2011 Films
The 2011 Tallahassee Film Festival offers a multitude of diverse and exciting filmmaking! Here's the schedule of films that are playing. You can also download the full schedule and download the festival program in PDF format.
All Films (71) |
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Absent Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 90 minutes (01:30)
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Synopsis:From the director, Justin Hunt: “The father wound is so deep and so all-pervasive in so many parts of the world that its healing could well be the most radical social reform conceivable.” My fr... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Afghan Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 12 minutes (00:12)
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Synopsis:An afternoon surprise forces two friends to make the best of a bad situation. |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Animal Control Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:Larry, an eccentric amateur taxidermist, works for Animal Services picking up road kill along the highway. Socially isolated, he's retreated into an emotional state where his only companions are the a... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Änglavakt (Among Us) Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory is Suggested) Running Time: 93 minutes (01:33)
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Synopsis:An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and fur... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 58 minutes (00:58)
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Synopsis:On January 5, 2006, 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson entered the Bay County Sheriff's Office Boot Camp in Panama City, Florida. 18 hours later he was pronounced dead. Through unflinching interviews a... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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Born to be Wild 3D Rated: G Running Time:
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Synopsis:Born to be Wild 3D documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them - saving endangered species one life at a time. It is a heartwarming adven... |
Show Times:In the process of being scheduled. |
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Breaking and Entering Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 88 minutes (01:28)
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Synopsis:Some say that to embrace one's greatest talent is to make the world a better place. Others see a grown man spinning a seventeen-foot hula hoop and snicker about trivial obsessions. Breaking and Enteri... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Bye Bye Now Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:An amusing, poignant, bitter sweet tribute to the fate of the Irish phone box, which has gone from the center of society to the verge of extinction becoming a barometer of how much we've changed. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Capicúa (Palindrome) Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 4 minutes (00:04)
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Synopsis:A concise, but effective look at how we treat the aging. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Chatter Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 8 minutes (00:08)
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Synopsis:A girl witnesses a horrible sight online, then the electricity is cut off inside her apartment. Later when the light returns, she realizes that she is not alone. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Chill Pill Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 16 minutes (00:16)
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Synopsis:Chill Pill is a dark comedy about Ren, a middle-aged Italian American grappling with an impulse control disorder that causes him to spontaneously exhibit episodes of explosive aggression. Fed u... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Cold Sore Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:After kissing a stranger, Jenna wakes up to discover a nasty lesion on her lip. The doctor's initial diagnosis suggests a simple cold sore. But further tests reveal a much more sinister cause. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Drop Out Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 3 minutes (00:03)
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Synopsis:Drop Out portrays the circle of life in an artificial science fiction world, which is controlled and observed by a disembodied force. The force selects the inhabitants of this world carefully. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Ela veio me ver (Date Me, Please) Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:Delcides waits for Tatiane. They will spend an afternoon together, for the first time. A chance to talk, to get to know each other, without anybody else around. However, hidden by the seemingly inoffe... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Feathered Cocaine Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 80 minutes (01:20)
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Synopsis:Feathered Cocaine is not your ordinary wildlife documentary. It is a documentary about the international trade of falcons. After the trade of drugs, people and weapons, smuggling falcons is ran... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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God of Love Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:A lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers are answered -- literally -- when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Gulf Crossing Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 86 minutes (01:26)
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Synopsis:While most people know that birds migrate, few know the extent and magnitude of this annual process that spans the globe, passing over wilderness and dense urban areas. Gulf Crossing is the sto... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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Homecoming Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 45 minutes (00:45)
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Synopsis:Paul Berling is suffering from a grave kidney disease. When he returns to his native village in France in order to seek out help from his brother, he discovers that the home he left isn't what it used... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Hooligans at War Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 66 minutes (01:06)
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Synopsis:Hooligans At War is a non-political documentary film that chronicles the everyday lives of soldiers in war torn Afghanistan. Throw on your combat boots and follow Hooligan Platoon as they condu... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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If I Leap Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:A nun, conflicted about her choice of a religious life, is forced to make a decision of rather to abandoned religious life when an unexpected guest seeks refuge at her convent. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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In Anita's Wake: The Irrational War On Florida's Gay Families Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 49 minutes (00:49)
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Synopsis:In 1977, Florida began an irrational war on gay families that continues to this day. Anita Bryant's legacy lives on in a state law that explicitly denies gay and lesbian people the opportunity to adop... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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In That Moment Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 5 minutes (00:05)
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Synopsis:A living statue and a park visitor share a moment of intimacy in the heart of New York's Central Park. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Incredibly Small Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 83 minutes (01:23)
