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Ben et Thomas - 2004 was released on: France: January 2004 (TV premiere) Spain: 2004 (TV premiere) Sweden: 2004 (TV premiere) USA: January 2004 (Santa Barbara International Film Festival) France: June 2004 (Avignon/New York Film Festival)
Dancing in September - 2000 was released on: USA: 24 February 2000 (Hollywood Black Film Festival) (premiere) USA: 8 March 2000 (Santa Barbara Film Festival) USA: 27 April 2000 (New York African Film Festival) USA: 29 April 2000 (USA Film Festival) Mexico: 6 June 2000 (Acapulco Black Film Festival) USA: 24 January 2001 (Sundance Film Festival) USA: 3 February 2001 (TV premiere) Germany: 8 October 2001 (TV premiere) Sweden: 10 June 2005 (TV premiere) Australia: 20 August 2008 (TV premiere)
Taxi to the Dark Side - 2007 was released on: USA: 28 April 2007 (Tribeca Film Festival) Iceland: 29 September 2007 (Reykjavik International Film Festival) Brazil: 30 September 2007 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) USA: October 2007 (Chicago International Film Festival) Canada: 4 October 2007 (Vancouver International Film Festival) France: 8 October 2007 (TV premiere) Germany: 8 October 2007 (TV premiere) Finland: 9 October 2007 (TV premiere) Denmark: 13 October 2007 (TV premiere) Australia: 16 October 2007 (TV premiere) USA: 17 October 2007 (Austin Film Festival) Spain: 15 November 2007 (TV premiere) Norway: 18 November 2007 (Oslo International Film Festival) Argentina: 22 November 2007 (San Luis Cine International Festival) Japan: 26 November 2007 (TV premiere) Poland: 10 December 2007 (International Film Festival Watch Docs. Human Rights in Film. Warsaw.) USA: 18 January 2008 (New York City, New York) USA: 18 January 2008 (Los Angeles, California) USA: 4 April 2008 (Wisconsin Film Festival) UK: 8 April 2008 (Film Knights) Belgium: 10 May 2008 (DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival) UK: 13 June 2008 (London) Sweden: 29 June 2008 (TV premiere) Ireland: 11 July 2008 (Galway Film Fleadh) Brazil: 23 January 2009 Italy: 22 May 2009
Open Window - 1989 - TV was released on: USA: 1989 (Chicago International Film Festival) USA: 1990 (video premiere) Netherlands: 2002 (video premiere)
Open Window - 1989 TV was released on: USA: 1989 (Chicago International Film Festival) USA: 1990 (video premiere) Netherlands: 2002 (video premiere)
Beyond the Pole - 2009 was released on: Poland: 14 October 2009 (Warsaw Film Festival) USA: 25 October 2009 (Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival) UK: February 2010 (Glasgow Film Festival) UK: 12 February 2010 (limited) USA: 26 March 2010 (San Diego Film Festival) USA: 12 April 2010 (Phoenix International Film Festival) USA: 18 April 2010 (Nashville International Film Festival) USA: 18 April 2010 (Wisconsin Film Festival) USA: 23 April 2010 (Palm Beach International Film Festival) UK: July 2010 (DVD premiere) UK: 17 July 2010 (TV premiere) Hungary: 20 July 2010 (TV premiere) Poland: 30 June 2011 (TV premiere) Belgium: 29 November 2011 (TV premiere) Sweden: 30 January 2012 (TV premiere) Uganda: 1 February 2012 (TV premiere) Namibia: 1 May 2012 (TV premiere) China: 8 July 2012 (TV premiere) Malaysia: 1 September 2012 (TV premiere) Singapore: 1 September 2012 (TV premiere)
Why We Fight - 2005 was released on: USA: January 2005 (Sundance Film Festival) UK: 23 March 2005 (TV premiere) Czech Republic: 5 April 2005 (Febio Film Festival) Norway: 12 April 2005 (TV premiere) Sweden: 31 July 2005 (TV premiere) Japan: 4 September 2005 (TV premiere) Finland: 7 September 2005 (TV premiere) Canada: 13 September 2005 (Toronto International Film Festival) USA: 20 January 2006 (limited) France: 31 January 2006 (TV premiere) Germany: 31 January 2006 (TV premiere) Canada: 17 February 2006 (limited) UK: 18 February 2006 (Keswick Film Festival) Argentina: 17 October 2006 (DVD premiere) UK: 25 March 2007 (Human Rights Watch Film Festival)
Film - 1965 was released on: Italy: 4 September 1965 (Venice Film Festival) (premiere) USA: 8 January 1966 Finland: 31 January 1967 (TV premiere) West Germany: 4 May 1970 (TV premiere) France: 29 November 2006 (DVD premiere) Greece: 22 September 2009 (Athens Film Festival) France: 19 October 2010 (Metz)
Reagan - 2011 was released on: USA: 23 January 2011 (Slamdance Film Festival) (premiere) USA: 26 January 2011 (Sundance Film Festival) UK: 6 February 2011 (TV premiere) USA: 7 February 2011 (TV premiere) Netherlands: 9 February 2011 (TV premiere) Australia: 27 March 2011 (TV premiere) Italy: 14 June 2011 (Biografilm Festival) Finland: 4 December 2011 (TV premiere) Sweden: 11 September 2012 (TV premiere)
