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- DirectorPetr ZelenkaStarsPavel ZajicekJan HaubertSeisuke TsukaharaTwist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled absurd way in the interweaving episodes of this comedy. Each of the characters gets a good shot at being sarcastic and each is a sorry loser at some point yet none is turned into the butt of the joke. The place is Prague and the time is August 6th, 1995, except for one episode, set 50 years earlier in unflyable rain in the city of Kokura, Japan.
- DirectorMalcolm MurrayStarsFlorian BrozekTrey ColeRyan Jason CookA nuanced, visually inventive vista of young life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bad Posture follows Flo as he seeks to make amends - and make a connection - with Marisa, a beautiful girl whose car his best friend has stolen.
- 1985– 4hTV-147.8 (422)TV Episode86MetascoreDirectorRic BurnsStarsLaurie AndersonIrving BlumDeVeren BookwalterRic Burns unearths rarely seen footage and offers keen observations on the life and artistic influence of Andy Warhol.
- DirectorDavid BarkerStarsNathalie RichardSarah AdlerDaniel AukinThis intense chamber drama revolves around a wounded woman afraid to step outside her New York loft. When her sister comes to visit her fears are compounded by their relationship and the effect it has on her husband.
- DirectorKrutin PatelStarsDavid AriSheetal ShethMadhur JaffreyThe only goal of an ageing Asian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Deshi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.
- DirectorVentura PonsStarsJosep Maria PouRosa Maria SardàMario GasJaume, a sick professor of literature, decides to leave his heritage "an essay on the book of Ramón Llull" to his best student David, a hustler.
- DirectorFrank NovakStarsBob Jay MillsPetra WestenGregorio
- DirectorDeMane DavisHarry McCoyKhari StreeterStarsThomas Braxton Jr.Lord HarrisonMyquan JacksonIn this contemporary moralist drama, five young African-American men and one woman gather in an apartment after the funeral of a friend. Trying to escape from the afternoon's somber mood, they talk, watch TV, listen to music, crack jokes, smoke marijuana, and try to avoid the social, political, and emotional issues behind the black-on-black crime devastating their community. However, these issues still present themselves, whether or not they are invited into the proceedings.
- DirectorSamira MakhmalbafStarsSaid MohamadiBehnaz JafariBahman GhobadiItinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsFlorence VignonMathilde SeignerAntoine ChappeySolange is unhappy. She's a meter maid in Tours, working in the rain, subject to verbal abuse from those she cites. Her husband Patrick is consumed by the work of finishing their new house: carpet, tile, faucets. He's also a hothead, subjecting Sonange to tantrums. While she's often quiet and withdrawn, she longs to be a singer. When by chance she meets Mylène, an accomplished, beautiful Parisian writer she admires, Solange gives her a demo tape. Mylène is encouraging, a friendship of sorts develops, and when Solange despairs after a series of personal, emotional setbacks, she heads for Mylène's doorstep in Paris. Does a singing career await, and what about Patrick?
- DirectorJeff LipskyStarsCameron FoordHeather GottliebSam TrammellA story of two teens discovering their budding sexuality. Greg is having his first sexual experience and first relationship with his friend's mother, a woman twice his age....while Denise is angry with Greg, and sleeps with another girl. Both are in a hurry to mature, but both must deal with the repercussions of growing up, moving out, and leaving the security of childhood behind. Edie Falco, Sam Trammell, and Colleen Werthmann star in this engaging, intelligent, and semi-realistic independent seriocomedy.
- DirectorJoey Lauren AdamsStarsAshley JuddJeffrey DonovanTim Blake NelsonA thirty-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.
- DirectorPascale FerranStarsDidier SandreAlexandre ZlotoCatherine FerranIt's summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man around 40 is building a sand castle. A few people watch him. We will be told the story of three of them : a boy, Jumbo, aged 9 ; Francois, aged 30, and his sister Zaza, around 40. All of them had to deal with the death of somebody they cherished. How to keep on living after this ?
- DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsOlivier GourmetPaul AhmaraniJean-Pierre CasselAn eccentric Belgian inventor travels to Québec to search for his family, which uncovers a secret history between two seemingly unrelated people.
- DirectorChris SullivanStarsNancy AndrewsChris SullivanJudith RafaelConsuming Spirits is an independent feature animation chronicling the lives of three characters who live in a rust belt town called Magguson, and work at its local newspaper The Daily Suggester. They are: Gentian Violet 42, Victor Blue 38, and Earl gray 64. At first, they appear to be acquaintances, but as the film unfolds, we find they have a long diabolical history revolving around social service intervention, foster care, romance, and hatred. Each character has family secrets to hide and family secrets to discover. An auto accident one dark and inebriated night causes a crack in the memory vault of these intimate strangers. By films end all parties walk from the woods, both healed and wounded.
- DirectorAaron KatzStarsCole PensingerAnna KavanRyan WhiteJessica and Gus, two apathetic teenagers, drift aimlessly from one day to the next until they meet each other. They make a tenuous and fleeting connection when Gus confides in Jessica about his dark past.
- DirectorDaniel Sánchez ArévaloStarsQuim GutiérrezRaúl ArévaloMarta EturaJust as his childhood sweetheart Natalia returns, his infertile brother Antonio asks Jorge to impregnate Paula, Antonio's imprisoned girlfriend.
- DirectorNick VeronisStarsNick VeronisJane AdamsPatrick FitzgeraldA group of friends flee from the mob and fall in love.
- DirectorHassan YektapanahStarsJalil NazariRashid AkbariMahmoud BehrazniaDjomeh is a young Afghan man who has come to live in Iran because of family trouble. Working as a milk boy, he encounters discrimination from the Iranian villagers and disdain from Habib, a fellow Afghani to whose trust Djomeh was given. The only person who shows any friendliness to him is his employer, who Djomeh asks to intercede for him in asking a woman from the village for her hand in marriage.
- DirectorDeclan RecksStarsAidan KellyEileen WalshPádraic DelaneyA married couple's relationship begins to fall apart as their 10th wedding anniversary approaches.
- DirectorAmie SiegelStarsDavid SolomonAria KneePhyllis Baldino
- DirectorAssia BoundaouiStarsGamal Abdel-HafizChristina AbrahamAssia BoundaouiWhen journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.
- StarsJennifer FoxIn six hour long episodes, acclaimed filmmaker, Jennifer Fox, maps the world of female life and sexuality today -- from the dramatic turns in her own life to the stories of women around the globe that shed light on the universal issues all women face. Employing a groundbreaking camera technique, called "passing the camera", this powerful series creates a new type of documentary language and storytelling that mirrors the special way women communicate.
- DirectorYuriy BykovStarsArtyom BystrovNatalya SurkovaYuriy TsuriloDima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
- DirectorElmar FischerStarsFatih AlasErcan DurmazElmar FischerA German college student suspects his best friend may have been involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.