RYAN

DescriptionDescription RYAN poses the question, "How does one of the pioneers of Canadian animation end up as a gentleman panhandler?"

ROLLING FAMILY (FAMILIA RODANTE)

DescriptionDescription A poetic slice of life, ROLLING FAMILY is a beautifully rendered film from director Pablo Trapero (CRANE WORLD). Eighty-four-year old Grandmother Emilia is having her entire extended family come over to celebrate her birthday. She gets a call from her sister inviting her to their niece's wedding. Emilia asks the whole family to go...

THE RULES OF FLYING (DE REGELS VAN HET VLIEGEN)

DescriptionDescription From the director of SLEEPING ROUGH (AFI FEST 2002), THE RULES OF FLYING shows how you have to really want it. There is no excuse for failing. Where there's a will there's a way. That's the first rule of flying.

RHYTHM IS IT!

DescriptionDescription An extraordinary, uplifting documentary about Roysten Maldoom and his transformational No Limit Dance Studio, with its audacious goal of forging an international dance company out of 250 no-experience, at-risk youths to perform Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with the Berlin Philharmoniker in just six short weeks. "You can change your life in a dance...

ROCK FRESH

DescriptionDescription Even before the classic 1983 film STYLE WARS exposed graffiti to the mainstream, there has been a growing fascination with this art form. Director Danny Lee's film is an electric exploration of the evolution and world of graffiti now focusing on some of the local flavor. Featuring Kofie, Axis,Tyer, Clae, Trixter, Dye 5, JoJo,...

REFUND

DescriptionDescription REFUND is the saga of a girl who buys an ice cream cone and accidentally drops it on the sidewalk.

REVOLUTION OF PIGS (SIGADE REVOLUTSIOON)

DescriptionDescription Winner of a Special Jury Prize of the Moscow International Film Festival, REVOLUTION OF PIGS is a passionately inventive first from Estonian New Face Rene Reinumogi and co-director Jaak Kilmi. Fueled by a great soundtrack of classic 80s pop, the revolution is brewing. Set in the summer of 1986, hundreds of teenagers have' gathered...

RABBIT ON THE MOON (CONEJO EN LA LUNA)

DescriptionDescription With a cast and crew assembled from the best of contemporary Mexican cinema, Jorge Ramirez Suarez brings to the screen a poignant crosscultural thriller that's modern on every level, yet gently radiates the sensibility of a classic film. Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple...

RAHTREE: FLOWER OF THE NIGHT (BUPPHA RAHTREE)

DescriptionDescription What begins as a poignant tale of romantic yearning and loss unexpectedly morphs into a wild melange of supernatural horror and crazed comedy in the latest from genre-hopping director Yuthlert Sippapak (KILLER TATTOO). Shy university student Buppah Rahtree has suffered abuse by a family member for years. So when a rich and handsome playboy...

RAVE AGAINST THE MACHINE

DescriptionDescription RAVE AGAINST THE MACHINE is a vibrant and heartfelt film revealing an underground music scene, which saved the sanity of young Bosnians during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo.

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