Finalist 2011 Film Festival Congratulations to all the Filmmakers
Trailers
Get Real! Wise Women Speak [Trailer] - USA Get Real! Because wise women find that as they grow older they also grow in authenticity, becoming more and more their true Selves, with a capital S. Producer: Joni Steele Kimberlin
HOME [Trailer] - France A stunning visual portrait of earth. Producer: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Monica & David [Trailer] - USA Love goes a long way. Producer: Alexandra Codina
Excerpts
Get Real! Wise Women Speak [excerpt] - USA This documentary profiles extraordinary older women who use their time and talents to benefit their families, communities, nations and the world Producer: Joni Steele Kimberlin
On the Grind (Excerpt) - USA Skateboarding saved their lives. Producer: James Cheek III, Kevin Campbell
Take A Seat: Sharing A Ride Across America (Excerpt) - USA Dominic Gill shares a ride with different people across America, all of whom have physical disabilities. Producer: Dominic Gill
Witness to Hiroshima [excerpt] - USA A survivor remembers, and goes on to do great things. Producer: Kathy Sloane
Indy Features in Development
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs - USA Producer: Austin Wilkin/Grace Lee
An Inconvenient Youth - Cancun - USA Youth activists are exasperated by a lack of action from world leaders regarding climate change. Producer: Slater Jewell-Kemker
The Deadly Secret of Santee Alley - USA There is something wrong with Santee Alley. Producer: Lejla Hadzimuratovic & Kasia Nabialczyk
Professional Portraits of Individuals
Boyus Story - Ghana/USA A courageous young woman faces her adversities head on. Producer: Annie Escobar
Florence Jones: Embrace Culture - USA A spiritual leader fights to preserve the culture of her people. Producer: The Institute for Advancing Unity/The Working Group
The Middle Brother - Producer: Vaughn Juares
Troubled Water - USA/El Salvador Farmers come together to fight against mineral mining companies who are threatening their water sources. Producer: Will Parrinello
Woodsy - USA Two people from Telluride have taken "simple lifestyle" to a whole new level. Producer: Alicia Nogueira
Professional Portraits of Organizations
Dream Street - Short - Producer: Skip Blumberg
Salud Y Solidaridad - Puerto Rico Dr. Jose Vargas Vidot helps marginalized people on the streets to get the medical care they need. Producer: Alfredo Richner & Jose Marti
The Grid - USA/Germany Citizens united can create change beyond expectations. Producer: Will Parrinello
Tostan - Senegal A compelling view of an organization fighting to bring education to Africa. Producer: Cheikh Daru Seck
Water.org - USA/Global Water.org is an attempt to solve the global water crises. Producer: Water.org
Humanitarian
Alex Epstein: The Power of Volunteering - USA A young man becomes an activist when his fellow citizens suffer from a national disaster. Producer: The Institute for Advancing Unity/The Working Group
Elio - Dominican Republic A day in the life of Elio Madonia, a man who has dedicated over 20 years of his life to building homes for poor families living in shacks. Producer: Jack Ballo
Glimpse of Hope - SENEGAL The Glimpse of Hope organization helps poor children who are living with serious disease. Producer: Mame Fatou Ndiaye
Sasa - Burma/USA A young doctor in Burma keeps his promise to his village. Producer: Diane Namm
Second Harvest - USA The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, a part of Feeding America, has been serving the local community since 1983. Producer: Charlie McMahon Producer/Editor Meredith Nielsen Co-Producer
Narrative
Astonish Me - UK New species remain undiscovered, but we can only discover them if we can preserve the Earth. Producer: Charles Sturridge
Lunchtime - USA A young student gets some sage advice from a former teacher. Producer: Keo Woolford
Skate - USA Someone is looking out for you. Producer: Diane Crespo, Joe Scarpinito
Smile - USA Sometimes a smile is the best medicine. Producer: Luis Carrasquero Vivas
Narrative Student
Aire - Spain A man risks his life to smell the sea air again. Producer: Marcelo Quinones
Armor - USA Sometimes even the simplest acts take extraordinary courage. Producer: Vanita Shastry
One Little Step - USA One little step can take so much courage. Producer: Nicholas Economides
Wonderchild - USA Meet the Wonderchild. Producer: Charlotte Rabate
Animation
Dream Escape - USA A walk through Planet Sleep. Producer: Ellen C. Raines
Homeland - Spain Family happens wherever you find it. Producer: Juan de Dios Marfil
There Be Monsters! - USA The "monsters" in your path might not be so scary after all. Producer: Tom Weston
Tiger Talk - India A tiger tells us his story. Producer: Ravi Prakash, Ashutosh Joshi
Animation Student
My Grandfather's Ship - A boy's journey to know his grandfather. Producer: Trevor Jones
Overnight Stay - USA A grandmother's recollections of people who helped her as a jew in europe during the holocaust. Producer: Daniela Sherer
Prayers for Peace - USA A young man seeks peace on behalf of his brother. Producer: Dustin Grella
The Lion At Home - UK A little lion cub falls out of a painting in a museum. Producer: Year 4 Pupils at Bricknell School, Hull
Thembi's Diary - USA A wonderful evocation of a young African's refusal to let AIDS define her life. Producer: Jisoo Kim
Heroic Individual
A Portrait In Bombay - USA/India A rickshaw driver demonstrates his love for Bombay and its people. Producer: Sandeep Sharma
Josh - Canada Josh is an extraordinary individual who has overcome great obstacles. Producer: Angelina Cantada
These Streets - Australia Three everyday heroes who work as paramedics in Melbourne recount their experiences. Producer: Tom Neal
Community
Christie Walk: a piece of ecocity - Australia The residents of Christie Walk are committed to creating an eco-friendly urban living environment. Producer: Producer-Carl Kuddell, Director-Jennifer Lyons-Reid
Deep Bonds: People of The Mattaponi - USA The people of the Mattaponi are connected to their river in more ways than one. Producer: Jason Harwell, Jesse Bogue, Ben Franz
Experimental
Bottle - USA A snowman and a sandman strive to form a connection. Producer: Kirsten Lepore
Live Life A-Z - USA Living a happy life, from A to Z Producer: Jerri Sher
This Is Not A Plate - UK Producer: Alessia Travaglini
Music Video
Just Imagine - USA Dedicated to finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Producer: Carolyn Krawczyk / Director of Photography Jerry Jacob/Atherton Pictures
Liz's Song - USA Liz Gilbert will not let life's toughest challenges stop her from being an independent woman and artist. Producer: Margo Toombs
Recollection - USA 'Recollection' is a lyrical and visual invitation to experience the whimsy and beauty possible in everyday life. Producer: Tave Fasce Drake and Rachel J. Siegel
College
Joels Hero - USA A day in the life of 12-year-old Joel Lawrence and his North Star service dog, Hero. Producer: Daniel Gross
Sidy - Senegal Sidy is an unstoppable force. Producer: Amadou Kagal Ndiaye
Turning Pointe - USA Ballet takes hard work and sacrifice Producer: Produced by: Michele Forman, Rosie O'Beirne / Directed by: Duy Tran, Hannah Hughes
High School
Dont Blow It - USA Good planets are hard to find. Producer: Jack Winter
Flags - USA Nationalistic identities cause a rift between fellow students Producer: Mattan Cohen
Kyle and Kevin Go Green - USA Two local Hawaiians go green. Producer: Kevin Killerman
Make The Call - USA Make the call. Save someone. Producer: Michelle Zakarian
Save The Planet - USA You don't have to be a superhero... Producer: Mattan Cohen
High School Documentary
A Foot's Dream - Jordan Defying the loneliness of the long distance runner. Producer: Muhanned Bakker
A Girl Like Me - USA Color is more than skin deep for young African-American women struggling to define themselves. Producer: Kiri Davis
Dont Unplug The Arts - USA Making a case for the arts. Producer: Diana Lampiasi
What Is Jerkin? - USA You don't know what Jerkin is, til you see this! Producer: Tyre Brown
Middle School
Forever Plastic - USA Forever plastic? Doesn't sound too appealing. Producer: Miranda Andersen
Paws and Whiskers - USA Eleven year-old Katie Hoffman highlights her heroes who help animals in Long Island, NY. Producer: Katie Hoffman
Wildlife Waystation - USA Helping our animal friends. Producer: Chad Kanner
Elementary
Call to Action - USA Kids take up activism in memory of a classmate's father. Producer: Laura Nietzer
Silent Voices - USA To commemorate those whose voices are oppressed. Producer: The Dreamteam lead by Mali Bickley
Together We Can Create World Peace - USA A picture of peace. Producer: Emily Baker
Trash Talk - USA Doing the right thing for your home. Producer: Luc La Montagne
Student/Mentor
Beyond Green: Image of Contamination - USA A young activist from Texas demands answers when her town is poisoned by a local airbase. Producer: Liz Gonzalez, Antonio Rodriguez
Beyond Green: Sxabues Umbilical Cord - Colombia Edilfredo has reconnected with the Earth and works to enrich the land. Producer: Jesus Roberto Secue, Eckwe Secue Trochez
Beyond Green: The Cloud Factory - USA Marisol Becerra and her friends have had enough of The Cloud Factory polluting their community. Producer: Marisol Becerra, Zane Scheuerlein
Beyond Green: Toxic Soil Busters - USA Janice and the Toxic Soil Busters are here to fight for Worcester. Producer: Toxic Soil Busters
Environmental
Lean Green Bio Fuels Team - USA A group of students aim for a possible new fuel source. Producer: Nicholas Stich and Bailey Hollingsworth
My Toxic Reality - USA Hilton Kelley is tired of seeing his community ravaged by pollution from oil refineries. He and his fellow citizens demand change. Producer: Tom Dusenbery
One World One Ocean - USA One World One Ocean campaign inspires stewardship of the sea. Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
South Atlantic Gyre - USA/Taiwan 5 gyres. One expedition. Producer: Jody R. Lemmon
The Rhinos Flight - USA/Zimbabwe Raol du Toit and his fellow environmentalists fight to protect the rhino population of Zimbabwe. Producer: John Antonelli
Series
Young Voices for the Planet - Anya: Citizen Scientist in Siberia - Siberia/USA Anya from Siberia is taking the initiative to be green. Producer: Lynne Cherry
Young Voices for the Planet - Plant for the Planet - Germany Felix from Germany is inspired by Wangari Maathai's work to plant trees with his fellow pupils.
Producer: Lynne Cherry
Young Voices for the Planet - Team Marine - USA Team Marine is a group of students from Santa Monica High School who works to clean up their local beach community. Producer: Lynne Cherry
