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Best Documentary - Sedona International Film Festival
Best Documentary - Temecula Valley International Film Festival
Best Documentary - San Francisco Documentary Film Festival
Best Documentary - Sidewalk Film Festival
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It has been said that where there is love there is life. Liberty: 3 Stories About Life & Death provides both with a heartfelt exploration of a lesbian family of friends and lovers coping with the death of two members. Told in three parts, the film by Pam Walton demonstrates the power of film to bring back the deceased and the pain, joy and determination of living and dying.
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Max Parry is a mild-mannered wedding photographer who leads a fairly dull life with one minor exception - he is a serial killer.
By luring his innocent subjects home with the enticement of a bad-teen slasher movie, Max, with the help of his nerdy and inept assistant, is able to satisfy his appetite, both literally and figuratively, as he brings delicious cuts of meat home to his parents.
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San Francisco dotcommers hatch a plan to cash in on their company and their employees lives in this evocative tragicomedy about life at a startup during the technology industry's boom and bust.
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"Crime is an equal opportunity profession-anyone can do it."
Amadeu and Leonardo are friends scraping to make a living in Rio. Dreams drive their lives. For the irascible and down to earth Amadeu, always trying to make a buck from tourists, his dream is to make his life worthwhile; for naïve dreamer Leonardo, yearning for the excitement of crime novels, it is to become a famous writer.
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Anxiety is the main course for young Dorian Lagatos, but these are not your average adolescence blues. Not only is he going through high school purgatory, but also he is struggling to move out of the shadow of his football-jock brother, Nicky, while dealing with his domineering and very homophobic father.
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"My name is Vassi. I am an actor. And an idealist."
Jo Strømgren and Runar Hodne's Destination Moscow is a lopsided view of the last decade of the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of an incorrigible idealist from the provinces. It is a road movie in tribute to the deeds of fumbling heroes and the charm of believing in the impossible.
Life is not smooth sailing for Vassi. Between performing plays to meager audiences and helping his shady brother smuggle goods, his dreams of conquering the legendary theatres of Moscow seem more remote than ever.
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In March 2001, against international protests and appeals, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's foremost tourist attraction, the 1600-year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. Carved out of a high stretch of cliff, the statues were considered to be the largest and most remarkable representations of the Buddha anywhere in the world.
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"What would happen if I took a photo of everything I ever experienced?" - Nobuyoshi Araki
The bound woman in a green kimono with bright red flowers seems almost lifeless, like a plastic doll. But from behind the lens comes the coaxing, praising and even grunting from a jittery impresario with a black, toothbrush-like mustache and shocks of hair that explode from opposite hemispheres of his shiny, otherwise bald head. Then, and only then, does the woman begin to exude a brilliant sensual vitality.
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Who would have thought that a small high school from Northern California would have a football team that has won over 150 straight games and is ranked #1 in the country year after year? Welcome to De La Salle High, where it's not about X's and O's...it's about having faith in something larger than yourself.