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  28 Hotel Rooms

  USA , 2012 , 82 min. Matt Ross takes a new approach to filmmaking with this collage of hotel-room scenes between lovers who are married to other people yet find themselves falling deeper and deeper into a profound relationship.... more
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  Advantage: Weinberg

  USA , 2012 , 16 min. Reminiscent of John Hughes at his best, this delightful 15-minute film tells the adventures of the very resourceful Philip Weinberg, an unlikely choreographer of the delicate dance of seduction.... more
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  All About Her

  Lebanon , 2012 , 19 min. Amid New Year’s Eve celebrations, Chady recalls a promise made the year before. He finds himself headed back physically and emotionally to a place where he was deeply affected.... more
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  All In

  Argentina , 2012 , 110 min. This romantic comedy deals poker player Uriel a mixed hand. A divorced father of two, he’s on a winning streak with women, but when former love Gloria shows up he thinks he might want to play for keeps. Only problem, he’s used to bluffing.... more
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  Another Bullet Dodged

  USA , 2011 , 13 min. Although their romantic relationship is over, there is some painful, intensely personal business that needs to be addressed on this final, profoundly troubling day together.... more
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  Beyond the Walls

  Belgium , 2012 , 98 min. Paulo, a sweet thing who hasn’t quite figured out his sexuality, and the hunky Ilir, whom he meets in a bar, blossom in a love affair until Ilir is arrested for drug possession. His time in prison can’t help but take a devastating toll on them both.... more
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  Bitter Moon

  France , 1992 , 139 min. On his second honeymoon, a sedate Englishman gets caught up in sex games with an S&M dominatrix and her angry, disabled husband. Roman Polanski’s twisted psychological thriller features standout performances by Hugh Grant and Peter Coyote.... more
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  Cadaver

  USA , 2011 , 8 min. Drawn entirely using Sharpie markers, this macabre tale uses the voices of Kathy Bates, Christopher Lloyd, and online wunderkind Tavi Gevinson to perfect effect in an account of a cadaver who wakes up to say a final farewell.... more
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  Chinese Take Away

  Argentina , 2011 , 93 min. It all starts with a cow falling from the sky. Argentine screen icon Ricardo Darín plays a curmudgeon whose reluctant bond with a stranded Chinese immigrant (Ignacio Huang) helps him warm up to the human race.... more
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  Crush

  USA , 2011 , 7 min. The imaginative telling of one woman’s quest to find the ideal chair. ... more
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  The Future

  Australia , 2011 , 8 min. Beth and Simon are young, in love, and celebrating their engagement at a restaurant when they are unexpectedly faced with the reality of what their shared future will look like.... more
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  Harry Grows Up

  USA , 2012 , 12 min. The fact that Harry is just 18 months old does not limit his search for love and companionship on the streets of NYC.... more
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  Hourglass

  Norway , 2012 , 16 min. Adolescents Anna and Anton are devoted friends looking for ways to avoid the boredom of their small seaside village.... more
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  How much love you've got?

  South Korea , 2011 , 17 min. After ten years of dating, a couple has very different reactions to revisiting the historic park where they first met.... more
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  I Am Going to Italy

  Bulgaria , 2012 , 25 min. Due to bureaucratic obstacles, the two youngest members of the beleaguered town’s brass band are told they can’t go on the band’s bus tour to Italy. It turns out these boys are as determined and resourceful as they are talented.... more
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  In Another Country

  South Korea , 2012 , 89 min. Hong Sang-soo’s amusing cross-cultural character study stars Isabelle Huppert, times three, as different French tourists in a triptych of scenarios exploring the ways Koreans interact with visitors and with one another.... more
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  Liv & Ingmar

  Norway , 2012 , 75 min. Based on Liv Ullmann’s 1977 book Changing, this touching doc is a love letter to acclaimed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman from his lover, muse and longtime friend. Their 45-year relationship is revealed through film clips, photos and letters.... more
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  Lotus

  Netherlands , 2011 , 102 min. Bonds of love are tested to humorous and sorrowful effect as couples and families tackle issues of suicide, injury, and infidelity. Five interwoven stories about need and desire create a rich tapestry of life-changing moments that happen within 24 hours.... more
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  Love Is Love

  Czech Republic , 2012 , 108 min. Czech filmmaker Mila Cieslar explores all kinds of love—gay, straight, parental, rekindled, and blind—in all kinds of weather. A brilliant ensemble cast mixing old and young enlivens this wry, observant comedy written by veteran Martin Horský.... more
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  Masterplan

  Argentina , 2012 , 87 min. In this comedy, Mariano dumps his beloved vintage car after a fraud scheme goes wrong. Increasingly worried about getting caught—and about his impending marriage—he befriends a vagrant who’s taken up residence in the car, and gains a new attitude.... more
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  Meta-Romantic

  USA , 2012 , 11 min. A struggling writer (and struggling romantic) searches for that first line that will launch both his labors.... more
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  Not That Funny

  USA , 2012 , 98 min. In Lauralee Farrer’s romantic comedy, Stefan Lane (Tony Hale, Arrested Development) learns the girl of his dreams wants a man who can make her laugh, so he goes to great lengths to be that guy. But there’s one problem: he’s just not that funny.... more
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  sexting

  USA , 2010 , 8 min. Julia Stiles offers up a beautifully nuanced monologue, captured in a single take, addressing her boyfriend’s … wife.... more
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  Shanghai Calling

  USA , 2012 , 100 min. This cross-cultural romantic comedy features an international cast in a magnificent setting. When his firm sends him to Shanghai for three months, high-powered American attorney Sam Chao thinks he’s in control, but his new home holds many surprises.... more
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  Strange Date

  USA , 2012 , 6 min. Jarod is excited about his second date with Scarlett tonight, but what does it mean when she sends a surrogate? ... more
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  SuperClásico

  Denmark , 2011 , 99 min. Passion, love, wine, soccer and divorce are the subjects of Danish director Ole Christian Madsen’s dramatic comedy, set in Buenos Aires. With a lively cast of Danes and Argentinians, the film delves into their souls while finding laugh-out-loud humor.... more
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  Teddy Bear

  Denmark , 2012 , 92 min. Painfully shy competitive bodybuilder Dennis (an understated Kim Kold) yearns for love. He follows his uncle’s lead and travels to Thailand to find a bride, but when his domineering mother finds out, she rages against his betrayal.... more
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  To Kill a Beaver

  Poland , 2012 , 100 min. A combat burnout and a love-starved teenager form an odd alliance in this noirish story set in the Polish countryside. Eryk returns from the Chechen war to find a waif living in his family’s ruined home.... more