2008 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL OVERVIEW: PART 2 SPEED RACER ZOOMS INTO 2008 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

EMILE HIRSCH as Speed Racer in the Mach 5, in a scene from Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' action adventure "Speed Racer," distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

Love, Pain & Vice Versa (Amor, Dolor y Viceversa) In Spanish with English subtitles.

[World Narrative Feature Competition] [LOVEP] | 2008 | 86 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Alfonso Pineda-Ulloa World Premiere Interests: Drama, Latin American, Psychological, Romance, Sex, Suspense, Thriller

Cast & Credits Director: Alfonso Pineda-Ulloa Barbara Mori Leonardo Sbaraglia Marina De Tavira Irene Azuela Joaquin Cosio Tony Dalton

Program Notes This stirring and moody psychological thriller finds two strangers subconsciously linked when their recurring dreams begin to topple their reality. Featuring strong performances by the sizzling Bárbara Mori (La mujer di mi hermano) and Leonardo Sbaraglia (Intacto). FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Mamitas (Mamitas) In English, Spanish with English subtitles.

[Short Student Competition] [SDEAL] | 2007 | 24 min | Short Narrative Directed by: Nicholas Ozeki New York Premiere Interests: Dramedy, Latino, Teens, Youth

Cast & Credits Director: Nicholas Ozeki Boris Orozco Minni Jo Mazzola Maynor Alvarado Cecilia Franco Ramon Chavez Antonio Farre

Program Notes A teenage cassanova teaches his best buddy how to talk to girls in Mamitas. FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Mandatory Service (Mandatory Service) In English, Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles.

[Short Documentary Competition] [SWIND] | 2007 | 19 min | Short Documentary Directed by: Jessica Habie World Premiere Interests: Documentary, Jewish, War www.artandapathyfilms.com

Cast & Credits Director: Jessica Habie

Program Notes Mandatory Service is a timely tale of today's military.

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Marina Of The Zabbaleen (Marina Of The Zabbaleen) In Arabic with English subtitles.

[Discovery] [MARIN] | 2008 | 70 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: Engi Wassef World Premiere Interests: Documentary, Female Directors, Middle Eastern, Politics, Youth www.marinathemovie.com

Cast & Credits Director: Engi Wassef

Program Notes In the sandy villages outside Cairo, the Zabbaleen eke out a living recycling the flood of waste pouring out of the most populous area on the African continent. But one girl-six-year-old free spirit Marina--dreams of a better life. This poetic documentary tells her story. FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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My Life Inside (Mi vida dentro) In Spanish, English with English subtitles.

[World Documentary Feature Competition] [MYLIF] | 2007 | 122 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: Lucía Gajá North American Premiere Interests: Documentary, Female Directors, Immigration, Latin American, Social Issues, Women www.mividadentro.com

Cast & Credits Director: Lucía Gajá

Program Notes At 17, mild-mannered Rosa Jiménez came to the United States to provide a better life for her family back in Mexico. This riveting, heartbreaking film examines how she comes to stand accused of murder in a Texas courtroom. FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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My Marlon and Brando (Gitmek) In English, Kurdish, Turkish with English subtitles. [Feature Narrative] 7 Cities

[World Narrative Feature Competition] [MARLO] | 2008 | 92 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Hüseyin Karabey North American Premiere Interests: Drama, Middle Eastern, Women www.asifilm.com