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Synopsis:Two recent college graduates, Anne, an ambitious law student and Amir, an aimless escalator attendant and aspiring sculptor move into a 300 square foot apartment and try to start a life together. But ... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Into Eternity Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 75 minutes (01:15)
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Synopsis:Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Irasshai Rated: Not Rated (All Ages) Running Time: 10 minutes (00:10)
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Synopsis:The epic journey of a group of sushi who attempt to escape from a restaurant after nearly being eaten. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Jess + Moss Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 83 minutes (01:23)
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Synopsis:Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Just Like Us Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 72 minutes (01:12)
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Synopsis:Director and comedian Ahmed Ahmed takes us on a hilarious tour from Dubai to Beirut, Riyadh to New York with a gaggle of other stand-up talent. Along the way, taboos of culture and geopolitics are exp... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Kidnap Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 4 minutes (00:04)
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Synopsis:A little chicken is late to school, but her excuse is too wild to believe: getting kidnapped by aliens! |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Le cueillette au champignon (The Mushroom Harvest) Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 2 minutes (00:02)
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Synopsis:Two men study the effects of an atomic blast. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Le miroir (The Mirror) Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:Severely hurt and disfigured in a car crash, the notorious French movie star Vera Bella leaves the hospital where surgeons tried to give her back her infamous beauty. Trying to avoid the hounding medi... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Lizard Rated: Not Rated (All Ages) Running Time: 3 minutes (00:03)
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Synopsis:An Australian frilled neck lizard's simple attempts to get a meal escalate into a full blown dilemma and quest to stay alive. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Look Not At The Mountains! Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:A team of hunters are led through the deserts of Africa by a mad Colonial zealot in 1904. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Los gritones (The Screamers) Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 2 minutes (00:02)
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Synopsis:There are moments when you want to scream. |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Love Me Tender Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:Emma is hoping to find true love at her university. But whenever a potential boy disappoints her- she kills him. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Melting The Snowman Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 21 minutes (00:21)
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Synopsis:It's 1974 and Caroline Jamieson, a political columnist at the Los Angeles Times, has just been fired from her job. To make matters worst, that evening Caroline must attend the sixtieth birthday of her... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Memorias del desarrollo (Memories of Overdevelopment) Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 113 minutes (01:53)
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Synopsis:An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A character study of a loner with ... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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Missile Crisis Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:South Florida. 1962. While the Cuban Missile Crisis threatens to incinerate America, divorce looms over the Shaw family. Thirteen-year-old Miles Shaw must protect his little brother, Danny, from the f... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Mondo Claymo Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 4 minutes (00:04)
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Synopsis:A mockumentary documenting the strange behavior and rituals of 3 fictional cultures. In claymation, of course. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Mugs Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 5 minutes (00:05)
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Synopsis:Your favorite celebrity mugshots come alive. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Narciso, Dietro i cannoni, davanti ai muli (Narciso, Behind the Cannons, In Front Of The Mules) Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 93 minutes (01:33)
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Synopsis:Narciso Dal Cason is an 84-year-old man, who has grown up and lived in a town in the Valsugana area of the Trentino region, where he has always worked as a shepherd and where everyone calls him Ciso. ... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Nullpunkt (Point Zero) Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 20 minutes (00:20)
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Synopsis:What if fortune could be planned? If you were able to fulfill any of your desires - provided you were prepared to suffer? The students Lenny and Daniel try to find an answer to these questions, follow... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Prayers for Peace Rated: PG Running Time: 8 minutes (00:08)
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Synopsis:Pastels on a slate chalkboard underscore life's impermanence as the artist confronts the memory of his younger brother killed in Iraq. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Redland Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 105 minutes (01:45)
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Synopsis:As a family struggles to survive in rural America during the Great Depression, their daughter’s secret affair begins a journey into the unknown. From writer/ director, Asiel Norton, comes this story... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Rita Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:Rita, a blind child, shelters a boy on the run who suddenly breaks into her home. It's a mysterious, enigmatic meeting that lets Rita experience a brief moment of freedom. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Sand Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 10 minutes (00:10)
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Synopsis:A rhythmic and visual collage, the film 'Sand' tells the story of the personal history and evolution of sand dance as it is passed down from father to son. Starring the emerging tap artist Kenji Igus ... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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She's A Fox Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:Infatuated with the hottest girl in school, fifth grader, Cameron Sawyer, puts everything on the line - including his mullet - to win the girl of his dreams. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Silent Snow Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 71 minutes (01:11)
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Synopsis:An Inuit search for solutions to the chemical poisoning of the world. A silent assassin is destroying the Inuit community in Greenland. Chemical residues from all over the world accumulate here invisi... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Skin Deep Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:Black women and alternative choices for mates as they look outside of their race. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Small Town Murder Songs Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 75 minutes (01:15)
