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About Elly
A matchmaking trip to the coast leads to tragedy.

Accidents Happen
The struggles of a dysfunctional family in the years following a tragic accident.

Black Dynamite
Blaxploitation spoof.

Blank City
Documentary on the DIY independent film movement that emerged in tandem with punk rock in late Seventies downtown New York.

Burning Down The House: The Story Of CBGB
Charting the history of iconic New York club and its fight for survival.

City Island
A family's secrets threaten its stability.

Con Artist
Profile of Eighties New York art scene enfant terrible, Mark Kostabi.

Defamation
The filmmaker's personal quest to determine the role that anti-Semitism plays today.

Departures
A cellist comes to terms with love and loss after he switches professions to deal with the dead.

Easy Virtue
When a young Englishman takes his American bride to meet his family sparks soon fly.

The Eclipse
A writer is haunted by the living.

The Exploding Girl
Two long-time confidants negotiate feelings and friendships during their college break.

Fear Me Not
A man finds his life spiralling out of control after he enlists in a drug trial.

FILM IST. A Girl & A Gun
Vision of relationships explored through 'found footage'.

The Fish Child
A middle-class teen and her lesbian maid find plans to forge a life together thwarted by a death.

Garapa
Hard-hitting look at families suffering malnutrition in Brazil.

The Girlfriend Experience
Pornography is made subject to philosophy in this speculative art film.

Handsome Harry
A phonecall from his past prompts a man to go on a journey in the hopes of redemption.

Here And There
A miserable musician finds love comes lately after he heads to Serbia for a marriage of convenience.

The House Of The Devil
Retro suspense thriller centers on a cash-strapped college girl who answers a babysitting ad only to gradually unravel the horrifying secret behind why she was truly hired.

In The Loop
Politicians spin while they're winning on the brink of a Middle East war. Plus read our interview with .

The Last Mermaids
Generations of women free divers tell their story.

Love The Beast
Eric Bana's debut documentary traces his love affair with his Ford XB Falcon Coupe.

Masquerades
A man spins an outrageous fable to impress his village but as the lie begins to unravel surprising allegiances form.

Moon
An astronaut starts to lose the plot at the end of a mission to the moon - but is there something else going on? Plus read our exclusive interview with

My Last Five Girlfriends
A suicidal man considers the five women he has loved and lost.

Only When I Dance
Young Brazilians train hard in the hope of becoming ballet stars.

Outrage
Documentary focuses on the hypocritical voting records of closeted gay politicians.

Rudo And Cursi
Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional football.

Salt Of This Sea
The odyssey of a US-born Palestinian woman who travels back to the land of her forebears.

Stay Cool
A man returns to his old high school and finds its as though he never left.

Swimsuit Issue
A group of middle-aged sportsman decide to form an all-male synchronised swimming team.

TiMER
What would you do if you had a device that told you when you would meet your romantic destiny?

The Tinwoodsman's Home Movie #2
The Tinman poses for snaps.


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Stalking Four Lions, Smash His Camera, Exit Through The Gift Shop and Night Catches Us.

Mohammad Bakri talks about his film Zahara, celebrating his Palestinian aunt.

4th annual event brings independent film to the islands.

Artistic director moves on after four editions at the helm.
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