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2011 Newport Beach Film Festival
BHOPALI is a feature documentary about the survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster, the 1984 Union Carbide disaster gas leak in Bhopal, India. Today, the suffering continues, prompting victims to fight for justice against Union Carbide, the American corporation responsible. 25 years later, the inhabitants of Bhopal still suffer&hellip…
2010 Newport Beach Film Festival
Documentarian Stephanie Soetchtig makes a stunning debut with this inquisitive and whip-smart address to the questions posited and yielded -- directly and indirectly -- by the big business of bottled water. Is clean drinking water an inalienable right, or is it a privilege like every other commodity? This question and many others are&hellip…
Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking(Honors)
Public school teacher John Hunter and his students participate in an educational exercise that he created entitled the World Peace Game&hellip…
Two friends try to balance their family lives with their dreams&hellip…
2009 Newport Beach Film Festival
Rory Culkin (MEAN CREEK) stars in the coming-of-age drama LYMELIFE. Set in 1970s Long Island, the film has a WONDER YEARS feel with its friendly spats between brothers and a major crush on the all-American girl next door. As 15-year-old Scott, Culkin shares the screen with real-life brother Kieran Culkin, whose character, Jimmy, is just&hellip…
The 1950's was an idealistic time in American History, filled with hope, opportunity, and wonder. It was also, "The Atomic Age" where new technology promised to both save humanity as well as put it in jeopardy. All of these factors gave birth to one of the most prolific genres in film history, 1950's Science Fiction Cinema&hellip…
What is a Push Button? Is it the future? A relic of the past? A little of both? Push Button House investigates the process of creation and creativity of Adam Kalkin, an architectural pioneer whose work strikes a delicate balance between art and architecture. Push Button House is a behind-the-scenes look at the build and installation of&hellip…
2008 Newport Beach Film Festival
When Vali and Mimi closed their couture shop on Lexington Avenue they kepy a dozen of their best clients, moved the business into the spare bedroom, and moved Mimi to the pull-out couch. Still sewing forty hours a week, the 87 and 93 year old sisters reflect on the dying of a craft, the important of family, and the persistence of the&hellip&hellip…
An aspiring novelist tries to kill off her protagonist - on the advice of her ex-lover/professor - with real-world repercussions. Meanwhile, an unstable used car salesman tries to cope with the death of his wife and the subsequent silent treatment of his young daughter&hellip…
Andrew may live with his mother, but the roles of parent and child have been reversed for years. One night over dinner, Andrew's mother announces that her younger boyfriend, an aspiring country singer, is coming to live with them&hellip…
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FRONTRUNNER tells the heroic story of this medical doctor and mother of three. As a children's advocate, she defied the murderous Taliban regime. Now, she boldly runs for president -- the only woman in a field of 17 candidates. In a dramatic turn of events, she holds the fate of the country's first presidential election in her…
2007 Newport Beach Film Festival
Won - Feature Film Award (Animation)
With PAPRIKA, acclaimed Japanese director Satoshi Kon (TOKYO GODFATHERS, MILLENNIUM ACTRESS) unleashes another eye-popping anime adventure.
The visually striking thriller is set in the not-too-distant future, where doctors are developing a groundbreaking new psychotherapy treatment called&hellip…
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Won - Audience Award (Feature)
Won - Feature Film Award (Acting)
This charming comedy from late director-writer-actress Adrienne Shelly is the perfect mix of sweet and sour. FELICITY'S Keri Russell stars as Jenna, a waitress stuck in a marriage to a less-than-lovable lout (Jeremy Sisto, SIX FEET UNDER). When she learns she's&hellip…
2006 Newport Beach Film Festival
Four slightly over-the-hill guys finish a basketball game on their New York neighborhood court. A debate develops about who loves the game the most. It becomes a meditation on dedication, pride and basketball. The language is musical, the rapport amusing, the debate Socratic. "New Yorker Martha Pinson's rhythmically dancing basketball&hellip…
Seemingly alone in his father's sleek Manhattan apartment, motherless Oliver is woken by the sounds of sex, and quickly finds that his father has brought home a young woman. Oliver then embarks on a mission to seduce her - into becoming his mother. . &hellip&hellip…
The rebels who started the civil war in Sierra Leone 15 years ago wanted only one thing: to reclaim the richness of the country from foreign corporations in order to end the exploitation of its people. In response, the international community decided to wage a war on this country, with bombs, executions, torture, rigged elections and&hellip&hellip…
Achievement Award
Evocative, visually stunning, and utterly unforgettable, DISARM spans a dozen countries to look at how, despite a global ban, millions of antipersonnel mines continue to claim victims daily in countries around the world. Co-directed by Mary Wareham, a leader of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)&hellip…
2005 Newport Beach Film Festival
In a deep, deep forest lives a little girl who wears a Little Red--wait a minute. You know the story. But not quite like this... Mystery. Destiny. Redemption. Sukiyaki. This musical retelling of the age-old classic has everything. And more. Little Red Jiving Hood takes place in a surreal world where houses have bagels&hellip&hellip…
A Life Among Whales documents marine biologist Roger Payne's quest to save ocean wildlife, in particular various types of whales. Follow his journey to stop whale extinction. IndiePix Films provides the best independent movies and top independent films online. Consumers can buy top indie movies and top documentaries. IndiepixFilms&hellip…
Winnning the Peace is the story of an Iraqi American Marine on a personal crusade to redeem his place of birth. Following Aristotle's rule of thumb that tragedy must befall noble men, our hero believes strongly in America's mission in Iraq. His actions around his men belie a deeper belief in the righteousness of his duties beyond professional&hellip…
2003 Newport Beach Film Festival
Top FilmBUZZ Feature(Honorable Mention)
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This affable comedy stars Jim Gaffigan (SUPER TROOPERS) as Owen Fenby, a 30-year-old going on 16. Unable to grow up and leave behind his fascination with high school hockey, Owen goes against his girlfriend's wishes and makes his&hellip…
This provocative and revealing must-see documentary uniquely addresses man's relationship with wildlife. It speaks not only to animal lovers and activists, but to anyone at all who may have been duped by marine theme park propaganda. In fact, this is the film that an entire industry would rather you not see. And whether you like it or&hellip…
2001 Newport Beach Film Festival
Jury Award, Best Documentary
This extraordinary documentary is the story of 78-year-old Tobias Schneebaum, a seemingly mild-mannered man who has lived an amazing life. Schneebaum grew up in Brooklyn, studied to be a Rabbi and a painter, and in the 1950s decided to travel to Peru. There, he journeyed deep into the Amazon to live&hellip…
1998 Newport Beach Film Festival
Executive Directors Choice Award
Cora (Asia Argento) has been taking care of a rich woman's dog, walking the pet and playing with him for a nominal fee. Ada, the rich woman, offers Cora more money to follow her confused father (Michel Piccoli). Cora begins to track the wanderings of the father as he hops a train to Rome and continues&hellip…
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Grand Jury Prize
In these four love-themed stories, Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr (THE DECALOGUE) writes, directs, and stars as a priest who learns he has a daughter, a university professor who discovers a student's infatuation, a thief who is blackmailed by his lover, and an army officer who attempts to reunite with an old flame&hellip…