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A Good War
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Director: Bill Pryor |
Showing on
10/01/2011 at 1:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 20 minutes
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Synopsis: Part of program ART- MUSIC - WAR
"A Good War"
A local Kansas City short documentary featuring long time peace activist, musician, poet, song writer Danny Cox and street poet/activist Sister Karen Mohammed. The film makes a statement about artists and their self-imposed responsibility to help create a peaceful society.
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Director: John Severson |
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10/02/2011 at 2:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 56 minutes
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Awards Received: Telluride MountainFilm Festival - Moving Mountains Runner Up Award |
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| Synopsis: A Perfect Soldier is a film about the power of the individual to create change in society. We follow the story of a former child soldier, Aki Ra, who, as a very young child of 6 was drafted into the Khmer Rouge and planted hundreds of landmines for them. We learn how these difficult experiences affected him and how he has devoted his life to changing his country's circumstance ever since. Starting from humble beginnings and now as an international symbol of one mans purpose to eradicate landmines, Aki-Ra's Cambodian Land Mine museum has changed the lives of tens of thousands of people who visit each year. |
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A Safe House
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Director: Stephen G. Schioppo |
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10/05/2011 at 7:35 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 104 minutes
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| Synopsis: A young man named Bill Solino who discovers not only that his deceased father was a mobster but also that his uncle, who raised him, may have had a hand in his fathers murder twenty years earlier. |
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Director: Penelope Buitenhuis |
Showing on
09/30/2011 at 5:35 PM
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Rating: R • Running Time: 94 minutes
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Awards Received: BEST FEATURE - Carmel Arts and Film Festival, 2011. GOLDEN PALM - Mexico International Film festival, 2011, BEST FILM- Female Eye Festival, Toronto- 2010. |
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| Synopsis: After the mysterious death of their infamous director, members of a formerly renowned theater company reunite for his wake. Their last ill-fated production was Hamlet. The widow welcomes the thespians to her country house, but the proceedings go awry when old rivalries and jealousies erupt, exposing a myriad of secrets and lies. |
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Director: Barry J. Hershey |
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10/06/2011 at 7:25 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 105 minutes
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| Synopsis: A. Hitler is an unconventional cinematic exploration of the enigmatic tyrant who wreaked wholesale death and destruction upon the world. A phantasmagoric journey into the darkest recesses of the mind of Adolf Hitler. In a dreamlike subterranean environment removed from historical time, Adolf Hitler confronts the demons of his psyche. As he dictates his memoirs, Hitler encounters apparitions of his fiendish confidant, Joseph Goebbels; his enigmatic mistress, Eva Braun; the mastermind of his military campaigns, Hermann Goering; Jewish psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud; and a mysterious Woman in Black. |
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Alloy Orchestra / Silent Shorts
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Showing on
10/02/2011 at 7:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 0 minutes
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Synopsis: "Alloy has brought fresh air to a world thought left to nostalgics. They've done more than anyone lately to bring an audience to silent films. They give voice to the soul of their machines, and by doing that, they've given voice to no less than the sound of cinema" Paolo Cherchi Usai - co director of Pordenone Silent Film Festival
ALLOY ORCHESTRA is a three man musical ensemble, writing and performing live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working with an outrageous assemblage of peculiar objects, they thrash and grind soulful music from unlikely sources.
Performing at prestigious film festivals and cultural centers in the US and abroad (The Telluride Film Festival, The Louvre, Lincoln Center, The Academy of Motion Pictures, the National Gallery of Art and others), Alloy has helped revive some of the great masterpieces of the silent era.
An unusual combination of found percussion and state-of-the-art electronics gives the Orchestra the ability to create any sound imaginable. Utilizing their famous "rack of junk" and electronic synthesizers, the group generates beautiful music in a spectacular variety of styles. They can conjure up a French symphony or a simple German bar band of the 20's. The group can make the audience think it is being attacked by tigers, contacted by radio signals from Mars or swept up in the Russian Revolution.
