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The Dreamer

Directed by Jose Venutolo
15 minutes
A man trapped in routine is having a recurrent dream reflecting this entrapment, eventually he meets a woman that makes his dream change and triggers a change that will lead him to beat the dream and escape routine.

Schenectady

Directed by Nick DeRuve
12 minutes
Sara has cut herself off from the world and hasn’t left her apartment in what appears to be months. Her hobby has left her to fend for herself in her world that is so dangerous.

The Nutritional Value of Dreams

Directed by James Clark
8 minutes
After the loss of his young love, Edgar loses the ability to dream at the hands of a monster residing underneath his bed. Following an altercation with the beast, Edgar is left with the realization that the monster has been protecting him from his own dreams. Only then does Edgar understand that he must say goodbye to his past in order to reclaim his future. Based on the short story of Israeli author Etgar Keret.

The Closed Door

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Directed by Ian Voglesong
22 minutes
A man’s existence is put on trial when he finds himself inside a house with no exit. His whereabouts are as much a mystery as the identities of its inhabitants, and — more importantly — their motives. As his situation becomes elucidated, he finds the strangers may not be strangers after all.

TOMORROW

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Directed by Luke Bradford
14 minutes
Promises. Lies. Burgers. Terry is going to be great. He has a lot going for him, his children, friends and opportunity. One thing holds him back. Terry is an addict. One bite and he is powerless. Insanity has been described as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. ‘Just one’, turns Terry’s day insane. Terry will be great…tomorrow

‘Telefone’

5 minutes
Amidst the loneliness of two isolated individuals, mysterious gift boxes containing rotary telephones begin appearing around them with the promise of connection to better times and places. However, the increasing number of calls overwhelms a maniacal switchboard operator and ultimate destruction is never far away.

Speakers Corner- you have the right to remain vocal

Directed by Gavin White
1 hour
Since 1872, people have gathered at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park (London) to exercise their rights to free speech in all its forms. ‘Speakers Corner: You Have The Right To Remain Vocal’ is a powerful commentary on the origins and fragility of freedoms of speech, assembly and the nature of democracy in modern society.

Mozambique

Directed by Alcides Soares
14 minutes
Alcides Soares is a sixteen-year-old AIDS orphan, one of half a million living in Mozambique today. An American television writer (Neal Baer) and movie director (Chris Zalla) gave Alcides a movie camera and taught him how to shoot. The result is a moving chronicle directed by Alcides himself. His journey to find a family and make a new life in a country that has been ravaged by AIDS is a story repeated millions of times everyday throughout Africa. As Alcides’s story unfolds, we meet the orphans of Reencontro, an organization in Moputo that provides these children with bare sustenance. The Reencontro orphans were also taught photography by a group of American and Mozambican photographers and provided with still cameras so they could tell their own stories about the impact of AIDS on their lives. Their pictures, sometimes tragic, often hopeful and always honest, appear throughout ‘MOZAMBIQUE’ as a reminder that these children’s voices must be heard. In telling his story, Alcides finds an elderly woman to live with and, unexpectedly, is reunited with his younger brother whom he hasn’t seen in ten years. AIDS tears families apart, but the resilience of children like Alcides can make new families out of tragedy.

Foul Water/Fiery Serpent

Directed by Gary Strieker
1 hour 28 minutes
Foul Water Fiery Serpent is a documentary feature film following dedicated health workers engaged in a final battle to eradicate Guinea worm disease in Africa. For thousands of years the parasite has caused disabling misery, infecting people who drink water contaminated with the worm’s larvae. In 1986, there were 3.5 million cases in 20 countries in Africa and Asia. But after a 23 year eradication campaign, the total number of cases dropped to 3,142 at the end of 2009. For nearly three years the film tracks teams of men and women as they fight to wipe out the last Guinea worms. Following the victory against smallpox, Guinea worm will be the next disease in the history of mankind to be eradicated.

3-IRON

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Directed by Matt Kazman
15 minutes
Frank is a meek, passive man who gets no respect from his wife and has no control over his overactive, borderline-violent 8 year old son. When he accidentally discovers his wife’s affair with a sweaty neighbor, he finally reacts in a way that would make his son proud…

Mrs Caruthers Goes To Babylon

Directed by Liam McArdle
2 minutes
Mrs Caruthers Goes To Babylon is set in a Scottish old folk’s home complete with bored nurses, a sprinkling of zimmerframes and the whiff of colostomy bags. Mrs Caruthers (played by Sheila Donald) is visited by her son (played by Gary Lewis). He has an unhealthy dose of OCD and a fear of old people because of all the germs he thinks they may have. His fear turns to disdain when his mother reveals that her new commode has a dual purpose.

