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Timothy X Atack
All My Dreams on VHS
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2008, 13 min
Directed by: Timothy X Atack
Plays In: Comedy Shorts
Interests: Comedy, Romance
Using the latest cutting edge technology, James is able to record his dreams onto videotapes. He shows off his library to his date Erica, until she stumbles upon another batch of tapes he might be less eager to brag about. Read More
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2008, 13 min
Directed by: Timothy X Atack
Plays In: Comedy Shorts
Interests: Comedy, Romance
Using the latest cutting edge technology, James is able to record his dreams onto videotapes. He shows off his library to his date Erica, until she stumbles upon another batch of tapes he might be less eager to brag about. Read More
Matthew Aeberhard
Leander Ward
Leander Ward
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2008, 78 min
Directed by: Matthew Aeberhard and Leander Ward
Interests: Environmental Issues & Nature Films, Family Films
On Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania, an island of salt emerges from the water. Set against the lush and dramatic colors of the African landscape, elegant flamingos struggle against predators and the environment to ensure that the next generation makes it back to the salt shore. THE CRIMSON WING is a touching tale gorgeous and moving nature documentary for the whole family. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2008, 78 min
Directed by: Matthew Aeberhard and Leander Ward
Interests: Environmental Issues & Nature Films, Family Films
On Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania, an island of salt emerges from the water. Set against the lush and dramatic colors of the African landscape, elegant flamingos struggle against predators and the environment to ensure that the next generation makes it back to the salt shore. THE CRIMSON WING is a touching tale gorgeous and moving nature documentary for the whole family. Read More
Adam Salky
Dare
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2009, 90 min
Directed by: Adam Salky
Interests: Coming of Age, Gay Interest
In this Sundance hit, uptight A-student Alexa (Emmy Rossum) and her best friend Ben (Ashley Springer) befriend popular jock Johnny (Zach Gilford), after which their relationships take on surprising new dimensions. Featuring terrific support from Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard, Alan Cumming and Rooney Mara, DARE is that rare "teen movie" with a provocative twist. Read More
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2009, 90 min
Directed by: Adam Salky
Interests: Coming of Age, Gay Interest
In this Sundance hit, uptight A-student Alexa (Emmy Rossum) and her best friend Ben (Ashley Springer) befriend popular jock Johnny (Zach Gilford), after which their relationships take on surprising new dimensions. Featuring terrific support from Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard, Alan Cumming and Rooney Mara, DARE is that rare "teen movie" with a provocative twist. Read More
Annette K. Olesen
Little Soldier
World Cinema , Scandinavian Focus
Feature Narrative, 2008, 100 min
Directed by: Annette K. Olesen
Interests: Drama, Women's Interest
Tough and masculine Lotte (Trine Dyrholm, star of last year’s HIFF hit TROUBLED WATER) has just returned from military service in Afghanistan to the town in Denmark where her father runs an underground brothel. Offered employment as driver for her father's mistress and top earner, Lily, the two women start out at odds, but soon the two women bond and their lives become unpredictably intertwined. Read More
World Cinema , Scandinavian Focus
Feature Narrative, 2008, 100 min
Directed by: Annette K. Olesen
Interests: Drama, Women's Interest
Tough and masculine Lotte (Trine Dyrholm, star of last year’s HIFF hit TROUBLED WATER) has just returned from military service in Afghanistan to the town in Denmark where her father runs an underground brothel. Offered employment as driver for her father's mistress and top earner, Lily, the two women start out at odds, but soon the two women bond and their lives become unpredictably intertwined. Read More
Anne Aghion
My Neighbor, My Killer
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Anne Aghion
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, History, Politics
After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the government put in place the Gacaca —open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while survivors are asked to resume living side-by-side. Read More
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Anne Aghion
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, History, Politics
After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the government put in place the Gacaca —open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while survivors are asked to resume living side-by-side. Read More
Alain Gsponer
My Words, My Lies, My Love
World Cinema
Feature Narrative, 2009, 103 min
Directed by: Alain Gsponer
Interests: Comedy, Romance
The proverbial Death of the Author theory is taken literally in this fresh rags to riches romantic comedy starring Daniel Bruhl (GOODBY LENIN!, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS). A timid waiter named David Kern (Bruhl) has become a sudden and unlikely literary star with the publication of a best-selling novel. The catch? He didn't actually write it. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Narrative, 2009, 103 min
Directed by: Alain Gsponer
Interests: Comedy, Romance
The proverbial Death of the Author theory is taken literally in this fresh rags to riches romantic comedy starring Daniel Bruhl (GOODBY LENIN!, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS). A timid waiter named David Kern (Bruhl) has become a sudden and unlikely literary star with the publication of a best-selling novel. The catch? He didn't actually write it. Read More
Alec Hirschfeld
Out Here in the Fields: The Field on Beach Lane
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 14 min
Directed by: Alec Hirschfeld
Plays In: Local to Global - Shorts
Interests: Documentary, Environmental Issues & Nature Films, View From Long Island
The second film in the OUT HERE IN THE FIELDS series explores the tension between old traditions and new realities on the East End of Long Island through the struggle to preserve a family farm stand. Read More
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 14 min
Directed by: Alec Hirschfeld
Plays In: Local to Global - Shorts
Interests: Documentary, Environmental Issues & Nature Films, View From Long Island
The second film in the OUT HERE IN THE FIELDS series explores the tension between old traditions and new realities on the East End of Long Island through the struggle to preserve a family farm stand. Read More
Alexis Manya Spraic
Shadow Billionaire
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 86 min
