Comedy

Salt of Life

A heart-warming comedy from the director of Mid–August Lunch tells the story of love and life in a quest for lost youth in this “wistful ode to women by a man who’s becoming invisible to them” – Hollywood Reporter In his warm and…

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Odd One Out

Kuba is a lazy, spoiled thirty year old still living at home. When pressured to take his first job as a deliveryman, Kuba’s life becomes intertwined with everyone he meets and things begin to unravel. Flat-out funny, Pawel Wendorff’s surreal comedy…

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Monsieur Lazhar

The US Premiere! Blending the sometimes complex relationships between teachers and students in a delicate character study- the screenplay was expanded from a one-character play by Evelyne de la Cheneliere- reveals an almost fable-like tale of loss and light seen…

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Marathon Boy

This Dickensian documentary portrait of corruption, political scandal, and exploitation follows Budhia, a four-year-old boy rescued from the desolate slums of India and groomed by his surrogate father to become a national hero as a long distance runner. Ripe for…

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Le Havre

The FIPRESCI Critics’ prize-winner at Cannes tells the tale of a young African refugee thrown by fate into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-read bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and unwavering community support, Marcel stands…

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Callers

SPOTLIGHT ON NEW MEXICO FILMMAKERS After the death of his girlfriend, Will starts receiving phone calls from his dearly departed. “I may be dead, but I’m committed to making this relationship work,” she says. Little does Will know, she’s just…

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Battlefield Heroes

In this mud-splattered absurdist comedy, Korea is caught between two warring kingdoms. Set in 668 AD, Battlefield Heroes follows everyman Thingy as he plods through the battlefields, fully aware that war is for the rich because for the poor, nothing…

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