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Director: Dawn Westlake.
After Wilbur is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, his younger wife Alice must focus on her transition from dependent to caretaker. Lines become blurred when a handsome rockhound named Delfino encroaches on their desert oasis. His attentions reinforce Alice’s grip on her vitality, and motivate Wilbur to make one last grab for reality.
ZERO FOCUS © 2009 DENTSU / TOHO / TV ASAHI CORPORATION / KINOSHITA CO., LTD. / The Asahi Shimbun / NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI / Yahoo Japan / TOKYO FM Broadcasting / Asahi Broadcasting / AGOYA BROADCASTING NETWORK / IMJ Entertainment / TSUTAYA Group / FLaMme / Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting / Hokkaido Television Broadcasting / HOKURIKU ASAHI BROADCASTING / Hiroshima Home Television / ehime asahi television All Rights Reserved. Offering you the roughest, the sharpest... and the smoothest of today’s cutting-edge film scene! JAPAN CUTS returns with the only large-scale Japanese film festival in North America, offering U.S. and NY premieres of the latest and best in Japanese cinema. In its fourth consecutive year, the summer festival will screen over 20 titles (the most ever!), including co-presentations with the New York Asian Film Festival (July 1-4) and a special selection of films from the last decade (Best of Unreleased Naughties!) which have not been treated to U.S. release. Full Schedule PDF
Director: Gautam Sen.
Ekjon Jhumur (Jhumur, the girl) is the story of a self-respectful, independent-minded young lady of today in her late twenties. Her consciousness of life, morality and her own entity are intermingled with theater. The undaunted spirit places her above the nitty-gritty of daily life. She seeks emancipation through her medium of self-expression - the theater. The patriarchal society seems not to be tolerant with her sense of emancipation. It tries to delimit her within the conventional notion of womanhood. There's only women's fight against conventional society. A fight - Jhumur's own. Her ammunition - her challenge - the theater.
Director: Roberto F. Canuto.
"Toto Forever" tells the impossible love story between a young postmen, that dreams with a new life, and a gangster, that is in deep trouble with a mafia group. Toto will never lose the "hope", despite of the traumatic end of the affair.Filmed in 16mm, Toto is a fable in which the feelings and emotions are always fully exposed, with a very poetic and symbolic narrative and aesthetic very close to the Animé Japanese.
Director: Fergal Rock.
In a time of unprecedented economic depression, mass unemployment and civil unrest, one group has borne the brunt of society’s scorn – the clowns. Henry & Sunny is the bittersweet tale of Henry, an unemployed clown, in love with the famous soap opera actress, Sunny Carmichael. He writes her letters daily yet fear of rejection prevents him from disclosing his return address. Sunny, stifled by a sycophantic showbiz world, reciprocates Henry’s feelings but is tragically unable to reach him. Beautifully photographed in high contrast black & white, Henry & Sunny is a melancholy tale of true love against all odds.
Director: Kineret Hay-Gillor.
Carmel was once a promising athlete. Today, due to progressive muscular dystrophy he runs a small shop with sports equipment. His wife, Sara, helps him with everyday chores. The film’s author - Kineret Hay-Gillor – portraying the struggles of her parents with the father’s illness, draws a poignant picture, touching the topic of human devotion and love.
Director: Andrey Khvostov.
A young boy named Charlie is in love with his girlfriend and does everything to please her. On her birthday he writes a love letter and picks a bouquet of red roses to surprise her at her window. Just before knocking the window to attract his beloved Mary he notices an 8 year old in the window next to hers. Having long awaited the opportunity to know her family and assuming the boy to be her brother he starts a conversation. In just about a minute his relationship is about to face an unexpected menace.
Following in the footsteps of the Australian version of the Sexy International Film Festival (SIFF) Melbourne , The Sexy International Paris Film Festival (SIPFF)(Association Loi 1901)
has been created as a uniquely francophone version of the festival, focusing on strong Francophone content as part of its international program.
Already in its second year in Australia the festival has already doubled in size and popularity due to its
themes which resonate with audiences.
The Sexy International Paris Film Festival's (SIPFF) goals are to discover, promote and screen the best independent films from around the world that explore the themes of "Sexy" -sexuality, love, marriage, divorce, lust, romance, seduction, relationships and the erotic.
The festival aims to enlighten, educate, create discussion and debate, as well as allow audience interaction in relation to various projects within SIPFF.
The festival follows a code of ethic, with the festival being porn-free and smut-free. Films considered to be pornographic in nature will not be screened at the festival.
There will be an audience vote to determine the Sexiest Short and Sexiest feature of the festival as well as a jury to determine the best short and best feature of the festival.
As well as the main festival in June 2010, SIPFF will be presenting MiNi SiPFF, as part of the Zonerotikon Festival ("Zonerotikon rien à voir avec le X / Cabarets de Cirqu'Conférences
pluridisciplinaires") at Cabaret Sauvage, a wonderful circus tent at Porte de la Villette (Paris) with screenings throughout 2010.
