Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature 2008
The nominees for "Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature" are...
Ghosts of Cite Soleil
$24.95 | 85 minutes
Two hours off the shores of Miami Beach, Haiti lies nestled next to the Dominican Republic, ignored by the rest of the world. It is a country of poverty and despair and violence. But to the vast majority of people who have never set foot in Haiti, "Hell" is the only word that can truly convey its condition of life. This is where GHOSTS…
Into Great Silence
$23.95 | 0 minutes
"Only in complete silence, one starts to hear. Only when language resigns, one starts to see." Full Synopsis: One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, INTO GREAT SILENCE dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life. Nestled deep…
Manufactured Landscapes
$20.95 | 90 minutes
Manufactured Landscapes is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Full Synopsis: Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of manufactured landscapes -- quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams -- Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization's…
The Monastery: Mr. Vig & the Nun
$21.95 | 85 minutes
The Monastery: Mr. Vig & the Nun is the story of two lonely souls and their destiny to meet each other. Mr. Vig is a 86 year old bachelor livng his life in solarium until by fate Sister Amvrosija comes into his life. his dream of leaving his danish country side castle to the Russian orthodox church to be come a monastery is coming together…
Please Vote For Me
$19.95 | 58 minutes
Wuhan is a city in central China about the size of London, and it is here that director Weijun Chen has conducted an experiment in democracy. A grade 3 class at Evergreen Primary School has their first encounter with democracy by holding an election to select a Class Monitor. Eight-year olds compete against each other for the coveted…