Swimming To France

Directed by Nick Tomnay
15 minutes
Donald is in the winter years of his life. Last night Donald received some disturbing news. Instead for shutting down, Donald decides to embark on a long desired voyage. The other elderly members of the community have only gossip and ridicule on their mind. But at 72, Donald has finally decided to live on his own terms.

Lines of Glory

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Directed by Jack Gattanella, Zack Abramowitz
25 minutes
The making of the latest masterpiece – Crest of Senses – by renown cult film director Jack Gattanella. It’s getting weird, and only weirder still, as the weeks go on and Zack and Hayley hold on for dear life. Maybe the dolphins will help.

Chase Thompson, A film by Chase Thompson

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Directed by Vincent Lin
13 minutes
When up and coming filmmaker Chase Thompson is hired to direct a lackluster romance film, the foolhardy director takes it as an opportunity to fire the crew and turn the film into his own zombie slaying masterpiece, starring himself.

1-800-MOB-DIRECT

Directed by Ben Van Bergen
6 minutes
Three not-so-wise guys think it’s a great idea to advertise their loan-sharking business

Apostles of Park Slope

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Directed by Jason Cusato
1 hour 25 minutes
When Mike Callahan loses his mother Mary, the old crew from his neighborhood rallies the troops and takes Mike out to a local restaurant in an attempt to cheer him up. Father Paul, a priest returning to Brooklyn after spending several years in South America rebuilding churches, is invited to join dinner. After some thought Father agrees in the hopes of convincing Mike and the gang to turn to the Lord during their time of loss. What ensues is an unlikely reunion of friends where Father comes to see the true meaning of friendship and where sometimes the word of the Lord has four letters.

Far off Cry

Directed by Claudia Adams
38 minutes
A FAR OFF-CRY is a story of parallels, of opposites – two planets forced off course by the filmmakers. The parallel Pakistan worlds of the untouchables (street children addicted to solvents) and the intellectuals. According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime publication SOLVENT ABUSE AMONG STREET CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN, there are over 140 million street children in the world, most of which are victims of solvent abuse. Their needs, their feelings, their hopes for survival are nonexistent.

Not Worth a Bullet

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Directed by Markus F. Adrian
25 minutes
The old tobacco store owner Walter and his beloved wife Maggie are victims of a brutal robbery, so it seems. With his back to the wall and the knowledge of only having caught a glimpse of the villain in a fuzzy mirror, Walter identifies his tormentor in a face off with five suspects. Lieutenant Carter however does not give any credence to his words on account of Walter’s obvious afflictions of old age, nor does his partner Detective Todd. With the wisdom and patience of an aged man Walter faces the prejudice and sets a trap for the perpetrator.

The Great Heist

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Directed by Dennis Mason
11 minutes
The carefully planned robbery of an armored car begins to unravel when the four conspirators cannot agree on what is a proper Scottish accent.

Change

Directed by Abhijatha Umesh
18 minutes
Steven a homeless man in New York city gets an Opportunity to be a charming young man and experience being in someone Else’s shoe,for just one single day.On this lucky day he meets a beautiful stranger Marissa.whom he is extremely attracted to.But the reality of life and truth has its way of turning up.
How ones choices can shape their Life is the very crux of the film.

“20 Minutes” an American Tale

Directed by G. Lloyd Morris
26 minutes
After being released from prison, Evan has vowed that he is done with the life that has cost him his freedom. Though frustrated with broken promises, his brother Miles agrees to let Evan stay with him. The catch: ‘be here in 20 minutes, otherwise, stay where you’re at.’ So begins the journey to pass through his old surrounding to reach his new opportunity. He’s immediately faced with temptations that can prevent him from getting to his brothers house in time. Evan quickly reconnects with Kentucky, who offers a quick run for cash. Aware of his responsibilities – a child, a promise to his brother, and the pledge to himself to never return to jail – Evan has 20 minutes to decide. Does he make it?

