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A classical movie with a progressive message: "Life doesn't have to be either-or, it can be both." 

A hauntingly beautiful and unusual coming-of-age tale, filmed on 35mm. The acting and directing matches the high quality of the writing. Touching, yet not overly emotional, it draws you in from the first moment and transports you to 1890 with IRIS, who, abandoned by her artist mother, discovers the joys of friendship and family on a remote island.It's a story of the human condition and how even deep prejudices can be overcome by the simple act of kindness and the willingness to strive for individuality. 

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GENRE: Family / DIRECTOR: Ulrika Bengts / 81 minutes / 35 mm / Swedish with English Subtitles

 

For children and intelligent adults only!

The Moomins feature films and TV series are currently released by some of the most prominent  distributors:  Turner, Starz, Echo Bridge, FS Film (Finland), Nordisk Film (Sweden, Norway, Denmark), MK2 (French speaking territories) and Eurovideo-Bavaria Film (German speaking territories).  

  • The Moomins characters seen in children's books,  cartoons, toys, and comics have over 60 million fans in Europe and in Asia.
  • Chic, stylish but excellent  family value entertainment.
  • The Moomins have a theme park and an opera named after them.

3D Animated Feature, Moomins and the Comet Chase, with English voices by Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) and Mads Mikelson (Casino Royale.) Title song by Bjork. 77 minutes / English

 

2D Animated Feature, Moomin and Midsummer Madness.  72 minutes /English.

 

72 TV episodes.  9-13 minute duration / English

 

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"It takes a brave man to make Lebanon's first gay-themed commercial feature. "Out Loud," helmer Samer Dabouland his cast are to be commended for their conviction and the palpable camaraderie onscreen."  ..."the characters, consisting of six friends, gay and straight, wanting to forge a new fellowship, have a winsome appeal"

--- Variety Review June 1, 2011 by Jay Weissberg

Bittersweet, high-energy, suspenseful and touching are the adjectives that come to mind watching  this highly entertaining and original movie coming out of  exotic and picturesque Lebanon. The movie carries a powerful message as it confronts the issue of LGBT relationships and free love in the Middle East. 

Powerful soundtrack by Emmy winner Christopher Brady

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GENRE: LGBT / DIRECTOR: Samer Daboul / 98 minutes / HD / Arabic with English Subtitles


Azerbaijan's Oscar contender for Best Foreign Language Film.

THE PRECINT is reminiscent of The Twilight Zone and Angel Heart. Set in two of the most exotic cities in the world: Baku and Gobustan, the film is laden with symbolic mysticism. Garib, a playboy photographer, and his fiancee, Sabina, are injured in a car accident and brought to a creepy police station to endure a bizarre interrogation focused on their personal lives and romantic indiscretions. With the strange, dark setting and cryptic discourse, it's obvious the couple is trapped in some enclosed netherworld, a purgatory with a door opening up to Garib's childhood, masterfully portrayed by Timur Odushev who won the 32nd Annual Young Artist Award with his performance.

The movie has been an official selection at 26 film festivals and won 9 awards, including the "Golden Eye" 2010 and the 2011 California Film Awards.

"The cinematography of remote sections of Azerbaijan is haunting, and the eerie musical score by Andrey Doynikov is another asset." THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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GENRE: Psychological Thriller / DIRECTOR: Ilgar Safat / 116 minutes / 35 mm / Azeri and Russian with English Subtitles

 

Gellert is addicted. Sitting at the poker table, he must face his past. All he wanted was to pay back his debt. He really needs this last chance. He didn't want all this to happen. He just wanted one last game.

One Last Game is a symbolic tale.  Like All That Jazz, the movie follows Elizabeth Kuebler Ross's five stages of grief.  Visually mesmerizing, hyper chic, and elegant, One Last Game is reminiscent of the abstract stylization of Dogville.  The film features Germany's young rising star Ken Duken (Laconia, Max Manus, Zweiohrküken, Powder Girl, My Last Day Without You, Inglorious Basterds) and the magnificent Regina Lund.

GENRE: Psychological thriller /  DIRECTOR: Ayassi / 83 minutes / HD / English / WITH Ken Duken, Regina Lund

 

STRANGER THAN PARADISE meets CINEMA PARADISO in this bittersweet tale of an unusual quest, based on a true story. Unique, yet symbolic, is the story of the American professor of Jewish descent who is compelled to turn his back on a successful career and get on the road that takes him through danger, the unknown and the surreal, back to the roots to reclaim his identity. The quest takes Professor Traum, masterfully portrayed by Peter Greenaway and Francis Ford Coppola actor Marcel Iures, back to the Old World that rewards our traveller with a double love story. On the one hand he finds romantic love, on the other the passion for old cinema.

A tender and nostalgic homage to a past era, The Phantom Father combines stylistically the postmodern and classical cinema, assisted by superb photography, a haunting sound-track and great performances. An out-of-the-box road movie, The Phantom Father used a short story, called Almost Oriental by the writer of Wild at Heart, Lost Highway and Perdita Durango, Barry Gifford as a starting point.

Marcel Iures' credits include Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth, Brian de Palma's Mission:Impossible, Costa Gavras' Amen and The Tulse Luper Suitcases by Peter Greenaway.

