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Lost Bladesman Directed by Felix Chong & Alan Mak Running Time: 1hr 47mins Ancient |
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is a War Directed by Oliver Laneurie Running Time: 0hr 19mins There is a War is a short film about love and leaving. It tells the story of A FAMILY, Lea, Simon and Chloe, who are all hurt by FAMILY MEMBER Ben’s actions. In a matter of days, their lives change radically. Simon is played by the very talented Laurent Bateau, who has appeared in over 71 films, including Hereafter, the 2010 film alongside Matt Damon. Our villain, Ben, is played by Arié Elmaleh, who had a role in the fantastic 2007 French film, Persopolis. |
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Vampire Queen Directed by Paulo J. Maia Running Time: 0hr 11mins There is no time for the flowers to bloom' - this thought consumes the mind of a writer, whoends up absorbed and dominated by a melancholic worldhe creates, a world inhabited by a young and lonesome girl who awaits the fate he wrote up for her: becoming The Vampire Queen. 'If you break a lie to pieces, the pieces are the truth' - inspired by Eugene O'Neill, the writer delves into his mind to separate what is truth and what are lies, regardless of the meaning of reality. He begins to let go and attempt to let the girl bloom.Torn between the fear of others, the fear of blood and the fear of herself, the girl is suddenly victim to the narrator's fear of loneliness, as he chooses her as the perfect flower for his garden, the perfect negative for his film. Lost in time, lost in love, lost in thought and lost in nightmares, the girl and the writer inadvertently get closer to one another, only to find out that perhaps they are one in the same, and that there might just not be time for the flowers to bloom, after all.with music by Justin Froese, this Spanish spoken fantasy piece hopes to find just a little bit of truth, in a character tired of being afraid. |
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| Alambamento Directed by Mario Bastos Running Time: 0hr 15mins Matias' family has prepared a sizable dowry, or Alambamento, for his future wife Mena's family, as is customary in Angola. When he drives his cousin's Toyota to deliver it to Mena in the rough shantytown where she lives, he accidentally hits a young boy who is playing soccer. The town's people quickly gather around Matias to take retribution, and he panics both for his own safety and for the safety of his dowry. Mena's father, Tixico, starts taking as much of the dowry out of Matias' Toyota as he can knowing full well the corrupt police and local folk will help themselves if he doesn't. In order to help Matias out of danger or appearing responsible for the accident, the police expect him to pay up. They pretend to take him away, and then they drop him off on the road out of the shantytown, taking his Toyota and anything left in it. Happy to be alive, and to have saved at least a little bit of his dowry, Matias feels that he must return to Mena to show his love and devotion rather than running way in humiliation and fear. The producer of this film, Hassan Said, assisted the production stages in the 2008 film Milk, starring Sean Penn. |
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| Treasure of the Black Jaguar Directed by Mike Bruce Running time: 1hr 32mins Two boys with a get rich quick scheme end up in prison, but when they meet a famed treasure hunter named Blake West with a plan to break out they agree to journey out into the unforgiving desert to uncover a mysteriously cursed artifact. Blake West's former employer, a Japanese industrialist, is determined to beat our hero to the treasure and stop the boys by any means necessary. Starring Timothy V. Murphy, who worked alongside the Saturday Night Live team in the hilariously stupid MacGruber, and Michael Drayer, who made an appearance alongside Mickey Rourke in the well acclaimed The Wrestler. |
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| Risen Directed by Neil Jones Running time: 2hr 0 mins Howard Winstone lost three fingers on his right hand at the age of 16, meaning his impressive amateur boxing career would come to an end. But through sheer determination, despite only being able to make a fist with one hand, he went on to defy the world and win every boxing title in his division and eventually be crowned the champion of the world. Set in 1960's Britain, this true story is inspirational, powerful and full of drama. For as Howard reaches the heights of his success, his marriage suffers and his wife struggles with the pressures of his fame. Featuring more world champions than any other film in history and with explosive boxing, this is a story that deserves to be seen. A compelling tale starring Eastenders’ own Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), WWF Smackdown! player Erik Morales, and fine actor John Noble, who made appearences in Fringe, The Last Airbender, and played Denethor in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. |
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The Italian Key Directed by Rosa Karo Running time: 1hr 35 mins A 19-year-old orphan girl, Cabella, who has never known her parents, has lived with her non-related uncle Max for as long as she can remember. When Max dies and his upper-class relatives claim everything, Cabella only gets and old key that Max has left for her in secret. Distraught and without much to look forward to, she travels to Italy and finds a run-down villa in a little village where she stays as she has nowhere else to go. Little by little, Cabella starts to fit into the life of the village. She decorates the house amicably and becomes friends with three local sisters. The oldest of the sisters, Maria, is smitten with mysterious, aristocratic Lord Jai, a young Indian man who lives in the village castle. Middle sister Sophia is a budding artist who roams the woods and mountaintops, painting wildlife - and little sister Giulia waits for the man of her dreams every day at the village square, but no one ever arrives on the daily bus. In her new home, Cabella befriends a 9-year-old chimney sweeper who died in the house long ago. With the ghost's and the sisters' help, she begins to discover more about the enigmatic woman who lived in the house before and whose clothes she has been wearing ever since she moved in. As the mysteries slowly unfold, Cabella rediscovers her joie de vivre, as do many others in whose life she has suddenly drifted. A romantic fairytale starring Joeanna Saylor, who made an appearance alongside Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and John Shea, who has played Lex Luther in the Superman series as well as Adam Kane in Mutant X and making an appearance as Harold Waldorf in Gossip Girl. |
