THE ACT

DescriptionDescription Rosy Marconi is a comedian with a secret in THE ACT.

AFTERMATH

DescriptionDescription AFTERMATH is a mature, honest, unique debut feature from acclaimed actress Paprika Steen (OPEN HEARTS, OKAY). How does one bear the unbearable? That is the question for Claes and Britt, a couple in their mid-30s, who lost their only child in a car accident. They are now struggling in separate ways to overcome their...

20 FINGERS (BEEST ANGOSHT)

DescriptionDescription Demonstrating the abilities that mark the development of a remarkable cineaste, Mania Akbari's 20 FINGERS was the winner of the Best Film Cinema Digitale at this year's Venice Film Festival. A story told in several episodes, producer/actor Bijan Daneshmand and director/actor Mania Akbari expose some of the issues of men and women within the...

WHAT THE EYE DOESN’T SEE (OJOS QUE NO VEN)

DescriptionDescription With arresting performances, WHAT THE EYE DOESN'T SEE is a powerfully perceptive human story of the citizens caught in the crossfire of a corrupt and inhuman government. It is the kind of film that stays with you long otter the film is over. The film explores the corruption plaguing many Latin American governments as...

WOLFSBURG

DescriptionDescription In this chillingly effective morality tale about redemption and one man's earnest attempt to achieve it solely through good works, Benno Furmann is simply riveting as the deeply flawed Phillip, an unsympathetic cipher falteringly trying to atone for his crime. Slick, successful, self-absorbed car salesman Phillip leads a perfectly slick, successful, self-absorbed life until...

WHAT I WANT MY WORDS TO DO TO YOU

DescriptionDescription "It's not that reality is outside-we're just as real as the outside." This affirmation by an inmate at a women's maximum-security prison goes to the heart of this rewarding film. The filmmakers' unvarnished aesthetics, combined with the force of the inmates' own words, make for riveting viewing. New York playwright Eve Ensler (The Vagina...

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

DescriptionDescription In WHAT REALLY HAPPENED DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, as the US and USSR engage in a nuclear endgame aver Cuba, a single mother and her two-year-old son face off in their own private battle-toilet training.

WALKENTALK

DescriptionDescription As her search for work flounders, her lave far Freddie deepens. Finally, a young man with a severe social disorder has difficulty meeting his brother's girlfriend. Hilarity ensues in WALKENTALK.

A WAY OUT (ENTRE DOS)

DescriptionDescription A tortured couple find themselves desperate to save their only son in A WAY OUT.

THE VEGGIE VAN VOYAGE

DescriptionDescription Rounding out the program is THE VEGGIE VAN VOYAGE-here' s one slick solution big oil can 't keep down. It called The Veggie Van and it's powered by vegetable oil. Keen to clean America's highway s, this flower-covered van fills up on fast food fryer oil.

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