La vie est belle (2014)

Actors: Joe Abdo (actor), Dan Belzer (actor), Kurt Cotton (actor), Sean McConaghy (actor), Giovanna Cappetta (actress), Flora Gignac (actress), Michelle Mustard (actress), Elaine Newton (producer), Mark Newton (producer), Richard Newton (producer), Geoffrey Ramos (producer), Richard Voshall (producer), Kelly Jane Newton (writer), Kelly Jane Newton (director), Gayle Jensen (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: La vie est belle is the story of Eden throughout her years. We watch along with Eden as her life flashes before her eyes on a movie theatre screen. Eden is met with the theatre usher Charon, Charon must help her accept and forgive in order to move on. The question is, will she?

Genres: Drama, Short,

Wake (A Dark Comedy) (2012)

Actors: Arthur Albert (actor), Nick Fondulis (actor), Ave Lindon (actor), Bryan Michael McGuire (actor), Tara Novie (actor), Angelyn Thornton (actress), Berto Aguayo (producer), Brody Bernheisel (producer), Terence Krey (producer), Andrew van den Houten (producer), Christian Nilsson (writer), Dan Cohen (composer), Christian Nilsson (director),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Bi luo xue shan (2010)

Actors: Ji Adi (actor), Hu Chunhua (actor), Feng Chunmei (actor), Hei Pi (actor), Wang Puze (actor), Na Zhenye (actor), Shan Gao (producer), LI Huarong (producer), Liu Jie (producer), Liu Jie (writer), Cun Wenxue (writer), Giong Lim (composer), Liu Jie (director), Cai Ni (director), Long Cheng (editor),

Plot: The story takes place in a Lisu Village near the Nu River,which in the border among Yun Nan, Tibet and Burma. Di ALu, in love with Mu Pa's sister Ji Ni, is banned from pursuing her by Lisu tradition. Mu Pa is arrested after cutting down a national protected plant. Mu Pa's father tries to marry Ji Ni to A Da to settle Mu Pa's case. Ji Ni, dressed in a traditional Lisu wedding outfit, disappears into a foggy mountain on her wedding day.

Genres: Drama,

Picnic 1 (2007)

Actors: Hiroyuki Akimoto (actor), Ikeru Jojima (actor), Shinobu Kajita (actor), Takayasu Kuroiwa (actor), Wakana Ogura (actor), Eiji Shimada (writer), Yoshihiro Tsukahara (composer), Eiji Shimada (director), Eiji Shimada (editor),

Plot: Nakagawa Lighter is one of the oldest collectibles shops in Tanukikoji, Sapporo. It has been run by three generations over 100 years, however, today Lin's Grandpa is going to close his shop. Lin, 12 year old girl, makes an emergency call to Dad. Her father hasn't spoken face to face with his father since his younger days. He realizes his father is getting old. To make a decision, they play a card game, which reminds him of his happy memories spent with his father. Who wins and what kind of decision is to be made? A story about the inheritance and the decision-making in Japanese society.

Keywords: decision, inheritance
Genres: Drama, Short,

Pumpkin Man (1998)

Actors: Milton Creagh (actor), Austin Farmer (actor), Bill Farmer (actor), Bill Farmer (actor), Jonathan Garner (actor), Sy Hearn (actor), Randy Jandt (actor), Christopher Ogden (actor), Shawn Pyfrom (actor), Jack Serino (actor), Denise Crosby (actress), Jenny O'Hara (actress), Valerie Red-Horse (actress), Tiffany Ellen Solano (actress), Philip Abbott (actor),

Plot: The week before Halloween, Jason Hollway's parents separate, and his dad moves out. Jason is depressed and doesn't want to go trick or treating with his friends Jenn, Ted, and Austin. His mom and grandpa encourage him, first by a trip to a pumpkin patch and then with the promise of a party at the end of the evening. The neighborhood has a scary story of a son's murder of his father 25 years before, so all the kids are frightened of Sam Hain: they ring his doorbell and run. All evening, the kids talk about the Sam Hain house: one by one, Jason's pals disappear; soon, it's just him and a silent Pumpkin Man walking up to Sam Hain's door. What will Jason do?

Keywords: halloween, pumpkin-head, samhain, two-word-title
Genres: Drama, Family, Horror, Short,

Route 4 (1998)

Actors: Glenn Aldous (actor), Matt Burris (actor), Bryan Green (actor), Taketoshi Kunisue (actor), Mark Silvernail (actor), Erika Gabaldon (actress), Savage Bell (producer), Morten K. Brante (producer), Jeff Dark (producer), Christopher Mills (producer), Brian Szot (producer), Andrés Sánchez (producer), Jeff Dark (writer), Brian Szot (writer), Danny Mordujovich (composer),

Genres: ,
Taglines: All roads go somewhere.

