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    Drama Alex Nystrom

    Four Nights and a Fire

    A young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights in mourning of his father. His father’s spirit tries to reach him from the other side.

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    Action Abdou Cissé

    Festival of Slaps

    A celebratory dinner is flipped on its head, when an enraged Nigerian Mum serves her son a set of slaps so powerful that it will change his life forever.

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    Drama Anu Valia

    Lucia, Before and After

    After traveling 200 miles, a young woman waits out Texas’s state-mandated 24-hour waiting period before her abortion can proceed, in this Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.

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    Best Films of the Month: June

    From the devastation of heartbreak to the destruction of a heart-stopping plague, these 4 films representing the best of June showcase inventive storytelling and an abundance of directorial flair

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    SXSW Filmmakers Q&A

    As the SXSW Film Festival gears up this weekend, regular SOTW contributor, Jason B Kohl, sat down with two filmmakers from UCLA's MFA Directing Program en route to Austin. Their shorts couldn't be more different from each other in every aspect from production through post, but the two had many common insights to share.

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    Film Noir Nicholas D'Agostino

    Blind Mice

    An anthropomorphized stop-motion homage to classic film noir. Upon his release from prison Walter falls back in with his old gang of hustlers. In this con within a con will he be the one left holding the bag?

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    Documentary Patrick Waldrop

    Cosmic Debris

    Hungarian Immigrant and influential animator Gábor Csupó (Simpsons, Rugrats) is a life long Frank Zappa enthusiast. This touching, mixed-media documentary, tells the story of their friendship and collaboration.

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    Drama Georgia Goggin

    BEND

    Maggie's daughter has been sexually harassed by a classmate. Maggie thinks she shouldn't make a big deal of it. But then Maggie meets the boy's father.

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    Documentary Jeremy Konner

    Drunk History Vol. 1

    The latest entry won Sundance this week. Get caught up from the beginning! Learn History! Drunken History!

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    Horror Nico Casavecchia

    Border Hopper

    Laura, discovers a supernatural way to navigate the US immigration system like a video-game to get the travel permit she desperately needs. The magic solution soon shows unexpected consequences.

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