THIS WEEK’S LINEUP:

Monday January 30

NEXT LEVEL

Short Film Competition

Director Anton Sokolov

In Moscow in the not too distant future, Anton hears a voice in his head warning him of a vast conspiracy and offering him a way out.

Tuesday January 31

TANGO YOUR LIFE

Documentary Film Competition

Director Chan Park

In Argentina, tango is more than steps or fancy movements. To the residents of Buenos Aires, tango is life danced on the floor.

Wednesday February 1

LIVE OUTSIDE THE BOX

Short film Competition

Director Shu-Hsuan Lin

Simon is a workaholic without any social contact. Gradually, his world becomes smaller and smaller until there is nothing left but work.

Thursday February 2

FIRE BURN BABYLON

Documentary Film Competition

Director Sarita Siegel

Three Rastafarian friends reinvent themselves in London when a volcano destroys their island home.

Friday February 3

CIVIL

Short Film Competition

Director Weston Middleton

The Year is 1865. War rages on the battlefields and in the hearts of men. For one Confederate soldier, his loyalty is tested. For God. For Country. Forever.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK

SNEAK PEEK

RETURN

Linda Cardellini delivers a stunning performance as an American soldier struggling to readjust to life at home with her family and friends upon returning from duty in Iraq.

More Trailers

MUSIC VIDEO

YOUTH LAGOON “MONTANA”

Check out Youth Lagoon’s haunting and epic new music video for “Montana” from the newly released debut album, The Year of Hibernation.

Musicians like Peter Gabriel, Broken Social Scene, and Andrew Bird are raising their voices to help support The Voice Project, a non-profit organization working for peace, reconciliation and rebuilding efforts in the civil war torn countries of Uganda, Sudan and the Congo.

Learn more and get involved

HOT DOC

ELECTRONIC AWAKENING

Director Andrew Johner lifts the veil on an underground spiritual movement that has developed within electronic music cultures worldwide.

FOREIGN FILM

NORWEGIAN WOOD

Upon hearing The Beatles' song “Norwegian Wood”, a Japanese man is sent back to his student years in 1960s Tokyo where he was torn between tragedy and two different women.

More Foreign Film

INDIE SPOTLIGHT

KILL LIST

British filmmaker Ben Wheatley categorically defies genre with his latest film Kill List. British social realism meets suburban-noir family drama meets hit man conspiracy thriller meets religious occult bloodbath horror fest in this Award-winning Indie from the UK.

2011-2012 AWARDS SEASON COVERAGE

Check out the complete lists of nominees and winners, watch trailers, clips, interviews and go behind the scenes of the best independent films of 2011.