Sometimes, life comes between us and our dreams. And sometimes, we are fortunate enough to be reunited. At the Outstanding Amateurs Piano Competition, nonprofessional pianists, aged 35 and up, get the chance to shine onstage. They Came To Play
Telling Lies in America is a movie starring Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, and Maximilian Schell. A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but soon begins to tell lies in order maintain the friendship and the newfound status. Telling Lies in America
Michael Altman's, American Songwriter is a kaleidoscopic musical road trip down a million mile highway of poetry, philosophy and life featuring Nashville hit songwriter, Danny Darst. Altman's American Songwriter traverses the bedrock and backbone of Darst's gritty lay it on the line storytelling style as one of Americana's most talented song-smiths. From sea to shining sea, hundreds of songs and stories, sixty years of boot leather and worn out steering wheels, American Songwriter draws you into Darst's struggles growing up poor, how he discovered who he was and found redemption through the love of a good woman. It is the tale of an authentic American man. American Songwriter
Two of the 21st century's most powerful social forces; Hip-Hop and geek culture collide head-on in the feature-length documentary, Nerdcore For Life. Nerdcore for Life
Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, the filmmaker Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. The film uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life. Winner of the 1989 Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award, Let's Get Lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a jazz legend. Since its release in 1989, Let's Get Lost has introduced a whole new generation of jazz enthusiasts to the timeless talent of the late Chet Baker. Let's Get Lost
Butterfly Crush is a modern love story set against the backdrop of the Sydney music industry, starring award winning Australian actor, Amelia Shankley. A female song and dance duo threaten to self-destruct on the brink of fame. The girls are up for the Australasian Song Awards, but their chance at success is jeopardised when one gets involved with a Kings Cross cult, the Dreamguides, who are into astrology and virtual dreaming. The other must then risk everything to save her. The film is shot with a podcast aesthetic and is set in iconic Sydney locations.

Director:Alan Clay
Producer: Alan Clay
Actors: Amelia Shankley, Courtney Hale, Haley Fielding, Richard Adams, Sally Kelleher
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From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots. The Singing Detective

High Society: A Potbolier Movie

A dialogue-driven, rapid-fire comedy about three contentious roommates and their hapless guests, two lovely ladies and a very unfortunate intruder. Over the course of a long evening, we encounter vicious oneupmanship and poetically profane barrages to 'impress' the ladies, interspersed with frequent bong-binges. Crafted in the rich 'stoner' tradition, our heroes and heroines struggle to retain their dignity and protect their innermost insecurities.

Director: Kristian Davies
Producer: Eric David
Actors: Erik Davies, Jeremiah Bitsui, Peter Alton, Stephanie Ann Davies, Tiffany Michael, Miller Daurey