Cast & Credits Director: Hüseyin Karabey Ayça Damgaci Hama Ali Khan Savas Emrah Ozdemir Cengiz Bozkurt Ani Pekkaya Volga Sorgu Tekinoglu FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Program Notes In March 2003, as American bombs began falling on Baghdad, Turkish actress Ayça Damgaci left her flat in Istanbul and headed for the Iraq border. Behind that cordon was Kurdish actor Hama Ali Khan, the love of Damgaci's life-her moon and stars, her Marlon and her Brando, her everything. Hüseyin Karabey makes his narrative debut retelling the tale of Damgaci's quixotic road trip to the war zone, with Damgaci playing herself and Khan appearing in the actual video love notes he sent to her during their time apart. My Marlon and Brando is a piece of rough magic, a film with a soul as light, a heart as heavy, and a will as steely as its heroine's own. Karabey's experience as a director of documentaries shines through in his devotion to ethnographic detail-he's eager to let the camera stray, vérité-style, and this helps to bring home Damgaci's growing sense of dislocation. Borders may be porous, but it is still possible to feel a stranger in a strange land. Really, though, the movie is Damgaci's-a brave, tender, and frequently very funny tribute to her love for Khan. Read aloud, her letters to him make for something wonderful and new in the history of lovers beseeching. Communicating in English, their shared tongue, Damgaci's clumsy grasp of the language elevates into rhetoric all the more moving for being flawed. Likewise, through Khan's ham-fistedly hilarious videos, you miss him on Dagmaci's behalf. Politics may turn this comedy about unlikely lovers into a tragedy, but even in its fleeting ungainliness,My Marlon and Brando is a fitting homage to Damgaci and Khan,two matched souls that no impassable border could ever tear asunder. --– Peter Scarlet

New Boy (New Boy)

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[SOFFT] | 2007 | 11 min | Short Narrative Directed by: Steph Green New York Premiere Interests: African, Coming of Age, Drama www.zanzibarfilms.net/newboy.htm

Cast & Credits Director: Steph Green Olutunji Ebun-Cole Norma Sheahan Simon O'Driscoll Sinead Maguire Fionn O'Shea Byron Kumbala

Program Notes Being the New Boy isn't easy if you're trying to fit in and make friends.

Old Man Bebo (Old Man Bebo) In Spanish with English subtitles.

[World Documentary Feature Competition] [OLDMA] | 2007 | 111 min | Feature Documentary FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Directed by: Carlos Carcas North American Premiere Interests: Documentary, Latin American, Music www.oldmanbebo.com

Cast & Credits Director: Carlos Carcas Bebo Valdés Chucho Valdés Leonardo Acosta Omara Portuondo Israel López "Cachao" Fernando Trueba

Program Notes Nearly 90, Bebo Valdés is one of the greatest living Cuban musicians. This joyful documentary celebrates the man who was a key figure in the development of mambo and whose life reflects the experiences of many Cubans since 1959.

An Omar Broadway Film (An Omar Broadway Film)

[World Documentary Feature Competition] [OMARB] | 2007 | 93 min | Feature Documentary FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Directed by: Douglas Tirola and Omar Broadway World Premiere Interests: African American, Crime, Documentary, Social Issues, Urban, Violence www.omarbroadwayfilm.com

Cast & Credits Director: Douglas Tirola and Omar Broadway

Program Notes Using a contraband video camera inside the notorious gang unit at Newark's Northern State Prison, a jailed Bloods member puts his life on the line to document guards' corruption and excessive force. His groundbreaking footage exposes the violent and unseen world behind bars.

Paraiso Travel (Paraiso Travel) In Spanish, English with English subtitles.

[PARAI] | 2008 | 116 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Simon Brand International Premiere Interests: Drama, Immigration, Latin American, Latino, New York, Romance, Social Issues www.paraisotravelmovie.com FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Cast & Credits Director: Simon Brand Aldemar Correa Angelica Blandon John Leguizamo Ana de la Reguera Margarita Rosa de Fransico Pedro Capo

Program Notes In this Colombian box office hit, a lovesick teen (Aldemar Correa) follows his seductive girlfriend as they illegally travel from Medellín to New York. When they are separated in Queens, he begins a desperate search to find her. Featuring John Leguizamo and Ana de la Reguera (Nacho Libre).

Playing (Jogo de Cena) In Portuguese with English subtitles.

[Showcase] [PLAYI] | 2007 | 104 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: Eduardo Coutinho New York Premiere FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Interests: About Cinema, Documentary, Women

Cast & Credits Director: Eduardo Coutinho Marília Pêra Fernanda Torres Andréa Betrão

Program Notes One of Brazil's most respected documentary filmmakers invited two dozen women to be filmed as they told their life stories. Months later, he filmed a group of actresses as they reenacted the same stories. The result couldn't be simpler-or more inexplicably magical!

