TITLI

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Possessing the ability to give escalating dramatic conflict an unaffected realism and honesty, director-screenwriter Kanu Behl infuses his first feature with the kind of character-driven specificity found in many international breakout films. Shot in Super 16 and starring a gifted newcomer (Shashank Arora), this layered crime drama churns into a bittersweet, intricate coming-of-age tale....

THOU WAST MILD & LOVELY

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In her sophomore feature, Josephine Decker crafts an erotic drama, filled with psychosexual tension, examining the darkness that lingers in the secrets we keep. Quiet and grounded farm worker Akin takes a summer job working for the oppressive and confrontational Jeremiah, who lives on the farm with his daughter, Sarah. When a sexual attraction...

TIMBUKTU

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Contemporary epic TIMBUKTU is acclaimed Mauritanian-born filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako's indictment of armed Islamic jihadis' persecution of West African Saharans. Lamenting a pained, very recent era where everything from music to soccer is illegal, Sissako's tragic parable is set in 2012, as a jihadist group takes over northern Mali. The film’s structure is a tapestry...

TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription For more than 25 years, a quiet menace crept in secret through the shadows of South Central Los Angeles. In 2010, police arrested a suspect in the brutal murders of at least 10 women. Documentary provocateur Nick Broomfield, whose gifted eye has an uncanny knack for finding truth amidst America's chaotic inequalities, turns his...

STATIONS OF THE CROSS (KREUZWEG)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription STATIONS OF THE CROSS is meticulously composed in 14 scenes, each masterfully unfolding via a single long take and all inspired by the classic Roman Catholic depictions of Christ carrying the cross to his crucifixion. Director Dietrich Brüggemann brings to life the story of Maria, a 14-year-old girl caught between the secular world she...

STILL ALICE

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Julianne Moore gives a powerful performance as Dr. Alice Howland, a linguistics professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Possessed of a brilliant mind, Alice is in a unique position to understand what her diagnosis holds in store. As she journeys through denial, diagnosis and the decline of her mental capacities, she is forced...

SOUND THAT

DescriptionContactDescription A few minutes spent looking for leaks in the infrastructure with the employees of the Cleveland Water Department. Contact Picture Palace Pictures

SONG OF THE SEA

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In this Irish hand-animated fantasy by Tomm Moore (THE SECRET OF KELLS), Ben and his silent younger sister Saoirse lose their mother when she disappears one night into the sea. Their father is so saddened by the loss that the two children are sent to live with their grandmother in the city, their only...

SLEEPING GIANT

DescriptionContactTrailerDescription The chaotic nature of boys is captured in this lyrical coming-of-age journey. Contact Urbinder Films Trailer http://vimeo.com/89210117

SLUT

DescriptionContactTrailerDescription A young girl with love in her heart unwittingly attracts the attention of a murderous sociopath. Contact Don't Tell Betsy Productions Trailer

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