title	director	running time	category	country origin	email	s_synopsis
A Day in the Life of a Street Sweeper	Steven Flor	0:07:50	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Phillippines	steven_flor@yahoo.com	A Day in the Life of a Street Sweeper is a film set in the Philippines about the daily life of a street sweeper.
A Glimpse of Reality: Soul Biographies	Nic Askew	0:08:00	SHORT	Guatemala,U S A,United Kingdom	nic@soulbiographies.com	Nic Askew is an artist, filmmaker, storyteller, composer, and a musician, and has now discovered a way to interview and film subjects that gives the viewer an experience of the subject's essential humanity. These brief films will touch the viewers hearts, bring them to tears, make them smile and laugh, and move them to feel better about life as well as themselves.   Viewers will delve deeply into their own experiences of what it means to be human. Nic gives us a different view of the same world in his Soul Biographies.
Abril: La Trinchera Del Honor.	Rene Fortunato	1:30:15	DOCUMENTARY	Dominican Republic	videocine@codetel.net.do	El documental muestra los acontecimientos mas importantes ocurridos en Santo Domingo durante la rebelion militar, encabezada por el Coronel Francisco Caamao, para tratar de reponer en el poder al Presidente Bosch. La intervencion militar Norte Americana, en abril de 1965, y la particpacion del gobierno de Estados Unidos en estos acontecimientos, ocupan una buena parte de este documental realizado integramente con imagenes y sonidos de la epoca.
Across the Waves	Randy Rice	1:40:00	DOCUMENTARY	USA	randy.1.rice@farmersinsurance.com	Across the Waves is a documentary that celebrates Asian-Pacific American heritage and highlights individuals from the Asian-Pacific American community who have overcome the odds to do extraordinary things. The film includes eight episodes, featuring eight Asian-Pacific American communities which have contributed to the rich culture of America: Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Japanese, Hmong, Cambodian and Indian. Across the Waves was written and directed by award-winning documentary film maker Randy Rice whose documentary credits include Freedom's Song (2006) and Liberty's Apprentice (2007). It is narrated by Sandra Oh (of Grey's Anatomy fame) and Ming Na (the voice talent behind Mulan).
American Dumpling	Eileen Nelson	1:21:09	BU10K	USA on World	elnelson101@sbcglobal.net	Flour, Water, and Salt: These are the ingredients of the American Dumpling, the dough that binds families and societies together.  American Dumpling is not a cooking show, but rather a look at families and how they relate to each other in the process of making dumplings indigenous to their ethnicity. Along the way we examine the history of the dumpling, its varied ingredients, the shapes the dumpling takes, the similarities of preparation, and cooking and serving. As the intermittent narrator, the film maker describe the journey into the world of flour, water and salt in search of the American dumpling.
American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi	Sebastian Doggart	1:16:00	DOCUMENTARY	USA on World	shockedandawed@aol.com	American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi is a hard-hitting documentary about Condoleezza Rice, an extraordinary but little-understood woman who rose from segregated Alabama to become the most powerful woman in the world. Incisive and shocking, this is the first retrospective film on a member of the Bush Administration. It overturns the popular misconception of Rice as a 'yes-woman' to President Bush to reveal her as his most enduring confidante, and thus responsible for much of the Bush legacy. The film maker included exclusive interviews with her three most authoritative biographers: Marcus Mabry (Twice As Good); Glenn Kessler (The Confidante); and Antonia Felix (Condi). Supporters who defend her record include Presidents Bush, Gary Hart, Oprah Winfrey, Brent Scowcroft and Henry Kissinger. Critics include Lawrence Wilkerson (Colin Powell's Chief of Staff), George Tenet (CIA Director), Alan Gilbert (her former history teacher), Richard Clarke (Counter-terrorism chief), Richard Ben-Veniste (9/11 Commissioner), Spike Lee, Eleanor Clift (Newsweek Editor) and Sean Penn.
Are We Predestined?	MONIQUE  KUCHARSKI	1:12:41	UNDERGROUND	World Religions	media@arewepredestined.com	A 25 year old female almost loses her mind to find the truth: Whether or not human beings are predestined. She has to lose her religion and delve into the world of cults, astrology, detectives, and psychologists to discover the truth. Are We Predestined is delivered through the principle of charity. The film gives sacrificing evidence of complete work. The film maker poses the questions: Are we supposed to be exactly where we are? What is religion?  Do we have free will? How do we follow God's will? Is our free will pre-determined by God? If God is in control then how do we have free will? Cult Starr takes aim through science and religion. Candid interviews with celebrities Danny Aiello  (God Father: Part II) Ricky Aiello (Sopranos) John McGowan (Crowmags) doctors and religious leaders to find the truth; Are We Predestined?
Baby Dino	Adam Pray	0:14:45	SHORT	New York	adam.pray@gmail.com	In Baby Dino, Catherine signs up for a private dance class to try to incorporate some fun into her fitness.  The dance instructor and the  other student draw her deep into a surreal and hilarious world that she cannot escape.
Beautiful	John Gallagher	0:07:30	SHORT	New York	jgmovie@gmail.com	Beauty, vanity, narcissism: These are the crimes of gorgeous young Lauren in the film Beautiful. Boyfriends, her father, strangers both male and female constantly remind her how beautiful she is. That is, until she finds herself on trialÖ in Beauty Court.
Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness	Tom Venditti	1:00:00	DOCUMENTARY	BHUTAN	vendettit001@hawaii.rr.com	Taking the middle path of happiness is the government's way of governing the people. Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness explores how that is accomplished.
Border Stories	Florian Wyss, Ren_©	0:07:40	SHORT	Mexico	info@asvefilms.ch	Hannibal & Manuel, two Mexicans desperate for a better life, cross the US Border illegally from Mexico through the desert. They encounter the dangerous situation of running out of food and water in the middle of the desert. But their salvation is in sight: they find a lonely trailer with supplies. However, they also find John, an old man who has suffered a stroke. Hannibal wants to get help for John, but Manuel doesn't want to risk getting caught by Border Patrol and being deported back to Mexico. Border Stories is a dramatic short story about dreams, goals, choices, and friendship.
But Some Are Brave	Grace  Channer	0:05:21	SHORT	Canada	bathariproductions@gmail.com	But Some are Brave is an innovative, multilayered poetic chronicle. It introduces iconic characters and historic events in a flurry of emotional and psychological rhythms. Based on a 500-year chronology of struggles for global peace and equality, it interjects the unrecorded contributions of women throughout history. Using the metaphor and symbolic structural device of weaving, this film whirls us through a visual poem like a spindle flying through layers of thread, telling us something of the cultural and political histories of communities under attack. But Some are Brave is a tribute to the old and earthly connections we have to those who have gone before us, as well as the determination to continue to dream and envision bravely.
Censorious	Carol Jacobsen	0:34:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Women's Rights	sbangert@svsu.edu	Censorious! is a funny, provocative, feminist view of the culture wars narrated by artists who fought public battles against the censors. Raising issues of representation, race, sexuality, and politics, artists such as Holly Hughes, Renee Cox, Carolee Schneemann, Martha Wilson and others reveal both the personal and professional costs of their battles and the relationship of their work to the larger women's movement and American culture.   Excerpts from banned art works by Karen Finley, Annie Sprinkle, Carol Leigh, Howardena Pindell, Deep Dish TV and many others punctuate the documentary.
Chungking Dream	Jean-Louis Schuller, Sam Blair	0:17:00	DOCUMENTARY	Hong Kong	jeanlouis.schuller@gmail.com	Chungking Dream takes us into the heart of the Pandora's Box that is tenement living, isolating characters and scenes from the myriad of options that exist layer on layer in the building, taking us into their most inner spaces and reflecting on a world in which we all have to fight for the space to live out our dreams.
Closed Zone	Yoni Goodman	0:03:00	SHORT	Israel	keren@gisha.org	Despite declarations that it has "disengaged" from the Gaza Strip, Israel maintains control of the Strip’s overland border crossings, territorial waters, and air space. This includes substantial, albeit indirect, control of the Rafah Crossing.
City of Noise	Mitch Barany	0:04:18	MUSIC VIDEO	Canada	cityofnoisefilm-producer@yahoo.ca	Music Video
Crescendo	Pierre Terrade	0:14:00	SHORT	France	association.regardailleurs@gmail.com	During the past 18 months, Israel tightened its closure of Gaza, almost completely restricting the passage of goods and people both to and from the Strip.
Decalage	Edi Mils	0:05:30	UNDERGROUND	Italy	nulla.res@tele2.it	A calage of loneliness
Desert in the Coffeehouse	Pamela Nice	0:27:30	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	USA	pmnice@stthomas.edu	These policies punish innocent civilians with the goal of exerting pressure on the Hamas government, violating the rights of 1.5 million people who seek only to live ordinary lives – to be reunited with family, to pursue higher education, to receive quality medical treatment, and to earn a living.
Detox	Ross Hockrow	1:22:00	FEATURE	USA in World	seelevelproductions@hotmail.com	Detox is the story of young man named Eric. Eric passes the time indulging in various narcotics, with seemingly no direction for his life. That all changes when his older brother Ian comes to him with a plan to rob a huge crime lord and retrieve a mysterious envelope. As the story progresses Ian's plan is uncovered by those in charge and his ambition leads him to his eventual death. Now Eric seeks out the help of a close family friend in order to quickly sober up and serve up some justice to those responsible for his brothers' murder. The film takes us on a journey along side Eric as he dissects the organized crime world to find those responsible for his brothers murder. We learn that Eric's addictions never disappear, but that his desire for drugs has now merely been replaced by the desire to kill. Throughout the story is the ongoing question: What is in the envelope? Everyone involved seems to place a large amount of importance on it, except Eric; he cares only about making those who have wronged him pay. Can Eric succeed in his quest, or is the power of the envelope and those controlling it too much for a recovering drug addict to handle? One thing is for sure, Eric doesn't care about the odds being stacked against him, after all, they always have been.
Dirty Step Upstage	Amber Moelter	1:23:23	FEATURE	Cannes	info@almtalkies.com	The effects of the closure were particularly harsh during the military operation of Dec. 2008 - Jan. 2009. For three weeks, Gaza residents had nowhere to flee to escape the bombing.
Distortion	Ron Houghtaling	0:04:37	UNDERGROUND	USA	ron.houghtaling@cupomeat.net	A lilfe at work and effects of ones personal life.
