1. Fed Up
Fed Up unearths the dirty little secret the food industry doesn’t want you to know.
Following a group of children for more than two years, director Stephanie Secohtig achieves a profound intimacy with
them as they document their uphill battles to follow the conventional wisdom—diet and exercise—in order to live
healthier, fuller lives. In riveting interviews with the country’s leading experts, Fed Up lays bare a decades-long
misinformation campaign orchestrated by Big Food and aided and abetted by the U.S. Government.
2. Like Father, Like Son
“Beautifully observed and deeply moving.”
Dennis Harvey, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Following an unexpected phone call, affluent architect Ryota and his wife Midori, learn that their six-year-old son Keita, was
switched at the hospital and is not their biological son. Ryota begins to question his own values on fatherhood as he must
choose between “nature” and “nurture,” a decision that will change their lives forever.
3. Calvary
“I think she's bipolar, or lactose intolerant, one of the two.” -Jack Brennan
Father James is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member
of his parish. Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter and reach out to help members of his church with
their various scurrilous moral- and often- comic problems… he feels sinister and troubling forces closing in.
4. On My Way
A dramatic road trip with a twist
Now in her early sixties, former beauty queen Bettie (Catherine Deneuve) finds herself jilted by her lover and left alone to
deal with the financial problems facing her family’s restaurant. What begins as a quick drive to clear her head turns into a
full-fledged road trip, and along the way there are chance meetings, an ex-Miss France gala, renewed ties with her
estranged daughter and grandson, and possibly, at the end of the road, love.
5. Point and Shoot
A gun in one hand and a camera in the other
Point and Shoot follows Matt VanDyke, a timid 27-year-old with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, who left home in Baltimore
in 2006 and set off on a self-described “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began
a three year, 35,000 mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East. While traveling, he struck up an
unlikely friendship with a Libyan hippie, and when revolution broke out in Libya, Matt joined the fight against dictator
Muammar Gaddafi.
6. Still Life
What will he do without his job, without his routine?
John May is a council worker whose job is to find the next of kin of those who have died alone. His life is neat, calm, and
ordered until his new case, the elderly alcoholic called Billy Stoke, is found dead. When May visits the flat to search for clues
to his neighbor’s life, he sees the mirror image of his own—except that Stoke’s is full of rubbish bags and dirty dishes. As
May starts to research Stoke’s life, his boss brings devastating news: the department is being downsized.
7. Ivory Tower
“Education costs money, but then so does ignorance”…Claus Moser
A documentary that questions the cost –and value—of higher education in the United States. As tuition rates spiral
beyond reach and student loan debt passes $1 trillion (more than credit card debt), Ivory Tower asks: Is college worth
the cost?
8. Le Chef
Too many cooks can spoil the broth.
Self-taught aspiring chef Jacky has the talent but not the luck. Star chef Alexandre Lagarde is in danger of losing
his reputation along with his beloved restaurant. Fate brings the two together and helps them along a journey
through the intoxicating world of French haute-cuisine. Working together, Lagarde and Jacky search for a
balance between tradition and trend in this comedy.
9. Last Wishes
Never judge a book by its cover, never judge a life lived by what remains
Two thugs’ latest target for entertainment and enrichment is an elderly couple. The couple lives in a once
proud house in New Orleans’ lower Garden District. While the house is showing its age, the relationship of the
couple within its walls is as warm and welcoming as the home that lies within.
10. The Circle
Zurich: 1958
Defending their love, two men witness the heyday and decline of a European pioneering
organization for gay emancipation.