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House of Film AFM line up
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4K titles, Oscar contenders, movies on hot topics like time travel, teen bullying, award winning audience favorites, all star cast in every genre, 3D animation, ultra stylish films are available for distribution.
AFM Location: Loews Room 754
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HAMLET'S GHOST
Qualified for the 88th Academy Awards
A time traveler uncovers his strange past and tries to repair the damage done in a past life at the risk of being left there permanently.
Reminiscent of hypnotic movies like "Dead Again," "The Time Traveler's Wife" and "Vertigo."
DOVE Seal of Approval for Family Viewing!
"Exhilarating and original and a Whole Lot of Fun!" - United Media Network
"A fascinating puzzle of parallel stories in different time frames." - Starburst
Cast:
GLEN MAC (Body of Proof, Law & Order LA)
CREAGEN DOW (Zoey 101, Dubious Sources)
WALKER HAYNES (CSI:NY, Gunfight At La Mesa)
JOHN LOPRIENO (One Life To Live, Star Trek Voyager)
IDA ANDERSON (Hawaii, Loveshack)
STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST (Remington Steele, Touched By An Angel)
BROOKE NEWTON (All My Children, Perception)
BARBARA NIVEN (Cedar Cove, Chesapeake Cove
Genre: Sci-fi; Adventure, Family, Time-travel; 82min; HD; in English; 2014
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BUFFALO RIDER
On the hot topic of teen bullying
Shattered by the death of her mother, Jenny becomes withdrawn and combative. Deciding she will never speak again Jenny descends into a tormented and isolated world even in the midst of big city life in Los Angeles. Her American father, at a loss to help sends her to live with her Thai grand-mother in a small Thai village. Jenny feels she is in prison until she meets Boonrod, a peasant boy shunned by his village, whose only friend is his water buffalo.
With echoes of "The Karate Kid" and "Seabiscuit," BUFFALO RIDER is a new take on the timeless story of the small and the voiceless winning against all odds.
Jenny sets out to defend the boy against his tormentors only to realize that the pair will never prevailuntil they win the town's respect. To do this, Boonrod must overcome impossible odds to win the annual buffalo race - a death-defying bareback sprint astride charging bulls.
The first feature film to showcase the thrilling sport of buffalo racing.
Family/ Adventure / 94min/ HD/ English & Thai
A USA production
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CELESTIAL CAMEL
Classic and timeless. For all ages
A multiple award winning
2015 Berlinale & TIFF Official Selection
This mesmerizing adventure of magic, love and loyalty begins with the birth of a tiny white camel, born under the camel-shaped cloud which brings good luck. The beautifulfamily who own this "Celestial Camel" must sell him to a movie producer in order to raise money for their newborn baby -- a severe drought has made life difficult, drasticmeasures mustbe taken. When the baby camel is sold, its mother seizes the first opportunity to run away to find her baby. The family's twelve-year-old son, Bayir sets out on a mission to bring back the mother-camel. He meets kind and evil people along his journey and the summoners of rain, a disciple of Lama, help him on the way. This fantastic journey is shot in the most breathtaking landscapes of the Mongolian
Steppe adding an ethereal dimension to the picture.
Life and love prevail in sometimes harsh
circumstances as long as we continue to follow
our hearts.
Celestial Camel is a universal story that touches the heart and soul of everyone who sees it.
Family / Adventure 90min Russian 35mm & HD - 4K
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DRAGON RIDERS
Action-packed unique blend of animation and live action tells the story of the final battle of the enemy tribes of Star Wars like futuristic creatures for the only source of their survival: THE OASIS.
Skilled warrior Motega must use his wits and agility to overcome the Andowaga tribe, who threaten their existence. Then the Dragon is brought into the
battle...
The story is powerfully told through
images and ambient action in the hyper
realistic video game style.
Action / Adventure / War / Sci fi /
Fantasy / Animation + Live Action
No language / HD / 2016
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Beyond Metal
A Robot with a Soul
This beautifully crafted sci-fi film transports us to a future where robots are commonplace and have begun developing personalities and feelings.
The two main characters Henry and Jack, once close friends, now rivals in both their professional and private lives. Henry is cold, determined and calculating while Jack is vulnerable and emotional.
To cope with loneliness, Jack turns to alcohol. In
order to save his Master, Jack's domestic Robot
creates a crisis situation where Henry and Jack
must find a way to co-operate in order to save their
lives....and soul.
Told from the Robot's POV, this suspenseful story is
accented by the mesmerizing virtuoso performances
by all three main characters, including the robot!
Starring Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit)
with special guest appearances by Patrick Bauchau
and Gerard Depardieu.
Sci-fi / 84.5 min/ HD / Belgian Production in English / 2015
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CORNELIA AND HER LOVERS
Screen adaptation of a classical gem of Argentinian literature
an award winning story by Silvina Ocampo
Director Daniel Rosenfeld (Winner of Best New Director Award at the Venice Film Festival) has successfully brought Silvina Ocampo's disturbing strangeness to film, making it a sublime, stylish and hypnotic exploration of the magical realm from which all art originates: the domain of the in-between, the space between two notes, the crack where light gets in.
