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FEATURED RELEASES - DRAMA

Around June extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
A love story set in the shadow of the shipyards of San Francisco. A young woman living with her adored uncle and abusive father, meets a penniless illegal immigrant, whose love gives her the insight and courage to finally break free and live her own life.

Selection: Mill Valley Film Festival

Cast:
Samaire Armstrong (It's a Boy Girl Thing / Just My Luck / Stay Alive / Rise / Not Another Teen Movie / Dirty Sexy Money / Entourage / The O.C.)
Brad William Henke (Choke / Hollywoodland / World Trade Center / Me and You and Everyone We Know / The Assassination of Richard Nixon / The Thirteenth Floor)
John Gries (Napoleon Dynamite / Taken / Men in Black / The Astronaut Farmer / Stick It)
Oscar H. Guerrero (Las Dos Caras De Jano)
Michael A. Goorjian (SLC Punk! / Hard Rain / Leaving Las Vegas)

Romantic Drama | HD | 93 minutes | USA | 2008

 


Chopin: Desire for Love extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
In 1837, a single mother with two grown children, Georg Sand, falls for an unknown artist who has just arrived in Paris – Frederic Chopin. This family drama, intricately woven with the music of Chopin, shows us how devastating the power of love and envy of fame can be.

“Antczak is a master at the sweeping period romantic epic.”
- Kevin Thomas/Los Angeles Times

Winner: Best Drama & Best Cinematography, Worldfest Houston

Directed by Academy Award Nominee: Jerzy Antczak

2010 celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Chopin’s birth.

Bio/Drama | 35mm | 105 minutes | 2002 | Poland
English dubbed version available.

 


The Eyes of Van Gogh extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
After the disastrous months spent with Gauguin in the yellow house in Arles, Vincent van Gogh, in desperate search of a cure from attacks that increasingly plague him, voluntarily enters an insane asylum. The Eyes of Van Gogh is a story, never told before, of the twelve nightmarish months van Gogh spent in the insane asylum at St. Remy. Through hallucinations, terrifying dreams and wrenching memories, the film tells a tale of magnificent battles: to create – to connect - to love - to change the world. It visualizes the drive and complexity, the heroism and agony of a great artist and a great man. The film explores the theme of an artistic mind in torment, a creative soul in despair, an exquisitely sensitive being ravaged and destroyed by cruelty, wracked by indifference and loneliness, yet desperately seeking to live, to hope, to finish his work, to find a path other than those leading to madness or death.

Festivals:
Winner: Remi Award, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
Santa Fe Film Festival

111 minutes, ©2005, USA
All Rights Available

 


The Hungry Ghosts extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
The Tibetans describe a type of hell in which souls with tiny mouths are afflicted with enormous, insatiable bellies. Enter Michael Imperioli’s New York, an urban landscape where inhabitants search futilely to satisfy their illusory physical wants and spiritual needs. These are “the hungry ghosts” we will travel with for 36 hours. Five New Yorkers - of different ages, races, backgrounds – with a hunger for sensual, emotional and spiritual fulfillment - will have their paths intersect and collide. Reflecting the zeitgeist of our times, the desperation of the West will smack up against the religious teachings of the East.

Cast:
Steve Schirripa (Sopranos / Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / The Irishman)
Aunjanue Ellis (Ray / Men of Honor / Notorious / The Taking of Pelham 123)
Nick Sandow (The Accidental Husband / Swimfan / Resurrecting the Champ)
Sharon Angela (Sopranos / Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai / Grand Theft Auto IV)
Paul Calderon (Pulp Fiction / One Life to Live / Bad Lieutenant)

Written & Directed by Michael Imperioli (Goodfellas / Shark Tale / Bad Boys)

“Gripping...an impressive debut film that offers an uncompromising look at the complexities of life and the redemptive qualities we need to get through it...Steve Schirripa gives a remarkable performance.”
Jason Guerrasio, Filmmaker Magazine

Drama | HD | 105 minutes | 2009 | USA

 


Logan extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
Never give up on your dreams.

Two brothers, Tyler and Logan, are inseparable. Logan, 13, has a seemingly impossible idea to make a movie. After facing rejection from his peers at school and his careless parents, he turns to his 17-year-old brother Tyler. When Logan’s last hope lets him down, he makes a failed suicide attempt. Now Tyler will do everything he can to make his brother’s dream come true.

