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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
 

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