Detective Adrian Manx, an agent for the FBI with a license to kill--code-name “Gila Monster”—working undercover inside the DC Police Department, is in an apartment building to investigate a murder that may blow the lid off a case against a local drug-czar, suspected of several high profile murders, drug trafficking, and obstruction of justice. On his way up to interrogate witnesses, he... (more)
MALIK, a 35 year old carpenter, lives a carefree life in the city. In his spare time he renovates his own small house, which he hopes to sell at a profit. When he meets and become romantically-involved with the woman NIVI, he suddenly discovers he has terminal cancer. Confronted with his imminent death, MALIK is forced to make the best of the remaining time he has left and hopefully come to terms... (more)
The story about a couple trying to order lunch... (more)
A primary school teacher tries to solve a problem related to physics: demonstrate the existence of the constant movement. Then, he will dig a hole to cross to the other side of the world, inviting his students to be part of this dream as if it were a school homework. His wife, friends and everybody will be involved in this strange and funny proyect… (more)
Alice is spending her summer with François in a Mediterranean beach resort. The effervescent seaside activities around only accentuate the emptiness she feels inside. One night, in response to this boredom, their friend Colin suggests they should do something different : steal a boat and go for a ride… (more)
The manager of a fast food drive thru uses an unorthodox method to build the marriage relationship between a young couple who struggle with their love and mutual understanding (more)
"A LITTLE KARMA GOES A LONG WAY!"Karma, up-tight fashion editor at Bangles Magazine, becomes a poet after moving in with her wacky new-age therapist half-sister. First-time comedy feature by Jill Wisoff. Join Karma on a cosmic journey from her unusual birthing during the swinging sixties to a colorful New York City landscape in search of her true nature. Experience shallow friends, rapping... (more)
Protest! is a satirical political allegory about two passionate Protesters who compete for public support for an absurd issue. (more)
16 year old Per brings his girlfriend home for the first time, where his grandfather is busy cutting his friend’s hair. He tells his grandfather that they are going upstairs to read, but they have other things in mind. The grandfather becomes embarassed when suddenly moaning sounds are heard from upstairs. He wants Per to come downstairs, and then forces him to do a haircut on his friend. To... (more)
A man discovers a facial cream wich makes him famous and irresistible to others around him, but soon learns that it also has consequences... (more)
The lives of three lovable losers: Ralph aka Jade, an erudite, beautiful and slightly disheveled woman who reads books in bars, with her friendly bartender, Slappy, life becomes intertwined with two seemingly aimless bickering friends Jules McGillicudy and Frankie Finkel, who sit on rooftops, wander around arroyos of Santa Fe, in the back of trucks, and hang out in Slappy's bar, as they fall into... (more)
Tony is a 28 year-old single who inherited from an remarkable physical particularity. He has like the rest of his family very big ears and suffers from an extreme sensitivity to the slightest noise. (more)
The immigration debate just got a little funnier." This satirical short film takes a twisted look at the plight of day laborers in the United States. (more)
Famous Russian singer Lidmia Gurchenko and her famous song ‘5 minutes’ inspire people to do a lot of various things. (more)
Silvano is thirty years old. He just went through an arduous job interview. As he waits to hear the outcome, his anxiety clashes against his family’s celebratory mood. When the crucial phone call eventually comes it delivers a very odd verdict. (more)
A broken heart makes Sergio reject the city......A city full of late adolescents, girls that make you cry, drunks worried about matters they couldn't handle even if sober...and songs that say all that they would have wanted to say (if they knew that they needed to say something) (more)
What if the US Border Patrol and the Mexican Police find the corpse of an illegal alien lying right on the border line? Who would take the case? A dark comedy about the indifference of the institutions towards the humanitarian crisis in the US/Mexican Border. (more)
In this hip, offbeat flick, shot mainly in and around Echo Park, Jake Tarlow (Mark Boone Junior) is a down on his luck hustler who is trying to make enough dough to pay off his bookie. All he has to do is locate the reclusive and eccentric author Hunter Burnell, played with equal parts style, insanity and humor by Michael Parks, and bring him in to sign a deal for one of his books. Jake enlists... (more)
| Rank | Festival Name | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Int'l Film Festival | 580,000 |
| 2 | Berlin Int'l Film Festival | 430,000 |
| 3 | Tribeca Film Festival | 400,000 |
| 4 | Rotterdam International Film Festival | 355,000 |
| 5 | Montreal World Film Festival | 350,000 |
| 6 | Toronto International Film Festival | 340,843 |
| 7 | Ziff Festival Zanzibar | 300,000 |
| 8 | Buenos Aires Int'l Independent Film Festival | 260,700 |
| 9 | Rio De Janeiro Int'l Film Festival | 223,000 |
| 10 | San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival | 220,000 |
| Rank | Festival Name | Pro. Att |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cannes Film Festival | 4,376 |
| 2 | Berlin Int'l Film Festival | 4,200 |
| 3 | Generation | 3,600 |
| 4 | Comic Con Int'l San Diego | 3,500 |
| 4 | Venice Film Festival | 3,500 |
| 6 | Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival | 2,000 |
| 6 | Moscow Int'l Film Festival | 2,000 |
| 8 | Pusan International Film Festival | 1,695 |
| 9 | Bangkok Int'l Film Festival | 1,630 |
| 10 | Mar del Plata Film Festival | 1,500 |
| 10 | Netherlands Film Festival | 1,500 |
| Rank | Festival Name | # |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rotterdam International Film Festival | 782 |
| 2 | Gijon Int'l Film Festival | 701 |
| 3 | Holland Animation Film Festival | 700 |
| 4 | Anima Mundi Int'l Animation Festival | 619 |
| 5 | Sitges Int'l Film Festival Catalonia | 600 |
| 5 | Tampere Film Festival | 600 |
| 7 | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | 553 |
| 8 | ERA NEW HORIZONS Int'l Film Festival | 522 |
| 9 | Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film | 494 |
| 10 | Seattle International Film Festival | 487 |
| Rank | Festival Name | Established |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival | 1950 |
| 2 | Trento FilmFestival | 1953 |
| 3 | DOK Leipzig | 1955 |
| 4 | CINE Golden Eagle Film & Video Competitions | 1957 |
| 5 | Bilbao Documentary & Short Films | 1958 |
| 6 | Festival dei Popoli | 1959 |
| 7 | Techfilm Science Technology & Art | 1964 |
| 8 | Academia Film Olomouc | 1966 |
| 9 | Visions du Reel Nyon Documentary | 1969 |
| 10 | ekotopfilm | 1974 |
| 10 | World Festival Underwater Pictures | 1974 |