ABOUT ELLY
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
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SYNOPSIS After many years living in Germany, Ahmad is visiting Iran. His old university friends organize a three-day break on the Caspian Sea. The joyful Sepideh plans the reunion but, unbeknownst to her colleagues, invites Elly, her daughter’s nursery school teacher. Ahmad, exiting an unhappy German marriage, would like to settle down with an Iranian woman. The friends, realizing why Sepideh has invited Elly, pay her particular attention and laud her qualities. On the second day an incident occurs which leads to Elly’s disappearance. The joyful atmosphere evaporates as the friends try to understand how and why she is no longer there. Panic sets in. The friends become judgmental and try to find fault in Elly’s character. The group’s opinion of Elly veers from those of the first day, until at last the truth is out. Best Director - Silver Bear Award, Berlin Film Festival Best Narrative Feature - Tribeca RT: 116 minutes, color, 35mm, aspect ratio 1.85 flat, sound: stereo SR, digital exhibition format: Digital Betacam, aspect ratio 16x9 anamorphic (1.78), sound: stereo, in Persian with English subtitles, not rated by the MPAA TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Golshifteh
Farahani | Taraneh Alidousti | Mani
Haghighi |
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Directed by James Bolton
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SYNOPSIS Shy teenager Nathan and his family have moved from one town to another trying to escape the domestic disintegration within their own home. Roy and his family live a quiet life on a farm. When Nathan moves in next door to charismatic Roy, the boys strike up a friendship as high school study partners. Their strong emotional bond soon takes a natural turn toward physical passion, a secret they must hide from those around them in the backwoods rural community ... A haunting and mythical tale of first love, DREAM BOY is adapted from Jim Grimsley’s heartbreaking novel. RT: 90 min., exhibition format: Digital Betacam; aspect ratio 1.78 (16x9), stereo, in English, Rated R for sexual content, and some violence including a rape - involving teens. TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Stephan
Bender
| Max Roeg | Thomas Jay Ryan | Diana
Scarwid |
EICHMANN
Directed by Robert Young
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SYNOPSIS Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the "final solution." Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 15 years after World War II, Eichmann (Kretschmann), the World's most wanted man, must be broken down and the truth unveiled. As the world waits, two men must confront each other in a battle of wills- the result of which will change a nation forever. RT: 100 minutes, 35mm color, aspect ratio: 1.85 flat, 6 reels, sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, digital exhibition formats: HD-Cam, Digital Betacam, DV Cam, aspect ratio 16x9 anamorphic (1.78), sound: stereo, in English, not rated by the MPAA TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW THOMAS KRETSCHMANN | TROY GARITY | FRANKA POTENTE | STEPHEN FRY |
Directed by Lucia Puenzo
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SYNOPSIS Lala, a teenager from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in Argentina is in love with Ailin, the 20-year-old Payaguayan maid working at her place. They dream of living together in Paraguay, at the shores of lake Ypoá. Robbing every purse and wallet in the house to fulfill their dream, hiding the money in a shoe box. But when the box is full, it bursts, fueled by desire, jealousy and rage. This is the starting point that spurs the escape through the highway that connects the North of Buenos Aires with Paraguay. While Lala waits to be reunited with her lover in Ypoá by reconstructing her past (the mystery surrounding her pregnancy and the legend of a fish child who guides the drowned to the bottom of the lake), Ailin is detained in a minors institute in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. She turns out to be hiding a crime from long ago… Revenge, risk, semi violent sex and blood weave a plot that finds a way out from the uncertainty with which young people live in the same world they condemn. RT: 96 minutes, color, 35mm, aspect ratio 1.85 flat, digital exhibition format: Digital Betacam, aspect ratio 16x9 anamorphic (1.78), sound: stereo, country of origin: Argentina, in Spanish with English subtitles, not rated by the MPAA TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Inés
Efron | Mariela Vitale | Pep Munne
| Carlos Bardem |
I KILLED MY MOTHER (J'ai tué ma mère)
Directed by Xavier Dolan-Tadros
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SYNOPSIS The
turbulent relationship
between a mother and a son is explored in this stunning,
semi-autobiographical tour de force from 20-year-old
writer, director, producer, and performer Xavier Dolan. ART CINEMA AWARD REGARDS JEUNES » PRIZE 2009 LE PRIX SACD / SACD PRIZE Canwest Award, Best Canadian Feature Film RT: 100 minutes, 35mm color, aspect ratio 1.85 flat, Dolby SR, digital exhibition format: Digital Betacam, aspect ratio 16x9 anamorphic (1.78), sound: stereo, in French with English subtitles, not rated by the MPAA TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Anne
Dorval
| Xavier Dolan-Tadros | François Arnaud |
JUST
SAY LOVE
Directed by
Bill Humphreys
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SYNOPSIS A stage
play adapted into
a feature-length film that explores whether physical attractions appear
to be the obvious explanation for two people to become a pair. But are
they really the reflection of something sublime, everlasting or dare we
say, spiritual? Do relationships start in the bedroom or in the heart?
