THE WEDDING DATE

In her first starring role, TV’s Debra Messing plays a single gal who hires a male escort to be her “boyfriend” for her sister’s wedding because the best man is her ex-fiance. Dermot Mulroney is the hired man.

BOOGEYMAN

Horror tale of a man still traumatized by the monsters he saw in his room as a child. So, of course, he goes back home to confront his demons.

DAYBREAK

A look beneath the surface of three families going through crises in somewhat similar fashion – starting with a surgeon and his wife. In Swedish, with English subtitles.

FREAK WEATHER

Two frenetic days in the life of Penny (Jacqueline McKenzie), a young mom who seemingly makes only bad choices. She begins her day by getting tossed out of her own home by an abusive boyfriend, and moves onward and outward to a world of absurd chaos.

ASSISTED LIVING

Todd (Michael Bonsignore), a pot-smoking slacker, takes a janitor job at a nursing home where he makes a real connection with the residents – especially with one woman who thinks he’s her son. Making his debut, director/writer Elliot Greenebaum. Filmed at a real nursing home with actual residents and staffers.

NOBODY KNOWS

Official Japanese entry for Foreign Language Oscar sees four siblings – each with a different father – take care of each other after their mother abandons them in their tiny Tokyo apartment.