Alloy collaborates with some of the worlds best archives and collectors (such as the George Eastman House, The British Film Institute, Paramount pictures, Film Preservation Associates and The Douris Corporation) to present audiences with the very best available prints of some of history's greatest film. |
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Director: Johan Brisinger |
Showing on
10/03/2011 at 7:35 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 94 minutes
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Awards Received: Best dramatic feature, Byron Bay FF, Australia
Honorable mention, New Hope Philadelphia
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| Synopsis: An unexpected event dramatically changes Ernst and Cecilia's orderly life. Ernst rationally puts it down to chance, but Cecilia looks for a meaning in what has happened. They begin to slide further and further apart when a mysterious stranger with unusual powers suddenly enters their world. This meeting forms the basis of a modern fairytale about the courage to believe in life and love. |
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Director: Ferenc Moldoványi |
Showing on
10/01/2011 at 3:10 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 95 minutes
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Awards Received: 39th Hungarian Filmweek, Competition (National Premiere): Best Cinematography Award, Green Raven Best Documentary Award by NSJ 57th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Special Award of the International Jury 31st Starz Denver Film Festival, Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, ERT 3 Award for the Best Documentary 8th Roma Independent Film Festival, Best Documentary Award Almaty International Film Festival 'Shaken's Stars-2009', Best Documentary Feature Award 18th International Film Festival Innsbruck, Sudwind Award 28th International Grand Prix for Author's Documentaries-URTI, Bronze Medal 57th Columbus International Film and Video Festival Silver Chris Award 13th International Festival of Television Programmes and Films Special Award of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio 5th International Festival of Muslim Cinema 'Golden Minbar' GOLDEN MINBAR for the Best Non-Fiction Feature Film 16th LISTAPAD, International Film Festival, Minsk (Belorussia), Diploma 'For the profundity of exploration of the subject 'Children and Society' 6th Golden Eye Festival Best Director of Photography in the Docudrama Category 4th Festival de Cine Social y DDHH 'Cine Otro', Category Prize (Children) 7th International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival-Docudays, Special Award from the Founder of the Festival Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union Ferenc Moldovanyi received the Bouquet of Flowers of UNICEF's Highest Appreciation in 2009 in acknowledgement of his works featuring children's issues (including Another Planet) |
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| Synopsis: This Creative Documentary-Feature, shot on four continents, presents the hidden face of our planet and the general and moral crisis of our world. We can follow the various, irrational stages of defencelessness as the characters in all seven stories, all minors, accept their fate with quasi humility. The appalling everyday life of child labourers, child prostitutes and child soldiers is revealed to us in Congo, Cambodia and Ecuador. Tibor Methe's powerful imagery and Tibor Szemzo's magical music, create a dramatic juxtaposition. |
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Art - Music - War
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Showing on
10/01/2011 at 1:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 90 minutes
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Synopsis: Art-Music-War: a 3-part program.
"A Good War"
A local Kansas City short documentary featuring long time peace activist, musician, poet, song writer Danny Cox and street poet/activist Sister Karen Mohammed. The film makes a statement about artists and their self-imposed responsibility to help create a peaceful society.
Danny Cox Live -- Danny Cox will perform live in the theater after "A Good War."
"Striking the Cord"
The film follows singer-songwriter Nell Bryden and her band's tour to Iraq. We see firsthand how music brings joy and relief to the troops by briefly breaking their isolation and boredom. The backdrop to the story of Striking a Chord is the somber reality of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and its devastating and isolating effects |
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Director: M.T. Silvia |
Showing on
10/04/2011 at 7:25 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 80 minutes
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| Synopsis: Atomic Mom is a documentary about two women, both mothers, who have very different experiences of the atom bomb. After decades of silence, a daughter's quest for truth leads to the exchange of an olive branch between an American Scientist and a Hiroshima Survivor. |
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Director: Klaus Schneyder |
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10/04/2011 at 7:35 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 55 minutes
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Awards Received: United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival (BEST DOCUMENTARY) Queens World Film Festival (HONORABLE MENTION AWARD) Canada International Film Festival (AWARD OF EXCELLENCE) Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood (AWARD OF MERIT) Fallbrook Film Festival (NOMINATED BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE) Honolulu Film Awards (ALOHA ACCOLADE AWARD) World Music and Independent Film Festival (NOMINATED BEST DIRECTOR, BEST DOCUMENTARY IN MUSIC FEATURE, BEST SCREENPLAY) Mexico Film Festival (GOLDEN PALM AWARD) Treasure Coast Film Festival (NOMINATED BEST DOCUMENTARY) SkyFest Film and Script Festival (3rd. WINNER OF BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY) |
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| Synopsis: It was in the late 70s that a youth culture evolved in the poorer parts of New York which combined several disciplines under the name of Hip Hop. Apart from the four classic elements of Graffiti writing, DJing, Breakdancing, and Rapping, the musical side of this culture was enhanced by a fifth element called 'Beatboxing'.From the hardship of poverty and the lack of instruments, a pioneer was inspired to imitate drum rhythms with his mouth - his brilliance creating the term 'Human Beatbox'. The documentary integrally covers a variety of musical technical abilities. Beatboxing has become a multilingual and diverse instrument applied in all genres of music. The documentary shows how this modern style of music has spread and how it continues to enrich the entertainment world. |
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Director: Seth Swirsky |
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09/30/2011 at 7:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 92 minutes
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| Synopsis: A big fan of The Beatles growing up in the 60s, Seth Swirsky noticed that whenever he heard someone relating a story about themselves and The Beatles, he was 'all ears'. So, starting in 2005, he sought out and filmed those with never before heard, 'Beatles Stories'. |
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Beautiful Darling
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Showing on
10/01/2011 at 12:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 85 minutes
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Awards Received: Best Documentary - Chicago Int'l Film Festival Best Film - Montenegro Documentary Film Festival |
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Synopsis: Beautiful Darling chronicles the short but influential life of Candy Darling who was a major part of Andy Warhol's entourage and was one of the inspirations for the Lou Reed song "Walk on the Wild Side."
Born James Slattery in a Long Island suburb in 1944, he transformed himself into a gorgeous, blonde actress and well-known downtown New York figure. Candy's career took her through the raucous and revolutionary Off-off-Broadway theater scene and into Andy Warhol's legendary Factory. There she became close to Warhol and starred in two Factory movies that still shock and amuse today: Flesh and Women in Revolt. Candy used her Warhol fame to land further film roles, and her admirer Tennessee Williams cast her in his play Small Craft Warnings. She dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star, but tragically died of lymphoma in the early Seventies, at only twenty-nine.
