Carnivalesque Films brings together stories united by a raw, startling sensibility of disruption and celebration, where excess and transgression percolate in everyday life.

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Directed by David Redmon

Mardi Gras: Made in China

Winner of twenty-one national and international awards, Mardi Gras: Made in China follows the path of Mardi Gras beads from the streets of New Orleans during Carnival to the disciplined factories in Fuzhou, China.  More...

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Directed by Ry Russo-Young

Orphans

Five years after the death of their parents, two estranged sisters reunite at the isolated farmhouse where they spent childhood summers and holidays. Rosie agrees to visit Sonia for an unusual birthday party Sonia’s planned for herself. More..

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Directed by
Sam Douglas & Paul Lovelace

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

From their origins in New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene and their involvement in the “Easy Rider” soundtrack, to the lost years of constant drugging, endless touring and a final shot at redemption, The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound To Lose recounts the unique forty-year history of these true American originals. More...

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Directed by
Tara Wray

Manhattan, Kansas

The parent-child relationship is emotionally charged from the moment a person is born. But it becomes especially complex when your single parent is mentally unstable, as is the case for filmmaker Tara Wray. More...

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Directed by D. Redmon & A. Sabin

Invisible Girlfriend

Charles - a character from Kamp Katrina - goes on a Quixotic journey through rural Louisiana on a big red bicycle, accompanied by his invisible girlfriend Joan of Arc, to deliver a candle to a woman he admires.  More...

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Directed by D. Redmon & A. Sabin

Kamp Katrina

Kamp Katrina, an award winning cinéma vérité documentary, follows a small group of people who have taken refuge in a garden transformed into a tent city by an extraordinary New Orleans couple. More...

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Directed by D. Redmon & A. Sabin

Intimidad

Intimidad an original Mexican love story about family relationships and the meaning of "home." Cecy and Camilo recently moved to the border, Reynosa, Mexico, from Santa Maria, Puebla More...

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Directed by D. Redmon & A. Sabin

Darlings

Darlings reveals the lives of three characters who were cut from David Redmon and Ashley Sabin's previous films: Jose, a garbageman in Reynosa; Joe, a New Orleans artist; and Pat, a house cleaner in Texas. More...

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Directed by Alex Karpovsky

Woodpecker

It's hard to say who is the stranger creature in this existential tragicomedy - the unusually large and brilliantly feathered Ivory-Billed Woodpecker or Johnny Neander. More...

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Directed by Tom Quinn 

The New Year Parade

Promising new director Tom Quinn makes his debut with a sensitive examination of family, tradition, and loss set against South Philadelphia’s colorful Mummers culture... More...

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