A Child's Century of War A film by Shelley Saywell | Canada | 2001 | 90' Produced by Bishari Films
			At the beginning of the last century nine out of ten people killed in war were soldiers. At the beginning of this century nine out of ten people killed in war are civilians. Most of them are children. A CHILD'S CENTURY OF WAR takes the viewer on a journey through the past century from the perspective of children and told in their voices.

			A GOOD MAN A film by Safina Uberoi | Australia | 2009 | 79' | 55'
			Chris Rohrlach is not your typical Australian sheep farmer. Willing to try anything to make the money needed to keep his quadriplegic wife of 14 years, Rachel, out of long-term hospital care, he decides to open a countryside brothel.

			A Lion in the House A film by Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert | USA | 2006 | 225' | 4x52' Produced by Community Media Productions
			We follow five families -each with a child fighting cancer- over a six year period and see how they navigate the ups and downs of treatment. We see these heroic children, their hopes, fears, enormous strength and bravery and relationships with their families, doctors, nurses, and staff. Some survive and some sadly die. The result is a deeply compassionate, moving story of hope, love, and human resilience.

			American Fugitive A film by Jean-Daniel Lafond | Canada | 2006 | 75' | 52' Produced by InformAction Films
			Revealed to the world in the highly acclaimed 2001 Iranian movie Kandahar, David Theodore Belfield - the film's African American "doctor" - is in fact wanted in the U.S. for the 1980 killing of an Iranian diplomat, and now lives in exile in Iran. The story of an unrepentant assassin and an articulate accuser, AMERICAN FUGITVE explores a web of international intrigue and state-sponsored violence.

			An Ordinary Family A film by Fredrik Gertten | Sweden | 2005 | 58' Produced by WG Film
			What would you do if you woke up one morning and all your savings had vanished? Argentina went bankrupt in a very short time. Before, the Borroni family's future was bright: He managed an oil company, she studied medicine, the children attended private schools, great house, new car, credit cards etc. But one day it was all over. We follow the Borroni's during 3 years and see how they managed to put their lives back together again.

			Belfast Girls A film by Malin Andersson | Sweden | 2006 | 52' | 58' Produced by WG Film
			Teenage girls Mairéad Mc Ilkenny (Catholic) and Christine Savage (Protestant) are growing up in post-war Belfast, in the same city but cut off from each other by high 'peacewalls' to keep the two communities apart creating divisions as brutal as ever, nearly a decade into the peace process. The legacy to the young generation is clear: You don't mix! But this year their lives will take turns they never in their wildest dreams could imagine...

			Beyond the game A film by Jos de Putter | Netherlands | 2008 | 76' Produced by DIEPTESCHERPTE BV Produced with HUMANIST BROADCASTING CORPORATION
			What moves the Warcraft generation? Behind the scenes and into the minds of the world's most famous Warcraft players.

			Beyond Wiseguys A film by Steve Fischler | Canada | 2008 | 58' Produced by John Turturro, Pacific Street Films
			Well-known Italian American actors, directors, writers and other film artists share what it's like being a 'Hollywood Italian', and, with film clips and insider commentary on Hollywood history, show how they use their background to make art from the alchemy of mob movies, Hollywood politics, and American pop culture.

			Black wave : The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez A film by Robert Cornellier | Canada | 2008 | 99' | 52' Produced by Robert Cornellier and Paul Carvalho
			On March 24th 1989 the Exxon Valdez super-tanker runs aground in Alaska and becomes the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history. For twenty years Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against the world's most powerful oil company - Exxon Mobil.

			BREAKING THE SILENCE A film by Hélène Magny and Pierre Mignault | Canada | 2010 | 75' | 52'
			The Burmese Junta in power since 1962, has promised elections in 2010. This new documentary, clandestinely shot in regions where few foreigners have dared to venture, looks at one of Burma's most dangerous zones (the Karen region) and meets people hiding in the jungle in order to resist forced relocation by the military regime, disclosing the secret networks of militants fighting along the Thai border, inside and outside Burma.

			Breasts A film by Meema Spadola | USA | 1997 | 50' Produced by Sugar Pictures Produced with Cinemax/HBO
			The classic, groundbreaking first-of-a-kind documentary BREASTS interviews twenty-two women (many of them topless) - ranging in age from 6 years-old to 84 and explores how breasts play a crucial role in the experiences of puberty, motherhood, sex, health, and aging. The documentary also includes archival footage - ranging from a racy 1920s cartoon to bra commercials to 1950s beauty pageants - that serve as chapter headings throughout the film.

			Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan A film by Petr Lom | USA | 2004 | 50' Produced by Petr Lom Productions
			When a Kyrgyz man decides to marry, he often abducts the woman he has chosen. Typically, he takes several friends, hires a car, stakes out his bride-to-be's movements, and snatches her off the street. This first film ever to document the ancient custom of bride-kidnapping which is a common way of marrying in Kyrgyzstan, follows the dramatic stories of four of these non-consensual kidnappings.

