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Trapped in their New York City apartment during a smallpox epidemic, a codependent 20-something couple are forced to confront their dysfunctional relationship.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Iris Green
Cinematography:
Brett Pawlak
Cast:
Marko Malic, Kasey Buckley
Editor:
Dustin Parent
Producer:
Ian J. Putnam
Executive Producer:
Iris Green, James P. Mercurio
Genre:
Unassigned

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A cheeky and refreshingly acerbic take on the universe of behind-the-scenes filmmaking, Steve Staso?s Celluloid #1 offers a hilarious and multilayered peak into the world where people lose, and find, themselves in the pursuit of illusion. Half exposé of today?s cult of celebrity and half grungy version of Day for Night, the film remains wholly unique in its style and insights.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Steve Staso
Cinematography:
Ismael Ramirez
Cast:
Steve Buckley, Julie Atlas Muz, Kendra Day, Panama Redd, Mary Karpf, Antonio Ramos
Editor:
Glimmer Twins
Producer:
Steve Staso, Thalia Harithas
Composer:
David Lovell, Eduardo, Enrique Fernandez, Gustavo Andrade, Nando Nando, Robert Quine
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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In the near future, gas is an astronomical $40.00 a gallon, and Archie Andrews has definitely had enough. Archie, a nerdy schoolteacher and vegan with a thing for wheatgrass, is determined to find an alternative energy source for his car. While experimenting, Archie cuts himself, and discovers that all his car needs is blood. Human blood.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Alex Orr
Cinematography:
Adam Pinney, Chris Campbell
Cast:
Mike Brune, Katie Rowlett, Anna Chlumsky
Editor:
Jon Swindall, Adam Pinney
Producer:
Alex Orr Jon Swindall, Tony Holley, Chris Antignane, Chris Campbell
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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What is an ambitious self-confessed ?piece of Moscow scum? to do if he wants to avoid the army and make something of himself? Nothing less than follow the sage words, ?Go West Young Man." To Cobakka and Spiker this means leaving Moscow for London. But they soon find the road to success is not as easy as anticipated for broke, illegal immigrants.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Suzie Halewood
Cinematography:
Ben Moulden
Cast:
Ben Barnes, Andrei Chadov
Editor:
James Smith-Rewse
Producer:
Elizabeth Holford, Melissa Simmonds
Composer:
Paul E. Francis
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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The car in America truly is a cultural experience. From your first drive-in movie to your first kiss, Americans have a love affair with their cars. From Vintage 31, a custom car parts shop to Bennett Lane Winery, which runs its own car in the NASCAR West circuit, the love of the classic seems to stem from a love for speed. Threading each story together are fast facts about cars that will leave you with enough trivia to dazzle your friends. For more than a century, the world?s fascination with cars has fueled innovation and tested the limits of our imagination.

Season:
2006
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Kari Nevil
Editor:
Jennifer Steinman
Producer:
Kari Nevil
Executive Producer:
Morgan Brown, Doctor Wally Cash
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Medical School. First year. First day. Students are thrown into their Gross Anatomy class where they see their own mortalities reflected in the dead bodies that lay before them?waiting to be cut up. Some students are reverent. Others turn to humor to lessen the horror in front of their faces.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Jason Todd Ipson
Cast:
Corri English, Scot Davis, Alba, Jay Jablonski, Derrick O'Connor, Marisa Petroro
Editor:
Mike Saenz
Producer:
Jason Todd Ipson, Julio Bove, Adam Lebovitz
Composer:
Michael Cohen
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Though hardly famous, Jack Mullin?s influence extends from the creation of tape following World War II to the rise of the iPod in recent times. The engaging Sound Man sheds welcome light on the career of this neglected pioneer, responsible for the innovation described as ?a musician?s dream.?

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Don Hardy
Cast:
Les Paul, Stephen Stills, Kathryn Crosby
Editor:
Don Hardy
Producer:
Scott Budman
Composer:
Jeremy Cohen
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Western towns controlled by outlaws. Cigar-chewing heroes in looming close-ups. Operatic showdowns. Throbbing music. Movie buffs know the trademark elements of the great Italian filmmaker, Sergio Leone, by heart, but the engaging documentary Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things will surely give even the most ardent fan new insights into this unique master.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Giulio Reale
Editor:
Calin Hodis
Producer:
Giulio Reale
Composer:
Antonino Stella
Language:
Italian with English subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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When we hear about soldiers and casualties in war, much too often we perceive these human beings merely as statistics. Capturing the words and emotions of the mothers whose sons and daughters are fighting and dying in Iraq, director Angeliki Giannakopoulis (A Greek Woman; Cinequest, 2003) puts a human face on these soldiers in this extraordinarily powerful portrait of love, suffering and our common humanity.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Angeliki Giannakopoulos
Cast:
Mothers Across America
Editor:
Ondine Rarey
Producer:
Angeliki Giannakopoulos, Laura Weithorn, Patricia DeQuaker
Executive Producer:
Tim Jack
Composer:
Benoit Grey, Spencer Cobrin
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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A new student at a strict all-girls Catholic high school, Annabelle quickly draws attention from her peers and teachers for numerous improprieties: a nose ring, Buddhist prayer beads, cigarettes and a penchant for bringing up sex in poetry class, where teacher Simone Bradley doesn?t know how to control her.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Katherine Brooks
Cast:
Diane Gaidry, Erin Kelly, Kevin McCarthy, Michelle Horn, Laura Breckenridge, Ilene Graff, Markus Flanagan, Marla Maples
Editor:
Lori Ball
Producer:
Jennifer Young, Gregory Carroll
Composer:
Judith Martin Mark Dold
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
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