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The Power of Music in Young Lives
Bling: A Planet Rock
War/Dance
To Play and to Fight

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The Journey of Pursuit
Cochochi
The Road to San Diego
The Darjeeling Limited

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Chronicles of Migration
Golden Door
Under the Same Moon
Our Father
Take the Bridge

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Idols and their Struggles
El Cantante
JC Chávez

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Intertwined Lives: Romances and Friendships
The Night Buffalo
After the Wedding
Away From Her
The Past
The Lives of Others

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Where is our World heading to?
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
The Devil Came on Horseback
Manufactured Landscape
Sounds of Sand

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Those Who Made a Difference
The Man of the Two Havanas
Natives of the Night
Shame

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Destinies in the Midst of Conflicts and Controversies
City of Men
Cocalero
In the Valley of Elah
Black Butterfly

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Category: Vidas Entrelazadas

El Búfalo de la Noche
| México, 2006, 137 min., color
Director: Jorge Hernández Aldana | Biography | Watch Trailer

Film Synopsis:
After his girlfriend cheats on him with his best friend, a 22-year-old schizophrenic commits suicide. Before killing himself, he lays out a plan that will drive the lovers into an abyss of madness. 'The Night Buffalo' is based on a novel by Guillermo Arriaga, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Starring Diego Luna. | More Information >>

 
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After the Wedding | Denmark/Sweden, 2005, 120 min., color
Director: Susanne Bier | Biography | Watch Trailer

Film Synopsis:
Acclaimed director Susanne Bier returns with her most powerful film yet, the Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film AFTER THEWEDDING.  Jacob Peterson (Casino Royal’s Mads Mikkelsen) has run an orphanage in India for the last 20 years. He is reluctantly lured back to Denmark to meet with a potential donor, the wealthy industrialist Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard.  Once there, the affable Jorgen insists Jacob attend Jorgen's beloved daughter's wedding, where Jacob unwittingly walks into his past. | More Information >>

 
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Away From Her | Canada, 2006, 110 min., color
Director: Sarah Polley | Biography | Watch Trailer

Film Synopsis:
Canadian actress-turned-director Sarah Polley faithfully adapts Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" in her moving directorial debut. Gordon Pinsent plays Grant, a husband whose wife (Julie Christie) begins to lose her memory to Alzheimer's. Their long marriage is tested in this tender, poignant film. Also starring Olympia Dukakis and Michael Murphy. | More Information >>

 
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The Past | Argentina/Brasil, 2007, 114 min., color
Director: Héctor Babenco | Biography | Watch Trailer

Film Synopsis:
El Pasado directed by master filmmaker Hector Babenco explores the many facets of the differences perceived in relationships between men and women. A couple decides to split after 12 years together. The man find it easy to move on, but difficult to prevent his ex from hounding him, or the new women in his life. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal. | More Information >>

 
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The Lives of Others | Germany, 2006, 137 min., color
Director: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck | Biography | Watch Trailer

Film Synopsis:
One of the most powerful films to emerge from Germany in a decade, The Lives of Others swept seven prizes at the 2006 German Film Awards, won the 2007 Academy Award  for Best Foreign Language Film, and seven Lola Awards among others. Beautifully written and exceptionally staged, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's movie debut focuses on the horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany in the early 1980. | More Information >>

 
 
 
 
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