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2012 Online Film Guide

Four World Premiere feature films and 14 diverse shorts will screen in TOFF this month, with varying premiere dates. (Some will debut after they've had their premiere at TFF.) Check back often, browse the titles, click "play," and enjoy the show!

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Babygirl

Babygirl

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 77 Minutes

Directed By: Macdara Vallely

For as long as she can remember, Bronx teenager Lena has watched her mom Lucy squander her life on a series of deadbeat men. When Victor, her mom's latest boy toy, starts hitting on Lena, she sets up a trap to expose Victor for the creep he is… but the plan backfires. Macdara Vallely crafts a heartfelt drama about the emotional highs and lows in the moment between... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »
On the Mat

Best Online Feature Award Winner

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 87 Minutes

Achieving greatness in high school wrestling requires a level of devotion unmatched perhaps by any other sport. That greatness has become a yearly expectation at Lake Stevens High, winner of seven Washington state championships in the past 10 years. Narrated by Lake Stevens wrestling alum Chris Pratt (Moneyball), this riveting documentary follows the team over... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »
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Fire in Babylon

Fire In Babylon

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 82 Minutes

Directed By: Stevan Riley

Played against the backdrop of the national liberation movements of the '70s and '80s, this lively documentary pays tribute to the golden age of cricket in the West Indies as the teammates set out to triumph over their former colonial masters and make a name for themselves on the world stage. This celebration of the power of sports as a vehicle for social change... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »
Heart Stop Beating

Heart Stop Beating

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 3 Minutes

Directed By: Jeremiah Zagar

Heart Stop Beating is the story of Billy Cohn & Bud Frazier, two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute, who in March of 2011 successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a 'continuous flow' device they developed, proving that life was possible without a pulse or a heart beat. | Read More »
Hilarys Straws

Hilary's Straws

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 3 Minutes

Directed By: Phil Cox

One day, quadriplegic Hilary Lister and her friends smashed up and cannibalised a wheel chair, some metal pipes and a few electric circuit boards. The result was a unique technical invention that led her to conquer the oceans of the world and set her spirit free... | Read More »
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NEDS

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 124 Minutes

Directed By: Peter Mullan

Directed by actor/director Peter Mullan (My Name Is Joe, The Magdalene Sisters), NEDS takes place in the gritty and savage world of 1970s Glasgow. On the brink of adolescence, John McGill is a bright and sensitive boy. He's eager to learn and full of promise, but with no one willing to give him a chance, young John descends into a violent life of crime. NEDS... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »
Newtown Creek Digester Eggs

Newtown Creek Digester Eggs: The Art of Human Waste

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 3 Minutes

Directed By: David Leitner

The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, epitomizes what can be achieved by progressive government working with local activists to adopt the latest technology -- but it's the award-winning architecture and design courtesy of New York City's Percent for Art program that will drop your jaw, especially those eight magnificent Digester... | Read More »
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On the Mat

On The Mat

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 87 Minutes

Directed By: Fredric Golding

Achieving greatness in high school wrestling requires a level of devotion unmatched perhaps by any other sport. That greatness has become a yearly expectation at Lake Stevens High, winner of seven Washington state championships in the past 10 years. Narrated by Lake Stevens wrestling alum Chris Pratt (Moneyball), this riveting documentary follows the team over... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »
Road, Movie

Road, Movie

Release Year: 2009

Runtime: 95 Minutes

Directed By: Dev Benegal

Loath to take over the family hair-oil business, young Vishnu jumps at the chance to drive his uncle's beat-up Chevy truck across India to its new owner. The young runaway, wandering old entertainer, and beautiful woman he picks up along the way make for a magical journey that will change Vishnu's life. With the sumptuous landscape of India as his canvas, director... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »
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| Country: India USA
The Russian Winter

The Russian Winter

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 94 Minutes

Directed By: Petter Ringbom

Brooklyn-born John Forté was a Grammy-nominated musician in The Fugees at 21 and a federal prison inmate at 26. When his prison sentence was remarkably commuted in 2008, Forté was given a second chance to share his talents with the world. Chronicling his concert tour across Russia, this inspirational documentary takes us on Forté's personal journey—one... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »
Town of Runners

Town of Runners

Release Year: 2012

Runtime: 86 Minutes

Directed By: Jerry Rothwell

Over the past two decades the small, rural Ethiopian town of Bekoji has been the unlikely home to numerous Olympic champion long-distance runners, whose athletic success has paved the way for a generation of young Ethiopians searching for a better future. With a keen artistic eye, TFF award winner Jerry Rothwell (Donor Unknown) follows two teenage track hopefuls... | Read More On the Film Guide Page »