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Films - Documentaries - Series - Sports/Fitness
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The Storm,
Canada, 2009, Apocalyptic Thriller, 84 min, HD
- "In the
ongoing debate about end times prophesies, one fact is seldom
discussed...The End...some people will have to live through it..."
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Good Boys Go To Heaven, Bad Boys
Go to Europe, France, 2009, 52
min. HD (Market Premiere)
"A fresh look into the myth of
Siberian youth culture"
"Good
Boys.." takes us on a candid tour of russian youth culture...their
dreams, their reality and the many suprising misconceptions of life in
the oil-rich northern Russian territories in the 21st century,
where a veritable renaissance is taking place.
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Kids with Cameras,
USA, 2009, 52
min. (Market Premiere)
"These kids are heroes and
Koepenic their Pied Piper"
Kids
with Cameras takes us on a whirlwind tour into an unlikely hollywood
studio, where a group of kids with Autism in Southern California,
explode onto the screen with creative self-expression through the magic
of the creative process of cinematic expression.
"Emotional
and intimately revealing"
- Annie Potts
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EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed,
USA,
2008, 97 min., (NEW)
Winner Best Documentary Award, MovieGuide
2009
Official Selection: Cambridge Film Festival 2009
Theatrical
doc. 5.5M budget, (HD & 35mm avail) ,
no. 2 top
grossing theatrical documentary in USA
2008, $ 8.5M Box Office, held no. 1 spot on
Amazon.com
(USA) for documentary DVD for over 1 month upon DVD
release
- Has
academia finally lost touch with its own methods of scientific inquiry?
Follow Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
as he travels the world from Germany to France, to USA in search of
answers about the orgins of the universe. Grilling the likes
of
Richard Dawkins and others, Stein gets the inside track on how
we
know what we know, asking and uncomfortable question of
scientists:
when did science stop being scientific?
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FRAG,
USA, 2008, 88
min. theatrical doc, HD (NEW)
"Quite possibly the best of the Bunch"
-IndieWire
"Pro gaming
is about to
explode…and no one is safe"
Frag is the
true story about professional Electronic Sports. Almost everyone
in the world has played a video game, but some kids do it for a living.
Frag
sheds light on the struggles that kids face while
trying to
break into and maintain success in pro gaming.
- Official
Selection, AFI Dallas, 2008, PEI international 2009, Ireland
International Film Fest 2009
- The Gamer
market dwarfs the film industry, this title has a build in market for
Rental and retail
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Leaving the Fold,
Canada, 2008,
documentary, 52min, HD
- From
the Hasidic enclaves of
Montreal, Brooklyn and Jerusalem come stories of conflict, coercion and
struggle. Tinged with pain and unexpected humor, Leaving
the Fold documents
the process by which our five heroes emerged from a strictly controlled
society into a baffling secular world of endless choices: What should I
wear? What shall I become? Who will I marry? Once everything was
decided for them. Now they must decide for themselves. But the answers
don’t always come easily.
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EYE CONS: The Rape of the Soul,
(NEW)
Canada, 2009,
documentary, 110m. & 2x52m.
142m version released theatrically in USA in 13 cities for 9 week run
"...fascinating"
-Washington Post
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Eye-Cons:Rape
of the Soul uncovers
embedded imagery in historical and contemporary religious artworks. You
will
never look at art the same way again.
Art
comes to life through the motion graphic extractions of sexual, occult
and
horror images embedded within some of the most famous paintings in
history. World-renowned
PhD's expose the various negative effects on those, especially
children, who
unsuspectingly view embedded imagery in art.
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America The Beautiful,
USA,
2008, 100 min., theatrical doc, HD, (NEW)
Currently running in an 40 city USA
theatrical tour until April 2009 USA 2008, Sell out-box office in
nearly every location
Market
Premiere, EFM 2009
America The Beautiful is a
socially probing turbocharged fast-paced documentary which explores the
question:
“Does America
have an unhealthy obsession with Beauty”?
- 5
Festival Wins: Best Director,
Chicago 2007, Audience
Award Giffoni Hollywood 2007, Best
Documentary. Beloit, 2008, UN Award,
Chicago Childrens 2007
- Official Selection, AFI Dallas 2008
Filmmaker
Darryl Roberts journeys
into the psyche of celebrities like Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson,
athletes
like Reggie Theus, industry professionals such as Jill Ishkanian from
US
Weekly, Ted Casablanca from E! Channel, and citizens of America
to determine the roots of
this superficial obsession. |
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American
Savannah, Canada, 2008, 76 and 52 min , theatrical doc,
(NEW)
Currently in festival run.
The
First humorous film about the environment, American Savannah takes a
playful yet probing look into America's fascination for green lawns and
why we like them so much...
From the
gardens of Louis IX, to the
deserts of Las Vegas, you will never see grass the same way again!
- Special Jury
Prize, International Documentary Forum Montreal, 2008
- Official
Selection Rendez-vous du Cinéma du Québec,
February 2009
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Leaving the Fold,
Canada, 2008,
documentary, 52min, HD
- From
the Hasidic enclaves of
Montreal, Brooklyn and Jerusalem come stories of conflict, coercion and
struggle. Tinged with pain and unexpected humor, Leaving
the Fold documents
the process by which our five heroes emerged from a strictly controlled
society into a baffling secular world of endless choices: What should I
wear? What shall I become? Who will I marry? Once everything was
decided for them. Now they must decide for themselves. But the answers
don’t always come easily.
Official
Selection Montreal
International Film Festival 2008 |
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Pussycat Preacher,
USA, 2008,
theatrical & TV length documentary digital betacam, (picked up
by Channel Four, UK)
- L.A.
stripper or Sunday preacher? -- Meet
Heather,
one time a stripper and hardcore partygirl , who takes her new
found faith in Jesus to the
strip clubs, trying to bridge the world between clubs and church pews
….but some church members (not to mention club owners) are
less
than thrilled -- can these two extremes be reconciled?
- "THE BUZZ IS BUILDING!"
Pat Saperstein - VARIETY
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Pond Hockey,
USA, 2008,
theatrical doc, (NEW)
- Before
there were stadiums, multi-million dollar contracts, TV and ESPN, there
was POND HOCKEY. This carefully woven feature documentary
takes
us across Canada, USA and featuries Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, Neal Broten and many
other hockey legends. "Pond
Hockey"
also takes us into the the action of World Pond Hockey tournaments
where more than 120 teams gather from around the world on a frosty
winter's weekend to batttle it out. The film also takes us
among
other places, to the birthplace of Hockey in Nova Scotia
Canada,
where the game began.
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Ecstacy
of Gold, USA,
2009, Western
- Ecstasy of Gold is a sharp shooting, gun
slinging, stylized western
exploring the sometimes hilarious intersection of lust, greed and
money. Butch (John Elliot) is a bounty hunter who just wants to get
paid an honest amount for an honest day's work; his chattel, morally
corrupt Rattler Fenton just wants to cash in on his well hidden and
–
to hear him tell it – hard won gold. As Butch navigates an
increasingly
magical West in search of payment
he is joined by a quirky band of outcasts and outlaws
–including
beautiful, ferocious Akemi (Narisa Suzuki) - and terrorized by the
entirely evil but not entirely human Mondego gang. Good and Evil
collide, as both heroes and villains alike are enthralled by the
Ecstasy of Gold
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Midnight
Reckoning, USA,
2009, supernatural thriller 2 festival wins, 4 official
selection
- A perilous
night in the desert with a quirky “prophet”
character turns a
trip to Vegas into a nightmare of eternal proportions, 88 min.
- Awards: (aka Fall of
Night)
-Winner
London Independent Film
Festival 2008
-Winner Barebones
Independent Film Festival 2008
-Official
Selection Montreal World
Film Festival 2007
-Official Selection
Central Florida Film Festival 2008
*******
A thrilling
supernatural tale, has a meaningful, twilight zone feel to
it, which is disorienting,
effective”
- Peter Belsito,
Filmfinders
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FAMILY
FAITH FILMS
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- Time
Changer $1.3 million US
Box office
(2002-2003),sold
250,000 DVDs
- Set
in 1890, a university professor is on the verge of publishing a new
manuscript, and is sent forward in time a century to see the
impact of
his ideas would in later generations before choosing his words...
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- Unidentified
$224,000 US Box office (2006)sold 75,000 DVDs
- Two
reporters working BOTH SIDES magasine, find more than they barganed for
in their investigation on a local UFO story.
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TV
SERIES
Sports - Fitness
Pond Hockey
Calysthenics
BasketBall
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The Next Internet Millionaire
13x 52 A competitive reality series following the exploits of 12
contestants looking to become the Next Internet Millionaire, first an
internet only sensation, then brought to TV by popular demand! |
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- The Mission TV
13 xs 26
- Mission TV: A
new TV series providing the inside story about 21st century
communities in
crisis
Currently filming in Detroit Michigan,
the series has
completed photography on 7 of the first 13 episodes
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- The Celebrity Women Files
13 x 26
- Celebrity Women
Files: A
new 'tell-all' 13-part TV series profiling notable american
successful women from all walks of life from the world of Film, Music,
Sports, Theatre and more...
Series features Joan Collins, Carol
Channing, Leslie Gore, Judge Irene Cara...
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- The Top Country Singers Files
13 xs 26
- Top Country Singers
Files: The definitive Country
lengends, featured up close and personal in these rare candid interviews
Series features Charlie Daniels, Crystal
Gayle, B.J. Thomas, Juice Newton, Billy Ray Cyrus,
Kinky Friedman, Lee Greenwood and more...
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- The Top Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame Legends 13 xs 26
- Top Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame Legends: Classic
Rock legends recount the moments of classic rock seared in the memories
of all babyboomers as they lived them...
Guests include Isaac Hayes, Tommy
James, Air Supply, Leslie Gore, Carl Palmer, Eddie Money, Davy Jones,
Mary Wilson, and more...
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OTHER STAR PROFILE SERIES TO COME:
- My Celebrity
Author Star Profiles, 13 x 24
- My Best
Comedian Profiles, 13 x 24
- My Celebrity
Christian Profiles, 13 x 24
- My Pro SPORT
Profiles, 13 x 24
- My Broadway
Star Profiles 13 x24
For inquiries, press kits,
screenings and avails, please contact:
Dan Shannon
dan@idcommunications.org
ID Communications Inc
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