Directed by: Alexis Manya Spraic
Interests: Biography, Documentary, Mystery-Suspense-Thriller
After DHL founder Larry Hillblom failed to return from a flight in his vintage Seabee over the Pacific, bar girls throughout Southeast Asia came forward claiming to have had children by him. SHADOW BILLIONAIRE unravels the scandalous life of this reclusive tycoon as the battle over his estate takes on epic proportions, pitting impoverished, teenage prostitutes against Larry's former business associates and several of the largest law firms in the world. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 86 min
Directed by: Alexis Manya Spraic
Interests: Biography, Documentary, Mystery-Suspense-Thriller
After DHL founder Larry Hillblom failed to return from a flight in his vintage Seabee over the Pacific, bar girls throughout Southeast Asia came forward claiming to have had children by him. SHADOW BILLIONAIRE unravels the scandalous life of this reclusive tycoon as the battle over his estate takes on epic proportions, pitting impoverished, teenage prostitutes against Larry's former business associates and several of the largest law firms in the world. Read More
Anders Anderson
Stolen Lives
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Anders Anderson
Interests: Drama, Mystery-Suspense-Thriller
Cutting back and forth from present day to the 1950's, STOLEN LIVES weaves together the stories of two missing boys. Detective Tom Adkins (Jon Hamm) is obsessed by the disappearance of his son eight years ago. When the remains of a child buried alive fifty years ago are discovered they seem to shed new light on the mystery of his own son's vanishing. Read More
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Anders Anderson
Interests: Drama, Mystery-Suspense-Thriller
Cutting back and forth from present day to the 1950's, STOLEN LIVES weaves together the stories of two missing boys. Detective Tom Adkins (Jon Hamm) is obsessed by the disappearance of his son eight years ago. When the remains of a child buried alive fifty years ago are discovered they seem to shed new light on the mystery of his own son's vanishing. Read More
Van Diemen's Land
World Cinema
Feature Narrative, 2009, 104 min
Interests: Mystery-Suspense-Thriller
When Alexander Pearce and a group of fellow convicts stage a escape from their penal colony and take flight across the forbidding landscape, they are unprepared for the lengths they'll have to go to in order to survive. This harrowing re-telling of an infamous true story is a chilling depiction of the growth of evil. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Narrative, 2009, 104 min
Interests: Mystery-Suspense-Thriller
When Alexander Pearce and a group of fellow convicts stage a escape from their penal colony and take flight across the forbidding landscape, they are unprepared for the lengths they'll have to go to in order to survive. This harrowing re-telling of an infamous true story is a chilling depiction of the growth of evil. Read More
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Jessica Burstein
Robbie Norris
Robbie Norris
Abbie Cancelled
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 16 min
Directed by: Jessica Burstein and Robbie Norris
Plays In: New York Women in Film and Television Short Film Program
When their mutual friend cancels at the last minute, two very different couples are forced to endure a cringingly awkward dinner party involving broken chairs, media job-hunting and recreational huffing. Read More
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 16 min
Directed by: Jessica Burstein and Robbie Norris
Plays In: New York Women in Film and Television Short Film Program
When their mutual friend cancels at the last minute, two very different couples are forced to endure a cringingly awkward dinner party involving broken chairs, media job-hunting and recreational huffing. Read More
Ash Bhalla
Akash
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 12 min
Directed by: Ash Bhalla
Plays In: Student Awards Showcase & Making Your First Short Panel
Akash lives with his mother, father, grandmother and five sisters in rural India. He is approximately 13 years old, and the people of his village believe that he has the ability to invoke the goddess Durga. This documentary follows Akash's transition from boy into deity, a process that has never before been witnessed by an outsider or been committed to film. Read More
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 12 min
Directed by: Ash Bhalla
Plays In: Student Awards Showcase & Making Your First Short Panel
Akash lives with his mother, father, grandmother and five sisters in rural India. He is approximately 13 years old, and the people of his village believe that he has the ability to invoke the goddess Durga. This documentary follows Akash's transition from boy into deity, a process that has never before been witnessed by an outsider or been committed to film. Read More
Signe Baumane
Birth
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 12 min
Directed by: Signe Baumane
Plays In: New York Women in Film and Television Short Film Program
Interests: Animation, Comedy, Women's Interest
Acclaimed animator Signe Baumane takes on the topic of teen pregnancy with her signature animation style and comically frank approach to sexuality. Read More
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 12 min
Directed by: Signe Baumane
Plays In: New York Women in Film and Television Short Film Program
Interests: Animation, Comedy, Women's Interest
Acclaimed animator Signe Baumane takes on the topic of teen pregnancy with her signature animation style and comically frank approach to sexuality. Read More
Brian De Palma
Carlito's Way
World Cinema
Feature Narrative, 1993, 145 min
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Interests: Drama
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Narrative, 1993, 145 min
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Interests: Drama
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC. Read More
Brenda Siemer Scheider
In My Hands: A Story of Marfan Syndrome
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 56 min
Directed by: Brenda Siemer Scheider
Preceded by: Smiles: A Story of Roy Scheider
Interests: Documentary
It is estimated that 1 in 5000 people in the United States have Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder of the body's connective tissue. IN MY HANDS follows the inspirational stories of a group of children and adults living with Marfan. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 56 min
Directed by: Brenda Siemer Scheider
Preceded by: Smiles: A Story of Roy Scheider
Interests: Documentary
It is estimated that 1 in 5000 people in the United States have Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder of the body's connective tissue. IN MY HANDS follows the inspirational stories of a group of children and adults living with Marfan. Read More