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Synopsis:The Phoenicians is produced by Chris and Maurice Micallef. The documentary focuses on this sea-faring nation that established trading and commercial routes across the Mediterranean and which eventually challenged the Roman Empire. It then delves into the Phoenicians’ influence on the Maltese Islands. Partly shot in Lebanon, the documentary also includes the re-enactment of the third Punic war, in which the Carthaginians were crushed by the Romans.The documentary has received numerous…See More

Free to attend 24th August, 19:00h 8th September, 18:00hThe world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in Angel's twisted dealings in an attempt to escape from his suffocating family, dragging along his family and friends, in his criminal path. Where will this all lead?In Spanish with Chinese subtitles…See More

Free to attendThe disappearance of the brothers Carlos and Andres Restrepo, 17 and 14 years respectively, abducted and murdered by the police during the government of LeónFebres Cordero, has been the most iconic case of human rights violations in Ecuador. The parents searched the hidden truth unsuccessfully for over twenty years. A truth hidden behind the authorities conniving indifference. Calmly, courageously and tactfully, their sister, the director Maria Fernanda Restrepo reconstructs the…See More

Free to attend22th August, 19:00h26th August, 18:00hA neurotic and suicidal high school girl, a boxer who loses it all, a security guard who dreams of being a musician, and their respective friends, all young people, too young, unemployed, without family, without love, they find something in love that could change their lives.In Spanish with Chinese subtitles…See More