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| Siberia. Monamour Directed by Slava Ross Running time: 1hr 41mins We are taken to Siberia in late autumn; to Taiga, a deserted village. There lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. When a pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighbourhood, Leshia finds one of the dogs was his best friend. Their relative uncle Yuri occasionally brings them food, but once on his way back from Ivan's village uncle Yuri is attacked by the dogs & perishes., thus leaving Ivan & Leshia without supply. Leshia witnesses Ivan shooting at 'his' dog & runs away. A while after, the old Man finds him in a dry well, but he fails to get him out on his own and sets out through Taiga in search of help. Now the dogs are hunting him...And the boy is waiting for his father... |
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| Frontman Directed by Ben Hyland Running time: 1hr 45mins A comedy about struggling with life, coping with death and playing soft rock along the way. When the former frontman of 'Stanley and the Knives' suddenly dies his old friends and band mates are forced back together after twenty-five years apart. Cracks soon start to appear in their relationships and it becomes clear why they split up in the first place. Frontman is a musical journey of five strangers, becoming friends for the second time. |
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| Andante Directed by Assaf Tager Running time: 1hr 36mins In a post-industrial world people are no longer able to dream. A factory run by Mr Terrier sells the frightened, sleepless masses a dreaming experience. Sarah, the single surviving dreamer, sets out to the only place that can provide answers to her strange night-time visions: the dream factory. Her arrival excites Mr Terrier who is searching for a new dreamer. The visions of the old comatose man, whose dreams Mr Terrier taps into, have become repetitive and dull. He must be replaced. Didi, Sarah’s lover, cuts and edits the dreams for Mr Terrier. To avoid Sarah turning out like the old man, Didi must save her. But for Terrier, Sarah holds the future of his company. He kidnaps her, tying her up then forcibly drugging her. After awakening, Sarah comes to realize the repercussions her dreams have had in the real world. |
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| Being Italian With Signora Enrica Directed by Ali Ilhan Running time: 1hr 47mins After her husband had left her years ago leaving his son behind, Signora Enrica became famous in her town with not letting in a single male even through the door of her house. She rents the spare rooms in her house to female students, tailors as a secondary job and also works at the local markets. She breaks this rule which she kept for many years for a male Turkish student who ended up at her doorstep with a misunderstanding on a rainy night... Although in the beginning she would not want to let this stranger in, Enrica would later not only open the house doors but also her heart which she kept locked for many years to this young Turkish man...Starring the very beautiful and once very famous Claudia Cardinal, who appeared in Once Upon a Time in the West, 8½, Fitzcarraldo and The Leopard in her prime. |
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| The Unforgettable Proposal Directed by Mohammad Alkazemi Running time: 0hr 10mins Michael, 31, decides finally to propose to Becky, 28. He's shy, nervous, and doesn't know how to say the words. When he tries he goes into daydreaming sequences to relieve himself and feel more confident. When the time comes to propose for real, he ruins it. |
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| One Sunny Morning Directed by BK Lim Running time: 0hr 18mins After a chanced meeting, Juan, a young professional and Nick, a university student, find themselves intertwined in a tussle of love, agony and confusion. Is it '...better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all'? That's the dilemma Juan is confronted with as he struggles between society's expectations and the calling of his heart. |
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| Vento Directed by Marcio Salem Running time: A haunting tale about a small isolated town in Brazil. The local population begin to act strange once the wind stops blowing; they have no hope and no optimism. And in the middle of all of this, a little boy wants to change his life and pursue his dreams. |
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| Who Am I? Directed by Klim Shipenko Running time: This story begins at the Sevastopol train station in the early rainy morning. On the platform near Moscow-Sevastopol train the police finds a young man without documents, who has lost his memory. He remembers a lot of facts: historical dates, songs of his favorite band “Serga“, but he can’t recollect his name or say where he is from and what his family is. |
