First Run Features: Theatrical Catalog

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

	Animation
	Cult Classics
	Documentaries
	Erotica
	Family
	Films About Faith
	Foreign
	Gay & Lesbian
	Jewish Interest


N

Beyond the Sky	Berit Nesheim	90 min, 35mm, Color, Norwegian w/English Subtitles, 1993
A Film by Berit Nesheim. A twelve-year-old rebel spends an enchanted summer vacation with the only adult with whom she connects--her oddball teacher, Miss Kjaer, who is about to retire.

Light Keeps Me Company	Carl-Gustaf Nykvist	76 min, 35mm, Color, English and Swedish w/English Subtitles, 2000
Film by Carl-Gustaf Nykvist. An intimate look at the life of legendary Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist, including interviews with Ingmar Bergman, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Susan Sarandon, and more.


O

Like It Is	Paul Oremland	93 min, 35mm, Color, 1998
London's gay club world comes alive in this sexy, funny drama about two young men who fall in love despite enormously different backgrounds.

The Mozart Brothers	Suzanne Osten	98 min, 35mm, Color, Swedish w/English Subtitles, 1986
A Film by Suzanne Osten. Stars of the Stockholm Opera are terrified by an opera director's erotic vision for an avant garde production of Don Giovanni.


P

S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine	Rithy Panh	105 min, 35mm, Color, 2003
A Film by Rithy Panh. In 1975-79, the Khmer Rouge waged a campaign of genocide on Cambodia’s population. 1.7 million Cambodians lost their lives to famine and murder as the urban population was forced into the countryside to fulfill the Khmer Rouges’ dream of an agrarian utopia.

Peach & Bitter Song	Christine Parker	16min, 35mm, Color, 1997
This documentary offers an overview of lesbian cinema and contains interviews with several leading lights in the area including Jennie Livingston and Rose Troche.

Howard Finster: Man of Visions	Julie Desroberts, Randy Paskal, and Dave Carr	23 min, 16mm, Color, English, 1990
A Film by Julie Desroberts, Randy Paskal and Dave Carr. A candid look at the unique Reverend Howard Finster, who, after forty five years of preaching, received instruction from God in 1976 to paint his spiritual messages.

Jewish Soul, American Beat	Barbara Pfeffer	60 min, 16mm, Color, 1997
film by Barbara Pfeffer. With insight and humor, Jewish Soul, American Beat explores the new landscape of Jewish tradition in America, from a feminist seder to a Yiddish Cabaret.

War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us	Gaylene Preston	95 min, 35mm, Color, 1995
A Film by Gaylene Preston. Stories of sexual passion, illicit love, heroic adventure, and painful death are told by seven women about WWII, who also confront the impact it had on their lives.

Friends	Elain Proctor	109 min, 35mm, Color, 1993
A Film by Elaine Proctor. Passion and politics mix in this powerful drama about three young women, all friends, in contemporary South Africa.

Forgiving Dr. Mengele	Bob Hercules & Cheri Pugh	80 min, Video, Color, 2005
Eva Kor and her sister were victims of the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Haunted ever since, something shocking occurs: Eva finds the power to forgive him. But not everyone is ready to forgive the unforgivable.


Q

Live Nude Girls Unite!	Julia Query & Vicky Funari	70 min, 16mm, Color, 2000
A Film by Julia Query and Vicky Funari. Follow Julia Query, peepshow stripper, on her raucous journey to organize the only union of strippers in the United States.


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Deserted Station	Alireza Raisian	88 minutes, Color, Farsi w/English subtitles, 2002
In this lyrical and intimately nuanced story conceived by Abbas Kiarostami and starring Leila Hatami, a photographer and his young wife are stranded in a remote Iranian village after their car breaks down.

The Heart of the Matter	Gini Reticker & Amber Hollibaugh	57 min, 16mm, Color, 1994
This provocative documentary focuses on the story of Janice Jirau, an HIV-positive African-American woman, as she reveals why she was at high risk and what she did when she discovered she'd been infected.

Cup Final	Fran Riklis	107 min, 35mm, Color, Hebrew w/English Subtitles, 1992
A Film by Eran Riklis. When an Israeli soldier is captured by a band of PLO fighters en route to Beirut, a passion for soccer leads to a tale of shared humanity.

Tong Tana	Jan Roed	88 min, 35mm, Color, Swedish w/English Subtitles, 1990
A Film by Jan Roed. A journey into the heart of Borneo's lush rainforest to meet a European who has rejected modern civilization.

Agnes and His Brothers	Oskar Roehler	35mm, 115 minutes, German w/English Subtitles, 2004
Agnes and his brothers have little in common except an eccentric father, relationship problems that are screwing up their lives, and a suspicion that there is a distinct possibility those two things are connected.

Before Stonewall	Robert Rosenberg, John Scagliotti, Greta Schiller	87 min, 16mm, Color, English, 1984
Produced by Robert Rosenberg, John Scagliotti and Greta Schiller. When the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, three nights of rioting sparked a national gay liberation movement.

Mendel	Alexander Rosler	98 min, 35mm, Color, Norwegian w/English Subtitles, 1997
A Film by Alexander Rosler. When a Jewish family relocates from post-war Nazi Germany to Norway a young boy must learn how to fit in as he uncovers the secret his parents are keeping from him.

Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Nicolas Rossier	82 min, Video, Color, English, French & Creole w/English Subtitles, 2005
In 2004, the democratically elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was taken against his will from Haiti in an American helicopter. The 2004 coup d'etat was not the first American intervention into Haitian politics.

Spark Among the Ashes	Oren Rudavsky	56 min, 16mm, Color, 1986
A 13-year-old American's trip to the holocaust-devastated Jewish community of Cracow for his bar mitzvah.

Hiding and Seeking	Menachem Daum & Oren Rudavsky	85 min, Digibeta, Color, English, Yiddish & Polish w/English Subtitles, 2004
Hiding and Seeking tells the story of a father who tries to alert his adult Orthodox Jewish sons, whose views have shifted considerably from his own, to the dangers of insularity and intolerance of those outside the faith.

A Life Apart: Hasidism in America	Menachem Daum & Oren Rudavsky	95 min, 35mm, Color, English, 1997
A Film by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky. Seven years in the making, this extraordinarily intimate film takes us into the mysterious and joyous world of the Hasidic Jews, revealing a place few outsiders have seen and fewer yet could imagine.

And Baby Makes Two	Judy Katz & Oren Rudavsky	60 min, 16mm, Color, English,1999
A film by Judy Katz and Oren Rudavsky. An emotional look at single women who decide to have babies on their own, without the help of a husband, boyfriend or partner.

Hairway to the Stars	David O. Russell	12 min, 35mm, Color, 1990
A Film by David O. Russell. As an elderly woman goes under a hairdryer in preparation for her 50th wedding anniversary, she blasts off into an inner world of fear and loathing where she must weather hilarious encounters with her husband.