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Winner of the Audience Award at the Pusan International Film Festival, The White Silk Dress is a magnificent drama that portrays how one poor and oppressed family manages to maintain its pride and dignity and to overcome adversities.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Huynh Luu
Cinematography:
Trinh Hoan
Cast:
Trong Anh Ngoc, Nguyen Khanh Quoc
Editor:
Nguyen Bao Bi
Producer:
Huynh Luu, Raymond Lim
Composer:
Tri Duc
Language:
Vietnamese with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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The 2007 Cortos de Mexico brilliantly combines a cornucopia of genres?filled with surprises, horror and comedy?for a rich and entertaining program.

Season:
2007
Genre:
Unassigned

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Relationships are minefields; tread lightly. A romantic comedy about the perils of love.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Gene Rhee
Cinematography:
Nathan Wilson
Cast:
Jordan Belfi, Josie Davis, David Eigenberg, Roger Fan, Emily Liu, Kip Pardue, Sheetal Sheth, Jennifer Siebel
Producer:
Gene Rhee, Emily Liu, Jennifer Siebel
Executive Producer:
Mark G. Mathis
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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"Please don't. I have a family..." were her last words. Powerful documentary Trained in the Ways of Men explores the controversial events surrounding the violent murder of Gwen Araujo in Newark, California?a murder that shocked the country when it made national headlines.

Season:
2007
Director:
Shelly Prevost
Cinematography:
Heidi Valaine
Editor:
Shelly Prevost
Producer:
Shelly Prevost
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Lars Hidde

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A multi-generational story packed with painful family secrets, Pao?s Story examines the intricate nature of personal identity, and how it's sometimes better not to question one?s own history.

Pao is a soft-spoken Vietnamese peasant on the verge of adulthood. When her mother is abruptly swept away by a violent river, Pao?s life is drastically altered. The catastrophic accident devastates Pao?s family, and as the story shifts back twenty years to a time before Pao was born, it becomes evident that her family?s past is not as it seems.

Season:
2007
Director:
Quang Hai Ngo
Cinematography:
Cordelia Beresford, Hung Tran
Cast:
Do Thi Hai Yen, Hoa Thuy Do, Thanh Kha Ly
Editor:
Tony Norton
Producer:
Tat Binh Dang
Composer:
Thien Dao Nguyen, Trung Quoc
Language:
Vietnamese with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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?It was the night before Christmas and for five strangers spread out across town, events are about to lead to the unexpected as each searches for hope on a Christmas that is anything but white.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Dallas Jenkins
Cinematography:
Randall Walker Gregg
Cast:
Stephen Baldwin, K Callan, Kirk B.R. Woller, Mary Thornton, Mitchell Jarvis, Richard Fancy, Victoria Jackson
Editor:
Frank Reynolds
Producer:
Dallas Jenkins, Kevin Downes
Executive Producer:
Jerry B. Jenkins
Composer:
Jeehun Hwang
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Ambitious and affecting, Making It Right documents the making of an atypical reality show where instead of performing mindless stunts or devouring exotic insects, contestants compete against one other to address and tackle social issues.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Bob Gliner
Cinematography:
Alex Kvatashidze, Greg Bradley, Chico Hernandez, Kyle Effertz, Amir Shirani, Caroline Le, John Romano
Editor:
Bob Gliner
Producer:
Bob Gliner
Executive Producer:
Barnaby Dallas, David Kahn, Nick Martinez
Composer:
Jeff Hofmann
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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The affair between two young women and the jealousy of one desperate brother are about to come to a head. Christina is in love with Alex, her fellow female university student in Bucharest. Their relationship is not openly accepted in by their families so they clandestinely mask their romance as a close friendship. Alex also has a close bond with her brother, Sandu, maybe even too close. As Sandu shows his resentment towards Christina, she begins to think there might be something a little strange about the filial affinity Sandu shows towards her girlfriend.

Season:
2007
Director:
Tudor Giurgiu
Cinematography:
Alexandru Sterian
Cast:
Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila
Editor:
Alexandru Radu
Producer:
Dragos Vîilcu, Oana Bujgoi
Composer:
Vlaicu Golcea
Language:
Romanian with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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The siren song of the big city brings new opportunities and new possibilities for love and betrayal, deception, revenge and tragedy in director Zhang Yibai?s masterfully crafted ?psychodrama-cum-puzzle piece? set among five characters in Chongqing.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Yibai Zhang
Cinematography:
Tao Yang
Cast:
Jun Hu, Carina Lau, Fan Liao, Yuan Lin, Jia Song
Editor:
Yifan Zhang
Producer:
Thomas Ho, Jane Shao
Executive Producer:
Steven Li, Xinhui Niu, Jimmy Wu
Language:
Mandarin and English with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Daniel Walker

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Winner of the prestigious Horizons Award at the Venice Film Festival, and based on a true story, Liu Jie directs the story of an old circuit court judge, whose dispensation of justice for the various squabbles and transgressions he finds are reminiscent of Mark Twain in both their fairness and humor.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Liu Jie
Cinematography:
Harrison Zhang
Cast:
Li Baotian, Yang Yaning, Lu Yulai, Li Tingliang
Editor:
Liao Ching-song
Producer:
Liu Jie, Hsu Hsiao-ming
Language:
Chinese with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned
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