1001 NIGHTS

DescriptionDescription Chris Padilla, who presented last year's popular FEATS OF CLAY for AFI Fest, hosts a high caliber program of the latest imaginative, bold efforts pushing the envelope in animation. This series includes several films that make for perfect viewing during the Halloween season plus the rarely seen otherworldly animations of Ian Emes and more....

12 BUCKS

DescriptionDescription Two physically and emotionaly abused brothers must overcome the tragedy that separated them so many years ago. Fifteen years later, the brothers are re-united in Los Angeles. A mysterious note speaking of resurrection sets them off on what promises to be a short ride to Hollywood- Hollywood, Florida, that is. With $12 in their...

THE WITMAN BOYS (WITMAN FIUK)

DescriptionDescription Featured in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, this stylish and disturbing tale of two young brothers who, after the sudden death of their father, enter a downward spiral of grim morbidity, maintains a gripping level of tension throughout. "Talented director Janos Szasz has followed his well-received WOYZECK with this genuinely chilling item, set in...

WITHOUT A MAP

DescriptionDescription A struggling writer who hates his day job has trouble with his sexy-as-ice girlfriend with wandering eyes. When a smart, vibrant and agreeable young woman enters his life, it seems his troubled search for meaning is over - until the girlfriend creeps back into push his all too familiar buttons. Reminiscent of Eric Rohmer,...

WINNER TAKE NOTHING

DescriptionDescription In 1984 Margaux Hemingway and her husband, Bernard Foucher, set out to make a documentary about her grandfather Ernest Hemingway. It was to be a lighthearted adventure, visiting Ernest's watering holes and meeting and interviewing his friends. The search took them from the Ritz in Paris to the canals of Venice and the bull...

WHEN I WAS A BOY

DescriptionDescription The events surrounding a tomboy who gets her first bra circa 1963 .

THE WINGS OF THE DOVE

DescriptionDescription Based on Henry James' tumof- the-century tale of passion and betrayal, this stunningly photographed story unfolds amidst fashionable London townhouses and gilded Venetian palazzos. Kate (Helena Bonham Carter) is a spirited, intelligent woman who finds herself in a struggle between her head and her heart, between the safety of 19th century society and the...

WELCOME TO SARAJEVO

DescriptionDescription "Some of us had covered many wars before - Yugoslavia was my 14th ... Yet, despite all my experience of war, nothing prepared me for Yugoslavia," writes journalist Michael Nicholson in "Natasha's Story," the basis for this emotionally charged story of journalists who covered the war in Bosnia. After months ofreporting on the Sarajevan...

VINCENT

DescriptionDescription brings to audiences the best in contemporary clay animated films of the last 20 years. This landmark collection celebrates the I 00th anniversary of stop motion filmmaking, the earliest form of animation. Produced one frame at a time, and sometimes taking years to complete, these articulated visions in clay offer a sensory experience for...

TREKKIES

DescriptionDescription An engaging documentary that not only entertains, but paints a portrait of the largest, most amazing fan phenomenon in pop culture history. For 30 years the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise has entertained millions of fans around the world. But what clearly sets STAR TREK apart is the fan phenomenon it has created, a...

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