The film uses both current and vintage interviews, excerpts from Candy's own diaries and letters, as well as vintage footage of Candy and friends. Chloe Sevigny appears as the voice of Candy Darling.
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Berlin 36
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10/03/2010 at 7:25 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 90 minutes
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Awards Received: Audience Choice Award - Stony Brook Film festival (Stony Brook, NY)
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Synopsis: Germany continues its trend of being one of the most cinematically introspective of countries with Berlin '36, a story that's almost too incredible to be true.
As the Berlin Olympics draw near, the USA is threatening to boycott the games if the hosts don't allow Jews to compete in the German team. The Nazis are caught between a rock and a hard place - they are keen to show off their sporting prowess, but unfortunately the best female high jumper is Gretel Bergmann, a Jew.Berlin '36 In an attempt to appease those pesky Yanks, the Nazis order Gretel back from England to compete, but at the same time line up a competitor for her title, Marie Ketteler (Sebastian Urzendowsky), who just happens to be a male transvestite.
This 'true story' is almost too bizarre to believe (were the two competitors really roommates?) but it highlights just how... well, idiotic fanaticism can be - in the face of scientific and/or common sense opposition, the only solution is apparently to dig your heels in deeper.
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Director: Keirda Bahruth |
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09/30/2011 at 7:50 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 88 minutes
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Awards Received: MMFEST 2011 (JURY RPIZE, BEST DOCUMENTARY GCIFF 2011 (AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST DOCUMENTARY) |
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| Synopsis: Six years in the making, this award winning documentary Bob and The Monster follows outspoken indie-rock hero Bob Forrest, through his life-threatening struggle with addiction, to his transformation into one of the most influential and controversial drug counselors in the US today. The film crafts contemporary footage, animation and compelling interviews with archival performances and personal videos from Bob's past to reveal the complex layers of this troubled, but hopeful soul. Testimony from his peers, including Courtney Love, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, members of Jane's Addiction, Fishbone and Guns n' Roses add texture, but it's the depth of Bob's music, interwoven throughout the film, that illuminates this unforgettable and inspirational story. |
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Director: CURT WALLIN |
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10/02/2011 at 12:30 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 81 minutes
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Awards Received: BEST EDITING, REAL TO REEL FILM FESTIVAL |
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| Synopsis: Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt is about an America that has all but disappeared, when lucrative business deals were cemented by a handshake and state of the art automobiles were designed on the backs of envelopes. It tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. Seventy years later, many of "Ab's" records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. Looking like something Batman would have owned, the story comes full circle when Ab's son Marv, restores the 12-cylinder, 4800-pound "Mormon Meteor" to its glory days for a ceremonial lap on the salt. |
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Director: Jordan Todorov |
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10/01/2011 at 7:50 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 58 minutes
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Synopsis: A tribute to the greatest erotic filmmaker in the US: A.C. Stephen. Having fled from communistic Bulgaria, Stephen shot to stardom in the Hollywood of the 60's with innocent soft porns. Together with his close friend Ed Wood, he became the father of sexploitation cinema - erotic entertainment before the liberalization of pornography. An American dream come true, directed by Hollywood itself.
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Danny Cox Performance
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10/01/2011 at 1:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 30 minutes
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Synopsis: Part of program for ART - MUSIC - WAR
The film A GOOD WAR will play then Danny Cox will perform a 30 minute live show followed by STRIKING THE CHORD.
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Director: Daniel Falconer |
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10/05/2011 at 5:30 PM
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Rating: PG-13 • Running Time: 86 minutes
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Awards Received: Best Documentary- Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival |
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Synopsis: There are many divided cities in these United States of America. Divided by geography, divided by economics, and divided by a political history that most are afraid to acknowledge.
It is not easy to explain to children why the US government once subsidized housing on the basis of race. It is not easy to explain why this country locks up so many people. Or why sentences for non-violent drug offenders would ever exceed those of violent criminals.
More difficult than explaining these issues to our children - or ourselves - is confronting the ugly fact that our country has never resolved these problems.
DEFORCE is a chronicle of one city's long struggle with political oppression.
This film reveals that these present challenges are indeed forged of the past. If nothing changes in our cities, they will shape this country's future in ways that benefit no one. |
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Director: Abe Sylvia |
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10/06/2011 at 7:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 90 minutes
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Synopsis: It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious 80's tunes.
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Director: Philipp Muller-Dorn |
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10/05/2011 at 7:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 113 minutes
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Awards Received: Los Angeles Arthouse Film Festival, honorable mention |
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Synopsis: Dominik Liebmann is a man who has lost everything: His wife, son, job, house - even his pride. Financially and emotionally bankrupt he enters Berlins first and only 'Mannerhaus': a shelter for battered men. He meets Holger the director of the house and its members. After a psychiatric examination by the youth welfare office he has to participate in the Group Therapy Session of the 'Mannerhaus' in order to get custody for his son Dylan.
