We are pleased to anounce the following films have been selected for out 2011 Festival! This list will be updated as we aquire information
and promotional materials from our film makers.
Congratulations to everyone!
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In this scary short film, home is the safest place to be - unless you're alone.
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In a world where 27 million children, women and men live as modern-day slaves, the fight for justice cannot wait. At the End of Slavery takes you inside the violent and ugly business of slavery, from the brothels of the Philippines to the brick kilns of India. Undercover footage, first-person testimony from former slaves and respected experts expose the enormity of the crime, but a remarkable strategy and the courage of today's abolitionists offer hope for a final end to this brutal trade. At the End of Slavery is a clarion call to every viewer to join the movement to end slavery in our lifetime. A film alone cannot end slavery, but together we can.
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A raw and irreverent comedic look at the unspoken horrors of dating - and bathing with - younger men.
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Two female teenage musicians - one African-American, one Afro-Brazilian - struggle to maintain their friendship despite pressure from boys and troubled home lives in late 90s Michigan.
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Gun violence victim Brandon Ragnot, along with his family and friends, take us through Brandon's being shot in the head to his subsequent path to healing. A Block from Home exemplifies the meaning of perseverance, and inspires us with Brandon's incredible will to forge ahead.
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After the end of yet another relationship, Kara aims to get her life, her stuff and herself back with the help of her friends.
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In 1929, Amelia Earhart and 19 other women defied convention by racing across the sky to compete in the first Women's National Air Derby. With just compasses and road maps to guide them, they navigated through rough weather, mechanical failures, public scrutiny and rumors of sabotage. Their daring journey challenged stereotypes by proving women could be independent, competitive, self-sufficient, intelligent, graceful and - above all - really good pilots. Includes actual footage from the derby, aerial recreations, interviews with legendary female pilots, family members and aviation experts.
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An action-comedy about a man who buys an ancient puzzle box which contains a magical bracelet once worn by Buddha. It grants him great Kung Fu power to fight off a gang of thugs and - just maybe - get the girl.
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Five short films from the Burundi Film Center in East Africa. Pigfoot – A porter in Bujumbura tries to make a name for himself by working at a slaughterhouse. Director: Aster NTIRAMPEBA Writer: Francis Muhire Knock Knock (Who’s Dead?) – A morbid comedy following Rukwi’s botched attempts to earn a living by collecting the dead. Director: Grâce NZEYIMANA Writer: Fabrice EMERIMANA The Return of Old Man Kabura – An 82-year-old refugee comes home to Burundi and tries to rebuild his life after 38 years in exile. Director: Patrick NGENDAKUMANA Writer: Evrard NIYOMWUNGERE Mission: Montreal – Lionel sells out his family and friends in a desperate attempt to move to Canada. Director: Natacha SONGORE Writer: Franck MUGENMANURO Easy Call – A young woman’s foray into prostitution brings shocking consequences to her family. Director: Angelo ARAKAZA Writer: Ella IRANGA N’SHOMBO Visit the Website |
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Gated-community security guard Colt Jackson suddenly finds the monotony of his job broken when a robbery occurs right under his nose. Determined to restore peace to the community and prove himself to the local police, Colt gets caught in a web of intrigue with a beautiful and mysterious Russian housewife.
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Young Clay travels deep inside his body to an animated dream world where he battles the Evil Lord Vater and his army of Kuk-nuks. Meanwhile, in the waking world, a medical team struggles to save Clay's life.
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Film adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story "The Colour Out of Space."
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A moving collection of heartfelt interviews with Delhi slum dwellers. who tell the untold story of the mass exodus of thousands like them who were bulldozed from their homes and forced to live in a makeshift community without water, shelter or drainage while the city was being beautified for Commonwealth Games 2010. DILLI holds up a mirror not only to India, but to every nation around the world, whose poor live forgotten under bridges, children go hungry, and fathers work thousands of miles from their families to provide. DILLI brings awareness. And awareness is the first step towards action.
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Want to be a part of the creative process of filmmaking? Docs In Progress offers that opportunity as the audience gets to watch two unfinished documentary films and provide feedback to the filmmakers in an honest but constructive critique session moderated by the Maryland-based nonprofit Docs In Progress. This year, Docs In Progress will be featuring two documentary shorts. Justin Toops' CONVERGENCE looks inside the process of a sculptor as he takes on his most ambitious work to date. Tracy Thompson's NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEAUTY QUEEN follows a teenager as she navigates between the worlds of her tough Harlem neighborhood and the culture of her Sengalese family and community. Both filmmakers will be in attendance and ready to listen to your feedback on how they can make their films the best they can be.
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A young white woman on a search for inner peace gets stuck in an elevator with an older African man. Though the residue of apartheid still remains, does he hold the key to her finding inner peace? The Encounter is a story about loss, compassion, and how connected we really are, with unexpected twists and turns.