Dolly Belle	Tajna Tanovic	0:05:16	SHORT	New York	mail@tajnatanovic.com	Dolly Belle is about a girl with an unusual job in an extreme situation. This movie follows a day in the life of Kate, a girl in her early twenties. Kate gets into a confrontation with her boss, and once again Kate freezes. The film maker poses the questions: Will Kate be stuck standing still for the rest of the day, or the rest of her life?
Echoes	Cara Mumford	0:02:15	UNDERGROUND	Inner Mind	mumford@telusplanet.net	In an age when war seems to be spreading like a plague, Echoes is a short poetry dance film and one woman's response to the events of 9/11, events that are inextricably linked to the state of the world today. Combining Super 8 film, still photography, manipulated found video and animation, this visual poem attempts to contextualize the post-9/11 world by exploring the echoes of past tragedies.
Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie (Comrade Couture)	Marco Wilms	1:22:00	DOCUMENTARY	Berlin	office@heidenfilm.de	Comrade Couture is a journey into the wild nether world of the fashionistas and Bohemians of East Berlin. Director Marco Wilms, a former model of the GDR's fashion institute, sets out to once more resurrect this life's unique lifestyle, economic freedom, and longing to be different, in the here and now.
Ein weites Feld (Expansive Grounds)	Gerburg Rohde-Dahl	1:06:00	DOCUMENTARY	Germany	rohdedahl@aol.com	From September 2003 until Autumn 2007, the film maker accompanied the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the centre of Berlin with camera in hand, from the installment of the first slabs until two years after the opening of the memorial to the public. The film maker talked with family members, about the patriarch of the family, who was an enthusiastic Nazi-Party member. The film includes interviews with Peter Eisenman, the architect and Lea Rosh, the initiator of the memorial. The core of Expansive Grounds is the film makers inner process initiated by the Memorial. The feelings of guilt as well as the convictions during the 1968-era and the attitude today are reflected in this process.
Empty House	Sean Christensen	0:04:54	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Anywhere, World	schristensen17@hotmail.com
Every Child is Our Child	Andrew  Kornhaber	0:14:14	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Ghana	akornhaber@yahoo.com	For over 300 years, the Queen Mothers of the Manya Krobo district in Eastern Ghana have been the traditional caretakers of women and children.  Today they are fighting for a generation orphaned by AIDS.  With the help of a small group of American activists, this association of women is working to educate the children left behind by AIDS and prevent another lost generation.  Every Child Is Our Child, a one hour documentary, will paint an intimate portrait of how an international, inter-racial, and inter-faith group of women, bonded together through the ties of motherhood, formed an unlikely community united by the goal of sending a group of Ghanaian children, orphaned by AIDS, to school.
Goodbye Victoria	Diran Lyons	1:48:00	FEATURE	USA	diran.lyons@gmail.com	Bradley Mason needs a job, or so says his girlfriend, Victoria. A tempting opportunity arises when he reunites with old friend Randy, who had moved away from their boyhood city of Charleston to California. On an unexpected road trip to South Carolina, Randy comes with promises to introduce Bradley to powerful Hollywood figures and offers a free place to stay. The temptation is irresistible. Bradley leaves family, friends, and Victoria behind to pursue the California dream. When Randy proves unable to deliver on his promises, Bradley finds himself penniless in an agricultural region of central California with no way to get back home. This is the first feature-length film by co-directors Diran Lyons and Matthew Potter, Goodbye Victoria is a disorienting, time-line jumping, hipster-flavored homage to Godard.
Ground Truth	Andrea Polli	0:12:37	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Antarctica	andrea@andreapolli.com	Throughout the world, from Antarctica to Greenland to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, people are stationed in remote and hazardous locations to observe and record weather. Despite ubiquitous instruments that provide precise and detailed information, pilots, air traffic controllers, and meteorologists depend on these human eyes to do what is called 'ground truthing'.   The film maker poses the questions: Why, with sophisticated sensing instrumentation, do we still depend on people on the ground looking up at the clouds?  What is the 'ground truth'? Ground Truth follows weather observers at the South Pole and atmospheric scientists on the Ross Ice Shelf and in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, examining human presence in extreme environments and the inexorable connection between humans and the Earth's natural cycles.
Hearts Suspended	Meghna Damani	0:27:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	USA on World	meghna.damani@gmail.com	Hearts Suspended is a short autobiographical documentary that reveals how highly educated South Asian immigrant women struggle to survive in the United States on their H4 dependent spouse visas, which deny them work authorization. Once independent, now completely dependent, they face numerous problems from loneliness, depression, strained marital relations and, in extreme cases, exploitation and abuse. The film combines the director's own experiences with interviews with an advocate and other women on the visa. By talking about their suffering, the women are encouraged with a sense of hope and political change.
Help	Val Lauren	0:38:00	SHORT	New Jersey	festivals@helpthemovie.com	In Help, the audience follows Roman on the night that he embarks on a desperate mission to save his dying mother's life.
Her Special Day	Casey Moore	0:16:05	SHORT	Arizona	stephen@synthetichuman.com	Her Special Day,a film set in the 70's, is a story about a young child who enjoys a sunny, summer picnic thrown in her honor by her parents new, affluent friends. But night is waiting, and within its darkness, unimaginable horror.