After an initial resistance Dominik decides to participate and so the other members of the 'Mannerhaus' learn about Dominiks past. |
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Director: Yurij Luhovy |
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10/05/2011 at 7:25 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 75 minutes
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Awards Received: Special Jury Remi Award Political/International Issues and Special Jury Remi Award Use of Direction 44th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival; Best Historical Film, Honolulu International Film Awards; Best Documentary, The 'Albert' Award, Lichfield Hills Film Festival - Official selection; Best "Eye Opener" Award and Audience Award for Best Historical documentary, Film Festival of Colorado - Official Selection; Honorable Mention Award, Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival; Honorable Mention Award, Los Angeles Reel Film Festival; Award of Merit, Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood; Award of Merit, Indie Fest; Award of Merit, The Accolade Competition. |
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| Synopsis: Genocide Revealed is a historical feature documentary on the Kremlin-engineered genocide of the Ukrainian nation.Focusing on the 1932-1933 artificial famine in Soviet occupied Ukraine and the accompanying executions, repressions and arrests of Ukrainian intellectuals, spiritual leaders and general population, the film depicts one of the greatest human tragedies of the 20th century. Millions perished.The documentary is based on compelling testimonies of survivors, commentaries by historians and researchers, rare historical footage, photos and most recent archival documents. |
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Habermann
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10/01/2011 at 3:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 104 minutes
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Awards Received: Best Picture - New Hope Film Festival (New Hope, PA) |
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Synopsis: German mill owner spends WWII trying to save his wife, daughter and Czech workers from Nazi terror, but faces his own tragic end in an unexpected way. Based on true events surrounding the expulsion of Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia in 1945.
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Director: Kevin Foster |
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10/02/2011 at 4:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 127 minutes
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Synopsis: 18 years of growing up in a house where violence was a daily routine finally became too much for Marshall Dunn, and his rage took over. Now at age 24, after spending his entire adult life in prison, Marshall is granted a three-month test release. To earn his freedom, he must convince Miss Vanderheyden, the administrator of a small half-way house, that he is no longer a danger to society.
Trudging along the road to recovery, Marshall's life intertwines with Jesse, a 17 year old car thief, Amber, a 22 year old "prom queen" who cuts herself, Miriam, an alcoholic/agoraphobic single mother, and Simon, Marshall's 27 year old bunk mate with the mind of a 7 year old. Guided by Miss Vanderheyden, their mother figure and warden, this house full of misfits help each other through the hardest challenges they have ever faced.
While Marshall is pushed into situations designed to provoke his anger and force him to control his violent eruptions, he falls for a self-destructive poetess with an abusive boyfriend, making self-control almost impossible. Finally, forced to confront his demons instead of hiding from them, Marshall must make peace with his past...or continue his life behind bars. |
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Director: Peter Sasowsky |
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10/06/2011 at 5:35 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 85 minutes
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Awards Received: Revelation Perth International Film Festival Director's Pick |
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| Synopsis: Thirty years ago, a peg-legged motorcycle mechanic walked into the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT. They had not returned his calls. The police were summoned. Forty-five minutes later he walked out with an academic appointment. Since then Joe Davis has sent vaginal contractions into space to communicate with aliens, encoded poetry into DNA, and designed a sculpture to save the world. It's a great life for a man driven by imagination - except when it's not. No one pays him. He is evicted from apartments and labs. His uncompromising approach to art and life collides with the world's banal requirements. This is a story of self-discovery, sacrifice and the complexity of human endeavor, of the price of art and the ecstatic joy of discovery. |
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Director: Bryan Storkel |
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10/01/2011 at 5:15 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 93 minutes
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Awards Received: Golden Ace Award- Las Vegas Film Festival, Best Documentary- AOF Film Festival |
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| Synopsis: HOLY ROLLERS follows the rise of arguably the largest and most well-funded blackjack team in America-made up entirely of churchgoing Christians. While they succeed in taking millions from casinos, how will they manage to find a place for faith and God in the arena of high stakes gambling? |
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Director: Christian Molina |
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10/01/2011 at 5:30 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 100 minutes
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| Synopsis: I Want To Be A Soldier" is the story of Alex, an average eight year old kid who seems to grow a morbid fascination for images portraying violence. He begins to develop a communication problem with his parents and other kids at school, and closes in on himself, inventing two imaginary friends.. |
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Director: Terje Carlsson |
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10/02/2011 at 3:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 58 minutes
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Awards Received: Winner of the Public Liberties and Human Rights Award at the Al Jazeera Documentary Festival. Winner of Best Documentary at the One Shot ISFF Festival, 2011 Winner at the Istanbul Documentary Film Festival |
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Synopsis: One grandmother, one rabbi, one anarchist and one ex-soldier - four Israelis trying to put an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
The documentary Israel vs Israel is a film about Jewish peace activists who in both words and actions take a stand again 40 years of occupation and illegal settlements.
This is a film about the desperate struggle to somehow change the current situation and improve life for the Palestinians. In return, these activists face scepticism and hatred from fellow Israeli countrymen.
Israel vs Israel reveals both sensitive family discussion as well as secret testimonies from former combat soldiers.
These Israelis are often portrayed as naive, unreliable and dangerous for the Jewish state. They are often ridiculed and demonised for their honest commitment.
