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Description:

When the residents of Budrus learn that the Israeli army plans to build the Separation Barrier through their town, cutting them off from neighboring Palestinian villages and uprooting their precious olive groves, they decide to organize. Under the leadership of Ayed Morrar, Palestinian men of all political factions come together to wage an unarmed struggle to preserve their lands. Victory seems unlikely until Ayed’s 15-year-old daughter steps in to organize a female contingent that brings the women of Budrus to the front lines in a tense stand-off with the military.

As word of the nonviolent protest spreads, Israeli citizens, international activists and Palestinians from other villages join the people of Budrus to demand that the Barrier be moved. Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known movement that is still gaining ground today. Featuring interviews with unarmed demonstrators, Israeli soldiers and the citizens of Budrus, this harrowing, action-filled, and ultimately inspiring documentary has given hope to audiences around the world with its story of the ground-breaking nonviolent movement spreading across the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

DVD Special Features:
Trailer
Q&A with Director
Checkpoints Award
“What’s your Calling”
Language: Arabic, Hebrew & English | Subtitles: English

Reviews:

“A poignant chronicle… This inspiring  documentary stresses peaceful resistance as the best means of conflict resolution.” - Variety

“A complex … documentary that shows a balanced picture of its competing protagonists. It finds a story for the future… in the shape of a social movement driven by pragmatism.”  - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitun

“A moving sliver of hope that nonviolent resistance may yet blossom out of violence.” – New York Magazine

“A powerful film filled with the kind of hope you rarely see around this issue.” – Michael Moore

“ This story is a journey that stretches beyond borders to provide hope, and it should be seen by everyone.” – Jessica Alba, Actress

“A strong piece of work from intelligent filmmakers.” – The Jewish Week

“Budrus chronicles a small victory in a much larger and uncertain battle, but with so much hopelessness in the region, it’s worth highlighting and, hopefully, emulating.” – The Nation

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In Theaters

December 20th – 23rd, 2010 – Real Art Ways - Hartford, Connecticut

December 20th – 24th, 2010 – Varsity Theater – Seattle, WA

December 27th – 30th, 2010 – Facets Cinematheque - Chicago, Illinois

January 3rd, 2011 – Haifa Cinematheque - Haifa, Israel

January 6th, 2011 - SPACE Gallery - Portland, Maine

January 7th – 13th, 2011 – Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts - Grand Rapids, Michigan

January 14th – 20th, 2011 – Shattuck 10 – Berkley, California

January 14th – 20th, 2011 – Lumiere Theater & Opera Plaza - San Fransisco, California

January 29th & 31st, 2011 – Varsity Theatre – Davis, California

February 16th, 2011 – Avon Theatre Film Center Inc. – Stamford, Connecticut

February 25th – 27th, 2011 – Flint Institute of Arts – Flint, Michigan

March 18th – 24th, 2011 – Main Art Theatre – Royal Oak, Michigan

March 28th – 30th, 2011 – Fine Arts Theatre – Asheville, North Carolina

May 3, 2011 - Bryn Mawr Film Institute - Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

May 27, 2011 - Culver Center for the Arts - Riverside, California

At Festivals

 

Winner, Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival, 2011
Winner, Inaugural Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize, 2011
Winner, Amnesty’s Matter of Act Human Rights Award, 2011
Winner, Panorama Audience Award Second Prize, Berlin International Film Festival, 2010
Winner, Special Jury Mention, Tribeca Film Festival, 2010
Winner, Audience Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2010
Winner, Honorable Mention Spirit of Freedom Award, Jerusalem International Film Festival 2010
Winner, Witness Award at Silverdocs Film Festival, 2010
Winner, Honorable Mention of the Jury, Documenta Madrid 10
Winner, Amnesty Italia Award, Pesaro Film Festival, 2010
Winner, Founders Prize, Best of Fest, Nonfiction, Traverse City Film Festival, 2010
Winner, Checkpoints Award, Bergen International Film Festival, 2010
Winner, Festival des Libertés Prize, Festival des Libertés, 2010
Winner, Spirit of Freedom Documentary Award, Bahamas International Film Festival, 2010

Cultural Bridge Gala, Dubai International Film Festival, 2009

Official Selection, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival London, 2010

Official Selection, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, E Tudo Verdade/It’s All True Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Hot Docs Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Sydney Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Planete Doc Review, 2010

