Benten Films
Coming Soon
June 24th, 2008
Matthias Glasner
"Strong, powerful, and disturbing... A critique of a sexualized society."

— Ian Johnston, BRIGHT LIGHTS FILM JOURNAL

Winner of a prestigious Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Matthias Glasner's daring and intense drama contemplates the terror of loneliness and whether love can be a salvation to damaged psyches. Earning Best Actor awards at both Tribeca and Chicago, Jürgen Vogel stars as Theo, a convicted sexual predator who has just been released from psychiatric detention. His fear of women stirs a profound, unfulfilled longing within him, making his reintegration into society an unbearable ordeal. Can hope exist in his budding relationship with Nettie (Sabine Timoteo) as they embark on a journey to the limits of free will?

The Free Will
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August 26th, 2008
Kentucker Audley
"A pretty funny character study, a shambling ode to the fine art of hanging out."

— Steve Dollar, THE NEW YORK SUN

Kentucker Audley's homegrown debut Team Picture is a deadpan comic odyssey about that moment before adulthood when you don't need an excuse to quit your job, only the next five minutes matter, and sometimes you fall for the wrong girls... shucks! Praised as one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Audley stars as an aimless young musician who passively and hilariously floats through his own life, even in the throes of a break-up, a brand new fling, or an open-mic performance. The Boston Phoenix calls it "a lazy, Memphis afternoon of a movie... Team Picture creates a world and the lives in it and wisely leaves them all hanging."

Team Picture
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