SIFF AWARD WINNERS 2020–2021
Radiograph of a Family
Firouzeh Khosrovani · 2020 · Norway, Iran, Switzerland
This moving, personal documentary explores director Firouzeh Khosrovani's parents and their marriage against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Focusing on the divide between her secular, European-educated father and her devout Muslim mother, the documentary poetically shows the intersection of political and personal conflicts for one family.
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
A history of U.S. anti-black racism given by former ACLU deputy legal director Jefferey Robinson.
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- United States • 2021
- Director Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Fly So Far
(Nuestra Libertad)
Tedora Vasquéz is in prison due to her miscarriage, and speaks up for the rights of other imprisoned women, victims of a patriarchal legal system.
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- El Salvador, Sweden • 2021
- Director Celina Escher
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Little Girl
(Petite fille)
A documentary portrait of eight year-old Sasha, currently questioning her gender identity and dealing with (oftentimes negative) societal reactions.
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- France, Denmark • 2020
- Director Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex,
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
(Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин)
Hanna and her four children live in war-torn Ukraine and attempt to make a film about their traumatic experiences.
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- Ukraine, Lithuania • 2020
- Director Iryna Tsilyk
- Cast Hanna Hladka, Stanislav Hladkyi, Anastasiia Trofymchuk, Myroslava Trofymchuk, Vladyslav Trofymchuk
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
There Is No Evil
(شیطان وجود ندارد)
Shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran, this anthology film comprises four stories of men responsible for implementing capital punishment.
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- Germany, Iran, Czech Republic • 2020
- Director Mohammad Rasoulof
- Cast Mahtab Servati, Shaghayegh Shourian, Baran Rasoulof, Darya Moghbeli, Kaveh Ahangar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Son of Monarchs
(Hijo de monarcas)
A Mexican biologist living in NYC returns to his hometown following the death of his grandmother, undergoing an intense personal journey.
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- Mexico, United States • 2020
- Director Alexis Gambis
- Cast Tenoch Huerta, Kaarlo Isaacs Barria, Noé Hernández, Angel Adrian Flores, Ignacio Guadalupe, Alexia Rasmussen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)
In Lagos, Nigeria, two people believe they will better their lives in another country, but come to a stark realization.
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- Nigeria • 2020
- Director Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri
- Cast Jude Akuwudike, Tomiwa Edun, Temi Ami-Williams, Cynthia Ebijie, Toyin Oshinaike
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
SIFF AWARD WINNERS 2010–2019
The Great Alone
Greg Kohs · 2015 · United States
The inspiring comeback story of four-time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey and his indestructible love and passion for dog sledding, his family and the infamous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. From his sunniest days as a boy by his famous father's side to cancer's attempt to unseat him, it's the story of how Lance become one of the greatest dog sled racers of all time.
Available on Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, FILMRISE, Peacock, Peacock Premium
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
A little friendship never killed nobody.
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- United States • 2015
- Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Cast Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Connie Britton, Nick Offerman, Molly Shannon
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, FandangoNOW
A Man Called Ove
(En man som heter Ove)
When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
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- Sweden • 2015
- Director Hannes Holm
- Cast Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, OVID, Flix Premiere, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
A feature documentary about the lessons, ethics and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers.
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- United States • 2018
- Director Morgan Neville
- Cast Fred Rogers, François Scarborough Clemmons, Yo-Yo Ma, Joe Negri, Kailyn Davis, David Newell
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, FandangoNOW, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, AMC on Demand, IMDb TV
Inventing Tomorrow
Teenage innovators and scientists from around the world work to create cutting-edge solutions to confront the world's most dire environmental threats
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- India, Mexico, Indonesia • 2019
- Director Laura Nix
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Peacock, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
The Invisible War
A profound documentary about the injustice towards abused soldiers in the US military.
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- United States, France • 2012
- Director Kirby Dick
- Cast Kori Cioca, Jessica Hinves, Ariana Klay, Elle Helmer, Hannah Sewell, Trina McDonald
- Genre Crime, Drama, History, Documentary
- Available on HBO Max, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Life Feels Good
(Chce się żyć)
Can't speak. Can't move. Can love.
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- Poland • 2013
- Director Maciej Pieprzyca
- Cast Dawid Ogrodnik, Arkadiusz Jakubik
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Phoenix
A noirish study of treachery, identity, and survival.
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- Germany, Poland • 2014
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Short Term 12
A young supervisor at a foster care facility is reminded of her own troubled past, which begins to erode her tough exterior.