Playing for Change: Peace Through Music (Playing for Change: Peace Through Music) In English, Spanish, Tibetan, Zulu with English subtitles.

[PEACE] | 2007 | 76 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: Jonathan Walls and Mark Johnson World Premiere Interests: Documentary, Music, Social Issues www.playiingforchange.com

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Cast & Credits Director: Jonathan Walls and Mark Johnson

Program Notes True devotees of music's uniting power, Johnson and Walls hauled recording equipment around the world in search of great music and inspiration. The result is a rousing tribute to both music and the adventurous spirit.

A Powerful Noise (A Powerful Noise) In Vietnamese, Bosnian, Bambara with English subtitles.

[POWER] | 2008 | 90 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: Tom Cappello World Premiere Interests: African, Documentary, Female Directors, Health Issues, Social Issues, Women www.apowerfulnoise.org

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Program Notes Bookended by call-to-action quotes from Margaret Mead and Mahatma Gandhi, this inspiring documentary follows three extraordinary women--in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mali, and Vietnam--as they lead day-to-day battles against ignorance, poverty, oppression, and ethnic strife.

Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Pray the Devil Back to Hell)

[World Documentary Feature Competition] [PRAYT] | 2008 | 72 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: Gini Reticker World Premiere Interests: African, Documentary, Female Directors, Politics, Social Issues, War, Women www.praythedevilbacktohell.com

Cast & Credits Director: Gini Reticker Leymah Ghowee Etweda "Sugars" Cooper Vaiba Flomo Asatu Kenneth Janet Johnson-Bryant Etty Weah FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Program Notes After more than a decade of civil wars leading to more than 250,000 deaths and one million refugees, a group of courageous women rose up to force peace on their shattered Liberia and propel to victory the first female head of state on the African continent.

Ramchand Pakistani (Ramchand Pakistani) In Urdu with English subtitles.

[World Narrative Feature Competition] [RAMCH] | 2008 | 105 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Mehreen Jabbar World Premiere Interests: Family Issues, Female Directors, Social Issues, War www.ramchandpakistani.com

Cast & Credits Director: Mehreen Jabbar Nandita Das Rashid Farooqui Syed Fazal Hussain Maria Wasti Noman Ijaz Navaid Jabbar FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Program Notes The most haunting frame of Ramchand Pakistani may be its first. Over a black screen, the words appear: adapted from actual events. The world is full of mad facts, but among the maddest is that in 2002, as Indian and Pakistani troops massed against each other on the countries' border, an eight-year-old boy named Ramchand wandered over the invisible line separating his own side of the desert from that of India's and was taken prisoner. Going in search of Ramchand, his father followed him across and was captured as well. They were held in an overcrowded Indian jail for five years. In her first feature film, Mehreen Jabbar lays out the political contexts of Ramchand's situation with exceptional fluidity. Titles at the top establish the geopolitics, and the more localized issues are threaded through early scenes. Most salient of all is the fact that Ramchand's family is part of a Hindu tribe of untouchables, making them both suspect and powerless in Pakistan. Bollywood star Nandita Das thus proves doubly brave for taking the part of Ramchand's mother: Ramchand Pakistani isn't exactly a valentine to India. But the film does have a heart, paying heed to the characters crowding the jailhouse and shaping the child's universe within it. Playing the younger Ramchand, Syed Fazal Hussain proves one of those miracle discoveries-he's a real kid, all piss and vinegar and shaking vulnerabilitiesand Jabbar does well to dwell on his face as much as she does. Special note must also go to cinematographer Sofian Khan, who shoots both the actors and the ravishing desert scenery with an elegant, wide-angled tenderness. The world is, after all, full of mad facts-but full of beauty, too. --– Peter Scarlet

Redbelt (Redbelt)

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[REDBE] | 2008 | 99 min | Feature Narrative World Premiere Interests: *ESPN*, Action, Drama, Sports