GENRE: Road Movie, Comedy / DIRECTOR: Lucian Georgescu / 92 min / English, Romanian / 35 mm 

 
the story was based on 's highly regarded play "Outside of Heaven" at the Royal Court

SEAMONSTERS is a moving, sparky and compelling story about the sex and violence of modern teenage life with classic motifs of love, jealousy, friendship and betrayal. It tells the story of two best mates who meet a wild young girl that turns their lives upside down. After a terrible tragedy, their friendship is split apart.  A classic coming of age movie, adapted from the Royal Court play Outside Heaven with an amazing performance by Rita Tushingham, known for her performance in the iconic A Taste of Honey. Beautifully shot with a soundtrack by Walter Mair (composer of Dark Knight score) and featuring UK's hottest bands on the soundtrack.Young audiences will relate to the themes of first love, rebellion, teen angst, and alienation.  Older audiences will appreciate the honesty of the storytelling and the naturalism of the performances.  Written by Outside Heaven author, Martin Sadofski and Julian Kerridge, produced by Angela J.Gordon


GENRE: Coming of Age  / DIRECTOR: Julian Kerridge / 97 minutes / English / WITH: Rita Tushingham, Reece Noi, Jack McMulle

 

 

Twelve Angry Men meets Silkwood in a suspenseful feature inspired by true stories, starring Lucie Arnaz (The Jazz Singer) and Elisabeth Moss (Girl Interrupted, Madmen). 

A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father  with secondhand smoke. Inspired by  documented cases, “Smoking Non Smoking” weaves together the jury’s cinema verite style deliberation, provocative courtroom testimony, flashbacks and the family’s intimate home movies.

An ambitious Assistant District Attorney (Carlos Leon, "The Big Lebowski," "The Woodsman" ) prosecutes a wife and mother (Lucie Arnaz) for murder after her forty-seven year-old husband  dies of lung cancer.  Their twenty-four year-old son  decides to testify against her. At first, this appears to be a ridiculous case, but one juror’s doubts force the jury into an intriguing, emotional and complicated choice regarding addiction, loyalty and individual responsibility.

GENRE: Courtroom  / DIRECTOR: Alyssa Rallo Bennett / 84 minutes / English / WITH: Lucie Arnaz, Elisabeth Moss, Carlos Leon

 

 

Part of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Permanent Core Collection

A dark and witty tale of the intense emotional lives of three women living in the shadow of the Hollywood sign.

Nothing Special is an exciting and original, in-depth exploration of the mother-daugher relationship. It features Academy award Nominee Karen Black (Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, The Day of the Locust, several Emmy's  and Best Actress citations) and Barbara Bain (Mission Impossible)

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GENRE: Comedy  / DIRECTOR: Angela Garcia Combs / 99 minutes / English / WITH:Karen Black, Barbara Bain, Julia Garcia Combs

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Pregnant and abandoned, Meena has five days to find a solution. 

This topical film deals with the controversy surrounding RU-486 - the "morning after" pill - which has been controversial everywhere it has been sold and recently faced a ruling in the UK Courts.

Meena's journey has never been so relevant: follow her as she faces the biggest gamble of her life - and the life that she carries inside her.

GENRE: Drama on controversial subject of abortion /  DIRECTOR: Irene Maffei / 89 minutes / HD / English / WITH Zina Badran, Richard Holt, Tyrone Lopez

 

Winner of the National Geographic Prize & the Best Spiritual Feature Prize in 2010

A story of greed and vengeance, of demons, magic, murder--and redemption. The tale of the real-life 11th century mystic and spiritual warrior, Milarepa.

Photographed entirely in the stunning Lahaul-Spiti region of northern India, this is one of the most important films of our times, acclaimed by the Washington Post, L.A. Times, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Reel.com.    "A life-transforming spiritual awakening" -- Screen International. Richard Gere calls it "One of the most powerful stories of love and transformation in world literature.

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GENRE: Spiritual thriller /  DIRECTOR: Neten Chokling / 90 minutes / Tibetan with either English, French or Spanish subtitle

 

 

 

A black comedy mockumentary about a family of vampires bored with immortality.

Living in Belgium, they eat illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and take every advantage they can suck out of the country's social system.

An IFC release in the United States

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GENRE: black comedy /  DIRECTOR: Vincent Lannoo / 98 minutes / French with English subtitles

 

 

Fresh and witty comedy for all ages, combining the twists and turns of a classic caper film (The Sting, Oceans 11) with an insider tale of Hollywood (The Player, Swimming with Sharks)

  • Exciting Caper Movie
  • Inside Hollywood
  • Coming of Age story
  • Universal story about the powerless getting back at their superiors
A limited theatrical release in the USA

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GENRE: comedy /  DIRECTOR: Steve Morriss / 99 minutes / HD / English / WITH Joe Mantegna, Stacy Keach, Jane Seymour

 

 

Henry and Jack, both talented concert pianists, are long-term rivals in music and in love. Their lives will be forever changed by the arrival of a domestic robot named after Glenn Gould...

GENRE: Science Fiction /  DIRECTOR: Marc Goldstein / 82 minutes / HD / English / WITH Billy Boyd, Dominic Gould, Gerard Depardieu

 

 

A week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The movie follows six characters whose lives are all connected in one way or another. The day of changes comes when Amaya (played by the world famous, multiple award winning Kaori Momoi) meets a charming Englishman, Paul. Their encounter dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity. Their lives change forever.

But one thing remains universal...love.

GENRE: Romantic comedy /  DIRECTOR: Maris Martinsonsn / 90 minutes / English and Cantonese with English subtitles / WITH  Kaori Momoi, Dexter Fletcher