Official Selection, Documentarist Film Festival, Istanbul, 2010

Official Selection, DokuFest Kosovo, 2010

Official Selection, Woods Hole Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, EBS International Documentary Festival, Korea, 2010

Official Selection, Festival do Rio, 2010

Official Selection, Take One Action Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Bergen International Film Festival, Norway, 2010

Official Selection, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Festival des Libertes, 2010

Official Selection, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Jihlava International Documentary Festival, 2010

Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Milwaukee International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Jakarta International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Bend Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Boston Palestine Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Arab Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Rehoboth Beach Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Ad Hoc: Inconvenient Films, 2010

Official Selection, One World Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Lens Politica Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Reykjavik International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Camden International Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Palestine Human Rights Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, Global Peace Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, International Women’s Film Festival, 2010

Official Selection, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 2010

Additional Awards:

Winner, King Hussein Leadership Prize, 2009

 

 

At Festivals

 

2008 – Premiered at the Rotterdamn International Film Festival

2008 – Top 10 Best Films at the Tribeca International Film Festival

2009 – Grand Jury Prize at the Ismailia International Film Festival (Egypt)

2009 – Cinema City International Film Festival (Siberia)

2010 – Jury Special Mention at the Moqavemat International Film Festival (Iran)

2010 – Bradford International Film Festival (UK)

2010 – Washington D.C. International Film Festival: Arabian Sights

2011 – Thessaloniki International Film Festival

2011 – San Francisco Arab Film Festival

2011 – Calgary Arab Film Festival

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Description:

With “an elegiac poignancy” (New York Times), director James Allen Smith’s Floored ” captures the waning heyday of the Chicago Trading Pits” (ABC News) and tells the bizarre and gripping stories of the traders—”overgrown kids with money, brains and a pathological need to release stress” (Barron’s) whose chaotic, audacious and thrill-seeking way of life has all but vanished with the recent shift toward automated computerized stock trading.

“A lively documentary about a profession that has almost been wiped out” (Bloomberg.com), Floored takes audiences into the lives of the Chicago trading floor’s everyman—from those who have gracefully adapted to the new age of electronic trading to those who have defiantly refused to change—and offers a fascinating examination of the never-ending pursuit of the American Dream. Prairie Miller of News Blaze calls Floored “a must-see about greed, material obsession, perpetually unfulfilled lust for loot, shoving matches, and suicide.”

Reviews:

“Floored focuses on the working-class wolves who stalk Chicago… Director James Allen Smith delves deep…”  - Eric Hynes, Time Out

“(Floored) captures waning heyday of Chicago Trading Pits…”  - Michael Hirtzer, ABC News

“There’s an elegiac poignancy in James Allen Smith’s Floored”  - Andy Webster, The New York Times

“A must-see about greed, material obsession, perpetually unfulfilled lust for loot, shoving matches, and suicide.”  - Prairie Miller, News Blaze

“…a lively documentary about a profession that has almost been wiped out.”  - Rick Warner, Bloomberg.com

“Floored profiles a handful of eccentric (read: obnoxious) traders attempting the difficult transition to electronic exchange. Stock-doc acknowledges the high-pressure stakes that led many traders to addiction and suicide…”  - Andrew Schenker, Village Voice

“I enjoyed the hell out of the film”  - Ain’t It Cool News

“This is a memorable portrait of men whose experience buying and selling futures hardly prepared them for what their own future held in store.”  - J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader

” (Smith) captured the traders when their lives were at a turning point.”  - Crain’s New York Business

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Official Selection Austin Film Festival

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Description:

While in Beirut to attend a glamorous banquet, legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve (Potiche, Belle de Jour) insists on being taken to the southern regions of Lebanon in order to see first-hand the devastation caused by Israel’s month-long bombing campaign there in the summer of 2006.

Cleverly blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, directors Khalil Joreige and Joana Hadjithomas (A Perfect Day) create a mesmerizing, thought-provoking travelogue in which they appear as filmmakers capturing Deneuve’s road-trip on camera.

After visiting the crumbling ruins of ancient villages and watching as the shattered remnants of cities and towns are slowly pushed into the sea, Deneuve’s perception of Lebanon is transformed somewhat when she appears later that evening before the myriad photographers ardently capturing her image at the elegant evening gala.

