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	JULY 24	YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE
		Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (USA, 2008) Featuring Peter Gabriel OFFICIAL WEBSITE WINNER - AUDIENCE AWARD - SAO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE is an uplifting, music-driven journey into the power of one man’s voice to inspire global change. The film unfolds an extraordinary moment in his life, as director Chai Vasarhelyi tracks N’dour’s emotional journey over two years. Filming his ever-shifting life in Africa, Europe, and America - Vasarhelyi reveals why he has become an inspiration for generations. He initially releases his album Egypt in the hopes of promoting a more tolerant face of Islam. Yet, when his fellow Senegalese reject the album and denounce it as blasphemous, he takes this as a challenge to go deeper, to reach out to those who would attack him and to work even harder to use the storytelling impact and infectious beats of his songs to unite a divided world. The resulting portrait is not just of an incomparable musician turning his spiritual quest into art, but also that of a brave new world in which pop culture now has equal power to incite fury and invite new connections. With an original score composed by Emmy Award winner Martin Davich and six time Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard. VIEW TRAILER "The music is world-class, the original footage is vibrant, and the story is comfortably, resassuringly triumphant." - The Stranger, Seattle WA "Though we see the same man throughout the bumpy tour captured here - always calm, steady, faithful - it's bound to prove an enlightening portrait for those who know him only as the guy who once worked with Peter Gabriel." - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

	JULY 31	THE WINDMILL MOVIE
		Alexander Olch (USA, 2008) OFFICIAL WEBSITE What if someone else wrote your autobiography? 200 hours of footage, dusty boxes of film, a broken editing computer: these were the pieces of filmmaker Richard P. Rogers’ daring attempt to make his own autobiography. He died in 2001, leaving behind a lifetime of filmed memories, until his student and protégé, Alexander Olch, began making a movie out of the pieces. Writing in his teacher’s voice, working with with Wallace Shawn, Bob Balaban, and Richard’s wife – acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas – Olch steps into his mentor’s shoes and his past to make a film that was impossible to make. An autobiography, that isn’t. A documentary which is fiction. A lifetime of questions, finally answered. VIEW TRAILER OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2008 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL "3 Stars! A warm portrait of the fascinating experimental filmmaker, Richard P. Rogers." - V.A. Musetto, New York Post “The most moving documentary of the year... beautiful and heartbreaking” – Anthem Magazine

	AUGUST 7	MUNYURANGABO
		Lee Isaac Chung (USA, 2007) OFFICIAL WEBSITE NOMINATED - GRAND JURY PRIZE - 2007 AFI FEST This acclaimed Rwandan drama - the first full-length, narrative film in the Kinyarwanda language - explores the friendship between two boys as they try to overcome the gap between the Hutus and Tutsis. Munyurangabo (Jeff Rutagengwa) and Sangwa (Eric Ndorunkundiye) escape the city of Kigali with two different purposes: the titular boy desires revenge for the death of his parents who were victims of genocide, while his friend wants to see his childhood home. However, when they arrive, Sangwa’s parents are unhappy to see his new friend because of his race. Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, MUNYURANGABO played at a variety of festivals around the world, including Cannes, Berlin, and Toronto. VIEW TRAILER "Intelligent enough to understand where history and blood are built into Rwanda but realistic enough to know that forgiveness is a long way off." - Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com “There's a patient attentiveness and inquisitiveness to MUNYURANGABO. that seemingly springs, at least in part, from the cultural divide between Korean-American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung and his native Rwandan cast, milieu, and language.” - Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

	AUGUST 14	THE BEACHES OF AGNES
		Agnès Varda (France, 2008) OFFICIAL WEBSITE WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY - THE FRENCH ACADEMY AWARDS (CESAR) Dear Agnes Varda. She is a great director and a beautiful, lovable and wise woman, through and through. It is not enough that she made some of the first films of the French New Wave. That she was the Muse for Jacques Demy. That she is a famed photographer and installation artist. That she directed the first appearances on film of Gerard Depardieu, Phillipe Noiret--and Harrison Ford! Or that after gaining distinction as a director of fiction, she showed herself equally gifted as a director of documentaries. And that she still lives, as she has since the 1950s, in the rooms opening off each side of a once-ruined Paris courtyard, each room a separate domain. That is not enough, because her greatest triumph is her life itself. She comes walking toward us on the sand in the first shot of THE BEACHES OF AGNES, describing herself as "a little old lady, pleasantly plump." Well, she isn't tall. But somehow she isn't old. She made this film in her 80th year, and she looks remarkably similar to 1967, when she brought a film to the Chicago Film Festival. Or the night I had dinner with her, Jacques and Pauline Kael at Cannes 1976. Or when she was at Montreal 1988. Or the sun-blessed afternoon when we three had lunch in their courtyard in 1990. Or when she was on the jury at Cannes 2005. VIEW TRAILER "In a sense, Varda has done for herself what she did for Jacques Demy - creating a work, as charming as it is touching, that serves to explicate and enrich an entire oeuvre." - J. Hoberman, Village Voice "Director Agnes Varda has given us the most poetic shot about the cinema I have ever seen, where two old fishermen, who were young when she first filmed them, watch themselves on a screen. Yes, and the screen and the 16mm projector itself are both mounted on an old market cart that they push through the nighttime streets of their village." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "THE BEACHES OF AGNES is at once an illustration of the fine art of foraging and an autobiographical portrait." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times

