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Toby is a popular male name in many English speaking countries. The name is ultimately derived from Hebrew אלוהים הוא טוב Elohim hu Tov and roughly translates as "The Lord is Good". The name is now often used in its own right, but originated as a contraction of Tobias. It is also used as a contraction of Tobit, Tobin (an Irish surname now also used as a forename), or Tobermory.
Toby was the name of a black slave, whose descendant the author Alex Haley wrote the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family about his roots in Africa, his ancestor's life of struggle for freedom in American society. Toby was often used as a name for slaves in the United States.
In The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien "Toby" is used as a contraction of the hobbit name "Tobold", and "Old Toby" is used as a name for a type of tobacco.
Toby also became a generic name for a "learned pig", a type of performing pig supposed to display intellectual abilities.
Actors: John McDonnell (producer), Gareth Fient (miscellaneous crew), Gareth Fient (miscellaneous crew), Miles Richardson (actor), John Gleeson (miscellaneous crew), Mairtín de Barra (director), Nuno Bernardo (writer), Nuno Bernardo (producer), Fiona Graham (miscellaneous crew), Erica Negri (miscellaneous crew), Jose Mantero (actor), Michael Higgs (actor), Triona Campbell (producer), Anna Maria O'Flanagan (editor), Enrico Tessarin (producer),
Plot: For Heather music is everything. Following in her mother's footsteps, Heather has always dreamed about getting into Juilliard and becoming a classical pianist. But all her dreams get shattered the day her mum dies, and her life suddenly falls into silence. Left with nothing but a piano and debts, Heather's only option is to move in with her estranged father and half-brother. When her application for a scholarship is rejected, Heather's last hope to see her Big Dream come true is swept away. Until one day she meets Toby, a hip and handsome music store owner who opens up a whole new world to her - the world of DJ-ing and dance music. Heather, who initially turns to DJing to raise some funds, is carried away by this enticing underground world, and her heart starts to beat again to the rhythm of a new life - and a new love. Heather eventually finds herself torn between two worlds of music and as her Juilliard audition approaches, time comes for her to choose. And for the first time in her life she starts questioning what it is that she really desires.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bill Thomas (actor), Alexis Bennett (composer), Scott Mullins (actor), Kaspar Synnevaag (producer), Kaspar Synnevaag (director), Mike Prince (actor), Catherine Mobley (actress), Kaspar Synnevaag (writer), Natalie Bromley (actress), Natasha Billingham (costume designer), Andrew Smith (editor), Gareth Berliner (actor), Simon Dell (actor), Ali Javed (producer), Henrik Hylland Uhlving (editor),
Plot: Family Affairs is a comedy short about Clarence, a young business minded man who starts impersonating as his dead twin brother, taking over his practice as a spiritual healer. Without any knowledge or experience within the field of alternative medicine, Clarence becomes dependent on his late brother's partner and lover Lydia to help him. Clarence soon learns that being a healer is not as easy as he first assumed it would be.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Ray Brady (director), Ray Brady (actor), Ray Brady (producer), Angela Peters (actress), Brad Moore (actor), Thomas Thoroe (actor), Anil Dave (miscellaneous crew), Des Brady (composer), Des Brady (writer), Des Brady (actor), Peter Hinton (actor), Andrew Shire (actor), Matthew Supersad (miscellaneous crew), Phil Lawrence (composer), Matthew Supersad (editor),
Plot: Three people meet and become friends in London. Two of them form a relationship in turns loving and destructive. The death of one of them forces the others to reassess their lives and change or die. The main themes of 'Egression' are escape and redemption. All the characters are trying by some means or another to escape from aspects of their pasts. Whether it's by drinking, taking drugs, gambling, casual sex. What begins as fun distractions in youth leads to lives of self abuse and addiction. With forms of therapy frowned upon by the strata of society composing the piece and families distant or uncaring, the characters have no recourse but each other. After the lead female character takes her own life, the others are left with the repercussions; blame, guilt, self-doubt. Thoughts of the futility of their own existence. Deciding to simply keep on living is the nearest to redemption these characters allow themselves or are perhaps even capable of.
Keywords: art-house, cathartic, damaged, escaped, grief, isolation, redemption, suicide, suppressed-truth, working-classActors: Simon Chandler (actor), Sam Hazeldine (actor), Anamaria Marinca (actress), Iain Whitewright (editor), Matthew Hammett Knott (director), Joanna Benecke (actress), Matthew Hammett Knott (writer), Farhana Bhula (producer), Tex Jacks (actor), Sophie Donovan (producer), Josh Anio Grigg (composer), Josh Anio-Grigg (composer), Jack Patterson (composer), Nicola Van Gelder (producer), Sean Ahearne (actor),
Plot: OUROBOROS is the directorial debut of Matthew Hammett Knott, featuring BAFTA award winner Anamaria Marinca, star of the 2007 Palme d'or winner 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days. Damien is an amateur reptile breeder who lives in a room filled with geckos and a chameleon that refuses to mate; Eva is his latest one-night stand. OUROBOROS is the story of their relationship over a single day. The tale unfolds through an intriguing split narrative, with one side a tender romance, and the other an absurd black comedy. Neon illuminated tanks and artificial sunlight clash with kaleidoscopic reptile skins, human bodies and an increasingly enigmatic tattoo. OUROBOROS is a weird and wonderful hymn to the truths that emerge when man and beast live under one roof.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Kenneth Lampl (composer), Lauren Francesca (actress), Mike DiGiacinto (actor), Kelly Coffield Park (actress), Michael Emery (actor), Darien Sills-Evans (producer), Roy Nowlin (actor), Aimee Denaro (actress), Aimee Denaro (producer), Jon Prescott (actor), Christopher Cass (actor), Caytha Jentis (director), Caytha Jentis (writer), Ian Novick (actor), Caytha Jentis (producer),
Plot: A quick witted, edgy romantic dramedy about a young successful Manhattan investment banker living the charmed life about to marry the woman of his dreams who, a month before his wedding, meets and unexpectedly falls in love with a charismatic man from his past.
