Genre: Independent Dramas
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Skateland (2011)
Cast: Shiloh Fernandez, Ashley Greene, Heath Freeman …
Directed by: Anthony Burns
Nineteen-year-old Ritchie Wheeler finds his life at a crossroads when the Texas roller rink where he works is forced to shut its doors. In this coming-of-age tale set in the 1980s, Ritchie…
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A Warrior's Heart (2011)
Cast: Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Adam Beach …
Directed by: Michael F. Sears
Unable to cope with his military father's sudden death in combat, quick-tempered teen, Conor, starts getting into serious trouble. During an intense lacrosse camp, his father's old…
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The Lie (2011)
Cast: Joshua Leonard, Jess Weixler, Kelli Garner …
Directed by: Joshua Leonard
Sometimes, you reeeeally don't want to go to work. And sometimes that feeling is so strong that you'll do anything to get out of it -- even if that means telling a lie that has the…
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Pariah (2011)
Cast: Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis …
Directed by: Dee Rees
Brooklyn teen Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a model child around her devoutly religious family, but she sheds the good-girl image to reveal a harder side during a nightclub excursion with butch…
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Sound of My Voice (2011)
Cast: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling …
Directed by: Zal Batmanglij
In this psychological thriller, journalists Peter and Lorna undergo an elaborate preparation process in order to infiltrate a cult, leading from a desolate road to an unmarked location, but…
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I Melt With You (2011)
Cast: Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe …
Directed by: Mark Pellington
Old college buddies Richard, Ron, Tim and Jonathan get together one weekend to reminisce about their glory days. As they leave their adult responsibilities behind, they lose control, lured…
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Jess + Moss (2011)
Cast: Sarah Hagan, Austin Vickers, Haley Parker …
Directed by: Clay Jeter
Teenage second cousins Jess and Moss spend their last summer together in the farmlands of Kentucky. As the rhythm of the season exerts its gentle pull, the two explore the beauty of the…
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Silver Tongues (2011)
Cast: Lee Tergesen, Enid Graham, Tate Ellington …
Directed by: Simon Arthur
This psychological drama follows chameleonic couple Gerry and Joan as they roam from town to town, assuming invented personalities and enmeshing unsuspecting new acquaintances in twisted…
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No Matter What (2011)
Cast: Matt Webb, Waylan Gross, Amy Seimetz …
Directed by: Cherie Saulter
When his drug-addled mother goes missing, 15-year-old Joey grabs his best friend, Nick, and sets out to find her. But in the process of leaving the bleak realities of their northern Florida…
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A Bag of Hammers (2011)
Cast: Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury …
Directed by: Brian Crano
Best friends Alan and Ben are unable to face adulthood and lead decent, moral lives, much to Alan's sister's chagrin. But when the twosome must become "fathers" to a new…
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Five Time Champion (2011)
Cast: Ryan Akin, Justin Arnold, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson …
Directed by: Berndt Mader
Julius, a homegrown young scientist from Texas, strives to understand both earthworms and his own fractured life. Overshadowing his mother's and grandfather's infidelity and the…
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Where the Road Meets the Sun (2011)
Cast: Eric Mabius, Will Yun Lee, Fernando Noriega …
Directed by: Mun Chee Yong
After emerging from a coma, hit man Takashi wanders from Tokyo to Los Angeles, where he falls in with an unlikely peer group of fellow lost souls who've congregated at a dingy hotel in…
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The Confession (2011) (2011)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, John Hurt, Daniel London …
Directed by: Brad Mirman
This riveting Web series follows an angst-ridden hit man who confesses his bloody sins to an astonished priest, and their urgent debate about the ethics of his profession prompts the hired…
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Stuck Between Stations (2011)
Cast: Sam Rosen, Zoe Lister Jones, Josh Hartnett …
Directed by: Brady Kiernan
In this romantic tale of second glances, war-weary soldier Casper is on a brief leave when he bumps into childhood friend Rebecca at a packed party, and the pair sets off on a night crawl…
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Happy New Year (2011)
Cast: Michael Cuomo, J.D. Williams, Monique Gabriela Curnen …
Directed by: K. Lorrel Manning
Returning from duty in Iraq, Sgt. Cole Lewis ends up in the psychiatric wing of a Veterans Administration hospital where, in the face of medical and bureaucratic apathy, he and other vets…
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A Love Affair of Sorts (2011)
Cast: Lili Bordán, David Guy Levy, Iván Kamarás …
Directed by: David Guy Levy
David catches Enci stealing from a bookstore on his digital camera, and their meeting leads to an unlikely romance. As each step of their courtship is immortalized in moving images,…
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Death of a Superhero (2011)
Cast: Andy Serkis, Thomas Sangster, Michael McElhatton …
Directed by: Ian Fitzgibbon
Sick of chemo -- since it hasn't cured his leukemia -- 15-year-old Irish lad Daniel is full of fear, anger and worry. Concerned about dying a virgin, he's sent to a therapist whose…
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The Other Side of Sleep (2011)
Cast: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Sam Keeley, Olwen Fouere …
Directed by: Rebecca Daly
After sleepwalker Arlene wakes up in the woods next to a woman's dead body, the lines between her sleeping and waking lives become blurry as she's drawn to the woman's family…
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Mamitas (2011)
Cast: E.J. Bonilla, Veronica Diaz-Carranza, Jennifer Esposito …
Directed by: Nicholas Ozeki
This coming-of-age tale centers on teenager Jordin Juarez, an arrogant, self-proclaimed ladies man who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Felipa Talia, the school bookworm, as they…
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Seducing Time: Selected Prize Winning Videotapes by Lynn Hershman Leeson 1984-2008 (2011)
Directed by: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
This collection of award-winning shorts from video artist Lynn Hershman Leeson covers more than a quarter-century of her accomplished career. As society grows increasingly automated, her…
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Money Matters (2011)
Cast: Aunjanue Ellis, Terri Abney, James Whalen …
Directed by: Ryan Richmond
Monique "Money" Matters attends a Catholic school three bus rides away from her inner-city life and her emotionally troubled mother. When she makes a friend in her own neighborhood, she…
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Private Romeo (2011)
Cast: Charlie Barnett, Hale Appleman, Matt Doyle …
Directed by: Alan Brown
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" gets an update in this provocative drama, which sets the tale in an all-male military school where rival groups of cadets clash with one another -- and…
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Kiss Me (2011)
Cast: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Lena Endre …
Directed by: Alexandra-Therese Keining
While celebrating her own recent engagement, Mia travels to the Swedish countryside to attend the engagement party of her estranged father. When she meets her soon-to-be stepsister, sparks…
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Open Gate (2011)
Cast: Tyler Hoechlin, Agnes Bruckner, William Sadler …
Directed by: Dan Jackson
A rodeo bull fighter struggles with the realities of small-town life. His troubles are made worse when he discovers the rodeo he works for is trafficking drugs, and more people in his little…
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Falling Overnight (2011)
Cast: Parker Croft, Emilia Zoryan, Barak Hardley …
Directed by: Conrad Jackson
The day before Elliot is scheduled for a life-threatening surgery, his path intersects with Chloe, a young photographer. Elliot welcomes the distraction as Chloe, unaware of his condition,…