Liane Balaban

제이미는 아버지의 죽음 이후, 삼촌 댁에서 머무르고 있다. 새로운 곳에서 적응하려 노력하는 한편, 삼촌 부부에게 떠밀려 종교 모임에 참석한다. 그곳에서 또래이지만 제이미와는 달리 신실한 교인인 마리케를 만난다. 모임 내내 제이미의 눈을 사로잡은 마리케. 첫 만남부터 뭔가 통했던 이 둘은 다른 이들의 눈을 피해 사랑을 키우기 시작한다.

A new mother discovers a lullaby in an ancient book and soon regards the song as a blessing. But her world transforms into a nightmare when the lullaby brings forth the ancient demon Lilith.

Kevin is an Irish Moss farmer committed to his traditional way of doing things at the expense of a more lucrative life for himself and his pregnant wife. When he finds a bag of money washed up on the shores of Prince Edward Island, his decision to keep it secret turns his quaint fishing village into a growing crime scene as the money’s owners come calling. A Small Fortune is a story of one man's struggle to provide for his family and the need to let go of the old ways in order to learn money isn't everything. Adapted from Adam Perry's award-winning short film A Blessing from the Sea.

A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong in his laundry.

A woman secretly starts taking skateboarding lessons from a handsome teenager to avoid dealing with the problems in her marriage.

Sweetpea searches for her missing rock star boyfriend Jamie in a forest in Japan.

파산위기에 몰린 작은 항구 마을에 마을을 구할 수 있는 공장을 세우기 위해서는 꼭 의사가 있어야 하는 상황. 마을 이장 머레이 할배는 수소문 끝에 닥터 폴을 고용하게 되고, 마을 사람들 전체는 이장 할배를 도와 닥터 폴이 마을에 완전히 정착하게끔 작전을 짠다. 하지만 마을에는 젊은이라곤 닥터 폴과 마을 아가씨 1명 뿐이고 모두가 노인들 뿐인데...

Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. Life at home begins to show signs of improvement when Kyle meets the spunky, vivacious girl across the street who recruits Kyle to help her make the world a better place, making him feel alive for the first time in ages and inspiring his writing. But its short-lived. Joys been told shes going to die soon and wants Kyle to write her obituary.

아름다움을 영원히 갖고 싶은 슬픈 살인자 이야기 어릴 적 어머니를 잃고 아름다운 여성에 대한 두려움과 동시에 소유하고자 하는 집착을 보이는 외로운 마네킹 복원가 프랭크(일라이저 우드). 어느 날, 프랑스 출신의 매혹적인 사진 작가 애나(노라 아르네제더)를 만나게 되면서 그의 삶에도 빛이 돌기 시작한다. 하지만 프랭크는 점차 애나에 대한 욕망이 커져만 가고... 한편, 아름다운 여성들이 잔혹한 방법으로 아름다움을 빼앗긴 채 시체로 발견되는 살인 사건이 연이어 일어나는데…

Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, including: Alain Hain's "Curious Thing" starring Danny Bernardy and Matthew Wilkas; Christoph Scheermann's "Cake and Sand" starring Bartholomew Sammut and Jan Andreesen; Michael Rozanov's "Watch Over Me" starring Guy Kapulnik and Davidi Hoffman; Joachim Back's "The New Tenants" starring David Rakoff and Jamie Harrold; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Just Friends?" starring Lee Je-hoon and Yeon Woo-jin; Étienne Desrosiers's "Mirrors" starring Xavier Dolan, Stéphane Demers, and Julie Beauchemin; Christopher Banks's "Communication" starring Rudi Vodanovich and Alexander Campbell; Tomer Velkoff's "The Traitor" co-starring Shmulik Goldstein; Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein's "The Strange Ones" starring David Call, Tobias Campbell, and Merritt Wever; and Tamer Ruggli's "Cappuccino" starring Benjamin Décosterd and Manuela Biedermann.

A journalist (Liane Balaban) meets “Man of Today” (Paul Ahmarani) who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?

Six years after a violent car crash claimed her parents' lives, Jesse is still trying to put her life back together. The situation is complicated by the fact that her parents virtually vanished, as did the accident wreckage, so there's no evidence for the police and certainly no closure for her. Jesse meets her fears head-on when she and a group of filmmakers break into an abandoned mental institution, she immediately experiences a visceral deja-vu. The asylum seems somehow connected to her missing parents and furthermore, the building is far from deserted. The group discovers that a sinister doctor has taken up residence in the building's vast underground and he is using extreme science trying to bring his wife back from the dead! The basement also contains the countless remains of the doctor's failed experiments, all of which are now slowly coming back to life when they make contact with a murky substance that has begun to leak out of several holding tanks!

A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team

Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.

A young Canadian girl struggles to decipher the ways of the English especially the men when she comes to London to take up a junior position at the London Post.

A prying neighbor, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome wagon. Set amidst the as-yet-unopened boxes and the hopes for a fresh start of two men on what might just be the worst moving day ever. Their new apartment reveals its terrifying history in a film that is by turns funny, frightening, and unexpectedly romantic.

A romantic drama about a tight-knit group of college friends who graduated from NYU the year of 9/11 and reunite years later for a weekend wedding in Georgia. Unresolved conflicts and love affairs spark again.

On the advice of his childhood hero, Robert R. Mutt embarks on a madcap adventure to attain the three keys to being a "somebody" - a girl, some money and a championship ring.

광고 음악 작곡가 하비는 딸이 새아빠와 함께 결혼식장에 입장한다는 소식을 듣는다. 우울함을 달래기 위해 카페에 들어간 하비는 공항에서 일하는 케이트를 만나 서로 호감을 느낀다.

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

그녀도 세상도 모두 두고 떠나는 1주일! 사랑하는 약혼녀와의 결혼을 앞둔 선생님 벤은 어느 날 갑자기 암으로 시한부 선고를 받는다. 지금 당장 치료를 시작해도 생존 가능성이 희박하다는 의사의 진단을 받은 그에게는 모든 것이 힘겨울 뿐인데… 병원을 나온 벤은 우연히 모터사이클 마니아 노인을 만나게 되고, 그에게서 평소에 가지고 싶어했던 모터사이클을 사게 된다. 사랑하는 연인과 가족 그리고 세상 모든 것을 두고 홀홀 단신의 여행을 시작하게 되는데…

완소남 윌 헤이즈는 자신을 믿고 따르는 사랑스러운 여친 에밀리가 있다. 오랜 시간을 함께한 여자 친구이지만, 정치인으로서의 성공을 꿈꿔왔던 윌은 그녀를 두고 홀로 뉴욕행에 오른다. 그리고 에밀리가 첫 사랑이자 마지막 사랑이라 믿었던 윌에게 또 다른 사랑이 찾아 오는데.. 뉴욕에서 만난 섹시하고 지적이기까지 한 저널리스트 섬머. 그녀의 거침없는 유혹에 윌의 마음은 흔들린다. 오랜 시간을 함께 한 첫사랑이냐 매력적인 섬머냐 둘 사이에서 고민하는 사이, 자신을 이해하며 고민 상담을 해 주는 편한 친구 에이프릴 또한 사랑으로 느껴지는데… 너무 다른 매력의 그녀들. 과연 윌은 진정한 사랑을 찾을 수 있을까?

True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.

An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.

Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. His investigation leads him to the wealthy estate of the enigmatic Elizabeth Kane and her young maid Irina. Under Elizabeth's fascinating looks and aristocratic manners hides a terrifying secret,shared by her companion Irina. As Detective Pope finds himself perversely drawn to the powerful Elizabeth, bodies begin to surface, his inquiries only deepening the mystery surrounding Elizabeth's past. Pope's obsession grows so intense that he completely fails to anticipate Elizabeth's reaction to his intrusion into her dark world, a fatal mistake that might cost him his life and the lives of those close to him.

An aging con-man and a beautiful, ambitious student cross paths in a scam that promises to make them both rich.

When her sister suddenly vanishes, a young girl sets out to find her, desperately searching the internet for clues. Joining her is an ex-CIA agent, who uncovers fragments of online chats the missing girl had with a softcore pornographer.

Mary is a horror-movie junkie whose obsession is out of control, leading her over-protective father to ban her from seeing scary flicks. But when she and her friends sneak out to see a film called The Wisher, its creepy antagonist seems to escape into her life and make her darkest desires come true.

After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.

Caleb Gare (Sam Shepard) is a farmer obsessed with owning as much land as he can and controlling his entire family. This becomes more complicated when a beautiful visiting teacher moves into the Gare home and she becomes involved in a battle of wills. To complicate matters more, a deep secret held by Caleb's wife will have to come to the surface. With the family at the breaking point, they must put aside their differences to bring in the year's harvest, after which they celebrate at the town's annual festival. Little does Caleb suspect that the one night of celebration will end in disaster, turmoil, and forever change the family.

Teen-aged sisters Jude and Maureen, living with their volatile father in Montréal, live a life of substance abuse, hustling and petty theft. After Jude's father kicks her out of the house for her abusive and thieving ways, Jude is forced to survive on the streets with the assistance of her odd assortment of friends, including middle aged pedophile Clarence, pre-teen male hustler Georgie, pimp Big Al, and Maureen's junkie boyfriend Gabe. Georgie has a crush on Jude, while Jude unrealistically fantasizes about a normal married life with Gabe. All the while, Jude is also trying to elude the sadistic Mink, who she inadvertently crossed

A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.