Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award

Drei Filmstudenten verschwinden, nachdem sie in einen Wald von Maryland gereist sind, um einen Dokumentarfilm über die lokale Blair Hexenlegende zu drehen, wobei sie nur ihr Filmmaterial zurücklassen.

The stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.

The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.

A lonely, talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with the (married) principal of the school, who returns her affections but is hampered by his family members. An eclipse enables the teacher and principal to steal several more fleeting moments.

This film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story. Rather this movie is about the World War II naval base called Treasure Island that was located in San Francisco Bay. Set in mid WWII, two code specialists are hard at work trying to decipher Japanese messages and sending confusing messages to deceive the Japanese. However the film is more about the sexual mores of the day than about the wartime effort. It seems each of the coders has a secret. The first is secretly a polygamist, with one wife being Japanese-American that he keeps hidden away so she won't face detention and the other wife being sickly leaving her unable to go out, as well. The other man can only have sex with his wife if another man is watching his performance.

An oddly naive man-child stalks his childhood best friend and tries to reconnect with their past.

After fleeing a war-torn country, a couple finds that their only means of survival is to don giant bunnysuits to make a living.

The story of a Californian couple expecting a child and their group of friends confronted with the tragedy of a big loss.

An inside look into one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene.

Focusing on the bonding between three girls in Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their high school closes down for asbestos removal.

Sunny Holiday, an aspiring singing star, abandons his wife and young baby to set off on a nine-month tour of bleak western towns. He takes off with his road manager in a pink Chrysler in search of their own version of the American Dream: a country loving audience.

Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.

The tale of 4 gay African-American friends in L.A: shy, virginal photographer Marcus, outgoing Lothario Hill, hot-to-trot rich kid newbie Dante, and fabulous drag diva Crystal.

Virgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. But as a recently paroled career thief with a hair-trigger temper and the social skills of a child, he faces distinct challenges. At the halfway house where he gets his first taste of freedom in over a decade, Virgil meets Manny Alvarez, a fiery miscreant who takes the emotionally naive Virgil under his wing and initiates him in the ways of the world. It's Manny who introduces Virgil to Ruby, an opportunistic junkie with whom Virgil falls instantly in love. As Virgil and Ruby learn to trust each other, they share their concerns: Ruby plans to win back custody of her four-year-old son and Virgil confesses the horrible and senseless crime that landed him in prison. After his release from the halfway house, Virgil finds work as a janitor and moves in with Ruby. But their attempts to adjust as a family come undone with the arrival of the psychotic Manny.

Drei Frauen entkommen aus ihrem geplagten Leben. Jede kämpft um die Flucht vor den Männern, die ihre persönliche Freiheit einschränken.

Michael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young tenant.

Biopic über den berüchtigten amerikanischen Serienmörder Jeffrey Dahmer, der sowohl in der Vergangenheit als auch in der Gegenwart spielt.

Update zu Leo Tolstois "Der Tod von Iwan Iljitsch", das im zeitgenössischen Hollywood spielt.

A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

Nach dem Tod seines einzigen Freundes zieht ein kleinwüchsiger Mann ins ländliche New Jersey, um ein Leben in Einsamkeit zu verbringen. Dort trifft er jedoch einen geschwätzigen Hot-Dog-Verkäufer und eine Frau, die mit ihrem eigenen persönlichen Verlust fertig werden muss.

The coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.

A group of over-achieving East Asian American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extracurricular criminal activities.

A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.

When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.