2008 Melbourne International Film Festival
The Ladies
$9.95 | 13 minutes
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…
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
$24.95 | 85 minutes
Hollywood outcast, best-selling author and chronicler of the rich and famous, Dominick Dunne is one of the world's leading journalists and society commentators. This is his story&hellip…
Sita Sings the Blues
$24.95 | 82 minutes
Sita is a goddess seperated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw&hellip…
Szmolinsky
$4.95 | 5 minutes
Set in Eberswalde, Germany, just outside of Berlin, Szmolinsky is the story of Karl and Inge. After Karl is contacted by the North Korean government to send his "German Giants" over to Pyong Yang, he is harassed by local animal rights activists. Szmolinsky offers a look into one chapter in this extraordinary story. &hellip…
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
$24.95 | 98 minutes
Controversial conceptual artist Vanessa Beecroft, known for staging striking tableaux of nude female models, is smitten with a pair of Sudanese twins during an African photo shoot. Determined to adopt them whether her husband, the local orphanage, or the government of Sudan likes it or not&hellip&hellip…