Songs From the Sparkle Lounge - Commentary

Un silencio prolongado A young couple will be forced to face their own reality upon the birth of their first daughter, and in the process to awaken the ghosts that had been asleep in their own subconsciousness, to the point of even questioning where the fine line between life or death lies.

Nmero 2, si yo fuera Mar... Clari is going out tonight with one objective: hooking up with the Internet date her friend is about to ghost. They spend a night together and he wants to see her again, giving her all the cards she needs to be the object of her friends' envy as he becomes the love of her life. It's all too perfect for Clari not to mess it up.

Mom A young boy believes he is forced to raise his two younger siblings after tragedy had stricken their family. Fearing they would be separated and never see each other again, like the immigrant children he saw it happen to on the news.

4tro v3int3 Perrone asks the young people he always shoots to be the cameramen on his movie; on that record he will organize the fragments of life snatched from time and add diverse sound layers.

Newborn Pei Ling is forced to take on the full duties of caring for her newborn after her mother’s disappearance. Struggling with her identity as a young mother, she finds ways to cope with the burden of abandonment and single parenthood.

Spirits I've called In three symbolic places of a global production, "Spirits I've called" describes the impact of the mining and steel industry on the fragile natural balances and on the health of people living close to the production sites.

Sen frtera Ondeje...

Club Frontera Club Frontera is a riveting documentary about the Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles (Xolos) professional Mexican soccer team and their positive impact on the city of Tijuana, Mexico. The compelling film follows players, fans, political figures, sports personalities, and enthusiasts from both sides of the border as they share their personal stories of how the newly emerging success of the Xolos is changing Tijuana for the better. Tijuana, nestled just south of the U.S. border with a turbulent history of violence and corruption, has long struggled to develop a collective identity. But with the emergence of the Xolos and their 2012 Championship season in Mexico's Premier League (Liga MX), Tijuanese may have finally found a rallying point to unify and rejuvenate the city into a 21st century cultural resurgence.

The Kumshagal Story The repairmen of the railways and their families, living at Road Machine Number 57, without electricity in the railway carriages.

Ploy Longing for a life beyond her hometown in the Thai province of Buriram, Ploy moves to various Southeast Asian cities in search of work. She ends up in Singapore as a sex worker at an illegal, makeshift brothel operating under the cover of a jungle’s leafy darkness that is eventually turned into a public park.