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It is the deep, dark bowels of the Earth. It is the ever dangerous; the claustrophobic. It is the world of the South African gold mine, a world not for the weak of heart. Vuyo, an idealistic but inexperienced student, searches for answers about his long-lost father amidst the economic chaos and political infighting of the failing mine company where his father was crushed to death by a rock fall.

Season:
2004
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Norman Maake
Cinematography:
Natalie Haarhof
Cast:
Vuvo Dabula, Glen Gabela, Moshweshwe Chabedi, Michael Dlamini, Sibusiso Mhlangu
Editor:
Bata Passchier
Producer:
Darren Gordon
Executive Producer:
Garth Holmes, Brett Ballinski, Carl Fischer
Composer:
Benjamin Willem

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Amidst the bustle of city life in South Korea, a man (played by the popular Hyung-Sung Jang) wills his life away at the video store he runs. Having given up on his family life and law career, he is now comfortable with his solitude, happy to exchange the occasional word with a curious customer. The monotony of his life is broken one day by the sudden appearance of a love letter from a secret admirer.

Season:
2004
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Hak-Soon Kim
Cinematography:
Eui-Duck Paeng; Editor Eun-Soo Lee
Producer:
Hak-Soon Kim
Composer:
Hoon-Young Chung; Cast Hyun-Sung Chang, Eun-Jin Pang, Youn-Hong Oh, Hyun-Jin Sah
Language:
Korean with English subtitles

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Roman has a passionless life. A good son, whose best friend is his elderly mother, Roman is always left out of the camaraderie with his boisterous colleagues at work. But when he is invited to attend the "women's carnival" masquerade party, his life changes forever. After meeting the mysterious Stella and discovering love for the first time, Roman witnesses the beating of a young man in a Zorro costume. When his offer to help is turned down, he returns to Stella, only to find that she has disappeared.

Season:
2004
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Tom Schreiber
Cinematography:
Olaf Hirschberg, Hajo Schomerus
Cast:
Christoph Bach, Victoria Deutschmann, Hannelore L?beck, Markus John
Editor:
Andreas Radtke, Miriam Strugalla
Producer:
Ute Schneider, Wim Wenders
Composer:
Jakob Ilja
Language:
German with English subtitles

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As gritty and uncondescending as the movies of Ken Loach (My Name Is Joe, Sweet Sixteen), Eila displays enormous power in a woman's battle for justice and dignity. Based on true events, it is a bracing tribute to the strength of humanity in even the bleakest of situations. For Eila, life boils down to cleaning the floors of a government building and making sure her delinquent son keeps out of trouble. Things change when, unjustly laid off from her job, she finds the strength to join her colleagues in striking for better working conditions and bringing action against the State.

Season:
2004
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Jarmo Lampela
Cinematography:
Harri R?ty
Cast:
Sari M?llinen, Ilkka Koivula, Hannes Suominen, Kristiina Halkola, Johanna Kerttula, Kari Hietalahti
Editor:
Joona Louhivuori
Producer:
Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa
Composer:
Liisa Akimof, Petri Nieminen
Language:
Finnish with English subtitles

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"I believe that drinking music is the best thing in life. Music is magic and it is a privilege to live with it." - Montserrat Caball?. If you love opera, or even have only an interest in music, immerse yourself in this sensational musical highlighting the career of one of the greatest divas of all time, Montserrat Caball?. Featuring renowned performances in the world's most illustrious Opera Houses and wonderfully inspired words from peers and the legend herself - who brings her warmth to the screen as our host - director Antonio A Farr?'s Caball?

Season:
2004
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Antonio A Farr?
Cinematography:
Xavier Gil
Editor:
Ra?l Rom?n
Producer:
Alvaro Longoria, Alberto Sabat?
Composer:
Carlos Caball?
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles

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Two brothers born from the same parents. Oddly, Doug is white and Donnie, black. Yet, it is more than just the color of their skin that makes the two men drastically different. They do share one thing, however - a common goal: money! So, when their mother, whom they have never met, dies, and they are brought together to claim the trailer park she left her two sons, they find themselves challenged to their limits emotionally and physically.

