AWARDS:

• 2018 Critics' Choice Awards Best Young Performer, Brooklynn Prince
• 2017 NYFCC Awards Best Director, Sean Baker
• 2017 NYFCC Best Supporting Actor, Willem Dafoe
• 2017 NBR Awards Best Supporting Actor, Willem Dafoe

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Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, Sean Baker's The Florida Project is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, The Florida Project follows six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in a stunning breakout turn) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinaite, another major discovery) over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at "The Magic Castle," a budget motel managed by Bobby (a career-best Willem Dafoe), whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion.

Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates – including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moonee's best friend – fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they've been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.

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Chuck Wepner, the "Bayonne Bleeder," he was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa (film «Rocky (1976). But before all that, Chuck Wepner was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match. It's the beginning of a wild ride through the exhilarating highs and humbling lows of sudden fame – but what happens when your fifteen minutes in the spotlight are up?

AWARDS:

• Locarno International Film Festival 2017: Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present
• Sundance Film Festival 2017: Audience Award

SYNOPSIS
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

An investigative reporter struggles with her first day on the job, despite help from her misguided boss; a rebellious teen attempts to balance her feminist ideals with other desires; and a young man seeks to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend, even as her brother threatens revenge.

Meanwhile, an avid music lover traverses the city in search of a rare record for his vinyl collection.

AWARDS:

• Locarno International Film Festival 2017: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Acclaimed character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut Lucky, is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on morality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection. (This is one of his final on-screen roles before his death on September 15, 2017).

AWARDS:

• San Sebastián International Film Festival 2017: Golden Seashell for the best film, James Franco
• Golden Globe Awards 2017: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, James Franco

NOMINATED
Oscar 2018 - Best Adapted

SYNOPSIS
American biographical comedy-drama film produced and directed by James Franco. The film is based on Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell's non-fiction book of the same name, and chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 The Room, widely considered one of the worst movies ever made.

AWARDS Golden Globe Awards 2017:

• Best Motion Picture – Drama
• Best Actress – Drama (McDormand),
• Best Supporting Actor (Rockwell),
• Best Screenplay.

NOMINATED "OSCAR" - 2018:

• Best Motion Picture of the Year
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
• Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Achievement in Film Editing

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The film follows a mother who, when the police in her town fail to find a suspect in her daughter's murder, rents three billboards to call public attention to the unsolved crime, polarizing the community.

NOMINATED "OSCAR" - 2018:

• Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
• Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures
• Best Achievement in Costume Design
• Best Achievement in Directing
• Best Motion Picture of the Year

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Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants, and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.

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Class Divide takes kids from two sides of 10th Avenue and 26th Street – from the projects on one side and the new private 'Avenues – the World School' on the other – and follows them as they grapple with the incredible changes transforming Chelsea. These kids are witnesses to a microcosm of what's happening around the world – rising inequality, stagnant class mobility, gentrification and much more. The film is a moving chronicle of kids who are neighbors, yet from very different backgrounds, all trying to make sense of where they fit in this rapidly changing new world and what their relationships are to each other.

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A Cincinnati public school fights to break the cycle of poverty in its traditionally Urban Appalachian neighborhood, where senior Raven Gribbins aims to be the first in her troubled family to graduate and go to college.

When Principal Craig Hockenberry's job is threatened, it becomes clear it's a make-or-break year for both of them.

Tribeca Film Festival 2017:
Special Mention:
"For its compelling storytelling and for introducing us to three heroic characters who transform the injustice they suffered into active change, we give a Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary Feature to Jamie Meltzer's True Conviction.»

SYNOPSIS
There's a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, started by three exonerated men, with decades in prison served between them. True Conviction is a character-driven documentary that follows these change-makers as they rebuild their lives and families, learn to investigate cases, and work to support one another.

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17-year old Claressa "T-Rex" Shields from Flint, Michigan has a dream of being the first woman in history to win the Gold medal in Olympic boxing. But in order for her to succeed, she will need to stand her ground both inside and outside of the ring.

"T-Rex" is an intimate coming-of-age story about a new kind of American heroine. For the first time ever, women's boxing is included in the 2012 Olympics. Fighting for gold from the U.S. is Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, just 17 years old, and by far the youngest competitor. From the hard knock streets of Flint, Michigan, Claressa is undefeated and utterly confident. Her fierceness extends beyond the ring. She protects her family at any cost, even when their instability and addictions threaten to derail her dream. Claressa does have one stable force in her life: Coach Jason Crutchfield. Her trainer since she was just a scrawny 11-year-old hanging out at his gym.

