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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081203T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081203T200000
SUMMARY:While She Was Out
DESCRIPTION:A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she b
 ecomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What sta
 rts off as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for h
 er life. All she has is a toolbox and her will to survive.
CATEGORIES:Feature, Out of Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/whileshewasout_barbados2008
UID:176517306-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081203T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081203T213000
SUMMARY:While She Was Out
DESCRIPTION:A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she b
 ecomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What sta
 rts off as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for h
 er life. All she has is a toolbox and her will to survive.
CATEGORIES:Feature, Out of Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/whileshewasout_barbados2008
UID:178032581-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T200500
SUMMARY:The Wrecking Crew
DESCRIPTION:You heard them playing on the Beach Boys hits\, on the Mamas 
 and the Papas' recordings\, on Frank Sinatra records\, on Monkees' singl
 es and they were Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. Simply put\, you heard th
 em everywhere. They have performed on more number one singles than the B
 eatles. They were one of rock and roll's most legendary bands\, a hit-ma
 king machine. Most likely\, you never heard their name.
CATEGORIES:Documentary, In Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/thewreckingcrew_barbados2008
UID:176517337-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T192800
SUMMARY:Trench Town -  The Forgotten Land
DESCRIPTION:Trench Town\, Jamaica\, is the most famous ghetto in the Worl
 d. Immortalised by Bob Marley it is now one of the most dangerous places
  on the planet. This film examines how the people survive in such extrem
 e circumstances. It is a moving testimony to the silent majority of peop
 le who live there.
CATEGORIES:Documentary, In Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/trenchtowntheforgottenland_barba
 dos2008
UID:176517413-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T222800
SUMMARY:Cat's Cradle
DESCRIPTION:With infectious\, great pop songs that top the world charts\,
  it's no wonder Cat Adams (Cara Albo) is the 'Tween' Queen. However behi
 nd the scenes the pop-diva is falling apart. So what does Cat do? The #1
  pop-star in the world goes AWOL\, on a journey to find the missing piec
 es in her life.
CATEGORIES:Feature, In Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/catscradle_barbados2008
UID:176517354-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081204T215300
SUMMARY:Milking The Rhino
DESCRIPTION:The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Namibia's Himba - two of Earth'
 s oldest cattle cultures - are in the midst of upheaval. Emerging from a
  century of "white man conservation" that turned their land into game re
 serves and fueled resentment towards wildlife\, they are now vying for a
  piece of the wildlife-tourism pie. Charting the collision of ancient wa
 ys and Western expectations\, MILKING THE RHINO tells intimate\, hopeful
  and heartbreaking stories of people facing deep cultural change.
CATEGORIES:Documentary, In Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/milkingtherhino_barbados2008
UID:176517461-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T202800
SUMMARY:The Flyboys
DESCRIPTION:Two boys from a small town find their courage tested when the
 y accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob.  \nAward: 
 Winner\, Audience Award\, Big Island Film Festival
CATEGORIES:Feature, In Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/theflyboys_barbados2008
UID:176517466-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T200400
SUMMARY:The English Surgeon
DESCRIPTION:Every year since his first visit to Kiev in 1992\, London neu
 rosurgeon Dr. Henry Marsh has returned to the Ukraine to perform pro bon
 o operations\, train surgeons and recycle desperately needed tools and i
 mplements. The situation in the cash-strapped country continues to be di
 re\, and misdiagnosis is rife. It makes for heartbreaking work. For many
  of the patients he sees it’s too late to make a difference. For others\
 , he must weigh the risks of brain surgery--with inferior equipment (a c
 ordless handyman drill)--against the consequences of doing nothing. As i
 f that wasn’t difficult enough\, Marsh is haunted by an operation he per
 formed on a young girl that went catastrophically wrong...
CATEGORIES:Documentary, Out of Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/theenglishsurgeon_barbados2008
UID:176517507-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T215900
SUMMARY:The 27 Club
DESCRIPTION:After his best friend dies at 27\, a grieving rock star\, Ell
 iot\, hires a grocery store clerk to drive him across America to the fun
 eral. A beautiful road movie about friendship and healing.
CATEGORIES:Feature, In Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/the27club_barbados2008
UID:176517486-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081205T220000
SUMMARY:In Prison my Whole Life
DESCRIPTION:This film follows 25 year old William Francome's investigatio
 n into the arrest of Mumia Abu Jamal\, famed death-row prisoner and\nawa
 rd-winning Black Panther journalist. Francome\, born on the day of Mumia
 's 1981 arrest\, engages intellectuals\, writers and musicians in an eff
 ort to expose the truth about justice in America for black activists in 
 general and Mumia in particular. The energetic\, poeticand deeply moving
  interviews of Alice Walker\, Noam Chomsky\, Mos Def\,Snoop Dogg and Ste
 ve Earle raise questions about the repercussions and damage of racial in
 justice not only to those targeted\, but to the American culture itself.
