Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old Dutch-Surinamese aspiring artist from “The Paperclip,” an innercity apartment complex in one of Rotterdam’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He’s just totaled his grandmother’s car and desperately needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer in order to pay her back.

Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud in this “crowd-pleasing” documentary that culminates in a “rousingly raucous finale” (Screen Daily).

“[Director Shamira Raphaela] paints a picture of a boy balancing on the thin dividing line between childhood and adulthood.” – Film Totaal

A FESTIVAL FAVORITE: The NYC Premier was the opening night film (and Official Selection) for The Socially Relevant Film Festival at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. In addition, Shabu has taken awards and nominations at:

• WINNER: Best Youth Documentary, IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs
• WINNER: Best Documentary, Golden Calf Award, Nederlands Film Festival
• NOMINEE: Best Documentary, DocsBarcelona TV3 Award
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: International Film Festival Rotterdam

“Paradoxically universal. Highly Recommended.” – S. Lyons, The Sound View

2021 / 76 minutes / Documentary / Dutch w/English subtitles / A film by Shamira Raphaela

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THE FIRST OFFICIAL AMERICAN RELEASE RESTORED IN 4K WITH NEW SPECIAL FEATURES!

In a dystopian future ruled by the wealthy & attractive, a disabled terrorist organization kidnaps an heiress & triggers an intergalactic bloodbath.

Before THE DAY OF THE BEAST, PERDITA DURANGO and the HBO series 30 COINS, writer/director Álex de la Iglesia made his smash debut with this “delightfully tasteless” (A Wasted Life) and “ridiculously aggressive” (Reel Rundown) “crazy genius sci-fi classic you’ve probably never seen” (A Taste of Cinema): In a dystopian future ruled by the wealthy and attractive, a deformed and disabled terrorist organization known as ‘Mutant Action’ will kidnap an heiress, flee to a desolate mining planet and trigger an intergalactic bloodbath of berserk vengeance. Antonio Resines (CELL 211), Álex Angulo (DYING OF LAUGHTER), Ramón Barea (800 BULLETS) and Santiago Segura (THE LAST CIRCUS) co-star in this “worldwide cult classic” (Dread Central) co-produced by Agustín & Pedro Almodóvar and winner of three Goya Awards, now scanned in 4K from the original negative.

Special Features Audio Commentary With Director Álex De La Iglesia, Writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría And Production Designers José Luis Arrizabalaga And Biaffra Well-Done Baloney – Interview With Director Álex De La Iglesia Bad Blood Costumbrism – Interview With Writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría The F*cking Boss – Interview With Actor Antonio Resines Some Crazy Sh*t – Interview With Production Designers José Luis Arrizabalaga And Biaffra Liters Of Blood… Wonderful! – Interview With Special Effects Artist Raúl Romanillos Archival Making-Of Featurette.

“Outrageous… A bizarre melding of superheroes and freakshow gore. Let it never be said that Álex de la Iglesia is lacking an artistic vision.” – Austin Chronicle

“★★★★ Like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE on acid… It’s violent, funny and filled with bad taste. From the opening credits, you know you’re watching something special.” – Movies in Focus

“Álex de la Iglesia’s rip-roaring start… A feverish blend of sci-fi, action and bizarro comedy that barely seems to stop to catch its breath.” – Mondo Digital

1993 / 95 Minutes / 2 discs / Spanish with English subtitles / A Film by Álex de la Iglesia

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“[Director] Jakob Zapf delivers an all-too-important social drama about a gruff old man’s friendship with a refugee girl.” – EPD Film

“A beautiful, touching film…” – Kinofilmwelt

A cantankerous old man and a resourceful young girl strike up an unlikely friendship after she breaks into his home to escape immigration police.

Features stellar performances by Jurgen Prochnow (DAS BOOT), Pegah Ferydoni (WOMEN WITHOUT MEN), and Milena Pribak in her acting debut, this poignant first feature from Jakob Zapf is a timely and heartfelt story of courage and compassion.