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| Two Men in a Boat - Chasing Spring Directed by Jeremy Norman Running time: 1hr 2mins 'Spring travels up through Britain at the pace of a walking man.' This chance-heard quote struck Jeremy Norman as an intensely romantic notion, and, along with his partner Derek Frost, he set out to find the proof. Chartering Kalani, an 80-foot, twin-screw motor yacht, they set out on an amazing journey, chasing spring up the west coast of the British Isles. This charming film documents their extraordinary odyssey. On April 13 the two men started their journey at the south-western-most tip of England – the Scilly Isles – then headed north along the west coast of England. Along the way, they visited Wales and Northern Ireland, keeping pace with the arrival of spring, and gathered visual and anecdotal evidence of climate change wherever they went. They then headed further north to Scotland through the Hebrides before changing course to head west on the dangerous 7-hour journey to St. Kilda, a remote group of three islands off the north-western coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site for both their natural and cultural significance, and a place that Jeremy had wanted to visit since he was a boy. The journey would take Jeremy and Derek two months, and would satisfy the varied interests of both men, including natural history, archeology, fine art and photography. Along the way they visited with friends and acquaintances both famous and fascinating, explored both well and lesser known places, and documented the ecological changes threatening the natural habitats of Britain’s native plants, animals and birds. |
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| The Spanish Wine Cathedrals Directed by ETERIO ORTEGA SANTILLANA Running time: 1hr 23mins From the budding of the first shoots in spring, to the harvesting of the grapes in autumn and the pruning of the vine stock in winter, The Spanish Wine Cathedrals looks at the landscape, architecture and human histories behind the wine-growing and making process. The film focuses on two different Spanish regions, each with its own distinct culture and type of wines: Rioja in the north and Jerez in the south. The film features a number of real people engaged in their everyday work; together their testimonies offer a profound insight into the world of wine. Each has his or her own role to play in the story and they each convey their own personal passions as they take us inside the culture of wine. |
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| Orient Top Town Directed by See-yuen Wong Running time: 1hr 23mins Orient Top Town is a real estate developer’s nightmare and is situated in the south east of greater Shanghai. It remains largely empty and unsold despite a booming property market in the city. Desperate, the developers decided to let artists live in the 500 vacant shop spaces for free. In return, the artists give the developer 2 works each year. Soon, a community of over 100 artists who cannot afford the high rents in the city, live and work there. Shanghai is hoping to surprise the world when World Expo opens in May 2010, with a budget that rivals Beijing’s Olympics. Against this backdrop of the big city, the artists in Orient Top Town told a personal account of being an artist in China right at this juncture in time. It is also a new phenomenon in China that real estate developers have oddly become a major power player in the new and emerging Chinese art market. The artists shed light on the artist’s path to success in China today and why art and property is now the new best partner. |
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| Eternal Sunrise Directed by Guzman De Yarza Running time: 1hr 50mins Madrid-Rio De Janeiro-Santiago De Chile-Miami-Mexico DF-Las Vegas-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Sydney-Singapore-Tokyo-Beijing-Johannesburg-London-Madrid.16 airports in 25 days.Two artists turn the world around without ever leaving an airport. |
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| Out of the Darkness Directed by Stefano Levi Running time: 1hr 12mins More than half of the world’s preventable blindness is caused by cataract disease, a clouding of the clear lens of the eye. In developing countries like Nepal, it is not only a personal tragedy, but can devastate the economy of entire communities. Fortunately, it is also easy to cure. Cataract surgery is one of the most effective medical interventions on earth, but until recently was considered too expensive to provide to the rural poor. Most of the world’s blind people live in remote, impoverished areas. The majority of doctors able to cure them work in cities. Dr. Sanduk Ruit from Nepal, and his American partner, Dr. Geoff Tabin, have made perfecting a portable low cost surgical procedure to restore sight their life‘s work. They trek to Nepal’s remote Northeast, carrying an entire hospital on porters‘ backs. Their mission is to bring the needlessly blind out of the darkness. |
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| Left by the Ship Directed by Emma Rossi Landi Running time: 1hr 9mins 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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| Salt in the Salad: Sonata in Seven Parts Directed by Michael Kovensky Running time: 0hr 48mins The stories of seven persons, Jews of the Persian origin, immigrated from Iran to Israel in the last 30 years. The circumstances of their life are different, however they share the painful feeling of nostalgia and loss of the land they once lived and loved. Their fatherland became for a meanwhile to the biggest enemy of their new country. Fear and hope contradict each other in their thoughts and feelings. They are all seeking for the ways to balance their past and present. |
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| Challenging Impossibility Directed by Sanjay Rawal & Natabara Mark Rollosson Running time: 0hr 28mins Challenging Impossibilities chronicles the weightlifting odyssey of the late spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy. Surprisingly, at the age of 53, this Indian-born mystic took up weightlifting. Already an advocate of the necessity of physical fitness in the spiritual life, this New York City-based Guru was inspired to demonstrate the tangible power of inner peace by performing incredible, but real feats of strength. Sri Chinmoy's lifts were featured on hundreds of newscasts globally, including on CNN, Fox, ESPN and NBC affiliates. CHALLENGING IMPOSSIBILITY focuses on an exhibition he held on 13 November 2004 where he lifted a total of 200,408 pounds. He was 73 years old. Featuring: Bill Pearl, Frank Zane, Carl Lewis and Hugo Girard. Appearances by Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. |