Cast & Credits Chiwetel Ejiofor Alice Braga Tim Allen Joe Mantegna Emily Mortimer Rodrigo Santoro

Program Notes Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a Jiu-jitsu teacher who has avoided the prizefighting circuit by operating a self-defense studio. An accident on a dark, rainy night changes Terrys life dramatically, introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna) and movie star Chet Frank (Tim Allen). In order to regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life. A Sony Pictures Classics presentation

The Second Line (The Second Line)

[Short Student Competition] [SSPLI] | 2007 | 20 min | Short Narrative FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Directed by: John Magary New York Premiere Interests: Drama http://www.cufilmfest.com/films/second_line.html

Cast & Credits Director: John Magary Al Thompson J.D. Williams Dane Rhodes Karen Pritchett Saida Arrika Ekulona Brittany Parker

Program Notes Two cousins search for work in post-Katrina New Orleans in The Second Line. After MacArthur’s savings are stolen from his FEMA trailer, he and his cousin Natt take work gutting a house. The Second Line was a national finalist for the Student Academy Awards® and has played at Sundance, SXSW, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Seven Days Sunday (Sieben Tage Sonntag) In German with English subtitles.

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[SUNDA] | 2007 | 80 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Niels Laupert North American Premiere Interests: Drama, Teens, Violence, Youth www.sevendayssunday.com

Cast & Credits Director: Niels Laupert Ludwig Trepte Martin Kiefer Jil Funke Jennifer Ulrich Antonio Wannek Karin Baal

Program Notes Teenage dropouts Adam and Tommek pass their days hanging out and drinking in their grim housing complex, but as grinding boredom combines with Adam's insecurity and Tommek's penchant for petty crime, they make a bet that plunges them into violence. Based on actual events.

Speed Racer (Speed Racer)

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[SPEED] | 2008 | 120 min | Feature Narrative World Premiere Interests: Action, Coming of Age

Cast & Credits Christina Ricci Matthew Fox Emile Hirsch Susan Sarandon John Goodman

Program Notes Action. Born to race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized-the legendary Rex Racer, whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed's thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company's maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret-some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won't drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family's business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival-the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox)-to win the race that had taken his brother's life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible. --- Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Road

A Story of the Red Hills (Lal Pahare'r Katha) In Bengali with English subtitles.

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[Discovery] [STORY] | 2007 | 117 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Remo North American Premiere Interests: Dance

Cast & Credits Director: Remo Mithun Chakraborty Shankar Chakraborty Bidipta Chakraborty Moumita Gupta Kayyum Ali Rishi Mitra

Program Notes The story of a disheartened dancer and a disabled boy--both of whose lives are transformed by the magic and power of Chhou, a traditional Bengali dance of great spectacle and color-is recounted movingly, if improbably, by a renowned Bollywood choreographer.

Strangers (Strangers) In English, Hebrew, Arabic, French with English subtitles.

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[Showcase] [STRAN] | 2007 | 81 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv New York Premiere Interests: Drama, Middle Eastern, Politics, Romance www.strangers.co.il

Cast & Credits Director: Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv Liron Levo Lubna Azabal Abdaliah El Akal Birol Ünel Partick Albenque Dominique Loilia

Program Notes In Berlin, an Israeli man and a Palestinian woman accidentally swap backpacks on their way to the World Cup. Meeting again, they discover an instant connection, but can two people from the same land but different worlds transcend the larger struggle between their communities?

Terra (Terra)

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[TERRA] | 2007 | 80 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Aristomenis Tsirbas U.S. Premiere Interests: Adventure, Animation, Drama, Youth

Cast & Credits Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas Evan Rachel Wood Luke Wilson Brian Cox David Cross Chris Evans Justin Long

Program Notes When the last remaining humans exhaust Earth's resources, an alien girl on the idyllic planet Terra must fight the earthlings who want to inhabit her planet! Featuring the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, James Garner, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, David Cross, and Luke Wilson

This Is Not A Robbery (This Is Not A Robbery)

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[ROBBE] | 2008 | 75 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: Lucas Jansen and Adam Kurland World Premiere Interests: Aging, Biography, Coming of Age, Crime, Documentary thisisnotarobbery.com

Cast & Credits Director: Lucas Jansen and Adam Kurland

Program Notes One morning, J.L. "Red" Rountree woke, ate breakfast, went for a drive, and robbed a bank. He was 87. This is the unusual story of how this devoted family man and law abiding senior citizen became one of the country's most notorious serial bank robbers.