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- United States • 2013
- Director Destin Daniel Cretton
- Cast Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Hernandez
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, FandangoNOW, YouTube, Tubi TV, Popcornflix, VUDU Free, Peacock, Peacock Premium
The Guilty
(Den skyldige)
A cop, who can't leave his office, must --- somehow ---- solve a convoluted kidnapping case.
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- Denmark • 2018
- Director Gustav Möller
- Cast Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen
- Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Plex,
Paper Birds
(Pájaros de papel)
In post Spanish Civil War Spain, two artists travel around Spain with their arts company and see the horrors left by the war.
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- Spain • 2010
- Director Emilio Aragón
- Cast Imanol Arias, Lluís Homar, Roger Príncep, Carmen Machi, Fernando Cayo, Diego Martín
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Keep On Keepin’ On
They need each other to keep playing.
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- United States • 2014
- Director Alan Hicks
- Cast Clark Terry, Justin Kauflin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV
Q Ball
In a place where freedom is taken away, basketball provides a way forward.
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- United States • 2019
- Director Michael Tolajian
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix
Sibel
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Cagla Zencirci
- Cast Damla Sönmez, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Emin Gürsoy, Elit İşcan, Gülcin Kultur
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Filmzie, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Popflick,
Welcome to Pine Hill
A former drug dealer now working as a claims adjuster by day and bouncer by night searches for freedom beyond the concrete jungle of New York City.
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- United States • 2012
- Director Keith Miller
- Cast Junior Adolph, Mark Anthony Hackett, Shannon Harper, Lillie Jayne, Jaiden Kaine
- Genre Drama
- Available on Topic, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Sons of Denmark
(Danmarks Sønner)
The story of an anti-immigrant, ultra-nationalist political party in Denmark and the radical underground organization trying to stop it.
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- Denmark • 2019
- Director Ulaa Salim
- Cast Zaki Youssef, Mohammed Ismail Mohammed, Rasmus Bjerg, Imad Abul-Foul, Olaf Johannessen, Shirin Habib Shukr
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Kanopy
SIFF AWARD WINNERS 2000–2009
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
George Butler · 2000 · United States, United Kingdom, Germany
A documentary of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica with his crew on his vessel 'The Endurance', which was trapped in the frigid open ocean of the Antarctic in 1914. With much of his crew weak and starving, Shackleton decided to take a team of his fittest men and attempt to find help in this harrowing and remarkable tale of survival.
Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
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Outsourced
Todd just lost his job. Now he has to find his life.
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- United States • 2007
- Director John Jeffcoat
- Cast Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker, Arjun Mathur, Larry Pine, Asif Basra
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, IndieFlix, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, FandangoNOW, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
The Magic of Marciano
The bond between a mentally fragile mother and her young son is tested when the mother lapses into psychosis.
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- France, United States • 2000
- Director Tony Barbieri
- Cast Cody Morgan, Nastassja Kinski, Robert Forster, Marcia Bennett, Eugene A. Clark
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
La Vie en Rose
(La Môme)
The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf, a singer and icon
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- France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic • 2007
- Director Olivier Dahan
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gérard Depardieu
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Talhotblond
The true story of an online romance that led to real life murder.
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- United States • 2009
- Director Barbara Schroeder
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Maria Full of Grace
(María, llena eres de gracia)
Stuck in a low-paying job with an unexpected pregnancy, seventeen-year-old Maria decides to work as a drug mule to make money.
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- Colombia, Ecuador, United States • 2004
- Director Joshua Marston
- Cast Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Yenny Paola Vega, John Álex Toro, Virgina Ariza, Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Me, My Friend and I
(Elling)
They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house.
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- Norway • 2001
- Director Petter Næss
- Cast Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle, Per Christensen, Hilde Olausson
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Black Dynamite
He's super bad. He's outta sight. He's... Black Dynamite!
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- United States • 2009
- Director Scott Sanders
- Cast Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Kevin Chapman, Richard Edson, Bokeem Woodbine
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, FandangoNOW, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV
Born Into Brothels
A documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes living in the red light district of Songachi in Kolkata, India who are taught photography skills.
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- United States • 2004
- Director Ross Kauffman
- Cast Zana Briski, Avijit, Geeta Masi, Kochi, Mamuni
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, FandangoNOW, YouTube, Tubi TV, Shout! Factory TV
Yes
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2005
- Director Sally Potter
- Cast Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Leonidas, Sheila Hancock
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Hedgehog
(Le hérisson)
Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday.
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- France, Italy • 2009
- Director Mona Achache
- Cast Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Anne Brochet, Ariane Ascaride, Wladimir Yordanoff
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Black Ice
(Gololyod)
A man and a woman lose sight of the meaning of life because of their own inability to see others and to see love.