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Dans les traces de la version australienne du festival de film international sexy (SIFF) - Melbourne, The Sexy International Paris Film Festival (SIPFF) (Association Loi 1901) a été créé en tant que version francophone du festival, dans le but de développer tout particulièrement la partie francophone du programme de sa version mondiale.
Déjà dans sa deuxième année en Australie, le festival n'a pas attendu plus longtemps pour doubler en volume ainsi qu'en popularité grâce à ses thèmes qui ont su séduire tous les publics.
Les objectifs du Festival International du film Sexy de Paris (SIPFF) sont de découvrir, promouvoir et
projeter sur écran les meilleurs films indépendants provenant du monde entier et qui explorent les thèmes dits « sexy » : la sexualité, l'amour, le mariage, le divorce, la convoitise, la romance, la séduction, les rapports humains et l'érotisme.
Le festival vise à éclairer, instruire, créer discussions et débats tant que le permet l'interaction de
l'assistance par rapport à divers projets au sein du SIPFF.
Le festival adopte un code d'éthique bien qu'il soit ouvert à beaucoup de films de type sexy ou quelques peu pornographiques. Ainsi, les films considérés purement pornographiques ne seront ni sélectionnés ni projetés lors du festival.
Il y aura un vote de la part de l'assistance ainsi que de la part d'un jury pour déterminer le film et le
court métrage les plus sexy du festival.
En complément du festival principal programmé en juin 2010, le SiPFF présentera un "MiNi SiPFF", en tant qu'élément du festival de Zonerotikon (« Zonerotikon rien à voir avec le X / Cabarets de Cirqu'Conférences pluridisciplinaires ») au Cabaret Sauvage, magnifique Chapiteau de bois et de velours, serti de miroirs et de vitraux, Porte de la Villette (Paris) avec des spectacles tout au long de l'année 2010.
The festival takes place October 17th & 18th at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA! Check out the movie programs online at www.ladyfilmmakers.com.
Director: Dusty McGowan.
An Urban Fairytale, Mickey, a boxer down on his luck, rescues a dancer from the evil clutches from his arch enemy.
Director: Charles Woods Gray.
A man alone by choice or circumstance, it appears he has chased all relations away, with the exception of the neighbor across the lane, he is only a little obsessed with her. He sees her but once and his voyeuristic expiditions begin.
Welcome to the 6th Annual Lady FIlmmakers Film Festival! Now accepting submissions. Our 6th event will be September 27th-29th in Beverly Hills, CA on prestigious Rodeo Drive. We are hosting the 6th Annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival promoting short & feature movies made by ladies. Films selected are considered entertaining to broad audiences and showcase the commercial viability of Lady Filmmakers. The festival will honor a strong and influential celebrity actress or filmmaker for her achievements in the industry. A portion of the selected films will bring social awareness to issues facing today's women.* Each selected film will get a film page with their trailer, movie web site, and filmmaker bios. * Films selected will be put into the following program categories; all prgrams followed by Filmmaker Q&A.- LADIES FIRST- Films in this category must be premiering at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival. Any genre. - LADIES ILLUMINATE- Films that bring awareness to social issues that face women and families today. Any genre. - LADIES KICK BUTT- Films that have an intrinsic entertainment value and/or portray strong female leads.
- Young Ladies & Gentlemen- Films made by Students and/or Youths. Any genre To submit, please go to: www.ladyfilmmakers.com for more info and to submit your film!
Lady Filmmakers Alumni Filmmakers, Cast, Crew, Speakers, Team Members, and Honorees can be featured and promoted in the festival news and social media!
Romance, alas, can come to the big split...but how to forget those gorgeous eyes?
The window of an old farm house is left open, in the evening, leading to intrigue and romance for a schoolgirl, in rural Australia.
Visions of a lady in pink haunt the corridors and veranda of a grand colonial homestead.
Two innocent, teenage sisters decide to cross the threshold of romantic fantasy, and escape their humble, rural existence.
Two sisters ponder the romance of the classics of English Literature in "Foundations Of the Heart".
As in the images of the old classic paintings, a gypsy tribe trespasses the boundaries of a small farm, and a young girl's adolescent passions and dreams are brought to life when she encounters a captivating visitor on her veranda.
A treat for the senses; this sweet bossa nova drips with romance, and seduces me into dreams of flying to the film festival in Tahiti! Deep throated Brazilian diva Angela Ro Ro sings with a lusty yearning for the cinema, 'the Princess and the Sea'
I've fallen in love with the luscious melody and the portuguese lyrics- liberally something along the lines of;
"I lose my problems, I feel great - I'm from Ipanema beach - if I'm homesick, I go to the cinema, I go to see 'The Princess and The Sea'.. but if I find a new love, then the film has the flavour of wet kisses, in the darkness we can live a little time alone... I go with a passion... I lose my problems, I feel great... If I need to, every day of the week, I return to my love of the cinema"
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A passionate kiss on the doorstep turns terribly wrong as a couple's tender love ignites.
This experimental comedy delivers its message like a slap in the face. Its a scene that seems so familiar it unwinds like a deja vu... a flash forward and flash back to the beginning and the end of a love-hate romance.
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