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Synopsis:A modern gothic tale of crime and redemption about Walter (Peter Stormare, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Armageddon), an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who co... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Sombras nada más (Nothing But Shadows) Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 23 minutes (00:23)
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Synopsis:Boris, a very particular shadow puppeteer doesn’t have the courage to reach out for Clara, the woman he loves. But he is not the only one in love: his Shadow too is in love... with Clara's shadow. W... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Something Wild Rated: R Running Time: 113 minutes (01:53)
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Synopsis:The uneventful life of business-man Charles Driggs suddenly changes when he meets the wild and sexy Lulu. When he accepts her offer to drive him back to his office, she instead takes him out of town a... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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Still Waters Run Deep Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 13 minutes (00:13)
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Synopsis:A wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and one night decides to follow him when he sneaks out of the house. Driving through the suburbs of London, she follows him down a dark ally to a ga... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Sufferrosa Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 60 minutes (01:00)
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Synopsis:Detective Ivan Johnson is looking for a missing woman. His investigation leads him to Professor Carlos von Braun, who works on rejuvenation treatments for women. Von Braun orders Johnson to be drugged... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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Swing Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 4 minutes (00:04)
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Synopsis:While enjoying a swing on the roof, an elderly patient is reminded of the value of his life. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Bridge Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:As he crosses the bridge on his way home, June mysteriously arrives where he left off and finds himself stuck in an ever-repeating world. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Drummond Will Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 81 minutes (01:21)
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Synopsis:The Drummond Will is a black comedy set in decaying rural England, a collision between old and new. A . It follows estranged brothers Marcus and Danny Drummond as they find themselves on a surprisingl... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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The Haymaker Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 24 minutes (00:24)
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Synopsis:Davis, 19, spends his days stealing cars in the neighborhood. When he is caught trying to break into the car owned by the trainer (George) of the local boxing gym, an unlikely friendship begins. Georg... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The House I Keep Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 11 minutes (00:11)
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Synopsis:A day in the life of Nicole, as she grapples with her existence, six weeks after suffering a miscarriage. What lies beneath a thin veneer of normalcy is a rage and a sorrow that isolates and warps. Sh... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Man Who Knew How To Fly Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 24 minutes (00:24)
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Synopsis:Mr. Tomašek was walking back from work when he suddenly remembered a dream. In it, he made a slight leap, pushed with his left foot, and at that very second he started flying effortlessly across the ... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Off Hours Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 93 minutes (01:33)
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Synopsis:Francine (Amy Seimetz, Tiny Furniture, Incredibly Small) is a waitress whose liberation from her... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Philosopher Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:Baggio (Jean Reno) was a successful footballer, martial artist and a pianist living the high life with his fame and fortune. Unfortunately, all of the perfections in his life do not help satisfy that ... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Secret Friend Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:A reclusive, elderly widow, Anna Marshall (Viola Harris), lives in quiet desperation until she begins receiving daily calls from a silent stranger. An odd and mysterious friendship evolves between the... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Singer Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 10 minutes (00:10)
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Synopsis:A man fantasizes of being a night club singer to escape the dreary reality of his life. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Violinist Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 20 minutes (00:20)
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Synopsis:Michael, a down on his luck, loveless bag boy, learns that world famous, concert violinist, Nicholas Rentz is going to be performing for a few nights in his home town. Bearing a resemblance to the mus... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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The Wind-Up Life Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 5 minutes (00:05)
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Synopsis:A day in the life of a man trapped by his existence. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 7 minutes (00:07)
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Synopsis:An unexpected visitor with odd news and an odder story interrupts a family's quiet day at the farmhouse, sending it spiraling into a chaotic whirlwind of unfortunate misunderstandings. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Tyrannosaur Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 91 minutes (01:31)
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Synopsis:Tyrannosaur is the story of Joseph (Peter Mullan, Trainspotting, My Name Is Joe) a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self destruction. As Joseph’s life spirals ... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Umshini Wam Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:Ninja and Yo Landi (aka Die Antwoord) are wheelchair-bound lovers and real gangstas. They live in the outskirts of civilization, they shoot guns for fun, smoke massive joints, and sleep in the woods.... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 114 minutes (01:54)
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Synopsis:Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for ... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Underground Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 20 minutes (00:20)
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Synopsis:A slave story told through song, “Underground” follows Bali, a field slave who plans to escape from his oppressive plantation life after learning that his master is going to sell his young daughte... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Vicky and Sam Rated: Not Rated Running Time: 14 minutes (00:14)
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Synopsis:While working at the local video store, Vicky meets Sam, who quickly becomes a regular costumer. Both fall in love, ignoring the true reason for their rendez-vous. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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