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- Russia • 2003
- Director Mikhail Brashinsky
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Urbania
A young man who recently lost his longtime partner to a violent incident, relives the traumatic event as he wanders through the city and encounters interesting figures along the way.
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- United States • 2000
- Director Jon Shear
- Cast Dan Futterman, Matt Keeslar, Samuel Ball, Lothaire Bluteau, Alan Cumming, Josh Hamilton
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Half Nelson
Secrets don't let go.
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- United States • 2006
- Director Ryan Fleck
- Cast Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Jeff Lima, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Tina Holmes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Go, Hoopla, Cinemax Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, FandangoNOW, YouTube, Amazon Video
Together
(Tillsammans)
Elisabeth leaves her abusive husband to join her brother’s leftist commune in Stockholm.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Italy • 2000
- Director Lukas Moodysson
- Cast Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustaf Hammarsten, Anja Lundqvist
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Jackpot
- ✭ ✭
- United States • 2001
- Director Michael Polish
- Cast Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Adam Baldwin, Anthony Edwards, Mark Polish
- Genre
- Available on Eros Now
SIFF AWARD WINNERS 1990–1999
The Mutants
Teresa Villaverde · 1998 · Portugal, France
Andreia, Pedro and Ricardo are a tight-knit group of teenagers living on the streets of Lisbon, attempting to survive and navigate adulthood.
Available on No streaming locations found.
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The Mao Game
Growing up in a neurotic Hollywood family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 1999
- Director Joshua John Miller
- Cast Veronica Alicino, Kirstie Alley, Shan Applegate, Piper Laurie, Ariane Von Kamp
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Little Angel
(Engelchen)
A lonely German woman living in Berlin falls in love with a Polish mechanic and finds herself in the middle of a complex love triangle.
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- Germany • 1997
- Director Helke Misselwitz
- Cast Susanne Lothar, Cezary Pazura, Sophie Rois, Ben Becker, Ulrich Mühe, Christine Harbort
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Close My Eyes
There are some relationships so taboo they're irresistible.After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional.
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- United Kingdom • 1991
- Director Stephen Poliakoff
- Cast Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves, Karl Johnson, Lesley Sharp, Kate Gartside
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Orlando
In this adaption of Virginia Woolf's novel, Orlando, a gender bending aristocrat, travels through more than 400 years of English history as a man and then a woman.
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- United Kingdom, Russia, Italy • 1992
- Director Sally Potter
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
(Ti kniver i hjertet)
A young teenager in 1960s Olslo struggles to find his belonging to his local community until he meets a new older friend.
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- Norway • 1994
- Director Marius Holst
- Cast Martin Dahl Garfalk, Trond Halbo, Jan Devo Kornstad, Kjersti Holmen, Ingar Helge Gimle, Bjørn Floberg
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wilde
The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man.
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- United Kingdom, Japan, Germany • 1997
- Director Brian Gilbert
- Cast Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Still Breathing
A man guided by his powerful dreams, makes a trip to Los Angeles to find the love of his life—a con artist.
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- United States • 1997
- Director James F. Robinson
- Cast Louis Allen Rawls, Brendan Fraser, Joanna Going, Ann Magnuson, Celeste Holm
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
The Pillow Book
A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
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- Netherlands, United Kingdom, France • 1996
- Director Peter Greenaway
- Cast Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida, Ewan McGregor, Yutaka Honda
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Pump Up the Volume
Talk hard!
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- Canada, United States • 1990
- Director Allan Moyle
- Cast Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Scott Paulin, Mimi Kennedy, Andy Romano
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Buena Vista Social Club
In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.
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- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 1999
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
To Die For
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants.
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- United States, United Kingdom, Canada • 1995
- Director Gus Van Sant
- Cast Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Alison Folland, Illeana Douglas
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, FandangoNOW, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, Pluto TV
Hammers Over the Anvil
An aristocratic Englishwoman, an Australian horseman and a young boy on a journey towards the exciting but forbidden world of adults.
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- Australia • 1994
- Director Ann Turner
- Cast Russell Crowe, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Outhread, Frankie J. Holden, Jake Frost, Alethea McGrath
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dead Dogs
What would you kill for?
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- United States • 1999
- Director Clay Eide
- Cast Joe Reynolds, Jay Underwood, Margot Demeter, John Durbin, Suzanne Carney
- Genre Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
(Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl)
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl.
