USA – 1968 – 103 MIN – BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
From French colonialism and rickshaws to the Vietnamese victory at Dien Bien Phu. And then, the origins and nature of the U.S. commitment from the end of WWII through the offensive of 1968. History, death, battle, ideas as only film can do it, a conspicuous example.
UNITED KINGDOM / USA – 2013 – 75 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY TOMAS LEACH
CANADA – 2004 – 96 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY MARK A. LEWIS
NON-THEATRICAL: AVAILABLE FOR TV, VOD & FILM FESTIVALS ONLY
UNITED KINGDOM / USA – 1989 – 86 MIN – COLOUR / BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
Pursued by the FBI since childhood, de Antonio reflects on his life as a radical filmmaker documenting art and politics during the cold war years.
UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN / GERMANY / USA – 2010 – 78 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY CARLOS CARCAS AND NORBERTO LÓPEZ AMADO
HOW MUCH DOES YOUR BUILDING WEIGH MR. FOSTER? traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.
ICELAND / DENMARK – 2012 – 62 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ICELANDIC & DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY INGIBJÖRG BIRGISDÓTTIR, ORRI JONSSON & KRISTÍN BJÖRK KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR
At the tender age of 70 she started recording and releasing her own music straight from her living room. 7 years later she had 59 albums to her name with more than 600 song; an eccentric myriad of catch compositions mixing in her pets' purrs and coos, found toys, kitchen percussion and casio keyboards.
USA – 2010 – 85 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY SCOTT CROCKER
Set in a murky swamp overrun with birders, scientists, and reporters, GHOST BIRD explores the limits of certainty, the seductive power of hope, and how one phantom woodpecker changed a sleepy Southern town forever.
CANADA – 2005 – 45 MIN – COLOUR - SHORT - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY VINCENZO NATALI
Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali uses the production of Terry Gilliam’s TIDELAND as a framework to create a compelling portrait of the director as artist, provocateur, inventor and comedian.
GERMANY – 2014 – 94 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY FELIX MOELLER
,200 feature films were made in Germany’s Third Reich. According to experts, some 100 of these were blatant Nazi propaganda. Nearly seventy years after the end of the Nazi regime, more than 40 of these films remain under lock and key.
USA – 2011 – 60 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY BILLY MARTIN
FEATURING MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD
Taking a look into the minds and lives of the band, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin directed the first feature film in the band's history.
UNITED KINGDOM – 1982 – 108 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY PETER GREENAWAY
Set in a richly exaggerated 17th-century England, Peter Greenaway’s sumptuous and sensuously charged brainteaser catapulted him to the forefront of international art cinema. Adorned with intricate wordplay, extravagant costumes and opulent photography, Greenaway’s first narrative feature weaves a labyrinthine mystery around the maxim “draw what you see, not what you know.” An aristocratic wife (Janet Suzman) commissions a young, cocksure draughtsman (Anthony Higgins) to sketch her husband’s property while he is away — in exchange for a fee, room and board, and one sexual favor for each of the twelve drawings. As the draughtsman becomes more entrenched in the devious schemings in this seemingly idyllic country home, curious details emerge in his drawings that may reveal a murder.
AUSTRIA / BELGIUM / FRANCE / GERMANY – 2004 – 107 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH, RUSSIAN & SWAHILI
A FILM BY HUBERT SAUPER
A devastating and extremely topical award-winning documentary. DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE is a shocking look at how globalization has caused a country to condemn the majority of its starving population to slavery, prostitution and drug addiction while every day over-fed Europeans dine off of its vast stocks of Nile Perch. Compulsory viewing for anyone enjoying the privileges of the Western lifestyle.
USA – 2006 – 109 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY STEPHEN SIMON (AKA STEPHEN DEUTSCH)
Adapted from the books by Neale Donald Walsch, that inspired and changed the lives of millions worldwide, CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD tells the true story of when, at the lowest point in Walsch's (Henry Czerny) life, he asked God some very hard questions.
