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Adam's Apples (Adams æbler)(Country: Denmark; Director: Anders Thomas Jensen; Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen; Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Ole Thestrup, Ali Kazim, Nicolas Bro)
A priest who believes in the essential goodness of everything struggles to deal with a neo-Nazi in his church.
US Premiere. Full Review
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise(Country: US; Director: Shari Cookson; Cast: Pam Elliott, Judy Gold, Megan Jacoby, Kelli O'Donnell, Rosie O'Donnell, Jane Skorina, Esera Tuaolo)
Documentary about the maiden voyage of a cruise founded by Rosie and Keli O'Donnell, specialising in gay family holidays. World Premiere.
An Inconvenient Truth (A Matter Of Degrees)(Country: US; Director: Davis Guggenheim; Cast: Al Gore)
Al Gore has recently beentraveling the world delivering a mesmerizing, bracing and visually exciting presentation onglobal climate change, proving that humankind must confront global warming now or facedevastating consequences. Matter of Degrees both captures that presentation and exploresGore's journey as a worldwide environmental champion.
Shown at Sundance under the title A Matter Of Degrees. World Premiere. Full Review
Battle In Heaven (Batalla En El Cielo)(Country: Mexico/France/Germany/Belgium; Director: Carlos Reygadas; Writer: Carlos Reygadas; Cast: Marcos Hernandez, Anapola Mushkadiz, Berta Ruiz, David Bornstien, Rosilanda Ramirez)
An ugly taxi driver and the prostitute daughter of a general go at it and at it and (yawn).
US Premiere. Full Review
Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon(Country: US; Director: Peter Richardson)
A documentary about a rural Oregon timber town that is torn apart when a rift between
conservative and liberal values in the school district threatens a college scholarship that has
paid the tuition of every local graduate for the last 40 years. World Premiere.
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Dreamland(Country: US; Director: Jason Matzner; Writer: Tom Willett; Cast: Agnes Bruckner, Kelli Garner, Justin Long, John Corbett, Gina Gershon, Brian Klugman, Chris Mulkey, Luce Rains, Olive Bureker, Jenny Gabrielle,)
A young woman living in a trailer park in the desert struggles with the question of caring for her hapless father and ill friend or fulfilling her own destiny. World Premiere.
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out(Country: US; Director: Stewart Copeland; Cast: Terry Chambers, Ian Copeland, Miles A. Copeland III, Stewart Copeland, Dave Gregory, Colin Moulding, Andy Partridge, Danny Quatrochi, Jeff Seitz, Sting, Andy Summers)
A rare documentary compiled from the drummer’s personal Super 8 footage gives an intimate, inside look at what it was like to be a member of the 80's rock band The Police, from CBGB's to Shea Stadium. World Premiere.
Factotum (Factotum (A Man Who Performs Many Jobs))(Country: Norway, US, Germany, Italy, France; Director: Bent Hamer; Writer: Bent Hamer, Jim Stark, based on the writings of Charles Bukowski; Cast: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Didier Flamand, Adrienne Shelly, Karen Young, Tom Lyons, Dean Brewington, James Cada, James Michael Detmar, Kurt Schweickhardt, Dee Noah, James Noah, Michael Egan, Terry Hempleman, Emily 'Sophia Simo)
Based on the novel by cult author Charles Bukowski, Factotum is the story of a man living on the edge; of a writer willing to risk everything to make sure his life is poetry.
US Premiere. Full Review
Forgiving The Franklins(Country: US; Director: Jay Floyd; Writer: Jay Floyd; Cast: Aviva, Jenica Bergere, Tracy Berna, Mari C. Blackwell, Robertson Dean, Andy Forrest, Vince Pavia, Kimberly Price, Doug Purdy, Khris Scaramanga, Elizabeth Anne Swenson)
A repressed, God fearing Southern family is spiritually changed by an auto accident and their transformation puts them at odds with the conservative values of their community. World Premiere.
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes(Country: US; Director: Byron Hurt; Writer: Byron Hurt; Cast: Carmen Ashurst-Watson, William Jelani Cobb, Chuck Creekmur, Chuck D., Mos Def, De La Soul, Michael Eric Dyson, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Stephen Hill, Byron Hurt, Jadakiss)
In this documentary film, a former college quarterback and hip-hop head tackles issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in hip-hop culture. World Premiere.
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Jewboy(Country: Australia; Director: Tony Krawitz; Writer: Tony Krawitz; Cast: Ewen Leslie, Naomi Wilson, Saskia Burmeister, Leah Vandenberg, Nicholas Eadie, Chris Haywood, Nathan Besser, Alice McConnell, Kelly Butler, Alan Flower, Richard Green)
A film about a young orthodox man searching for his place in the world, his family and his faith. North American Premiere.
Journey From The Fall(Country: Thailand, US; Director: Ham Tran; Writer: Ham Tran; Cast: Kieu Chinh, Long Nguyen, Diem Lien, Jayvee Mai The Hiep, Khanh Doan, Cat Ly, Nguyen Thai Nguyen, Raul Alba, George Bui, Alex Dorman, Jose Gutierrez)
Set during the thirteenth anniversary of the Vietnam War, Journey From The Fall tells the epicstory of a family who is painfully torn apart by the war, forced to emigrate across a dangerous sea, reunified and struggling to survive in America.
