CINEMONDO - Season 2
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
Link TV has announced its line-up for the second season of CINEMONDO, the nationally broadcast world cinema series hosted and co-curated by Peter Scarlet, Artistic Director of the Tribeca Film Festival! Learn about the new films here.

CINEMONDO: A Time for Drunken Horses
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
The award-winning first film of renowned director Bahman Ghobadi. In a remote Kurdish village on the Iran-Iraq border, five motherless children endure hard scrabble lives, smuggling in order to survive.

CINEMONDO: Aaltra
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
Gus and neighbor Ben are in the midst of a brawl when they are crushed under the mechanism of Ben's tractor, and left paralyzed. Condemned to each other's company, they set off on a blackly comic odyssey of revenge

CINEMONDO: Almost Brothers
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
This award-winning, poignant film tells the story of two men in Brazil: white, middle-class Miguel, and black favela-dweller Jorge, who meet as boys through their fathers’ passion for music.

CINEMONDO: Beautiful City
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
How much is a woman worth in comparison to a man in Islamic Iran - and who pays the difference? A story of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure, and the concept of "blood money."

CINEMONDO: Blind Shaft
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
"Blind Shaft" tells the story of two itinerant miners who risk their lives under dangerous working conditions and develop a murderous scheme in order to better their lives. But the two men’s plan takes an unexpected turn.

CINEMONDO: Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
An moving film about two men who travel the Brazilian countryside in the '40s selling aspirin, a new "miracle drug". Then one finds out he must either return to his home in Germany, or enter a local concentration camp.

CINEMONDO: Daratt
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
This fable-like gem opens in a small village in Chad, as the government is about to announce the fates of those accused of war crimes during the country’s long civil war. When amnesty is granted, 16-year-old Atim is sent on a conflicted path of revenge.

CINEMONDO: Distant Lights
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
To some it's the end of the world - the river Oder between Poland and Germany. At this crossroads between two worlds Ukrainian refugees beg and bargain for entry to the West. Their moving stories populate this engrossing drama.

CINEMONDO: Fuse
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
Set in the post-war era of peace, this film depicts the Bosnian village of Tesanj as Muslim and Serbian townies grudgingly attempt to join forces to present a positive and unified image for Bill Clinton's presidential visit.

CINEMONDO: Hostage
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
Inspired by true events in Northern Greece, this film explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian immigrant who hijacks an intercity bus in an attempt to return home.

CINEMONDO: Making Of
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
This courageous film tells the story of Bahta, a young Tunisian man drawn into fundamentalism. When it is revealed that the film is really the "making of" another movie, the actor playing Bahta must take a stand on his role.

CINEMONDO: May 6th
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
Part of Link's world cinema series Cinemondo, this film offers a look at Dutch society, from slain director Theo van Gogh's perspective.

CINEMONDO: Raja
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
Set against the backdrop of contemporary Marrakech, Raja is an award-winning cross-cultural drama about the relationship of a middle-aged Frenchman with a poor local girl.

CINEMONDO: Rana's Wedding
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
A romantic drama about a Palestinian girl that wants to marry the man of her own choice, but only has ten hours to find a boyfriend in occupied and chaotic Jerusalem.

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