THE COAST GUARD

DescriptionDescription Kim Ki-duk has been stunning audiences for years with films such as BIRDCAGE INN, THE ISLE and BAD GUY. Now the former soldier imagines a living nightmare shared by both the innocent and the guilty. Corporal Kang wants to catch a spy. One night he senselessly shoots a young civilian who has stepped into...

THE COMMISSION

DescriptionDescription Who shot JFK? That question ho s prompted countless books, films and Web sites. Sure to spark further debate, THE COMMISSION goes behind closed doors to reveal the secret discussions in Washington among the principal investigators about on event that s hocked the world 40 years ago. The Warren Commission was charged with the...

THE CALL

DescriptionDescription THE CALL is an urban nightmare in which a 19-year-old answers a phone he finds in the street. At the other end is a woman intent on seduction.

CHAVEZ RAVINE: A LOS ANGELES STORY

DescriptionDescription Narrated by Cheech Marin and scored by Ry Cooder, CHAVEZ RAVINE: A LOS ANGELES STORY evokes a lost Mexican-American village in the heart of downtown LA, razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium.

BUSH BIKES

DescriptionDescription Starting off the program is BUSH BIKES. In town camps and remote area communities of central Australia, Aboriginal kids begin their apprenticeships early, making Bush Bikes by collecting parts from the town and from the bush.

CALENDAR GIRLS

DescriptionDescription CALENDAR GIRLS is inspired by the British story of the Yorkshire women who set out to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund by posing nude for an alternative Women's Institute calendar. Their courage and chutzpah turned a local story into an international media phenomenon and inspired millions of women worldwide. Chris (Helen Mirren)...

BRIGHT LEAVES

DescriptionDescription One of the true pioneers of the American personal documentary, Ross McElwee (SHERMAN'S MARCH, TIME INDEFINITE, SIX O'CLOCK NEWS) returns again to muse, reflect and delight in BRIGHT LEAVES. This time, McElwee takes us on a journey back to his native North Carolina, which produces more tobacco than any other state in America. There...

BUDDY

DescriptionDescription Deftly blending hilarious pranks, bright pop music and touching drama, this Norwegian take on the classic romantic comedy follows best pals Kristoffer and Geir, who videotape their skatepunk antics and paste up billboards for a living. Kristoffer and Geir move in with Stig Inge who hasn't gone outside his self-contained apartment complex in two...

BODY SONG

DescriptionDescription Visually stunning and mesmerizing, BODYSONG is cinematic poetry, a rapture of energy and release. Using images taken from all around the world over the last 100 years of cinema, depicting every possible aspect of the human life from microscopic, medical, sexual, sensual, including portraits and newsreels from birth to death, that are then cut...

BON VOYAGE

DescriptionDescription The canvas is writ large - it is 1940 and the Germans have just invaded France. Yet the daily dramas of people's lives keep on playing out affairs, plots and deaths continue even as the world crumbles. The story begins with the "accidental" death of a lover, an event giddy Viviane (Isabelle Adjani) tries...

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