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Adam Bolt

Missing People

Missing People

Missing People is a nonfiction mystery about a enigmatic woman investigating her brother's long unsolved murder, while obsessively collecting and researching the violent work and life of an outsider artist from New Orleans.  As these parallel narratives intertwine, shocking events unfold.

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I Believe in Unicorns

I Believe in Unicorns

Davina is an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl who often escapes into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new relationship with an older boy. Davina is swept into a whirlwind of romance and adventure, but the enchantment of her new relationship quickly fades when his volatile side begins to emerge. I Believe in Unicorns takes us on a road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love. Directed by Leah Meyerhoff and edited by TEC Alum Rebecca Laks.

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SK8 GIRLZ

SK8 GIRLZ is an underdog story that documents the rise of an all-girls skateboarding team as they tear down the barriers created by a male-centric sport. 

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Queen of Earth

Queen of Earth

Directed by Alex Ross Perry, starring Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston. An intimate and sad story about two strong women and the weaknesses that defeat them, Queen of Earth takes something familiar and makes it uncomfortable and nightmarish. 

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Maybe There's a Tree

Maybe There's a Tree

A hilarious new mockumentary in the Christopher Guest tradition, Maybe There’s A Tree suggests that the American theater is indeed on its deathbed. Starring Creed Bratton (The Office), Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), and Kathryn Kates (Orange is the New Black) as Mrs. Deuce. 

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Our Life Will Be Ours

Playwright Sidney Falk and his fiancee, actress Lucinda Greene, are expecting a baby. Over four days in Manhattan, Sidney wrestles with his attraction to a house-guest named Genevieve. This is no casual affair: inside Genevieve, the hired gestational carrier, is Sidney and Lucinda's baby.

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All In Time

All In Time

All in Time tells the story of Charlie, who quits his job to move back home to Pennsylvania to manage his favorite hometown rock band. His supportive girlfriend shares his passion for the band, but struggles within the band force them to make choices that will change their lives forever.

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Bluebird

Bluebird

Tribeca Film Festival 2013. Stars John Slattery (Mad Men), Adam Driver (Girls), Louisa Krause (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Margo Martindale (Million Dollar Baby)When Lesley, the local school bus driver, becomes distracted during her end-of-day inspection, she fails to notice a sleeping boy in the back of the bus. What happens next shatters the tranquility of a secluded industrial town.

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Growing Up: And Other Lies

Growing Up: And Other Lies

Stars Adam Brody (The O.C.) and Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show). After living for years as a struggling artist, Jake is preparing to leave New York City to live in Ohio with his ailing father. On his last day in the city, he convinces his three oldest friends to recreate their greatest adventure together: walking down the entire length of Manhattan.

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Stray Dog

Stray Dog

Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Debra Granik (Winter's Bone). Premiered at the 2014 New York Film Festival. This documentary follows Ron "Stray Dog" Hall, a working class man from Southern Missouri who came of age as a solider in the Vietnam War. Each year, Stray Dog rides in the Run For the Wall, a cross-country motorcycle odyssey to the Vietnam Memorial. 

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Petting Zoo

Petting Zoo

Layla is top of her high school class - and pregnant. Giving into family pressure, Layla decides against an abortion, drops her scholarship to college and moves into her beloved Grandma’s trailer on the family property.

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Begin the Beguine

Stars Rory Culkin (Signs, You Can Count on Me) and Mary Beth Peil ("Dawson’s Creek"). A dramatic adventure about love, class, and the ghosts that lurk behind all families, set on a stunning lake in the Adirondack Mountains. 

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Listen Up Philip

Listen Up Philip

Official Selection at Sundance 2014 and Official Selection at NYFF. Stars Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) and Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore). After refusing to promote his awaited second novel, a self-absorbed writer takes refuge at his literary idol's isolated summer home.

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We'll Never Have Paris

We'll Never Have Paris

Official Selection, SXSW 2014. Stars Zachary Quinto (Star Trek), Alfred Molina (Love is StrangeSpider Man 2), Maggie Grace (Taken), and Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men). Written and directed by Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory). A man screws up on a transcontinental level in a noble effort to win back "the one."

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Appropriate Behavior

Appropriate Behavior

Official Selection At Sundance 2014. Directed, written by, and starring Desiree Akhavan (Girls).  Shirin struggles to become an ideal Persian daughter, a politically correct bisexual, and a hip young woman from Brooklyn.

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Look, Stranger

Look, Stranger

Psychological portrait of a woman traveling home from a refugee camp in her warn torn country.  Starring Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days).

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The Discoverers

The Discoverers

Road trip comedy about a dysfunctional family who embark on a Lewis and Clark-reenactment journey. Starring Cara Buono (Mad Men) and John C. McGinley (ScrubsOffice Space).

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Fallout

The documentary film Fallout plays out against the uneasy backdrop of our nation's renewed nuclear fear. 

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Nancy, Please

Nancy, Please

Black comedy that explores obsession, self-righteousness, and the perverse allure of victimhood in New Haven, CT. Edited by TEC Alum Ron Dulin and stars Will Rogers (The Bay) and Eleonore Hendricks (Heaven Knows What). 

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