Mimi Lieber

Arranged -- Two beautiful young teachers, one an Orthodox Jew and the other a Muslim, cross boundaries and flout convention when they forge a powerful and lasting friendship. The two women bond over their shared experiences of each experiencing 'arranged marriages' through their respective religious and traditional customs. Winner - Audience Award - Berkshire Int'l FF; Official Selection - SXSW FF.

The Thing About My Folks -- After 47 years of marriage, Ben's mother unexpectedly leaves her husband. Ben's father (Peter Falk) is forced to spend time and get to know his son. Hysterical antics ensue as Ben and Sam strengthen their father/son relationship.

ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going through the process of arranged marriages. Festivals Played: South by Southwest Film Festival - March 2007, Miami Jewish Film Festival - January 2008, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival - April 2008, Berlin Jewish Film Festival - May 2009.

When Rochel (Zoe Lister Jones) and Nasira (Francis Benhamou) -- an Orthodox Jew and a Muslim, respectively -- meet as new teachers at a Brooklyn school, co-workers and students expect friction. But the women discover they have a shared expectation of entering into arranged marriages. As they experience tension between their traditional cultures and life in contemporary America, Rochel and Nasira form a special bond.

Two beautiful young teachers, one an Orthodox Jew and the other a Muslim, cross boundaries and flout convention when they forge a powerful and lasting friendship. The two women bond over their shared experiences of each experiencing "arranged marriages" through their respective religious and traditional customs. Winner - Audience Award - Berkshire Int'l FF; Official Selection - SXSW FF.

Two beautiful young teachers, one an Orthodox Jew and the other a Muslim, cross boundaries and flout convention when they forge a powerful and lasting friendship. The two women bond over their shared experiences of each experiencing "arranged marriages" through their respective religious and traditional customs. Winner - Audience Award - Berkshire Int'l FF; Official Selection - SXSW FF.

Computer-store employee Karl Hochman (Ted Marcoux) is secretly "The Address Book Killer" - he steals people's address books and kills everybody listed within, as well as the book's owner. When Terry Munroe (Karen Allen) accidentally leaves her address book behind at the store, Karl is in pursuit - but he instead ends up in a car accident. While being CAT scanned the hospital is struck by lightning and Karl's mind is converted to electrical impulses turning him into a near-omniscient computer virus that can also travel via electrical lines. He begins murdering Terry's friends via household items such as microwave ovens and hair dryers. Fortunately, Terry's son Josh figures out what's going on, and the pair enlist genius hacker Bram Walker to fight the "Karl virus."

After 47 years of marriage, Ben's mother unexpectedly leaves her husband. Ben's father (Peter Falk) is forced to spend time and get to know his son. Hysterical antics ensue as Ben and Sam strengthen their father/son relationship.

Ben's dad Sam (Academy Award-nominee Peter Falk "The Princess Bride," "A Woman Under the Influence") shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years) (Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis - "Away from Her," "Moonstruck"), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben (Golden Globes-nominee Paul Reiser TV's "Mad About You," "Beverly Hills Cop") takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that's for sale. The day trip turns into a road trip while dad and son explore their past, their relationship, and why Sam's wife might have left him. The road trip includes fishing, drinking, playing pool, sleeping under the stars, and frank discussion. Anger simmers close at hand, as do love and hope. Where Sam's wife is - and why she left - leads to the movie's resolution.

Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother, that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that's for sale. The day trip turns into a road trip while dad and son explore their past, their relationship, and why Sam's wife might have left him.

Academy Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winner Whoopi Goldberg ("Ghost," "The Color Purple," "Sister Act") and Emmy Award and Golden Globe-nominee Ray Liotta (TV's "ER," "Something Wild") star in this heartwarming story about a family devastated by grief and the woman who helps heal the loss. Manny Singer (Liotta) hires African American Corrina Washington (Goldberg) to work as maid and nanny after the death of his wife. As the talented and intelligent Corrina helps Singer's daughter (Tina Majorino – "Napoleon Dynamite," "When a Man Loves a Woman") cope with the loss of her mother--and Singer discovers Corrina's intelligence--a relationship develops between them, growing from respect, to affection...to love. But Manny and Corrina live in the United States in 1959, and the racism that prevents Corrina from working as more than a maid threatens to tear the two apart.