This Far By F

In 1995, an astronomer proposed a peculiar project. It was to use the Hubble Telescope to capture a small part of the universe that was then known to be a void. In 1447 in Chosun Dynasty, Prince Anpyeong had a dream of walking through a peach blossom forest shrouded in clouds and mist, and he asked the painter, Ahn Gyeon, to capture it in a painting. Through the juxtaposition of the two historical anecdotes, the film examines the images of ‘the far and near’ through printing, transforming, and distorting the photos from the NASA Image and Video Library.

An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with violence and pain, with blood and death; a story of terror, a journey to the most sinister and ancestral Spain; the one that lived far from the most visited tourist destinations, from the economic miracle and unstoppable progress, relentlessly promoted by the Franco regime during the sixties.

Manya and Sanya are the regular kids who spend most of the time playing video games. But once while being on the beach they find something totally unexpected...

A youth has a burning ambition to be a pilot, but this is met with opposition by his mother because his father, also a pilot, was killed in a jet-fighter crash in a storm. The youth goes ahead with his career but one day he encounters a bad storm.

East-Berlin 1987. Nico and Kai meet and wander around the night together. In the park, at a party and on the streets of the city they find out that they are very similar and still want different things from life. This night will be the beginning of something new for each of them.

In this short science-fiction film, two men are far away from home. Ray and Brad alleviate their homesickness by watching home movies that were shot from their perspective. By means of virtual reality goggles, Ray sees his wife and children play on the beach.

Experimental work by Isao Yamada (Color, 8mm).

In the rehabilitation unit of an Athenian trauma hospital, victims of serious accidents struggle to walk again… or at least return to an autonomous existence. Divided between hope and acceptance, they offer us a glimpse into the depths of human condition.

When she died around 1050 AD, a littleknown Viking explorer had become the most traveled woman of the Middle Ages. She had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean eight times and her travels extended from Iceland to Greenland, North America, Scandinavia, the British Isles, through Europe, and all the way to the Vatican in Rome. She was rescued by Leif Erikson from the shipwreck that earned him the nickname Leif the Lucky. Her name was Gudrídur Thorbjarnardóttir, aka the Far Traveller.

This is a story of a young German man, Michel, whose dream is to lead a simple life far from civilization. He lives in the Ukrainian mountains and takes care of endangered animals - water buffaloes. After 10 years of being a loner, Michel falls in love with Vera, a woman from his hometown in Germany, who has two small kids from a previous relationship. Michel moves back to Germany and tries to create a new family with Vera. In the end Michel has to decide - is love worth a broken dream?

In a world turn to ashes by a war without mercy against mankind and machines, a little boy trying somehow to survive. Although the threat of robots is everywhere, he is forced to leave in search of food. Despite his efforts to hide, he ends up getting caught. While all seems lost, the reaction of the robot takes an unexpected turn . In a world turned to ashes by war between human and machines, a boy tries to survive. Even if the robot menace is everywhere, he goes on a quest for food. Despite his effort to stay hidden, he gets caught. While everything seems to be lost, the reaction of the robot is not going to be what he expected...

Struggling to stay afloat, an open-water swimmer is confronted by the grim reality of their chosen training route.

Silent released in 1927.

Weit entfernt depicts in black and white a telephone conversation between two women, one of whom states that apart from the people she loves, she only wishes to meet others once in her life.

In Far is here an Haitian man describes his immigration experience to Chile while he works in a bakery. His testimony, silent, portrays the complex situations he has faced since leaving the city of Fort Liberty in Haiti, until his arrival to Santiago of Chile.

While Elon Musk is just getting ready for the production of Tesla robots, robots from Perm, which are created by the founder of Promobot Oleg Kivokurtsev, are already working in 44 countries around the world. In the regional MFC, clients are served by the "best robot girl", Perm robots recite poems and communicate with people on equal terms. Oleg is sure that the future, in which his creations will take on all the boring and hard work, is just around the corner. But are we ready for these changes?