ITALY – 2005 – 89 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY ROBERTO FAENZA
The true story of Father Pino Puglisi’s plight to help the large number of underprivileged children in Palermo, Sicily. But in his battle against widespread corruption, and his determination to find justice, he drew attention to himself, leading ultimately to his brutal murder by the local Mafia.
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – 2010 – 113 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN BOSNIAN, SERBIAN & CROATIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY DANIS TANOVIC
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991. The communists have fallen from power and Divko Buntic returns to the small town where he grew up to reclaim his family home. After a 20-year exile in Germany, Divko arrives in his flashy red Mercedes with sexy young girlfriend Azra, lucky black cat Bonny and a pocketful of Deutschmarks.
BRAZIL – 2005 – 99 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN GERMAN & PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY MARCELO GOMES
The Brazilian, recalling his great-uncle’s yarns, spins a tale about the encounter of two men in search of a better future: Johann, a young German fleeing the war, and Ranulpho, a Brazilian seeking an escape from the oppressive drought in his home province. Merrily rolling from village to village, they screen a film advertising the miraculous powers of a patent medicine, thereby introducing the rural folk to the magic of cinema.
USA – 2007 – 85 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY HOWARD BIBERMAN
BRUSH WITH LIFE: THE ART OF BEING EDWARD BIBERMAN brings alive a remarkable artist’s passionate journey through a turbulent century. Both epic and surprisingly intimate, the film presents a classic American immigrant saga, an inspiring search for artistic independence, and a great romance. Along the way, Biberman's growing commitment to social justice and struggle against McCarthy-era repression (his brother, director Herbert Biberman, went to prison as one of The Hollywood Ten) combine with his efforts to create both a loving family life and a groundbreaking body of work.
USA – 2003 – 111 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY RICK MCKAY
The most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. It is award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay's journey over 4 continents and 5 years to find out whether there had been a golden age of theatre and why it had never been documented. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print — but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered... In their own words — and not a moment too soon — BROADWAY tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in theatre.
USA – 2012 – 70 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY C. SCOTT SHUFFITT
On February 13, 2010, John Timmons (owner of ear X-tacy Records in Louisville, Kentucky) held a press conference to inform the local community that his business was in financial trouble and would potentially have to close its doors after nearly twenty-five years of service. How could this happen? How could this cultural center within my community close? What would my city look like without its influence? All these questions started running through my mind and a few days after the press conference, I decided I had to look deeper into this story.
Ear X-tacy is a landmark within Louisville. It has hosted scores of in-store performances by a growing list of artists that include the Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket and John Mayer. Jim James, lead singer of My Morning Jacket, says that there would be no My Morning Jacket if it were not for ear X-tacy. The store has consistently been ranked at the top of its industry by magazines including Playboy, Rolling Stone, Paste, and Spin. Timmons, who worked in record stores for over thirty-five years, has been a mentor and vital influence in the local community, and was instrumental in the organization of Louisville Independent Business Association.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
The ear X-tacy story didn't pop up on my radar immediately it was though facebook that I started hearing about the shop being in trouble.
I missed the first press conference, but I was thinking a lot about the situation and what the store meant to me, and the community. A day or so after the press conference I woke up around 5 am and it was then that I decided to move forward with the documentary. I called John the next day and told him about my idea and he was willing to give me an interview and open up the store to me. Our first interview was on February 22nd 2009, from that point I've spent hours with John and his staff and have traveled to Birmingham, Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, Cincinnati, Lexington and Austin following the store of what indie record shops mean to their communities, what struggles the owners are facing and how they are facing them.
USA – 2011 – 80 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ALMA HAR'EL
The desolate and surreal Salton Sea in California stands as a formidable metaphor for the broken American dream. The largest lake in all of California, was created when the Colorado River flooded the windswept desert, carrying the river’s entire volume into the Salton Sink over a period of approximately two years. A dam was built and water filled the basin — the Salton Sea was born.