History Matters	Huda Abdul-Razzak	0:06:48	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	USA in World	huda9685@gmail.com	During the winter of 2008, there was a 22-day war in Gaza initiated by the Israeli government, in which over 1300 Palestinians lost their lives and over 5000 were injured.  However, the coverage of the war in the US mainstream media drew much criticism, some claiming that it was heavily biased towards the Israeli government's perspective.  This short documentary analytically looks at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as is represented in the mainstream media, and specifically the recent Gaza war that lasted from December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009.  Was there a deliberate approach in the media to depict the event a certain way?  This question is explored as a part of the main premise and plot of History Matters, addressed by professors and graduate students in the University of Texas departments of Journalism, Government, and Radio, Television and Film.  Threaded throughout the documentary is a fictional story about a news anchor giving a report about Gaza when he is forced to confront a moral dilemma: he can either follow a scripted, but more biased portrayal of the recent events or take the risk to say what is on his mind.
Holding it Together	Arpita  Kumar	0:02:00	UNDERGROUND	Israel	kumar.arpita@gmail.com	Holding it Together is a 2 minute avant garde film shot on super 8 film that investigates the impact of cultural imperialism through the interplay of poetry, visuals, and text. Orally narrated poetry functions as a propellant in the film and the screen becomes a battle ground between different languages. In this film you will experience the tension among different tongues: There is the language of silence, of the Hindus, of images, of Urdu, of the British and the Iberian Peninsula.
Horsemen	Nancy Muqing Wu	1:38:00	DOCUMENTARY	China	muqing@yahoo.com	Located at the an altitude of around 3000 meters, Songpan, a historic Chinese town benefited for centuries from the trade route to the Tibetan plateau, which was travelled on horseback. Horses still play a key role in Songpan, but a lot has changed since China opened its doors to the rest of the world. Stimulated by the competition for survival, tourism has grown into an important economic factor. The inhabitants of Songpan discuss their situation in Horsemen.
I Covered My Eyes	Paul Turano	0:29:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	USA	paulturano@gmail.com	I Covered My Eyes investigates childhood notions of threat and safety by juxtaposing TV news broadcasts of tragic world events with home movie footage. The project was first conceived after seeing the televised images broadcast live on September 11 2001, and wondering what children must be feeling upon witnessing this horrific act within our own borders. By adopting a child's perspective, the film evokes the experience of learning about the outside world through news broadcasts, and the accompanying sense of threatened safety from forces outside the immediate family and community. As the sense of vulnerability grows throughout the film from abstract threats to more immediate and actual ones, the seemingly innocent and idyllic world of a childhood becomes overshadowed by an increasing awareness of its fragility and precariousness.
Imminent Domain	Danilo Randjic-Coleman	0:41:41	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	NY, Lower East Side	danoflow@gmail.com	Imminent Domain is a documentary which examines gentrification in NYC from the perspective of the filmmaker, a life long resident of the Lower East Side.  It begins as a highly personal account of the effect a  changing landscape has upon the culture of a neighborhood, before expanding to examine the social and political forces which cause gentrification to occur. Balancing historical perspective, textual analysis, and intimate firsthand accounts, Imminent Domain seeks not to answer the problem of gentrification, but rather, to make the systematic flaws which allow it to develop apparent to the uninformed viewer.
Kumbh Mela - Walking with the Nagas	julienne rathore	0:40:12	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	India	juliennerathore@savagestudio.org	The film Kumbh Mela - Walking with the Nagas focuses on the Kumbh Mela festival, which dates back to before Creation when the Hindu Gods and demons were fighting in the celestial skies. The focus lies upon the Naga Sadhus, one of eight families of Hindu holy men. Worshipping Shiva, these warrior ascetics are said to have remained the same since the prehistoric past. The Nagas are an extremely reclusive family who have denounced all worldly ties and focus on the enlightenment of the self as opposed to aiding the spiritual enlightenment of a greater society. The interaction between Naga Sadhus and the public is therefore usually limited to blessings offered to those who seek it humbly. At the Kumbh, the Naga Sadhus lead the processions to the riverbanks on the days of the big sacred baths. Starting at midnight, the night is a freezing 3¨_C, but the Nagas persist, marching for endless hours covered in no more than a thin layer of holy ash.
Le Chat Noir	Tristan Convert	0:14:00	SHORT	France	le_rlu@hotmail.fr	And then came, as if to my final and irrevocable overthrow, the spirit of perversness. Of this spirit philosophy takes no account. Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart ǃÓone of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man. Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or a silly action, for no other reason than because he knows he should not? Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgment, to violate that which is Law, merely because we understand it to be such? This spirit of perverseness, I say, came to my final overthrow. It was this unfathomable longing of the soul to vex itself, to offer violence to its own nature to do wrong for the wrong's sake only that urged me to continue and finally to consummate the injury I had inflicted upon the unoffending brute.' Edgar Allan POE
Letters in the Sand	Jeremy  Sarka	0:08:46	SHORT	Los Angeles	sarkasoft@earthlink.net	Letters in the Sane explores a young man's journey through society in search of understanding and companionship.  In an homage to Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, the film uses evocative language and images from Southern California and the Pacific Northwest to examine themes of solitude, alienation, and uniqueness.  This film paints a picture of the struggle for individuality in the face of a hostile world.
