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Chico A mixed-race man finds his beliefs stretched to breaking point as he finds himself caught up in Hungary's communist regime in director Ibolya Fekete's (BOLSHE VITA) CHICO. The man, named Chico, has spent most of his life surrounded by turmoil; having lived in Chile and Bolivia during turbulent times in their histories, he suddenly…    more      Coronation Estela (Adela Secall) is a young girl hired by the grandson of an obstinate old lady; her job is to look after his aging grandmother, who may have amassed a financial fortune over the years, but has lost none of her abusive nature. However, the grandson, Don Andres, becomes infatuated with Estela, while also suffering with his own mental…    more      Los Trivinos de Huasco Huasco is a small fishing town at the southern end of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Durhamite Jessye McDowell's Super 8 film is an experimental, poetic window into the lives of an artistic family living among fishermen and farmers…    more