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The beauty of loving someone outweighs the desire for freedom.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Milos Radivojevic
Cinematography:
Radoslav Vladic
Cast:
Jelena Djokic, Douglas Henshall, Svetozar Cvetkovic;
Editor:
Petar Jakonic
Producer:
Svetozar Cvetkovic
Language:
English, Serbian, German with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Isidora Zebeljan

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At what point do you start living for yourself?

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Axel Ranisch
Cinematography:
Axel Ranisch
Cast:
Ruth Bickelhaupt, Heiko Pinkowski, Peter Trabner, Paul Pinkowski
Editor:
Guernica Zimgabel, Milenka Nawka
Producer:
Heiko Pinkowski, Dennis Pauls, Axel Ranisch, Anne Baeker
Language:
German with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama

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In an isolated Swiss valley majestic cows carry on an archaic local tradition - the amazing Battle of the Queens.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Nicolas Steiner
Cinematography:
Markus Nestroy
Editor:
Kaya Inan
Producer:
Malte Can
Language:
German with English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
John Gurtler, Jan Miserre

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In the tiny backcountry Serbian village of Zabrdje, the men work hard and the women ? are missing.

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Srdjan Sarenac
Cinematography:
Pablo Ferro
Editor:
Ksenija Petricic
Producer:
Estelle Robin-You, Mael Mainguy
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Dejan Pejovic

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In the mountains of Norway, one man finds freedom in solitude, much to the chagrin of his mother.

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Fridtjof Kjaereng
Cinematography:
Fridtjof Kjaereng
Editor:
Fridtjof Kjaereng, Pal Gengenbach, Erland Edenholm
Producer:
Fridtjof Kjaereng, Benedikte Bredesen
Language:
Norwegian with English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Espen Noreger

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The name on the book has a story all its own.

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Timo Veltkamp
Cinematography:
Lonneke Worm
Cast:
Marc van Uchelen, Harry van Rijthoven, Carly Wijs, Chloe Leenheer, Rifka Lodeizen, Femke Lakerveld, Justus van Oel, Martijn Fischer, Ruben Brinkman, Rein Edzard de Vries
Editor:
Michal Chmarzynski
Producer:
Timo Veltkamp
Language:
Dutch with English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
John Zorn

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A portrait of a relationship gone bad that keeps on ticking.

An architect Marcus and his girlfriend Kate are not unlike many couples. Marcus goes to work and struggles to create new designs while Kate strives to fulfill his every need as a good little homemaker should. When Marcus begins to spend more hours at work with his new contract, Kate assuages her growing boredom by taking care of Herman, an aging man across the street. But when both Marcus and Kate?s personal worlds begin to fall apart, they are forced to confront their real problems with explosive results.

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Nathan Silver
Cinematography:
Rain Li
Cast:
Jonas Ball, Josette Barchilon, Jacob Reynolds
Editor:
Harriet Parsons
Producer:
Ben Bostick, Terry Leonard
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Elliot Hartley

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What do you do when the law says you cannot adopt a child?

In his forties, Thomas desperately wants to be a father. But as a single gay man in Denmark, he cannot legally adopt a child. So, he decides to visit an old friend in Brazil, where there is a thriving black market for adoption.

Maria is beautiful, charming and pregnant, yet she is too poor to support her unborn child. The plan is simple - Thomas will pay Maria and bring her baby back to Denmark as his own. However, things get unhinged when Thomas becomes emotionally involved with the enchanting Maria.

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Carlos Augusto de Oliveira
Cinematography:
Philippe Kress
Cast:
Anders W. Berthelsen, Iben Hjejle, David Dencik, Vivianne Pasmanter, Morten Kirkskov, Barbara Garcia, Pablo Rodrigues, Georgina Castro, Otavio Martins, Rafael Lozano
Editor:
Anja Farsig
Producer:
Thomas Gammeltoft, Astrid Hytten, Hank Levine, Ivan Teixeira
Language:
Danish, English, Portuguese with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Frithjof Toksvig

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When God tells you to go to Las Vegas, you go!

Vanessa lives in Alaska with her husband, Maurice, and their five children. When she dreams that God tells her to move, the family heads for the land of golden opportunity, Las Vegas. While living out of their car and struggling to survive, Vanessa sneaks the kids into casino pools as Maurice gambles away the last of their money

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Jason Massot
Cinematography:
Jason Massot
Cast:
Vanessa Melton, Maurice Melton
Editor:
Alan Mackay
Producer:
Teddy Leifer, Jason Massot
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Glenn Jones

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In a town with two names, two men meet again after fifty years, bound together by memories of the past and the woman they both loved.

Antonio has returned to the Slovenian Adriatic seacoast town of Piran (Pirano in Italian), to see once more the house where he lived as a child. There he re-encounters Veljko, a Bosnian soldier who came with Tito?s communist army late in WWII and never left. What happened to them back then changed both their lives forever, yet as they meet now for the first time in 50 years, it is the past they shared and its ghosts that will bring them closure.

Season:
2011
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Goran Vojnovic
Cinematography:
Radovan Cok
Cast:
Boris Cavazza, Mustafa Nadarevic, Nina Ivanisin, Moamer Kasumovic, Francesco Borchi, Peter Musevski, Gregor Zorc, Natasa Tic Ralijan, Janko Petrovec, Daniel Veznaver
Editor:
Janez Bricelj
Producer:
Franci Zajc
Language:
Slovenian with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Tamara Obrovac
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