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1:1
Denmark, 2006, 90 min.
Director Annette K. Olesen takes on the growing issue of racial conflict in Denmark in this story about how the near-deadly assault on a white boy destroys fragile peace between the local European and Palestinian communities.... more
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53 Days in Winter
Spain, 2006, 91 min.
Three people waiting for a bus one winter's night look on as a dog is abandoned. All three set out on journeys that lead each of them to confront their fears and frustrations. 53 Days in Winter delves into the life of each passenger, and interweaves a trio of stories on psychological,... more
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After the Wedding
Denmark, 2006, 120 min.
When Jacob, (played by Mads Mikkelsen, the arch villain in the recent Bond film Casino Royale) who runs a struggling orphanage in Bombay, returns to Denmark to secure new funds, he discovers that his new benefactor has a secret path that will forever alter his charitable present and... more
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Agua
Argentina, 2006, 89 min.
Goyo, a former open water swimming champion wrongly accused of doping, is attempting to regain his honor while Chino, a stubborn and disciplined young pool swimmer tries hard to be selected for the national team. Chen is a brilliant child of the Argentinean New Wave.... more
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Antonia
Brazil, 2006, 90 min.
Dynamic, vibrant and life-affirming, Tata Amaral’s third feature, Antonia, describes the ups and downs of a group of female rappers living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Their love of performing and creating music together—despite the many obstacles presented by being poor, black and female... more
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Avenue Montaigne
France, 2006, 106 min.
A series of interconnected stories serves as the basis for Danièle Thompson’s breezy, bittersweet and utterly charming Parisian comedy about the lives of the varied characters—rich and poor, famous and unknown—who populate a café on the chic Avenue Montaigne.... more
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Blindsight
United Kingdom, 2006, 104 min.
This insightful documentary follows a group of blind Tibetan teenagers—outcasts in their culture—as they attempt to hike up the 23,000-foot summit of Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest with the aid of a dedicated, mountaineering dream team. Director Lucy Walker captures the monumental land... more
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The Blood of Yingzhou District
China, 2006, 39 min.
The Blood of Yingzhou District follows a year in the life of AIDS orphans from China’s Anhui Province.... more
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The Book of Revelation
Australia, 2006, 117 min.
Ana Kokkinos, whose striking earlier films Only the Brave and Head On gripped audiences at previous editions of PSIFF, here explores a provocative world of desire, sexual power and obsession, in which a charismatic young man is kidnapped by three enigmatic women and subjected to extrem... more
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A Casa Nostra
Italy, 2006, 101 min.
A banker who is pursued by a police captain is at the center of a merry-go-round of characters whose fates are intertwined in contemporary Milan where money and power rules.... more
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The Cats of Mirikitani
USA, 2006, 74 min.
When filmmaker Linda Hattendorf turned her lens on Jimmy Mirikitani, a homeless octogenarian Japanese-American artist, she got far more than she anticipated: the collapse of the World Trade Center, a family reunion more than 50 years in the making, and a series of small miracles. Audience Award Winn... more
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Close to Home
Israel, 2006, 90 min.
Two very different young Israeli women are partnered together to patrol Jerusalem streets as part of their obligatory Israeli military service. In the process, they find that, despite the uniforms, they are just young people trying to find their place in the world. ... more
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Day Night Day Night
USA, 2006, 94 min.
Julia Loktev’s hauntingly abstract portrait of a suicide bomber in New York City not only takes us deep into the terrorist mind, but also dramatically recreates the anxiety, dread and fear inherent in the act. The film received major prizes at the Cannes and Chicago Film Festivals as well as winning... more
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Dear Talula
USA, 2006, 34 min.
In Lori Benson’s Dear Talula, a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after the birth of her daughter. ... more
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Deliver Us From Evil
USA, 2006, 101 min.
For over two decades, Roman Catholic priest Oliver O’Grady molested dozens of young boys and girls throughout central California. Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg uncovers the truth behind the scandal, and why the Church kept trying to cover it up. Winner of the 2006 New York Film Critics Circle Award... more
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Forever
Netherlands, 2006, 95 min.
Forever takes viewers on a mesmerizing tour of artists' graves in Paris' famous Pere-Lachaise cemetery, to show that art is eternal and plays a powerful role in our lives. The tombs of departed greats prompt curious stories from dedicated visitors. Best Documentary at the Netherlands Film Festival.... more
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Forget You Not
Italy, 2006, 94 min.
The first feature film of Mariantonia Avati, daughter of Pupi Avati, continues the father’s tradition with a feminine approach. Nina works in a maternity ward in post-WWII Italy where women from different backgrounds are united by motherhood. For Nina, each story becomes a source from which she will... more
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Fresh Air
Hungary, 2006, 109 min.
