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Few subjects can raise temperatures so quickly as illegal immigration. Without falling for docile divisiveness, director Arturo Perez Torres? harrowing film examines the paradox of the ?wetback? worker?the closer they get to the elusive ?free world,? the less free they are and the more illegal they become.

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Victor has had enough. Working for a faceless corporation, ignored and unappreciated, he is confronted with an insult even he cannot ignore?his office has been relegated into the men?s room?literally! It is definitely time for Victor?s resignation. But, somehow, the company finds a way to rebuff Victor?s attempts to resign.

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Hard work is the key to success. Director Roger Weisberg (Aging Out; Cinequest 2004) disproves that simplistic homily by chronicling four American workers over three years. As part of an ever-growing class known as the ?working poor,? this diverse group struggles to lift themselves out of the burdens of poverty and into the realm of the American Dream.

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Miro, an Argentinian biology student, falls madly in love with Mercedes, an actress in a local play. When Miro is mistaken for a famous Argentinian film director, he does nothing to correct the error, as Mercedes is duly impressed. Promising to cast her in his new film, Miro undertakes making a movie to win Mercedes? heart. There is only one problem?Miro has no idea how to make a film.

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Gillian Guess was a single mother, lamenting her monotonous life. But fate struck when she was called for jury duty on a high profile murder case, and slept with the accused. Needless to say, the tabloids had a field day. Having earned her 15 minutes, Gillian Guess wanted her next 15, and, for Gillian, that meant doing just about anything?even appearing on Bobby Tomahawk?s sleazy talk show.

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You may live in a city of 3.5 million people, pass them, work with them, but still feel completely alone. Cooper Lewis? monotonous existence and failure of childhood dreams make his life almost unbearable.

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?Women say they want their men to be faithful. But who wants to marry a eunuch??

Since mankind has evolved out of caves and into tract homes, what has ?survival of the fittest? come to mean? This question is hilariously and disturbingly examined in The Fittest, a darkly comic tale of survival in suburbia.

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For Ricardo, a self-described ?unemployed loser? extraordinaire, the world as he knows it revolves around little more than eating junk food and watching adult movies. When mouthy, sassy Tai walks by mistake into his apartment, he begins to realize that there may be more to life than the fridge and the TV set. Then again, considering that his romantic repertoire consists of such lines as ?Baby, you make me proud to be a heterosexual man?? maybe not.

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He is one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, appearing in over 150 films, including Groundhog Day, Memento, Adaptation, Mississippi Burning, The Insider, and Single White Female. Disappearing into his roles as the consummate character actor, and normally out of the spotlight, Stephen Tobolowsky has the lead on his birthday, where he prepares dinner for friends and recounts stories behind the scenes and around Hollywood.

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Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award
John Cassavetes Award (for best feature made for under $500,000)