2010
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With adulthood just around the corner, a group of New Jersey adolescents deal with their last summer together in their own unique, unpredictable ways. Some of them, like Brian, prefer to start anew by severing old relationships. Others, like Tommy and Melissa, try to ease their way into the future while hanging on to their teenage aspirations. While small-city life is ideal for Grady and Janine, who dream of growing older together in the suburbs, it is a dead-end for Matt and Sammy, who can hardly wait to leave for more adventurous places.
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Down but not out, three friends come together to create a new beginning.
Using intimate and imaginative cinematography to create a vibrant depiction of New York?s Hell?s Kitchen, director Steve Staso (Celluloid #1, Cinequest 2007) unveils a moving and lyrical tale where three very different lives intersect to find friendship and redemption.
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Where do you go after hello?
Like many young businessmen, Stirling desires more out of life than sitting in an office day after day. When he befriends Amy, a troubled homeless girl, he is instantly drawn into her secret fantasy world. So begins a ?lost weekend? of the duo taking on new personalities?from hippies to grunting cavemen. But as the games bring them closer together, Stirling and Amy realize that their fantasy world does have its limits and that they must confront the frightening reality of each other?s life.
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Who draws the line between avenger and criminal?
A peaceful man and a successful surgeon, Bruno Hamel suddenly finds his life spiraling out of control following the brutal killing of his young daughter. Civil justice is not enough for the bereft father, so Bruno decides to replace grief with revenge and capture the killer himself as the criminal is transported to the courthouse. What follows is a disturbing ritual of despair, violence and vengeance as father and killer come face to face in an isolated cabin in the woods.
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All she ever wanted to do was dance, but ended up getting so much more.
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A young girl and her grandfather find a common bond through dance.
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Winner - Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award
Children will thrive, even under the most challenging of circumstances.
Just miles from the U.S. border lies a huge garbage dump in Tijuana. Within this dump is a community which Mother Teresa described as ?one of the world?s most destitute.? But this is NOT a story of despair and hopelessness.
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A sexually-frustrated wife in a passionless relationship tries to seduce her husband, but something happens that will change their relationship forever.
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A scrappy group of commodities traders try to make it big, before the floor goes electronic.
The Pit: one of the most primitive, yet highly ritualized arenas of the financial world, The New York Board of Trade floor. Amidst the shouting and hand signals, the Pit is also a chaotic masterpiece of eye-to-eye trading. Through relationships built during her time as an NYBOT clerk, director Johanna Lee was given unprecedented access to the Pit where she captured intense competition for survival, personal dramas and trading tickets.