Light of Darkness	Yu-Lun Shih	0:26:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Taiwan	shihyulun@gmail.com	Light of Darkness depicts a struggling family. It has been 3.5 years since the car accident happened. The father quit his job, keeping his mind on caring the son. Family economy only depends on the mother and the sister. Friends suggested him sending his son to the caring center. But the father cannot.
Make a Difference	Aaron Straight	0:13:55	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Guatemala,Kenya,South Africa,U S A	aaron@trifilm.com	In Make a Difference, a highly compact and resourceful crew of three traveled throughout North America, Africa, and Central America to capture stories of social solutions. The small crew was well equipped to follow the unexpected. The result was a more than anyone expected. A short documentary was born about regular people from all walks of life from Africa to Arkansas ages 9 to 65 that make a difference in the world through simple and courageous actions. Whether solving water transportation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa or using music to bring people together or making organic food available to homeless people or microfinance in Haiti or shoveling horse manure in Arkansas each person is wildly different but completely connected. See the way each person's feet and eyes connect them and set them apart. Many perspectives, many walks of life all choose to Make a Difference.
Maleldo	Andrea Capranico	0:33:39	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Phillippines	andreacapranico@libero.it	During Holy Week, millions of people in the mainly Roman Catholic country of the Philippines celebrate the Passion of Christ in an almost unique way. During these days the roads turn red in blood due to the thousands of penitents who decide to flagellate themselves and, thus, to atone for their sins and those of their community. In the pinnacle of the processions someone gets to the point of being even nailed to the cross: Ruben Enage is one of them and after 22 years of crucifixions, he is still willing to sacrifice, as an extreme act of penance, faith, and compassion. In the meantime, while Ruben and many other faithful take their sacrifice very seriously, thousands of tourists and 'camera-toting gawkers' flock in and give the opportunity to commercial businesses of every kind to mushroom all over.They call it Maleldo (the 'beloved week'), and San Fernando Pampanga is one of the most important centres of these practices in the Philippines. This documentary aims at delving into the relationships between faith, culture, tradition and their misuse, trying to explore the components of one of the mostly debated religious events in the world.
Marathon Beirut, for the Love of Lebanon	Deborah Harse	1:13:00	DOCUMENTARY	Lebanon	dh@deborahharse.com	Marathon Beirut, for the Love of Lebanon is a film about the aftermath of the war in the summer of 2006, despite all the devastation and political upheavel, the Beirut Marathon Association chose not to cancel the event, but rather to carry on with it as a testament to the resilience of the Lebanese people. But just 5 days before the race, a government minister, Pierre Gemayel, was assassinated. After much deliberation, they decided again not to cancel, but to postpone the race by one week. Lebanon then went into three days of national mourning, which included a massive public demonstration in downtown Beirut as an expression of both grief and unity. When the mourning period ended the Beirut Marathon Association reactivated their plans and held a grand opening ceremony for the marathon expo festivities. But three days before the rescheduled marathon date, Hezbollah called for a rally in the central square in an effort to overthrow the government. There was concern that the demonstration might keep the Lebanese from coming out to participate in the marathon. But instead, it took place with 22,000 people, in solidarity, running or walking the 5 km, 10 km and 42 km races with 'For the Love of Lebanon' as the theme. The Beirut Marathon Association is not political. They are just very passionate and dedicated people who want to do something wonderful to lift up their country. And in 2007, with persistent instability, they continued to carry on.
Maria y el Nuevo Mundo	George Walker Torres	0:57:00	DOCUMENTARY	Venezuela	georgewalkert@gmail.com	In the mountains of Venezuela stands Colonia Tovar, a Bavarian German town in the heart of the tropics. Built in the nineteenth century by German peasants, today it has become a prosperous German theme park for tourists. Maria, a Venezuelan woman in her late thirties, lives in Colonia's Tovar garbage dump. Separated from her daughter, she survives collecting cans and bottles surrounded by hordes of abandoned dogs. Maria y el Nuevo Mundo is her story. Her struggle, for survival, and to get back her daughter, Joana. A story of neglect and innocence: Maria's, Joana's, but also that of the first German settlers who dreamt of a paradise in a New World.
Move! (to the Main Club)	Ricard L. Befan	0:05:00	MUSIC VIDEO	Spain	rbefan@gmail.com	Move! (to the Main Club) is a music video.
Music of the Brain	Fiona Cochrane	0:55:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Australia	f_reel@optusnet.com.au	Music affects our development from the womb to the grave. Music of the Brain examines the role music plays in developing our brains as humans, beginning with premature infants in neonatal intensive care wards, moving through the role of music in enhancing performance in childhood, the role of music therapy in hospitals, and finally looking at the elderly. Music is good for our health, and this documentary shows you how and why.
My Family	Maria Buyondo	0:08:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Russia	mariabuyondo82@gmail.com	The video includes old photographs as well as old and newly shot footage that tell the story of my bi-racial family. The piece begins with words from bi-racial friends of mine, followed by interviews with my family members. In the conclusion I speak about my own experiences. My main interest is to hear my parents' experience, as I wanted to discover if they understood how it felt to grow up as a bi- racial child in Moscow during communist rule. This art piece explores how different members of my family perceive racism, and how or if it has affected them.
