2012

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It takes the strength of a warrior to overcome the past.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Julie Reichert
Cinematography:
Corey Weintraub
Cast:
Karen Young, Vic Browder, Lan Tat, Nicolise Dorian Louis, Kristin Hansen, Joanne Camp, Aarti K. Attreya, Etain O'Malley, Chad Brummett, Steven Michael Quezada
Editor:
Sterling Grant III
Producer:
Julie Reichert, Chris Ranney, Brent Tiano
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
CK Barlow

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?Until you lose your fear of death, you cannot truly begin to live your life.?

Pro-skater Danny Way has a profound connection with his skateboard. As a child, given a handmade board from his step-father, Danny never looked back on his dream of turning pro. But growing up in an unstable family structure in Vista, California, Danny always felt like he had something to prove to his friends, family, and himself.

Season:
2012

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There's a man with binoculars at the window, watching the people across the street. And he's definitely not James Stewart.

Oliver, an air-traffic controller by day, is emotionally cut off, a man who actively shuns human contact. As a Czech living in Slovakia his isolation is even more complete. Though part of him demands this solitude, another yearns for something more. Now, home alone with his high-powered binoculars and his imagination, he watches a seemingly perfect family in the high-rise apartment building across the street. And watches. And watches.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Peter Kristufek
Cinematography:
Martin Strba
Cast:
Ivan Trojan, Jana Hlavacova, Kristina Turjanova, Dagmar Bruckmeyer, Martin Mnahoncak
Editor:
Dionyz Mikle, Radim Hladik Jr.
Producer:
Milan Stranava
Executive Producer:
Sona Javorska
Language:
Czech, Slovak with English subtitles
Genre:
Psychological Drama
Music:
Peter Kristufek

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Three brilliant architects reveal a different Cuban revolution.

Fidel Castro not only wanted to revolutionize Cuba's politics, but also its architecture. Taking over a bourgeoisie golf course, Castro and Che Guevara commissioned three visionary architects to build an innovative art school campus.

Season:
2012
Director:
Alysa Nahmias, Benjamin Murray
Cinematography:
Benjamin Murray
Editor:
Kristen Nutile, Alex Minnick
Producer:
Alysa Nahmias, Benjamin Murray
Language:
English, Spanish with English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Giancarlo Vulcano

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Tweet along a cross country road trip.

Why has Twitter become such a sensation? That is the question filmmaker Tan Siok seeks to discover as she sets off on a cross-country quest to talk to all kinds of Tweeters. Along the way we meet a porn star, a homeless woman, a prostitute and lots of everyday folk just having a little fun.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Siok Siok Tan
Cinematography:
Geo Geller, Tan Siok Siok
Editor:
Siok Siok Tan, Zoey Zozo
Producer:
Siok Siok Tan, St. John Deakins, Zoey Zozo
Executive Producer:
Geo Geller, Jeff Pulver
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Geo Geller, Nigel Woodford, Andy Dixon

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You can't relive high school and grow up at the same time.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Nejc Gazvoda
Cinematography:
Marko Brdar
Cast:
Jure Henigman, Nina Rakovec, Luka Cimprič
Editor:
Janez Lapajne, Nejc Gazvoda
Producer:
Andrej Stritof, Ales Pavlin
Language:
Slovenian with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
New Wave Syria

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Manicure and marriage advice - $10.

Brendan is a tall, handsome auto-mechanic who desperately needs his career-driven wife to notice him again. After his wife claims that he has dirty hands, he timidly walks into a Vietnamese-owned nail salon and braves the jeers of women workers. Tam, a newly-hired manicurist, tends to his hands and civilly listens to his confessions. Turns out her healing touch is priceless.

Season:
2012
Director:
Minh Duc Nguyen
Cinematography:
Morgan Schmidt
Cast:
Porter Lynn, John Ruby, Melinda Bennett, Long Nguyen, Hiep Thi Le, Tony Lathanh
Editor:
Minh Duc Nguyen
Producer:
Mellissa Tong
Language:
English, Vietnamese with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Marcello de Francisci

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Some people run away from their problems. She ran to fix them.

Season:
2012
Director:
Paul Soriano
Cinematography:
Odyssey Flores
Cast:
Maja Salvador, Tetchie Agbayani, John Arcilla, Eliza Pineda, Jason Abalos, Elma Muros, Sue Prado, Manel Sevidal, RJ Salvador
Editor:
Mark Victor
Producer:
Paul Soriano, Maja Salvador
Executive Producer:
Rino Que, Samantha Chavez Que
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Archie Castillo

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He was perhaps the most influential scenographer in the world, yet you may never have heard his name.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Jakub Hejna
Cinematography:
Jiri Chod
Editor:
Jakub Hejna
Producer:
Jiri Konecny
Language:
Czech with English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary

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Children get Sesame Street. Actors get Avenue Q. We get Sunflower Hour.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Aaron Houston
Cinematography:
Steven Deneault
Cast:
Patrick Gilmore, Kacey Rohl, Ben Cotton, Amitai Marmorstein
Editor:
Greg Ng
Producer:
Aaron Houston, Aisla Webster
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
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