WINDFALL premieres next week (February 3) at NYC’s Quad Cinema! For the trailer, along with more info on where you can see WINDFALL in your city, click here! Tickets will be available soon on MovieTickets.com!

Jody Shapiro’s ultra-sharp documentary “How to Start Your Own Country” examines micro-nations – tiny states seldom recognized by better-known, more conventionally established countries. Traversing the globe, Shapiro introduces us to several states you’ve almost certainly never heard of. An Official Selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and IDFA.

For more than a century, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been ravaged by oppression, bloodshed, disease and famine. Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Congo take 45,000 lives per month. Most deaths are from easily preventable and treatable conditions.

Without help, children with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, face a bleak future. These children and their families struggle to survive in the streets of the capital city Kinshasa. Dr. Marguerite De Clerck, a Belgian nun, has treated thousands of children with diabetes and their families in the Congo.

Directed by Academy Award Nominee Ed Lachman, In the Hearts of Africa highlights the struggle of children with type 1 diabetes as well as Dr. De Clerck’s work to bring hope into their lives.

In the Hearts of Africa will be screening next month at the Hawaii International Film Festival as well as the Chagrin Doctumentary Film Festival!

The Cartagena Film Festival has named Isabella Rossellini as their guest of honor and will be screening a number of the actress’ films, including Animals Distract Me! You can also see Animals Distract Me at FIFE (the International Environmental Film Festival) in Paris, France. The film screens February 8th at 12:15 PM and February 9th at 12:30 PM. Check back here soon for info on where you can get tickets.

Animals Distract Me, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, follows actress Isabella Rossellini as she and her future guide dog Sweety visit Manhattan for the day. But even during a conversation with Vogue editor André Leon Talley and lunch with chef Mario Batali, she finds herself distracted … by the animals around her.

Whether it’s the demodex on her eyelashes, the crickets in Central Park, or her own dog, she is full of questions. Fortunately, she is visited by Charles Darwin, who explains to Isabella his theory of evolution and the behaviors of the animals that fascinate her.

Part auto-biography, part historical re-enactment, and part fantastic imagining, Animals Distract Me is about discovering the joys in nature and asking the deeper questions, the ones that don’t always have an answer.

A look at juvenile diabetes in a developing country, Life for a Child profiles three families: their struggle to survive, the sacrifices they must make for a child with diabetes, and the strength, courage, and humility they demonstrate along the way.

Life for a Child premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and won the award for Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Cinequest Film Festival. It was also given a special screening as part of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, as well as the KunstFilmBiennale in Cologne. You can purchase or view the film at Amazon video on demand by clicking here.

This is the first in a series of videos detailing rising NFL star Jay Cutler’s ongoing journey with diabetes — from the moment he discovered he had type 1 diabetes to his work with children who have also been diagnosed with the disease. Watch the first in the series here after the jump, or check out the rest at Jay Cutler’s website. The series has also launched on the website of the Chicago Bears and Eli Lilly’s Touchdowns for Diabetes.

Now on Hulu.com and Amazon.com! “3 Points” follows NBA Superstar Tracy McGrady as he travels to the Darfur Region. Driven to educate himself and understand the conflict in Africa firsthand, Tracy’s objective is simple: listen to the refugees and learn what he can do to help.

Directed by Josh Rothstein
Produced by Don Faller
Edited by Eric Freidenberg