AMIGO (CENTERPIECE FILM)

AMIGO, the 17th feature film from writer-director John Sayles, stars Joel Torre as Rafael Dacanay, a village mayor caught in a murderous cross-fire during the Philippine-American War in 1900.

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BLACKTHORN

The final years in the life of legendary bandit Butch Cassidy are shrouded in mystery, from his rumored death in a Bolivian military standoff, to his escape from South America.

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HERMANO

Raised as brothers, intense teammates, and competitors on the soccer field – the gregarious, swaggering Julio (Eliu Armas) and the more wiry and focused Daniel “Gato” (Fernando Moreno) have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum.
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JANIE JONES

A faded rock star is forced to take responsibility for the daughter he never knew he had, in JANIE JONES, a funny and touching road trip through the world of rock ‘n’ roll; from writer-director David M. Rosenthal (Falling Up), inspired by his own experiences.

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LIKE CRAZY

A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. Director Drake Doremus’ film Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is devastating.

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MOZART’S SISTER

A speculative account of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (Marie Feret), five years older than her brother Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, she must let Wolfgang become the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold exhibits his talented offspring before the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe.
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THE SALT OF LIFE -
(GIANNI E LE DONNE)

In his warm and witty follow-up to the 2010 sleeper hit (and 2009 Festival fave, Mid-August Lunch) writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio has created another sparkling comedic ode to the ladies in his life—but this time he plays a middle-aged retiree who has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relationship.
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TAKE SHELTER

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. More info....

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A suspenseful and psychologically-gripping exploration of a parent dealing with her child doing the unthinkable, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN is told from the perspective of Eva, played by Swinton in a tour-de-force performance. Always an ambivalent mother, Eva and Kevin have had a contentious relationship literally from Kevin's birth. More info....