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| Here Comes the Wolf: The Pandemic Hoax Directed by Juan Jose Rendon Running time: 0hr 53mins The H1N1 Flu pandemic caused mass hysteria throughout the world, but was this hysteria founded on fact or fabricated to manipulate public opinion? The Epidemic Island questions how fear shapes the public consciousness and how governments and trusted institutions use fear to exploit the public’s vulnerability. The H1N1 flu was labeled as a deadly virus, but why then, in Veracruz, the so called epicenter of the pandemic, was there no death or panic? |
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| Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop Directed by Klaus Schneyder Running time: 0 hr 55 mins 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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| Recycling in India Directed by Nilesh Vasave Running time: Recycling in India is a documentary about the traditional and unorganized recycling in India, which is going on since decades but is not being highlighted anywhere. Its story of people involved in this effort that might or might not know the importance of the work they are doing in helping environment and are example of sustainable development. The documentary is an effort to show the process of traditional recycling which starts from normal house hold and ends in big factories making recycled goods, and how its part of peoples every day lives since generations. |
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| Neander-Jin: The Return of the Neanderthal Man Directed by Florian Steinbiss Running time: 1hr 20mins Even before the World premiere, Neander Jin - The Return Of The Neanderthal Man received two Awards in the United States of America.: Best of Show (main prize: Narrative Feature) at the Indie Fest, La Jolla, California and 'Emerging Narrative Feature Filmmaker' at the Geneva Film Festival, Illinois. 'Neander Jin - The Return Of The Neanderthal Man plays with different genres and styles, parodying a wide range of movies. It delivers a highly entertaining story that is joyful with absurd surprises. Audiences are sure to enjoy this movie.' |
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| Rev Directed by Cesar Espada Running time: Two sides of the same story, REV-VER. A woman alone in a house receives text messages and makes strange phone calls. In another part of the world a couple receives these phone calls and reacts to them in an unpredictable way. |
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| Naughty Directed by Deborah Hadfield Running time: 0hr 5mins Seven ways to sin, how naughty are you? Seven people all practicing a different sin. |
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| The Golden Pomegranate Directed by Dan Turgeman Running time: 1hr 42mins Mazal, a Jewish child-bride from Yemen, preserves her religion, culture, family and her unique art, surviving the harsh, violent conditions of Jerusalem and the Holy Land in the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. She becomes the mother of two, a young widow, and the family's breadwinner through her skills as a jeweler in gold and silver. In time, a woman of property and an ardent patriot, she prevails through the unfolding bloody decades while living in the Old City of Jerusalem. She heads a family of extraordinary, unforgettable characters and grows old in strength and determination, remaining true to her traditions and ideals. |
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| Buggy Directed by Andrey Bogatyrev Running time: 1hr 51mins Two characters. They represent two generations. One is 68 from plenty Soviet Union background, another 23 whom is without any targets in his life. They don't know each other and they are both not good at the new Russian reality. Urban high contrast life passes by where rapid wave of advertising, glam and joy are on each corner: 'It's going to be best, man ... Win a million! ... You're the first!' But one human life depends on both heroes. Solution hard to archive. Solution is huge amount of money that will unite them in tragic circumstances. |
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| Blood of Eagles Directed by Conor Allyn & Yadi Sugandi Running time: Indonesia 1947: Divided by the secrets of their past and deep conflicts in personality, class and religion, four young men unite to stage a desperate assault on a Dutch internment camp in order to rescue the women they love. The cadets link up with General Sudirman’s guerrilla headquarters, where they are given a top-secret mission behind enemy lines in West Java: a commando-style strike on a vital airfield that could help turn the tide of rebel resistance against the ruthless advance of General Van Mook’s August 1947 offensive. The guerrillas penetrate deep into West Java, where they encounter a rival band of Islamic separatists, along with new allies, suspected traitors, colonial spies, heroic partisans, and an old enemy in charge of Dutch intelligence. Surrounded by the enemy around, the enemy above and the enemy within, the heroes must band together and trust each other as they battle intrigue, infighting, betrayal and the overwhelming power of a mighty European empire, in pursuit of a single goal: Freedom. To Become Free, They Became One |
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| The Death | Dreamed Of Directed by Panagiotis Kravvas Running time: 1hr 34mins The characters of the movie is a group of adolescents - with a normal domestic background, the sons and daughters next door- who experience daily the disappointments of the Greek middle class family ∙ a family trapped in a desperate attempt to balance, on the one hand, the tradition, the social pretensions, the orthodoxy, and on the other, the modernization and the western bourgeois style of life. The unsuccessful finding of an equilibrium between these two aspects, leads to the rupture of the adolescents’ personalities, but also to the rupture of the institution of the family itself. The lack of identity and purpose for these children leads them to a pursuit of self – determination through paths of darkness and fear, paths of excitement and power as well. In this pursuit the group of young people has a leader, an eighteen year old boy, who magnetize with his imposing presence and his mysterious, enigmatic attitude. The atmosphere that is created by him is psychonarcotic, capable of seducing everyone. The teenagers become a part of a vicious circle full of crimes, paroxysm and paranoia, where the blood is considered to be “catharsis” and the occult ceremonies some sort of participation into something metaphysical, superior, untouched and seductive. The crimes are being exposed, but in the end who is the real criminal and instigator? The teenagers themselves or a hypocritical society who not only does it turn a blind eye to its own wounds, but also lets them fester… |
