Martes y 13: Empanadillados

Spirit of Two Swords

Black Crow Sara is a famous Iranian actress lives in France for years. She lost her contact with her family she left in Iran, when she immigrated to France at 17. One night when she comes home she receives a letter form her father calling her to Iran. As her entrance to her country is prohibited because of the obscene scenes she took part in, she takes illegal ways to arrive her village in Iran. A dangerous long journey full of patience; she will travel on the garrons through the foggy and snowy mountains, starts for her. Accompanied by the smugglers and a group of Turkish guides, will she be able to arrive her village to discover the mystery of her father's letter?

The White List During a nationwide moral panic caused by a recent spike in teenage suicides two federal investigators are sent to a small Russian town to review a cold case involving a suspicious death of a schoolgirl. Initially seeing their task as a mere PR stunt both gradually start to loose their focus as they venture deeper into the paranoid world of conspiracy theories surrounding the case.

Navy Blues

Maoshan A documentary about folk music in the Maoshan area.

Rural Teachers This film is about China's first completely volunteer run rural school. The school, situated in Woyanglu of Anhui province, consists of one hundred volunteer instructors. Each volunteer has given up the security of a steady job and the material comforts of city life to become rural teachers. Their altruistic mission is carried out independent of all authorities.

Faces of the Cave Wall The documentary film looks a group of old folk artists who live in Ansai County, Shaanxi Province, China. One of them is 78 year old Chang Zhenfang, whose works made out of paper have won many prizes in China and are shown in exhititions abroad. When the film's director finds her in the remote village, she doesn't even know what happens to her works. She lives a hard life.

Talk Closing Our Eyes Documentary film about the life of blind musician Lan Yue.

Salins

Out of Service Fiction film about a young migrant worker who struggles to live an honest life in the city.