WORLD PREMIERE
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He has a new chance at a new life, but is it worth the cost? Ryan is not unlike millions of people - fresh out of college, a dead-end job, and an endless search for meaning in his life. Offered a new start via a self-help group, simply known as The Center, and their highly charismatic leader Vincent, Ryan soon finds himself enmeshed in a world that seemingly offers him hope. But, there is a dark side to everything, and The Center has many secrets.
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Who can say where you are going, as long as you get there. Stunningly shot against an otherworldly Alaskan backdrop, director Kamell Allaway immerses us in a surreal journey through a strangely beautiful reality. Three women - Pearl, Kayla, and Natalie - lead a vagabond lifestyle in the Alaskan wilderness after a mysterious event has left them homeless. While they wander about and struggle to survive, they are haunted by the presence of an inexplicable and menacing supernatural entity.
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Its the Indy 500 but on bikes. Touted as "The World's Greatest College Weekend," the Little 500 is beyond just a big deal on the Indiana University campus. More than 40,000 fans flock to the campus each spring to experience the competition, the pageantry, and the storied tradition of the largest collegiate bicycle race in the USA - a grueling 200-lap, 50-mile, four-person relay race, modeled after the Indy 500. This documentary follows the journeys of four top teams, Cutters, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Gamma, and Teter, as they train for months - or even years - for their one shot at victory.
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Indian-American beauty pageants meet Election and Legally Blonde. Lily (Tiya Sricar, The Internship) is a winner, but when her boyfriend leaves her for a vapid beauty pageant queen, she gets the notion that winning the "Miss India America" title would bring him back. Since Lily is perfect in everything else she does, it should be a cinch...or so she thinks. The pageant world isn't just pretty smiles and high heels, and her main competition, Sonia (Hannah Simone, New Girl), gives her a run for her money.
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Testing the limits of monogamy, friendship, betrayal, and freedom and nothing is what they expect. A vacation to clear her head is just what Chris needs after being cheated on by her boyfriend, and a friend's cabin proves to be the perfect weekend isolation. Yet, private retreat quickly becomes group excursion when Chris' friends decide to support her--crashing her solitude and turning her peaceful getaway into a radical exploration of societal constraints on sex and relationships.
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Diving into the Dark Underbelly of Forbidden Love. Nothing can quite prepare for such an unorthodox film as Malady, a bold and dreamlike tale of unconventional romance, long-buried secrets, and the possessive intensity of familial bonds. To fulfill the last wish of her deceased mother, grieving Holly seeks out love and finds it in Matthew; their relationship swiftly becomes very close and all-encompassing. After receiving the news of Matthew's ailing mother, both arrive to provide care in her final days, only to be faced with a nightmarish reality spiraling out of control.
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Battle of the sexes!? Its a war! A night of endless possibilities with but one aim: to find a woman for lonely, elderly Peter. For a hefty fee of $20,000, he books the services of a young, suave escort to help him resolve his views of love, monogamy, and the meaning of life. They embark on a night full of adventures, scouring restaurants, bars, and nightclubs.
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A small child is trapped in a box... A masked samurai comes to save him and avenge the evil clown that locked him up there... The narrative of Heart String Marionette does not follow the narrative conventions of traditional films. The style of the film is based on a type of Japanese theater called "Noh". One of the premises of Noh, as explained by its creator Zeami, is that emotion is more important than the ability to lay out a clear cause and effect story. Having studied the principles of Noh as written by Zeami, M dot Strange created Heart String Marionette.
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The path to recovery can be as brave and daunting as war itself. Healing a Soldier's Heart transports us into the troubled hearts and minds of four Vietnam veterans as they begin the courageous healing process to alleviate their severe PTSD. Still traumatized 40 years later, the veterans bravely journey back to the sites where they witnessed and committed atrocities of war. In the process, they come face to face with victims and experience Vietnamese culture through a new lens that fosters the compassion and the mutual forgiveness necessary for healing.
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The (you have to) do it yourself generation. Four recession-era hopefuls spend their days waiting for something to give while resisting giving out anymore of themselves. Promised a life after higher education with a job and a nice apartment, a writer/blogger finds herself rooming with an amateur porn actress and no future prospects.