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Showing 249 Films from the festival year 2005
The Kings of Christmas
The Kings of Christmas
The flashy yet underground outer borough phenomenon of elaborate, ornate Christmas exterior house decorations is given a human ...
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The Lady in Question is Charles Busch
The Lady in Question is Charles Busch
A fascinating portrait of drag artist Charles Busch from his humble beginnings performing in an East village storefront to his ...
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The L.A. Riot Spectacular
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
Snoop Dogg leads a cast comprised of Charles Dutton, Charles Durning, Emilio Estevez, William Forsythe, George Hamilton, Ron Je...
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The Last Dance
The Last Dance
A festive account of a group of senior citizens from Elgin, Illinois who meet one Sunday each month to celebrate life, laughter...
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The Last Mitterrand
The Last Mitterrand
Michel Bouquet gives a stunning performance as France's late President, summoning up his experiences for a young journalist (Ja...
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The Life of Kevin Carter
The Life of Kevin Carter
A South African photojournalist commits a terrible act of desperation only weeks after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for his pic...
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Based on the Caldecott Medal book, this is the true story of Philippe Petit, a young French aerialist, and his daring 1974 high...
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The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Based on the hit underground comic strip, this hilarious, gay romantic comedy follows the story of Ethan Green, an adorable 26 ...
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Contemporary teenager Dorothy (Grammy Award-winner Ashanti) joins the Scarecrow (Kermit the Frog), the Tin Thing (Gonzo), and ...
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The Night of Truth
The Night of Truth
After a decade of genocidal war, the two wary and cynical sides attempt to make peace, but after all the barbarity the likeliho...
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The Ninth Day
The Ninth Day
A young Gestapo officer and a Catholic priest engage in a battle of wills in this thoughtfully written and superbly acted dram...
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The Outsider
The Outsider
Jarecki follows legendary director James Toback on the insane 12-day shoot of his recent thriller, When Will I Be Loved starrin...
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The Photo of Luzmila
The Photo of Luzmila
A mix of interviews and archival documentary footage, The Photo of Luzmila explores the process of recollecting memory using ph...
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The Play
The Play
When nine peasant women from a mountain village in southern Turkey decide to write and perform a play based on their life stori...
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The Power of Nightmares
The Power of Nightmares
Hailed by David Thomson and others as the most important documentary of the year, this 3-part BBC series examines the common ro...
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The Reception
The Reception
After a long time apart, a daughter travels with her new husband to meet her mother and her mother's gay companion at their hou...
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There Is No Direction
There Is No Direction
Actress-turned-documentarian Sarah Bertrand has traveled the world asking film directors why and how. This documentary showcase...
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The Sacred and the Absurd
The Sacred and the Absurd
The last day in the life of Sadegh Hedayat, an Iranian writer in Paris, who studied existential philosophy with Jean-Paul Sartr...
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The Sisters
The Sisters
The Sisters reconstitutes Anton Chekhov's play, The Three Sisters, in a university faculty lounge with a ensemble cast of Maria...
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The Sky Turns
The Sky Turns
This lyrical meditation, co-winner (with "4") of the Rotterdam Film Festival's top prize, depicts one year in the life of a tin...
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The Souvenirs of Mr. X
The Souvenirs of Mr. X
A paean to amateur filmmakers everywhere, this documentary finds Riahi on an absorbing search for the mysterious auteur of a fe...
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The Swenkas
The Swenkas
In this riveting documentary, the Johannesburg South African men who call themselves "Swenkas" compete for cash and prizes in a...
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The Tenants
The Tenants
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The Thing About My Folks
The Thing About My Folks
After Sam (Peter Falk) discovers his wife of 47 years has left him, a road trip with his son Ben (Paul Reiser) helps the two ta...
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part  III - From Sark to Finish
The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part III - From Sark to Finish
In part three, Tulse arrives in Barcelona and Rome, and is on the run from a bounty hunter. Numbers have always been significan...
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