Directors: Randall Kaplan
Cast: Michael Whitney, Adair Moran, Isaac Scranton, Bianca Jamotte, Brandon McCluskey, Nia Lourekas, Steve Arons, J Stephen Brantley, Zen Groom, Randall Kaplan

“Beneath The Flesh” is a collection of nightmares that will crawl under your skin and burrow it’s way into your mind.

In “Id”, a man is tormented by love and a twisted creature in his apartment. In “The Basement”, two men confront each other in a damp, filthy basement. In “The Child”, a withered man nurtures a growing creature. In “The Insides”, a man believes something is growing inside him. Finally, in “Boxhead”, an old man is visited by a childhood friend that could be his darkest nightmare.

The victim in each story is forced to confront a fear that is eating them from the inside out. Their choice? Deal with the fear or die with it.

Special Feature includes: Special Interview with the Director and Still Gallery

UPC# 825307-920499
CAT# PH-92049 - $24.98

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Horror
NR / 2009 / 72 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Directors: Daryush Shokof
Cast: Anthony Quinn, David Warner, Sonja Kirchberger, Alexandra Stewart, Audra McDonald

Archie (Anthony Quinn) is a rich old man who lives alone with his maid Anya; he is philosophical, funny, and yet "incomplete" as a creature. He longs for affection, the true sensation of becoming "one" with all the creatures on the planet… he finds peace only when his body is energized by love and positive energy from others… he sees the "incomplete" state as an illness and is determined to cure himself. This will require infusing his body with energy.

To do this Archie hires four servants from different parts of the world to fill his four facial openings. Although each servant places an index finger in his ears and nostrils, Archie asks Blade (his longtime friend) and Hilda (his true love) to help complete the process.

The symbolism expresses the true meaning of the film when at the end it reveals that Archie reaches his final wish…"Unity Till The Last Breath."

Selected for Locarno (Competition and Special Event of Closing Night at the Grand Piazza), Toronto, Montreal, Berlin, Kiev, Thessaloniki, Delhi, Cairo and many other international festivals.

"No one can wipe these amazing visuals off my mind... it is a shame for [our] culture that Seven Servants is still nowhere to be seen"
- Internet Movie Database

UPC# 825307-920093
CAT# PH-92009 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / 1996 / 86 minutes
Country: Germany
Language: English

Directors: Kenta Hayashida
Cast: Rika Nakamura, Mika Nakamura, Taichi Hirabayashi, Go Setoguchi

Minako is diagnosed with a brain tumor and doesn't have long to live. She wants to see her twin sister once again, but there are consequences.

The twins bring out the worst in each other. Together, they are psycho-pyromaniacs and can be very destructive. There's a reason why they've been separated for 13 years, to protect themselves and those around them.

Now, they'll be together again.

UPC# 825307-920192
CAT# PH-92019 - $24.98

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SPECIAL FEATURES (subject to change):
Chapter Selection, 16x9 Anamorphic Video,
English with ON/OFF English Subtitles, Making of.
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Drama
NR / 2008 / 72 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
with English subtitles

A modern day retelling of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis". Tom Gregor is a young man who's only ambition is to serve his family at all costs. One day, a strange illness keeps Gregor from going to work...

This sickness last for months and the parents are too old to find employment. His young sister turns to prostitution but that doesn't bring in enough money. And worse of all, Gregor's abusive boss continues to visit even though he has already been fired.

Can Gregor recover from this endless, rotting sickness or is too late?

UPC# 825307-920291
CAT# PH-92029 - $24.98

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SPECIAL FEATURES (subject to change):
Chapter Selection, Award winning short film "Telephone"
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Drama
NR / 1996 / 62 + 16 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Directors: Bahman Maghsoudlou
Cast: Farhang Farrahi, Javad Mojabi, Abbas Pahlavan, Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, and Ebrahim Younesi

Ahmad Mahmoud (1931-2002) was a leading Iranian novelist who, over his fifty-year career, published nine short story collections and six novels, including The Native Boy (1972), The Strangers (1972) and The Neighbors (1974).

