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- DirectorClebio Viriato RibeiroStarsCassia RobertaAlexandre MandarinoEmiliano QueirozThe impossible love of the trapeze artist Simão and Mariana, and the karmic rescue of Angelina (her mother) that ran over a gypsy's black cat only to attract to herself and her daughter a unprecedented curse that would change destinies.
- DirectorRobert ArnoldRachel KriefCynthia MitchellStarsMassimiliano BelsitoMaryne BertieauxFrançoise GuiolLydia is in anguish over her breakup with Frank. Haunted, sleepless, and desperate, she agrees to a blind date set up by a friend. The man she meets, a handsome actor, is used to having women fall in love with him. Attracted by his intelligence and naive gamesmanship, Lydia enters into a deadly serious bargain with the 'professional liar' trying to seduce her: She do whatever he asks as he tries to make her fall in love with him. As they 'go through the motions' of being lovers, they interrogate their own frustrated desires and masochistic dynamic in witty and wounded dialogue. Perhaps history can repeat itself, but to what end?
- DirectorShamim SarifStarsRebecca FergusonSam ReidCharles DanceIn Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician - and falls in love with him.
- DirectorCurtis ChinA diverse group of 8th graders in New York City vie for a coveted spot in one of the city's elite public schools by taking a single standardized test.
- DirectorDavid RayStarsScott BellisKendall CrossEmma GrabinskyDuring one fateful weekend, the family of brilliant astrophysicist Albert James has a complete meltdown, setting in motion a raucous and hilarious series of events that mirror his radical theories of the behavior of the universe.
- A New Understanding explores the treatment of end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients using psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in some mushrooms, to facilitate deeply spiritual experiences. The documentary explores the confluence of science and spirituality in the first psychedelic research studies since the 1970s with terminally ill patients. As a society we devote a great deal of attention to treating cancer, but very little to treating the human being who is dying of cancer. The recent resurgence of psychedelic research is once again revealing the power of compounds like psilocybin to profoundly alter our understanding of both life and death. Through the eyes of patients, their loved ones, therapists, and researchers, A New Understanding examines the use of psilocybin in a controlled setting to reduce psychospiritual anxiety, depression, and physical pain. The treatment aims to help the patient understand that a 'good' death is possible, and to help the patient's family deal well with the dying process. A New Understanding shows patients and their families coming to terms with dying through the skillful treatment of the whole human being. If we can learn to work more skillfully with dying, we will also learn to take better care of life.
- DirectorJen Araki-PlayfairStarsTyraughn BarnettMichael GutschmidtTiffani HayesWe Gotta Get Out Of Here is a feature length documentary that chronicles the journeys of five youth struggling to beat the odds as they navigate their way out of the foster care system in Los Angeles, California.
- DirectorWong Men HoiStarsWong Men Hoi
- DirectorDave DavidsonStarsMarshall CrenshawSuzzy RocheBrad RobertsAt age 50, musician and poet, Rob Morsberger was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer - and it came at the high point in his career. After 25 years in the music business, critics were starting to compare his songwriting to Randy Newman, Tom Waits and even Stephen Foster. Finally, it was all starting to come together. Rather than succumb to the shockingly grim news that he had 18 to 20 months to live, Rob used it as fuel to launch into the most prolific period of his songwriting career - determined to utilize whatever remained of this physical and spiritual resources to explore through words and music the nature of life, the inevitability of death and the infinite magic in the detail of a single moment. This musical legacy was for all to hear but it was especially for his 8 year old son so he could know and remember his father. "A Gesture and a Word" is a gentle portrait of the greatest songwriter you never heard of - a man who exemplified the phrase, Ars Longa - Vita Brevis (Art is Long - Life is Short).
- DirectorHaydn ReissStarsColeman BarksRobert BlyPeter CoyoteA Thousand Years of Joy charts poet/activist Robert Bly's journey from Midwestern farm boy to global troubadour, bestselling author of Iron John and leader of the men's movement.
- DirectorBrandon VedderPersonal storytelling allows one to pour out their story in their own unique voice, making crucial connections otherwise buried in a lifetime of details. The ears lucky enough to hear these stories have the opportunity to see the storyteller in their most complex and naked truth, with context, tone, and all those tells that makes the storyteller a whole person. 'Never This Close' is a short form documentary, which serves as a portrait of a sage like 93-year old man who has been that set of ears thousands of times. Wilber "Wil" Alexander has sat at the bedside of the sick and the dying for the last 40 years, inviting the wounded to tell their stories, walking alongside them and aiding in their search for meaning. The film follows Wil as he uniquely cares for sick, wounded and terminal patients without the modern technology or procedures that define most healthcare practice. We will watch, as what sounds like an unrelated and even dangerous distraction from treatment, becomes one of the most powerful tools in restoration. The healing rounds take on a greater complexity as Wil's own health wains in a way that puts him face to face with his own mortality. This factor propels the medical professionals around him to work tirelessly to find a way to capture and codify his methods in a way that can be taught and replicated by young physicians, nurses and caretakers before its too late to pass on his life's work.
- DirectorBen CuraStarsChristian McKayAndrea DeckBen CuraA love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.
- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was a paper conglomerate before the world went digital. After declaring bankruptcy the corporation left behind a legacy of empty industrial sites. But Smurfit-Stone isn't the only contributor to the industrial waste left behind. 12 miles west of Missoula Montana, the Frenchtown Technologies and Industrial Center went online in 1957. Right from the beginning it began making bleached paper. Pollution in the River that Runs Through It provides insight into the real dangers of wastewater created while bleaching paper. The site in Montana is located along the Clark Fork River. For most of it's operational era the mill spilled wastewater into the Clark Fork. Three years after the Smurfit-Stone declared bankruptcy, a deadly toxin has leached from the unlined spill ponds. EPA initial testing found elevated levels of dangerous dioxin compounds in the wastewater ponds, and in the adjacent river. Pollution in the River that Runs Through It explains the Federal Superfund Process. It showcases top officials from the EPA Region 8 in Denver and Butte. The Montana DEQ in Helena, The Clark Fork Coalition, concerned citizens of, and even the Mayor of Missoula.
- DirectorCarl BessaiStarsBruce GreenwoodDeborah Kara UngerRob MorrowAn aging British theatre director is forced to hire a young Hollywood action star to guarantee an audience for the Anton Chekhov play he is mounting.
- DirectorJon StanfordStarsSimon ArmstrongRebecca BirchTom CampionOn Sam's return from military service, Lily sets her heart on revitalising their relationship, but with Sam's worsening PTSD isolating him from friends, family and the community, she too is drawn deeper into his post-war world.
- DirectorSonia GoldenbergTwo young women from some of the most forgotten places on earth, fight against all odds to become the next champion. The documentary traces the life of Alicia and Anita as they follow the footsteps of Kina Malpartida, the first Peruvian ever to win a World Title. Without any official support, they are driven by passion and perseverance to succeed in a totally male-dominated sport. Alicia, 23, divides her time between boxing and herding alpacas in a village at 16,000 feet, where most of her cattle, and many babies and old people in her community die every year from the frost. Her gym has no ring, no punching bag and no trainer. Anita, 15, lives in the toughest neighbourhood in the port of Lima. She combines high school studies, working with her mother in a street market with her intense training. She almost quit when her middle-aged trainer whom she trusted and admired tried to abuse her sexually. No obstacle is big enough to distract these women from their goal. The road ahead is tough but so is their resolve.
- DirectorGlenn Gebhard"Sarah Cecilie" is a documentary film that examines the impact of parental child abduction from the point of view of the two estranged parents, as well as that of the child, now an adult. The film provides a 360-degree view of the phenomenon of child abduction, an experience from which the child, the abductor and the left-behind parent all emerge damaged.
- DirectorNadia LitzStarsDree HemingwayPamela AndersonJai WestWhen Sweetpea travels to Japan to break up with her rock star boyfriend, she discovers he has gone missing in a mysterious forest.
- DirectorDuncan McLean
- DirectorPep GatellStarsAndoni AdurizMugaritz Team
- DirectorAfshin HashemiStarsChris BradyJake JeonAshkan KhatibiSomeone alone in a house in the middle of the forest... A man or a woman... We do not know. People keep coming to the door, but it does not get open... Until finding a new voice... a soft voice...
- DirectorMarketa TomanovaAndré Villers takes photographs, develops, enlarges, draws, cuts, glues, assembles, replaces, takes out, rips off and staples back together... He has photographed Picasso, Chagall, Dalí, Miró, Buñuel, Fellini, Brassaï, Cocteau, Gainsbourg, Le Corbusier, Léger and many more but has never boasted about it. Throughout his life, he kept a low profile, even if his photos are known worldwide. He remains active even though he is already 84 years. One of the last great photographers and artists of the 20th century to be discovered.
- DirectorLuca ElmiStarsLaurel CasilloSheilagh WeymouthCarl David VanArsdaleTwo robbers take thirty people hostage in a bank. When the police break in, the robbers have disappeared and a man is dead. What really happened?
- DirectorSafoi Babana-HamptonSwarnavel EswaranCyril PayenStarsCedric N. LeeFor a long time reluctant to open up about haunting childhood memories of war, a former Hmong refugee embarks from Detroit on an unlikely and emotional epic journey to confront his troubled past and revisit sites of those memories in France and Laos.
- DirectorClaire CarréStarsJason RitterIva GochevaGreta FernándezAfter a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory.