First Run/Icarus Films > Study Guides

New name, new look, new featured films

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:31:09 GMT

First Run / Icarus Films is now Icarus Films, and we've updated our web site to reflect the name change. We've also featured new films on the home page, so please come have a look.

Democracy on Deadline

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:18:00 GMT

A survey of journalists working in various media and languages around the world, as they grapple with their relationships to government, and the dangers of speaking truth to power.

Border Cafe

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:34:48 GMT

Reyhan, an Iranian widow and mother of two young children, reopens the roadhouse formerly run by her husband, but as this is taboo for women, she encounters much resistance.

In the Battlefields

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:34:04 GMT

In the war-torn Beirut of 1983, a family struggles not only with nightly bombing in the city, but also with the battle taking place inside their own home.

Max and Mona

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:33:27 GMT

A black comedy about a South African village boy with extraordinary mourning skills, who journeys to a daunting city to become a "white doctor."

The Night of Truth

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:33:03 GMT

In an imaginary country in Africa with economic and political conditions like Sudan and Sierra Leone, after ten years of civil war the president and the rebel leader agree to hold a night of feasting when a peace agreement will be signed.

Stolen Life

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:32:23 GMT

Yan-ni, a withdrawn, sullen young woman convinced that her fate is out of her hands, is accepted to college, but a chance relationship triggers a series of unfortunate events.

Thirst

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:31:52 GMT

It has been 10 years since Abu Shukri and his family fled a scandal involving his older daughter Gamila and settled in a dusty, arid valley in the middle of nowhere, far away from their hometown.

Buffalo Boy

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:24:30 GMT

Set in the lowlands of southern Vietnam, this powerful coming of age tale is a richly textured and stunningly visual reflection of the rhythms of daily life and culture determined by water.

Fuse

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:23:47 GMT

This brilliantly controlled debut feature opens with a jolt symbolic of the dangers buried beneath the surface of a small rustic village in Bosnia.

Hollow City

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:23:18 GMT

Following a massacre in his village, 11-year-old orphan N'dala is airlifted to Luanda, Angola, and comes to rely on other street children as he transitions into life in a dangerous city.

Kabala

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:09:33 GMT

A Malian feature film about the necessity of accepting both technology and the enduring power of traditional ways in a small village.

Khorma

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:22:45 GMT

When orphan Khorma becomes the professional announcer of marriages, births, and deaths in his small Tunisian town, things don't work out as he, or the townspeople, expect.

Lili's Apron

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:22:09 GMT

The love story of Ramón and his wife Lili, whose life together is dramatically impacted by Argentina's abrupt economic crisis.

Today and Tomorrow

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:21:27 GMT

The seemingly unavoidable downward spiral of Argentina's middle class during the current economic crisis is vividly brought to life in the character of young, street-smart Paula.

Uniform

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:20:47 GMT

Filmed on a shoestring budget in the city of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, this deceptively simple first feature perfectly illustrates a Chinese saying "the clothes enter before the person."

What's a Human Anyway?

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:20:02 GMT

The phases of becoming a man in Turkish society are explored in an urban apartment building where neighbors and family live in close quarters.

Whisky

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:26:22 GMT

An inspired and beautifully assured tragic-comedy about Jacobo, a sixty-year-old owner of a small, outdated sock factory in Uruguay.

Angel on the Right

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:47:51 GMT

36 page study guide in Adobe PDF format

Margarette's Feast

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:46:32 GMT

46 page study guide in Adobe PDF format

Our House

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:45:07 GMT

7 page study guide in Adobe PDF format

Rachida

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:44:08 GMT

18 page study guide in Adobe PDF format

Red Hook Justice

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:41:07 GMT

27 page study guide in Adobe PDF format

Ticket to Jerusalem

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:38:09 GMT

32 page study guide in Adobe PDF format

Women's Prison

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:35:34 GMT

40 page study guide in Adobe PDF format