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| Mrs Carey's Concert Directed by Bob Connolly & Sophie Raymond Running time: 1hr 35mins At a Sydney girls School, Music Director Karen Carey prepares her young students for a concert at he Opera House. Believing in the trans-formative power of great music, Carey insists upon a Classical repertoire, sets a dauntingly high performance standard and requires the participation of every girl in the school. But not everyone shares her passion.Mrs Carey's Concert is about music making and coming of age, about talent and courage, compliance and rebellion. About those prepared to open their minds and hearts to what the world has to offer ... and those yet to discover the potential within. A feature documentary by Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond |
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| The Beethoven Project Directed by Christian Berger Running time: 1hr 33mins The film shows how The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and conductor Paavo Jaervi approach Beethoven's symphonies, as they prepare to play all nine of them in four days at the Beethovenfest Bonn. The Estonian conductor and members of the orchestra demonstrate their enthusiasm for the music in rehearsals, concerts and behind the scenes. How was this former youth orchestra able to reach the top of the classical music world? What is their vision? The documentary 'The Beethoven Project' answers these and other questions in 90 minutes. A conductor, an orchestra, Beethoven and his music. |
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| El Rio/The River Directed by Adrian Saba Running time: A man stuck between his dreams and his memories struggles to find his lost wife. |
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| So Far Removed Directed by Muhammad Faizal Bin Mazlan Running time: 0hr 16mins A young woman is forced to reminisce her past with an ex-lover when she interviews him for her documentary on Singapore's high emigration rate. |
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| Life! Camera Action... Directed by Rohit Gupta Life! Camera Action... is an inspiring journey of Reina, a young Indian-American woman, who sets off to pursue a career in filmmaking against the wishes of her family and as she tries to make ends meet, Reina begins to seen another dream to prove to her parents that her drive for her dream is sincere and while being born with a personality may be an inherent gift from one's parents, to live as a personality is an achievement of our own and a return gift to one's parents. |
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| Maya Directed by Pluton Vasi ' Maya', a drama build up on clashes of mentalities. Sam, son of an Albanian political emigrant visits for the first time Albania to rebury the remains of his father in Motherland. He falls in love with Maya, a married woman to his cousin, early envy of Police Chief. Despite the high pressure he is coping, Sam makes no way back. It is Maya's daughter, 14 years old Alisa that will turn upside down the unthinkable... |
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| Fractured Minds Directed byFrank Battiston A couple hits the road for a weekend getaway, hoping to restore their malfunctioning marriage. On their way they belief that this is the weekend that they will get to enjoy each other without interruptions. Their hope, however, turns into despair when the most desired getaway soon becomes a fight for survival as the couple is taken hostage by a psychotic serial killer. However, they are not alone in this nightmare but they will soon find out that this can easily change. Now more than ever, they will require each otherʼs strength and love to find a way to escape. |
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Directed by Robin Kupferman: 'Slip Cue' is an engaging glimpse into the electronic music industry and scene, serving as a catalyst for aspiring DJs and producers to transform a passion into a career -- but is it about the people or the processes of what they do and how they do it? The documentary encourages anyone who has the drive to become a DJ or producer to pursue their passion for electronic music and explore the avenues and tools they may use to shape their own paths within the industry. Internationally-renowned DJs such as Junior Vasquez, DJ Sneak, the Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, Telefon Tel Aviv, Kate Simko, Kenneth Thomas, and Lady D reveal how long-standing success in the electronic music industry is possible with practice and dedication. The film explores in-depth the beginning steps one can take to become a DJ and/or producer, how to select music and connect with audiences worldwide, the software and hardware used at venues and in the studio, methods for online marketing and promotion, and how electronic music and the scene continually evolve.As technology progresses and it becomes more attainable and economical to create and share music, the boundaries will continually be pushed. What defines a good DJ now may rapidly change as the industry adapts to new musical styles and methods for producing and sharing music, but the passion for the music remains. |
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| Light at the end Directed by Chris Burton: A divine light saves a lovesick man from certain death, but is there a hidden agenda behind the intervention? Heartbroken Cliff has been dumped by his beautiful girlfriend Suzie. A desperate attempt to reconcile with her leaves him staring death in the face. As he battles supreme power to save his relationship, an important lesson in life comes to light. |