A Passage to Ottawa - 2001 was released on: USA: 11 October 2001 (Austin Film Festival) India: 24 November 2001 (Mumbai International Film Festival) Germany: 10 February 2002 (Berlin International Film Festival) UK: 9 April 2002 (International Children and Young People's Film Festival) Sweden: 10 April 2002 (Stockholm International Film Festival) South Korea: 1 May 2002 (Jeonju International Film Festival) Spain: 21 June 2002 (Valencia International Film Festival Cinemajove) UK: 8 July 2002 (Cambridge Film Festival) USA: 29 October 2002 (Chicago International Children's Film Festival) Canada: 30 October 2002 Finland: 17 November 2002 (Oulu International Children's Film Festival) Brazil: 7 October 2003 (Festival do Rio BR) Hungary: 29 June 2005 (TV premiere) Romania: 1 September 2005 (TV premiere) Poland: 28 September 2005 (TV premiere) Slovenia: 2 March 2006 (TV premiere) New Zealand: 7 March 2006 (TV premiere) Czech Republic: 1 June 2006 (TV premiere) Slovakia: 1 June 2006 (TV premiere) Bulgaria: 6 June 2006 (TV premiere) Mexico: 13 November 2006 (TV premiere)
The Legend of Lucy Keyes - 2005 was released on: USA: 3 February 2006 (Santa Barbara Film Festival) USA: 24 February 2006 (Sedona Film Festival) USA: 17 March 2006 (RiverRun International Film Festival) USA: 8 April 2006 (Sonoma Film Festival) USA: 21 April 2006 (Independent Film Festival of Boston) Brazil: 8 July 2006 (DVD premiere) USA: 5 September 2006 (DVD premiere) USA: 7 October 2006 (TV premiere) Japan: 21 March 2007 (DVD premiere) Argentina: 15 April 2007 (DVD premiere) France: 20 May 2007 (TV premiere) Germany: 24 September 2007 (DVD premiere) Italy: 6 May 2008 (DVD premiere) Hungary: 12 January 2009 (TV premiere)
Icebound - 2012 was released on: Netherlands: November 2012 (IDFA film festival) USA: 13 July 2013 (Maine International Film Festival) USA: 26 October 2013 (Austin Film Festival) France: 22 December 2013 (TV premiere) Germany: 22 December 2013 (TV premiere) Germany: 22 December 2013 (TV premiere)
Red Dust - 2004 was released on: Canada: 13 September 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival) Netherlands: 14 April 2005 USA: 28 May 2005 (Seattle International Film Festival) UK: 9 July 2005 (TV premiere) Brazil: 23 September 2005 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) Iceland: 26 January 2006 (DVD premiere) Australia: 20 April 2006 (DVD premiere) Finland: 17 May 2006 (DVD premiere) USA: 17 June 2006 (African Diaspora Film Festival) Hungary: 7 October 2006 (TV premiere) Greece: 11 December 2006 (DVD premiere) Argentina: 10 April 2007 (TV premiere) Philippines: 8 August 2007 (Cinemanila International Film Festival) Japan: 3 April 2009 (DVD premiere) Sweden: 24 July 2009 (TV premiere)
Ben et Thomas - 2004 was released on: France: January 2004 (TV premiere) Spain: 2004 (TV premiere) Sweden: 2004 (TV premiere) USA: January 2004 (Santa Barbara International Film Festival) France: June 2004 (Avignon/New York Film Festival)
Stones in Exile - 2010 was released on: Netherlands: 14 May 2010 (TV premiere) USA: 14 May 2010 (TV premiere) France: 19 May 2010 (Cannes Film Festival) Belgium: 20 May 2010 (TV premiere) UK: 23 May 2010 (TV premiere) Japan: 12 July 2010 Greece: 22 September 2010 (Athens Film Festival)
Plaguers - 2008 was released on: USA: 2008 Spain: 3 September 2008 (Semana Internacional de Cine Fantastico Estepona) USA: 3 October 2008 (Shockerfest International Film Festival) USA: 5 October 2008 (Mid OhioCon Film Festival) Russia: 2009 (DVD premiere) Hong Kong: 24 March 2009 Japan: 5 June 2009 Hungary: 7 August 2009 (TV premiere) Bulgaria: 8 August 2009 (TV premiere) Czech Republic: 8 August 2009 (TV premiere) Poland: 8 August 2009 (TV premiere) Romania: 8 August 2009 (TV premiere) South Africa: 29 August 2009 (CELLUDROID SciFi/Anime/Fantasy Film Festival) UK: 20 November 2009 (TV premiere) Germany: 4 December 2009 (DVD premiere) USA: 8 December 2009 (DVD premiere) Croatia: 26 February 2010 (TV premiere) Thailand: 22 July 2010 (video premiere) Brazil: 31 August 2010 (Cinefantasy Film Festival) Greece: 3 September 2010 (DVD premiere) Austria: 25 October 2010 (Fright Nights Horror Film Festival) Australia: 23 November 2011 (DVD premiere)
Dancing in September - 2000 was released on: USA: 24 February 2000 (Hollywood Black Film Festival) (premiere) USA: 8 March 2000 (Santa Barbara Film Festival) USA: 27 April 2000 (New York African Film Festival) USA: 29 April 2000 (USA Film Festival) Mexico: 6 June 2000 (Acapulco Black Film Festival) USA: 24 January 2001 (Sundance Film Festival) USA: 3 February 2001 (TV premiere) Germany: 8 October 2001 (TV premiere) Sweden: 10 June 2005 (TV premiere) Australia: 20 August 2008 (TV premiere)