SHERRYBABY


Maggie Gyllenhaal and Giancarlo Esposito

Director: Laurie Collyer
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Giancarlo Esposito, Kate Burton, Sam Bottoms
IMDB Film Description: Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter, Sherry soon discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.
Clip Description: Writer/director Laurie Collyer on Golden Globe nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal

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HALF NELSON


Ryan Gosling as Dan

Director: Ryan Fleck
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Collins Pennie, Nathan Corbett, Shareeka Epps
IMDB Film Description: An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
Notes: winner of many film festival awards, nominated for several 2007 Independent Spirit Awards, Ryan Gosling has been recognized for his performance with a variety of awards including "Best Breakthrough Performance – Male" from the National Board of Review.
Clip Description: Writer/Director Ryan Fleck on filming his Spirit Award nominated short-turned-feature with Ryan Gosling (The Notebook, Remember the Titans) and working with co-writer Anna Boden.

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QUINCEAÑERA


Emily Rios as Magdalena

Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Cast: Chalo Gonzalez, David W. Ross, Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Ramiro Iniguez
IMDB Film Description: Magdalena is 14 and anxiously awaiting her 15th birthday where she'll celebrate her quinceanara. Her world starts to crumble when she discovers her pregnancy after not being able to fit in her gown for her quinceanara. Soon, she's kicked out of her home, abandoned by her family, and abandoned by her baby's father. Magdalena is then taken in by her great-granduncle, Tomas and her gay, often-in-trouble cousin, Carlos. There she finds a new family and life.
Notes: winner of Grand Jury prize AND the Audience Award at 2006 – one of those "little movies that could" that should be seen.
Clip Description: Richard Glatzer (producer: America's Next Top Model) & Wash Westmoreland (Gay Republicans) on their Spirit Award nominated East LA drama.

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Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States and Crossword Fan

Director: Patrick Creadon
Cast: Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, Mike Mussina
Film Description: A feature documentary offering an in-depth look at The New York Times' long-time crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz and his loyal fan base.
Clip Description: Patrick Creadon on how he and producer Christine O'Malley wooed crossword puzzler icon Will Shortz

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Kevin Smith

Director: Kirby Dick
Cast: Kevin Smith, Maria Bello, Atom Egoyan, Darren Aronofsky, Kirby Dick
Film Description: Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board. Fast paced, sometimes zany slam of the MPAA's de facto movie censorship program
Clip Description: Director Kirby Dick (Chain Camera, Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan Supermasochist) on what it took to break through the secrecy of the MPAA and why his doc will shock.

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