New York Trilogy	Tal Shamir	0:09:09	UNDERGROUND	New York	tritshak@yahoo.com	New York Trilogy presents three short philosophical reflections on New York City. The first part deals with the Culture Industry and commoditization, the second part deals with the simulacra and the image, and the third part deals with the emptiness of New York City.
On a Clear Day	Nelson Vasquez	0:11:30	SHORT	New York	panyvinoproductions@yahoo.com	On a Clear Day is about a man who loses his job and his livelihood in New York City. He attempts to revive what was lost.
One Hit Wonder	Gil O'Brien	1:28:00	BU10K	New York	robogil@yahoo.com	One Hit Wonder is a film about a man in his early 30's who loves his wife, but still has a passion for his other love: Music. After losing his job as a stockbroker, he joins a band of misfits and pursues his dream of becoming a rock musician one last time.
Pause Replay	Chan-Chia Chang	0:05:38	SHORT	Japan	rio.ch3@gmail.com	Pause Replay is a love story between a camera and a camcorder. The film is about watching, memory, love and death.
Pechatnik off Alley, 3	Yevgeniy Vaskevich	0:39:23	SHORT	Russian Federation	zheka@mac.com	Over the last fifteen years, more historically significant buildings were destroyed in Moscow than during the time of the Soviet regime since Stalin's grand reconstruction project of 1934. One of the last streets to stand this 'reconstruction' was Pechatnikoff Lane.  It contains a courtyard which was believed by many to be the Heart of Moscow, a place so beautiful and tender that it could have easily housed a door to Heaven. That door that was set for demolition. According to the Christian tradition, people who die on the Easter day go straight to Heaven. But where do the buildings go? Pechatnik off Alley, 3 is about one of the last streets of old Moscow which is about to be destroyed by urban overdevelopment in this country. One man tries to document the street's last days, but finds himself having to face the issues of his own life and death.  This dark comedy contrasts the remnants of the old-fashioned Moscow aura with the corrupt spirit of contemporary Russia. Humorous and provocative, and contains explicit language.
Postcards	Sonia Megerdichian	0:14:45	SHORT	Bosnia	soniameg@ucla.edu	During the Bosnian War, fifteen-year-old Alma is forced to leave her home, after her parents pay a smuggler to take her out of the country.  Caught up in an Austrian refugee camp she struggles to prove her identity as a Bosnian to avoid deportation.  Alma's quest intertwines with diverse characters who bring her hopes and disappointments. Her Serbian translator takes Alma's fate into his hands. Postcards is based on true stories of refugees from the Bosnian war, and refugees of other conflicts around the world.
Rapayan	Francis Delfour	0:52:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Peru	delfourf@hotmail.com	Rapayan is an adventure that whirls together culture shock with elements of the mystical. It focuses on the upheaval that the people of the isolated village of Rapayan are experiencing. Living in Peru's highlands, they are the direct descendants of a once great civilization. The film follows Canadian archaeologist Alexis Mantha and his team as they search ruins, we discover a culture that has forgotten its past. Conflict arises, the ruins threaten to crumble, and Rapayan's peace is now in jeopardy. The village is going through a turning point. Past, present and future are becoming blurred as a paved road advances towards Rapayan and modernity is catching up with it's people.
Red Ink	Devansh Mathur	0:08:01	SHORT	India	nhunt1778@aol.com	In Red Ink, a high school boy feels oppressed by the unrelenting demands of the education system and parental expectations that don't pay any heed to his innate talents. Will he succumb to the pressure or fight back?
Roue	Taili Wu	0:05:13	SHORT	Asian	taili.wu@gmail.com	Roue is a self-portrait project. This piece is composed by fragments of the film maker's dreams, childhood memories and emotions. By producing this short film, the film maker explore the unconscious, record thoughts as a track, and creates a way to heal.
Sansei	Emy  Takada	0:14:56	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Brazil	etredboots@gmail.com	Sansei is a meditation on the possibility of compatibility between a Brazilian woman and her Japanese grandfather.
Sexy Sharks	Andreas Schumacher	0:04:00	UNDERGROUND	Germany	schumacherfilm@web.de	Sexy Sharks is a film that highlights the juxtaposition of beauty and fear.
Silent Partner	Nathan Golon	0:12:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Kenya	amberkirtley@gmail.com	Women now account for half of the 33 million people living with HIV around the world. Sub-Saharan Africa, home to two-thirds of the world's people living with HIV, women are even harder hit, making up 60 percent of those infected. Not only are women biologically more susceptible than men to HIV, many behavioral and social factors play into women's vulnerability. If a young woman is uninfected with HIV at the time of her marriage, traditional wisdom says that she has avoided the disease altogether. More and more, however, research shows that marriage is not enough to protect people from HIV. Silent Partner, filmed in Kenya, explores some of the complex realities of married women, and how the challenges of HIV prevention in this group defy simple solutions. The film urges a broader, integrated approach to preventing HIV, which includes confronting damaging social norms that put all peopleÇ men and women alikeÇ at risk.
