A diverse selection of contemporary US cinema, showcasing a new generation of American filmmakers creating cinema outside the major studio system. With many of the featured films unlikely to obtain distribution in the US, let alone Australia, this is your chance to sample these gems-in-the-rough of independent American cinema.

Feature Films

	BALLAST (USA, 96 min) "A thoroughly engrossing experience that attends to everyday life's small (and in a few cases, significant) moments." - Variety… The lives of three African-Americans in the rural Mississippi De… More >
	GUITAR, THE (USA, 96 min) “There is no tomorrow, all my tomorrows are yesterday.” … Melody (Saffron Burrows) has been living an anaemic existence for a long time. With a thankless job and an equally thankless relati… More >
	IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS (USA, 98 min) “LA is where love comes to die.” … With 14 hours until the New Year, and every intention to let it pass without fanfare, Wilson wants to forget the last 12 months ever happened. Sin… More >
	MOMMA'S MAN (USA, 94 min) For some, leaving home is easy. For Mikey, returning is the problem.… After visiting his parents, 30-something Mikey decides to stay on, at first using the excuse of a cancelled flight. However… More >
	PADRE NUESTRO (USA, 85 min) “Christopher Zalla’s smartly scripted first feature is an exhilarating dog-eat-dog thriller brimming with style and exceptional performances.” – Sundance Film Festival… … More >
	PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED, THE (USA, 71 min) “A charming indie title, suffused with the spirit of the French New Wave of the early sixties and possessed of a quirky likeability.” – Screen InternationalFrom 24-year-old newcomer… More >
	WACKNESS, THE (USA, 110 min) “You don’t need medication, you need to get laid.”In the sweltering New York summer of 1994 Luke Shapiro is trying to beat his depression, lose his virginity, and make ends meet by … More >
	WENDY AND LUCY (USA, 80 min) A girl and her dog hit the road, in Kelly Reichardt’s follow up to her indie favourite Old Joy.Wendy (Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain) is on her way to Alaska in her beat up car with her … More >
	WHITE LIES BLACK SHEEP (USA, 80 min) “Spooner’s style calls to mind the youthful energy of early Spike Lee.” – Hollywood ReporterAt first skinny jeans, the right hairstyle and a liking for Blondie were enough to … More >