Beautiful and fragile Cornelia returns to her
supposedly empty Alice in Wonderland-like
childhood home.
As the mirrors begin reflecting
her multiple personalities, lovers mysteriously
appear one by one as if wanting to keep her from
entering the other side from where there is no
return.
The filmmaker manages to stay true to the original
concept of the writer who intends the viewer to be
co-creator in this suspenseful tale of love, longing,
destiny and redemption.
As if by magic, when Cornelia looks into the mirror,
we see our own psyche in the reflections.
Literary Adaptation/ Arthouse / 103 minutes/ HD/
Spanish with English subtitles.
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Paranoid Girls
The Latino "Sex in the City"
World famous fashion photographer, Pedro Del Santo takes us behind the scenes in the high-stake world of fashion in this whirlwind comedy of romance, dreams and betrayals.
In Paranoid Girls, three women (Ana, Paula and Veronica) become fascinated by modeling and the exciting life that it offers. Quickly however, they discover the dark side hidden behind the fame and glamour of the spotlights.
The women experience downfall as they engage with
an antagonistic photographer who lures models into
the abyss of danger. The women learn to value
friendship and family over the allure of the skin
deep fashion world and enjoy life's simplicities
in the end.
If you liked "The Devil Wears Prada" and
"Sex in the City", you'll love Paranoid Girls.
Comedy/ 90 minutes/ HD/ Spanish
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APPU & GAPPU
International Super Detectives
One is faster than a computer, the other is stronger than Superman
Adventures of twin brothers from another dimension with a mission to save humanity by solving unique and mysterious cases from all over the world.
Appu & Gappu are invited by the King to investigate a break-in at his Royal palace. The super detectives soon realize that there's more to
the incident than meets the eye. The brothers
connect the dots between an archaeological
discovery in the village and a distant museum
robbery.
Their investigation leads them to mystical demons
who are trying to invoke their Evil Demon God of
destruction, Nashkeya.
Appu and Gappu put up a fierce fight for survival
against the Evil Nashkeya and eventually triumph.
The concept of the film will continue in a series
where each episode will take the super detectives
all over the world as the perfect vehicle to teach
children about different cultures in a fun and
entertaining way.
Action/ Adventure/ Sci-fi 75minutes English 3D
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Christmas Apparition
A Ghost Story
As Emma works to create a beautiful Christmas for the children she is looking after, the warm glow of the Christmas tree and the sparkling of the ornaments are in stark contrast with the hostility of the children in their freezing house.
The serendipity that landed Emma with a place to stay over the holidays turns out to beless of a blessing as the holiday's progress.
As Emma's anxiety grows, strange shadows start appearing, turning into creatures in the realm where reality and dreams merge.
Overwrought, Emma's fear and crumbling grip on
reality edges into her dreams, blurring her daily
anxiety attacks with visions of a foreboding
stranger in the house.
The unsettling connection between her nightmares
and the eerie truth of this family lead her to
confront the terror that comes from somewhere
much graver than her own mind.
With the truth revealed, this suspenseful and
intense story culminates in a happy ending like all
good Christmas movies should.
Paranormal/ Thriller / 72 min/ English
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BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES Trailer
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An Official Selection of the Venice Film Festival
with Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese, Giancarlo Giannini, Nastassja Kinski, Rutger Hauer and Sophia Loren among many others.
A highly entertaining and intimate portrait of a witty, colorful, larger than life personality.
Lina Wertmüller is an iconic image of Italian and world cinema: she was the first woman director ever nominated for an Oscar in the Best Director category. Her "Seven Beauties" earned 4 Academy award nominations and was an international hit. Wertmüller achieved lasting
international acclaim with a series of four movies
starring Giancarlo Giannini. She has been friends
with the crème de la crème of the film world...
many of them interviewed in the movie...
come and join us to get their stories and insights.
Documentary / 91 minutes / HD English and Italian,
with English subtitles
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TREASURES
One Story Speaks for Many
This deeply moving documentary illuminates the lives of a Sephardic community in Greece whose story speaks for all people who have been displaced and wronged by war and discrimination.
The story is set in the beautiful and idyllic city of Kastoria where Jews and Christians lived in harmony for over two millennia. In October 1940 this would all change after the invasion of Greece by Axis forces. Initially occupied by Italy, the Jewish community remained safe- but after
Mussolini fell from power the Nazis took control
of the town, dooming the community that had
existed since the times of the Roman Empire.
The film uses never-before-seen archival footage,
vibrantly bringing to life just one of the many
Jewish communities that had existed before the
end of World War II. "Trezoros" (Ladino/Judeo Spanish term of endearment meaning "Treasures") is a highly emotional story told by it's survivors, with interviews filmed on location in Kastoria, Thessaloniki, Athens, Tsur Moshe, Tel Aviv, Miami, Los Angeles and New York.
TREASURES will be entered in competition for the 2017 Oscars
Documentary/ 94min/English language/ HD
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About American Film Market Dailies
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