The fight for peace divides Israel in Terje Carlssons new documentary. |
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Director: Damir Janecek |
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10/01/2011 at 5:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 90 minutes
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Synopsis: Post-war Sarajevo. Few people know that innocent animals, especially dogs, are hunted down in this city. They are tortured, slaughtered and killed with long pipes. It has been covered up for a long time. Velimir Ivanisevic, his wife Silva Beran Ivaniseviv and a few others have been fighting it for years. They have lost their health, lives, and marriages. All in order to save these living beings.
Warning: Graphic Images of Animal Cruelty |
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Director: Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati |
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10/02/2011 at 3:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 79 minutes
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Awards Received: Winner Cinema Doc Prize, Festival dei Popoli 2010 (italy) *Best Social Justice Film, Jason Mak Award Disorient Asian American Film festival 2011 (USA) |
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| Synopsis: Robert, Jr, Charlene and Margarita are Amerasians: the sons and daughters of Filipina sex workers and American servicemen stationed at the Subic Bay Naval Base, once the largest US Naval Base outside mainland USA. When the Base closed in 1992, thousands of Amerasian children were left behind. Unlike Amerasian children from other countries, Filipino Amerasians were never recognized by the US government. Over the course of two years, we followed the lives of our four Amerasians, as they struggle with discrimination, family problems and identity related issues, trying to overcome a past they are in no way responsible for. |
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Director: Philip Neel, David H.Jeffery |
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10/01/2011 at 1:15 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 76 minutes
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Awards Received: Jury Award for Best Documentary from the Chicago United Film Festival.
CINE Golden Eagle Award, Documentary Feature |
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| Synopsis: At a California high school in 1967, teacher Ron Jones began an experiment in his history class to demonstrate how the Nazis manipulated the German citizens during World War II. Branding themselves the Third Wave, membership cards were distributed, salutes were introduced. Insidiously, students became self-appointed bodyguards and informers, becoming outwardly aggressive to non-members. The class grew to 200 within one week, causing this landmark experiment to spiral out of control. 'Lesson Plan' is a powerful touchstone for understanding how easily group dynamics can be transformed into group control. The director was an original member of the Third Wave. |
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Director: Rebecca Haimowitz & Vaishali Sinha |
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09/30/2011 at 5:25 PM
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Rating: G • Running Time: 97 minutes
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Awards Received: GRAND JURY AWARD FOR BEST DOC FEATURE - FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL, JURY AWARD FOR BEST DOC FEATURE - SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARD - MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, HONORABLE MENTION FOR BEST DOC FEATURE - FARGO FILM FESTIVAL & BIG MUDDY FILM FESTIVAL, WINNER OF RUTH LANDFIELD AWARD FOR FILMS OF ARTISTIC MERIT BY OR ABOUT WOMEN OF COURAGE, CONVICTION AND COMPASSION. |
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| Synopsis: ade in India is a feature length documentary film about the human experiences behind the phenomena of "outsourcing" surrogate mothers to India. The film shows the journey of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate and the reproductive outsourcing business that brings them together. Weaving together these personal stories within the context of a growing international industry, MADE IN INDIA explores a complicated clash of families in crisis, reproductive technology, and choice from a global perspective. |
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09/29/2011 at 7:30 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 120 minutes
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Synopsis: This is a KIFF pre-show. Separate admission.
An extraordinary global event takes place the week of September 25th to October 2nd 2011 when over 100,000 people in over 250 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Galleries, Universities, Museums and Cafes for one purpose...to view and vote on our Finalists' Films in the Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
Our mission is to unite audiences from all corners of the globe for one week via the most compelling short films submitted each year. Our tagline One World One Week One Festival is emblazoned within the rings that surround the Festival Logo and it is this mantra that sets us apart from any other film event of the year.
For Filmmakers who have just completed a short film, MANHATTAN SHORT is designed to introduce you to your future audience. Just about every Art House Cinema across the United States takes part in the Festival each year. These are the cinemas where your future feature films are likely to be shown and the audiences who have already been exposed to your work will gather to seek out your new work. MANHATTAN SHORT is all about bringing that audience to you and you to them. You provide the fantatstic films, and we will take care of the introductions.
