK, 2012, doc, 75'
The life of Muhammad Knut Bernstrom was one epitomised by sincerity, spiritual struggle and the search for inner peace. After a spell as the Swedish Ambassador to Morocco, Bernstrom realised his place was to be found in Islam. His decision in later life to 'interpret' the Qur'an for Swedish readers gave a whole generation of Muslims growing up in Sweden a new connection with their religion.
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CAIRO REVOLUTION, by Andrea Bernardi, Egypt, 2011, doc, 38'
The film tells us about the events that led to the fall of the regime of Hosni Mubarak through images and interviews with the Egyptians who crowded Tharir Square. It also tries to tell the point of view of the supporters of Mubarak who in those days tried to stop - also through violence - the protesters.
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CAP OR KIPPAH, by Susanne Engels, The Netherlands, 2012, doc, 15'
Bram (14) keeps it a secret at his secondary school that he is Jewish. Whether it's discrimination or not, he feels that he has to defend himself because of it. Cap or Kippah is about a child living in two worlds. In the one, he prefers to cover up the fact that he's Jewish, in the other he comes clean about it.
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CARRYING THE LIGHT, by Guy Natanel, UK, 2011, doc, 56'
A documentary film following Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg on his symbolic and spiritual walk from Frankfurt to London. Joined by his dog Mitzpah, Jonathan carries the light from his grandfather's synagogue to his own community. As he passes through picturesque German Rhineland, Jonathan explores matters of faith, politics, and memory, inspired by - and inspiring - those he meets along the way.
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DOLPHIN BOY, by Dani Menkin e Yonatan Nir, USA, 2011, doc, 72'
Morad is an Israeli-Arab young man who has lost touch with reality as the result of severe physical abuse. As a last resort prior to hospitalization in a mental institute, his father, As'ad, takes him to the Red Sea, for rehabilitating treatment with dolphins. A story on soul healing and on a father's nonviolent struggle over his son's sanity.
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FOOTBALL IS GOD, by Ole Bendtzen, Denmark, 2010, doc, 53'
Football is God explores the close relation between faith and football, following three fans of the legendary Club Atlético Boca Juniors - Boca for short - in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Football is God is a film about football - and a film about so much more than that. It is a film about faith, passion and the need for being part of something bigger than one self.
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FOURTH DIMENSION, by Krzysztof Zurowski, Poland, 2011, doc, 27'
Miro Villamor is a vigorous Spaniard and a womanizer who likes alcohol. He is also a troubadour, singing and playing the instrument he's made himself. It's the 14th time that he walks 800 kilometers from Barcelona to Santiago de Compostela, and then to 'the end of the world', to Finisterra. Will this pilgrimage change him?
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GORELOVKA-EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF A DISAPPEARING COMMUNITY, by Alexander Kviria, Georgia, 2010, doc, 48'
The village of Gorelovka is located in Southern Georgia. Doukhobors (Spirit-wrestlers), a group of Russian religious dissidents anarchist and pacifist beliefs, founded it in the mid 19th century. They managed to keep their identity and traditions throughout the Soviet period. However, under political and economical pressure, many Doukhobors have now left Georgia and their heritage is disappearing with the last inhabitants.
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GUNNAR GOES GOD, by Gunnar Hall Jensen, Norway, 2011, doc, 86'
Despite enjoying a well-ordered Scandinavian middle-class life, Gunnar feels a growing emptiness inside. Having too much of everything, and little of nothing. Searching for a deeper meaning he sets off to a Christian monastery in the middle of the Egyptian desert. Gunnar Goes God is a personal, playful and unpolished documentary about spiritual longing and middleclass boredom.
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HERE I LEARNED TO LOVE, by Avi Angel, Israel, 2011, doc, 53'
Brothers Avner and Itzik live in Israel. During the Second World War, their lives were saved first by their aunt, later by another young Christian woman who would become their mothers. But all this remained hidden for almost six decades. Now, at the age of 70, Avner decides to take Itzik on a journey to piece together the incredible story of their survival and most important to deeply connect with the pain and loss of their three mothers.
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HERMITS, by Kacper Czubak, Poland, 2011, doc, 26'
The life of Marian and Grzegorz, two men trying to live in a different way, on their own, somewhere in a forest in the south of Poland. One of them is not destined to experience the full hermitic solitude, the other one lacks consistency to completely separate himself from the world. Grzegorz lived his secluded life for 15 years, until Grzegorz arrived. They don't like each other. They are condemned to each other.
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IL VOLTO DEL SANTO - THE FACE OF THE SAINT, by Paolo Benvenuti, Italy, 2012, doc, 16'
A painter in the solitude of his studio sees a major project, a fresco of immense size on the stories of the patron saint of Pisa, Ranieri. A director gets to watch him trying to find out more about the magical moment of creation, the inspiration and the will which guide the artist from the choice of the model until the first strokes on the plaster wall.
