2005

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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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Billie Lawrence has it all. Elegance. Weekend home. Three-car garage. The perfect life. Or so it seems. Inside the gated walls of her community, Billie suffers in silence as her husband increases his violent abuse.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Kari Nevil
Cinematography:
David Collier
Cast:
Irene Bedard, Hal J. Robinson, Yvette Freman, Alma Martinez, Richard Van Vleet, and Don Most
Editor:
Jennifer Steinman
Producer:
Kari Nevil
Co-Producer:
Karen MacKellar, Donna Garrison
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Hal J. Robinson, Kevin Hedges

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The first independent film produced in Belarus, as well as the first feature film from director Andrej Kudinyenko, Mysterium Occupation is easily the most interesting and important film dealing with World War II to emerge from that country since Elim Klimov?s Run Come See (1968).

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Andrej Anatolewitsch Kudinjenko
Cinematography:
Pawel Subrizkij
Cast:
Alexandr Kolbyschew, Anatolij Kot, Alexandr Molschanow
Producer:
Alexandr Debaljuk, Andrej Kudinjenko, Sergej Artimowitsch
Genre:
Unassigned

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An evocative trio of short stories following three women named Gina makes up Listening to the Voice of a Wind, a superbly made drama about hanging on to your dreams while trying to make it in a new land. Keeping the same fascinating themes while ricocheting around the country, the film expertly fuses the stories into one major artistic statement.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Jeong Jung Kim
Cinematography:
Keewon Jung
Cast:
Yurie Cho, Yunjung Chang, Shyun Kim
Editor:
Youngim Park
Producer:
Jeong Jung Kim
Language:
English, Korean
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Eunjung Kim

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Evan has a schlock reality TV news show which is about to hit the big time. Laura, a local news reporter, is up for a job at a top TV station. To celebrate their good fortunes, Laura?s husband, Richard, rents a house on the Oregon Coast and invites Evan and his wife for a weekend of rest and relaxation. But Richard has a lot more in store for the unsuspecting group.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Matt Lopin
Cinematography:
Mark Anderson
Cast:
Tony Doupe, Debra Pralle, Shawn Belyea, Amy Leone Walton
Editor:
John Dagnen
Producer:
Matt Lopin
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Wrick Wolff

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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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Irma Varró is orphaned, pregnant and fed up. She has just turned 18-years-old and is leaving the state orphanage, her only link to her past, the necklace her mother placed around her neck when she abandoned her.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Zsuzsa Böszörményi
Cinematography:
Márton Miklauziè
Cast:
Eszter Bagaméri, Anna Györgyi, Andrea Fullajtár, Dezsö Garas, Kati Outinen, Peter Franzén, Ervin Nagy
Editor:
Gabriella Koncz
Producer:
Livia Gyarmathy, Veit Heiduschka, Hanna Hemilä
Language:
Hungarian
Genre:
Unassigned

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Set against the harsh reality of the desert of southern Iran, From the Land of Silence is a stunningly beautiful film of two young brothers eking out their solitary existences against an inhospitable, unforgiving landscape. All but abandoned by their truck-driving father, they have each found questionable but successful ways to survive. Struggling every day merely to stay alive, they encounter a man actively running away from life, returning to the desert on a quest to negate his previous life. From this meeting, each of them has something to impart to the others; each has something to learn.

Season:
2005
Director:
Saman Salur
Cast:
Hossein Bande-Ali, Hassan Bande-Ali, Omid Rokhafrooz, Roohollah Farokh Nejad
Editor:
Saman Salur
Producer:
Saman Salur
Language:
Farsi
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Mehrdad Nosrati

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Akaash is looking for love, and has arrived in America in search of an all-American, but still Indian, girl. Visiting with, Rohit, his childhood friend, Akaash asks for his help to find his dream girl. Yet, as Akaash goes from girl to girl?simple situations often leading to hilarious outcomes?he begins to realize that finding love is never easy and no girl is what she seems. Still, poor Akaash will do whatever it takes to find his Dulhan.

Season:
2005
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Manoj Kumar Sen
Editor:
Thomas Koch
Producer:
Atul Parikh, Paresh Patel
Executive Producer:
Parul Parikh
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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It?s been nearly two years since Josey has been with a woman and things are beginning to look bleak. Charisma and looks are seriously lacking, but Josey is determined to end the drought.

With coaching from his friends, Josey sets out to break his dry spell with his desperation knowing no limits of decency. Making it all worse is the memory of his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Josey would give anything to have her back, along with everything that used to annoy him. But will he go crawling back, or will he meet someone new despite the odds stacked against him?

Season:
2005
Director:
John Erick Dowdle
Cast:
Chip Godwin, Casey Strand, Megan Edwards, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Scott Beehner, George Kostuch
Editor:
John Erick Dowdle
Producer:
Andrew Dowdle, Michael Drescher, Melinda Woolf
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
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