  And most pointedly the film asks\, what does it signify that Americans 
 are still determined to put to death potential leaders and powerful poli
 tical voices of the African-American culture?
CATEGORIES:Documentary, Out of Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/inprisonmywholelife_barbados2008
 
UID:176517537-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T154400
SUMMARY:Shorts Package 1 - Life
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:Shorts Package
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/shortspackage1life_barbados2008
UID:176518108-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T172800
SUMMARY:Triage
DESCRIPTION:The act of triage is the ultimate humanitarian nightmare. Rac
 ing against time with limited resources\, relief workers make split-seco
 nd decisions: who gets treatment\, who gets food\, who lives\, who dies.
 \, \nLeaving his young family behind in Toronto\, Canada – where he's a 
 university professor and doctor – Orbinski returns to Africa\, revisitin
 g the past and engaging with the present. He hopes that here\, in the pl
 ace where he witnessed humanity literally torn apart\, he can rediscover
  the true heart of humanitarianism.. He refuses to turn away when confro
 nting troubling memories or realizing disturbing truths and\, in the mos
 t unlikely of places\, he finds where bonds of solidarity are forged\, a
 nd human spirits somehow remain unbroken.
CATEGORIES:Documentary, Out of Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/triage_barbados2008
UID:176519437-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T172800
SUMMARY:The Secret of the Nutcracker
DESCRIPTION:In this innovative version of the world-famous Christmas stor
 y\, The Secret of the Nutcracker recounts the magical journey of 12-year
 -old Clara\, who sets out on the night of Christmas Eve to find her fath
 er in a World War II prisoner of war camp. Along with her mother and her
  two brothers\, Clara and her family long for some word on their father.
  News eventually arrives from an unexpected source – a mysterious and ma
 gical stranger named Drosselmeyer\, who befriends Clara and encourages h
 er to believe that miracles can happen. The Secret of the Nutcracker fea
 tures the music of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and includes four dance spec
 tacles by the world-famous Alberta Ballet.
CATEGORIES:Animated, Feature, Out of Competition
LOCATION:Casa Grande Hotel
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/thesecretofthenutcracker_barbado
 s2008
UID:176519884-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T195500
SUMMARY:Mothers & Daughters
DESCRIPTION:Mothers&Daughtersexplores the hilarious\, the ridiculous\, an
 d the complicated dynamics ofmother/daughter relationships. Three mother
 /daughter pairs offer adiverse glimpse into the needs\, the denials\, an
 d the inescapable lovethat these women feel towards each other. Ultimate
 ly\, it is acelebration of the inexplicable bond of mothers and daughter
 s.\n  \nShotin ten days as if it were a documentary\, and set in Vancouv
 er\, thestyle of filming is a departure from the usually measured and hi
 ghlystylized visual approach marking Bessai's previous work - films such
  aslast year's Normal starring Carrie-Anne Moss. Instead thecamera moves
  lightly and nimbly through mostly improvised scenescatching the action 
 where it unfolds\, and complementing the complicatedand sometimes yin/ya
 ng relationships it reveals.
CATEGORIES:Feature, Out of Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/mothersdaughters_barbados2008
UID:176519389-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T192300
SUMMARY:The Wahine Disaster
DESCRIPTION:Factual Documentary 'Wahine' tells for the first time the ful
 l extraordinary story of the sinking of a passenger liner and the dramat
 ic rescue of over 700 passengers and crew.
CATEGORIES:Documentary, In Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/wahine_barbados2008
UID:176519460-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T202300
SUMMARY:Nishabd
DESCRIPTION:A wild life photographer falls head over heels in love with a
  young girl. And\, she reciprocates his feelings. But there is a hitch. 
 He is 60 and she is 18. This tabooed affair creates havoc in his family'
 s life. Like they say some love stories are never meant to be understood
 .
CATEGORIES:Bollywood, Feature
LOCATION:Casa Grande Hotel
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/nishabd_barbados2008
UID:176994696-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T222900
SUMMARY:Yesterday Was A Lie
DESCRIPTION:A groundbreaking new noir film\, 'YESTERDAY WAS A LIE' combin
 es the thrills of a classic detective mystery with the imagination of sc
 ience fantasy.\nAward: Winner\, Outstanding Achievement Award New York V
 isionFest
CATEGORIES:Feature, In Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/yesterdaywasalie_barbados2008
UID:176519414-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T212500
SUMMARY:An Unlikely Weapon
DESCRIPTION:Eddie Adams photographed 13 wars\, Six American Presidents\, 
 and every major film star of the last 50 years. History would be changed
  through his lens. But the person Eddie found hardest to impress was him
 self.