Viola works as a bathroom attendant in the subway. Angela, her daughter, is ashamed of Viola and dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Communication between them has become almost impossible. This first contemplative feature by a young director reveals a mature craft for composition and creating at... more
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The Girl is Mine
France, 2006, 91 min.
Perhaps a mother’s worst nightmare is that someone will take her child. This suspenseful tale revolves around Maud, who after searching 12 years for her abducted daughter, meets a child she believes is the lost girl, but must contend with another woman who claims the girl as her own.... more
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Grbavica
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2006, 90 min.
Winner of the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, this Sarajevo-set drama highlights the plight of the thousands of Muslim women raped during the Balkan wars through the story of Esma, a hard-working single mother haunted by events from her past.... more
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The Ground Truth: After The Killing Ends
USA, 2006, 72 min.
Documentary filmmaker Patricia Foulkrod lets veterans step and recount their heartrending experiences being in Iraq, and even worse returning from that war—wounded, traumatized, with little or no government assistance to support them. It’s a story that is not only heartbreaking, but absolutely vital... more
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Gypsy Caravan
USA, 2006, 110 min.
Part concert film and part sociological study, this documentary travels between concert venues and cultures to give us an inside look at Gypsy music. With Macedonian diva Esma Redzepova, traditional Indian troupe Maharaja, Romanian groups Fanfare Ciocarlia and Taraf de Haidouks, and the Antonio El P... more
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The Iceberg
Belgium, 2006, 84 min.
After surviving a night in an industrial freezer, a harried housewife becomes upset with her family who failed to realize she never made it home, to say nothing of a newfound attraction to all things sub-zero. Chock full of French physical comedy delivered with deadpan Kaurismäkian cool.... more
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Jesus Camp
USA, 2006, 86 min.
Documentary filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka) take their camera into the “Kids on Fire” camp in Devils Lake, North Dakota to witness the fun and games of an extremely evangelical Christian summer camp. ... more
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Just Sex and Nothing Else
Hungary, 2006, 90 min.
A 33-year-old dramaturge decides to become a single mother. Compared to Bridget Jones’ Diary and Sex in the City, this ultra-modern, smart screwball comedy features deliciously witty dialogue, sophisticated coming timing, and sparkling performances.... more
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The Last Gaze
Mexico, 2006, 123 min.
In her debut film, Patricia Arriaga chronicles two different but parallel lives. A painter on the verge of blindness meets by chance a young girl hired as a maid in a remote brothel in the Mexican desert. They intertwine with surprising twists and turns in this beautiful film chronicling the surviva... more
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Little Miss Sunshine
USA, 2006, 101 min.
The Little Miss Sunshine Pageant is the impetus for this dysfunctional family road trip in which seven-year-old Olive, is vying for the title. Her family—including a suicidal uncle, her failing motivational speaker father, her mother at her wit’s end, her silent angst-ridden brother and... more
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Longing
Germany, 2006, 88 min.
A man and a woman in their early 30s love each other tenderly and live a quiet life in a village near Berlin, until one day the husband finds himself waking up in the bed of an unknown woman with no recollection of how he got there. Grisebach captures the essence and the mystery of the couple with e... more
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Love for Share
Indonesia, 2006, 120 min.
Three women from different backgrounds deal with polygamy in Indonesia and the predicament of having to share their domestic life and the love of one man with several women and often with humorous consequences.... more
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Madeinusa
Peru, 2006, 100 min.
For one devout Peruvian village, God dies on Good Friday and is born again on Easter; between those days there is no sin. During these strange Holy Days young Madeinusa falls for a gringo stranger against her father’s wishes, in this stunningly photographed take on the classic American Western.... more
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Maroa
Venezuela, 2006, 102 min.
Great performances from the young cast highlight this hard-hitting melodrama. 11-year-old Maroa struggles with the lure of the Caracas streets and a fractious life at home with her violent granny. When arrested and sent to reform school, the youth orchestra teacher brings her out of her shell.... more
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Monkeys in Winter
Bulgaria, 2006, 111 min.
Set over a 40-year time span, three stories explore the lives of three mothers from separate generations who each face difficult decisions. Winner, East of the West Competition, Karlovy Vary Film Festival.... more
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My Country, My Country
USA, 2006, 90 min.
Filmmaker Laura Poitras traveled to Baghdad shortly after the Abu Ghraib scandal became public and worked alone in the besieged country for eight months, assembling a vital snapshot of the chaotic and resilient Iraqi lives on the front lines.... more
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Nina's Heavenly Delights
United Kingdom, 2006, 92 min.
