Sophia Takal
Biography: Sophia Takal is an American actress, writer and director, perhaps best known for her work in independent features such as All the Light in the Sky, Supporting Characters and Gabi on the Roof in July. Filmmaker magazine named Takal one of the "25 New Faces of Film" in 2011. She directed and co-wrote the 2019 remake of the 1974 horror film Black Christmas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sophia Takal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 12, 1986
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V/H/S
2012-07-28
V/H/S
Overview: When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-28
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Gabi on the Roof in July
2010-02-27
Gabi on the Roof in July
Overview: An ambitious painter on the verge of a big break confronts his moral decay when his idealist, hell-raising, younger sister comes to stay with him in New York City for the summer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-27
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All the Light in the Sky
2013-12-20
All the Light in the Sky
Overview: An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-20
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Molly's Theory of Relativity
2013-03-01
Molly's Theory of Relativity
Overview: Set on Halloween, a young astronomer who has unexpectedly lost her job, is poised to make perhaps the first reckless decision of her life.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-01
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Open Five 2
2012-12-13
Open Five 2
Overview: A relationship drama set amid a winter van trip from New York to New Orleans. A loose continuation of the 2010 film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-13
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Green
2011-06-22
Green
Overview: A New Yorker moves to the country with her boyfriend, where her new friendship causes a problem as her partner also takes an interest in the woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-22
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The Zone
2011-03-16
The Zone
Overview: A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the following day he sleeps with all three roommates and then disappears, leading to conversations about God, life and filmmaking.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-16
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Hellaware
2013-06-22
Hellaware
Overview: Aspiring but less than ambitious photographer Nate clumsily navigates the New York City art world in a post-grad haze, waiting for his breakthrough project to fall into his lap. During a drug-fueled wormhole through the annals of YouTube, Nate discovers his next subjects when an arbitrary click lands him on a crude music video by the Young Torture Killaz—an Insane Clown Posse knock-off group of jaded Delaware teens with a lot to scream about—and the inspiration (and exploitation) flows
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-22
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Pollywogs
2013-06-14
Pollywogs
Overview: Left reeling by his latest catastrophic breakup, Dylan retreats to Minnesota for a family reunion featuring firearms, heavy metal and unwelcome questions. Amongst the throng of relatives, he discovers Sarah, the childhood crush he hasn't seen since her family decamped to a religious compound. Could she prove to be the perpetually heartbroken Dylan's salvation or will their emotional scars fail to align?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-14
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Detonator
2013-03-02
Detonator
Overview: From rocker to family man, this captivating debut reveals the strife we face when it’s time to grow up. The rhythm of Sully’s (Lawrence Levine, Gabi on the Roof In July) life drastically changes when he abandons Philadelphia’s gritty punk rock scene for suburban simplicity. Now, in a dull office job, Sully must support his family, while the lifestyle he had lead is tough to let go. Nostalgia puts him in a paralyzing daze of somber apathy, prompting his exasperated wife to beg him to focus on the present. When his reckless ex-bandmate arrives unexpectedly and drags Sully on a nightlong scheme, pulling him back into his old ways, Sully must decide what to sacrifice. The familiarity livens his soul and awakens his emotions, but when the safety of his family becomes endangered will Sully be able to decide what matters to him most?
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-02
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24 Exposures
2013-08-04
24 Exposures
Overview: Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-04
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The Men of Dodge City
2012-09-30
The Men of Dodge City
Overview: Twentysomething J. and two of his close friends are in the process of realizing their utopian dream: turning an abandoned cathedral into a grant-powered, environmentally sustainable art space. Newcomers to the post-industrial frontier where they found this chapel, they have been carried here by progressive beliefs that have since left them in a muddled quandary to question the validity of their presence. But there is work to do every day. Work to realize the dream they might still have.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-30
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Wild Canaries
2014-10-23
Wild Canaries
Overview: When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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Be with Me (The Notebook)
2014-06-21
Be with Me (The Notebook)
Overview: A woman walks into a video store and makes a sad, strange request.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-21
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Uncle Kent 2
2016-08-26
Uncle Kent 2
Overview: In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Cat Scratch Fever
2012-06-02
Cat Scratch Fever
Overview: Two young women discover a way to view parallel universe versions of themselves via the internet, and rapidly become obsessed with watching the alternate paths that their lives might have taken.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-02
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Weekend Away
2013-02-27
Weekend Away
Overview: A distressed young woman leaves the city for the weekend with the hopes of clearing her head, but meets a mysterious hitchhiker who only confuses things more. The farther she goes to escape the more she finds herself trapped.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-27
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Coffee & Pie
2011-09-04
Coffee & Pie
Overview: In this self-proclaimed anti-romantic comedy, couple June and October are breaking up. Manipulative June feels her moral superiority justifies the breakup. A "confucked" October learns from seasoned waitress Billy-Jean, that revenge is a dish best served with pie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-04
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Devil Town
2015-04-16
Devil Town
Overview: A young woman's sister goes missing. She then sets out on a quest through Brooklyn to find her on her own, enlisting the help of a motley crew of New York weirdos.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-16
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After Lilly
2010-01-01
After Lilly
Overview: A cold coffee, a dismal day, the gray-green East River. The impetus for love. After Lilly is an examination into how a random encounter can spark a new lease on life.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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George and the Vacuum
2015-04-17
George and the Vacuum
Overview: George and Lacy walk through the streets of Brooklyn and revisit their memories.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-17
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Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal
2013-03-30
Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal
Overview: Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-30
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Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
2020-01-26
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Overview: Chronicling the life of Lay'n Pipe, a 47 foot TopGun Cigarette speedboat, from its conception through the end of human civilization. It's not just a speedboat ride, it's a Miami adventure.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-26
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God's Pocket
2014-05-09
God's Pocket
Overview: A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-09
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Cheatin'
2014-04-23
Cheatin'
Overview: In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden "soul machine", Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through the malfunction and deceit as they try to reclaim their destiny.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-23
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Gayby
2012-09-17
Gayby
Overview: Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer's block and can't get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a promise to have a child together... the old fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood? 'Gayby' is an irreverent comedy about friendship, sex, loneliness, and the family you choose.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-17
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Supporting Characters
2012-01-23
Supporting Characters
Overview: Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-23
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The International Sign for Choking
2012-06-26
The International Sign for Choking
Overview: Josh (Zach Weintraub) is a young American who has traveled to Buenos Aires to find subjects for a documentary series he has been commissioned to produce. While there, he seems also to be hoping to use the time to regroup—although regroup from what is unclear. The change of venue is not without its own set of problems, however. Josh finds it difficult to get his footing in Buenos Aires. Subjects aren’t coming easy, and he is having trouble connecting socially. He spends long stretches of time isolated in his rented room, struggling to move forward with his work and make social in-roads. Enter Anna (Sophia Takal), a young woman renting a room with an adjoining wall to Josh. After discovering each other through this shared wall, a friendship quickly blossoms which may lead to something more. What remains uncertain is if Anna’s presence will help pull Josh out of his doldrums.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-26
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