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- France, United Kingdom, Germany • 1993
- Director Ray Müller
- Cast Leni Riefenstahl, Walter Frentz, Horst Kettner, Ray Müller, Luis Trenker
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Gods and Monsters
A famed Hollywood director in retirement develops an unlikely friendship with his young gardener which will change their lives forever.
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- United States, United Kingdom • 1998
- Director Bill Condon
- Cast Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, David Dukes, Mark Kiely
- Genre Drama
- Available on HBO Now, HBO Now Amazon Channel, HBO Max, DIRECTV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, The Roku Channel
SIFF AWARD WINNERS 1980–1989
The Moderns
Alan Rudolph · 1988 · United States
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel. And so modernity begins.
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My Life as a Dog
(Mitt liv som hund)
After being sent to live with family in rural Sweden, a young boy finds community and strength amongst the eccentric residents.
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- Sweden • 1985
- Director Lasse Hallström
- Cast Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Melinda Kinnaman, Kicki Rundgren, Lennart Hjulström
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Iris
A female veterinarian moves to the country side to start her own practice. She encounters a lot a skeptical villagers.
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- Netherlands • 1987
- Director Mady Saks
- Cast Monique van de Ven, Roger Van Hool, Titus Tiel Groenestege, Tom Jansen, Elsje Scherjon, Marja Habraken
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Shame
When a lawyer encourages a young woman to press charges against her rapists, the two women face the dangerous repercussions of a tight-knit town willing to hide the truth at all costs.
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- Australia • 1988
- Director Steve Jodrell
- Cast Deborra-Lee Furness, Simone Buchanan, David Franklin, Bill McCluskey, Allison Taylor, Tony Barry
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
Bagdad Cafe
(Out of Rosenheim)
A German woman finds community amongst the eclectic members of a rural desert community in the American Southwest.
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- West Germany • 1987
- Director Percy Adlon
- Cast Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aguilar
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
Apartment Zero
Adrian, a British man in Buenos Aires, begins to suspect that his American roommate is more than he appears.
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- United Kingdom • 1989
- Director Martin Donovan
- Cast Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith, Mirella D'Angelo
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mona Lisa
A call-girl and an ex-convict work together to find a young prositute in London's criminal underworld.
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- United Kingdom • 1986
- Director Neil Jordan
- Cast Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Power Of Evil
(Le pouvoir du mal)
The wife of an arms dealer appears unhappy, but in truth, she's just as cynical and self-serving as her capitalist man.
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- France, West Germany, Italy • 1985
- Director Krzysztof Zanussi
- Cast Vittorio Gassman, Marie-Christine Barrault, Benjamin Völz, Hans Marquardt, Erika Wackernagel, Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Fourth Man
(De vierde man)
An alcoholic writer begins having visions apparently warning him of impending danger.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Netherlands • 1983
- Director Paul Verhoeven
- Cast Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman, Dolf de Vries, Geert de Jong, Hans Veerman
- Genre Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Prick Up Your Ears
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton.
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- United Kingdom • 1987
- Director Stephen Frears
- Cast Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters
- Genre Drama
- Available on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Pluto TV
The Assault
(De Aanslag)
At the end of WW II the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war, the young boy who witnessed the killing runs into the members of the resistance who committed the killing.
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- Netherlands • 1986
- Director Fons Rademakers
- Cast Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen, Monique van de Ven, John Kraaykamp, Christian Golusda
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jesus of Montreal
(Jésus de Montréal)
A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives.
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- Canada, France • 1989
- Director Denys Arcand
- Cast Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard, Robert Lepage, Gilles Pelletier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, IndieFlix, Spamflix, Kanopy
Drowning by Numbers
An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape.
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- United Kingdom, Netherlands • 1988
- Director Peter Greenaway
- Cast Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson, Bernard Hill, Jason Edwards, Bryan Pringle
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Night Flight Plus, Midnight Pulp, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Kiss of the Spider Woman
In a South American prison, a gay man imprisoned for immoral behavior and a political prisoner come to understand and respect one another.
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- Brazil, United States • 1985
- Director Hector Babenco
- Cast William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Miriam Pires, Milton Gonçalves
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bye Bye Blues
During WWII, a woman returns home to her Canadian town after she and her military husband are split by the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.
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- Canada • 1989
- Director Anne Wheeler
- Cast Michael Ontkean, Rebecca Jenkins, Chad Krowchuk, Jyoti Dhembre, Sumant Mastaher, Tom Alter
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Boundaries of the Heart
An Australian rodeo rider revisits a tiny town to propose to a hotel owner's 40-ish daughter.
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- Australia • 1988
- Director Lex Marinos
- Cast Wendy Hughes, John Hargreaves, Norman Kaye, Max Cullen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
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