THE SUN AND THE MOON

DescriptionDescription A meditative, atmospheric portrait of a distant culture shot in gorgeous black and white.

SUGAR

DescriptionDescription For many Dominicans, baseball represents the pathway from poverty to wealth and glory. And so when Sugar, a gifted 19-year-old pitcher, gets called up to the American minor leagues, it seems a dream fulfilled for him, his family and his community. But life on the road and under the glare of the lights carries...

STILL ORANGUTANS (AINDA ORANGOTANGOS)

DescriptionDescription Hyperkinetic and brash, ca-writer and director Gustavo Spolidoro's adventurous film is not so much a traditional piece of cinema as it is an incitement to riot. Veering from sublime to ridiculous, mashing up sacred and profane, bitingly funny and piercingly sad, this film's contempt for propriety is only exceeded by its utter loathing of...

THE SOLOIST

DescriptionDescription From Academy Award-nominated director Joe Wright (ATONEMENT) and starring Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Academy Award-nominee Robert Downey Jr., this poignant and ultimately soaring tale is based on on incredible true story of a disenchanted journalist's transformative odyssey through the hidden streets of Los Angeles, where he discovers and builds on unlikely friendship...

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

DescriptionDescription Today is the biggest day in Jamal Malik's life. A penniless, 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, he's one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? But when the show breaks for the night, he is suddenly arrested on suspicion of cheating. After...

SHAKESPEARE AND VICTOR HUGO’S INTIMACIES (INTIMIDADES DE SHAKESPEARE Y VICTOR HUGO)

DescriptionDescription At the corner of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo streets in Mexico City sits a boarding house owned by Rosa Elena Carbaja l Within this house lies an intimate, passionate and potentially explosive story. Winner of best documentary prizes at festivals in Mexico City and Buenos Aires, this thought-provoking first-person investigation by filmmaker Yulene Olaizola...

SHHH

DescriptionDescription After Heinz begins hearing strange noises coming from his walls, he unwisely enlists his friend Jim to investigate Chaos ensues.

SKIN

DescriptionDescription Spanning 30 years in the history of South Africa and the life of Sandro Laing (Sophie Okonedo), SKIN is the true story of o young woman who, despite being born to white Afrikaner parents, is classified as "colored" because of the color of her skin. Sandra grows up i~ a sheltered environment on a...

RUN

DescriptionDescription A couple is forced to face fears of spiders and loneliness.

RGB XYZ

DescriptionDescription A random discovery, an eager filmmaker and the Internet combine to create the most enigmatic piece of animation ever to leave a computer.

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