Jason always wanted a champion; he just never thought it'd be a girl. Her relationships with her coach and her family grow tenser as she gets closer and closer to her dream. But Claressa is fierce and determined. She desperately wants to take her family to a better, safer place and winning a gold medal could be her only chance.

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The film explores the global power and impact of the music of John Coltrane and reveals the passions, experiences and forces that shaped his life and revolutionary sounds.

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It all started with three little words. I'll Push You is an up-close and personal look into the dynamics of a life-long friendship between of two best friends - Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray - as they travel across El Camino de Santiago.

This feature-length documentary covers the struggle of the 34-day, 500-mile hike across mountains, deserts, hills, and valleys and features perspectives from family and friends. Even though the story begins with the challenges that come with Patrick's answering of the invitation to push Justin in a wheelchair across northern Spain, it also explores the struggles related to Justin's rare neurological disease.

The parallel paths of Patrick's experience in Spain and Justin's life journey come together in a singular moment to reveal to Patrick something unexpected. The story's beautiful cinematography is set to poignant music tracks that underscore, perfectly, the inspiring example of generosity and vulnerability on display.

The film is an intimate portrait of an epic journey and explores the true meaning of friendship, generosity, and vulnerability. It's a one-of-a-kind documentary chronicling their pilgrimage, which will resonate with viewers craving stories of faith, hope, love, and the power of community.
Their trek in 2014 captured the imagination of the world and was featured in the Huffington Post, The Meredith Vieira Show, Der Spiegel, Fox and Friends, and many other outlets.
Since their return from Spain, the subjects of the film are sharing their message of hope, faith, and community worldwide.

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High School 9-1-1 chronicles a year in the life of the only ambulance service in Darien, Connecticut that just happens to be run by high school teenagers?! This one-of-a-kind organization services 20,000 residents 365 days a year, 24/7 and responds to over 1500 emergency calls annually.

The foundation of Darien EMS–Post 53 is the empowerment of young people through adult and peer mentorship. "Posties" are taught a multitude of managerial, critical thinking and emergency medical skills and then given the responsibility to implement what they have learned by actually running their own EMS organization.

The goal of the film is to inspire and empower teenagers as well as motivate the adults in their lives—parents, educators, school administrators, community leaders—to create opportunities for them to become empowered, learn by doing and make a difference in their communities.

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Randy Lewis knows that losing his dairy business would mean losing his livelihood – his farm is limping along through an economy that has decimated most other family farms in Alamance County – but Randy is most worried about losing his way of life and ending a family heritage that has hosted nearly 50 years worth of barn dances.

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Forever, Chinatown is a story of unknown, self-taught 81-year-old artist Frank Wong who has spent the past four decades recreating his fading memories by building romantic, extraordinarily detailed miniature models of the San Francisco Chinatown rooms of his youth.

This film takes the journey of one individual and maps it to a rapidly changing urban neighborhood from 1940s to present day.

A meditation on memory, community, and preserving one's own legacy, Frank's three-dimensional miniature dioramas become rare portals into a historic neighborhood and a window to the artist's filtered and romanticized memories and emotional struggles. In his bargain with immortality, Frank announces plans to cremate his exquisite works with him upon his death in order to 'live inside them forever' in his afterlife.

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An Alaskan Yup'ik teenager leaves his tiny village and travels across frozen tundra to compete in a basketball tournament and bring pride to his village.

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In the Academy Award nominated short documentary Joe's Violin, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin of 70 years to a local instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old school girl from America's poorest congressional district, and unexpectedly, his own.

Joe's Violin poignantly illuminates how the power of music brings light in the darkest of times and how a small act can have a great impact.

Today, he runs his own production company that produces narrative films, documentaries, and reality programming. Tim has spent the last two decades as an Executive Producer/Show Runner, overseeing 100's of people at a time, on shows like "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Bar Rescue." He is also a multi- camera director having twice been nominated by The Director's Guild of America for his work on SPIKE's "Ink Master" and "Pros vs. Joes." While he didn't go into the medical field, the life skills Tim learned in Post 53 – making quick decisions under extreme stress, working with others and just plain not giving up – have been invaluable to him. Tim hopes that you enjoy the film, and to quote Post 53's Founder, Bud Doble, "Assume Nothing."

SYNOPSIS
Class Divide takes kids from two sides of 10th Avenue and 26th Street – from the projects on one side and the new private 'Avenues – the World School' on the other – and follows them as they grapple with the incredible changes transforming Chelsea. These kids are witnesses to a microcosm of what's happening around the world – rising inequality, stagnant class mobility, gentrification and much more. The film is a moving chronicle of kids who are neighbors, yet from very different backgrounds, all trying to make sense of where they fit in this rapidly changing new world and what their relationships are to each other.