The Salt of Life

Gianni is retired, and spends his time helping the people around him – most of which happen to be women. So Gianni starts to wonder if he can spice things up by looking for some “outside” action. GOMORRAH writer Gianni Di Gregorio follows up his first feature, MID-AUGUST LUNCH, with this comedy about a man trying to find his place (later) in life.

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Satellite of Love

Through an abundance of wine drinking and emotional excavation, three longtime friends who have grown apart learn that they must face the ghosts of their tumultuous past if they ever want to discover the bonds they once shared. An honest illustration of passion and friendship set in stunning California wine country, SATELLITE OF LOVE explores what it means to make the past the past to begin anew.

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Save the Date

Sisters Sarah and Beth fumble through the bumpy emotional landscape of modern-day relationships, forced to relearn how to love and be loved. From a screenplay Michael Mohan wrote with famed graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown and co-writer Egan Reich, this bittersweet but ultimately charming story about the trials of maturing love carefully balances intimate moments of pain and happiness.

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Secrets, Objects

Sociology professor Hye-jung Yi is nearing 40 and, as her copy machine improbably demonstrates to her, very unhappily married and sexually dormant. In fact, she finds release in chat rooms – racy ones.

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Shorts 1
Playtime, Another Bullet Dodged, ‘92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card, Perfect Fit, Hellion, Doubles with Slight Pepper, Bear
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Shorts 2
The Dump, Raspberry Jam, Aurora Borealis, A Letter to Julia, Fungus, Audacity, Izzy & Salvador, Aaron Burr, Part 2
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Shorts Award Winners
A Morning Stroll, Grandmothers, Nani, The Love Competition, Aaron Burr Part 2
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Silver Heart Award Winner: The Invisible War

The Silver Heart Award is bestowed on an individual or film for their dedication to fighting injustices and/or creating social change for the improvement of humanity.

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Sironia

SIRONIA is the story of a talented musician who leaves Hollywood for a small Texas town to live a more authentic and family-centered life. Deep resentment over his lost dreams gets the best of him as he struggles to find peace with his stalled career, until he remembers what he loved about music and his wife in the first place.

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