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They were Jews who had escaped Hitler?s Germany. Trained in intelligence work and the art of psychological warfare at Camp Ritchie, they were known as ?The Ritchie Boys.? And they became unlikely heroes.

Season:
2005
Director:
Christian Bauer
Cinematography:
Dietrich Mangold
Editor:
David Kazala
Producer:
Dagmar Biller, Donna Zuckerbrot
Language:
English, German
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Aaron Davis

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Misanthrope, contrarian, malcontent, naysayer, negative. Alan Zweig has been called all of these, and more, and wants to know why.

In his search to understand why he can?t just accept things as they are and be happy about it, Zweig talks to curmudgeons of all shapes and sizes: the famous?Larry David and Andy Rooney; the near famous?Harvey Pekar and Fran Lebowitz; and the unknown, including Zweig?s friends, most of whom seem to suffer from a similar affliction of crankiness and dissatisfaction.

Season:
2005
Director:
Alan Zweig
Cast:
Alan Zweig, Fran Lebowitz, Harvey Pekar, Cintra Wilson, Toby Young, Andy Rooney, Scott Thompson, Mark Eitzel
Editor:
Christopher Donaldson
Producer:
Kristina McLaughlin, Michael McMahon
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Drysdale

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Season:
2005
Director:
Chris Landrith
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Season:
2005
Director:
Dylan Akio Smith
Cast:
Brad Dryborough, Ryan Robbins, Arabella Bushnell, Peter New, Xantha Radley, Matty Finochio
Producer:
Wendy Russell
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Few subjects can raise temperatures so quickly as illegal immigration. Without falling for docile divisiveness, director Arturo Perez Torres? harrowing film examines the paradox of the ?wetback? worker?the closer they get to the elusive ?free world,? the less free they are and the more illegal they become.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Arturo Perez Torres
Cinematography:
Felipe Rodriguez
Editor:
Julia Blua
Producer:
Heather Haynes
Language:
English, Spanish
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Roko Citroen

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Gillian Guess was a single mother, lamenting her monotonous life. But fate struck when she was called for jury duty on a high profile murder case, and slept with the accused. Needless to say, the tabloids had a field day. Having earned her 15 minutes, Gillian Guess wanted her next 15, and, for Gillian, that meant doing just about anything?even appearing on Bobby Tomahawk?s sleazy talk show.

Season:
2005
Director:
Bruce McDonald
Cinematography:
Danny Nowak, C.S.C.
Cast:
Joely Collins, Hugh Dillon, Ben Bass
Editor:
Karen Porter
Producer:
Hugh Beard, Debra Beard, John Ritchie, Rob Bromley
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Broken Social Scene

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Say ?elephant shoes? really fast and it sounds like ?I love you.? That?s what Manny tells Alexis in Christos Courligas? delightfully romantic comedy?a tale of two people discovering if a person you quickly fall in love with really is ?the one.?

Season:
2005
Director:
Christos Sourligas
Cinematography:
Luc Montpellier
Cast:
Greg Shamie, Stacie Morgain Lewis
Editor:
Joseph Bohbot
Producer:
Christos Sourligas
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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A noir-ish game of deceit and revenge, Dark Arc is a highly intriguing tale that plays upon the idea of images and memories. It is the bizarre story of a love triangle between a graphic designer, an artist and their inspiring muse.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Dan Zukovic
Cinematography:
Geoff Denham, David M. Mullen
Cast:
Sarah Strange, Dan Zukovic, Kurt Max Runte
Editor:
Patrick Carroll
Producer:
Brendan Keown, Jeremy Dyson, David Barnett, Mitch Mayer
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Neil Burnett

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Crossing follows the story of macho tough-guy, Daniel, who makes a deathbed promise to his father to turn their family from petty gangsters to upright brokerage owners. The only thing standing in Daniel's way is his newly discovered desire to dress up like a girl. Embroiling himself in a wild, mysterious romance with a blackmailing hooker, Davina, who intends to take pictures, Daniel must find his way through a maze of disgrace and pleasure to discover where his real loyalties lie.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Roger Larry
Cinematography:
Kamal Derkaoui
Cast:
Sebastian Spence, Crystal Buble, Bif Naked
Editor:
Jason Margolis
Producer:
Roger Larry, Sandra Tome
Executive Producer:
Jeff Barmash, Mike Mahoney, Doug Hylton
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Ferocious Fish

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Director Anita McGee (Seven Brides for Uncle Sam, Cinequest 1998; Little Dickie, Cinequest 2003) returns with her feature debut, an offbeat, romantic tale about love, passion, fantasy and self-discovery.

Honey Reddigan works in quality control at a bread factory - the Sweet Bea Bakery. Sounds sweet, but much to the dismay of Honey, she spends day in and day out watching the bread dough plop into pans. To relieve the monotony, she dreams of love and comes up with plotlines for her real vocation, writing.

Season:
2004
Director:
Anita McGee
Cast:
Sherry White, Jonathan Torrens, Rick Boland
Editor:
Lyly Fortin
Producer:
Jennice Ripley, Anita McGee
Composer:
Jody Richardson
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
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