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| Like Stones in Water Directed by Kok-Yau Khong: A demented old man's memories are buried deep like stones in water. He throws stones into a lake and each stone recalls the surface happiness in his life. Each memory is of the happiness shared with his two daughters when they were children. Now fully grown up, his eldest daughter, Rebecca, takes him to school only for the old man to have a strange episode - he mistakes his grandson's friend for his youngest daughter, Jennifer. Bemused by this, Rebecca recalls the episode to her husband at the dinner table, only to get a stinging rebuke from her husband. We later find out that in fact, Jennifer led a very troubled life. Finally, an unexpected family tragedy has the force to shatter the surface and reveal the truth behind the old man's hidden memories. |
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| Augenblicke Directed by Martin Bargiel: In the middle of the night a fight between Schenker’s neighbors won’t let him rest. Half asleep his mind is playing tricks on him: constantly he awakes in different places. He tries to put himself back to sleep by smoking one cigarette after another. But soon he runs out of matches and takes a walk to the 24/7 market next door. Accompanied by heavy rain and rumbling thunder he awakes again. But this time not in his bedroom, not in his bathroom nor in the 24/7 market. This time he finds himself in an interrogation room, and he has to face questioning by an inspector about a dead woman. Now his real nightmare begins. |
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| The Sound between the notes Directed by Cyril Eberle: Arabic Fusion The sound between the notes. Situated at the crossroads of cultures the Arabic world has long been influenced by travelers across its lands. The documentary showcases the scope of modern Arabic music, ranging from traditional, acoustic sounds to contemporary interpretations of Arabic Fusion. The journey takes us through the pillars of Arabic music: percussion, strings and voice. We explore the evolution of the genre and their compositions that led the way for fusion artists in the contemporary world. |
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| Challenging Impossibility Directed by Natabara Mark Rollosson: CHALLENGING IMPOSSIBILITY chronicles the weightlifting odyssey of the late spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy. Known worldwide for his message of oneness, Sri Chinmoy dedicated his life to inspiring people to go beyond their limits by using the strength developed through meditation. In this spirit, Sri Chinmoy offered hundreds of peace concerts at venues like Lincoln Center and Royal Albert Hall, gave lectures at institutions like Harvard and Oxford, wrote hundreds of books about philosophy and peace and sponsored a number of humanitarian outreach programmes.Surprisingly, at the age of 53, the Indian-born mystic took up weightlifting. Already an advocate of the necessity of physical fitness in the spiritual life, the New York City-based Guru was inspired to demonstrate the tangible power of inner peace by performing incredible, but real feats of strength.Sri Chinmoy's lifts were featured on hundreds of newscasts globally, including on CNN, Fox, ESPN and NBC affiliates. Some were standard. Others were designed to captivate. He lifted not only plate weights, but elephants, rock stars and airplanes. CHALLENGING IMPOSSIBILITY focuses on an exhibition he held on 13 November 2004 where he lifted a total of 200,408 pounds. He was 73 years old at the time. In the audience were dozens of renowned strength athletes and bodybuilders. Featuring: Bill Pearl, Frank Zane, Carl Lewis and Hugo Girard. Appearances by Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. |
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| Bar Code Directed by Deborah Hadfield A Blind woman helps a homeless man by paying for his shopping at a supermarket. He says thank you by helping her home but nothing is at it appears. When they arrive at her house she offers money to keep her company but he is insulted and storms off. Alone she turns to drink until she hears an intruder. She grabs a knife but the intruder snatches it and holds it to her throat. The homeless man has returned to say sorry but panicked when he saw the knife. He agrees to stay for dinner. They share their secrets and sad stories. Over dinner they connect because they both feel like outcasts. They make love but in the morning she wakes alone. Her purse has gone but she feels its worth if she gets what she hopes for to be pregnant. He hears her confession and is furious. But her tears persuade him to stay so they can both have a chance at happiness. |
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| Sparkler Directed by Mig Jou You don't need a dream-come-true story to keep dreaming on and on and on. For some people, life is always about expectation, expecting something new, expecting changes. There are plenty of possibilities for your expectation. Obstacles and pleasures both would be on the way to something you are perusing. While the outcome may be a bubble, it could be the warm-up for the next journey. |
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| Hiroshima Pyonyan Directed by Takashi Itoh Lee Kye-son, living in Pyongyang, the capital of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). All of her fingers are wrapped around in bandages. 'The skin on my fingers keep peeling off,' she says, 'and if I don't put ointment on and bandage it, it starts to bleed as if it's been scraped.' From her childhood days, not only by her fingers problem, but also she has been suffered by various diseases.It was not until 2004, that Kye-son was informed the reason of those diseases. When her mother in Hiroshima visited Pyongyang to meet her daughter, she saw Kye-son's bad physical condition, and told that both of them had been exposed to the atomic-bomb's residual radiation. There was her reason for the 59 years of silence. In this documentary, mainly taken in North Korea, a closed and unapproachable country, Itoh focuses on a North Korean Hiroshima-atomic-bombing victim, Lee Kye-son, and reveals the non-humanitarian situation caused by the Japanese government through her anger and grief. Hiroshima and Pyongyang... While living long distances from one another, mother and daughter are worrying about each other's health. And this film ends in unforeseen consequences. |
