Vanguard Cinema (Firm)
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Nick is stuck in his apartment. He can't move anything. He can't open the cabinet, can't pick up his bottle of Perrier, can't open the door. He can't even feed his fish! Suddenly, a British glam-rock band bursts in the door. The band informs Nick that he is dead and can't leave. To escape his purgatory of abandoned dreams, he must learn the life lessons he ignored while living. Then, he'll be judged and sent to either Heaven or hell, a jarring concept...
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Melody returns home to Fairlands for the funeral of her estranged daughter June. But the town has almost disappeared under the encroaching desert. She also has to confront the fact she has a 10-year-old grandson, River, whose existence she knew nothing about. Melody decides to take River away with her but he is resistant. He has worked out an ambitious plan to survive by breeding the ostriches he and his mother used to feed.
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Edie chain-smokes, bites her fingernails and smashes her foot down on the gas pedal. Life whirls by, but she likes it that way. Jean sits at the kitchen table for hours, hearing the faint sound of her son's laughter and her husband's footsteps coming up the walk. And then the memory is gone. The house is empty. She wanders in search of something familiar and finds it when Edie blows into town. And then there's Cal who works at the local diner and...
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Brett Butler is back with a new perspective on her experiences and is bringing four up-and-coming comedians along with her. These sexy, strong-minded, and simply irresistible Southern belles have risen through the comedy ranks and have become part of the first all-female ensemble comedy tour.
7) Alive
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When Koli returns home to his rural village in the mountains of Albania to attend his father's funeral, he discovers that he has unknowingly plunged himself in the midst of a generations-old war between rival clans that threatens to claim his life. Forced into hiding, Koli confronts the tragic pattern of violence resulting from the tradition that keeps generation after generation mired in perpetual conflict.
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Artists John and Patrick move to the big city in hopes of making it in the art world. They quickly attract a scrupulous art dealer, who talks to them about compromising their artistic integrity for a greater chance of a sale. Soon John meets Abbey at one of his arts shows, and the two begin dating. Patrick decides to Google Abbey, in search of information that may help or protect his friend. What Patrick discovers may ruin John and Abbey's relationship,...
10) Apnea
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Everything is quiet. No one can hear you or your thought. You don't have to speak, you don't even have to breath, Dimitris, a 23 year-old swimmer, who knows very well the liberating silence and isolation of the water, dives into the water of a dark pool after achieving success in the European Championship swimming competition. He has fulfilled the dream of a lifetime, but feels emptier than ever. As he lets his body float in the water, memories from...
11) Em
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Josh Weathers is an aimless young man in his twenties who is looking for more out of life. Enter Amanda 'Em' Helms, a vivacious and spirited young woman who lives life to the fullest. Instinctive mutual attraction brings them together and soon blossoms into a rich romance. But when the two decide to start a new life, and a home together, secrets of the past emerge.
12) Colin hearts Kay
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Brooklyn based cartoonist Colin Jenson has just broken up with his longtime girlfriend, Kay Ho. Colin takes us on a hilarious journey through his memories to uncover what went wrong over their three-year relationship and who was to blame. The non-linear adventure is illustrated through a comic and innovative style combining direct address, fantastical special effects, and animation as we step into the world of Colin's cartoon drawings.
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An entire village in northern Iraq is wiped out when misinformed and panicked American soldiers stage a nighttime raid there. Cennet, a young Turkmen girl who has never before left home and is the only survivor of the raid, has no choice but to set out for Kirkuk in search of her older brother, a barber named Azim. Desperate to track him down, Cennet sets off on an arduous journey, her sense of resolve strengthened by blind fury and the fact that...
14) One night
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A group of New Yorkers venture into Friday night unaware that their lives are about to change. Larry, an executive, has been sublimating his deep fear of commitment by carrying on an affair with his young assistant, unbeknownst to his stunning model girlfriend. College student Abby worships her older boyfriend while thinking her devoted friend Clarice is only a child. Michelle is looking forward to meeting Jack, with whom she's flirted online but...
15) Amor en transito
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Mercedes is cleaning up her life in Buenos Aires in order to return to her boyfriend waiting for her in Barcelona. But something keeps her from leaving. She stumbles upon Ariel who grows increasingly attracted to her and her complicated situation. Juan arrives in Argentina after many years of absence, looking for the woman he loves. Instead he finds Micaela, who was recently abandoned by her lover, who left her seeking something different.
16) Dogs lie
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Eight patients and two clinicians are thrown together at a luxurious NY sleep clinic for a night of observation and monitoring. As the nightprogresses dark secrets are revealed. Blackmail, murder and romance ensue. Nothing is quite as it seems. Relationships unravel and others strengthen. Humor and irreverence give way to devious self-fulfillment.
17) Elevator
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A boy and a girl, both high school teenagers, decide to get away from the world and be alone for the afternoon, so they decide to hide in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of town. While there, they get stuck in a cargo elevator. Tensions rise when they realize that their world has been reduced to a small metal box, especially after a failed escape attempt.
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Abandoned by his mother at the age of eight, Marcel is raised by his loving grandfather, Pascual. But when he turns 21 and prepares to move out, starting a new life with his girlfriend, he must choose between caring for Pascual, who has become sick with old age, and pursuing his dreams and desires.
19) Carried away
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When an aspiring young actor returns home for the holidays, he finds his family mired in dysfunction and his beloved grandmother relegated to a nursing home. Disturbed by Granny's deteriorating state, he abducts her and hits the road with his father and siblings in hot pursuit. An unusual cross-country venture unfolds, culminating in the California desert in a surprising and unexpected way.
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A disturbed man looks back at his past as he faces an uncertain future in this dramatic short subject. Teresa, a young journalist, is sent on assignment to a state-run mental hospital, where she is to interview Karl Childers, soon to be released after spending 25 years in the facility. While a hospital's administrator isn't sure that it's a good idea for Karl to be questioned by a young woman, he allows a compromise - Teresa will be permitted to hear...