I ran Against Us

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Directed by N.T. Bullock
1 hour 17 minutes
In a quirky Cold War-era vibe, ‘I Ran Against Us’ tells the story of an American couple, Jon and Sandy, who have experienced the typical breakup.  Completely out of nowhere, Iran threatens the United States with massive destruction if Jon and Sandy do not get back together. Unfortunately, Jon and Sandy have each moved on.

A U.S. government agent is sent in to force a reunion – at all costs – in the name of national security. The situation goes awry when Jon and Sandy have yet another falling out, this time broadcast live to the world. Iran responds, exacerbating the situation further. Mirroring the fragile relationships between nations, a new war is hinged on Jon and Sandy’s ability to reconcile.

Will Jon and Sandy save the world from war?

7 O’clock

Directed by Kinan Kotrash
16 minutes
Time draws strangers together to share in the ultimate experience.

Sofia

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Directed by Shervin Kermani
15 minutes
In his final moments Joseph, an old reclusive painter, has a dream where he wanders through many of his memories. Over the course of a nostalgic odyssey, he encounters many images from his past including that of his late wife, professor, and a memory of his mother Sofia, a ballerina whose beautiful dancing becomes for the older man an image of redemption.

Career Virgin

Directed by Angie Corner
18 minutes
The goal to lose her virginity has become Katie’s great white whale. With a healthy dollop of wacky teen angst, Career Virgin is a hip and clever tale that explores the difficulties of being a teenage girl and having that sudden-death face-off against your hormones. It is a cutting-edge story about Katie’s perplexing world and her fear of being gobbled up by her virginity. When she discovers that she about to be “outed” as the last virgin in her entire school, Katie goes on a bizarre quest lose it…before 5th period English. Will she or won’t she? Playful with moral value.

Soy Milk

Directed by Veeran Naran
8 minutes
Fifteen year-old Jateen lives in two different worlds. Jateen’s master plan to combine the two results in a romantic clash of cultures.

Sissy

Directed by Bonnie Root
22 minutes
Sissy’s mother, Bernie, dumps her with a family friend, Charlie, a struggling magician down on his luck. To make ends meet, Charlie takes a job touring schools on Indian reservations and brings Sissy along for the ride. When he makes Sissy his personal assistant he begins to impose responsibilities upon her that are beyond the abilities of a fourteen year old. When Sissy fails to live up to his expectations, Charlie finds other ways to make Sissy useful to himself.

Touch

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Directed by Jen McGowan
11 minutes
Sometimes, the most personal connection in your life occurs with a complete stranger. Two women make an unusual connection while waiting for the train.

Greetings From the shore

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Directed by Greg Chwerchak
1 hour 48 minutes
Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love

Streetball

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Directed by Demetrius Wren
1 hour 30 minutes
In Cape Town, there are two realities. Sixteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africa prepares to host the FIFA World Cup and the country is ripe with celebration. New hot spots, airports and stadiums were built to welcome travelers from around the world. However, there remains a generation that lives in extreme poverty, with many youth falling into lives of violence, drugs and abuse.

Señor Solis

Directed by Heather Fink
6 minutes
Senor Solis is a 7th grade Spanish teacher, basketball coach, hair salon owner in small town New Jersey. He’s also a WWE Wrestling Hall of Fame superstar. This Spanish teacher will body slam you.

Canvasman: The Robbie Ellis Story

Directed by Gary Robinov
53 minutes
Canvasman is a portrait of a man who is less concerned with doing what is expected of him than he is with living a life that is fueled by passion and the excitement of the wrestling ring. His journey is one that teaches us that if we follow our hearts, even if they take us in unlikely directions, we can live our lives uninhibited by age and stereotypes and find out who we really are.

Card subject to change

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Directed by Timothy Disbrow
1 hour 27 minutes
Card Subject To Change will bring you deep inside the underground world of Independent Professional Wrestling. The film follows a young wrestler determined to make it in the business he loves, a veteran wrestler battling personal demons, a local wrestling promoter striving to make his company the best, and some of the most legendary names in the history of the business.

Ice Grill, USA

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Directed by Mark Bernardi and Greg Santarsiero
1 hour 42 minutes
Ice Grill, USA is a vivid yet stark examination of the pursuit of the American Dream. Set in the multicultural landscape of Atlantic City, NJ, Ice Grill, USA examines class struggle and the acquisition of status in a morally indifferent community.

