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BELSNICKLE

When it seems an evil folklore character begins killing people in a rural town during Christmas week, a young, inexperienced sheriff with his job on the line tries to stop him.

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER

In trying to earn his gold wings, Jeremy, a young goldfinch, must find the courage to challenge the bird of prey that killed his father.

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REVIVAL HOUSE

A young couple gets more than they bargained for when they attend a midnight silent film festival at a seedy movie theatre.

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BLACK ICE

In helping a beautiful woman escape a vengeful mob boss, a naïve stockbroker becomes entangled in a web of deceit, murder, and revenge.

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APPEARANCES

Ronnie, a street-wise teen, invites the scorn of her friends, school, and church when she claims to have seen a vision in a city park.

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REFUGE

A woman has her husband arrested for assault and battery, only the husband has no memory of the event and depends on a young, inexperienced court-ordered attorney to discover what really happened.

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LURE

On a sweltering summer day, two middle-aged men trapping Japanese beetles in their back yard, are themselves lured by a mysterious young woman sunbathing on her patio.

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5-POINTS FLOWERS

A kid, a hood, and Santa engage on a busy intersection.

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MEMORIAL

The ghosts of four students killed at Kent State gather at their memorial on the fiftieth anniversary of the shooting.

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A WALK IN THE PARK

A elderly man's daily constitutional becomes a surreal experience.

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NOVICES

After graduation, three high school pals experience love and loss as they embark on their careers.

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KANDACE KAINE

A TV reporter tries to unravel the meaning of a millionaire's last words.

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FALL BACK

Two lovers try to reunite after being separated by a rift in space and time.

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GENEVIEVE: A SILENT SCREEN IDYLL

A young woman's activities in a park attract an unusual group of spectators. (Silent, B&W)

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BACK TO THE MOON

An astronaut who wasn't chosen to go to the moon invents a space ship, taking along a whiz kid on a journey of discovery.

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ODOMETER

A teenager buys what he thinks is his dream car, but it turns out to be a nightmare killing machine.

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AFFLECK! or How Ben Got the Job

A riff on the Aflac commercials.

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MAUSOLEUM MAN

After his wife's sudden death, her husband fights his sister and a cemetery official to stay with her in the family mausoleum.

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SON OF THE ROBE

Ben-Hur, Barabbas, Demetrius, and other Biblical movie heroes meet on a dusty road outside Jerusalem in this mash-up of Hollywood epics.

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THROUGH THE CRACKS

A social welfare boss flees from the ghosts of the people whose lives he ruined.

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CATACOMB

On a field trip to Rome, a quiet teenage girl discovers her secret mental powers and must learn to use them in confronting a conspiracy to destroy the Vatican.

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SEVERELY GIFTED

A bright, lonely teenager learns about love and loss while taking a summer job to escape his abusive father.

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THE REDDITION

An idealistic monk crusades against manipulative, sadistic prefects at his order's reform school for boys.

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DOWNsized

A young couple who work in a holiday display factory try to make their way back home after mysteriously being miniaturized among model Christmas villages.

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CERTAIN ARRANGEMENTS

A naïve teen on probation for a first offense gets lured into using an old woman's flower shop where he works as a front for drug trafficking.

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THE COMMON ROOM

A proud former religious superior, newly retired and fighting for his dignity at a retirement home for monks, meets up with an old, vengeful nemesis - and an old flame.

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CARLOTTA'S STORY

In a nursing home, Eugene O'Neill's third wife, Carlotta Monterey, tells a researcher the untold story of her tumultuous life with the famous playwright.

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THE WORD ON THE STREET

While trying to keep her family together, a young Catholic widow must deal with prejudice as black families start moving into their all-white parish in 1950s West Philadelphia.

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WUNDERKIND: THE MOTION PICTURE

After a series of missteps, a driven young filmmaker finally finds fulfillment at a Utah film festival - but not in the way he expected.

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