Manka Highbrow Film Library
2000 - 2009
Hot Dogs And Gremlins (2000) - A group of guys remember everything from the early 80s as being great... EVERYTHING.
Fryer's Club (2001) - Festival favorite about a group of teenagers who worked at a McDonald's in Des Moines during the hot summer of '78.
Desert Scrub (2002) - Dead-end kids from dead-end families look for the answers of life's most difficult questions in Death Valley.
North Of Normal (2003) - Teenagers trying to find themselves a few miles north of Normal, North Dakota.
A Life Unlived (2004) - The story of a woman never born and the men that never loved her.
Mr. Lovely's House Of Lovenians (2005) - Based on the classic Manka Books novel. Mr. Lovely's gentle world is shattered with the news that war has broken out in Europe.
Construction Crane, Tall Hackberry (2006) - Acclaimed Chinese director Chang Hu weaves this glorious tale of forbidden love in ancient China. After a spectacular flying sword fight, two ill-fated lovers find themselves alone in a remote forest stuck high in two separate hackberry trees, unable to touch. Can they descend before the cranes attack?
Allegory (2007) - Bijou Phillips stars in this gritty drama chronicling the downward spiral of Chelsea Becker, granddaughter of Motel 6 founder William Becker, who leads a life of excess and debauchery, finally grappling with her sanity in a Dallas jail cell.
I'm Right Here (2007) - A deeply tortured Harper Lee conceals her love and lust for Truman Capote as he struggles to complete the novel 'In Cold Blood.'
Feeling Danke (2007) - German refugees try to find their way in Cincinnati, Ohio, after fleeing the German Reconciliation in 1989.
Basra At Dawn (2007) - British TV funnyman Cedric Fortisbrow makes his much-anticipated American movie debut as a sad-faced mime entertaining the troops in Iraq. After his heart is broken by a lesbian G.I., he removes his make-up and makes a real emotional connection with the troops.
West Of Love (2007) - The teenagers from 'North Of Normal' (2005) are now in their early 20s and all move to an apartment west of Love, New Mexico, to try to find their way in life.
The Dancing Flesh (2008) - An Iraq war veteran, multiple amputee who is blind, is forced to care for his dementia-riddled grandfather in economically depressed Flint, Michigan. After they both contract a deadly superbug, they vow to live their last days embracing life and thrusting their fists in the air.
Glass Hand Cuts Through Water (2008) - Based on the unbelievably true story of Katherine Morland, a billionaire vacationing in war-torn Darfur, who relentlessly scours the blood-soaked streets for her lost English bulldog, only to discover she left the dog back at the hotel - but she learned much about life during her journey.
In The Soil Of Our Sadness (2008) - During the Irish Potato Famine, the village of Ballyconnell is astonished when the tears of wee Colleen cause crops to grow. When her tears run dry, villagers are forced to find new ways to make her weep. [Featuring the music of Irish Manka Music star Seamus.]
Handcuffed In Lace (2009) - A stoic businessman gets in touch with his emotions during a forced two-hour blowjob. [Winner of zero awards.]
The Opal Tide (2009) - A journalistic in Baghdad struggles with ethics inside the Green Zone, a stripper contemplates a convent in the mountains, a Sudanese flower salesman experiences fatherhood for the first time. All three stories comes together in a surprising way.
Garland Of Shame (2009) - The Coddington family spends a tense, chilly Christmas holiday together at their home in the Hamptons, silently awaiting daddy's indictment on insider trading.
Fryer's Club (2001) - Festival favorite about a group of teenagers who worked at a McDonald's in Des Moines during the hot summer of '78.
Desert Scrub (2002) - Dead-end kids from dead-end families look for the answers of life's most difficult questions in Death Valley.
North Of Normal (2003) - Teenagers trying to find themselves a few miles north of Normal, North Dakota.
A Life Unlived (2004) - The story of a woman never born and the men that never loved her.
Mr. Lovely's House Of Lovenians (2005) - Based on the classic Manka Books novel. Mr. Lovely's gentle world is shattered with the news that war has broken out in Europe.
Construction Crane, Tall Hackberry (2006) - Acclaimed Chinese director Chang Hu weaves this glorious tale of forbidden love in ancient China. After a spectacular flying sword fight, two ill-fated lovers find themselves alone in a remote forest stuck high in two separate hackberry trees, unable to touch. Can they descend before the cranes attack?
Allegory (2007) - Bijou Phillips stars in this gritty drama chronicling the downward spiral of Chelsea Becker, granddaughter of Motel 6 founder William Becker, who leads a life of excess and debauchery, finally grappling with her sanity in a Dallas jail cell.
I'm Right Here (2007) - A deeply tortured Harper Lee conceals her love and lust for Truman Capote as he struggles to complete the novel 'In Cold Blood.'
Feeling Danke (2007) - German refugees try to find their way in Cincinnati, Ohio, after fleeing the German Reconciliation in 1989.
Basra At Dawn (2007) - British TV funnyman Cedric Fortisbrow makes his much-anticipated American movie debut as a sad-faced mime entertaining the troops in Iraq. After his heart is broken by a lesbian G.I., he removes his make-up and makes a real emotional connection with the troops.
West Of Love (2007) - The teenagers from 'North Of Normal' (2005) are now in their early 20s and all move to an apartment west of Love, New Mexico, to try to find their way in life.
The Dancing Flesh (2008) - An Iraq war veteran, multiple amputee who is blind, is forced to care for his dementia-riddled grandfather in economically depressed Flint, Michigan. After they both contract a deadly superbug, they vow to live their last days embracing life and thrusting their fists in the air.
Glass Hand Cuts Through Water (2008) - Based on the unbelievably true story of Katherine Morland, a billionaire vacationing in war-torn Darfur, who relentlessly scours the blood-soaked streets for her lost English bulldog, only to discover she left the dog back at the hotel - but she learned much about life during her journey.
In The Soil Of Our Sadness (2008) - During the Irish Potato Famine, the village of Ballyconnell is astonished when the tears of wee Colleen cause crops to grow. When her tears run dry, villagers are forced to find new ways to make her weep. [Featuring the music of Irish Manka Music star Seamus.]
Handcuffed In Lace (2009) - A stoic businessman gets in touch with his emotions during a forced two-hour blowjob. [Winner of zero awards.]
The Opal Tide (2009) - A journalistic in Baghdad struggles with ethics inside the Green Zone, a stripper contemplates a convent in the mountains, a Sudanese flower salesman experiences fatherhood for the first time. All three stories comes together in a surprising way.
Garland Of Shame (2009) - The Coddington family spends a tense, chilly Christmas holiday together at their home in the Hamptons, silently awaiting daddy's indictment on insider trading.
