International session 21

Cerro Rico is a lawless land. Miners risk their lives in unsteady tunnels to obtain silver and zinc. Those who survive think they have the right to do anything. The women hunt begins. Minerita is the story of three women work in the mine and struggle to survive in a living hell. Their only weapon: courage… and dynamite.

In the 18th century, Prosper Thanatier, is the latest in a long lineage of executioners. At the dawn of the Revolution, he is forced to abandon his tools and ancestral knowledge in favour of a new execution machine. Deprived of his former lifestyle, Prosper doesn’t fit in this new world and refuses to see his role as executor relegated to a mere machine.

Eric and Tim have discovered a rusty old hand grenade while playing in the woods. The grenade detonates. Eric runs away home leaving his friend behind and not knowing what happened to him. Prompted by a sense of guilt he decides to go out and find his friend.

Bubba robs his old boss, a racist store owner from the neighborhood, who had stolen from him for years, from his pay. The heist would have been perfect but Bubba had the great idea of getting a childhood friend, Slim, involved, a real Narvalo.

The story is about a boy who lives and works as a tea boy in Mumbai’s poorest slum, Dharavi. He has a simple wish, to go to school like the rest of the children.

One out of three girls are denied an education.

Aïssa is Congolese and is presently residing illegally on French territory. She claims to be a minor however the authorities believe she is over 18. In order to establish whether or not she can remain in the country a doctor must give her a physical examination.

Two women, one house. An intimate story about a Pole and a German placed by war on enemy sides and their lives accidentally brought together. The film reflects on the concepts of invaders, victim, guilt and forgiveness. It confronts different experiences and their paradoxical similarities.

Lola does her work without thinking too much of it. She works for a bank and calls those with higher debts to remember them that no excuses are acceptable when it comes to money. The phone allows her to keep the distance but one day everything goes wrong and she is left with no answers.

Cashier Olga spends her days unnoticed in the supermarket. An insignificant incident upsets her daily rut. For a moment we get a glimpse of her private dreams. This animated film is a personal look at everyday’s events that do not always get the attention they deserve.