Synopsis: Misbehaviour a film by Michel Zgarka A young woman is determined to take charge of her life and discovers everyone has their own perverted agenda. Credits: Produced & Directed by Michel Zgarka Original script by Rich Hammond and Michel Zgarka Executive Producer Jean Péloquin (Pélo) Associate Producer Nathalie Choquette & Harry Kaprielian Original music composed by Sacha Zgarka & Jarred Coxford with « Revised Edition » Director of P...

THIS IS AMERICA: A Russian Looks At America God Bless America! Length: 70 min Genre: documentary Official Websites Official Videoblog on Fest21.com View trailer  Synopsis: Sometimes it takes a fresh (and foreign) set of eyes to find the humor, pathos and contradictions that make America the country that it is. A new kind of road movie exposing the best and the strangest of America is the intention of Russian filmmaker Nickolay Velikanov in his film THIS...

BLIND SPOT 12 minutes Directed by Anna Carin Anderson Produced by Sandra Harms FastTrack 2004 - 2005 winner   The synopsis A violent car accident, a woman, -Johanna survives but her husband and daughter die immediately. Johana represses everything and goes straight to her friend Cissi for dinner. When Cissi, through a phone call, gets to know what happened she tries to get Johanna to remember. A short film about friendship, honesty and to get your dreams destroye...

Ouar Lordz 2 minutes Directed by Jean Paul Suau FastTrack winner 2004-2005 for best animation   The synopsis Two battle chiefs, Ouar Lordz are fighting against territory, using all kinds of means and weapons untill the moment when their madness destroys their own planet. An animation short film with a short and simple message. WATCH THE FILM   "To celebrate the 20th Irish and British Film Festival that took place in Cherbourg from 5th to...

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It all started on the night of September 16, 2000 when Georgy Gongadze disappeared. This was the beginning of a crisis that would consume the country for the next eight months. Gongadze belonged to a new generation of Ukrainian journalists, one that was more outspoken. 33 years old, he had worked in television, helped start a radio station, and eventually an online news website called "Ukrainian Truth" - What unfolded over the course of 8 months, and what continues today is ...

Synopsis WHAT MATTERS MOST is a bittersweet Romeo and Juliet story set in a one-horse Texas town. The lives of two teenagers revolve around torn feelings of friendship, passionate love, and tragic memories, all woven through the guilt and control of their parents, the pain of small-town prejudice, and the dreams of two people reaching for each other from opposite sides of the tracks. Director Writer/director Jane Cusumano died one month after completing this film, culminating her four...

  Synopsis   Hansome young Andre arrives in a remote mountain village for his new teaching post at the local elementary school. Under the tight rule of the school Principal, Andre is surprised to discover that the only item on his first faculty meeting agenda is assignment of a political slogan for each class. Between "UP WITH REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT" and "AMERICAN IMPERIALISM IS ONLY A PAPER TIGER," Andre catches on that shorter slogans are pre...

Synopsis The destruction of a Class V+ white water rapid is investigated in QUARTZITE'S FALL: A WILDERNESS TALE. Federal agents arrest eight men for blowing up Quartzite Falls, the most dangerous rapid in Arizona's Salt River Canyon. As the story behind their crime unravels, their alibi -- to make a deadly place safer -- sparks debate about the meaning of wilderness. Director Kristin Atwell is an independent producer, editor and writer who trained with Academy Award-nominat...

Synopsis Sandi DuBowski's documentary Trembling before G-D is about gays and Lesbians who are either Orthodox or Hasidic Jews. And while there is no shortage of documentaries about gay and lesbian human beings in all sorts of situations and communities, not many of them are as nervy or as revealing as this one. DirectorSandi Simcha DuBowski (Director, Producer) is a filmmaker and writer based in New York. DuBowski is a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation's 1999 Film/Video/Multime...

Synopsis A magical realism thriller about a wife’s search for her missing husband, Daniel. You see, every day, somewhere in America, a middle aged man leaves his home and his family, and never returns. Alternating between droll humor and the psychidelic, the film explores both angst and enlightenment, in a fascinating journey of breathtaking vision, mysticism, human passion, all ending with a remarkable discovery! Director Mr. Coplan started making movies when he was 14...

  Synopsis “Moosh” is a policeman 32 years old. He has problems in his marriage. His wife leaves home and stays by her sister. One night on his Shift “Moosh” finds a baby that sameone abandoned in an alley near the Trash-can. From that moment, Moosh is stuck with the baby all night. He has to watch him, feed him, and change his daipers. The baby cries and he puts a record and dance with the baby until they fall asleep on the floor. Finding the baby and taking care of ...