Season:
2004
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Christopher Coppola
Cinematography:
Drew Giannetta
Cast:
Andre Ware, Steven Hedden, Frank Gorshin, Andre Marcus, Bernie Kopell, Lynda Carter, Shirley Jones
Editor:
Robert Gordon
Producer:
Alain Silver, Christopher Coppola
Composer:
Ernest Troost

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Made up of five loosely connected sketches tied together by a Budapest bus route, A Bus Came... is the collective work of five directors, ten writers, five cinematographers, four editors, four composers and a multitude of actors.

Season:
2004
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
çrp?d Schilling, Ferenc T?r?k, Viktor Bod?, Gy?rgy P?lfi, Korn?l Mundrucz?
Cinematography:
M?ty?s Erd?ly, D?niel Garas, M?t? Herbai, Gergely Poh?rnok, Andr?s Nagy
Cast:
Michelle Wild, Zsolt Anger, Kati Egri, R?ka Pels?czy, Gy?rgy Gazs?, K?roly Hajduk, L?szl? G?lffi, P?ter Haumann, Tam?s K?bor, G?za G?bor
Editor:
Zolt?n Kov?cs, B?la Barsi, L?szl? Rumbold, Vanda Ar?nyi
Producer:
Gy?rgy Budai, Viktor Bod?
Composer:
R?bert Jobb?gy, P?ter Kunert, P?ter T?th, Zs?fia Tall?r
Language:
Hungarian with English subtitles

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Silicon Valley, 1999. As the millennium nears its end, a new fever sweeps through the country, preying on the universal desire of being your own boss. Start-up businesses pop up everywhere as a generation looks to the Internet as the pathway towards their dreams. Trey Segal, a programmer who inhabits a surreal world of psychotic branding, marketing droids, and his own Internet sex addiction, is one such dreamerÉor at least he was. Tired of hopping from one small-time job to the next, Trey resolves to start his own web company.

Season:
2003
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Michael Wohl
Cinematography:
Robin McLeod
Cast:
Barry Alan Levine, Olin Hyde, Gillian Chadsey, Joan Bernier, Michael Wohl
Editor:
Michael Wohl
Producer:
Michael Wohl, Divi Crockett

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Science fiction fans will find a unique treat in Gary Boulton-Brown's directorial debut, Trinity, a one-of-a-kind genre bender that throws a triumvirate of desperate individuals into a pressure cooker situation in a snowbound "Gene Camp" hidden deep in a frozen wasteland. Set in an unspecified future, the film follows Schiller and Brach, two military officers sent to an isolated arctic station to investigate a distress signal. The sender turns out to be Dr. Clerval, a scientist whose crimes against humanity have made him the number one target for bounty hunters.

Season:
2003
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Gary Boulton-Brown
Cinematography:
Tim Wooster
Cast:
Lucy Akhurst, Tom McCamus, Stephen Moyer
Editor:
Gary Boulton-Brown
Producer:
David Wooster, Robert Carter, Tony Thatcher

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Both a striking and poetically honest debut from brothers Kelly and Tyler Requa, The Flats is a deeply compelling story of two best friends, their longings and aspirations, and the test of faith each must face. Harper is the life of every party. An empty childhood and a dismal future have left him with little to look forward to other than his nightly drunken obliteration. When one night the party goes too far, and Harper is sentenced to six months at a work farm, he decides to live it up for the eight days of freedom that he has left. Harper's best friend, Luke, is the voice of reason.

Season:
2003
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Kelly Requa, Tyler Requa
Cinematography:
Lawrence Schweich
Cast:
Chad Lindberg, Sean Christensen, Jade Herrera
Editor:
Joe Rettenmaier
Producer:
Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi, Scilla Adreen-Hernandez, Kelly Requa, Tyler Requa, John Biondo
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