Starring:
Leo Howard (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra / Shorts / Leo Little's Big Show)
Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Family Drama/Comedy | HD | 93 minutes | 2010 | USA

 


Moonlight Sonata extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
To Forget? Maybe. To Forgive? Never.

Can we escape the consequences of our moral choices? Are our sins ever forgotten or live on in our repressed memories? An affluent San Francisco family attempts to deal with their past secrets in their own private way. As each person tries to move forward in life, they unknowingly race towards chaos and destruction.

2009 Festivals:
Winner: Honolulu International Film Festival

Selections:
Eugene International Film Festival
Antalya International Film Festival
Varna International Film Festival
California Independent Film Festival
Big Island Film Festival
Staten Island Film Festival
Great Lakes Independent Film Festival

Psychological Thriller | HD | 102 minutes | USA | 2009

 


Player extended description (play trailer)

Synopsis:
He always wins… when it counts

The Bet. The Rush. The Game. Win.
Sam is a professional gambler living with a young woman nicknamed Princess. Needing the rush of high stakes gambling to feel alive, Sam uses Princess to place a dangerous bet – which he knows he can’t cover without manipulating his estranged son Jack. It’s a life or death bet now for Sam and Princess – and the odds get worse when Princess, trying to protect Sam, bets against him.

Thriller/Drama | HD | 100 minutes | 2009 | USA

 


The Sculptor extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
Lay Your Demons To Rest

A brilliant young sculptor goes to extreme lengths to find success, but soon discovers he will have to pay a high price. When he has everything he’s ever wanted, he is haunted by the terrible deeds that brought him fame.

Paul retreats to a forest hideaway to continue his work, with his beautiful wife Renee. But Paul is pursued by his former lover, Nat, who insinuates herself into Paul’s life, befriending Renee, and threatening to reveal all unless Paul once again commits to the dark and secret world they once shared.

“Ambitious and accomplished, the film is an edgy exploration of the occult within a love story. Intelligent direction and top performances.”
Andrew L. Urban, Urbancinefile

“A bold and unusual debut.”
Nicholas Royle, The London Magazine

Exotic Thriller | HD | 103 minutes | Australia | 2009

 


A Single Woman extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
A Single Woman is the story of the first US Congresswoman and lifelong pacifist, Jeannette Rankin. She ran for Congress in 1916 and won. The subject of her first vote (against President WilsonÕs WWI war resolution) set the stage for her destiny.

In 1920, Jeannette was founding vice-president of the American Civil Liberties Union who, in 1933, tried to persuade President Roosevelt to revise immigration laws and allow Jewish refugees into the U.S.

In 1940, Jeannette was re-elected as Congresswoman from Montana on a peace platform and again voted against a world war, this time as the lone anti-war voice in the American Legislature. She was mobbed and vilified and spent the rest of her life traveling to India and studying the teachings and methods of Mohandas Gandhi and the effects of colonialism on peoples all over the world.

During the Vietnam era, she enjoyed a renaissance when the anti-war culture of the day celebrated her perseverance as a dedicated pacifist and human rights advocate. She died in 1973.

Cast/Narrator/Voices:
Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now / The Departed / Catch Me If You Can)
Patricia Arquette (True Romance / Ed Wood / Stigmata)
Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club / Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back / St. Elmo's Fire)
Margot Kidder (Superman / Superman II / The Amityville Horror)
Frances Fisher (Titanic / Unforgiven / Guiding Light)
Elizabeth Peña (The Incredibles / Jacob's Ladder / Rush Hour)
Peter Coyote (The Story of Bonnie and Clyde / E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial)
Chandra Wilson (Frankie and Alice / Philadelphia / Lone Star)
Karen Black (Five Easy Pieces / House of 1000 Corpses / Nashville)
Cindy Sheehan (Keeping the Peace / A Soldier's Peace)

“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to a higher honor and loyalty.”
John F. Kennedy (January 1958)

“It has been a privilege to support your efforts and to have my efforts supported by so great a woman. You have brought honor to yourself, America and womanhood.”
Corretta Scott King (1967)

“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”
Jeannette Rankin

Drama / HD / 95 minutes / USA / 2009

 


Tropics of Blood extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
Based on a true story.

Set in the 1950’s, Minerva Mirabal and her sisters are raised in a privileged, well-to-do family. But the country is in turmoil under the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who has ruled the Dominican Republic with an iron fist since 1930. This is the story of how Minerva and her sisters dared to stand up against the dictator.

