Spotlight: The Palm Springs International Film Festival

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The Palm Springs International Film Festival has ramped up to full speed, with the international films for which it is known taking center stage. The Sun Behind the Clouds, the Tibetan documentary named last week as the reason China withdrew two of its films from the festival, benefited from the controversy with a sold out screening; festival organizers added an additional screening for Tuesday afternoon as a result. Director Miguel Necoechea's Chamaco, a boxing film shot on the streets of Mexico City, got its American premiere at the festival, but not before being picked up by Maya Entertainment for inclusion in the forthcoming Blockbuster Indie series. The Palm Springs International Film Festival continues through January 18th, and we'll have more updates as the festival progresses.


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Indie Film Trailers

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The Scenesters (2009) -- When a serial killer starts picking off beautiful young hipsters on the east side of Los Angeles, a group of crime scene videographers hatch a plan to catch him.

The Scenesters: Trailer #2

The Scenesters (2009) (6)
Fish Tank (2009) -- Everything changes for 15yr old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

Fish Tank

Fish Tank (2009) (8)
Mine (2009) -- A look at the bond between humans and animals told against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.

Mine

Mine (2009) (1)
Frygtelig lykkelig (2008) -- Robert Hansen is a cop in Copenhagen who makes a mistake, is remanded for therapy, then assigned to a small town in South Jutland, where cows and problems disappear into the mud. He quickly learns that the town bully, Jørgen, beats his wife, an outsider like Robert. He tries to get her to swear out a complaint against Jørgen; she flirts with Robert. When someone dies and Robert knows the prime suspect is innocent, he halts vigilante justice and things get complicated. He wants to protect himself and the daughter of Jørgen, and he wants to reconnect with his own daughter back home. Is rural justice his ticket back to Copenhagen? Is there any chance at happiness?

Terribly Happy

Frygtelig lykkelig (2008) (3)
The Donner Party (2009) -- Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.

The Donner Party

The Donner Party (2009) (1)
Tony (2009) -- Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is an alienated psychopath with severe social problems, an obsession for action films and a horrible moustache. His life is interrupted only by his nervous attempts to make friends, which are invariably rebuffed by laughter or contempt. Occasionally he snaps, and violence is the result?

Tony

Tony (2009) (1)
44 Inch Chest (2009) -- A jealous husband and his friends plot the kidnapping of his wife's lover with the intention of restoring his wounded ego

44 Inch Chest

44 Inch Chest (2009) (7)
October Country (2009) -- A portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse.

October Country

October Country (2009) (3)
Forget Me Not (2009) -- It's graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing, the popular class president of her small-town high school, should be enjoying the time of her life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have unwittingly awakened the vengeful spirit of a girl they wronged long ago. Fighting for her sanity, Sandy must unlock a dark secret from her own past before it's too late.

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not (2009) (3)

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Moon
Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the completion of his 3-year-long contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth's primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. Alone with only the base's vigilant computer Gerty (voiced by Oscar-Winner Kevin Spacey, 1999 Best Actor, American Beauty) as his sole companion, Bell's extended isolation has taken its toll. His only link to the outside world comes from satellite messages from his wife and young daughter. He longs to return home, but a terrible accident on the lunar surface leads to a disturbing discovery that contributes to his growing sense of paranoia and dislocation so many miles away from home. Buy Moon on Blu-ray.

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