CATEGORIES:Documentary, In Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/anunlikelyweapon_barbados2008
UID:176519526-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081206T224400
SUMMARY:Paheli
DESCRIPTION:Once upon a time\, there was a lovely girl who was married to
  a man who was only interested in making money. There was a ghost who fe
 ll madly in love with her. On the wedding night itself\, the husband lef
 t home for five long years on account of his business. The ghost took on
  the husband's appearance and entered her life. A few years later\, when
  the husband returned home\, the villagers and relatives were bewildered
 . How this situation gets resolved is the Paheli. One wise shepherd devi
 ces a technique which helps in distinguishing the ghost from the real hu
 sband\, but is the Paheli really resolved?
CATEGORIES:Bollywood, Feature
LOCATION:Casa Grande Hotel
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/paheli_barbados2008
UID:176994583-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T174400
SUMMARY:Shorts Package 2 - Beyond Our Boundaries
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:Shorts Package
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/shortspackage2beyondourboundarie
 s_barbados2008
UID:176520449-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T172100
SUMMARY:The Day After Peace
DESCRIPTION:The Day After Peace charts the remarkable 10-year journey tak
 en by award winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish a day of Peace 
 on September 21st. During the course of his mission the camera follows G
 illey as he galvanizes the countries of the world to recognize this as a
 n official day of ceasefire and non-violence.
CATEGORIES:Documentary, In Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/thedayafterpeace_barbados2008
UID:176520958-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T172200
SUMMARY:Sita Sings the Blues
DESCRIPTION:Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband
  Rama. \nNina is an animator whose husband moves to India\, then dumps h
 er by \nemail. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient trage
 dy \nand modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of th
 e \nIndian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette \nHan
 shaw\, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "The Greatest \nBreak-U
 p Story Ever Told."
CATEGORIES:Animated, Bollywood, Feature, Out of Competition
LOCATION:Casa Grande Hotel
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/sitasingstheblues_barbados2008
UID:176520998-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T201700
SUMMARY:Mermaid
DESCRIPTION:Awards: FIPRESCI Prize Berlin International Film Festival 200
 8\, World Cinema Directing Award - Sundance Film Festival 2008\, Best Fi
 lm - Sofia International Film Festival 2008.  \nMermaid  is a fanciful ta
 le of an introverted little girl named Alisa who grows up believing she 
 has the power to make wishes come true. Her life is pretty ordinary. She
  dreams about dancing in the ballet\, singing in a children’s choir\, an
 d studying at a school for the mentally challenged. At the age of six sh
 e stops speaking. At 17 she moves to Moscow and at 18 years old\, she me
 ets Him. He who needed to be saved\, and she who was there to save him. 
 Lending a hand\, our mermaid’s life begins to change and from this point
  on she learns about love\, life and materialism.  \nThere is a unique d
 ream-like visual approach to Anna Melikyan’s modern fairy tale. Mermaid 
 blends age-old myths and youthful imagination into a surreal and beautif
 ul urban romance.
CATEGORIES:Feature, Out of Competition
LOCATION:George Washington House
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/mermaid_barbados2008
UID:176520933-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T204300
SUMMARY:The End of Poverty
DESCRIPTION:Poverty is not an accident. 1492 marks the birth of modern ti
 mes when the conquistadors violently extracted gold and other natural re
 sources. Since then\, our economic system has been financed by the poor 
 by forcing them to give up their land and access to natural resources\, 
 then through unfair trade\, debt repayment and unjust taxes on labor and
  consumption.  \nSemaine de la Critique\, Cannes\, France\, May 2008 \, 
 Western Europe PREMIERE
CATEGORIES:Documentary, In Competition
LOCATION:Errol Barrow Center
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/poverty_barbados2008
UID:176520983-barbados.bside.com/2008
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DTSTAMP:20091123T061151Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20081207T210200
SUMMARY:Omkara
DESCRIPTION:Omkara is based on William Shakespeare's 17th century classic
 \, 'Othello' regarded as one of the Bard's finest plays about the human 
 condition\, it is being brought to life in an Indian milieu for the firs
 t time in a mainstream Hindi film.\n  \nSet against the milieu of politi
 cal warfare in the interiors of Uttar Pradesh\, Omkara follows one man's
  descent into sexual jealousy and the final wreckage of his love at the 
 altar of blind obsession. Love is blind but jealousy is even blinder and
  can tear apart even the strongest and bravest of warriors.  \n\nThe sto
 ry begins when Omi appoints Kesu and not Langda as his chief lieutenant.
  Langda's pride is slighted and raging with envy\, he hatches a plot to 
 falsely implicate Omi's beautiful fiancee Dolly\, in an illicit affair w
 ith Omi's‚ a favourite lieutenant\, Kesu. Using petty insinuations and l
 ies\, Langda keeps poisoning Omi's mind till one day he snaps and goes a
 mok tearing up his secure world\, leading up to a horrific tragedy at th
 e end of which Omi realizes the backlash of his actions but is it too la
 te.
CATEGORIES:Bollywood, Feature
LOCATION:Casa Grande Hotel
URL:http://barbados.bside.com/2008/films/omkara_barbados2008
UID:176994901-barbados.bside.com/2008
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