Cast:
Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar / Machete / The Fast and the Furious)
Juan Fernandez (The Collector / A Man Apart)
Cesar Evora (Llena de amor)

Action/Drama | 35mm & HD | 115 minutes | 2010 | Dominican Republic

In Spanish with English & French subtitles.

 


Velma extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
The "Captain", a sailor with a controversial past and an aggressive nature, lives alone in a remote hut on a lagoon nearby Venice. His only friendship is with the local community of fishermen. One day while roaming the beach, he finds a young girl mysteriously entangled in a net on the shore and nurses her back to health. Little does he know, the girl is about to change his life forever.

Festivals:
2010 World Fest Houston: Remi Award, Best Foreign Film
2010 Melbourne Film Festival
2010 Tiburon Int’l Film Festival (San Francisco, California)
2010 Trieste Film Festival (Italy), Audience Award

Drama | HD | 92 minutes | 2009 | Italy

In Italian with English subtitles. HDCam and 35mm prints available.

 


FEATURE FILMS - DRAMA

3 Americas extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
When tragedy strikes, 16 year old, América Hart Campos is sent to Argentina to live with her anti-American grandmother. América struggles to find her place with a grandmother she has never known and to hold onto a friendship with Sergio, a neighbor twice her age.

“The film is a cliché-free zone, and a richly nuanced character study."
--- Sarah Coleman, THE INDEPENDENT

Drama | 2007 | 98 minutes | Color | Stereo | 16:9 Aspect Ratio | HD CAM | NTSC
In English & Spanish with subtitles

 


Fairy Dust (Turkish title: “Peri tozu”) extended description (play trailer)

Synopsis:
Are you ready to believe?

Peri Tozu is a romantic drama about a young woman, Deniz, who still believes in fairy tales and a young man, Cem, who has lost all hope and expectations. Their lives come together on a journey to bring magical fairy dust to heal Deniz’s best friend who is in a coma. As their worlds clash, Deniz and Cem discover the real magic is between them.

85 minutes | 35mm | English subtitles | © 2008 | Turkey

 


Flowers of the Sky (original title: Akasa Kusum) extended description (play trailer)

Synopsis:
A mother's search for a daughter she has never met.

Sandhya Rani is an ageing film star who was once the darling of the silver screen. Having lost fame and fortune in a changing world, she now lives quietly in obscurity. She ekes out a living by renting out a room in her home to the young film and television stars of today to satisfy their illicit sexual desires.

Rani is contacted by someone who claims to be her daughter. Now Rani is suddenly forced to come to terms with a dark secret of her past – a secret she thought she had buried forever.

Festivals:
Pusan International Film Festival
New York (Saiff) Film Festival
Indian International Film Festival
Kerala International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Tiburon International Film Festival
Vesoul International Film Festival
Asiatica Filmmediale
Granada Cinesdelsur Film Festival
Brisbane International Film Festival
Fukuoka International Film Festival
New Jersy South Asian International Film Festival

Drama | 35mm | Dolby 5.1 | 90 minutes | 2008 | Sri Lanka | with English subtitles

 


A Goat's Tail extended description play trailer

Synopsis:
Kojo is a taxi driver in Ghana, West Africa who arrives in England with ambitions of succeeding as a poet. In the meantime, he works any job he can get. Kojo finds that being an immigrant in England is not easy, nor fair. In order to remain in England, he finds himself treading in dangerous waters.

“Amedume has delivered a moving film that will question our state of humanity and the way in which we live wherever we are in the world.” Black Britain - Jason Bissessur

The Los Angeles Pan African film festival 2007(February) Nominated BEST DIRECTOR: FIRST FEATURE Nominated FESTIVAL VISION AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE Winner FESTIVAL VISION AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE

 


God’s Forgotten House extended description play trailer

Synopsis:
What happens once innocence is lost?

God’s Forgotten House is an emotionally charged drama that follows John Phillips (Curtis NySmith) – a young, privileged, white man - who is court-ordered to work in a home for trouble youth in New York’s Harlem.

Starring: N'Bushe Wright (Blade/Fresh/Dead Presidents)

“A standout production that deserves wide distribution.”
Thomas Baker, Ph.D., Chairperson, The Accolade

Accolade Awards:
Excellence for Independent Feature
Honorable Mention Award for Direction

 


Hokkabaz/The Magician extended description play trailer

Synopsis:
Iskender is a near-blind magician who refuses to acknowledge he has trouble with his vision. One night, he asks for a volunteer from the audience and - because his vision is so poor - almost saws the volunteer in half.