Disrupt/Dismantle

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Directed by Jack Lucarelli, Troy Price
1 hour 51 minutes
Eight elite L.A. undercover narcotics cops, disregard the law to bring down the most powerful drug mob in the U.S. Loosely based on the true story of Mexico’s once most powerful and seductive drug cartel leader, The Black Widow, this timely journey through the drug underworld cuts to the bone and through the heart. Heralding new talent and veteran actors who come together to deliver a gripping crime thriller,

Cole Complex

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Directed by Mike Wallach
14 minutes
Cole Grayson is a low-key hit man who begins taking an experimental drug that helps him tackle jobs he normally would not do. After a friendly warning from his mentor to avoid the substance and its side effects, Cole persists anyway and eventually the perfect killer makes his first mistake.

Andre

Directed by Christopher Fernandez
11 minutes
After a workplace affair, Andre has fallen in love with his boss, Lynne. When Lynne recommits herself to her husband Andre is left emotionally damaged. His attempts to win Lynne back fail and he is further hurt and alienated when she has him fired. He goes into work emotionally distraught and determined to exact his revenge on Lynne.

Clemency

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Directed by Joseph Albanese
18 minutes
A sadistic killer takes a reporter on an emotional thrill ride she will never forget.

A Night at Robert McAlisters

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Directed by Ben Jagger
35 minutes
When lead singer Robert McAlister calls his band, The Paddy Lincoln Gang, down to a meeting in his LA basement, little do they know that they are about to enter the dark playground of his mind. A playground haunted by a betrayal that is about to spin out of control.

Unrepentant

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Directed by Jason Kempnich
15 minutes
Recently graduated psychologist Julie must face personal demons when she is left in charge of a pedophile’s release from prison. Discovering an unexpected side to herself, Julie turns fear and indecision into opportunity.

The Prey

Directed by Stephen Johnson
7 minutes
The Prey is a fast-paced supernatural horror story that examines the relationship between predator and prey, as three thugs terrorize a handicapped victim who may not be as helpless as he appears.

Beijing Punk

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Directed by Shaun Jefford
1 hour 11 minutes
What happens when 1.3 billion Chinese discover punk? Beijing Punk is a feature length, English language documentary that is an exploration of the hidden world of rebels and misfits a scratch under the surface of conformist China.

S&Man

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Directed by JT Petty
1 hour 24 minutes
Director JT Petty uses this footage as a starting point to examine the classic comparison between filmmaking and voyeurism, particularly within the horror genre. He goes on to investigate this connection further, but rather than looking to classic horror films, Petty explores the seedy underground genre of fetish films. These movies are basically simulated snuff films where victims are raped and murdered in a variety of fantasy scenarios. The most notorious of these is a series called “S&Man,” where voyeurism takes center stage as people are unknowingly followed with a camera. Petty plunges headfirst into this world of bizarre fetish films, and comes up with mesmerizing interviews with the producers and actors of these movies. Much of the footage from these videos will shock and disturb even the most seasoned horror veteran.

The Red Hood

Directed by Zacharias Karamalegos and Jesse Newman Lindorf
10 minutes
In this retelling of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, our heroine, Lillian Red, is stalked by the cunning Internet predator, Robert DeWolfe. Lillian is en route to a blind date at her friend’s house when she runs into DeWolfe in the park. DeWolfe deceives Lillian and convinces her to take a longer way to her friend’s house. Lillian eventually arrives at the house, however DeWolfe is waiting and he has his own blind date planned.

The Cameras Eye

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Directed by Wendy Shear
1 hour 14 minutes
“The Camera’s Eye” is the story of Roxanne, a young troubled war photographer who is haunted by nightmares of a father she barely remembers. While waiting for her next assignment abroad, she learns that her estranged mother is dying of cancer. Upon returning to her childhood home to take care of her, Roxanne uncovers the gruesome truth about her family’s horrific past. The more she learns the more people around her begin to meet their untimely end. Sometimes life imitates art.

Vivir de Pie, Las Guerras de Cipriano Mera: Living On Your Feet

Directed by Valenti Figueres, Jorge Figueres
2 hours 4 minutes
The story of the odyssey of a scavenger and a poacher turned bricklayer, a UGT activist turned revolutionary and man of action in the CNT (National Confederation of Labour). It is the life of a bricklayer who commanded the 4th army corps during the Spanish Civil War and who defeated Mussolini’s generals.

