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Jessica is a transsexual who is working as a prostitute in the red-light district of Bangkok. She is faced with the toughest choice of her life. To follow her boyfriend abroad and start a new life, or to stay in Bangkok and keep supporting her mother. Whatever choice she makes it will determine her future and impact the people closest to her. Part of Shorts Program 6: Docu-Nation

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
David Sandberg, Claes Lundin
Cast:
David Sandberg
Editor:
David Sandberg
Producer:
David Sandberg
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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Alex is about to find out just how far he's willing to go to fulfill his life long dream of time travel. All that stands in his way is a big stack of cash, a little self respect, and his best friend Jack. Part of Shorts Program 7: Time, Space, And In Between

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Derek Pons, Nate Daniel
Cast:
Caylan McKay, Alex Marden
Editor:
Derek Pons
Producer:
Derek Pons, Nate Daniel
Genre:
Comedy

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In Hanford is visual artist Chris Mars's fantastic exploration of real incidents in Hanford, Washington, where the local environment was poisoned as a result of cold war era nuclear arms manufacture. Part of Shorts Program 6: Docu-Nation

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Chris Mars
Editor:
Chris Mars, Sally Marks
Producer:
Chris Mars
Genre:
Documentary

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A small schoolboy accidentally offends the biggest kid of his class. Our hero will have to face his fears and insecurities, as well as the pressure of his peers, who demand a fateful encounter between them at high noon. Part of Shorts Program 2: Looking For Something New

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Ivan Mazza
Cinematography:
Carlos Luis Rodriguez
Cast:
Gabriel Rojas, Pedro Gomez, Prakriti maduro, Efrain Romero, Edgar Noria, Jose Antonio De Miguel, Gustavo Santana
Editor:
Miguel Angel Garcia
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Comedy

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This animation describes a girl's story who was taken to Java island as a comfort woman. Chung Seo-woon, the real victim of World War, narrates her story with her real voice. Part of Shorts Program 6: Docu-Nation

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Jun-ki Kim
Language:
English, Korean with English Subtitles

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Hark is about a man who is confronted with a moral dilemma to save his own life or risk the life of another. The characters in Hark are ordinary people making choices to survive. The story draws attention to the harsh reality of human trafficking and shines light where there is darkness. Part of Shorts Program 3: Choice and Effect

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Jonathon Fung
Cinematography:
Michael Street
Cast:
Ari Blake, Heather Gilliland, Ayla Rain Fung
Editor:
Andrea Templeton
Producer:
Jonathan Fung
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama

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At the beginning of 1991, after the Romanian Revolution, an old barber meets by chance his former torturer who came in for a shave. Quickly, the parts are inverted though the client refuses to acknowledge that he has been recognized. Part of Shorts Program 1: The Battles We Fought

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Bogdan Muresanu
Cinematography:
Bogdan Muresanu
Cast:
VIctor Rebengiuc, Alexandru Gergescu, Michel Horatiu Bob
Editor:
Andrei Balasoiu
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama

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Two boys. Two worlds. One Cuba. Raised in a wealthy neighborhood of Havana, 12-year-old Mayito has everything at his fingertips: loving and affectionate parents, delectable home-cooked meals, and, most recently, the latest PlayStation 3 video game console. His classmate Carlos, on the other hand, comes from a low-class residential district where he cleans and sells empty beer bottles just so he can save enough money to buy the kite of his dreams. When Mayito steps into the impoverished community for the first time, he discovers a strange new world.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Ian Padron
Cinematography:
Alejandro Perez
Cast:
Ernesto Escalona, Andy Fornaris, Luis Alberto Garcia, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Miriam Socarras, Milton Garcia, Omar Franco, Claudia Alvarino, Ruben Araujo, Dania Monzon
Editor:
Jose Lemuel Gonzalez
Producer:
Noel Alvarez
Executive Producer:
Vilma Montesinos, Esther Hirtzel
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Rene Banos

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Two kids. One mysterious blue goldfish. And a beautiful adventure. Young Brazilian immigrant Ricardo is having real trouble settling into Japanese school, where he is bullied and can barely follow the classes. When Ricardo catches a blue goldfish that turns out to be the spirit of a Chinese Princess, the ensuing surge of interest in this rare creature forces him and his charming classmate, Hanako, to join forces to take on the mayor and the Yakuza to save their town and the livelihood of its people.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Shohei Shiozaki
Cinematography:
Yoshinobu Hayano
Cast:
Takehshi Nagata, Nanako Ode, Kana Mikura, Takashi Sasano, Shido Nakamura
Editor:
Ken Memita
Producer:
John Williams, Roger Garcia, Kiyoshi Mizokami
Language:
Portuguese, Japanese with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Slavomir Kowalewski

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One man's wild, lifelong adventure of testing societal boundaries through subversive art.

Tomi Ungerer was a celebrated '50s children's author, greatly influencing others, including Maurice Sendak. In the '60s, Tomi's innovative talents produced iconic anti-war posters. But all along he had a secret passion with his art - and when it was discovered, his career was dramatically impacted.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Brad Bernstein
Cinematography:
Jimmy O'Donnell
Cast:
Tomi Ungerer, Maurice Sendak, Jules Feiffer, Steven Heller, Michael Patrick Hearn, Patrick Skene Catling, Burton Pike, Aria Ungerer, Patrick Joseph Sheehan, Caroline Ward
Editor:
Rick Cikowski
Producer:
Brad Bernstein
Executive Producer:
Kevin Rich
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Eoin Coughlan, Daragh Dukes
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