For Our Audience of film lovers everywhere, MANHATTAN SHORT is your chance to see the next generation of filmmakers from around the world. Over the past ten years six of our films were nominated for Oscars in the short film catagory. Many of our finalists have gone on to make notable feature films and we are big believers in the notion that it is "The Public that creates stars". And for a short film there is no bigger public then our audience - the worldwide public of MANHATTAN SHORT. |
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Moment Of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story
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Director: STEVEN CANFIELD CROWLEY |
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10/04/2011 at 5:25 PM
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Rating: R • Running Time: 88 minutes
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Awards Received: John Muir Award at 2010 Yosemite International Film Festival, Winner 2nd Best Feature Film at Skyfest IV, Best Actor, Best Emerging Talent and Honorable Mention at 2010 River's Edge International Film Festival, Silver Award 2010 Oregon Film Awards, 2010 Merit Award at 2010 Los Angeles Festival of Hollywood, Honorable Mention at 2010 Los Angeles Movie Awards, Award of Merit at 2010 Accolade Competition, Best Documentary at 2011 Urban Suburban Film Festival, Best Mocumentary at 2011 DIY Film Festival, Best Feature Film at 2011 Spirit Quest Film Festival, Best Feature Film and Best Dramatic Performance at 2011 Ocean County Film Festival, Honorable Mention at 2011 Los Angeles REEL Film Festival, 3rd Best Feature Film at 2011 Famewalk International Film Festival |
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| Synopsis: Andy Meyers wants to commit suicide in front of a camera for the world to see. Before he goes through with the act he must part with his best friend, his dog Buddy, take a trip to the ocean one last time, have a Chinese food dinner and be intimate with a hooker. When Andy decides to end his life, the hired camera crew quit production leaving the Director and Producer in a major bind. Does Andy Meyers kill himself? |
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Director: Christophe Fauchere |
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10/04/2011 at 5:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 55 minutes
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| Synopsis: Grounded in the theories of social scientist Riane Eisler, Mother strives not to blame but to educate, to highlight a different path for humanity. Overpopulation is merely a symptom of an even larger problem - a 'domination system' that for most of human history has glorified the domination of man over nature, man over child and man over woman. To break this pattern, the film demonstrates that we must change our conquering mindset into a nurturing one. And the first step is to raise the status of women worldwide. |
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Director: Robbie Pickering |
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10/02/2011 at 7:30 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 90 minutes
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Awards Received: Seven awards at 2011 SXSW Film Festival, including Grand Jury, Audience and Breakthrough Performances. |
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| Synopsis: Linda White, a barren Christian housewife, leads a sheltered existence in suburban Texas. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond living in Florida. Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe's final wish and sets off on a quixotic journey to find Raymond and bring him back before her husband passes away. Along the way, Linda's wonderfully bizarre relationship with Raymond will teach her more about herself than she ever imagined possible and force her to come to terms with her troubled past. |
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Director: Stefan Popescu |
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10/03/2011 at 7:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 87 minutes
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| Synopsis: An absorbing study of self, identity, the nature of love and raw sexual desire. With unforgettable performances by the female leads and stunning cinematography, Nude Study will leave you bitten, sweetened, and reluctant to let the story go. |
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Director: Caleb Vetter |
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10/05/2011 at 5:40 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 73 minutes
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Awards Received: Best Family Film - Bare Bones International Film Festival Audience Choice for Feature Film - Bare Bone International Film Festival Official Selection - Independents' Film Festival Official Selection - Maranatha Christian International Film Festival |
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Synopsis: A young man inherits his late mentor's pawn shop and $4 million from a recent collectible. Escaping the clingy money-hungry girlfriend and the devastating death of his mentor, he moves to a small town under a new name. There a young woman captures his heart, but their secret pasts and his insecurities keep them apart.
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Director: Sally Blake |
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10/06/2011 at 5:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 59 minutes
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| Synopsis: Why are we tripping over ourselves to get on reality television, post intimate secrets on-line, or drop our drawers for amateur non-profit porn? Peep Culture is an insightful romp into a world where the Internet and reality TV can make you a star. YouTube and ChatRoulette are high-speed version of lost village life, reconnecting the human tribe in the context of a culture that is celebrity and camera obsessed, when we're not so much connecting as 'broadcasting'. In the age of Peep, the challenge isn't to protect your private life but how best to capitalize on it.Peep Me: Pimping our lives in exchange for fame and friendship, one follower at a time. |
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Director: DeSiree' Fawn |
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10/02/2011 at 5:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 87 minutes
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| Synopsis: As the summer heat cranks up in the beautiful Sun Valley resort, so does the tension between 'wolf lovers'and 'wolf haters', with Idaho's first legal wolf hunting season quickly approaching in the fall. 'The Phantom Wolves of Sun Valley' documents the war over wolves that's taking place in the West, the result of a successful reintroduction of the species into the same area in which they were eradicated nearly a century ago. Made with the insider perspective of DeSiree' Fawn, a fifth generation native to the Sun Valley, Idaho area and NYC based filmmaker who is determined to understand the conflict over wolves and the culture war it represents. |
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Director: Risteard O'Domhnaill |
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10/01/2011 at 3:20 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 80 minutes
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| Synopsis: In a remote corner of the West of Ireland sits Broadhaven Bay. It is the perfect picture postcard, where the high cliffs of Erris Head and the Stags of Broadhaven stand sentry at the mouth of the bay against the mighty Atlantic, as if protecting the delicate golden sands of Glengad beach and the tiny village of Rossport, which nestles behind the dunes. However, this peaceful tranquility belies the turmoil that lies beneath, and the unique nature of the coastline which has sustained generations of farmers and fishermen, has also delivered to Shell Oil the perfect landfall for the Corrib Gas Pipeline. |
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Prisoners Of Plenty
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Director: Thomas Nelson |
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10/03/2011 at 5:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 53 minutes
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Awards Received: Broadcast Education Association |
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Synopsis: German military men taken prisoner during World War Two were often interned in prisoner of war camps throughout the United States. One of these POW camps was built in Concordia, Kansas and given the name of Camp Concordia. Prisoners of Plenty is the recollections of those Germans and Americans who found themselves face to face as captor and captured more than a half-century ago in this most isolated and unlikely place.