Aves de paso
Birds of Passage

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Directed by Rachel Lears
52 minutes
Birds of Passage presents a lyrical journey through the creative process and the everyday struggles of two young Uruguayan songwriters as they pursue their dreams of recording original albums. While each seeks to develop a personal voice that reflects cultural identity, the two protagonists confront personal and practical obstacles that threaten their creative passions.

Sinkhole

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Directed by Eric Scherbath
13 minutes
A salesman approaches a mysterious landowner with an offer to buy the man’s smoldering abandoned coal mines but finds that there is something far worse than a mine fire underneath the land.

El Monstro Del Mar!

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Directed by Stuart Simpson
1 hour 15 minutes
Three gorgeous but deadly hired killers, Beretta, Blondie and Snowball, hole up in a small beach-side community to keep a low profile. But this town has a dark secret. The local old sea baron, Joseph, tries desperately to warn them to never go into the water. But these crazy vixens listen to no one, especially no crazy ass old fool. So the Kraken awakes! Now, along with Joseph and his beautiful grand daughter, Hannah, they must fight for their lives against this furious creature of the deep as the sea rises in a tidal wave of blood.

A Break in the Monotony

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Directed by Damien Slevin
4 minutes
In a post Zombie holocaust world, a man laments his empty lifestyle and questions the futility of working in a corporate wasteland. But all is not as it seems.

Bereavement

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Directed by Stevan Mena
1 hour 45 minutes
The horrific account of 6 year old Martin Bristol, abducted from his backyard swing and forced to witness the brutal crimes of a deranged madman.

Jeff Biginski’s Fabulous Snowday

Directed by Zario Decola-Heller
6 minutes
The snowday that we all want but for Jeff it’s a want full of foils

Footwear Fatale

Directed by Mary Odbert and Kelly Artz
3 minutes
A glamorous pair of heels manipulates a hat in order to rid of herself of some sneakers and hog the rest of the space on her shelf in a short, animated tribute to ‘Double Indemnity’.

The Lift

Directed by Robert Kohr
6 minutes
Everyone has been guilty of small misdeeds at one point or another. The Lift explores the consequences of one all too common act of not holding the elevator door open for someone eager to get on or worse, pushing the close button. An elevator interaction goes wrong, prompting a young woman to learn about being insensitive and to never make the same mistake again.

Breakaway

Directed by Clifton Archuleta
7 minutes
A coming of age story about an imaginative boy who struggles to build up enough courage to break free from his childhood friend in order to join a group of boys in a pick-up game of soccer across the street.

A Day at the Park

Directed by Spencer Stuard
10 minutes
You’ll never want to play alone again!

Autumn Equinox

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Directed by Ben Warren
13 minutes
A mother and daughter embark on a voyage through an urban metropolis to the still, spiritual calmness of nature. Along the way we see the flow of time. A falling leaf, a blinking sign, a drop of water, a brief breeze brush by. Life’s cycle continues on all around us.

Breath

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Directed by Kartika Mediani
4 minutes
Metaphors of different matters happen in life, and how various circumstances affect those things in relation to our memories, that give impact towards our emotions.

The Bird Away From Home

Directed by Bryan Scuteri

3 minutes
Two teenagers spend an afternoon with their quirky grandmother, who has an unusual fascination with birds

One Hundred and Forty

Directed by Katie Potis
3 minutes
Two teenagers fulfill their dreams of entering a local film festival, armed only with an old camera, some good friends, and a robot pirate.

Falling Apart

Directed by Christopher Valori
6 minutes
Have you even loved someone so much that losing them caused you to fall apart. When Audrey breaks up with Alex, he begins falling apart… literally. With limbs falling faster than tears, Alex must find Audrey before he fall apart completely.

Drowning

Directed by Dan Sullivan
14 minutes
Between his over-bearing father, struggles with school work, and being the captain of his high school wrestling team, Ryan must get his life in order before he loses all control.

The Crimson Mask

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Directed by Elias Plagianos
1 hour 25 minutes
An outwardly wealthy businessman and a professional wrestler who’s fallen on hard times find their fates colliding in an alternate universe New York City where an ancient conspiracy could prove the path to redemption.

