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Even in Russian-occupied 1974 Czechoslovakia, two things you can count on: boys will be boys, and rules were made to be broken.

Four free-spirited friends turn 15 and receive their ID cards, a landmark in the life of socialist citizens, but in reality a document the police can use to humiliate and manipulate young rebels at their convenience. And make no mistake; these fellows are rebels -- against their parents, their teachers, and the Communist System.

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In a forgotten corner of the Carpathian Mountains, a poet of the camera captures the last wondrous vestiges of a vanishing way of life.

Dmitru Stanciu is one of the last of his kind, a mountain shepherd living close to heaven. He is as much a part of these mountains as the rivers or the wind, as much a part of their heart as the myths and traditions by which he lives.

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Why wrestle with angst, when a wrestling career waits in the opposite corner?

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Were it not for the actions of one Polish Colonel, we might all be living in the wreckage of a nuclear war.

In the 1970s, the Warsaw Pact armies under USSR control occupied Poland and most of central Europe. Colonel Ryszard Kukliński, as strategist with the Polish army, was not only privy to the most secret plans, he helped draw up several of them. What he learned of Russia?s plans and what they implied for Poland ? and the world ? brought him to the realization that something must be done, no matter what the personal cost or danger.

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Three homeless boys, Ukrainian Huck Finns are off on an odyssey to find a better world ? across the border, in a magic place called Poland.

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Meet Jo Idstad: age 13. He?s about to meet his dream girl.

Not one to take risks, Jo survives his school days with his wits. He?s convinced danger lurks everywhere and avoids any perceived ?death-traps,? like the school bully, sports or girls ? and prefers the safety of math equations and collecting football cards (especially the elusive Liverpool Goalie card). Enter new girl in school, Mari ? gifted at both football AND math?plus, she is really cute and sends Jo?s world into a tailspin. And let?s be honest, Jo really didn?t need this kind of trouble in his life right now.

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From the top of the world an amazing parade of filmmakers delivers a cornucopia of delights for film lovers everywhere.

At northern Finland?s Midnight Sun Film Festival in tiny Sodankylä, the world?s greatest filmmakers hold forth in conversation with festival director, film scholar and master interviewer Peter van Bagh on subjects ranging from film?s interpretation of 20th century history to their own first filmgoing experiences.

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Shocking events forever change the lives of four people.

Alan and his young mistress, Michela, are off on a romantic interlude. Out of nowhere, the unforeseen occurs when Alan is traumatically injured in a motorbike accident. Three years later, Alan?s wife, Francoise, continues to deal with emotional and legal stress of Alan?s paralysis. His best friend, Igor, lends support the best way he knows how but soon finds himself becoming closer to Michela, Alan?s former mistress. Fate?s hand once again passes over their lives.

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Four children combat poverty with art, imagination and smiles.

Although living conditions and poverty can be extreme in Nicaragua, young children still have hopes and dreams. Dreaming Nicaragua presents four children who, despite enduring hardships, happily pursue their ambitions and goals for a future to wherever their fertile imaginations take them.

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Can you stop something you never could have predicted?

Sam is an ordinary man. He works at a shopping mall as a security guard and does not take his job too seriously. He has his morning routine, heads off to work and comes home at night. Repeat, endlessly. But not today. Things will never be the same as Sam arrives at work. Is it his lack of intuition, or his inability to pick up on personal cues that leaves him unaware of the troubled individual entering the mall? Boom. An incident. What has happened? Something unpredictable.