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Director: John C. Sorensen |
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09/30/2011 at 5:45 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 62 minutes
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Awards Received: Eyes Audience Award, Documentary of the Year- Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Seoul South Korea, July 2011; Indie Award - The Indie Fest, La Jolla, CA, June 2011; Official Selection - Vegas Cine Fest, Sausalito Film Festival, Global Peace Film Festival. |
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| Synopsis: Project Happiness focuses on four teens from Santa Cruz, California. Each faces personal obstacles to happiness: loss, alienation and the everyday challenges of being a teenager passing into adulthood. Project Happiness introduces them to their peers in Nigeria and India and quickly leaves lectures and books behind. In addition to connecting with each other, the teens engage in conversations with cultural icons George Lucas, Richard Gere and groundbreaking neuroscientist Richard Davidson. At the end of their year together, the three groups converge in Dharamsala, India for a rare private interview with the Dalai Lama - an event that rocks their expectations, brings more questions than answers and marks a new chapter in their lives. |
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Director: Sam Voutas |
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10/04/2011 at 5:30 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 91 minutes
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Awards Received: AUDIENCE AWARD, 2011 Terracotta Far East Film Festival, UK. Nominated: BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PERFORMANCE, 2011 Singapore International Film Festival Silver Screen Awards. |
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| Synopsis: Shunzi, a Beijing cab driver, is having one hell of a bad day. His boss just fired him on the spot for disobedience and his wife left him for another man. To make matters worse, his wife insists that the house he bought her on their wedding day is legally hers, leaving him with nothing but the Pekinese dog for comfort. With little other choice, Shunzi decides to swallow his pride and take any job he can find. Just when Shunzi thinks the humiliation can't get any worse, he is spotted by an old high school friend who comes up with a wild proposition: why not open an adult shop in new, sexually liberalized China? |
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Director: Simon Arthur |
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10/01/2011 at 7:40 PM
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Rating: R • Running Time: 87 minutes
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Awards Received: Winner, BEST FEATURE-2011 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL |
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| Synopsis: A pair of lovers (LEE TERGESEN and ENID GRAHAM) travel from town to town, taking on different identities in each new place. Driven by an insatiable appetite for change and with no regard for consequences, they manipulate, toy with, and forever alter the lives of the strangers they meet. However, with each performance, their deceitful game spirals ever more out of control. |
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Some called them Baby Killers...We call them HEROES
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Director: Rodney Ray |
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10/03/2011 at 5:25 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 93 minutes
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Synopsis: Contrary to the hero's welcome received by other veterans, the majority of men returning from Vietnam were barely given a handshake of appreciation...much less parades and accolades. Their training did not prepare them to gracefully blend back into civilian life afterward, especially if some cruelly perceive you to be a 'baby killer.'
This documentary takes a closer look at their service and family life. As each man recounts his story and contemplates the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, we get a glimpse into the lives of these unheralded heroes. |
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Director: Susan Cohn Rockefeller |
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10/01/2011 at 1:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 38 minutes
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Awards Received: Honorable Mention, Bayou City Film Festival (October 2010), Seriously Good Short, Southern Winds Film Festival (September, 2010) |
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Synopsis: Part of the program ART-MUSIC-WAR.
What's the effect of four deployments on an American soldier? Striking a Chord takes the audience right onto army bases in Iraq. The film follows singer-songwriter Nell Bryden and her band's tour to Iraq. We see firsthand how music brings joy and relief to the troops by briefly breaking their isolation and boredom. The backdrop to the story of Striking a Chord is the somber reality of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and its devastating and isolating effects. Intercut with uplifting and moving scenes of Nell's performances and talks with the soldiers are interviews with psychiatrist Dr. Judith Broder, who speaks to how music addresses stress, promoting relaxation, expression of feelings and promoting the healing of invisible battle scars. |
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Director: Jeff Nichols |
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09/30/2010 at 8:00 PM
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Rating: R • Running Time: 120 minutes
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Awards Received: Official Selection SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, Winner Fipresci Prize -CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, Winner Critics Week Grand Prize - CANNES FILM FESTIVAL |
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Synopsis: When Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) begins having nightmares of an encroaching, apocalyptic storm, he refrains from telling his wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain). To protect her and their six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf, Curtis starts channeling his anxiety and money into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. While Hannah's healthcare and special needs education has resulted in financial struggle for the modest family, Curtis' seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, and provokes intolerance among co-workers, friends and neighbors. However, the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within the community doesn't compare to Curtis' private fear of what his dreams may truly signify.
Faced with the proposition that his disturbing visions signal disaster of one kind or another, Curtis finally opens up to Samantha, testing the power of their bond against the highest possible stakes.