North American Premiere. See: Sundance Film Festival 2006: Day 7
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man(Country: US; Director: Lian Lunson; Cast: Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Bono, Jarvis Cocker, Martha Wainwright, Julie Christensen, Perla Batalla, Antony Hegarty, Beth Orton, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, Teddy Thompson, The Edge, Linda Thompson, Larry Mullen Jr, Adam Clayton)
A ubiquitous influence even as he remains elusively elsewhere, ladies and gentlemen, this documentary shows Leonard Cohen is back.
US Premiere. Full Review
Man Push Cart(Country: Iran, US; Director: Ramin Bahrani; Writer: Ramin Bahrani; Cast: Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval, Ali Reza, Farooq 'Duke' Muhammad, Panicker Upendran, Arun Lal, Razia Mujahid, Hassan Razvi, Mustafa Razvi, Altaf Houssein)
The story of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee and donuts from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan.
North American Premiere. Full Review
Off the Black(Country: US; Director: James Ponsoldt; Writer: James Ponsoldt; Cast: Trevor Morgan, Nick Nolte, Rosemarie DeWitt, Thomas Schall, Paul Urcioli, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Noah Fleiss, Sonia Feigelson, Timothy Hutton, James Ponsoldt, Darrell Larson)
An unusual friendship develops between an aging high-school baseball umpire and a teenage pitcher after the young player vandalizes the older man's house. World Premiere.
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Open Window(Country: US; Director: Mia Goldman; Writer: Mia Goldman; Cast: Joel Edgerton, Robin Tunney, Cybill Shepherd, Elliott Gould, Scott Wilson, Michaela Conlin, Daniel Betances, Justin Ashforth, Matt Keeslar, Shirley Knight, Donn Swaby)
A struggling young photographer and an assistant professor are newly engaged and madly in love when their lives are shattered by a random act of violence. World Premiere.
The Proposition(Country: Australia/UK; Director: John Hillcoat; Writer: Nick Cave; Cast: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham, Richard Wilson, Robert Morgan, David Gulpilil, Tom Budge)
In the 1880s, an Australian outlaw is offered a pardon if he tracks down and kills his psychotic elder brother.
US Premiere. Full Review
Punching At The Sun(Country: US; Director: Tanuj Chopra; Writer: Tanuj Chopra, Hart Eddy; Cast: Misu Khan, Nina Edmonds, Hassan El-Gendi, Ferdusy Dia, Kazi Rahman, Taran Singh, Mohammad Mirza, Rana Quraishi, Farhad Asghar, Raymond Vasquez,)
In the aftermath of 9/11 and his older brother's murder, a fiery South Asian teen struggles to find a path between rage and redemption on the streets of Elmhurst, Queens. World Premiere.
Special(Country: US; Director: Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore; Writer: Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore; Cast: Michael Rapaport, Paul Blackthorne, Josh Peck, Robert Baker, Jack Kehler, Alexandra Holden)
An unexpected reaction to medication persuades an ordinary man that he's developing superpowers.
World Premiere. Full Review
La Tragedia De Macario(Country: US; Director: Pablo Veliz; Writer: Pablo Veliz; Cast: Rogelio T. Ramos, Victor Agustin, Juanita Castro, Carlos Chavaria, Milicent Figueroa, Raul Figueroa, Marisal Garza, Antonio Guillen, Dawas Hassan, Murado Hassan, Allan Horwath)
A drama inspired by the tragic, true events of immigrants struggling to cross the Mexican-American border. World Premiere.
What Remains(Country: US; Director: Steven Cantor; Cast: Sally Mann, Emmett Mann, Jessie Mann, Larry Mann, Virginia Mann)
An investigation into the creative process and life of controversial and celebrated American photographer Sally Mann. World Premiere.
Who Killed the Electric Car?(Country: US; Director: Chris Paine; Writer: Chris Paine; Cast: Martin Sheen, Reverend Gadget, Dave Barthmuss, Ed Begley Jr, Jim Boyd, Alec N Brooks, Alan Cocconi, John R Dabels, Phyllis Diller, Colette Divine, Tom Everhart)
A documentary that investigates the death and resurrection of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in our country's future. World Premiere.
Who Needs Sleep?(Country: US; Director: Haskell Wexler; Writer: Haskell Wexler)
Unsettled by the preventable death of a coworker, filmmaker Haskell Wexler shows in this documentary that sleep deprivation and long work hours are a deadly combination.
World Premiere. Full Review
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner(Country: US; Director: Freida Lee Mock; Writer: Freida Lee Mock; Cast: Firdous Bamji, Bill Camp, Harrison Chad, Jay Charan, Linda Emond, David Marshall Grant, Marcia Gay Harden, Joseph Kamal, Justin Kirk, Sean T. Krishnan, Tony Kushner)
This documentary is a rich tapestry of the personal and political life of Tony Kushner, the award-winning playwright and activist whose provocative and truthful work has contributed to a national dialogue on the most pressing issues of our times. World Premiere.