Sketches of Nothing by a Complete Nobody	Bumdog Torres	2:35:00	UNDERGROUND	USA	bumdog@gmail.com	Boldly done in the cinematic tradition of the American Independent Films of Kenneth Anger, Andy Warhol and John Cassevettes, in that Sketches of Nothing by a Complete Nobody is completely unwatchable. It is a film most defined by a lack of any cohesive story or continuity, scenes that segue way into each other with out any rational, shots where the presumed actors can be visible seen reading their lines off their paper scripts, and street noises that obliterate dialog. Here Bumdog also ranks alongside the likes of Ed Wood and Oscar Micheaux, whose movie accomplishments are marked not by any level of actual talent, but rather sheer determination and grit, to will an entire feature length film into existence. Sketches Of Nothing By A Complete Nobody is a film that will deliver on its title.
Speaking in Tongues	Ken Schneider, Marcia Jarmel	1:00:00	DOCUMENTARY	San Francisco	marcia@patchworksfilms.net	In a time when 31 states have passed English Only initiatives, one urban school district is exploring the provocative notion that speaking a foreign language can be a national asset. The film Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse students and their families as they encounter the challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages. As we witness their journey, we see how speaking more than one language changes them, their families, their communities, and maybe even the world.
Strike Dice! Betting on My Father	Natalie Picoe	0:56:09	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Las Vegas	natmod@earthlink.net	The film maker knew her father was in trouble when he was reported missing. He is a compulsive gambler and had been living in Las Vegas for 30 years. When she finally finds him, she was deeply shaken. He was living in a men's shelter. He hadn't cut his hair or beard in over a year and he'd lost a significant amount of weight. She only recognized him from his eyes. Strike Dice! Betting on My Father is a film that doesn't shy away from our reality.  It isn't always a pretty picture, but in the end both the film maker and her father have a win. They are finally able to reconnect, even if her father may not understand that the value of their renewed relationship far outweighs one last strike of the dice.
The Calling	Fergal Hughes	0:13:37	BU10K	Ireland	fergalhughes@live.co.uk	The film The Calling is about a family man named Jim. Jim is disturbed late one evening by someone at his door. It's a politician, Pat, and Jim is in no mood to talk politics. He closes the door. A little later out in his back garden, Jim is putting rubbish into the bin. He is surprised by Pat, and again, he is in no mood to talk. He goes back in, leaving Pat outside.The next morning, Jim brings his son, Jeremy, to school and is surprised by the politician yet again who this time he finds sitting in the passenger seat of his car. Exasperated, Jim drops Jeremy at his school, then leaves Pat in the car and gets the bus home.Upon arriving home, Jim finds Pat in his kitchen. Reacting angrily again, Jim throws Pat out of his house and then attempts to persuade him to give up a life of politics. When Jim has closed the door however, we see that Pat hasn't changed one bit and now considers Jim, as he says, a 'Maybe'!
The Devil Within	Jac Ash	0:03:26	UNDERGROUND	Australia	jacs@flomotionstudio.com	The Devil Within is a satirical story of extremist religious views against homosexuality and everything else that conventional Christianity teaches sends one straight to Hell, like feminism, abortion, and rock and roll.  A total clash of cultures and beliefs, loaded with all things innocent, evil, and absurd.
The Farm	Romaine Moreton	0:11:00	SHORT	Australia	john@browncabs.com	The Farm pays homage to an indigenous workforce essential to the agricultural wealth of NSW and Victoria dating back to the 1930's, and is told through the eyes of a young girl who is a part of this labour force. The Farm is a story that confronts transience, depicting how folk who are always on the move create a sense of belonging and home.  The Farm is about the living voice of country, and how a young girl in her uninformed heroism becomes an advocate for the voiceless and the formless, giving us the opportunity to see our place through fresh eyes, while rejuvenating and celebrating our connection with the past.
The Power of the Powerless	Cory Taylor	1:18:00	DOCUMENTARY	Czech Republic, USA	dnellis@agoraproductions.org	History has shown that societies which fail to address past injustices are tragically destined to repeat the same mistakes.  Narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, The Power of the Powerless examines the harmful effects of erasing history twenty years after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. Contrasting the experiences of those who fought against the communist regime, with the silent majority who supported it, this film investigates why many Czechs today do not want their communist past dug up. Featuring original interviews with dissidents such as former President Vaclav Havel, this film tells the inspirational story of the Velvet Revolution of 1989, and asks why Czech youth aren't being taught about their own history.
The Riddle of Here: Soul Biographies	Nic Askew	0:07:11	SHORT	Anywhere	nic@soulbiographies.com	What life is about?
The True Story Behind the Plot to Blow Up the Washington Monument	jim Grollman	0:15:00	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	Washington, D.C	jimmybeme@aol.com	The True Story Behind the Plot to Blow Up the Washington Monument is a film that tells the story of Normal Mayer from the point of view of a 19 year old college student who met Mayer, a man who threatened to blow up the Washington Monument, at his vigil in front of the White House weeks before the siege on the monument. Twenty seven years later, the film goes back to Washington, D.C. to talk to Norman's only surviving friend from the White House vigil, William Doubting Thomas. Thomas has had a continuous vigil in front of the White House for the past 28 years.
To Be There	Sharon Lenger	0:10:00	UNDERGROUND	Tel Aviv	sharonlenger@gmail.com	The windows in Tel-Aviv are like the stage to which all of common life is on display. In To Be There, the film maker tries to capture another world before it passes her by. The film consists of brief glances at windows of residential apartments in Tel-Aviv as an attempt by the film maker to sniff a bit of life and feel a small piece of home.