Freaks Uncensored

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Directed by Ari Roussimoff
1 hour 40 minutes
The ACIFMF is excited to present a special  “release to DVD” showing of Ari Rousimoff’s movie Freaks Uncensored: A Human Side Show.  When originally released in 1999, the  NY Times called Rousimoff’s documentary “compassionate” with “remarkable film clips.”  Village Voice said of the film, “A cornucopia of archival footage…an encyclopedic but breezy ride…a veritable visual menagerie… never feels exploitative…a warmth that lingers long after the disturbing spectacle of their bodies has faded.”  Appearing at the festival to meet with participants, will be writer /director/artist, Ari Rousimoff and writer/producer, Vivian Forlander.

Now & Forever

Directed by David Goldstein
7 minutes
An artist, a painting, and two hearts that become one.

The Big Gay Musical

Directed by Casper Andreas
90 minutes
Sometimes being the person you’re not, helps you learn to love the person you are!

Lost In The Crowd

Directed by Susi Graf
1 hour 15 minutes
Young people who run away or get thrown out have no home, no support, no skills, no financial means. They are entirely on their own. We take a tour into a world hidden behind the busy activity of New York and become aware of another unfamiliar reality that exists right next to our daily routine, a disturbing and dangerous sphere that we enter and leave as we please and we are made aware that there are people who are stuck there and can’t get out.

Bobby visits the library

Directed by Eric Krasner
4 minutes
Take a vintage educational film about the children’s room of the local library and add a scene or two from the cult classic, ‘Perversion for Profit’ and this is what you end up with!

The Four-Faced Liar

Directed by Jacob Chase
1 hour 30 minutes
The Four Faced Liar is a story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City. A pair of best friends and a seemingly perfect couple meet at a local Irish pub tucked in the winding streets of the West Village. Through their chance meeting, the four bond and over time all of their relationships with one another morph into love, betrayal and heartbreak for all.

Eyes Wide Open

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Directed by Haim Tabakman
1 hour 32 minutes
There is The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name; and within a close-knit orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of present-day Jerusalem, there is The Love That Dare Not Even Whisper It.

Zonde

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Directed by Simon Sliphorst
1 hour
This year, seventy year old grumpy Johan is married with his wife Dora for fifty years. But unfortunately, Johan finds there is nothing to celebrate. Something seems missing…
Something that’s been out of place for all those years.

Dzi Croquettes

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Directed by Tatiana Issa, Raphael Alvarez
1 hour 38 minutes
The Dzi Croquettes were a groundbreaking dance and theater group who used their talent and a mix of humor and derision to challenge the violent dictatorship that gripped Brazil in the 1970s. Creating a new stage language that would influence an entire generation, this theater group revolutionized the gay movement despite being banned and censored by the military regime.

The director’s father, Americo Issa, worked with the group from 1970 to 1978, giving Tatiana the magical opportunity of growing up backstage, with these iconic figures. ‘Dzi Croquettes were revolutionary men who showed the world that humans can be both masculine and feminine!’ – Liza Minnelli

The Binding of Ishmael

Directed by Taofik Kolade
8 minutes
After a few years away, Ahmet returns to his hometown to visit his father, Yahya. The two take a long drive into the city to visit Ahmet’s younger brother, Azim. During the ride, Yahya behaves a bit oddly, lecturing his son about the teachings of the Quran, and how people today willfully choose to ignore them. Yahya is a religious man, so Ahmet dismisses the banter, he’s heard it all before. This ignorance leaves Ahmet totally blind to the true purpose of this journey, but he won’t realize it until it’s too late.

Undertow

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Directed by Javier Fuentes-León
1 hour 30 minutes
In a tiny Peruvian seaside village, where traditions run deep, Miguel a young fisherman, and his beautiful bride, Mariela , are about to welcome their first child. But Miguel harbors a scandalous secret. He’s in love with Santiagoa painter, who is ostracized by the town because he’s gay. After a tragic accident occurs, Miguel must choose between sentencing Santiago to eternal torment or doing right by him and, in turn, revealing their relationship to Mariela—and the entire village.

Children of God

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Directed by Kareem Mortimer
1 hour 44 minutes
Children of God is the story of two individuals who learn some universal life lessons that in order to live a truly happy life. First, you have to risk speaking and acting on your true feelings. Secondly, in order to fulfill your potential, you have to risk emotional vulnerability.