In this male love story, the bliss described by Joseph Campbell and
sages throughout the millennia is a practical option for finding
happiness. As the camera delves into the characters’ minds and actions,
we find fulfillment on both a physical and spiritual level. TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW MATTHEW
JAEGER | ROBERT MAMMANA |
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Adapted for the Screen and Directed by Kenneth Branagh
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SYNOPSIS Mozart's "The Magic Flute," has enjoyed huge popular appeal and captivated audiences of all ages since it was first performed in 1791. This visually breathtaking cinematic experience, with an English libretto written by Stephen Fry, conducted by James Conlon and astonishingly realized by director Kenneth Branagh, weaves drama and comedy in an egaging way while focusing on a compelling story populated by extraordinary characters. On the eve of the first global war a
magical drama
unfolds as Tamino sets forth on a perilous journey in pursuit of love,
light and peace in a world afflicted by darkness, death and
destruction. An eerie quiet descends over a landscape still untouched
by conflict as Tamino waits anxiously with his fellow recruits for the
command to go into battle. In the ensuing chaos he is transported to a
twilight world caught between dream and nightmare where he is rescued
from certain death by a trio of field nurses. RT: 135 minutes, 35mm color, aspect
ratio 2.35 scope, Dolby Digital, digital exhibition format: HD-Cam or
Digital Betacam, aspect ratio 16x9 anamorphic (2.35), sound: stereo,
sung entirely in English, not rated by the MPAA TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Lyubov
Petrova -
Queen of the Night | Rene Pape - Sarastro |
THE MAGICIAN
Directed by Scott Ryan
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SYNOPSIS ‘When
Melbourne hit-man
Ray Shoesmith discovers that his next-door neighbor is a film student,
he commissions him to document his life. The footage is to be
released in the event of his early death. The focus is not on the
violence, but on the conversation, the banalities and intensities of
human interaction and obsessive interest in detail. We see what makes
Ray tick, even as we witness his brutal efficiency. This darkly
comic tale is fictional narrative, shot like a documentary. Its main
character is a likeable killer, whose strangely moral illustrations
take a jab at everything from the legalization of drugs to the
prevalence of gays in Hollywood. TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Scott
Ryan
| Ben Walker | Massimiliano Andrighetto
| Kane Mason |
MANUELA AND MANUEL
Directed by Raúl Marchand Sánchez
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SYNOPSIS Deep inside, Manuel has always been Manuela. Amidst her worst love crisis, Manuela reinvents herself as Manuel in order to pass as the fiancée of her best friend Coca – who is pregnant from a one-night stand and must face her conservative family. Hidden identities, misunderstandings, and the tension between two friends pretending to be what they are not, stage a colorful and up-beat story. Manuela y Manuel is a visually captivating comedy about two friends performing in the melodrama of Latin America life. RT: 94 minutes; exhibition format HD-Cam or Digital Betacam, aspect ratio 16x9 anamorphic (1.78), stereo, language: in Spanish with English subtitles, Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving sexuality and language. TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Humberto
Busto | Elena Iguina | Luz
María Rondón |
MARY PICKFORD, THE MUSE OF THE MOVIES
Directed by Nicholas Eliopoulos
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SYNOPSIS Mary
Pickford, The Muse of
the Movies” traces the life and work of the legendary silent film star,
movie pioneer, and shrewd business woman who co-created United Artists
Studios and was a major force in the creation of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences. Pickford’s life (1892-1979) also parallels
an even larger story, the telling of the “birth of the cinema”
itself. Mary, known as “America’s Sweetheart” was the first
actress to earn one million dollars during a single year, and the only
star who has ever received a 50% profit share of her movies.