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon) In Mandarin with English subtitles.

[Encounters] [KINGD] | 2008 | 101 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Daniel Lee FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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North American Premiere Interests: Asian, Drama, History, Violence, War

Cast & Credits Director: Daniel Lee Andy Lau Sammo Hung Maggie Q Andy On Vanesse

Program Notes A conscript into the faceless war among China's ancient kingdoms, Zhao (Andy Lau, House of Flying Daggers) earns his stripes in this epic's thrillingly stylish battle sequences. Decades later, he meets his match in Cao (Maggie Q, Mission: Impossible III ).

Thriller Night (Thriller Night)

[THRIL] | 120 min | Uncategorized Unknown Premiere

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Cast & Credits Director: John Landis Michael Jackson

Program Notes Join filmmaker and “Thriller” video director John Landis for a special 25th anniversary screening of Michael Jackson's epic 1984 music video, plus the classic Making of Thriller. Learn the Thriller dance and take part in the world's largest zombie disco. Become a zombie at the Thriller face-painting station. Cast your ballot at our Michael Jackson look-alike contest. We're kicking off the evening with a classic Solid Gold Dance Party. . . and bringing out the ghouls as soon as the sun goes down.

The Wackness (The Wackness)

[Spotlight] [WACKN] | 2008 | 110 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Jonathan Levine New York Premiere Interests: Comedy www.thewackness.com FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Cast & Credits Director: Jonathan Levine Ben Kingsley Josh Peck Mary-Kate Olsen Method Man Olivia Thirlby

Program Notes Jonathan Levine's quirky, bittersweet coming-of-age comedy follows the last summer before college in the life of Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck). His family lives under the constant threat of eviction, his parents fight relentlessly, and he's stuck in a scorching Manhattan with few friends, depressed and lonely. He spends his days selling marijuana to stoners in Central Park and crushing on the hottest girl in school, Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby). But he finds his closest friendship and most reliable relationship by trading weed for therapy with Stephanie's stepfather, Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley), a man with issues of his own. Levine's mid-'90s memory play is one of the first films to truly treat the period with a loving sense of nostalgia. Reminiscing about a New York City slowly adjusting to the Giuliani way of life and a pop culture that finds white boys embracing hip-hop music and culture, Levine creates a new kind of tale about teenage identity and angst, one viewed through the prism of a post-turnof-the-Millennium and post-9/11 world. The Wackness exposes a teenage lifestyle that is messy and complicated but still filled with wonderment, romance, and new understandings of the world and one's place in it. The director's stylistic flourishes combined with playful but complex performances by Kingsley, up-and-comers Peck (Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh) and Thirlby (Juno), Method Man, and Famke Janssen help the audience learn exactly what the difference is between the wackness and the dopeness! --– Aaron Dobbs

War Child (War Child) In English, Nuer, Dinka with English subtitles.

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[Discovery] [WCHIL] | 2008 | 93 min | Feature Documentary Directed by: C. Karim Chrobog North American Premiere Interests: About Cinema, African, Documentary, Music, Social Issues, War www.warchildmovie.com

Cast & Credits Director: C. Karim Chrobog Emmanuel Jal

Program Notes Emmanuel Jal spent his childhood as a soldier in the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. Now this rising hip-hop star is using his music to raise awareness about his homeland's ongoing humanitarian crisis.

War, Inc. (War, Inc.)

[Spotlight] [WAINC] | 2006 | 106 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Joshua Seftel FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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U.S. Premiere Interests: Action, Comedy, Middle Eastern, Politics, Satire, Thriller hhttp://www.firstlookmedia.com

Cast & Credits Director: Joshua Seftel John Cusack Hilary Duff Marisa Tomei Joan Cusack Sir Ben Kingsley Dan Ackroyd

Program Notes A hit man is sent to a fictional war-torn Middle Eastern country where the United States is waging the first fully outsourced war. John Cusack (who co-wrote and produced), Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, and Sir Ben Kingsley star in this biting satire

Whatever Lola Wants (Whatever Lola Wants) In English, Arabic with English subtitles.

[Encounters] [LOLAW] | 2007 | 115 min | Feature Narrative FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Directed by: Nabil Ayouch North American Premiere Interests: Dance, Islam, Women

Cast & Credits Director: Nabil Ayouch Laura Ramsey Assaad Bouab Carmen Lebbos Hichem Rostom Achmed Akkabi Nadim Sawalha

Program Notes Perky blonde Lola is an aspiring dancer in New York, and she's so smitten by a hunky Egyptian that when he unexpectedly heads home, she follows him. In Cairo, she discovers an even bigger passion-for belly dancing-and vows to master the art.

Worlds Apart (To Verdener) In Danish with English subtitles.

[Discovery] [WORLD] | 2008 | 108 min | Feature Narrative FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Directed by: Thomas Heinesen and Niels Arden Oplev North American Premiere Interests: Coming of Age, Drama, Family Issues, Religion, Teens, Women, Youth www.toverdener.dk

Cast & Credits Director: Thomas Heinesen and Niels Arden Oplev Rosalinde Mynster Pilou Asbæk Jens Jørn Spottag Sarah Boberg Sarah Juel Werner Anders W. Berthelsen

Program Notes The world of a dutiful daughter and Jehovah's Witness unravels when she falls for a nonbeliever. She is torn between her conscience, faith, and passion-and forced to make a choice between a love and a family that are worlds apart. Based on a true story.

The Year of the Pig (El año del cerdo) In Spanish with English subtitles.

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[SOFFT] | 2007 | 10 min | Short Narrative Directed by: Claudia Calderón North American Premiere Interests: Social Issues

Cast & Credits Director: Claudia Calderón José Antonio Rodríguez Antulio Marín Annia Bu Caridad Amarán Alejandro Chiu Mario Guerra Luis Alberto Delgado Hilda Chiu Marlenys Choy Chang Bárbara Díaz Joan Abreu

Program Notes Chang Rodríguez, a delivery boy from Havana’s Chinatown, is tired of his routine and longs for anything that’ll change his life. Completely unaware of his own power, he becomes an instrument of destiny every 12 years, on the year of the pig.

Yonkers Joe (Yonkers Joe)

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[YONKE] | 2008 | 100 min | Feature Narrative Directed by: Robert Celestino World Premiere Interests: Crime, Drama, Family Issues, New York

Cast & Credits Director: Robert Celestino Chazz Palminteri Christine Lahti Tom Guiry Michael Lerner Linus Roache Michael Rispoli

Program Notes A small-time con man's search for the perfect scam is disrupted by unexpected family challenges. This heartwarming drama features memorable performances by Chazz Palminteri and Christine Lahti.

Zoned In (Zoned In)

[Discovery] [ZONED] | 2008 | 90 min | Feature Documentary FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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Directed by: Daniela Zanzotto World Premiere Interests: African American, Biography, Coming of Age, Documentary, New York, Social Issues www.disruptive.co.uk

Cast & Credits Director: Daniela Zanzotto

Program Notes Filmed over the course of nine years, this documentary traces the remarkable journey of 16-year-old Daniel from a Bronx high school to an Ivy League university while simultaneously exploring the role of race and class in the American education system.

By David L. “Money Train” Watts FuTurXTV www.futurxtv.com Hiphopbattle.com www.hiphopbattle.com FuTurXTV • P.O. Box 6313 • Lancaster, CA 93539-6313 • (661) 886-2928 • [email protected] • www.hiphopbattle.com

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