Keywords: adultery, baby, baby-girl, bachelor-party, banker, bar, bare-chested-male, basketball, bench, breakfastActors: Danny Roth (producer), Joy Gohring (producer), Joy Gohring (director), Joy Gohring (writer), Nolan Gerard Funk (actor), Jason Daugherity (miscellaneous crew), Jake Abel (actor), Nicole Ettinger (producer), Jane Lawalata (miscellaneous crew), Barbara Burchfield (producer), Charles Scheinblum (actor), Bethany Brooke Anderson (actress), Siobhan Mahoney (producer), Portia Doubleday (actress), Cheryl Bricker (actress),
Genres: Short,Actors: Aasif Mandvi (actor), Ajay Naidu (actor), Paresh Rawal (actor), Nathan Gendzier (miscellaneous crew), Rodney Whittenberg (composer), Sheetal Sheth (actress), Sheetal Sheth (miscellaneous crew), Oak Porcelli (actor), Lanre Olabisi (actor), Reena Shah (actress), Patrick Sheedy (producer), Holly Unterberger (miscellaneous crew), Kristen Couchot (costume designer), Jack Bowden Faulkner (composer), Josh Ackerman (actor),
Plot: Sureel is a first generation Indian American college graduating senior music major who's controlling father still believes that he is pre-med. His desires in life conflict with both his family's traditional values, and the usual Indian way of assimilating into America by becoming a doctor or engineer. As graduation approaches, he has an opportunity to be nationally recognized for his music which will simplify telling his father the truth. Value conflicts are explored as the rationale behind internal racism and dating objectives are also explored.
Keywords: anti-authority, band, battle-of-the-bands, college, deception, father-son-relationship, immigrant, indian-american, indian-pakistani, strict-parentsActors: William C. Leary (producer), Alicia Alonzo (actress), Vicente G. del Rosario III (producer), Vic del Rosario Jr. (producer), Nida Blanca (actress), Lorna Tolentino (actress), Josie Tagle (actress), Albert Martinez (actor), Pocholo Montes (actor), Bobby Andrews (actor), Jaime Fabregas (actor), Polly Cadsawan (actor), Brenda M. Bayhon (producer), Eddie Garcia (director), Jaime Fabregas (composer),
Plot: Abakada ina is a film dedicated to all women who strive to be the best for their children. It is about an illiterate woman named Estella who married Daniel and had three beautiful daughters. Since Estella had stopped studying when she was still a child, she always had an argue with her mother-in-law named Matilda. Matilda loves her grandchildren very much that she didn't want them to become illiterate like their mother. Matilda taught everything she knew to Estella's children. She tried to be a mother to them. Matilda wanted to raise them the way she raised her children, Daniel and Jojo. Because of this, Estella felt that she doesn't have a place in them, that she cannot do anything but to sell in the market. Daniel came back home from his work on the ship and he tried to live with his family away from his mother. It was a very tough decision for them but they did it because they believe that they could fulfill their dreams in a place far from where they grew up. Unfortunately, many bad things had happened so they decided again to go back to Matilda though Estella knew that she would be hurt again by her. Daniel and Estella broke up and they both struggle to make their family get back again. Estella studied again and Daniel chose to pursue the course he really wanted. They wrote letters to each other and promised to one another that no matter what happen, the "Daniel and Estella" they knew would be together and love each other with all their hearts all over again.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Kelly Hu (actress), Alex Diakun (actor), Debbie Coe (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Zolten Freed (miscellaneous crew), Kane Hodder (actor), Gordon Currie (actor), Fred Henderson (actor), Neal Thompson (miscellaneous crew), Martin Cummins (actor), Jasper Cole (actor), Steve Mirkovich (editor), Peter Mark Richman (actor), Terry J. Murray (miscellaneous crew), Michael Benyaer (actor), Fred Mollin (composer),
Plot: Rennie Wickham is celebrating her graduation aboard the S.S. Lazarus, along with her strict uncle, her favorite teacher, her boyfriend, Sean Robertson, all of her classmates, and a stowaway: hockey-masked serial killer Jason Voorhees. One by one, Jason slowly murders each classmate and sinks the ship, stranding the survivors in New York. Rennie and the few survivors now must face Jason to save their lives from impending doom.
Keywords: 1980s, accidental-shooting, attempted-rape, axe, b-horror, b-movie, back-from-the-dead, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, beheadingActors: Hal Price (actor), Joe Sawyer (actor), Oscar Apfel (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Albert Conti (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), John Elliott (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Lucien Littlefield (actor), Tom London (actor), Merrill McCormick (actor), Lew Meehan (actor), Joseph North (actor), Broderick O'Farrell (actor), Harry Semels (actor),
Plot: A poor but honest and hardworking waitress from way across the tracks meets and falls in love with a college student from the upper-stuffy class, but the Mama of the intended objects to the romance. Her objections even lead her to having the waitress framed and sent to a prison work-farm for three months. Upon her release, the waitress finds instant stardom in the show business...and the social class she was lacking. Big Mama withdraws her objections.
Keywords: accidental-death, actress, aunt-niece-relationship, avalanche, b-movie, banquet, bribery, cigarette-smoking, college-student, college-town