His writing reflects his political engagement, his concern for the poor and the working class, and his love for his native region of Khuzestan. Mahmoud testifies eloquently to all these concerns in lengthy, and moving, on-camera interviews. This portrait of a well-loved and incredibly talented writer, later overlooked as anti-revolutionary, attests to the extreme difficulties often faced by Iranian writers.

UPC# 825307-920390
CAT# PH-92039 - $24.98

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SPECIAL FEATURES (subject to change):
Award winning short documentary "Life in Fog"
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Documentary
NR / 2004 / 65 + 28 minutes
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
with English subtitles

Directors: Heddy Honigmann, John Appel

"Dutch Junkies" is two stories about addiction. Teenage girls obsessed with chat rooms and senior citizens on hard drugs.

In "Emoticons", Saskia is tormented at school and only finds comfort in violent videogames. Sanne writes poetry about her loneliness on the web. Samantha, a rape victim, gives other rape victims advice. The three girls cannot live without chat rooms. The computer is their "daily food". They have submerged themselves in a virtual world that has become more important than the ordinary one.

In "There Goes My Heart", we enter the first home for elderly drug addicts in the Netherlands. These four men and three women have done hard drugs for over 40 years. The home porvides them with a room and free drugs. Each addict has lost something significant: the love of their life, contact with friends and family but mainly, they've lost touch with their own feelings. This story portrays their helpless attachment to the illusion that one day their lives will improve.

UPC# 825307-919998
CAT# PH-91999 - $24.98

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SPECIAL FEATURES (subject to change):
Chapter Selection, 16x9 Anamorphic Video,
Dutch with English Subtitles, Biographies.
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Documentary
NR / 2007 / 113 minutes
Country: Netherlands
Language: Dutch
with English subtitles

Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji
Cast: Aseel Adel, Bashiral-Majid, Mohammed Hashim

Director Mohamed Al-Daradji literally risked life and limb to bring you the only film about the Iraq War told from the Iraqi point of view. A film Variety calls "an ambitious work that's both harrowing and beautiful". "Ahlaam" is the tale of three patients in a Baghdad mental institution running through rioting streets after their hospital is decimated.

The filmmaker had a camera in one hand and an AK-47 in the other. His crew was beaten and lined up to be shot by the insurgents, interrogated by American Soldiers, his 14 year old boom man was shot in the leg and someone from the cast was kidnapped. Somehow, the footage survived and has evolved into a powerful, bone chilling story of human beings struggling to make sense of unimaginable circumstances.

"Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter are masterpieces that can be watched time and time again from the safe position of it being historical. But Iraq is a tragedy still unfolding, potentially set to be replicated in neighboring countries, It's rare that cinema is so relevant and vital, [the filmmaker] deserves every support in getting this film to the widest possible audience" -Netribution.

"Harrowing & Beautiful"
- Jay Weissberg, Variety

Offical Selection:
ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SEATTLE INTERNATINAL FILM FESTIVAL
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SPILT FILM FESTIVAL

Iraq's official entry in the Foreign Language Film category at the 79th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS in 2007

UPC# 825307-917598
CAT# PH-91759 - $24.98

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SPECIAL FEATURES:
Short film Trip of Dreams A short documentary commissioned by Al-Jazeera that Mohamed made about his return to Iraq to screen AHLAAM for the first time, Chapter Selections, Trailer, Still Gallery, 16x9 Anamorphic Video, ON/OFF English Subtitles, Biographies.
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Drama
NR / 2006 / 110 minutes
Country: Iraq
Language: Arabic
with English subtitles

Director: Vahid Mousaian
Cast: Masoud Rayegan, Hossein Sheydaie

Sia left Iran years ago illegally and lives in Sweden with his wife and two children.  Realizing he wants to go back for a visit, he decides the best place to go is a free port, an island, which does not require a visa. But being there does not fully satisfy his nostalgic longing; his old home is on the mainland.  Danger will confront him if he returns.  He must decide what is most important: his future or his past.
 
