Browsing Category 'Americas'

Que pena tu vida (Fuck My Life) 2010 Chile

Javier’s life sucks, he’s an out of work Creative Director and his relationship of 3 years with Sofia is over. He’s the only one that is oblivious to the reasons. He’s unlikeable but entertaining. He’s that jerk everyone knows but are still friends with.

La Casa Muda (The Silent House) 2010 Uruguay

An old country house is put up for sale. Laura and her dad Wilson are hired by Nestor the owner to clean and repair it. When the father investigates noises emanating from upstairs, Laura hears a struggle and finds her dad dead and that she’s locked in with the killer. The entire film is done in a single long take.

2033 2009 Mexico

In the future Mexico City is renamed Villeparisio. The country has become a totalitarian regime. It pacifies it’s citizens with mind control drugs. In it lives Pablo, a well to do young man with a mother who is about to marry the government’s head of security. He has everything handed to him, yet he numbs himself with with drugs and alcohol.

The Big Bad Swim 2006 USA

At a local Connecticut recreation center, an adult swim class learns more than blowing bubbles. All sorts of people take the course. Some are doing it to spend time with their family, overcome a childhood fear, enjoy their a new pool, prove something to themselves, meet someone, or just learn how to swim.

Kaboom 2010 USA

Kaboom follows SoCal student Smith through his off study hours of partying, hooking up and his super vivid dreams. The dreams show him a mysterious red-head dumpster. This is all going on as he has the hots for his surfer roommate Thor, best friend Stella, and hooks up with a girl named London at a party. At the very same party he meets the red-head from his dreams.

秋天的童話 (An Autumn’s Tale) 1987 Hong Kong

Jennifer is in NYC to study but her real desire is to be with her sweetheart Vincent. Her only contact in town is distant relative Sam. A former sailor, gambler and waiter, he seems to be leading an aimless life. When Jennifer experiences heartbreak, it starts to crack Sam’s tough exterior.

Rosario Tijeras 2005 Columbia

Rosario Tijeras is the story of a beautiful gun toting seductress in Medellin Columbia. It’s 1989 and Rosario is brought bleeding into a hospital by her friend Antonio. Her life slipping away, the scene flashes back to when they first met.

Hobo with a Shotgun 2011 Canada

Rutger Hauer plays the new-in-town hobo. When he defends a street walker named Abby from an attack, he brings the wrath of the local depraved crime lord. He gets a shotgun and starts dispensing justice one shell at a time.

The Parking Lot Movie 2010 USA

Nestled between the University of Virginia and a row of bars, is a triangular shaped parking lot in Charlottesville. It’s worked by transitory philosophers and dreamers. The parking lot attendants endure a constant class war against those who park their giant SUVs, yet are indignant about paying 75 cents for it. This is their story.

Transcendent Man 2009 USA

This documentary is about Ray Kurzweil, an inventor and futurist. He states the speed of information and technology will be so great, that the only way humans can keep up is to integrate with that technology. He calls that moment the Singularity.

Dead Hooker in a Trunk 2009 Canada

Twin sisters, Badass and Geek discover the body of a hooker in Badass’ car trunk. Out the night before, Badass and friend Junkie can’t recall anything that happened. Not wanting to take any chances, she chooses to bury the body while the real killer hunts them down.

Saneamento Básico, O Filme (Basic Sanitation, The Film) 2007 Brazil

The residents of a Crystal Line need a new sewer. In the summer, the stench from the river is unbearable in the small Brazilian town. There’s no funding for a sewer but there is a cultural grant to make a movie. The citizens decide that a film about sewers is exactly what they need.