il Luster Productions

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    Documentary Remington Smith

    The Derby

    A portrait of the disparate but connected worlds of workers and revelers at the fastest two minutes in sports, The Kentucky Derby.

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    Drama Jonathan Hodgson

    Roughhouse

    Three friends embark on a new adventure in a strange town, but when a manipulative new member joins their gang, their loyalty is torn apart with terrifying consequences.

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    Documentary Ellen Evans

    Motherland

    After a lifetime in Britain, three men are sent "home" to Jamaica. Far from their families and friends in the UK, they must construct new lives from nothing.

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    Drama Jonas Odell

    Tussilago

    West German terrorist Norbert Kröcher was arrested on March 31, 1977. He was leading a group planning to kidnap politician Anna-Greta Leijon. A number of suspects were arrested, one of them was Kröcher's ex-girlfriend, "A". This is her story.

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    Fashion Film Roundup Part 2

    We published part 1 of this fashion film roundup to honor the end of New York fashion week and since then London and Milan have had their turn. Now we're in the thick of Fashion Week Paris, the final of the 4 consecutive world fashion weeks, and at last here is part 2.

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    Dark Comedy Charles Pieper

    Malacostraca

    A failing writer loses his grip on reality as his wife grows pregnant with their first child in this horror dark comedy.

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    Interview: San Francisco Film Festival Shorts Directors

    Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.

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    Dark Comedy JJ Shpall

    Date Nite

    In a world defined by a virus that preys on romantic desire, a lonely man risks his life for a chance at human connection. A dystopian rom-com about finding love in an age when physical distance breeds emotional distress.

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    Experimental Justice Jamal Jones

    How To Raise A Black Boy

    An experimental fairytale dedicated to the modern black boy, in which four boys disappear one night, as many black boys do, and find themselves on a fantastical journey to break the curses of black boyhood.

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