Hudson River Blues (1997)

Actors: Miles Chapin (actor), Gregg Edelman (actor), Andre Gregory (actor), Scott Hakim (actor), Edward Hibbert (actor), William Hill (actor), David Margulies (actor), Jefferson Mays (actor), James Murtaugh (actor), Richard Neil (actor), Harry O'Reilly (actor), Edwin Owens (actor), Richard Pelzman (actor), Jordan Siwek (actor), Mason Adams (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Dreaming Filipinos (1991)

Actors: Mike Accion (actor), Pio De Castro III (actor), Adrian Ramirez (actor), Ren Silayan (actor), Cris Vertido (actor), Simonette de los Reyes Ferraren (actress), Herky Del Mundo (producer), Manny Reyes (producer), Manny Reyes (writer), Max Jocson (composer), Manny Reyes (director), Rolly Austria (editor), Manny Reyes (editor),

Plot: Paul Gabriel was born in the USA but raised in the Philippines. Paul plans to return to America after his college graduation. But before he could graduate, he must pass one subject where his professor demands that he answer the question, "What's wrong with the Filipino?" Paul's effort to answer the question forces him to reflect on the question of Filipino identity.

Keywords: independent-film
Genres: ,

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)

Actors: Mark Baker (actor), Marty Brill (actor), Paul Dooley (actor), Sheldon Harnick (actor), Sheldon Harnick (actor), George S. Irving (actor), Ardyth Kaiser (actor), Joe Raposo (actor), Joe Silver (actor), Arnold Stang (actor), Fred Stuthman (actor), Alan Sues (actor), Allen Swift (actor), Didi Conn (actress), Mason Adams (actor),

Plot: Raggedy Ann and the rest of the toys in Marcella's playroom are curious about a package that has just arrived. They look inside and discover it contains a beautiful French doll. The haughty girl, named Babette, is horrified by her new home. She wants to go back to Paris. Meanwhile, the Captain, a pirate in a snow globe, sees Babette and falls in love. He tricks Raggedy Ann into freeing him and then immediately kidnaps Babette and sails out the window. Raggedy Ann and Andy leave the playroom to rescue her. Their adventure includes meeting a blue camel with wrinkled knees; the Greedy, a living, self-consuming taffy pit filled with every candy and confection known to the palate; King Coo Coo and the Loonie Knight, who love to laugh, but only at the expense of others; and Gazooks, a tickle monster hired to give King Coo Coo the last laugh. Finally, they find the Captain; but the damsel in distress proves more capable than they had imagined.

Keywords: affectionate-hug, animate-object, anthropomorphism, baked-alaska, belch, big-ears, birthday-present, black-and-white-scene, boxing-gloves, brother-sister-relationship
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical,

Quotes:

King Koo-Koo: Ready. Aim. Tickle!

[last lines]::Raggedy Ann, Andy: [singing] Candy hearts and paper flowers / Will always keep me close to you, / Will always keep me close to you.

The Camel: [singing] When you can't find a friend / And the road doesn't seem to end / And you're lonesome the whole day through / How can you be happy? / How can you be smiling? / How can you be anything but lowdown saggy and blue? / When there's nothing to share / And you don't have a dime to spare / And there's no one to comfort you / How can you be smiling? / How can you be singing? How can you be anything but lowdown saggy and blue? / I look around and see the sweet life everywhere. / I watch the cookie bushes shining in the sun. / The smell of sweet vanilla living blows in every breath of air. / Doesn't anybody want me? / Doesn't anybody care? / When you're wrinkled and cold / And your fortune has all been told / And you're nobody's "I Love You" / How can you be happy? / How can you be smiling? / How can you be anything but lowdown saggy and blue? / Sad but true. / How can you be happy? / How can you be singing? / How can you be anything but lowdown saggy / And rag bag baggy / And blue.

The Greedy: Is this endless eating all there is to be? Or not to be?

[first lines]::Joe the Bus Driver: Bye-bye, Marcella! Have a nice weekend!::Marcella: Bye, Joe!

Gazooks: Hello, Gazooks, Lord of the Deep, here.::King Koo-Koo: This is King Koo Koo.::Gazooks: Oh, I was hoping you'd call.::King Koo-Koo: How are things?::Gazooks: Boring.

Khanuma (1926)

Actors: Vaso Abashidze (actor), Mikheil Chiaureli (actor), Valerian Gunia (actor), L. Kavsadze (actor), Kote Miqaberidze (actor), I. Trapaidze (actor), Taso Abashidze (actress), Tamar Bolkvadze (actress), Q. Chechelashvili (actress), Elisabed Cherqezishvili (actress), I. Korsunskaya (actress), I. Nazarishvili (actress), Tsetsilia Tsutsunava (actress), Avqsenti Tsagareli (writer), Aleksandre Tsutsunava (writer),

Plot: Middle aged Prince Levan Pantiashvili years ago was a rich landowner. He spent all his fortune, he is a reveler and like too much partying-life. To change his catastrophic financial situation Prince decides to marry pretty Elo, daughter of a rich merchant Adam Varakhidze. But young woman is already in love with Ilo, a school-teacher.

Keywords: based-on-novel, based-on-play, beauty, carouse, decadence, disguise, estate, feast, happy-end, high-society
Genres: Comedy, Romance,