Hell House

$21.95 | 86 minutes

Golden Gate Award

George Ratliff's stirring documentary sheds some light on one of America's most confounding creations at the turn of the 20th century: the Hell House. Providing a bizarre twist on the traditional haunted house formula, Hell Houses are elaborately staged productions that substitute fictitious monsters for the&hellip…

Decasia: The State of Decay

$20.95 | 67 minutes

Golden Gate Certificate of Merit

In a society constantly looking for permanence in all things, examining the deterioration of an object or life often produces a sense of horror or dread. But sometimes such an examination reveals that beauty and purpose exist even in a state of decay. In his ethereal experimental film, Bill Morrison&hellip…

Derrida

$19.95 | 85 minutes

Golden Gate Award, Biography

Directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman present this documentary portrait of the intellectual and philosopher Jacques Derrida. Beginning with his theory of deconstruction--the notion of getting to the basics behind our thought processes and the way in which we view the world--Derrida is portrayed&hellip…

Last Dance

$25.95 | 84 minutes

Certificate of Merit

Mirra Bank directs this documentary about the making of "A Selection," a 2001 dance performance by the Pilobolus Dance Theater. A collaboration between the Pilobolus artistic directors, Robby Barnett, Michael Tracy, and Jonathan Wolken; and the artistic directors of The Night Kitchen, Arthur Yorinks and famous&hellip…

Brief Crossing

$21.95 | 80 minutes

This sizzling French drama follows a short-lived encounter between a reserved, mature, Englishwoman, Alice (Sarah Pratt), and Thomas (Gilles Guillain), a much younger man. Continuing her exploration of human sexuality, director Catherine Breillat (FAT GIRL) provides a compelling examination of sexual attraction that violates societal&hellip&hellip…

Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time

$19.95 | 90 minutes

Golden Gate Award-Film and Video

In RIVERS AND TIDES, German documentarian Thomas Riedelshiemer attempts to capture the essence of Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy, who uses natural materials to create site-specific pieces which he then leaves to be carried away--or destroyed altogether--by the elements. Goldsworthy is seen at&hellip…

Karmen Gei

$26.95 | 82 minutes

SKYY Prize - Honorable Mention

Senegalese director Joseph Gai Ramaka re-imagines Georges Bizet's oft-filmed opera CARMEN--from Preminger's CARMEN JONES to MTV's CARMEN: A HIP-HOPERA--in a joyously sensual, colorful musical set in modern-day Dakar. Karmen Gei (Ramaka's wife, Djeinaba Diop Gai), a stately beauty in tribal robes&hellip…

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