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| Evropolis Directed by Kostadin Bonev In 1933 Eugeniu Botez, an engineer by profession and a commandant of the harbour of Sulina, wrote a novel. He entitled it 'Europolis' and signed it under the name of Jean Bart. A year later he died. In this strange novel Jean Bart prophecies that one day nothing will be left from the town, once full of life. With the death of Europolis Europe will be slowly dying in pains. A few years later his prophecy started to come true... |
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| Hunting Season Directed by Yavuz Turgul Hunting Season' is the story of the persistent 'Hunter' Ferman and the rugged 'Mad' Idris. The experienced detectives are joined by the quiet and young 'Rookie' Hasan as they embark on a quest to solve the murder of an innocent young girl. The trail will lead them to a variety of characters ranging from the no-good drug dealer, to a rich tycoon and the dead girl's brothers. As they fight to uncover the murderer the also face internal conflicts. Ferman tries to support his ailing wife, Hasan is trying to come to grips with life after collage, while Idris burns with passion and jealousy for Asiye, his divorced wife. Solving the murder will change their lives as well as of everyone around them. |
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| Intercom Directed by Amir Michalovich A short film about incidental encounters, second chances and gas stations. Night before a dangerous yet crucial surgery, 29 year-old Evyatar refuses to go to the hospital. Alone at a desolate gas station, after having been abandoned by his girlfriend for not letting her know of his condition, he finds out that a young girl named Rotem, who works at the gas station, has been eavesdropping on him all this time through the intercom stationed at the pumps. An acquaintance first associated with pure voyeurism rapidly evolves on an axis between alienation and intimacy, as Evyatar suffers from a mild stroke in Rotem's presence. As the story unfolds, it appears that the unique incidental encounter has given them both a second chance. |
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| The Story of Net Directed by Lasse Nielsen Orphaned by the death of his mother, 12-year-old Net arrives in a rural Thai village with a letter introducing him to his father - a father he never knew (and who never knew he had a son). Embarrassed in front of his new family, the father rejects Net at first, but gradually grows closer to the boy. Being deaf-mute does not hinder Net from other relationships in the village - both positive and negative. Thai boxing, gambling, first love, and a brief career with the local mafia all contribute to Net's coming-of-age. |
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| Brookton Hollow Directed by Joshua Smith A magical tale about a young man named Kyle who lives on a farm with only his father and their cow. Kyle's cares for the cow morning and night, and is devastated when his father announces that food is low and they must butcher the cow. That evening, Kyle encounters a mysterious boy who opens him to a new form of love, and possibly a way to save his friend. |
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| Meherjaan Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain In 1971, the state of Pakistan raged into war. As a result, the country was divided and East Pakistan emerged as sovereign Bangladesh. 38 years later, Sarah, a war child begins a journey into her past. Meher, a middle aged sculptress, a survivor of 1971 war lives in Dhaka city alone. Together these two women must walk down the memory lane and re-tell history through their stories. When Meher opens her chest of memory she pulls one story after another: the story of Neela—a rape survivor who is not ashamed to be raped, rather, opts for retaliation; the story of Nanajaan, Meher's Grandpa—a Bengali Musalman who had lost part of his homeland in 1947 partition, and finds himself at a loss to witness yet another rift in 1971. The chest of story also has in store the story of Salma; Meher's aunt, a young clairvoyance who lives in her own domain of fantasy and is lunatically obsessed by the idea of romance and marriage. Finally, at the bottom of the box, like lurking hope, there is the secret story of Meher's own past of falling in love with a man from the enemy side. The stigma of loving an enemy has been heavy on her. However, when Sarah, the war-child says, "your story gives me hope!"—Meher finally feels forgiven. Together, Sarah and Meher gain the strength, courage and hope to go forward. Lightened and healed by the re-telling of her past, Meher rejoices herself in making a sculpture. Sarah goes ahead with her life—'a passionate nomad.' |
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| A. Hitler Directed by Barry Hershey Previously released by Lions Gate Films as The Empty Mirror, this director's cut is now being released under its original title of A. Hitler on the 15th anniversary of its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film, by writer/director Barry J. Hershey, is 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. Through haunting images, Hitler's stream-of-consciousness soliloquies and exchanges with his phantom guests, A. Hitler presents a terrifying primer on genius and psychosis, domination and destruction. The action unfolds amidst a flow of streaming archival film footage intercut with images from Leni Riefenstahl's masterpiece of Nazi propaganda, Triumph Of The Will, and private home movies shot by Hitler's lover, Eva Braun. |
