FEBRUARY

Choking Man
a film by Steve Barron

After playing at the Tribeca and Deauville Film Festivals, “Choking Man,” was awarded “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” at the 2006 IFP Gotham Awards ceremony in December. This film is the story of a young Ecuadorian dishwasher, who spends his days choking on the American Dream. Feeling more fear and isolation than any opportunity for his success, Jorge is trapped somewhere between his Latin roots and his anonymous American life. When the diner adds a bright new member to the staff, Jorge’s world gets a little more complicated as his affections grow for the new waitress, a beautiful, Chinese girl named Amy.

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MARCH

We Feed The World
a film by Erwin Wagenhofer

Not Rated, 95 min
In Austrian with English subtitles

We Feed the World is a film about food and globalization, fisherman and farmers, long-distance lorry drivers and high-powered corporate executives, the flow of goods and cash flow- a film about scarcity amid plenty. With its unforgettable images, the film provides insight into the production of our food and answers the question of what world hunger has to do with us.

APRIL

Wristcutters: A Love Story
a film by Goran Dukic

From the moment Zia (Patrick Fugit) cuts his wrists and enters a bizarre afterlife reserved for suicides, "Wristcutters" transforms into a strangely uplifting, darkly comic tale about a journey through the hereafter. This is a world where Zia searches for his long lost love with newfound friends who form an uncommon bond in their quest for happiness.

“A funny charming movie…directed with deadpan assurance. This is one you haven’t seen before.”
— David Ansen, NEWSWEEK

MAY

Eve and the Firehorse
a film by Julia Kwan

Winner of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize, and then going on to amass multiple awards at festivals across North America , Eve & the Fire Horse has precipitated waves of accolades everywhere it went.  This is the humorous and heart warming story of Eve, a precocious child with an wildly overactive imagination, who is caught between her older sister’s quest for premature sainthood and her own sense of right and wrong.  A lyrical, lighthearted look at a young girl’s spiritual experience which takes you on a wondrous yet deeply felt journey that reminds us that sometimes the most troublesome children are the ones that touch our hearts most deeply.

"Luminous!  Intelligent, delicate and touching."
- Roger Ebert

"One of the most enchanting and memorable films made in this country."
- The Globe and Mail

www.eveandthefirehorse.com

JUNE

The Last Romantic
an eccentric comedy by the Brothers Nee

Calvin Wizzig is a poet. He knows it. The world, though, may or may not ever get that opportunity. Disillusioned with life "back home," he ventures to New York City with the hope of getting published as an influential writer. There's only one problem: his entire canon consists of a few scribbles on a pocket notepad. In this absurd and sweet comedy, The Brothers Nee pull from influences like J.D. Salinger and Hal Hartley, to create the bizarre and entertaining world of The Last Romantic.
-adapted from the sxsw 2006 catalog

www.augustfilms.tv/lastromantic

JULY

Apart From That
a film by Jennifer Shainin and Randy Walker

APART FROM THAT is about how everyone wants to be liked. How people will go to any length to be accepted, and how denial and unmet expectations play a part. In this character-driven drama/comedy, the little moments and everyday lives surrounding three sets of strangers living in the Pacific Northwest coalesce into an examination of this human desire to belong. It’s an honest look at human vulnerability and the similarities between very different people.

www.foreignamericanpictures.com/

AUGUST

The Last Communist
a film by Amir Muhammad

A semi-musical documentary inspired by the early life and legacy of Chin Peng, exiled leader of the banned Communist Party of Malaya. Interviews with the people in the towns he lived in from birth to national independence are interspersed with specially composed songs in the mould of old-fashioned propaganda films.

http://www.redfilms.com.my/lelakikomunis.htm

http://blogspot.lastcommunist.htm

SEPTEMBER

Cages
a film by Olivier MASSET-DEPASSE

Eve & Damien are passionately in love. After an accident, a gulf of silence slowly comes between them. The two of them run an unusual bar called the Zoo, where they organize an annual competition for the best animal call. Eve communicates by gestures but no longer speaks. Damien can’t express his desires anymore either. The couple is on the verge of suffocating... When Eve realizes that she is losing Damien, she decides to change. She wants to show him she can learn to speak and meet his needs. Desperate to hang onto him she is prepared to do anything, even lock him up, to prove her love to him.

www.cages.be

OCTOBER

Full Grown Men
a film by David Munro

Alby Cutrera (Matt McGrath) yearns for a time when life was carefree and action figures were twelve inches tall. When his wife insults him for being more of a playmate than a father to his young son, Alby heads for safety and tracks down his boyhood pal Elias (Judah Friedlander) whose memory of their younger days is considerably less rosy. They set out on a road trip to Diggityland, their favorite place as kids, but simpler times turn complicated as the two friends confront the landmines of their past. Journeying through Florida, they encounter a cast of wounded roadside romantics--a disgruntled ex-theme park employee (Alan Cumming), a horny bartending clown (Amy Sedaris), and a delusional mermaid (Deborah Harry)--each one shedding light on the perils of not letting go.

www.fullgrownmenthemovie.com