DVD Special Features:
Filmographies
Typecast Trailers
Language: Arabic & French | Subtitles: English

Reviews:

“There’s no denying that this is a single-note film, but it’s a note of considerable emotional clout.” —David Jenkins, Time Out

“Magnificent!…must not be missed. I could heap praises on it forever.” —Charles Mudede, The Stranger

“A fascinating little film in which Deneuve’s disorientation comes to stand for that distance we all feel in the West when forced to think about the reality behind the headlines and news reports.” —Jon Fortgang, Film4

“An unusual, personal film…defies description.” —Ted Fry, The Seattle Times

“A potent and intriguing cinema of ideas.” —Peter Bradshaw, Guardian (UK)

 

In Theaters

Typecast Releasing is pleased to announce that I Want to See, the new feature film from directors Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (A Perfect Day) will have its U.S. theatrical premiere at Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum on Saturday, July 9th, where it will play daily through Thursday, July 14th. More info can be found here:

* July 9-14, 2011 . Seattle, WA at Northwest Film Forum

At Festivals

Description:

 

Filmmaker James Smith spends a year documenting the lives of his eccentric Massachusetts parents as age and health issues challenge the routines and existence they know so well. The resulting film, My Name Is Smith, is a fascinating document of the struggles and triumphs of many other American families—the Smiths must come to terms with disappointing careers, alcohol abuse, religious fundamentalism, obesity, and shattered ideals. However, the true revelation is the humor and grace with which the film’s subjects face their trials, resulting in a beautiful, sensitive portrayal of commitment, love, and infectious optimism.

The film’s poignant moments, complicated relationships, and unique characters blend together to create a colorful, humorous portrait of the present, illuminated by surprising revelations from the past. The filmmaker’s observations ultimately reveal an unlikely discovery—an all-American love story like no other you’ve seen before.

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Austin Film Festival – October 21-28 – Austin, TX

Description:

Filmed with a borrowed camera and featuring a cast made up almost entirely of the director’s friends and relatives, Taking Father Home is the moving story of Xu Yun, a teenager who lives in a remote village in China’s Sichuan province. With nothing but a basket of geese to use as currency, he travels to the city of Zigong to find and retrieve his father who walked out on the family six years before. Once in Zigong, Yun learns quickly as he finds no shortage of mentors eager to impart advice.

Director Ying Liang’s remarkable evocation of the sights, sounds and smells of Zigong is breathtaking, recreating the mood and character of an entire culture with just the simplest of touches and the most basic use of dialogue. An utterly engaging emotional experience, Taking Father Home has established Ying as one of world cinema’s most promising young talents.

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Reviews:

“I could not tear myself away from the screen until I learned the outcome of Xu Yun’s journey to take father home”
- Malcom L. Rigsby, Department of Sociology, Ouachita Baptist University

“Ying presents China with an incisive, analytical eye; in his calmly unfolding tableaux, the dramatic action seems to arise from the jarring locations, such as high-rise buildings abutting rundown alleys and desolate boulevards that loom in the night like dead zones. The eruption of the foretold devastation—the floods, which are shown in documentary images—corresponds to the moral devastation that surrounds the boy’s desperate mission. This richly nuanced yet powerfully symbolic movie is an astonishingly accomplished début.”
- Richard Brody, the New Yorker

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Description:

2-Disc Special Edition!

An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied.

American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Winner of Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival documentary competition, the film was also awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, was named Best Documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2007 Academy Awards.

Special Features

• Feature-length audio commentary by director James Longley
• James Longley’s short film Iraq Before The War
• James Longley’s Academy Award nominated (2008) short film Sari’s Mother on Home Video DVD copies
• 15-minute director interview hosted by film critic Robert Horton
• Short films by students from Baghdad’s Independent Film & Television College
• English, French, German, Japanese & Spanish subtitle options
• 5.1 & 2.0 audio
• Beautiful 16×9 transfer
• Trailers

 

Reviews:

“. . . if Longley’s astonishing feat of poetic agitation has a precedent in the entire history of documentary, I’m not aware of it.” - Rob Nelson, The Village Voice

“[An] evocative, heartbreaking documentary told from three disparate but equally compelling perspectives: the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.” – Kevin Williamson, Jam!Movies

“Iraq in Fragments … is a well-crafted, thoughtful study of the dueling divisiveness and hope that will define the region long after foreign troops leave.” - John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

“A timely, lyrical and candid look at daily life in a post-invasion Iraq.” - Dennis Schwartz, Ozus’ World Movie Reviews