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| Mortem Directed by Eric Atlan Night. A motorcycle speeds along a dark road. A young blond woman is driving, hair blowing in the wind. A car, driving in the opposite direction, pulls off the road and into a wooded area. The motorcycle disappears into the same wooded area. Silence. Suddenly, two motorcycles emerge from the woods. The blond girl is in the lead and moving fast. They arrive at a residence. They pull up and stop. The blond girl has an appointment there, and it now appears to be a hotel. She is unaware of the second motorcycle following her, which pulled up at the same time she did. The driver on the second motorcycle looks very much like her and her name is also Jena; the blond girl can hear her but cannot see her. Together, they enter the hotel. Two other women, who look rather mysterious, greet them. These two other women are on the point of leaving and suggest that they stay at the hotel, alone for the night. As the two mysterious women prepare to leave, Jena goes up to her hotel room and still does not see the second girl, who enters the room with her. The room seems cold and unpleasant to her; she is thirsty and decides to leave the room but realizes she can't open the door. She is terrified and can't understand why she is locked in. Suddenly, a man, Aken, is there in the room with her. He was once her lover, the only man she has ever really loved. Then she looks at her reflection in the mirror and discovers the other girl, who says she is her soul. From this point forward she can see her but Aken cannot. Her soul soon begins to pursue her in a predatory and merciless dialog, which will lead Jena to gradually comprehend her soul's intention to make love to her and take her away for all eternity. Jena is persuaded to gamble, her destiny at stake, at a card game where each card is blank so that she can attribute one desire to it. That is, all the cards but one, the card of death, which if drawn means she will disappear forever. It is then that Jena realizes that she and Aken are meant to be together forever and decides that she is ready to forsake her soul rather than lose her lover. Her soul, defeated, draws the card of death and disappears for all eternity within the closed walls of the hotel room. Jena can now finally be reunited with the man she loves. |
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| Scarecrow Directed by Ashtar Sayed In an intimate look at the status of women in rural India, Scarecrow tells the true story about a wife and a husband, a young couple brought together by arranged marriage. She, rumored to be a grand Lothario in his village, harbors a secret that undercuts their new union. Her life, one of indentured servitude and drudgery, is further made trying by husband's coldness and lack of interest in her. As the first rains fall, she is allowed to return home for a brief visit. While confiding in her family about her new life, she lets slip that she and husband had yet to consummate their union. In this, her father believes he has found a loop hole that could justify an annulment. When she fails to return to husband, he implores the village council to intercede. During the meeting of the council, it is ordered that she must provide physical proof of husband's impotence by demonstrating the act before them. As soon as the councilmen get the couple alone, they proceed to gang rape, while husband restrains her. After the assault, the members of the council proclaim that her allegation of husband's impotence was a lie and that she must return to her husband. In the dead of night, a beaten and shattered wife kills husband with an Axe. Having turned herself in for the murder, she is now serving a life sentence in Rajahs-than. |
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| Dusk of the Peeping Toms Directed by Taku Kuroda The protagonist of this movie is an ordinary office worker. As he is searching for his girlfriend who cut off telephonic communications with him for 2 weeks ago , he happens to meet voyeurs and flashers in the midnight park. They established quite unique culture in midnight park and get along with each other in unique way, even they are trying to keep order of midnight park. After he knows that she is 'touch-phobia', he and his girlfriend try to create their new relationship by use of midnight park people's culture. But,mysterious peeping photo team sneak up the midnight park to disturb the order. |
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| Three Veils Directed by Rolla Selbak 'Three Veils' is a poignant film about three young Middle-Eastern women living in the U.S, each with her own personal story. Leila is arranged to be married, however as the wedding night approaches, she becomes less and less sure of how her life is playing out. When she finally makes a desperate attempt to get out of the arrangement, things go terribly wrong. Amira is a very devout Muslim struggling with deep,repressed feelings toward women, but when these feelings start surfacing, she finds herself in a battle between her faith and her love. Nikki is a lost soul, acting out her self-destructive behavior as she battles her own demons after a tragic death in the family that resulted in a cold and rather abusive relationship with her own father.As the film progresses, the lives of these three women intertwine and their stories unfold and blend into each other as connections are revealed between the three women. 'Three Veils' daringly tackles some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today and is one of few films, if not the only film, to portray the struggle of an Arab Muslim Lesbian in a truthful way. Written and directed by Rolla Selbak, an Arab-American filmmaker, the film carries a unique social message that any woman can relate to. |
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| Silver Lining Directed by Deborah Hadfield A DJ falls in love with a mystery caller to his show only to discover Karma is a bitch. Barry breaks the hearts of women and men in his hedonistic lifestyle but soon experiences a taste of his own medicine when the girl he is hooked on plays a cruel game which delivers payback. He is distraught when she dies in an accident but it almost costs him his life when he uses grief as a seduction technique. The twist is he is being played by the women he wronged and nothing is as it appears. |
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