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The 63rd edition of the festival will run from September 18 to 26.
The Thematic Retrospective will be dedicated to New Japanese independent cinema 2000-2015 and the Classic Retrospective will focus on work by Merian C Cooper (1893-1973) and Ernest B Schoedsack (1893-1979), including the original King Kong.
The festival opened with Regression and closed with London Road. The Golden Shell was won by Sparrows - read more about the winners here.
View Films by Strand:
- Culinary Zinema - Film and Gastronomy
- Horizontes Latinos
- Made In Spain
- Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack Retrospective
- New Directors
- Official Selection
- Pearls
- Savage Cinema
- Thematic Retrospective: New Japanese independent cinema 2000-2015
- Zabaltegi
- Zinemira
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Three children decide to leave their homes looking a better life.
![Family Film](/images/stills/f/family_film_2015.jpg)
A family starts to disintegrate after the mother and father leave the children home alone.
![The Clan](/images/stills/c/clan_2015.jpg)
The true story of the Puccio Clan. A family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
![Our Little Sister](/images/stills/o/our_little_sister_2015.jpg)
Three sisters take their 15-year-old half sister into their home and hearts.
![Ixcanul](/images/stills/i/ixcanul_volcano_2015.jpg)
Story of a teenage girl living in the foothills of a volcano, who faces an arranged marriage but is won over by the charms of a plantation worker.
![Embrace Of The Serpent](/images/stills/e/embrace_of_the_serpent_2015.jpg)
The story of the relationship between an Amazonian shaman and two scientists who, decades apart, search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
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Class war breaks out in a tower block.
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A young woman chooses between two men as China is torn between its traditional values and a capitalist future.
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A young woman survives a rape and her response confounds everyone around her.
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