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Incredibly Small (2010)
Director: Dean Peterson

Synopsis: Anne and Amir are an unlikely pair. Amir is an escalator attendant by day and aspiring sculptor by night. Even though he has never sculpted anything before, he hopes to one day fulfill his lifelong dream of making a marble bust of Charles Barkley. Anne comes from a well-to-do family and just started law school where she spends most of her days studying. Against the odds they decide to move into a shabby 300 square foot apartment and try to start a life together.

But things don’t exactly go as planned. The combination of their small apartment, their threateningly charming neighbor next door and unexpected visitors from the past make them realize that maybe they aren’t as perfect for each other as they previously had thought.

Content Warning: Adult themes, adult language

www.IncrediblySmall.com

I'm Having Difficulty Killing My Parents (2011)
Director: Jeff Tomsic

Synopsis: It's not that T.J. doesn't love his parents, it's just that he's trying to kill them. Thirty-two, unemployed, and derailed somewhere on the path to adulthood, T.J. has boomeranged back home. There, his ennui takes the form of increasingly real fantasies about offing his parents and becoming man of the house. When his high school sweetheart gets engaged, T.J. is forced to deal with his real life, parents and all.

Content Warning: Adult themes, adult language, fantasy violence

www.KillingMyParents.com

The Telephone Game (2010)
Director: Jason P. Schumacher

Synopsis: The Telephone Game reveals the struggle of theater director Marco DeGarr as he attempts to retain sanity and his artistic vision amidst a production as it derails.

When he casts himself in the coveted lead role and falls for the lead actress, the charming Zelphia, the production begins to spiral out of control. Self-righteous understudies try to steal their roles, producers begin to question Marco’s motives, and all the while no one can figure out what the play is about!
Content Warning: Adult themes, adult language

www.TheTelephoneGame.com

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Absence/Presence (2010)
Director: Jed Schledgelmilch
Synopsis: In an attempt to better understand his brother John’s mysterious death, and in overall remembrance of him, director Jed Schlegelmilch goes on a 10 day journey to interview family and friends about John almost 17 years after his passing. Absence/Presence is a truly raw, emotional, and life affirming experience as you witness Jed’s progression throughout his journey, along with the hardships and healing of the friends and family that he encounters.

Content warning: Adult themes, adult language

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The Stranger (1946)
Director: Orson Welles

Synopsis: Orson Welles' post-war classic about a United Nations Nazi hunter (Edward G. Robinson) tracking Welles' fugitive German who has assumed a new identity in the U.S. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Content Warning: Adult themes, brief violence

Introductions by Film Historian Bob DeFlores.

Of Dolls & Murder (2011)
Director: Susan Marks

Synopsis: Before forensics, DNA, and CSI we had dollhouses – an unimaginable collection of miniature crime scenes, known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Created in the 1930s and 1940s by a crime-fighting grandmother, Frances Glessner Lee created the Nutshells to help homicide detectives hone their investigative skills. From the iconic CSI television show to the Body Farm and criminally minded college students, legendary filmmaker and true crime aficionado, John Waters narrates the tiny world of big time murder.

Content Warning: Adult thems, adult language, depictions of violent acts

www.OfDollsandMurder.com

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Manhattan Melody (2011)
Director: Sasha Gordon

Synopsis: Holly, a young aspiring actress, comes to New York in search of heart-stopping adventure but finds herself languishing away as a manicurist at a small Korean nail salon.

Just as she despairs of ever experiencing the thrills of New York City, she witnesses a robbery at the local diner and becomes entangled with its two perpetrators. She’s whisked away on a romantic but dangerous journey, and as the night tumbles towards its uncertain conclusion, the city around her comes alive in bursts of musical support. Windows light up framing violinists, tired commuters on a train are suddenly transformed into a brass band, and even the summer ice cream truck changes its tune to echo Holly’s theme in this musical adventure.

Content Warning: Adult themes, adult language

Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (2011)
Director: Eliza Hittman

Synopsis: Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the landlady threatens to evict them and her dad doesn't seem to care, Sonya ventures out for a night she will never forget.

Content Warning: Adult themes, adult language, sexual situations

www.ElizaHittman.com

Valley of the Sun (2011)
Synopsis: Having become disenfranchised with his life, adult film star Vick Velour finds himself forced to move back in with his parents - in an Arizona retirement community. Starring CSI: Miami's Johnny Whitworth with Barry Corbin, Garrett Morris and Graham Greene.

Content Warning: Adult themes, adult language, sexual situations, drug & alcohol use and brief nudity. No tickets will be sold to those under 18.

www.ValleyoftheSun.com

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