SOMERSAULT

DescriptionDescription Nominated for 15 Australian Film Institute Awards across all 13 categories, SOMERSAULT broke all records. Sixteen-year-old Heidi (Abbie Cornish) is on a crash course, using her reckless sexuality to fill her need for belonging. Caught by her mother in a compromising situation, she runs away filled with shame, convinced her mother will never love...

SOUNDLESS (LAUTLOS)

DescriptionDescription Shadowy assassin Viktor slips into a home under the watchful eyes of the police, killing a man and stealing valuable documents-all without a sound. The police are outraged, yet puzzled, that Nina- sleeping in bed-was left alive. Viktor's hallmark is his extraordinarily careful planning and pitiless executions, but something about Nina prompts him to...

SHARDS

DescriptionDescription After his best friend overdoses on crystal meth, hip hop DJ Walter struggles to kick the habit and leave his hometown in SHARDS.

SIMONE’S LABYRINTH

DescriptionDescription In SIMONE'S LABYRINTH a mother and daughter are living in two worlds. Both are striving through their own self- made labyrinths

SEOUL TRAIN

DescriptionDescription For five million North Koreans living in deplorable conditions and facing the threat of starvation and disease, an underground railroad to China may be the only hope for a better life... although getting out of North Korea is only half the battle. SEOUL TRAIN profiles a handful of families as they plan and execute...

SHADI IN THE BEAUTIFUL WELL

DescriptionDescription In SHADI IN THE BEAUTIFUL WELL, an autistic boy, Shadi, lives in the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp where the other kids constantly torment him-until an unexpected present arrives.

THE SEA INSIDE (MAR ADENTRO)

DescriptionDescription Alejandro Amenabar (best known for his dealings with life and death in films like THE OTHERS and OPEN YOUR EYES) returns with the beautifully rendered and realized THE SEA INSIDE, the true story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro (played quite brilliantly with gentle humor and fiery defiance by Javier Bardem), who, after being paralyzed in...

SECONDHAND CHILD (WER KUSST SCHON EINEN LEGUAN)

DescriptionDescription A winner of the European Children Film Prize, SECONDHAND CHILD is a moving story about a boy who asks his neighbor to pretend to be his father for one week. At the age of 13, Tobias has become self-sufficient out of necessity. He does not know who his father is, and his mother is...

SECUESTRO EXPRESS

DescriptionDescription Statistics paint a grim picture of the low survival rate for secuestro (kidnap) victims in Latin America, but they don't tell the whole story. They don't communicate the sheer terror and mind-numbing fear experienced by people randomly snatched off the streets. As dawn approaches in Caracas, Carla (Mia Maestro} and Martin (Jean Paul Leroux)...

RX

DescriptionDescription A true talent, up-and-comer Ariel Vromen brings to the screen a visually alluring and emotionally charged first feature. With a cast of gifted young actors, Vromen delves into the darker side of the party to reveal that life can change indefinitely when decisions are made with love and friendship on the line. Andrew (Eric...

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