God’s Square Mile

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Directed by Rachel Julkowski
35 minutes
Set amidst the largest collection of authentic Victorian architecture in the United States, the short documentary God’s Square Mile tells the story of how outspoken members of the LGBT community can coexist with those who ardently believe homosexuality to be a sin. From the undeveloped sand dunes, scrub oak, and sea of the 1869 Jersey Shore to present day Ocean Grove’s billowing American flags and prohibition against the sale of alcohol, God’s Square Mile tells the inspiring and candid story of a town unwilling to compromise its beliefs in love, faith, or community. The film is a tribute to Ocean Grove and its work in cultivating a precarious balance between preserving its Christian heritage and embracing diversity.

8 : the Mormon Proposition

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Directed by Reed Cowan
1 hour 22 minutes
An indictment of the Mormon Church’s historic involvement in the promotion & passage of California’s Proposition 8 and the Mormon religion’s secretive, decades-long campaign against LGBT human rights

Plan B

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Directed by Marco Berger
1 hour 43 minutes
Bruno is dumped by his girlfriend; behind a calm, indifferent expression, his mind plans a cold, sweet vengeance. He befriends her new boyfriend Pablo, with the idea of eroding the couple – either by introducing Pablo to another woman or by seducing him himself. Thus emerges Plan B, a perilous romantic journey that calls his own sexuality into question. 

Along came Lola

Directed by Ellen Seidler/Megan Siler
1 hour 10 minutes
This wonderfully fun and sexy lesbian romp takes a whiz bang tour through the streets of San Francisco as photographer Lola races to get to a crucial meeting on time. As usual, Lola is running late. Her job and her girlfriend  Casey are on the line and Lola has three chances to make it right. As Lola races against the clock is Casey falling into the arms of her ex?! Will Lola make it in time? Will she come at all?

The Love Project Journey

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Directed by Alain Vasquez & Yael
1 hour 11 minutes
Surrounded by like-minded individuals who create themselves a little more each day, we grew with the journey itself. We had one thing in mind: moving people. We wanted to move ourselves and others; we wanted to leave something good trailing in our dust. The Love Project team created something pretty special here: de-gentrifying music and dedicating some art to those who touch our lives – past to present. This is music for music’s sake; art created in loving memory of another artist; boundless art that wants to be shared. It’s not trying to “fit in” anywhere, and yet it’s all connected somehow. Life is not about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself. Hope you enjoy viewing and listening half as much as we did creating it. Even with every obstacle, you can make things work. All you have is now… make it count. Yael – The DrumAddict / The Love Project Journey

Phone Sex Grandma

Directed by Jack Truman
8 minutes 45 seconds
A 60 something Grandma working a phone sex line in a small Southern ghost town

Sand Mountain

Directed by Kathryn McCool
33 minutes 46 seconds
Setting off with a borrowed video camera Kathryn McCool begins a solo journey through the American South to meet reclusive musician Cast King and attempts to find the America she had, as a youth, re-created and photographed in her own backyard in rural New Zealand.

Comparing what she finds with what was for so long imagined, this film is an essay about a journey into a culture she thought she already knew. But was reality going to make mockery of her painstakingly conjured up South? Sand Mountain is a road movie that drives into personal territory as well as the back roads of Alabama.

This Town

Directed by Randy Scott Slavin
4 minutes
Smoking, drinking, and hanging out. Another day in the life of suburban teens except today they plot their ‘escape.’

Til My Voice is Gone

Directed by Sam Griffith
6 minutes 17 seconds
A man and a woman fall in love at a nursing home. Set to the music of The Old Ceremony’s ‘Til My Voice is Gone,’ this music video shows that love is timeless, and can happen when you least expect it.

Prélude 4 de Chopin

Directed by Elise Mc Leod
2 minutes 14 seconds
Dreams and nightmares, which are conjured up by melancholic classical music.

The Me You See

Trailer
Directed by Jimmy Sammarco
6 minutes
The story in this music video involves a young boy who is surrounded by deception, betrayal, and fallen hero’s.

Future Tidings

Directed by Bernard Ong
4 minutes
The Gemini explores duality in search of his missing counterpart.

I’ll Kill Her

Directed by Joerg Barton
4 minutes
This is a no budget music video to the song ‘i ll kill’ her of the singer Soko.

Let Me In

Directed by Matthew Schutt
3 minutes 8 seconds
After returning home from a tour, a singer/songwriter (Kelly Dalton) finds that he’s a stranger in his own town, and the only things that are familiar are the memories which haunt him.