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All fingers point to her... but who will blow the whistle? A brilliant and delicious blend of humor and irony. Since the arrival of the new teacher, Miss Drazdechova, life has turned upside down for students and parents; so much that the turmoil over her ties to the Communist Party lead the Principal to call an urgent meeting with the community. It is during this meeting that they must make decisions that will put the future of all the families at stake.

Season:
2017
Director:
Jan Hrebejk
Cinematography:
Martin Ziaran
Cast:
Zuzana Maurery, Zuzana Konecna, Csongor Kassai
Editor:
Vladimír Barak
Producer:
Tibor Buza, Zuzana Mistrikova
Language:
Slovak with English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy, Drama
Music:
Michal Novinski

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What does a city sound like? To answer that question, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and composer Tod Machover from the MIT Media Lab asked for sound recording submissions from ordinary Detroiters, listened to street noises, and delved deeper into the city's history. Out of the cacophony, Machover crafted recordings into a collaborative symphony, shared in a final performance by the orchestra, joined on stage by local poets, musicians, and spoken word artists.

Season:
2017
Director:
Marlon Johnson, Dennis Scholl
Cinematography:
John Anderson Beavers
Cast:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, MIT Media Lab
Editor:
Konstantia Kontaxis
Producer:
Marlon Johnson, Dennis Scholl
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Tod Machover

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These neighbors may make you leave or make you want to leave. No jobs, no money, in need of a place to live? Sounds familiar, right? Elodie and Marie are two disenchanted teenagers, stuck in the same situation.

Season:
2017
Director:
Jean-Paul Cardinaux, Xavier Ruiz
Cinematography:
Stephen Williams
Cast:
Flore Babled, Marie Petiot, Raphael Tschudi
Editor:
Jean-Paul Cardinaux, Xavier Ruiz
Producer:
Jean-Paul Cardinaux, Xavier Ruiz
Language:
French with English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Alain Frey

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An outlier rebels against a world reluctant to embrace her voice.  Liv (Catherine Eaton) has lived a life in silence on a remote island off the coast of Maine, where she’s been raised by her grandfather Lionel (Harris Yulin, Training Day). When Lionel discovers he will soon die, his concern for Liv’s future leads him to call upon a neurologist, his former protege, Michael (Teddy Sears, The Flash), in hopes he will protect Liv. But, when Michael overhears Liv break her silence--weaving her own language from Shakespeare’s words—he commits her to a psychiatric hospital.

Season:
2017
Director:
Catherine Eaton
Cinematography:
David Kruta
Cast:
Catherine Eaton, Teddy Sears, Harris Yulin, Erin Darke, Frankie Faison
Editor:
Marco Perez
Producer:
Caitlin Gold, Jessica Vale
Executive Producer:
David Knott, Rebecca Skloot, Braxton Pope, Bruno Lyra, Stavroula Toska
Language:
English
Genre:
Psychological Mystery
Music:
Siddhartha Khosla

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A modern story about our strange world in which we live in...told with Klezmer music. Five 21st century young and not-so-young men someplace in the world; they are musicians in search for someone and something which might have been born in their imagination. Once upon a time in the beginning of the 20th century there lived a Klezmer musician and storyteller Prince Nazaroff. Many people don’t believe he ever existed, but these five men do. They have imagined him, and imagination can be stronger than reality. To this day, Nazaroff lives in them.

Season:
2017
Director:
Csaba Bereczki
Cinematography:
Tibor Nemes
Editor:
Reka Lemhenyi
Producer:
Pal Sandor
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
The Brothers Nazaroff

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Why won't he just shut up? Anthony talks too much. A neurotic creative grinding out a living at a Portland ad firm, he loses his girlfriend, job, and dignity over the course of a few days. With nothing else to do, Anthony flees to his family's timeshare where he encounters Tim, an estranged family friend who is also an alcoholic theology professor. The two are forced to share the space as they clash over relationships, religion, vodka, and coaster etiquette.

Season:
2017
Director:
Kyle Eaton
Cinematography:
Phillip A. Anderson, Bryce Fortner, Jason Roark, Madison Rowley
Cast:
Robert D’Esposito, Jon Titterington, Katie Michels
Editor:
Kyle Eaton, Michael Ward
Producer:
Kyle Eaton, David Allen Cress, Matt O'Connor
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Mark Orton

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The impeccable Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter) and Charlotte Rampling (Melancholia) team up in this mesmerizing tale about memory, jealousy, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive. As a follow up to his enchanting first film, The Lunchbox, director Ritesh Batra has turned for inspiration to Julian Barnes's Booker-prize winning novel. Tony, played by the phenomenal Jim Broadbent, is a curt, semi-retired divorcee who has led a life designed to shield him from pain and loss-and from deep feeling.

Season:
2017
Director:
Ritesh Batra
Cinematography:
Christopher Ross
Cast:
Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Freya Mavor, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Dockery, Billy Howle
Editor:
John F. Lyons
Producer:
Ed Rubin, David M. Thompson
Executive Producer:
Glen Basner, Ben Browning, Peter Hampden, Milan Polelka, Aaron Ryder
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Max Richter

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“They called us the perfect family.” A family excursion to the Swedish Highlands becomes tense when Sarah (Emilie Kruse, You and Me Forever) discovers that a drunken mistake has become an explicit viral video. Without any cell coverage, the impact of Sarah’s indiscretion comes in only piece by piece, as she tries to keep the video a secret from her family (who are already being torn apart). Tensions continue to rise, and Sarah becomes more and more isolated with the strain beginning to show in shocking ways.

Season:
2017
Director:
Anders Floe
Cinematography:
Fredrik A.G. Sundbye
Cast:
Emilie Claudius Kruse, Morten Deurell, Mira Brandes, Julie Christiansen, Thomas Magnussen
Editor:
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Producer:
Rasmus Christiansen, Soren Lindberg, Nikolaj Sonqvist
Language:
Danish with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Peter Due

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"Take me dancing. Show me the glorious world." Out of the imagination of acclaimed artist-filmmaker Henry Coombes comes Albert, an eccentric, aging painter doubling as an unconventional, Jung-inspired psychotherapist. When Albert’s friend asks him to counsel her lethargic grandson Ben, whose ongoing boyfriend problems are rapidly fueling an already deep depression, their subsequent therapy sessions reveal as much about Albert as they do about the troubled young man.

Season:
2017
Director:
Henry Coombes
Cinematography:
David Liddell
Cast:
Lee Partridge, Robert Williamson, Jonathan Leslie, David Sillars, Marcella McIntosh
Editor:
Geri Toth
Producer:
Deva Smith
Executive Producer:
Karen Smyth
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Tut Vu Vu

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Five girls build a future of hope. The refugee crisis in Uganda is nothing new, but for the five young women whose paths we witness in director Gayle Nosal's  beautiful film, there are hopes and dreams. The climate for success is simply not set up for females in Uganda, let alone female refugees. Transcending the label ‘refugee’ has been especially challenging. But, confrontation with traumatic histories transforms into a sincere sisterhood among these girls who study diligently to earn their places in school.

Season:
2017
Director:
Gayle M. Nosal, Beret Strong (associate)
Cinematography:
Edwin Kariuki
Editor:
John Tweedy
Producer:
Beret Strong
Executive Producer:
Gayle M. Nosal
Language:
English, Kinyabwisha, Kinyarwanda with English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
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