“The gaunt curmudgeon is a godsend for the film.” – Film-Rezensionen

“A triumph of compassion.” – C. Sterling, The Sound View

• WINNER: Best Feature Special Mention, Socially Relevant Film Festival
• WINNER: Best Feature Director, Jakarta International Film Festival
• WINNER: Best Feature Film Honorable Mention, Deep Focus Film Festival
• WINNER: Talented New Director, Madrid International Film Festival
• WINNER: Best Actress Special Mention (Milena Pribak), Social World Film Festival
• WINNER: Best Feature and Best Music, Across the Globe Film Festival
• WINNER: Human Rights and Dignity Award, Tryon International Film Festival
• WINNER: Best Director, Firenze Film Festival
• WINNER: Best Feature Film, International Diversity Film Festival

• NOMINEE: Best Feature, Prague Film Awards
• NOMINEE: Best Foreign Film, Oslo Film Festival
• NOMINEE: Global Landscape Award, Cinequest
• NOMINEE: Best Actor (Jurgen Prochnow), Buenos Aires International Film Festival

“A humane film which is on the side of the angels.” – CinePhil

2020 / 94 minutes / German w/English sub-titles / A film by Jakob Zapf

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The Myth Comes to Life as Contemporary Folk Horror in this new and bold reimagining of the Greek myth Leda and the Swan.

Five years in the making, LEDA completed in 2022 as a multi-genre film that straddles MYTHOLOGY and FOLK HORROR with a technical excellence that is unique and cutting edge.

Shot in spectacular STEREO 3D, Leda is available to deliver in 3D as a Bluray 2D/3D unit, as well as a standard 2D DVD.

Winner: Audience Choice Award, Festival of Cinema, New York

Winner: Best Cinematography, Austin Arthouse Film Festival

Winner: Best Art/Experimental Feature, Another Hole in the Head Festival

Winner: Independent Music Awards

Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces and impregnates Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta. The subject owed its sixteenth-century popularity to the paradox that it was considered more acceptable to depict a woman in the act of copulation with a swan than with a man.

In this re-imagining of the tale into a contemporary Folk Horror re-telling, Leda lives alone in a family estate. Haunted by a divine presence and recurring memories, she begins to lose touch with reality and time. Her dream-like world spirals into a nightmare of madness as her belly begins to grow.

Director Samuel Tressler IV took on this ambitious production on numerous fronts. Not only is the film in black and white, but it is wordless with cinematography by Nick Midwig (Mars) that will be studied for years to come . The result is an Arthouse cross-over from Ancient Myth to Folk Horror/Thriller.

“Tressler’s film is a captivating fever dream that uses music, sound effects, and startling imagery to weave its magical spell.” – John Seal, Berkeleyside.

“There is something nearly museum quality about this film. Highly Recommended” – Jason Zimmerman, The Sound View

The ensemble cast includes Adeline Thery (Are We Not Cats) as Leda / Mother, CC King (The Murder of Nicole Brown) as the Young Leda, Douglas Cathro (A House of Sparrows) as the Father and Nicolle Marquez (The Geometries of Desire) as the cousin as well as others.

2022 / 75 Minutes / English / Black and White / A Film by Samuel Tressler IV

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DSL’s available now. DVDs w/PPR available late June 2023.

Monumental writer in the age of transcendentalism, groundbreaking feminist, critic and parlor conversationalist, Margaret Fuller was the foremost female intellectual of the mid-Victorian Age.

As the first American front-line international war correspondent, she covered the Italian Risorgimento and she herself tilted towards a global utopian revolution.

Margaret Fuller is brought to life through the intimate revelations of award-winning biographers and is animated with a rich period tapestry and an authentic musical score.

The film brings Margaret Fuller out of historical obscurity, exposes her inner life, bridges the gap between her time and ours, and illuminates the gender divisions she challenged in an effort to highlight her achievements.

Margaret Fuller became a member of the elusive Cambridge, Massachusetts intellectuals; the Harvard student’s boy’s club that included Ralph Waldo Emerson, and James Freemen Clark to name just two.

Ralph Waldo Emerson called Fuller “The Greatest Conversationalist that America had”.

Family circumstances had her move to Boston where she became an influential leader and teacher of women’s group.

This film has huge potential in Women’s Studies, History, Sociology, Journalism and Philosophy American Studies and English.

What’s truly fascinating is the growing number of Fuller enthusiasts emerging from affinity groups not usually drawn to the humanities, but who identify with Fuller’s struggles as a woman who overcame economic odds and gender discrimination to create work of true importance.  

With her brilliant, socially awkward demeanor, she has a potential following among women who self-reference as nerds, first and second-generation female immigrants who are facing obstacles and limitations in their culture’s patriarchal societies.

Those who use social media and other means to combat inequality may find in Fuller a salty heroine.

2021 / 40 minutes / color and Black & White / English / A film by Jonathan Schwartz

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