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This collection of world premieres includes ten narrative features and documentaries.
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Love The Beast and Blank City
An Englishman In New York
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Richard Laxton; Writer: Brian Fillis; Stars: John Hurt, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker, Swoozie Kurtz, Cynthia Nixon)
North American Premiere. Narrative
John Hurt reprises his role as Quentin Crisp in a dramatisation of the second part of his memoirs.
Blank City
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Celine Danhier; Stars: Amos Poe, Ann Magnuson, Becky Johnston, Beth B., Bette Gordon, Casandra Stark, Charlie Ahearn, Daze, Deborah Harry, Eric Mitchell, Fab 5 Freddy, Glenn O'Brien, James Chance, James Nares, Jim Jarmusch)
Documentary on the DIY independent film movement that emerged in tandem with punk rock and No Wave in late Seventies downtown New York.
World Premiere. Documentary
City Island
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Raymond De Felitta; Writer: Raymond De Felitta; Stars: George Aloi, Sharon Angela, Alan Arkin, Vernon Campbell, Lora Chio, Joseph Cintron, Curtiss Cook, Yevgeniy Dekhtyar, Paul Diomede, Marshall Efron)
World Premiere. Narrative
A family's secrets threaten its stability.
Don McKay
(Country: USA; Year: 2009; Director: Jake Goldberger; Writer: Jake Goldberger; Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo, M. Emmet Walsh, Keith David, James Rebhorn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Harley Yanoff, Rachel Harker, Ted Arcidi)
World Premiere. Narrative
Pitch black comedy sees a man run into troubles new and old, when he returns home for the first time in 25 years.
The Good Guy
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Julio DePietro; Writer: Julio DePietro; Stars: Alexis Bledel, Scott Porter, Bryan Greenberg, Anna Chlumsky, Aaron Yoo, Andrew McCarthy, Kate Nauta, Trini Alvarado, Eric Thal, Rob Bogue)
World Premiere. Narrative
Tommy Fielding (Scott Porter) is a rising young star on Wall Street who has it all. But when a seemingly hapless co-worker (Bryan Greenberg) befriends his new girlfriend (Alexis Bledel), Tommy becomes the unwitting agent of his own downfall - or so it seems.
Don McKay and Wonderful World
The Lost Son Of Havana
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Jonathan Hock; Writer: Jonathan Hock; Stars: Carlton Fisk, Peter Gammons, George McGovern, Luis Tiant, Carl Yastrzemski)
World Premiere. Documentary
Documentary about exiled Cuban pitcher Luis Tiant, following him as he returns to his homeland for the first time in half a century.
Love The Beast
(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Eric Bana; Stars: Eric Bana, Jeremy Clarkson, Jay Leno, Phil McGraw, Jack Vukoja, Tony Ramunno, Steve Coad, Grant Denyer, Todd Kelly, Tim Lynas, Barry Oliver, Jim Richards), Official Site
Eric Bana's debut documentary traces his love affair with his Ford XB Falcon Coupe.
International Premiere. Documentary
Serious Moonlight
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Cheryl Hines; Writer: Adrienne Shelly; Stars: Kristen Bell, Justin Long, Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kimberlee Peterson, Andy Ostroy, Derek Carter, Bill Parks, Nathan Dean)
High-powered attorney Louise (Meg Ryan) arrives at her country nest for a little R and R only to discover her husband (Timothy Hutton) has been cheating on her with the hotter and younger Sarah (Kristen Bell).
World Premiere. Narrative
Soundtrack For A Revolution
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman; Writer: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman; Stars: The Roots, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, Joss Stone, Richie Havens, Anthony Hamilton, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Angie Stone, Mary Mary, T.V. On The Radio)
World Premiere. Documentary
A timeless film about the American civil rights movement told through its soul-stirring music.
Tell-Tale
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2009; Director: Michael Cuesta; Writer: Dave Callaham, Edgar Allan Poe; Stars: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Beatrice Miller, Dallas Roberts, Ulrich Thomsen, Pablo Schreiber, Jamie Harrold, Tom Riis Farrell, Michael K. Williams)
Inspired by the classic Edgar Allan Poe horror story, Michael Cuesta’s chilling tale follows Terry (Josh Lucas), a single father whose recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor’s killer before he meets a similar fate.
World Premiere. Narrative
The Lost Son Of Havana and City Island
Wonderful World
(Country: Jordan; Year: 2008; Director: Tamir Naber; Writer: Yazan Al-Ghazzawi, Yazan Al-Ghazzawi, Tamir Naber; Stars: Nima Algooneh, Sama Falah, Tamer Gargour)
World Premiere. Narrative
Matthew Broderick is Ben Singer, the world’s most negative man. When his roommate, Ibou, falls ill, Ben is forced to host his Senegalese sister, Khadi (Sanaa Lathan), forcing him to confront his self-destructive nature.
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