HUNGER • 2019
DIRECTOR: Manuel Herrera Gallego
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '108
SYNOPSIS: Judah's world revolves entirely around dance. A disciplinary and somewhat monotonous life that absorbs you completely and keeps you apart from society. Rebekah will be her light, her exit door to the outside. Knowing her will lead Judah to her most animal part and to the search for her true self, giving free rein to her deepest appetites.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film
FEATURE FILMS
THE STRAWMAN • 2019
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Safir
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '8
SYNOPSIS: Ruben is like everyone else. A simple and calm young man faces the ups and downs of his existence. But here, in the family, the "lame duck" is his brother. He was caught in a high-risk business by a gang of thugs.
After being beaten in a beating, he finds himself between life and death. Fatally invested in fraternal duty, Ruben will find the gangsters to try to get them out of his "brother" and put an end to this story.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film
DIRECTOR: Leandro Lara
COUNTRY: Brazil
RUNTIME: '108
SYNOPSIS: Rodantes chronicles the lives of 3 characters: Tatiane, a young woman who attempts to rebuild her life; Odair, a man who's in the midst of sexual discoveries, and Henry, a Haitian immigrant. It's in the state of Rondônia where they run into occasional moments, in the middle of chaos, without involvement greater than their own condition of ambulants.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film
RODANTES • 2019
