2008

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Taking happiness to the Germans one song at a time.

Bob, a young "happiness counselor", has sold a whopping one copy of his book in the United States. Rather than despair, he revels in the news that "they love him in Deutschland." Embracing his opportunity, he boards his inner child and his guitar on a jet for a German book tour.

Season:
2008
Director:
Robert Peters
Cinematography:
Markus Davids, Dan Mirvish, Josh Negrin
Cast:
Robert Peters, Mareike Fell, Marek Harloff, Bela B. Felsenheimer
Editor:
Jason Schmid
Producer:
Robert Peters, Dan Mirvish, Torsten Neumann
Co-Producer:
Felix Martens
Executive Producer:
Stan Woodward
Language:
English
Genre:
Musical
Music:
Leslie Rogers

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A brute, a drunk, and a maverick to the core, he was America?s greatest director.

John Ford?s larger than life personality reflected the iron-willed, independent heroes that were a hallmark of his films. Best known for re-inventing the Western, and generally considered America?s greatest director, the artistic achievements of Ford?s films are sometimes forgotten; but what will always be remembered is the passion and humanity that are integral to his work.

Season:
2008
Director:
Nick Redman
Cinematography:
Bengt Jan Jonsson
Cast:
Peter Fonda, Joseph McBride
Editor:
Vincent Stancarone
Producer:
Nick Redman, Jamie Willet
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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A young woman has nothing to lose, and everything to learn.

Gao Yuanyuan (Shanghai Dreams, Beijing Bicycle) stars as a young woman dying from a brain tumor; and who unexpectedly discovers that her brother-in-law ? someone she has loved and trusted since she was a little girl ? may have murdered her parents. In a desperate, yet calculating move, she kidnaps and tortures him to try to learn the truth before she dies.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Cheng Er
Cinematography:
Xu Wei
Cast:
Gao Yuanyuan, Xu Zheng; Yan Po; Tao Hong
Editor:
Yang Hongyu
Producer:
Cheerland Entertainment Organisation
Language:
Mandarin w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Thriller
Music:
Lin Hai

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While life on a quiet island off the Croatian coast seems subdued and uneventful, underneath lay the disturbing emotional temblors of the human condition.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Dra?en ?arković, Pavo Marinković
Cinematography:
Vedran ?amanović
Cast:
Josip Genda, ?arko Potočnjak, Sini?a Brajčić, Trpimir Jurkić, Bruna Bebić-Tudor, Marinko Prga, Čedo Martinić, Milan ?trljić, Ivica Vidović
Editor:
Slaven Zečević
Producer:
Vesna Mort
Language:
Serbo-Croatian w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Hrvoje Crnić Boxer

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An ordinary man becomes a killer to save the life of his child.

Season:
2008
Director:
Srdan Golubovic
Cinematography:
Aleksandar Ilic
Cast:
Nebosja Glogovac, Natasa Ninkovic, Anica Dobra, Predrag Miki Manojlovic
Editor:
Marko Glusac, Dejan Urosevic
Producer:
Jelena Mitrovic, Natasa Ninkovic, Alexander Ris, Jörg Rothe, Laszlo Kantor
Language:
Serbian with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Mario Schneider

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It?s hard enough to survive the 6th grade but when your teacher?s an alien, it can really suck.

Season:
2008
Director:
Ole Bornedal
Cinematography:
Dan Laustsen
Cast:
Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Wandschneider, Sofie Gråbøl, Sonja Richter, Olivia Stenderup Garre
Editor:
Thomas Krag
Producer:
Michael Obel
Executive Producer:
Michael Obel
Language:
Danish with English subtitles
Genre:
Sci-Fi
Music:
Marco Beltrami

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There was music before there was Johann Sebastian Bach, but what his genius brought to bear was a multitude of magic, the likes of which had never been heard before.

Season:
2008
Director:
Pere Portabella
Cinematography:
Tomás Pladevall
Editor:
Òskar Xabier Gómez
Producer:
Pere Portabella
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Musical
Music:
Bach

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What you see through the viewfinder may be actually finding you.

No longer engaged to his girlfriend, Marcin moves into a run-down flat in a seedy apartment building. Soon after settling in, the young photographer is commissioned by the building?s owner to document the woeful state of the property. What seems at first to be a straightforward task of recording the disrepair of the structure soon becomes an increasingly seductive process of discovery, where he finds himself drawn into a world inhabited by a host of characters, both fascinating and dangerous.

Season:
2008
Director:
Lukasz Palkowski
Cinematography:
Pawel Sobczyk
Cast:
Marcin Kwasny, Sonia Bohasiewicz, Grzegorz Palkowski, Artur Dziurman, Krzysztof Janczar
Editor:
Pawel Witecki
Producer:
Maciej Slesicki, Jolanta Rojek
Language:
Polish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama

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Infidelity plays out like the acts of an opera.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Juan Patricio Riveroll
Cinematography:
Roberto Macias, Jorge Senyal
Cast:
Arturo Ríos, Magdalena Flores, Martin LaSalle, Marina Magro, Daniela Schmidt
Editor:
Alejandro Molina, Roberto Garza
Producer:
Juan Patricio Riveroll
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama

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Tonotiuh lives an erotic, neurotic, episodic and downright confusing life.

It all revolves around sexy women named Maria. Since his first Maria relationship ended tragically, Tonotiuh finds himself inexplicably drawn to women with that moniker?even before he knows their names! The problem is that he can?t figure out which parts of his life are real and which are fantasies. And while his therapist (yep, Maria) does her best to guide our protagonist to the solution, we?re not even sure when, and if, she?s real.

Season:
2008
Director:
Jesus Magaña Vázquez
Cinematography:
Carlos Aguilera
Cast:
Julio Bracho, Ana Serradilla, Mahalat Sanchez, Diana Bracho, Mónica Dionne, Verónica Jaspeado
Editor:
Edna H. Lee
Producer:
Yadira Mata, Mauricio Zaragoza
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Héctor Ruiz
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