Titles in Genre American Independent
ANYTOWN, USA
Winner - Best Documentary - Long Island Film Festival
"A campaign for mayor that takes unexpected, and heartbreaking, twists and turns."
- Josh Benson, The New York Times
ARCADIA
Winner - Best Children's Film - Oulu Int'l Film Festival
ARRANGED
Official Selection - SXSW Film Festival
"The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative."
- Toddy Burton, The Austin Chronicle
AUGUST THE FIRST
"Smart and engaging. Olabisi is most definitely a talent to watch."
--Mark Rabinowitz, Indiewire
"Olabisi exhibits a sure hand with both story and ensemble. Emotional fireworks ring true."
--Eddie Cockrell, Variety
CHOKING MAN
Winner - Best Film Not Playing at a Theatre Near You - Gotham Awards
"Choking Man is everything an independent film should be" -- Steven Soderbergh
"Delightful" -- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
HELENA FROM THE WEDDING
Official Selection - SXSW Film Festival
"Beautifully modulated! Full of both the ache and the joy of real life."
- Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter
HELLO LONESOME
Winner - Best Ensemble Jury Award - LA Film Festival
"Smart, Poignant!"
- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"A small beauty of a film!"
- Marshall Fine, The Huffington Post
LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN
"A deeply moving 87 minutes that leave you feeling touched, renewed and refreshed - kind of like a great sermon."
- Nathalie Hopkinson, The Washington Post
MANITO
Winner - Best Emerging Filmmaker - Tribeca Film Festival
Winner - Competition Award - SXSW Film Festival
"Mr. Eason, using a hand-held camera and a largely new or nonprofessional cast, brilliantly captures the pulse of daily life in working-class, immigrant New York."
- A.O. Scott, The New York Times
MINE
"The best movie I saw during the week-long SXSW Film Festival!"
- Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly
NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY
Winner - Best Original Song - Canadian Oscars®
Winner - Audience Award - Mannheim Heidelberg Int'l Film Festival
"Gorgeously crafted. Enchanting!"
- Jennie Punter, The Globe and Mail
"HOMICIDE and THE WIRE's Clark Johnson gives a quietly intense performance."
- Adam Nayman, EYE Weekly
OT: OUR TOWN
Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Academy Award� nominated director of The Garden
Nominated - Best Documentary - 2004 Independent Spirit Awards
"OT plays like a jazzed-up version of Ulysses' 'Odyssey,' with the cast forced to traverse cultural chasms and scale seemingly insurmountable obstacles."-- Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times


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