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Animal instinct takes over in this lush, exotic thriller.

When man encroaches too far upon nature, nature answers with a deadly snarl in this beautifully photographed thriller from Oscar-nominated director Ashvin Kumar (Little Terrorist, Cinequest 2004).

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Ashvin Kumar
Cast:
Javed Jaaferi, Ankur Vikal, Nandana Sen, Saleem Ali Zaidi, Tarun Kumar
Editor:
Ashvin Kumar
Producer:
Ashvin Kumar
Executive Producer:
Dr. Vijay Mallya, Mohammed Juma
Language:
English
Genre:
Suspense
Music:
Matt Robertson

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Without a story to unite us together, we have nothing.

Struggling with the recent suicide of his wife, writer Seth Farber is haunted by the pervasive, unwarranted guilt of provoking his wife to her self-murder. Leaving him grappling to find his passion and his voice once again. Tormented by his unfinished, long-overdue first novel and approaching deadlines, Seth begins a coincidental relationship with a woman who attempts to help him regain his ambition in life.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Sam Neave
Cast:
Darrill Rosen, Marjan Neshat, Amy Redford, Annie Parisse, Paul Sparks, Emily Cass McDonnell, Louis Cancelmi
Editor:
Anna Holtzman
Producer:
Rick Edrich
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
James Lavino

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Light and love triumph in an inspirational visual testimony to breaking down walls and instilling hope.

The resonant strum of a guitar, beat of a bongo drum, and crisp powerful voice of optimism echo through piles of burning trash and hungry scavengers; in a place known as home to many, the city landfill of Managua, Nicaragua.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Matt Katsolis
Editor:
Matt Katsolis, Russell Brownley, Kasey Kirby
Producer:
Brad Corrigan
Executive Producer:
Scott Dever
Language:
English, Spanish (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Brad Corrigan

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Best Feature - South Beach International Animation Festival

South Park meets The Daily Show in this irreverent, animated satire about war, TV, women's rights and religious extremism.

Based on the hit stage musical that the San Francisco Bay Guardian called, "smartly written, consistently funny, and well-acted," Bye Bye Bin Laden! follows the exploits of Osama bin Laden after deciding he needs a hit TV show to boost the Taliban's waning popularity. Will it be Osama of Mayberry, I Love Prakhbar, or Ask the Taliban - The Game Show Where the Taliban Provides the Answers?

Director:
Scott Sublett
Cinematography:
Dave Perry
Cast:
Lance Gardner, Joey Sandin, Carolyn Beach, Charlie Queary, Tori Truss
Editor:
Zachary Knoles
Producer:
Jennifer Corker, Zachary Knoles
Co-Producer:
Lawrence Caces, Christine Rhee, Julian Shields, Geoffrey Stone
Executive Producer:
Mike Adams, Pablo Furman
Language:
English
Genre:
Animation
Music:
Jason Thorpe Buchanan, Jef Labes, Scott Sublett

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Starring Aaron Ruell (Napoleon Dynamite), Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie), Kevin Corrigan (The Departed, Goodfellas, True Romance), and Amanda Loncar.

A delightfully fun romp about crime, love and David Lee Roth. On the Road with Judas is a film based on a real novel, written by a writer, played by an actor, about the real characters and the actors playing those characters in this story.

Director:
JJ Lask
Cast:
Aaron Ruell, Kevin Corrigan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eleanor Hutchins, Amanda Loncar, Alex Burns, Leo Fitzpatrick
Editor:
JJ Lask, Jason Kileen
Producer:
Amy Slotnick, Ronan P. Nagle
Co-Producer:
Matthew Labate, Ben Starkman
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Human

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Secret recordings. Once classified films. Hidden documents. From in side the archives of the United States government comes a story of racism and manipulation that reveals how the actions of a nation ultimately brought about the collapse of a continent: Africa.

It took the deaths of six million Jews before we finally said, "never again." Yet, with at least twenty million Africans killed so far, due to wars in Darfur, Uganda, Rwanda and many, many more, the body count continues to rise.

Director:
Del Walters
Editor:
Pat Donnelly, Ellen Donnelly
Producer:
Del Walters, John Anglim, Abraham Stubblefield
Co-Producer:
Dave Clark
Executive Producer:
Del Walters
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Lama and director Neten Chokling's Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint brings the tale of Tibet's greatest yogi to the big screen in a dramatic plot of greed, revenge, remorse?and awakening. Chokling hopes that his film of conscience for a troubled age will cause viewers to reflect. "If this film inspires just a single person to become more compassionate, tolerant, and patient towards others, I will be more than happy," he says.

Director:
Sasha Meyerowitz
Cinematography:
Lobsang Tsultrim Jeshong, Mary Ellen Kelleher, Ven. Roger Kunsang, Steve Llewellyn, Isaiah Seret, Choyang Tharchin
Cast:
Khandro Rinpoche, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Sogyal Rinpoche, Ani Pema Chodron, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Arjia Rinpoche, Neten Chokling Rinpoche
Editor:
Isaiah Seret
Producer:
Isaiah Seret, Gregory Kruglak
Executive Producer:
Neten Chokling
Language:
English, Tibetan, Chinese, Vietnamese with English subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned
Sound:
Steve Wonder

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Featuring John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet), Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing, Perdita Durango), Bobby Cannavale (Fast Food Nation) and Tyrese Gibson (Baby Boy), The Take is an acting tour-de-force, when a man?s life is turned upside down after he miraculously survives shot in the head during an armored car heist and must adjust to life with a permanent disorder.

Living in gang-infested Boyle Heights in East LA, loving family-man Felix Delgado (Leguizamo) does the best he can to provide for his wife, Marina (Perez), and two kids.

Director:
Brad Furman
Cinematography:
Lukas Ettlin
Cast:
John Leguizamo, Tyrese Gibson, Bobby Cannavale, Rosie Perez
Editor:
Edie Ichioka
Producer:
Braxton Pope, Andrew Weiner
Executive Producer:
Matthew Hatchette, Steven Quarles
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Chris Hajian

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Vuze Audience Favorites Winner


A broken-hearted man discovers true love when he builds a woman for himself using his ex-girlfriend's dirty laundry.

Season:
2008
Director:
Cameron Baity
Cinematography:
J.C. Earle
Cast:
Lorin Shamos, Ruthie Frank
Editor:
Cameron Baity
Producer:
Cameron Baity, Lindy Louis
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Rani Sharone

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Heather Veitch is out of control. She is a stripper, soft porn actress, sex addict, boozer and S&M queen. Then one day she finds religion. She marries her boyfriend, trains herself to be a hair stylist, and starts going to church. The congregation doesn?t accept her at first, but after she teaches some of the wives how to strip for their husbands, Heather is in demand.

Season:
2008
Director:
Bill Day
Cinematography:
Bill Day
Editor:
Bill Day
Producer:
Bill Day
Co-Producer:
Charles Bruce, Michael Miner
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Javier De La Joya
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