Chloe is a young Canadian doctor who divides her time between Ramallah, where she works with the Red Crescent, and Jerusalem, where she lives next door to her friend Ava,…

Jewish-American writer Jonathan Safran Foer is a collector of his family's memorabilia, although most of the items, some which he takes without asking, would not be considered keepsakes by the…

Princess is a heart-warming drama-comedy about overweight 18 year old Maja, whose size makes it difficult for her to be socially accepted and to make her dreams come true. It…

The Shogunate breaks up warrior clans in Japan 17th century, putting thousands of samurai out work and in poverty. Under the samurai code, ritual suicide or harakiri (self inflicted intestinal…

Sweet Old World is inspired by my personal documentary film, The Band (PBS series P.O.V., 1998), in which I followed my son through his junior year in high school as…

Christian leaves his hometown for Oslo to finish his studies, but moves in with two guys who turn out to be big-time pick up artists. Despite endless objections, Karl and…

Mike Bruton is a clown with a drinking problem. Seriously — a real clown. Eager to pick up where he left off after a stint in rehab, Mike hops on…

Independent of each other, the Pal family – parents Hazari and Kamla, and their three offspring Amrita, Shambu and Manooj – and Max Lowe arrive in Calcutta, their initial dealings…

After witnessing her husband’s brutal murder, Carla travels to her parents’ home in a small mountain town to start over. When she’s repeatedly harassed by redneck locals, Carla seeks help…

Martin and Margot have been writers since they could write and lovers since the poet, La Bestia, brought them together. They have decided to travel through Guatemala to search for…

Lila (TALIA BALSAM) has built a fragile tranquility in the Catskill mountain home she shares with her husband Edgar (SCOTT COHEN) and their teen daughters. Soon after the girls leave…

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead…