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An old man in his sixties who has never driven a car in his life makes a resolution to learn how to drive from his son. An old man in his sixties who has never driven a car in his life makes a resolution to learn how to drive from his son. However the lesson does not progress favorably. He is too old to learn new things and his son is too young to understand and tolerate him.

Vietnam, 1968. A young American soldier is tormented by the war. The year is 1968. Following two failing semesters in college and forced to go to work for his father’s company, a young married man is drafted into the Army. He is sent to Southeast Asia to fight in the Viet Nam War. He feels very alone and is haunted by the memory of his wife back in ‘The States’. His Company Sergeant delivers a ‘cold slap’ reality check, when he informs the young soldier that his personal problems are due to the fact that he hasn’t made a ‘kill’ in combat yet. His opportunity to immerse into the reality that he is in the ‘killing fields’, comes soon.

Eight Short Films by Mike Flanagan "The Sugarbaby Collection" represents the short films of writer/director Mike Flanagan between 1996 and 2002. Mostly shot at Towson University, many are Award Winning shorts, ranging from drama to horror, experimental, and music video. This collection includes: "College Gothic", "Finals", "An Angel's Mark", "I'd Die Without You", "Tides", "Symposium", "Goodbye Mr. Spalding", and "In Morning".

A corrupt detox center chases a legitimate treatment facility out of town. The Northwoods Detox Center is known as "The Tox that Rocks" because they confiscate (and keep) the best stash. Their monopoly is threatened by a new Betsy Chrysler Center being built in Northwoods. They hatch a plan to frame Betsy Chrysler for public intoxication so that she'll leave town.

Two people meet in a late night bar, one of them is not seeing straight. She's the bar floozy, he's the stranger. She tries to pick him up but for some reason, he's not game. Stars Oscar nominee David Strathairn (Good Night, Good Luck)and Tony award winner Patti LuPone.

Mockumentary satirizing the knee-jerk patriotism in America following 9/11. In a medium sized Pennsylvania city immediately following September 11th, a documentary movie crew sets out to capture the lives of a handful of self-proclaimed Patriots. THE WAR EFFORT follows the lives of these citizens as they forge head-first into the war on terror, each equipped with their own brand of misguided pro-American jingoism. And all with the firm belief that they're supporting their President, their nation, and their war. But can they withstand the spotlight of the media and the lure of cash and prizes? Or will they bring down the wrath of the new Office of Homeland Security?

A story about three generations of a patriarchal potter family - A grandfather who has headed for the north to 'bring the elusive clay back', a wife who has been awaiting her husband's return in vain for 5 decades, a son who has been irrecoverably shaken by love and hatred for his missing father, and a grandson who is the very image of his grandfather.

Eight misfits get together to save the world and end up saving each other. The world's going straight down the drain. What's a successful, 30-year-old woman to do? If you're Dee Barnes, you organize a discussion group in hopes somebody has an answer...or at least is man enough to marry you and father your children.

feel the fear... terror is still out there... Mr. Stynes must stop Sha from threatening the United Nations with innocents at stake, while rival CIA agents must work together to stop a terrorist "Zel" from making an attack of fear somewhere in New York City to save lives before it's too late.

Slideshow and video of the Asian Tsunami of 2004 This is a slideshow with music and a compilation of rare video footage shot by the tsunami-ravaged eye-witnesses who lived through it. This non-narrated video and still photo compilation is raw, real and first-hand.

Something lurks beneath the waves of the famous Bondi Beach When some aussie surfers taunt, Jiro, a Japanese surfer at the famous Bondi Beach, he calls on a giant ally to help get revenge.

An obsessed sci-fi fanatic uses an impressionable young woman to lure aliens to earth, with tragic results. Based on a true story. Vic's days are filled with selling sci-fi collectibles, harassing his fellow antique dealers, and trying to communicate with extraterrestrials. The latter activity is singularly unsuccessful until the day he meets a mysterious young woman, Cassie. Vic becomes convinced that extraterrestrials are keenly interested in Cassie, and he sets out to prove it, with shocking results. Based on a true story.

Caught up in a harsh world of violence and despair, Anna escapes into her mind to try to erase the pain. However even in this fantasy world, there is something pulling against her, dragging her into the undertow.

A police psychic chasing a serial killer is having problems with blackouts. A police psychic chasing a serial killer is having a problem with blackouts. Can her psychiatrist help her piece together what is happening through her visions?

Three foxy female croupiers use their sexy charms and physical prowess to beat a string of lecherous men in driving an illegal donor liver to the house of an ailing rock star. Severa, Fiona and Loretta, three sexual adventurers and casino croupiers, apprehend and drive a donor liver to the mansion of ailing rocker Bobby Barzel. Along the way they must fend off one hunky Bible-thumper, two mafia couriers, three porn-obsessed highway patrolmen and thirteen sultry vixens of all shapes and sizes!

Portrait of filmmakers brother pre and post-heart transplant. When Ed learns that his brother Donald needs a heart transplant, the two come together after years apart. Donald's courage and humor sustain him, even as he suffers and waits for a donor.

Kidnapped and held for ransom, a young girl uses her wiles and wits to escape A new twist on the kidnapping scenario, as a young girl has been prepared by her wealthy father for just such an event. But no one can predict the family ties that bind the girl to her kidnapper.

A madman confronts his immutable self. Experience the deteriorating mind of a drifter, a man mourning a lover and a life he once knew. A strange attraction to an odd, young woman may be his chance to heal. But has he lost too much?

Hudson is conducting an experiment he doesn't know about. A young man wakes up alone in a football field. He must follow the few clues he has been given to understand how he ended up there in the first place.

Three leading peace activists (Mike Farrell, Jello Biafra, and Keith Gordon) attack the motives and consequences of the U.S. War in Iraq. With a body count of nearly three thousand U.S. soldiers, the U.S. invasion of Iraq has been seen by many as the ultimate folly of the Bush Administration. Now in the documentary "WHOSE WAR?" three leading American anti-war activists gather to disect the motives and fatal consequences of this, America's most controversial conflict since Vietnam. We follow musician and satirist Jello Biafra (former lead singer of THE DEAD KENNEDEYS) as he lampoons the Bush presidency during a packed California concert, then answers direct questions from our filmmakers. Mike Farrel (from tv's M*A*S*H and PROVIDENCE) finds evidence of purely cynical motives in "Mr. Bush's war," while leading director Keith Gordon (from tv's HOUSE) describes a self-serving and ultimately petty man in the nation's highest office. The views of this though-provoking trio makes "WHOSE WAR?" fascinating viewing.

What the producers of reality television don’t want you to see! With all the reality shows on the television there are hours of footage that the viewing public doesn’t get to see. Well, that is until now. Whether you love reality T.V. or you hate it Wilderness Survivor The Game is a must see. What really happens when you put 12 people out in the woods with no supervision and a million dollars on the line. See the good the bad and the really ugly side of human nature when the forces of self preservation collide in the untamed wilderness.

Love lost Love Found People realize how short life can be after leaving and refinding one another.

In life, finding the answers is the answer Adam is lost, Amanda's in a crunch, Mark is aggravated, Gretchen's getting married, Raquel's an independent woman--- they are all living life on life's terms, with nobody.

Ungsu and Inam who are in their early thirties, grow up together and now very close friend in a town. Ungsu is a blind and Inam takes care of him very well. But when Inam gets a job in the city, their relationship seems to change...

Be careful what you write- it might just catch up with you Two inept screenwriters, Ralph and Pilgrim, see their dream of a Hollywood blockbuster turn into a nightmare when their script and its characters take over the action.

A documentary on creativity A priest discusses the creation of his sermons while the filmmaker struggles with writer's block.

Fame, fans and fanaticism run amuck. Fame, it’s a fishbowl with two distinct perspectives: that from without and that from within. X-PHILES examines the oddly conflicted symmetry that exists between the creators and stars of television’s The X-Files and the legions of fans who turned it into an interactive adventure.

Emotion expressed through imagery. The Experimental Short “You” is composed of television static which I manipulated using color correction tools, a short four line poem that serves as the narrative, and footage of the moon. I wanted to make something visually beautiful that would evoke different feelings from the viewing audience. The film was greatly influenced by the work of Stan Brahkage.

RECRUITMENT DAY...THE LAST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN THE MILITARY REGISTRATION LINE...WE ENCOUNTER ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE. FOLLOW ONE RECRUIT AS HE WAITS TO BE PROCESSED INTO THE HEARD. WHEN THE SH*T BOMB DROPS...IT WILL CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.

Your Lights Are Out Or Burning Badly is a 9 minute, 35mm dance film by Seattle-based director and choreographer Gaelen Hanson. The film features an emotionally charged solo dance performed by Hanson with powerful music by Seattle band KINSKI. Your Lights Are Out Or Burning Badly premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 06, and been presented at several festivals including Dance Camera West in Los Angeles and at the American Dance Festival where it has received a Certificate of Distinction for Original Choreography.

OUTPATIENT is a stylish neo-noir thriller of duplicity, dance, and the descent into madness. When a soft-spoken young writer, Morris Monk (Justin Kirk) – inadvertently committed to an asylum for years due to a systems glitch – is released into the “real” world, his writing begins to blur the boundaries of reality and paranoid hallucination. And his therapist, Dr. Patricia Farrow (Catherine Kellner) begins to suspect she has unleashed a ruthless murderer.

A comedy of floral proportions - now with added features! “Making Arrangements,” focuses on the frenetic world of a high-end flower shop. Set over four days, this adrenalized comedy documents six florists and their clients as they struggle together to create perfect events. With two weddings, a convention, and an unexpected funeral, “Making Arrangements” spotlights what happens when ordinary people Go Floral.

How can a young transgender woman find love in the streets of Kings Cross, when she can’t find any beauty in herself? Luna is a quiet, transgendered woman who works at a bar in Kings Cross and lives in a small apartment with ex-street girl, Kelly. In the middle of a harsh world, where men are repulsed by her and loud mouthed queens mock her, Luna is stunned one night to encounter James, a friendly and attractive man, who treats her with respect and charm. Full of self-doubt, Luna tests this amiable stranger’s attention and in doing so, places them both in danger. LUNA AND THE MOON is a whimsical and unusual tale of love caught in the spinning orbit of fate.

Three gamblers in search of a fool proof way of beating the bookies.What they come across will Shock you! Beat the Bookie is the game. The plan-fail proof-but not fool proof. The players Bo and Rico,are born losers that were born to fail,but not this time. Bo and Rico have got a virtual gambling time machine built for one specific reason-beat the system. A traveling lingerie salesman,Hymie Shapiro,has got the cash and an in at some 'Big Money Joints'. Together,three losers,screwed time,and time again put what little if any luck they may have to the test in winner take all,loser lose all, even life, chance at winning some heavy bread. But heavy bread don't mean a thing if your very dead!

Life seen through the eyes of a doomed German and Italian unit late in WWII. Northern Italy late 1944. A German Army lieutenant waits for Italian reinforcements. The reinforcements finally arrive, but they are in worse shape than the Germans they are supposed to support. Cooperation between the German and Italian Officer breaks down and the men start to fight amongst themselves. Weary from Allied bombardment and Italian partisans attacking from the woods, the German and Italian Lieutenants have to find a way to work things out, before the enemy does it for them. Filmed on a very low budget this movie proceeds Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima", by looking at the enemy's point of view and showing a war from two sides. See the Allied POV in Ari Taub's other film "The Fallen."

In a remote location in the french countryside an 18th century nobleman duels a soldier for the love of the same woman. Spectacular swordplay and beautiful cinematography highlight this period short.

A dark and moving tale, is the story of a small town priest who bears the burden of confessions he must hear. A shockingly current and moving story of final redemption. Father Conklin (Larry Pennell) is a well loved priest. Tending his garden, the tolling of a small bell calls Father Conklin into the confessional. What he hears changes his life. The confessor (the voice of Jim Aiken) plays a game of wits with Father Conklin, toying with him until the truth of the confessions is known. As Father Conklin hears these sins, he travels into a deep, dark place. Even the concerns of Marilyn (Sharon Collar), the local diner waitress, or his best friend Tom (Chuck McGahan) do nothing to help Father Conklin through his terrible journey. On the one hand Father Conklin refuses to hear the sins, on the other he begs the confessor to release the burden he has been carrying. When finally it is revealed who the confessor is, it is too late for forgiveness.

Ghosts follow me wherever I go. A man, lost in grief from the tragic loss of the girl he loves, sets out on a journey to the places and moments they shared together in hopes of finding her once again.

Visual poetry: sufi master Rumi on life fulfillment Inspired by three simple lines spoken by the 13th century Sufi master, Jalaluddin Rumi, the film is a metaphor for the ordinary lives we lead in search of fulfillment. Alex is a wealthy man at the pinnacle of success, but longs for what money cannot buy. His search leads him to the incidental meeting with an enlightened master and in a moment of ordinariness, he finds his answer.

Crashing the war: how I made a fake press pass, snuck into Iraq and became a gunner on a tank. Mike Shiley, an adventure traveler and filmmaker decided to go to Iraq by himself to see what was really going on. Shiley, who previously spent a year in the Middle East, was upset with the way the media and the government focused on car bombs and press conferences.

Hyper kinetic images match with a vintage hypnotist to create a ride that exceeds any amusment park attraction. A hand held camera, some very patient subjects and one frame per step sends the world spinning in this award winning film.

HOLLYWOOD LOVE was conceived as our second feature, sn MTV farce accompanied by music and dance,about the love adventures of a young guitarist in Hollywood. The problem with HOLLYWOOD LOVE came to be money -- which we ran out of, and consequently could not complete shooting. Our other -- more sober -- feature project, EARTH SPIRIT (www.geocities.com/alankentgorg), had assumed priority and siphoned off most of our time, energy, and resources through eight years of post-production. HOLLYWOOD LOVE was finally edited into a short and is perhaps all the better at a brief length, as the pace and the farce are beautifully fast, especially with an approach using nothing but cuts for transitions, no dissolves or fades. It's a feature in a flash!

The erotic cult thriller! Hard Luck Girls is an uncompromising view at the world of dancing, gambling, and friendship. Two girls with very few options choose to become strippers after their world is interrupted by a sick father and a terrible gambling addiction. In a series of riveting sequences the girls struggle with morality and difficult decisions that dancers have to make on a nightly basis. And, the decision is not always a wise one, but at least they call the shots. In both good times and bad, Hard Luck Girls is a truly liberating experience.

An overly ambitious art film goes oddly awry While on location filming a narrative expose' at a prestigious east coast art school, the cast and crew of the film plunge into despair after a series on on-screen debates threatens to derail the completion of the film. With precious little time and money, the crew must rally together to film a last-minute cure-all to encapsulate the true nature of Art.

After betting a fellow inmate $100 that he wouldn't return to prison, ex-con, Grip, tries an honest living but soon returns to the world of guns and thugs headed by his slyly elusive older brother Maurice.

The true story of a final dinner of silent film idol Rudolph Valentino. In 1926, the world's eyes were on silent film idol Rudolph Valentino. The press had not so subtlely accused him of being a homosexual. Valentino responded with furious outbursts, only adding feul to the fire. Finally, he calls on famed journalist H.L. Mencken for advice. Mencken is struck by the genuine pathos in Valentino, and suggests the movie star simply ignore the chatter. But there was little time for that. One week later, Valentino was dead at the age of 31. "Good Night Valentino" is the story of the meeting between Valentino and Mencken, as told in the words of H.L. Mencken himself.

This is summer of love, confusion and the smell of fresh cut grass. Zac Peace, confused about his direction in life and mourning the death of his father, spends a summer drifting, mowing lawns on the East End of Long Island and falling in love with a girl named Eastern Grace. Zac’s mowing buddies Billy and Tony bring a raw yet poignant sense of humor to this gently moving film.

Jane finds herself lost in the heart of the city and herself only to reveal the truth of what has haunted her for most of her years alive.

2006 Oscar Nominee! An Asian girl forced into sex slavery dreams of a better life. Mudan, a frightened young Asian girl, is forced into sex slavery. She takes solace in the memory of her mother's promise that she will find Mudan and take her away to America: the "place where dreams come true". Mudan finds an unexpected friend in Faye, a sympathetic and compassionate brothel girl. Together Mudan and Faye courageously choose to live their lives as innocent, ordinary little girls despite their conditions and the bleak future that awaits them. IndieFlix is donating all of it's profits from the sales of this DVD to International Justice Mission and Polaris Project.

There's trouble in Paradise. Winner Most Outstanding Musical at the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival! At the dawn of time there is perfect harmony in the heavens, and of all the angels Lucifer is the most beloved. But everything will change with the coming of a new creation…Man. Told entirely through music, and with a driving rock score, Fallen Angel is a New Rock Opera in the tradition of Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar.