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Here you'll find a list of all of the films at the festival. Use the drop-down controls below to help filter your selections and find what you're looking for. Roll-over any film image for more detail on the film. |
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In Competition/Short
A man begins a journey beyond the imagination to discover what is truly important in his life.
Documentary/In Competition
Poverty is not an accident. 1492 marks the birth of modern times when the conquistadors violently extracted gold and other natural resources. 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.
Semaine de la Critique, Cannes, France, May 2008 , Western Europe PREMIERE
Documentary/Out of Competition
Every year since his first visit to Kiev in 1992, London neurosurgeon Dr. Henry Marsh has returned to the Ukraine to perform pro bono operations, train surgeons and recycle desperately needed tools and implements. The situation in the cash-strapped country continues to be dire, 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 cordless handyman drill)--against the consequences of doing nothing. As if that wasn’t difficult enough, Marsh is haunted by an operation he performed on a young girl that went catastrophically wrong...
In Competition/Short
Fading Away is a short film about Martha und Herbert, an old married couple. In the last time Martha behaves quite strange. Herbert is desperet. Is she just forgetful or is it more than that...?
Feature/In Competition
Two boys from a small town find their courage tested when they accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob.
Award: Winner, Audience Award, Big Island Film Festival
In Competition/Short
A young illegal immigrant couple spends their time furtively avoiding the German authorities, until the wellbeing of their young son dictates that they resolve their untenable situation.
In Competition/Short
Gone Fishing is the touching story of a boy and old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing, and the legend of Goliath, the biggest pike ever caught!
Documentary/Out of Competition
This film follows 25 year old William Francome's investigation into the arrest of Mumia Abu Jamal, famed death-row prisoner and
award-winning Black Panther journalist. Francome, born on the day of Mumia's 1981 arrest, engages intellectuals, writers and musicians in an effort 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 Steve Earle raise questions about the repercussions and damage of racial injustice 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 political voices of the African-American culture?
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