This year's edition includes Amy Seimetz's Florida-set neo-noir "Sun Don't Shine" and Alex Karpovsky's reflexive comedy "Red Flag," in which he plays himself as a filmmaker facing tribulations on the road.
But I have always believed that given the right leadership and circumstances, Pakistan ― and indeed many Muslim-majority countries facing tribulations these days ― has the potential to develop a genuine modernist vision of Muslim society as envisaged by its founding father M.A. Jinnah with rights for women, minorities and respect for the law.
I faced trial and tribulation, but somehow managed to make it, and have an amazing time.
6 15 P.M. (Encore) DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993) Teenagers face the tribulations of growing up in a Texas town on the last day of school in 1976 in this film written and directed by Richard Linklater.
Together, they must face the tribulations of running their respective parties (and in some cases countries), but also strum and nosh each other off.
She wrote: "Underneath the carefree facade, you may be surprised to know that some of us [young actors] actually do have to face some tribulations".
The reggae-influenced Book of Job is filled with biblical allusions and affirmations of faith in the face of tribulation – and that's just the first song of the night.
The two bands took turns to accompany each other on what seemed to be paired songs viewing similar circumstances from different aspects: Neva Dinova's "Tripped" and Bright Eyes' "Black Comedy" both faced the tribulations of break-up with equally jaundiced eyes.
What is my genuine response in the face of tribulation?
By contrast, young, overworked Korshunova seems to have faced her tribulations alone.
It doesn't shy away from political turmoil -- the Syrian civil war and refugee camps, the Iranian Revolution, China's Cultural Revolution -- that turns the lives of musicians, like everyone else, upside down, but shows how the human spirit perseveres in the face of tribulation.