Finding himself unemployed, he and his childhood friend, Maradona, decide to take the show on the road. But they need a trailer. And the only trailer they can get for free is one occupied by Iskender’s estranged - and strange - father.

The unlikely threesome hit the road – each with their own agenda and their own dreams.

 


Iska's Journey extended description (play trailer)

Synopsis:
Iska is a twelve year-old girl living on the streets in a coalmining town in Eastern Europe. The story follows her fight for survival from her small town to the Black Sea where she becomes a victim of ’human trafficking’.

" 'Iska's Journey' is the standout (film), unfolding with the utmost confidence and simplicity -- to devastating effect. Maria Varga stars as an irresistible, resilient ragamuffin scavenging for scrap metal in an impoverished Romanian mining town, exactly as she was when Bollok discovered her. He elicits from Varga a breathtaking portrayal, natural and spontaneous; Iska's flight from a brutal, alcoholic family is increasingly harrowing, a shattering comment on the terrible vulnerability of children making their way on their own in the world."
- Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times (February 8, 2008)

ISKA’S JOURNEY is the official Hungarian entry for the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Official Selections:
Toronto International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
Brussels European Film Festival (Best Actor Award)
Monterey International Film Festival (Grand Prize)
Cinequest International Film Festival
Sarajevo International Film Festival (Special Mention)

 


Jaya Ganga extended description website

Synopsis:
Nishant, a young Indian writer living in Paris, is journeying down the Ganges, from its source in the Himalayas to the sea. Haunted by the fantasy, or the memory, of a beautiful Parisian woman called Jaya, he plans to write a book around his voyage.

 


Morris County extended description (play trailer) 

Synopsis:
Do you really know your neighbors?

A dark, dramatic life-cycle piece, Morris County follows three sets of characters juggling the horrors of human nature. The Family Rubin finds a seemingly happy couple and their young son, whose questionable lifestyles begin to tear at the seams; Elmer & Iris explores the life of an elderly couple who prove that love can overcome almost anything, even death; and finally, in Ellie, we spend one day in the life of a damaged teen-age girl whose reckless behaviors hide a grave secret. This triptych of suburban decay will leave you questioning just how well you know your neighbors. Welcome to Morris County.

“… an astonishing turn by lead actor Darcy Miller who manages to channel something truly ferocious.” – Stuart Andrews, Rue Morgue Magazine

Festivals:
Boston Underground Film Festival (Nominated: Best of Fest)
San Francisco Independent Film Festival
Seattle True Independent Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival/CineFest
Arizona Underground Film Festival (November, 2009)

Dark Drama | DV/HD | 91 minutes | USA | 2009

 


Quo Vadis extended description (play trailer)

Synopsis:
Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian as well as the daughter of the king. Marcus decides to kidnap her but, Ursus, her bodyguard, catches Marcus and injures him. Lygia nurses Marcus back to health and falls in love. Upon recovering, Marcus finds Nero has burned down Rome. And Lygia has been sentenced to death in the Coliseum.

"A splendid-looking film with elaborate sets and a cast of thousands."
-- Kevin Thomas/Los Angeles Time

Budget: $18 million
A Chronos Film / HBO / Telewizja Polska Production.

Drama | 35mm | 134 minutes | 2001 | USA/POLAND

Note: This is the Film version, not the Television version.

 


The Road Home extended description play trailer

Synopsis:
During World War One, a small village in Turkey is attacked by bandits who abduct 7 young girls (ages 12-15). Years later, the sexually abused young ladies manage to escape & seek refuge in a small town. The town keeps them protected… for the moment. Meanwhile one of the young ladies falls in love with a man in the town. But he must leave to fight in the war. When he returns from the losing war effort, he discovers one of the bandits has found the women & has abducted the woman he loves. Now he must get her back.

English dubbed version available.

 


Victoria extended description play trailer

Synopsis:
When you think you have everything & find out you don’t.

Victoria is a beautiful, successful lawyer who is missing one thing: she’s completely unsatisfied. Finding the courage to quit her job, Victoria begins working for a college friend who has started a non-profit law firm. Although the cast of characters who enter the law firm are a bit unnerving, Victoria manages to adjust to the chaotic & diverse situations – while hoping to further her friendship with her college friend & find her place in the sun.

Winner: The Best of The Accolade Film & Television Festival Award, 2007, La Jolla, California

Paoli Award: Best TV Movie of the Year, Puerto Rico, 2007

In Spanish with English subtitles.