2003 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Desire
$17.95 | 86 minutes
This erotic drama from Korea revolves around two lovers who have a penchant for swapping partners that subsequently leads to some dire consequences, and bitter jealousy for all involved&hellip&hellip…
Derrida
$19.95 | 85 minutes
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 "naturally" walking down the street&hellip&hellip…
Madame Sata
$21.95 | 105 minutes
Best Film(Nominee)
ADF Cinematography Award(Special Mention)
A powerfully moving and emotional film that is as rough around the edges as it is sweet at its core, MADAME SATA tells the life story of Jaoa Francisco dos Santos (Lazaro Ramos), an historic figure in Brazilian counterculture. Known to his followers and friends as&hellip…
Gerry
$11.95 | 103 minutes
In Gus Van Sant's GERRY, a film more concerned with atmosphere and visual breadth than with story or plot, a frivolous hike through the desert evolves into an existential journey for two young men. The film features only two characters, both named Gerry and played by the film's co-creators Casey Affleck and Matt Damon. Driving through&hellip&hellip…
Dolls
$21.95 | minutes
Takeshi Kitano continues alternating between introspective drama and violent films with DOLLS, which he wrote, directed, and edited in between the bloody gangster picture BROTHER (2000) and the samurai update THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: ZATOICHI. Beginning with an excerpt from Bunraku puppet theater master Monzaemon Chikamatsu’s THE COURIER&hellip&hellip…
Alexandra's Project
$26.95 | 103 minutes
In this Australian thriller, a happy family man finds himself the victim of a cruel prank that becomes more threatening by the minute. On his birthday, he comes home from work to a video of his wife and kids, but then realizes they're being held at gunpoint. Frantic, he must figure out where they've gone, and who made the tape. … &hellip
Hukkle
$20.95 | 75 minutes
The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for "hiccup" in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes, featuring the various townspeople and their animals, explore the quotidian existence in the Hungarian countryside. Unifying these sequences is a&hellip&hellip…
Lan Yu
$26.95 | 86 minutes
Chef Handong (Hu Jun) is a businessman that runs a well-respected company. His father is a government agent. Though Handong is a playboy and a night owl, he keeps these habits relatively quiet. He is reserved and always in control. But when he meets Lan Yu (Lie Ye), an architecture student who is working as a prostitute for extra cash&hellip&hellip…
The Embalmer
$25.95 | 104 minutes
THE EMBALMER, directed by Matteo Garrone, is the story of unrequited love and repressed homosexuality gone awry. Peppino (Ernesto Mahieux) is a diminutive taxidermist who secretly courts an unsuspecting Greek god named Valerio (Valerio Foglia Manzillo) by grossly overpaying him to work as his assistant. Hungry for direction and purpose&hellip&hellip…
I Don't Know What Your Eyes Have Done To Me
$21.95 | 64 minutes
FIPRESCI Prize, Parallel Sections
The life of dancer Ada Falcon was remarkably accomplished, as befits someone who was often referred to as "The Empress of Tango." Her glittering achievements saw Ada performing all over the world in the first half of the 20th century, and her star appeared to be in a perpetual state of ascendancy&hellip…
The Tracker
$26.95 | 95 minutes
Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) turns his lens onto a matter that continues to trouble his fellow countrymen in this evocative drama. When an Aborigine is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men must treck through some perilous terrain to find him. Aided by an Aborigine tracker, the men undergo a tortuous&hellip&hellip…