“Mousaian's second feature is a personal breakthrough… in its depiction of a modern man alone and nearly suicidal”.
-Robert Koehler, Variety

Offical Selection:
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
FLANDERS FILM FESTIVAL
BARCELONA FILM FESTIVAL
SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL


UPC# 825307-919899
CAT# PH-91989 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / Color / 2003 / 82 minutes
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi with English subtitles

Director: Amir Naderi
Cast: John Wojda

George Murphy lives in New York City. He just lost his job and is about to lose his apartment. He owes months of back rent and only has one night left before he is evicted. Running through the breathtaking labyrinth of pre-9/11 New York City, George desperately searches for the one person who can help him.
"depicts a New York landscape all the more
recognized for having never before been captured on film in such dismaying accuracy.”
–Amy Taubin, Village Voice

“Determined grip on the pulse of the city”
–Fred Lombardi, Variety“the gritty experience of Manhattan without an airbrush”
–Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

Official Selection:
VENICE International Film Festival
TORONTO International Film Festival
CHICAGO International Film Festival
LONDON International Film Festival

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SPECIAL FEATURES:
Behind the Scenes: the music composer Gato Barbieri, Chapter Selection, Still Gallery

UPC# 825307-919691
CAT# PH-91969 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / 1993 / 88 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Director: Moslem Mansouri
Cast: Ayda shamlou, simin behbahani, bahram beyza’i iran darroudi, mahmoud dowlatabadi, mohammad ghazi, mohammad hoghough, iabbas kia-rostami, javad mojabi, zia movahhed, esmail nouriala, mohammad ali sepanlou, pouran soltani, naser taghva’i

Ahmad Shamlou (December 12, 1925 – July 24, 2000) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou’s poetry is complex, yet his imagery - which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems - is simple. For infrastructure and impact, he uses a kind of everyday imagery in which personified oxymoronic elements are spiked with an unreal combination of the abstract and the concrete unprecedented in Persian poetry before him. He is considered as the founder of Persian blank poetry. It is said that you cannot find a literate household in Iran where there is none of his poetry books available. He is an “engaged” poet in the sense that his poetry addresses socio-political issues of his time, with a prophetic emphasize on Liberty and Human Rights.

He has also written and translated numerous articles and books on a spectrum of subjects, from political to literary. His voluminous Ketab-e Koucheh (The Book of the Allies) is a major contribution to understanding Iranian folkloric beliefs and language. In 1984 he was nominated for the Noble Prize in Literature.

UPC# 825307-919790
CAT# PH-91979 - $24.98

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Documentary
NR / 1999 / 62 minutes
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi with English subtitles

Director: Zeb Haradon
Cast: Zeb Haradon, Robin Ballard

Jim is a shy, withdrawn loner, pervert and virgin.
Lana is a friendly and outgoing born again Christian who has renounced her promiscuous drug filled past. They have never met until they step into an elevator together one day. The elevator gets stuck between floors, and they start to get to know each other. A building maintenance man assures them over the elevator's emergency intercom that a repairman is on the way. Hours, days, weeks, and months pass, and no repairmen arrive. Jim and Lana spend their days screaming into the intercom trying to get the maintenance guy to answer again. He doesn't.

Starvation is not a problem, as Lana entered the elevator with a bag full of groceries, which is mysteriously found to be filled with fresh food every morning. After enough time passes, Jim gives up hope of escape and resigns himself to building a new life in the elevator with Lana, who he sees as his first girlfriend. Lana on the other hand desperately wants to escape, and clings to her faith in God to provide them with an opening of the elevator doors. Eventually, a reluctant and desperate romance begins--

Clearly inspired by early Lynch, Buñuel, Cronenberg, and even the recent work of James Fotopoulos. And if you know anything at all about any of these filmmakers you'll rightly conclude that Elevator Movie firmly belongs under that prickliest of classifications:Not For Everyone. -FILM THREAT

UPC# 825307-919592
CAT# PH-91959 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / 2004 / 95 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Director: Zeb Haradon
Cast: The Members of the Salt Lake City, Utah "Open Mind Forum"

September 11, 2001. Salt Lake City, Utah. A messianic group called "The Open Mind Forum" awaits the implementation of NESARA, a secret law 100 years in the making. Once implemented, NESARA will abolish the IRS, remove George W.Bush from office, expose Bush as a reptilian alien, and install a UFO-flying Jesus as America's new leader.

