Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza are rapidly carving a name for themselves as Spain's leading horrormeisters. Their propulsive new scarefest features a female TV presenter, a gaggle of cops and firefighters and the residents of a Barcelona apartment trying to stave off the flesh-eating victims of a virus... Smart and fast-paced, with moments of genuine shock and horror. This will be your only chance to see this on the big screen as it has been picked up for a big-budget Hollywood remake.  More...

In 2019, L. Ron Hubbard has conquered and renamed the moon (Mu). Meanwhile on earth, Marjorie Cameron and Jack Parsons fight the power. With a combination of found footage, real-life heroes and weirdoes, and various other stuff, subversive shit-disturber Craig Baldwin (Spectres of the Spectrum, VIFF 99) has fashioned a collage-narrative that defies categorization.  More...

An inquisitive snail digs up dirt on the local inhabitants. Secrets are delicious.  More...

This multi-dimensional piece chronicles the tribulations of long-distance love.  More...

In a remote Bosnian village, wartime survivors attempt to keep the memories of their loved ones alive. But when the first snow threatens further isolation, the stage is set for a final confrontation with the outside world. Aida Begic's feature debut captured the International Critics' Week Grand Prix at Cannes 2008.  More...

When Rolf Belgum began filming his Alzheimer's-stricken 80-year-old mother Merrilyn, his documentary went AWOL, morphing into a surreal blend of medical drama, wolves, bugs and one peculiarly charming dog. This remarkable hybrid of art and life almost requires an entirely new definition of filmmaking.  More...

James Benning returns with another ineffably transcendent experimental work, this one consisting of 43 fixed shots of trains in the American landscape. Part hypnotic homage to the beauty and importance of the train in history and part critique of the environmental damage trains have promoted, RR (i.e. railroad) is a singular work.  More...

A dinner party conversation takes an unexpected turn in this study of social decorum.  More...

Ronaldo Bertubin’s feisty indie feature looks and sounds like a thriller, but it’s actually a fresh (and, uh, homo-erotic) take on the Quiapo slum melodrama as developed by the likes of Lino Brocka. Small-time crook Ambet wants to pay for an operation to cure his sister’s glaucoma; should he trust photo-journalist Marlon, who wants to use him to expose the local criminal rackets?  More...

This improvised film from Carl Bessai explores the hilarious, the ridiculous and the complicated dynamics of mother/daughter relationships. Three mother/daughter pairs offer a diverse glimpse into the needs, denials and inescapable love that women experience between women. Ultimately, it is a celebration of these inexplicable, universal bonds.  More...

For nine generations the Rosaire family has fascinated audiences around the world with their legendary animal acts. But changing mores towards animals and competition for the entertainment dollar has led to a drastic downturn for the animal-friendly circus... Robin Bliley's documentary is intimate, heartbreaking and often hilarious.  More...

Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's (Half-Nelson) new film tells the story of a 19-year-old Dominican baseball pitcher trying to break into the big leagues. It's a lovely turn that rides out a tricky drama all the way to a muted, wonderful finish that resists the usual sports-movie clichés.--The New York Times  More...

Director Amy Bodman travelled to Zimbabwe with her small crew in 1993; their intention: "to make a film about land as living entity." The marvelous footage--delineating the limits of what we know about everything from the voice of leopards to the relationships between dogs and hippopotamuses to the communication systems of trees--had to wait 15 years before being woven together.  More...