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JEAN WEIJNOON (GENIES AND MADNESS), by Mamdooh Afdile, Israel, 2011, doc, 87'
An invitation to embark on a magical journey into the filmmaker's amusing life - this film is a mixture of reality and imagination. Mamdouh Afdile is a recent film school graduate waiting for his big break. His brother has other plans. And his parents believe in ghost and demons. A wild ride inside one family's lunacy; we follow the filmmaker as he comes to terms with his family's demons and attempts to confront his own.
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LA CHIESA ALTROVE - THE CHURCH ELSEWHERE, by Maite Carpio, Italy, 2011, doc, 35'
This documentary is based on three fundamental principles of Christianity: prayer, charity and martyrdom, framed by the voices of Enzo Bianchi, Gianfranco Ravasi and Andrea Riccardi. A journey into the world - through Syria, Ethiopia, Uganda, Pakistan, Turkey - giving account of the complexity of the contemporary Church farther from its parent, the Vatican.
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LA CHIESA GALLEGGIANTE - THE FLOATING CHURCH, by Nello Correale, Italy, 2011, doc, 52'
Piotr Ghennadij, 39 years old, is an Orthodox priest who was a dockyard worker. He sails up and down the Volga river, on a floating church which he built with his own hands, to bring the Good News in the most far-removed provinces of the Steppes. A journey through a hidden Russia where a confrontation is reemerging between Christian religion and Islamic faith that, right in this place, have always tried to draw their lines.
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LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, by Jim Hanon, USA, 2010, doc, 77'
Little Town of Bethlehem follows the story of three men of three different faiths - a Palestinian Christian, an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Muslim - and their choices of nonviolent action amidst a culture of overwhelming violence. Each told his story from his own point of view. This film is not about who is right and who is wrong, but rather about seeking the humanity in both sides; it explores the idea of nonviolence as the hope for peace.
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MASHTI ESMAEIL, by Mahdi Zamanpoor, Iran, 2012, doc, 30'
A year in the life of an old farmer in the Iranian countryside, filmed amidst the ailments of age, the daily struggles and the serenity that comes from an intense devotion.
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MOTHER INDIA, by Raffaele Brunetti, Italy, 2011, doc, 61'
Modern India from the point view of Indian women. The boom in ART (Assisted Reproductive Technologies) provides a focal point for understanding the India of today as experienced by women of different castes and social classes, on the background of the extraordinary birth of the god Balarama saved by "embryo transplant".
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MY REINCARNATION, by Jennifer Fox, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, 2010, doc, 102'
Filmed over twenty years, My Reincarnation chronicles the story of the high Tibetan Buddhist Master, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, and his western-born son, Yeshi. Recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual master, Yeshi breaks away from his father's tradition to embrace the modern world. Will he keep the family's threatened spiritual legacy alive? A universal story about love, transformation, and destiny.
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PURE SOUND - THE GYUTO MONKS OF TIBET, by John Doggett-Williams, Australia, 2012, doc, 52'
Narrated by Emmy award winning actress, Toni Collette, a rare behind the scenes examination of life among the Dalai Lama's most dedicated scholarly monks, the Gyuto Monks of Tibet, known around the world for their chanting. But that is only one element of life for monks who have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of personal perfection and the bettering of life for all beings.
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RIDING FOR JESUS, by Sabrina Varani, Italy, 2011, doc, 55'
Sometimes the salvation of the soul rides a two-wheeler: Pastor Paulee and Annalisa are Christian bikers, who left behind a difficult past becoming fervent worshippers of Jesus. In the saddle of their roaring Harley Davidson, they carry on their mission all over US providing spiritual support to those in trouble, also approaching outlaw biker groups, still prisoners of the Òbad guyÓ label. U-turn in life is always possible.
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THE FURIOUS PROPHET, by David Sipos, Slovenia, 2011, doc, 20'
Gregor is an actor, father of six children and "missionary". He says he's an extremist in conflict with modern art who travels across country to preach.
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TORN, by Ronit Kerstner, Israel, 2011, doc, 72'
12 years after he was ordained as a priest, Romuald Waszkinel found out that he was born to Jewish parents. Torn between two worlds, a priest in the Polish Catholic church, and an observant Jew - two conflicting identities, each of which demands that he decide who he is - he is unable to give up either one. "Torn" follows his amazing journey from conducting mass in Poland to life in a religious kibbutz in Israel.
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UNRESOLVABLE? THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH, by Bryan Hall and Jack Donaldson, USA, 2012, doc, 80'
Angered by the barrage of attacks on his faith and desperate for answers, Bryan Hall, devout Mormon, travels in to the heart of the American Bible Belt to learn what it means to be a "Christian". At it's heart AAAA challenges viewers to ask the most difficult question in all of Christianity; must you learn to love your enemies to be a true disciple of Christ.
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URBAN TUNDRA, by Robi Uppin e Maria Kivirand, Estonia, 2012, doc, 14'
A journey through poverty, faith, hope, unbelief in Tallinn's homeless shelters on a night of a snow storm "Monika".
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