This Week’s New Releases:
Comedy
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American Guys SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) Ray, Steve, Benny and Jim are delinquent on rent and when their irate landlord Mr. Goss evicts them, it only adds to the trouble that is in store. What happens if the FBI raids? How will they escape? What will become of the makeshift pool table and the refrigerator hot tub that the guys have built? It’s a mixture of fun and crazy situations that will have everyone laughing! Film Festival Screenings: New York International Independent Film & Video Festival – Closing Film
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Drama
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Becoming Royston SYNOPSIS: (Short Film) Becoming Royston revolves around the coming of age of Boon Huat, who discovers his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Film Festival Screenings: Torun International Film Festival (Poland) Jakarta Inernational Film Festival (Indonesia)
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The Changi Murals SYNOPSIS: (Short Film) A lyrical look at a set of five biblical murals that changed the lives of countless prisoners-of-war during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. The murals still exist in a military airbase today, tucked away and forgotten. Film Festival Screenings: Singapore International Film Festival
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Documentary | El Corrido: The Two Sides of the Song SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) The classic storytelling lyrics of the corrido are woven into Mexico’s rich cultural history; stories of small Mexican communities and their iconic heroes. These heroes are ultimately betrayed, resulting in an untimely and violent death. Now adopted by Mexico’s narcotics trade, this documentary explores the corrido’s transformation and its effect on the urban culture. Live, raw and unrehearsed. The stories of Pancho Villa Jesus Malverde and the Valientes. A very real past and present experience through rural Mexico.
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I Love Malay SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) In 2005, an 81-year-old man sued the Malaysian government for denying him entry into the country of his birth. Chin Peng was the leader of the Malayan Communist Party, which waged the longest and most difficult war lasting more than 30 years, first to overthrow the British colonial government and then against the Malaysian state. When peace was finally secured in 1989, more than 200 guerillas returned to Malaysia. But Chin Peng was not one of them. In fact there are many like him who have remained in southern Thailand, as stateless aliens, unable to step foot into the country they had given their lives fighting for. I Love Malaya is the story of their journey home. Film Festival Screenings:
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