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The Exploding Girl
Budget: $40,000
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Synopsis: When twenty-year-old Ivy heads home Spring Break with a fresh romance in her heart, everything seems to be going perfectly. When her best friend Al finds himself without lodgings, Ivy and her mother take him in and Ivy and Al’s friendship strengthens while her boyfriend grows more distant from afar. Increasingly distressed about her conflicting feelings, Ivy must stay resilient in the face of her epilepsy, lest her emotions become something she can’t control. Marking Zoe Kazan’s first leading role, Bradley Rust Gray’s film is a meditative and realistic portrait of a young girl coming of age and finding a deeper kind of love in New York City.

PI
Budget: $60,000
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Synopsis: Pi is a feature film shot by Darren Aronofsky (the director of Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler) for a mere $60,000 and continued on to gross 3.2 million in the US.

FOUR EYED MONSTERS
Budget: $100,000
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Synopsis: Four Eyed Monsters is a feature length documentary shot by Susan Buice and Arin Crumley. The film chronicles their real life relationship. The film was shot usign the Panasonic AG-DVX100 for under $100,000.

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