“James Longley’s haunting, oblique film, Iraq in Fragments, presents a collage of images, sounds and characters in an intimate, partial portrait of an unraveling nation.” - A.O. Scott, New York Times

“The struggles recorded in his dazzling Iraq in Fragments aren’t battlefield conflicts, but the personal, religious and political efforts of Iraqi citizens to reassemble their shattered lives.” – Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“A remarkable example of the conjunction of a burningly topical and newsworthy subject with a brilliant filmmaker.” - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

“The film is unusual among Iraq documentaries for its impressionistic, frequently gorgeous cinematography and for its structure …” – Kyle Smith, New York Post

“A documentary of stunning immediacy and marvelous images…” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

 

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At Festivals

Winner Best Director Sundance Film Festival

Winner Best Documentary Gotham Awards

Winner Best Documentary IDA Awards

Academy Award Nominee: Best Documentary Feature, 2006

 

Home Video DVD copies also include Sari’s Mother, an Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short, 2007. Also available on Blu-ray!

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Description:

In this achingly romantic tale, handsome young Tariq is about to marry Bilquis, eldest daughter of a prominent and powerful judge. But as he wanders the ancient city of Sana’a late one night, he spots a beautiful young woman dancing in the street and falls madly in love with her.

Before long, the young groom must choose between following his heart and protecting his family’s honor. Filmed entirely on location in the ancient city of Sana’a, this exquisite film is the first feature film ever to come out of Yemen.

World Premiere

- Cannes International Film Festival, 2006

U.S. Premiere

- Seattle Arab & Iranian Film Festival, 2006

Official Selection

- Vancouver International Film Festival, 2006

Official Selection

- Arabian Sights, Film Fest D.C., 2006

Official Selection

- Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2007

Reviews:

“It weaves a fairytale of unrequited love, bundled together with an anecdote or two suffused with local color. . . it indulges in a bit of magic realism.”

- Toronto Daily Star

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Winner Arab Film Prize Cairo Film Festival

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Description:

Twenty-two year old Corporal Jonathan Santos had documented his 37 days of military service in Iraq in a personal diary before a roadside bomb took his life and the lives of several of his friends and servicemen on October 15, 2004. Jonathan’s mother, Doris, wasn’t aware that her son had kept a diary until his Tuff Box™ – a soldier’s chest filled with their most valuable items – was sent to her after his death. Upon opening the box, she discovered his “little green book” and a stack of videocassettes on which he had recorded daily life in Iraq.

When Doris is finally able to bring herself to watch the tapes, she finds images of Jonathan’s arrival in Iraq, pictures from a cousin’s wedding he was able to attend while on leave, and scenes of Jonathan laughing and joking with his Army buddies including Private Matthew Drake, one of Jonathan’s best friends, who was the sole survivor of the attack in which Jonathan was killed. The record of Jonathan’s final few weeks, in which he expresses fears and doubts never voiced to his family in person, is at once inspiring, personal and profound.

Both an affecting story of courage and a universal tribute to soldiers everywhere, The Corporal’s Diary follows Doris’ journey as she moves beyond her pain to meet with the families of others who have lost loved ones in the war. Together they share stories, offer comfort and pay tribute to the lives of the brave young servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives in Iraq.

DVD Extras:

Limited edition 20 page booklet which includes Jonathans complete diary entries from Iraq.

Feature Audio Commentary

The Corporal’s Boots – The story of one soldier’s boots in the national exhibit, “Eyes Wide Open.”

Interview: Doris and Lisa – Followup interview with the mothers of Jonathan and Matthew.

Corporal Santos’ Last Letter Home – Jonathan’s last letter home, read by his mother.

Update on Matthew’s condition

Classroom Guide / Teaching Materials

Reviews:

“A heartfelt tribute to a human being by those who loved him.” - Bill White, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Santos’ footage is remarkable for its unremarkable scenes of soldiers joking and complaining of the boredom and mundane facts of life in a confusing war zone. There is seemingly nothing special about them. They could be your neighbors or your sons.”- David Allen, Stars and Stripes

“The content of each journal is so entertaining and compelling that, if one didn’t know better, a viewer might assume The Corporal’s Diary was yet another faux documentary about the war told from the perspective of a fictional serviceman.”- Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

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Winner Most Powerful Documentary Seattle True Independent Film Festival

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