	AUGUST 21	HUMPDAY
		Lynn Shelton (USA, 2009) OFFICIAL WEBSITE WINNER - SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - 2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL It's been a decade since Ben and Andrew were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife, and home. Andrew took the alternate route as a vagabond artist, skipping the globe from Chiapas to Cambodia. When Andrew shows up unannounced on Ben's doorstep, they easily fall back into their old dynamic of macho one-upmanship. Late into the night at a wild party, the two find themselves locked in a mutual dare: to enter an amateur porn contest together. But what kind of boundary-breaking, envelope pushing porn can two straight dudes make? After the booze and big talk run out, only one idea remains. They will have sex together, on camera. Its not gay; its beyond gay. Its not porn; its art. But how exactly will it work? And more importantly, who will tell Ben's wife? Writer/director Lynn Shelton - recipient of the Someone to Watch Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards - expertly mines the biggest ironies of the male ego to hilarious effect. HUMPDAY is a buddy movie gone wild. VIEW TRAILER "Hilariously perceptive." - Aaron Hills, Village Voice "Think of it as a Judd Apatow buddy film turned inside out... the movie’s unblinking observation of a friendship put to the test is amusing, kindhearted and unfailingly truthful." - Stephen Holden, New York Times

	TBA	ACT OF GOD
		Jennifer Baichwal (Canada, 2009) OFFICIAL WEBSITE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES" Is being hit by lightning a random natural occurrence or a predestined event? Accidents, chance, fate and the elusive quest to make sense out of tragedy underpin director Jennifer Baichwal’s captivating new work, an elegant cinematic meditation on the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. To explore these profound questions, Baichwal sought out riveting personal stories from around the world—from a former CIA assassin and a French storm chaser, to writer Paul Auster and improvisational musician Fred Frith. The philosophical anchor of the film, Auster was caught in a terrifying and deadly storm as a teenager, and it has deeply affected both his life and art: “It opened up a whole realm of speculation that I’ve continued to live with ever since.” In his doctor brother’s laboratory, Frith experiments with his guitar to demonstrate the ubiquity of electricity in our bodies and the universe. Visually dazzling and aurally seductive, ACT OF GOD singularly captures the harsh beauty of the skies and the lives of those who have been forever touched by their fury. VIEW TRAILER "Here, very much in the absence of CGI trickery, time lapsed storms ominously build and crackle across deserted Kenyan deserts and twinkling urban venues. Quite simply, this footage is jaw dropping... some of the most impressive lightning footage captured on film." - Kurt Halfyard, Twitch Film "ACT OF GOD is a strong, meaningful work that looks great on the big screen, and one you should bring a group of friends to discuss in the lobby afterwards... I admired the questions I asked myself as I left." - Jason Whyte, eFilmCritic.com

		JERICHOW
		Christian Petzold (Germany, 2008) OFFICIAL WEBSITE NOMINATED - GOLDEN LION - VENICE FILM FESTIVAL JERICHOW was inspired by a news story Christian Petzold read while filming YELLA in the former East Germany. Jerichow, a small town in northeastern Germany, an impoverished region where few jobs are to be had, an area of crisscrossing highways, deep forests, and cliffs that fall sharply into the sea, is the setting for an unfolding drama of three people who find themselves at a fortuitous crossroads. Following his mother’s death, Thomas (Brenno Fürmann), a former soldier who has been dishonorably discharged from the army, returns to his hometown. He has inherited his mother’s house and plans to renovate it and look for a job. One night, Thomas meets Ali (Hilmi Sözer), a Turkish immigrant who owns a chain of snack bars in the area. Always suspicious of the people who work for him, Ali takes an unusual liking to Thomas. He trusts him and offers him a job as his driver and assistant. Laura (Nina Hoss) is Ali’s restless, beautiful wife. Thomas sees her whenever he drives his delivery truck to Ali’s brick-fronted villa deep in the woods. She treats Thomas coolly, almost disdainfully. He’s the driver her husband has chosen to befriend. And her husband is merely the man she kisses goodbye in the morning – a man who becomes frantic when he can’t reach her on her cell phone. Thomas notices Laura and Ali’s strained relationship. He watches them perform everyday rituals, like any married couple, but something doesn’t seem right. One day, the three of them head to the beach. Thomas sits next to Laura, while Ali dances, drunken and absentmindedly, to the notes of a Turkish tune, unknowingly setting in motion a series of events that will change the course of their lives. VIEW TRAILER "A taut, character-driven and intelligently crafted thriller with a strong and radiant performance by Nina Hoss." - Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru “A great modern neo-noir thriller with sparse, tight dialogue and passion that boils right through to the final shocking ending.” - Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics

		AFGHAN STAR
		Havana Marking (UK, 2009) OFFICIAL WEBSITE WINNER - AUDIENCE AWARD - 2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, pop culture has returned to the country—and since 2005, millions are tuning in to Tolo TV’s wildly popular American Idol-style series Afghan Star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to everyone across the country despite gender, ethnicity or age. Two thousand people audition, including three extremely brave women. And when viewers vote for their favorites via cell phone, it is, for many, their first encounter with a democratic process. Winner of the Directing and Audience Awards in Sundance’s 2009 World Documentary competition, Havana Marking’s timely and moving film follows the dramatic stories of four young finalists—two men and two women—as they hazard everything to become the nation’s favorite performer. By observing the Afghani people's relationship to its pop culture, AFGHAN STAR is the perfect window into a country’s tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What Americans consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary—and more human—in this troubled part of the world. VIEW TRAILER CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE JON STEWART INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER SAAD MOHSENI "It's a shrewd and entertaining guide to this popular phenomenon, which even the Taliban cannot quite suppress ... nothing matches the poignancy and power of its opening minute, showing a blind child singing about the power of love." - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian (UK) “Havana Marking’s uproarious, awareness-raising documentary tells us more about the title country than a month of newscasts.” - Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

		CAPTAIN ABU RAED
		Armin Matalga (Jordan, 2007) OFFICIAL WEBSITE WINNER - AUDIENCE AWARD - 2008 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL CAPTAIN ABU RAED is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary Jordan. Abu Raed is a lonely janitor at Amman’s International Airport. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. Finding a discarded Captain’s hat in the trash at work one day, he is followed by a neighborhood boy who spots him wearing it as he walks home. The next morning he wakes up to find a group of neighborhood children at his door, believing him to be an airline pilot. And thus the friendship begins. Happy for the company and attention, he takes the children to colorful places around the world through his fictional stories and inspires them to believe in their own ambitions. Murad, an angry outsider to the group, vindictively attacks Abu Raed and the sense of hope he instills in the children. In his quest to prove that Abu Raed is a liar and a fake, Murad begins to discover new possibilities in his life. Meanwhile, Abu Raed’s friendship with Nour, a real female pilot, begins to grow as she deals with her own set of pressures from life in modern Amman. CAPTAIN ABU RAED is the story of everyday people intersecting across social boundaries. It is a story of dreams, friendship, and forgiveness. VIEW TRAILER "A substantial, deeply moving film that has the potential to captivate audiences everywhere." - Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter “Such a subtle yet global view of human struggle - the whole world viewed through the prism of a single neighborhood - is a mark of extraordinary promise from this remarkable new filmmaker.” - F.X. Feeney, LA Weekly

		$9.99
		Tatia Rosenthal (Israel, 2008) Starring Geoffrey Rush OFFICIAL WEBSITE NOMINATED - BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - 2008 ANNIE AWARDS Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life. Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" "The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite color pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99." This is the ad that alters the life of the unemployed 28 year old who still lives at home, Dave Peck. In his struggle to share his find with the world, Dave's surreal path crosses with those of his unusual neighbors: an old man and his disgruntled guardian angel, a magician in debt, a bewitching woman who likes her men extra smooth, a brokenhearted man who befriends a group of hard partying two inch tall students, and a little boy who sets his piggy bank free. Their stories are woven together, examining the post-modern meaning of hope. VIEW TRAILER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "JELLYFISH" "Using the wise stories of Etgar Keret as her guide, inventive Israeli filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal concocts an artiful film that’s enchanted, enchanting, and meaningful, too." - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "Fans of comic fantasy writers like Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut are likely to be intrigued by this lively little packet of weird - then dive like a dolphin into Keret's loopy story volumes." - Kyle Smith, New York Post

		SOMERS TOWN
		Shane Meadows (UK, 2008) OFFICIAL WEBSITE NOMINATED - BEST ACTOR, DIRECTOR, AND SCREENPLAY BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello), a Polish immigrant, lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. When Marke agrees to let homeless Tomo move into his room, unbeknownst to his father, the pair forms a strong bond, as they work odd jobs for an eccentric neighbor and compete for the attention of Maria, a beautiful young French waitress whom they are both infatuated with. But it's only a matter of time before Marek's dad discovers what's going on... VIEW TRAILER "Thomas Turgoose reunites with writer-director Shane Meadows in this shaggy, endlessly charming dramedy set in working-class London, wistfully shot in black-and-white... Witty and warmhearted, it's a feel-good movie that never seems forced." - Aaron Hillis, Village Voice “Another beautifully crafted film, as well as a great London film, from the finest British director working today.” - Ali Catterall, Channel 4 Film

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