Desperate for money, a life-sized fish takes up the distinguished art of street performing, but struggles to maintain his human disguise while dealing with two jealous rivals: a showboating monkey and a pesky seagull.
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October 2020
Under the Heavens (Seiva Bruta)
Marta, a young Venezuelan mother, is immigrating to Brazil when she meets a struggling young couple with a baby girl. Her ability to breastfeed causes their fates to become forever entwined.
July 2016
Trifles – Directed by Germain Gulick
A disagreement arises between neighboring families on opposite sides of a street.
July 2023
The Third Ear
After seeing a botched depiction of himself, Sammy, a nude drawing model, sprouts an ear from the back of his head, spiraling his sense of self-image and life out of control.
September 2013
The Pale of Settlement – Directed by Jacob Sillman
The Pale of Settlement, based on true events, tells the story of a 10 year old Jewish boy, Moische, who escapes forced conscription into the Russian Army during the Crimean War.
July 2015
The National Board of Review Announces 2015 Student Grant Winners
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2015 STUDENT GRANT WINNERS New York, NY (July 6, 2015) – The National Board of Review announced today that it will be awarding grant money through the organization’s annual Student Grant Program to 23 filmmakers, including nine graduate students and fourteen undergraduate students. These schools include Brooklyn College, City […]
July 2022
The Monk and the Rebel
During the Nepalese Civil war, a survivor Buddhist Monk’s morality is challenged when he encounters an injured Maoist Rebel.
July 2015
Stop – Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
A young man’s livelihood is put to the test when he gets profiled and stopped by the police on his way home from practice.
July 2016
SEIDE – Directed by Elnura Osmonalieva
Afraid of change young Seide is unable to escape early marriage and loss of what she loves the most.
April 2022
Q&A with Ted Braun
What was your original artistic challenge when you were approached with this project? A profile of one person is quite different than your previous work.
Ted Braun: The previous films I’ve done, feature documentaries I’ve done (Betting on Zero, which looked at allegations of global economic criminality, and Darfur Now, which looked at allegations of massive, systemic violent crimes in Sudan) were, in different ways, ensemble stories about people trying to expose wrongdoing.
April 2014
Q&A with Pat Healy
In Compliance, you were the sadist, the controller. There are very similar themes here but in this case you’re on the other side.
It’s kind of interesting. In Great World of Sound, I almost play a version of the Ann Dowd character from Compliance.
April 2023
Q&A with Kelly Reichardt
How did you get from First Cow to this story?
Kelly Reichardt: Well, both films were written with Jonathan Raymond and we started out with this idea of making a film of this little-known Canadian painter, Emily Carr. We wanted to focus on a ten-year period of her life when she was a landlord.
July 2020
Q&A with Greg Barker and Wagner Moura
There is a scene with an East Timorese woman, a non-actor named Senhorinha Gama Da Costa Lobo, that is completely amazing. Wagner, can you talk about that scene, and about casting that role?
Wagner Moura: I think that’s my favorite scene in the film. That was the most difficult casting we did.
July 2022
Post Term
During a 1992 Long Island autumn, a Pakistani immigrant doctor in a post-term pregnancy is pushed to confront the expectations of her new life.
July 2014
Owl and Mouse – Directed by Emma Noble
On a dark and stormy night, an owl lets a young mouse take shelter in his home.