2015

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A modern-day Robinson Crusoe adventure set in the Arctic for the whole family! After moving away to a small town with their mother, 13-year-old Julia and her 8-year-old twin siblings, Ida and Sindre, are desperate to see their father in Southern Norway. The threesome secretly hop aboard a helicopter flying in his direction in hopes of reaching him. But when the helicopter unexpectedly changes its route, the stowaways find themselves stranded on a deserted island in the middle of the wild Arctic Ocean.

Season:
2015
Director:
Grethe Boe-Waal
Cinematography:
Gaute Gunnari
Cast:
Line Verndal, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Kristofer Hivju, Kaisa Gurine Antonsen, Ida Leonora Valestrand Eike, Leonard Valestrand Eike
Editor:
Anders Refn
Producer:
Sveinung Golimo, John M. Jacobsen
Genre:
Family
Music:
Trond Bjerknes

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It’s the Indy 500… but on bikes. Touted as "The World's Greatest College Weekend," the Little 500 is beyond just a big deal on the Indiana University campus. More than 40,000 fans flock to the campus each spring to experience the competition, the pageantry, and the storied tradition of the largest collegiate bicycle race in the USA - a grueling 200-lap, 50-mile, four-person relay race, modeled after the Indy 500. This documentary follows the journeys of four top teams, Cutters, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Gamma, and Teter, as they train for months - or even years - for their one shot at victory.

Season:
2015
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Thomas Miller
Editor:
Thomas Miller
Producer:
Ryan Black, Kirsten Powell, Peter Stevenson, Aaron Bernstein
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Thomas Miller

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Six GYN cancer surgeons take on the Big C with Rock 'n' Roll. Intimate, humorous and inspiring, No Evidence of Disease (the words every patient dreams to hear) interweaves the harrowing experiences and remarkable courage of women, devoted families, and dedicated doctors.

Season:
2015
Director:
Andrea Kalin
Cinematography:
Bryan Sarkinen, Oliver Lukacs
Editor:
Amy Young
Producer:
Karen Simon
Executive Producer:
Andrea Kalin
Genre:
Documentary

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Indian-American beauty pageants meet Election and Legally Blonde. Lily (Tiya Sricar, The Internship) is a winner, but when her boyfriend leaves her for a vapid beauty pageant queen, she gets the notion that winning the "Miss India America" title would bring him back. Since Lily is perfect in everything else she does, it should be a cinch...or so she thinks. The pageant world isn't just pretty smiles and high heels, and her main competition, Sonia (Hannah Simone, New Girl), gives her a run for her money.

Season:
2015
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Ravi Kapoor
Cinematography:
Alan Caudillo
Cast:
Tiya Sircar, Hannah Simone, Kosha Patel, Meera Simhan, Bernard White
Editor:
Varun Viswanath
Producer:
Megha Kadakia, Saurabh Kikani
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Amritha Vaz

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Testing the limits of monogamy, friendship, betrayal, and freedom…and nothing is what they expect. A vacation to clear her head is just what Chris needs after being cheated on by her boyfriend, and a friend's cabin proves to be the perfect weekend isolation. Yet, private retreat quickly becomes group excursion when Chris' friends decide to support her--crashing her solitude and turning her peaceful getaway into a radical exploration of societal constraints on sex and relationships.

Season:
2015
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Torre Catalano
Cinematography:
Kit Pennebaker
Cast:
Alex Ashbaugh, Jodi Balfour, Jordan Hayes, Martha MacIsaac, Brandon Jay McLaren, Dillon Porter, Max Topplin
Editor:
Jeffery Steinkamp
Producer:
Allen Kelley, Christina Karakasidis, George Stroumboulopoulos
Executive Producer:
Jordan Hayes, Torre Catalano, Martha Macisaac, Jodi Balfour, Alex Ashbaugh, Brandon Jay McLaren, Max Topplin
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Faces on Film

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Does your name make you who you are? What would it be like if your last name was Hitler? Director Matt Ogens seeks that answer by intimately portraying a diverse group of individuals with that same unfortunate name in this wry, moving, and unforgettable exploration on the issue of identity. We meet a popular teen girl who takes her name in stride; an elderly gent born before Hitler came to power; a frightening neo-Nazi who proudly names his son Adolph; and a reporter doggedly tracking down the only living relatives of Adolph.

Season:
2015
Director:
Matt Ogens
Cinematography:
Charlie Gruet
Editor:
Bill Chessman, Steve Prestemon
Producer:
Matt Ogens
Executive Producer:
Joshua Evan Greenberg, Bryn Mooser
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Greg Kuehn

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Will they survive their own wedding day? A magnificent Belgian comedy - drama that runs the gamut from tragicomic to downright hilarious, Marry Me is a brilliant and exuberant story of vastly contrasting people in love. She is a quick-tempered and feisty Turkish woman; he, a shy and reticent, young Flemish man. Their respective families hold strong - perhaps too strong - opinions on the imminent marriage, and, on the big day, chaos ensues, making the young couple question their own readiness to commit to a union for life. Are their backgrounds really so different to tear them apart?

Season:
2015
Director:
Kadir Balci
Cinematography:
Ruben Impens
Cast:
Sirin Zahed, Dries de Sutter, Burak Balci, Anouk David, Rudi Delhem
Editor:
Alain Dessauvage
Producer:
Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
Language:
Dutch, Turkish
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Moritz Schmittat

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Diving into the Dark Underbelly of Forbidden Love. Nothing can quite prepare for such an unorthodox film as Malady, a bold and dreamlike tale of unconventional romance, long-buried secrets, and the possessive intensity of familial bonds. To fulfill the last wish of her deceased mother, grieving Holly seeks out love and finds it in Matthew; their relationship swiftly becomes very close and all-encompassing. After receiving the news of Matthew's ailing mother, both arrive to provide care in her final days, only to be faced with a nightmarish reality spiraling out of control.

Season:
2015
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Jack James
Cinematography:
Jack James
Cast:
Roxy Bugler, Kemal Yildirim, Jill Connick, Gary Cross, Ellen Carter, Nicola Wright
Editor:
Jack James
Producer:
Jack James, Kemal Yildirim
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Bradley Oliver-White

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Iceland’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the Oscars is a touching and complex drama of life in Iceland. During Iceland's 2008 economic meltdown, three people lead a double life in Baldvin Zophoniasson's powerhouse drama set in Reykjavik, Iceland. Eik is a single mother and school teacher, who masquerades as a high-end prostitute. Former athlete Solvi now works in the corporate field and struggles with ethical dilemmas. Mori is a once-well-respected writer who is now a full-fledged alcoholic.

Season:
2015
Director:
Baldvin Zophoniasson
Cinematography:
Johann Mani Johannsson
Cast:
Thorsteinn Bachmann, Hera Hilmarsdottir, Thor Kristjansson, Valur Freyr Gunnarsson, Kristin Lea Sigridardottir, Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson
Editor:
Sigurbjorg Jonsdottir
Producer:
Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson
Language:
Icelandic
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Olafur Arnalds

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Jean Vigo was a genius of cinema, and L’Atalante is his masterpiece. “The story is fairy-tale simple, yet told with implications that are absolutely modern...a romance set against the iron and smoke of an industrial corridor, on the banks of a canal.... Jean, the newly married barge captain, takes his bride Juliette aboard L’Atalante to join the rest of the crew....

Season:
2015
Director:
Jean Vigo
Cinematography:
Jean-Paul Alphen, Louis Berger, Boris Kaufman
Cast:
Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Daste, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Editor:
Louis Chavance
Producer:
Jacques-Louis Nounez
Language:
French
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Maurice Jaubert
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