Nina, a feisty young Indo-Scottish woman, discovers her father had lost 50 percent of the family curry house in a bet to the local bookie, whose daughter Lisa now runs it. Trying to take charge, Nina finds herself falling for Lisa in comedy about the search for cultural and sexual identity.... more
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Nina's Journey
Sweden, 2006, 120 min.
Based on the true story of the writer-director’s mother, it’s a powerful drama about a young Jewish woman's remarkable odyssey of survival during World War II in Poland. The gripping narrative, poignantly interspersed with testimony from the real Nina, was named Best Film and Best Script at the Swed... more
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Oh, La La!
France, 2006, 92 min.
Take a cast of memorably mismatched characters—an old actress forgotten in a retirement home, a pool-boy at the Ritz, Bettina Fleischer, the star of a popular TV series, and Raphaël, a disturbingly handsome young man and you get a bittersweet and whacky comedy that received a radiant reception at th... more
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Paraguayan Hammock
Paraguay, 2006, 78 min.
This sublimely minimalist film from Paraguay—its first in three decades—offers a striking meditation on time, memory, loss, and love as an elderly couple sits in the jungle and waits for an impending rainstorm.... more
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Phoenix Dance
USA, 2006, 16 min.
Karen Epperlein’s Phoenix Dance tells the story of a dancer who returns to the stage after losing his leg to cancer.... more
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Puccini for Beginners
USA, 2006, 82 min.
Director Maria Maggenti creates a witty comedy of sexual confusion as a New York City writer, rebounding from her last lesbian affair, suddenly finds herself caught between two lovers—a man and a woman. It’s a comedy that will leave you giggling as you race to plan your next trip to New York City.... more
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Recycled Life
USA, 2006, 38 min.
Leslie Iwerks’ Recycled Life illuminates the lives of the families who inhabit the Guatemala City garbage dump. Narrated by Edward James Olmos.... more
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Rehearsing a Dream
USA, 2006, 40 min.
In Rehearsing a Dream, director Karen Goodman follows a group of gifted teenage artists who spend a week with well-known mentors.... more
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A Revolving Door
USA, 2006, 39 min.
A man struggles with addiction and mental illness in director Marilyn Braverman’s A Revolving Door.... more
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Shut up and Sing
USA, 2006, 99 min.
Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck document the scandal that dogged, and nearly destroyed, The Dixie Chicks after they criticized the president in 2003 in a quip heard around the world, as well as the group’s miraculous come back in producing their number-one selling album “Taking the Long Way” in 2005... more
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Sisters in Law
Burkina Faso, 2006, 104 min.
Documentary filmmakers Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi take their cameras into the courtroom of a small Cameroon town to introduce us to a female judge and prosecutor who are cleaning up decades of gender discrimination.... more
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Sounds of Sand
Belgium, 2006, 96 min.
Set amidst magnificent Djibouti landscapes, Sounds of Sand is a tale of exodus, survival and hope, following the life and death struggle of an African family traversing a hostile desert in search of water. It is also the story of a nomad’s daughter, whose tenacity and strength will conquer he... more
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Storm of Emotions
Israel, 2006, 106 min.
The Israeli government’s decision to order the evacuation of the Gaza Strip in 2005 caused great political and social upheaval. This extraordinary documentary charts this tumultuous time from the point of view of several Israeli Army officers.... more
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Sway
Japan, 2006, 120 min.
When a successful Tokyo photographer returns to his small town home for his mother’s funeral, a tragic accident puts his brother on trial for murder and forces him to reconsider his current fast-paced life and the slow, tradition-bound world he came from.... more
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Three Women and a Chateau
USA, 2006, 81 min.
This intriguing and enjoyable documentary recounts the history of a remarkable mansion, happily brought back yet again and again from the edge of ruin. Built in 1915 by heiress Harriet Pullman Carolan, it was abandoned after her marriage fell apart. Rescued by two subsequent owners, one a countess a... more
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt
USA, 2006, 113 min.
In 1984, a black North Carolinian teenager was convicted of life in prison for the murder of a young white woman. What transpired over the next 19 years graphically illustrates the holes in the American Justice system. Outraged without being outrageous, this is an investigative documentary of the hi... more
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Denmark, 2006, 59 min.
The mother of 14-year-old Liv and 16-year-old Danny isn't feeling very cheery this holiday season because of her impending bitter divorce. When she confounds family tradition by bringing home a younger male co-worker, she allows herself to become entangled in a dangerous erotic power game with her d... more
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