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Festival gems

A daily pick of one of the Festival’s less high-profile gems.

Festival gem: Neighbouring Sounds

This astonishing debut is a subtle urban horror film about the fear of violence on a middle-class street in Brazil.

Sunday, October 21, 2012
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Festival gem: Celeste and Jesse Forever

Divorce Los Angeles style is the subject of this mumblecore romcom, a charming highlight of today’s Festival schedules.

Festival gem: I Carried You Home

Two sisters go on a journey to their dead mother’s birthplace in this unconventional Thai road movie.

Festival gem: Violeta Went to Heaven

The story of legendary Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra, Andrés Wood’s lyrical biopic is a musical gem at today’s Festival.

Festival gem: Boy Eating the Bird’s Food

On day eight of the Festival, this debut film tells the story of a talented young man who finds himself trapped inside a collapsed socio-political system.

Festival gem: Virgin Margarida

Up for Debate in the BFI London Film Festival, this searing Mozambique-set drama is today’s Festival gem.

Festival gem: The Delay

Rodrigo Plá’s heartbreaking drama about a struggling mother trying to offload her senile father is a highlight from day six of the Festival.

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