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Vincent Wants To Sea
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10/02/2011 at 1:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 96 minutes
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Awards Received: Audience Choice Award - Cleveland Int'l Film Festival Audience Choice Award - Fresno Film Festival Audience Choice Award - Film Neu Film Festival
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| Synopsis: Three disabled, two men and a girl, one, a Tourette's syndrome sufferer, the second, an obsessive, the third, an anorexic, run away from a rehabilitation center, and change at least temporarily their behavior, when togetherness obliges them to make a switch in their life. Even the hero's father and the psychologist, who are going after them, pass from a relation of enmity to a friendly one. Pop music, speed of vehicles, the impact of Alps panorama, and brilliant photography, contribute in moving spectators to share the enthusiastic but momentary deliverance of the characters in their journey to the sea |
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Director: Niki Caro - Director of WHALE RIDER |
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10/06/2011 at 7:35 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 120 minutes
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THE VINTNER'S LUCK a rare and unusual story, set in 19th Century France, which tells of a peasant wine-maker, Sobran Jodeau, and his life-long relationship with an angel.
The angel is Xas, a curious creature who visits Sobran one night a year for the duration of his life. Sobran is in turn fascinated, fearful and infatuated but also ambitious for what the angel can teach him about the world and about wine. The angel is equally drawn to Sobran. Thus begins a friendship that becomes a deep, conflicted and passionate relationship - one that is marked, year by year, by the wine that they make together.
Man and angel explore each other and with each movement in Sobran's life; ambition, war, lust, love, sex, fatherhood, friendship, artistic mastery and finally spirituality, Xas' experience of humanity deepens. As does Sobran's.
But this strange and beautiful relationship is inherently unstable, and as the angel reveals his secrets - tragic, beautiful and horrifying - Sobran must confront the angel's true nature. Their struggle, their separation and their eventual union before the greatness - not of God - but of the experience of life is what brings Sobran peace at his life's end. |
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Director: Charlotte Barrett and Sean Fallon |
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10/03/2011 at 5:35 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 88 minutes
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Awards Received: BEST FEATURE FILM - Las Vegas Film Festival BEST FEATURE FILM - Black Hills Film Festival GRAND JURY AWARD & AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM - DC Independent Film Festival BEST EDITING - Visionfest NYC |
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| Synopsis: Alexander is a 26 year old scrap hauler who is about to be evicted. In a last ditch effort to save his house from the bank, he turns it into a brothel - even though he has never had sex before. |
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Walking the Waking Journey
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Director: Ferdinand Balanag |
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10/02/2011 at 7:00 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 71 minutes
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Awards Received: Golden Ace award (Las Vegas Film Festival) |
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Synopsis: For centuries, men and women have been drawn to the sheer magnificence of the Himalayas. From all around the world they have scaled these perilous heights in search of fame, or a sense of accomplishment. This story may not be about the great feats that these peaks have been witness to over the years, but it is certainly one of the most vibrant pictures of a people as resilient as their surroundings. This is a story about the hopes and dreams of children, and about how one man's vision is ushering them forward into a more certain future.
Seven years ago, Lama Tenzin — a young Tibetan monk — rescued children from poor living conditions in the isolated villages in the Himalayan border region of Upper Dolpo, Nepal. He built a home for them in India where he raised and educated them, and provided them with spiritual guidance with the hope that these children would return to their homes one day and do the same for their communities.
In 2008, Lama Tenzin took the eleven children he rescued on a 30 day journey back to visit their homes and families. Walking the Waking Journey is the documentation of that remarkable voyage. The viewer is invited to join Lama Tenzin and the children as they move through the fierce and jagged beauty of the Himalayan landscape.
Their journey began with small steps: each one echoing with the resounding determination to make big dreams come true. And we see that it is often in the smallest things that the greatest opportunities for learning are born. As each path takes the children closer to home, we find that we too are learning; that an act of compassion can stretch out over time and distance to blossom in the hearts of countless people, that the human spirit is as enduring as even the timeless Himalayan mountains, and that it is love and connection that keep us all walking forward in this world with resolve and abundant joy. |
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We Need To Talk About Kevin
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Director: Lynne Ramsay |
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10/01/2011 at 8:00 PM
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Rating: R • Running Time: 112 minutes
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Synopsis: The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief -- and feelings of responsibility for her child's actions -- by writing to her estranged husband.
Starring John C. Reilly and Tilda Swinton |
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Director: Amanda Jane |
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10/02/2011 at 2:30 PM
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Rating: NR • Running Time: 97 minutes
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Awards Received: BEST FILM - Los Angeles Comedy Festival BEST DIRECTOR - Los Angeles Comedy Festival BEST SCREENPLAY - Los Angeles Comedy Festival BEST ENSEMBLE - Los Angeles Comedy Festival BEST FILM - Los Angeles Movie Awards 2011 BEST ACTOR (Josh Lawson) - Los Angeles Movie Awards BEST SCREENPLAY - Los Angeles Movie Awards BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Los Angeles Movie Awards BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - Manhattan Film Festival 2011 GOLDEN ACE AWARD - Las Vegas Film Festival 2011 SILVER PALM AWARD - Mexico International Film Festival BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM (Audience Award) - Melbourne International Film Festival |
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| Synopsis: A sexy romantic comedy about the Thompson Family, whose individual love lives range from deviant to delicious to downright desperate. Up to his eyeballs in debt, the youngest son Steve, agrees to marry a Russian girl for cash. When his plans for a secret registry affair are discovered by his family, Steve finds himself at the center of the world's most farcical wedding. The only problem is, Steve is in love with someone else. |
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