Through restored vintage audio recordings, Pickford narrates much of
her own story, aided by the dulcet tones of actor Michael York. Cameo
interviews with Adolph Zukor, famed aviator Amelia Earhart, Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr., Buddy Rogers and Lillian Gish, in conjunction with rare
home movies give the viewer an in-depth look into the early world of
American cinema. Runtime: 102 minutes, in color
and black and
white, exhibition formats: DCP, HD-Cam, Digital Betacam, aspect
ratio: 4x3 full frame (1.33), sound: Dolby SR, in English, country of
origin: U.S.A., not rated by the MPAA TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW narrated
by
Michael York | with original voice of Mary Pickford |
OUT LATE
Directed by Beatrice Alda, Jennifer Brooke
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SYNOPSIS Out Late introduces us to five individuals who made a decisive change later in life; to come out as lesbian, gay, or transgender, after the age of 55. Why did they wait until their 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s to come out? And what was the turning point that caused each of these people finally to openly declare their sexuality? From Canada to Florida, to Kansas, we find out what ultimately led these dynamic individuals to make the liberating choice to pursue fully integrated lives.
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CAST & CREW Leanna
Bradley | Cathy Jambrosic | Walter Rothenburger |
PATRIK,
AGE 1.5
Directed by Ella Lemhagen
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SYNOPSIS Goran and Sven are the perfect gay couple; they have a beautiful house in the suburbs, a solid relationship, a home full of love and warmth. Newly approved for adoption, they believe that baby Patrik, age 1.5, is on his way. One tiny decimal mistake later, they find themselves saddled with a 15-year-old homophobe….who may have a criminal past.<>Best Narrative Feature HBO Audience Award Provincetown International Film Festival Best Feature Film Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Best Feature Film Audience Award Frameline San Francisco International LGBT FF Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival RT: 98 min, 35mm color, aspect ratio 2.35 scope, sound: Dolby SRD, 6 reels, Digital exhibition elements: HD-Cam and Digital Betacam, aspect ratio 16x9 (1.78), sound: stereo, in Swedish with English subtitles. TRAILER & LINKS
CAST Gustaf
Skarsgård | Torkel Petersson | Thomas Ljungman | Annika
Hallin |
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SYNOPSIS Director Roger Spottiswoode brings a very special film realization of the acclaimed best-seller by General Roméo Dallaire to the screen in "Shake Hands with the Devil," the story of a Canadian commander torn between his duty and his conscience when he finds himself eyewitness to hell on Earth. In 1993, the United Nations dispatches
Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) to far off Rwanda
to oversee a fragile cease-fire. A brilliant, workaholic officer and
charismatic commander, Dallaire encounters the shabby reality of a
typical UN peacekeeping operation: under-funded, overbureaucratic, and
cobbled together from military units from dozens of countries, each
with a slightly different agenda. Meanwhile, the peace agreement
between the rebels, led by the minority Tutsi ethnic group, and the
French-supported government dominated by the Hutu majority group, turns
out to rest on shaky ground. When an unknown group shoots down the
Rwandan President’s plane, the storm breaks and a secret but
long-planned genocidal campaign against the Tutsi minority begins with
a night of terror in Kigali. A reporter (Deborah Unger) remains
in-country and follows General Dellaire as he is forced to deal with
far-away superiors and the studied indifference of the world’s great
powers while trying to take decisive action to stop the genocide of
over 800,000 innocent civilians. TRAILER & LINKS
CAST Roy
Dupuis | Deborah Unger | James Gallanders | Odile Katesi Gakire | |
ZION AND HIS BROTHER
Directed by Eran Merav
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SYNOPSIS Zion, aged 14 and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship. A schoolmate of Zion, an Ethiopian immigrant, has been killed in an accident and they are in some way responsible. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides that he is ready to take responsibility for his own life. Against the humdrum backdrop of a dreary suburb in the Israeli port city of Haifa ; the two brothers are challenged by tough questions of morality and loyalty, jealousy and coming of age. Run Time: 84 minutes, color, exhibition format: HD-Cam, Digital Betacam, aspect ratio: 16x9 anamorphic (1.78), sound: stereo, in Hebrew with English subtitles, country of origin: Israel, France, not rated by the MPAA TRAILER & LINKS
CAST & CREW Reuven
Badalov | Ronit Elkabetz | Ofer
Hayun | Liya Leyn | Tzahi Grad |
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