Topi	Arjun Rihan	0:06:17	SHORT	Middle East	arjunrihan@gmail.com	The Indian Empire was partitioned into India and Pakistan in 1947 by the fading British Raj. The division was based on religious majorities and triggered one of the largest population migrations in history, displacing ten million people. Fearing persecution, Hindus and Sikhs fled to India, and Muslims to Pakistan. Communal clashes at the border resulted in the deaths of one million people. Inspired by a true story, Topi depicts an encounter between two strangers during this turbulent time. Bir, a Hindu boy, is waiting to board a train from Pakistan to India with his mother, when a violent turn of events separates them. Lost in the middle of a communal riot, he must find her before it is too late...
Tumaco Pacifico	Samuel Cordoba	1:29:33	DOCUMENTARY	Colombia	tumacopacifico@samuelcordoba.com	Tumaco Pacifico depicts daily life in an underdeveloped and overpopulated city that has been struck by a tsunami of violence. Inhabited mainly by Afro-Colombians, thousands live in houses standing on stilts over the ocean with no proper water or sanitation systems. Tumaco natives Junior, Carmen Julia, Doa Eduarda and Don Carlos, share their life stories and their most profound reflections, revealing the struggles to survive in an endangered environment. Absurd and beautiful at same time, a city growing over an ocean full of trash.
Ubuntu - I am Because We Are	chanelle Rudder	0:11:58	SHORT DOCUMENTARY	South Africa	chanelleccrudder@gmail.com	In a nation plagued by the HIV /AIDS pandemic, orphans, rape, violence, Apartheids, and a legacy of social and political unrest. Dawn Leppan founded a community center through donations that aids in the rehabilitation and education of all those who have been effected in the remote Valley of 1000 Hills. Ubuntu - I am Because We Are is the story of a self sacrificing, fiercely loving woman Dawn, a warrior woman of compassion.
Umbrella	Catherine Tyc	0:09:41	SHORT	USA	cat_tyc@hotmail.com	Umbrella is a story about a woman who is about to have an abortion. The film is explores a deep symbolism, and is an adaptation of Fernando Sorrentino's short story There's A Man in the Habit of Hitting Me Over the Head with an Umbrella. The film maker draws off her friends' and her own experiences with wanting pregnancy, avoiding pregnancy, as well as her own feelings about pregnancy and children in general.  The film maker hopes to explore the subject of how an abortion affects two people through this film. The umbrella is a metaphor, not only for what an individual has to deal with when the prospect of parenthood arises but also for the hits that society deals to those who have abortions and to those who perform them. This film is less about how and why they should be safe and legal and more an attempt to explore how the current state of the economy as well as contemporary gender politics, adding even more complexity to an already complex situation heavily laden with the most deepest of intimacy, hormones and intense spiritual questioning.
Unraveling Michelle	Michelle Ann Farrell	1:18:30	UNDERGROUND	Los Angeles	mfarrellaip@mac.com	Prominent East Coast independent filmmaker and seemingly consummate 'guy's guy' Joe O'Ferrell has a secret to tell the people around him.  Loading up his cameras in order to catch it all on tape, the film maker turns to his crew and matter-of-factly reveals to them that he'd led a secret life as a woman on numerous occasions and that he now intends to become a woman named 'Michelle' full-time. Unraveling Michelle delves head-first into the gender-bending highs and lows of Michelle's male to female metamorphosis through the eyes of Michelle and those who've been closest to her during the process.  The documentary tenaciously captures the range of reactions of those in Michelle's personal and professional lives as they get reacquainted with the person they had known for years. The audience sees the struggles, emotionally and physically, that Michelle makes in the biggest decision of her life. As months go by, the personal and professional relationships between Michelle and those around her is eventually put to the test. Unraveling Michelle is a film that's uplifting and inspiring to anyone who is someone or knows someone who struggles with simply surviving in their own skin.
Virtual JFK	Koji Masutani	1:20:00	DOCUMENTARY	USA in World		At the heart of Virtual JFK is the critical question: Does it matter who is President of the United States when it comes to issues of war and peace? It explores this question by investigating one of the most debated "what if" scenarios in the history of US foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963, and had he been re-elected in 1964? The film employs what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls "virtual history," assessing the plausibility of counterfactuals, "what ifs"  and the outcomes they might have produced.
Voyage of the Vezo	Giovanni Paolo Autran	0:23:30	DOCUMENTARY	MADAGASCAR	giovanni@nomadic-films.com	Voyage of the Vezo is the story of the disappearance of aquatic life in Madagascar and the voyage in search of what remains, if anyÖ
What Will I Be?	Shabnam Rezaei	0:03:01	BU10K	Canada	shabnam@bigbadboo.ca	What Will I Be is a film about the children's program Mixed Nutz, an independently produced television series for children ages 6-9. The episodes are 22 minutes each and currently 13 in total with another 13 in production. Mixed Nutz follows the adventures of five 9-year-olds and the daily mishaps they go through because they are all from different countries and all, in their own way, trying very hard to fit in. Babak is from Iran and shy about his heritage. Damaris, whose father immigrated from Cuba, lost her mom at a young age and is the adult around the house. Sanjay just came over from Mumbai and loves Bollywood. Among all of these Michael feels really boring and tries his hardest to eat their foods and be more interesting.