NESARA was already delayed as a result of 9/11. If Bush declares war with Iraq, there's no telling how much further this crucial law will be denied. "The Open Mind Forum" must channel all their faith and prayers toward the desperate hope that their UFO allies will intervene this war, thereby establishing NESARA and delivering us peace and harmony on Earth.

"Unbelievably outrageous, supremely ridiculous, absolutely f***ing crazy.
What Haradon captures on film is truly fascinating."

-Daniel Wible, FILM THREAT

UPC# 825307-919493
CAT# PH-91949 - $19.98

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Documentary
NR / 2006 / 77 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Director: Stuart Urban
Cast: Guinevere Turner, Christien Anholt

Peter is hired to infiltrate the seedy, psychosexual London S&M scene. He must gather evidence of "physical assaults" to prosecute and shut the down this sexual hell. Inevitably, Peter goes too deep and falls for the irresistible Mistress Tanya Cheex. Will he accomplish his mission or be lured into this modern day Pompeii? The world's first feature film set in the fetish club scene, released in 1997 to both controversy and acclaim, 'P2TP' soon reached "cult favorite" status (The Boston Phoenix)--- and was the last film of the twentieth century to be banned in Ireland (and other countries)!

"Shockingly hilarious - Turner is a sex goddess"
- EMPIRE

"A fun and deftly erotic adventure"
-Film Threat

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SPECIAL FEATURES:
New 10th Anniversary Audio Commentary by Guinevere Turner, New 16 x 9 Anamorphic Video, Commentary by Director Stuart Urban , "Making of" documentary, Premiere Party Featurette, Tanya's Toons: Interactive Comic Story Strip.

UPC# 825307-918496
CAT# PH-91849 - $24.98

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Comedy/Lesbian, Fetish interests
NR / 1997 / 100 minutes
Country: England
Language: English

Director: Danny Schechter

Forget the hanging chads and butterfly ballots. The Presidential 2000 election is still a mystery to most Americans. What actually happened with the 180,000 uncounted Florida votes that would have elected Vice President Al Gore? And who was responsible for the injustice? Was it the disorganized media or the irresponsible state of Florida?

"Recount Democracy" investigates charges of disenfranchisement, racial exclusion, voting rights violations and the subverting of a recount in the most contested and controversial election in U.S. history. Nearly a decade later, the story every American must know is told in unflinching detail.


UPC# 825307-919394
CAT# PH-91939 - $19.98

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Documentary
NR / 2004 / 77 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Villagers proudly display the scalps and fingers of their defeated enemies. Lynched thieves hang from lampposts. The bodies of traitors are dragged through the streets. "We killed these people and sent them to God," states one man proudly. In Pakistan, "The Taliban" has established an administration with their own laws.  

This is documentary about how a "Taliban" is born, trained and recruited. What type of person becomes a "Taliban", and why. In Pakistan, "Taliban" means "student". Like students anywhere else in the world, there are many-- and they are ready to be taught a way of life until death.


UPC# 825307-918991
CAT# PH-91899 - $19.98

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Documentary
NR / 2007 / 51 minutes
Country: Pakistan
Language: English

Sergeant Alvarez has only four weeks to train a group of men into soldiers. But the typical training methods do not work with these recruits. That's because the recruits are Iraqis. They don't speak a word of English. They don't understand commands or swear words. They refuse to shave their mustaches, let alone their entire heads. Meanwhile, outside the base, the insurgency is raging.       

How do American soldiers mold Iraqi Soldiers? How do they train Iraqis to storm an insurgent stronghold? This fascinating documentary follows the making of an army, an Iraqi Army that fights for America, a key to America's success during this endless war. This story asks, can an Iraqi Army be built to support America?


UPC# 825307-919295
CAT# PH-91929 - $19.98

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Documentary
NR / 2005 / 52 minutes
Country: Iraq
Language: English