Archived Festival Film

Revenge of the Electric Car

Behind the closed doors of Nissan, General Motors, and Tesla Motors, the race is on to develop the world's first, and most economically accessible, electric car. Director Chris Paine's energetic and beautifully shot follow-up to Who Killed the ... read more

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Perspective: Rwanda

This series of short films from three emerging Rwandan filmmakers examines the theme of reconciliation from the perspective of young people who lived through one of the world's worst atrocities. All three directors are members of the Almond Tree F... read more

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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take Two and a Half

One of the most offbeat sequels in film history, Take 2 and a half was made 35 years after Take One. The sequel returns with Take One's original actors, playing the same married couple in the original Central Park location. Also includes contempor... read more

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Off the Rez

Shoni Schimmel, a Umatilla Indian and one of the best high school basketball players in the country, dreams of being the first from her tribe to get a college scholarship. Shoni and her mother/coach Ceci battle together to redeem generations of st... read more

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Premonition

This Japanese horror film was created by a director of one of the influential original Ring films. This time the malevolent maguffin is not vicious videotape, but a mysterious newspaper that predicts deaths, beginning with the daughter of the sto... read more

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My Piece of the Pie

From Cédric Klapisch, director of 2002 hit L'Auberge Espagnole, comes a financial-era drama with a biting comic edge. When single mom France loses her factory job, she is forced to take a gig as a housekeeper and nanny for Steve, a hotshot ... read more

Archived Festival Film

Czech Dream

This comic documentary created a sensation in Europe. The directors, two film students from the Czech Republic, provided a vivid example of media manipulation in the new Europe when they created an advertising campaign for a nonexistent shopping m... read more

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Mysterious Skin

Araki's first theatrical release in five years is a stunning, uncompromising film about two Kansas teenagers coming to terms with their molestation by their Little League coach. A gutsy departure for this director, Mysterious Skin reveals a new ma... read more

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The Outsider

Jarecki follows legendary director James Toback on the insane 12-day shoot of his recent thriller, When Will I Be Loved starring Neve Campbell. The documentary, which chronicles Toback's attempt to make his movie without a script and get it distri... read more

Archived Festival Film

Singing Behind Screens

A pirate story set in China in the 1600's, which tells the tale of a young widow, who takes over after her pirate husband dies. The film is based on a folktale and, according to director Ermanno Olmi, its title refers to when the pirates returned ... read more