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Directed by: Theodore Cormey
"Aerodynamics" details the eleventh-hour mission of Lil' Moe, the first African-American ventriloquist dummy in space, and his estranged relationship with his ex-partner, ventriloquist Willy Jefferson.
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Directed by: Ben Woodard and Andrew Landauro
"Circuit" is an experimental science-fiction feature film told through five separate story lines, each dealing with a different sense. A man falling from the sky, a woman who cannot taste, a student who finds an alien pod in his head - these are a few of the characters we encounter in "Circuit." Through the evolution of the story, themes and threads from each segment weave together as a whole to reveal mysterious and connected events.
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Directed by: Michelle Millette
"Douglas" is the story of an autistic journalist who finds his whole life of rituals and schedules turned upside down when his wife, the only person he has ever fully related to, goes missing. Now, he must break out of his internal walls to take care of his two stepsons in her absence. A damaged past could keep him from achieving the only chance he has at building a real family.
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Written and directed by: Gerald Peary
"For the Love of Movies" is the first feature documentary to dramatize the rich, sociologically fascinating history of American film criticism.
Written and directed by veteran film critic Gerald Peary and produced by Amy Geller, "For the Love of Movies" offers a unique insider's view of the film critics' profession with commentary from many of America's best-regarded reviewers.
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Directed by: Shandor Garrison
At a residential school for troubled kids on a desolate New England island, Luis, an HIV+ teen
from the Bronx, prepares revenge in the mouthwash of a bullying student. Luis's frightening
prank is discovered and he faces expulsion for threatening to spread his virus. When the boy's
mentor - a struggling local man named Moe - is called to the island to say goodbye, he
impulsively whisks Luis away on his fishing boat. Moe tries to a create a memorable last day
together, but when he realizes that Luis is missing his anti-retroviral medicine, he must enlist
the help of Luis' mainland nurse, Denise. An odd family forms around the kitchen table that
night, one that stirs old feelings for Moe. Later that evening, Luis tells a story that Moe cannot
quite believe. The truth or fiction of this story awakens in them both a sense of their own
possibility and tragedy.
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Directed by: Anne Loyer
"Hannah's Ride" is a coming-of-age film about a girl caught between two worlds: the open landscape of a horse farm, where she confronts physical danger, male sexual aggression, jealousy, and her own ambition; and the confining suburban environment, where she struggles with her mother's expectations of beauty and propriety.
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Directed by: Peggy Nelson
"Sherman's March" for girls. Using a mix of preexisting footage, including scenes from Francois Truffaut's biopic "The Story of Adele H.," found footage, and live video, "In Search of Adele H" tells the story of contemporary romantic obsession by retracing the ultimate Victorian story of romantic obsession, the life of Adele Hugo. "In Search of Adele H" is both an homage to the great onscreen romances, and a comic look at what happens when they come down from the screen into real life. It is currently in pre-production.
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Directed by: Andrew Bujalski
Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York City and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend. This low-key character drama is by turns humorous, thoughtful, and real, and has been winning kudos on the festival circuit since its release in 2005.
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Directed by: Geva Patz
"Safe" is the working title for a short-form documentary examining the safety signs and warning labels that have become prominent features of our modern culture. They are on every product we by, in every building we live and work in, and in almost any public space we walk through. And yet, paradoxically, because they're so omnipresent, they're almost invisible to us.
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Directed by: Zachary Lee
At times a quirky, deadpan comedy, "Shortness of Breath" is also a tense crime film and an earnest love story. The film displays an interest in characters that exist on the margins of society and a fascination with the beauty of an American landscape. Equally, "Shortness of Breath" has roots in the films of the French New Wave, particularly Godard's "Breathless", as the title suggests. The New Wave's obsession with film noir combined with its low-budget style and emphasis on location shooting offered a new twist on the American crime film of the 40s. "Shortness of Breath" is both an homage to the New Wave and an update to this formula. It is currently in post-production.
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Directed by: Andrew Bujalski
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Directed by: John Warren
"The Entertainer" is both a silent movie about the end of silent movies and a miniature epic about the rise and fall of a piano player in the late 1920's.
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Directed by: Shandor Garrison
Carl lost his wife and daughter on September 11th, but their remains were never recovered, believed to be part of "the fines" at Ground Zero. Four years later, a business trip takes Carl back to the city where their plane departed. What he sees there makes him think his family could still be alive. "The Fines" is currently playing on the festival circuit.
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Directed by: Jeff Stern
"The Romantic Possibilities" is a love story set set in the reality that we know, but with one notable exception: the world is an endlessly changing and free-flowing succession of jobs and workplaces. Leo and June fall in love at and through work. They meet each other at the unique point in each of their lives when their career and romantic possibilities are overwhelming and seemingly infinite. As they go, their backdrops and uniforms change seamlessly. "The Romantic Possibilities" is currently in pre-production.
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Directed by: Michael Bowes
Yvonne works every day in a shop where, for her, everyday is simply any day - from a matter of simple habit her days have lost any trace of distinction. One day a shoplifter, doing what he does best, forces her to jump out of the shop door.
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