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A suicidal woman gets schooled in matters of living and dying.
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A young girl must track a mysterious fox through a foreboding wilderness.
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Hidden Books is a 28-minute documentary about the work and life of Japanese-born artist Kumi Korf.
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In this independent horror film, made in the UK, some friends decide to relive their college days through a weekend camping trip together. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a criminal gang who in some macabre way is linked to the campers - though nothing is quite as it appears.
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After confronting some painful personal events, a boy decides to quit smoking marijuana.
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Six-year-old Samarion lives with her divorced mother in Haselhorst, where children from a variety of cultures play together enjoy life. One sunny day, en route to a bakery, she has an extraordinary adventure.
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When an accident leaves 24-year-old Virginia paralyzed, she must move back in with her distant mother, Anna. Anna wants to reconnect with Virginia, realizing death is never too far away. But she learns that's not an easy task.
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After a 1960's military coup in Brazil, a road-building crew is abandoned in the middle of nowhere, along with 16 visiting prostitutes. Together they build a perfect society under the starry skies of the Brazilian outback.
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The Republic of Molossia is a 1.3-acre kingdom located in Nevada and ruled by His Excellency Kevin Baugh, whose bizarre micro-nation has all the elements of a regular nation - including a customs station, its own currency and a navy made entirely of inflatable pool rafts. Is Kevin for real? You decide.
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Devastated by the loss of her son in a tragic accident, a border patrol agent must cope with her own pain or risk being swallowed by anger.
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Trying desperately to forget his roots, Henry is drawn back into the fray with his father when finances get the better of him. Returning with him to sell the family farm, his fiance soon discovers disturbing secrets about Henry's past. A childhood sweetheart, a stubborn father thick with Swiss traditions, and a desperate lawyer who'll do anything for money force Henry to decide between protecting his father or turning his back on him.
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A New Leash on Life is a program at a minimum-security North Carolina prison which pairs inmates with Humane Society puppies. Over the course of two months, the dogs live at the prison as the inmates train and socialize them. In return, prisoners learn to receive their pets' unconditional love.
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A short film about saying goodbye to your digital life.
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In this short animation, Sir Oliver stumbles into a king's receiving room to find the old monarch's crown left forgotten on the throne. Intrigued, the easily-distracted Sir Oliver tries on the crown to see how it sits on his head. But trouble erupts when a searching knight tracks down Oliver's hiding place.
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Stephen Michaelson is excited about his first year of college, but Joanie and Craig - his divorced parents - are ruining his orientation plans.
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When a space-alien anthropologist - gets picked up for being a spy, can you tell where the real threat lies?
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From the alleys of Nigeria and the beaches of California to the mountains of India, ordinary young people lead us on an extraordinary journey to explore the nature of lasting happiness and end up starting a movement. Along the way, they meet up with the Dalai Lama, actor Richard Gere and filmmaker George Lukas.
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In the 1980's, the Washington D.C. skate scene was dominated by local rebels with hard-core skills who eventually fled District streets for the Utopian vert ramps of rural Virginia, finding fame in that corner of the world. One such rebel achieved near-perfection, becoming immortalized in the minds of the few who witnessed him. But just as suddenly as he rose to the peak of his skating career, he disappeared. Twenty years later, he returned. This is his story...the story of Puker.
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An ancient fairytale retold.
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A photographic exploration of 11 individuals who have filled wooden boxes with possessions which they believe define their lives' essences.
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A short film about a man who discovers that someone has broken into his home - and about the madness that follows.
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In a business where talent is only part of the formula for success, and every new step is a leap of faith, four young musicians struggle to take their music to the next level. The Silo Effect band members - Steve Owen, Matt Hughes, Matthew Henry, and Bryan Reyes - spend three days in a recording studio to find out if they have what it takes, facing the challenge of moving from the cheers of live audiences to the difficult and sometimes painful truth of the studio.
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Set in 1945 Poland, after the end of WWII and liberation of the Holocaust camps, an older Polish woman witnesses the harassment of two liberated Jewish women passing through her town. She must decide whether to bring the Jews into her home despite her neighbors' prejudice against them.
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Michael, 31, decides finally to propose to Becky, 28. He's shy, nervous, and doesn't know how to say the words. When he tries, he goes into daydreaming sequences again confidence. But when the time comes to propose for real, things don't go so smoothly.
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Part science fiction, part thriller and part cautionary fairytale, in Worlds Apart earth is visited - in the not-too-distant future - by extra terrestrials on a peaceful mission to find sentient life. Landing near a central California farm home, they discover a desolate, polluted world where little life remains. As they search the abandoned farm home, they find a lone teddy bear that emits signs of life. With the aid of futuristic technology, they extract the memories of the teddy bear and thus unravel the mystery of humanity's demise. Worlds Apart, exploring the themes of innocence and friendship, asks the question: Is there hope for humanity?
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