ALMOST HEAVEN

DescriptionDescription Set in the "locals only" world of Jamaica, ALMOST HEAVEN is an utterly charming fish-out-of-water story. Helen dreams of traveling to Nashville to play country music at the Bluebird Cafe. When her life in Germany takes a dramatic turn, she sets off for Nashville decked out in a cowboy hot and boots-and lands in...

ADCORP, INC.

DescriptionDescription Creating a brand is serious business. AdCorp's advertisement executive Pete Wells (Andy Dick) and his think tank team do this every day. Spend a few minutes behind closed doors as they work under pressure to come up with a title for the store of a very big client.

ADDICTION

DescriptionDescription ADDICTION is an emotionally mature drama about the depths of addiction and sexuality and a haunting meditation on the impermanence of existence. Life has become a matter of performing rather than living-shopping, drinking and eating all common addictions of our time. Jonna has been assigned to promote an author who writes about sex. Jonna...

7 VIRGINS (7 VIRGENES)

DescriptionDescription Tano, a young teenager from Seville, is given a 48-hour leave from juvenile detention to attend his older brother's wedding. Tano has to kill time and stay out of trouble. Impossible. Tano (Juan Jose Ballesta) immediately hooks up with his best friend Richi (Jesus Carroza), a petty thief and smalltime thug. The two of...

THE ABORTION DIARIES

DescriptionDescription THE ABORTION DIARIES is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their abortions. Their stories weave together with diary entries of the filmmaker. It's a dinner party, where the audience is invited to hear what women say behind closed doors about motherhood, medical technology, sex, spirituality, love, work and their own bodies.

11:59

DescriptionDescription 11:59 brings to life nine nervous minutes in the life of Khalid, a young Dutch-Moroccan man living in Amsterdam, who makes a decision at 11:50 a.m. one day to go back to school one more time for an encounter that will change his life forever.

6/5 THE SIXTH OF MAY

DescriptionDescription The line between reality and fiction is blurred in 06/05, the compelling final film from Theo van Gogh. Based on the book by Thomas Ross, the film is van Gogh's version of events leading to the assassination of popular Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002. Ironically, the controversial Dutch filmmaker was also murdered-shot and...

YOUNG ARTIE FELDMAN

DescriptionDescription Fifteen-year-old YOUNG ARTIE FELDMAN is a precocious wheeler-dealer with all the instincts of a killer talent agent, brokering jobs in the San Fernando Valley fast food industry.

ZULU LOVE LETTER

DescriptionDescription There is no sense in reliving the past unless it leads to personal catharsis and a sense of social justice. ZULU LOVE LETTER is a stirring portrait of the women left behind due to the ravages of apartheid's political regime. Nearly a decade after the inauguration of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the past...

WOW AND FLUTTER

DescriptionDescription WOW AND FLUTIER is the story of 14-year-old David who makes a mix tape for his first crush, Amber, an unattainable high school senior.

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