			China Blue A film by Micha X. Peled | USA | 2005 | 87' | 53' Produced by Teddy Bear Films
			CHINA BLUE takes us inside a blue-jeans factory, where Jasmine and her friends are trying to survive a harsh working environment. But when the factory owner agrees to a deal with his Western client that forces his teenage workers to work around the clock, a confrontation becomes inevitable. Shot clandestinely in China, under difficult conditions, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don't want us to see how the clothes we buy are actually made.

			Crimes of Honour A film by Shelley Saywell | Canada | 2001 | 44' Produced by Bishari Films
			Throughout the Islamic world, each year 100's of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they have "dishonored" their families. Losing their virginity, the refusal of an arranged marriage, leaving an abusive husband, or even if a woman is raped, she risks to pay the price as any suggestion of sexual impropriety must be cleansed with her blood. Crimes of Honor documents the terrible reality of "honor killings".

			Crumb A film by Terry Zwigoff | USA | 1994 | 120' Produced by Superior Productions
			Terry Zwigoff's all time classic CRUMB is a sometimes hilariously funny but often disturbing journey into the mysterious and creepy world of underground artist Robert Crumb. His twisted, violent and at times even outright pornographic cartoons are witnesses of his utter disgust of the American society and culture and made him worldfamous in the 60's when he created Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, the "Keep On Truckin' " cartoons and record sleeves for musicians like Janis Joplin.

			El olvido (Oblivion) A film by Heddy Honigmann | Netherlands | 2008 | 58' | 93' Produced by Cobos Films Produced with IKON & ZDF-ARTE
			Heddy Honigmann's long awaited return to Peru in a film about poverty and poetry in a country plundered by the powerful. But also a film where the powerless resist being consigned to oblivion ( Awarded Silver Dove/ Fipresci Prize and Oecumenical Award at Leipzig 2008)

			Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears A film by Simon Chambers | England | 2006 | 62' | 52' Produced by Simon Chambers Films
			East London Muslim girl Shahanara is changing from pink hotpants into a saree, to meet her husband at the airport. She reluctantly married in a union arranged by her Bangladeshi family. Meanwhile her devout muslim sister Hushnara is being groomed for her own arranged marriage, something that at 19 she doesn't feel at all ready for. A lively, very intimate and surprisingly funny film which gives an absorbing insight into a little known community.

			Flying On One Engine A film by Joshua Weinstein | USA/INDIA | 2008 | 52'
			Wheelchair bound, without a larynx, and diagnosed with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm, Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet now lives to travel to India to perform free operations. In contrary to the life in his Brooklyn apartment, in India the eight-time Nobel Prize nominee is treated like a living god. FLYING ON ONE ENGINE shows how this quirky, funny, and sometimes difficult character overcomes his own ailments by helping others.

			Forever A film by Heddy Honigmann | Netherlands | 2006 | 95' | 57' Produced by Carmen Cobos Produced with NPS Television,YLE Teema Finland, TV Estonia, SBS Australia and SVT Sweden
			Forever is a film about the power and vitality of art and a place where love and death go hand in hand and beauty lives on: the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

			GOOGLE BABY A film by Zippi Brand Frank | Israel | 2009
			A dramatic journey across three continents telling the story of the up and coming baby production industry in the age of globalization. Israeli entrepreneur Doron proposes a new service - Baby production- providing customers with a cost effective solution using outsourcing of the surrogacy element to India as way to lower prices. The customers arrive only at the end of the nine month pregnancy period to pick up their babies. INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009 <strong>World Premiere Docaviv 2009 - Best film award</strong>

			Grass A film by Ron Mann | Canada | 1999 | 78' Produced by Sphinx Productions
			The world of marijuana, reported to be a $10 Billion to $30 billion industry in North America, comes vibrantly alive in this fact-filled and fascinating story of our love-hate relationship with this resilient weed, also known as grass, pot, or dope. GRASS is about the history of a hysteria and the longest-running and most disobeyed prohibition in the history of the USA. It is an epic tale of how Government bureaucrats created a climate which turned and continues to turns literally millions of users, at least technically, into criminals.

			Grey Gardens A film by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer and Susan Froemke | USA | 1975 | 94' Produced by Maysles Films
			The all-time classic Maysles documentary GREY GARDENS is the unbelievable but true story of Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie, living in a world of their own in their decaying 28-room East Hampton mansion known as "Grey Gardens," a place so far gone that the local authorities once threatened to evict them for violating sanitation codes. The women bicker and flirt like characters out of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill, a record of the powerful and complex relationship between mother and daughter.

			I BOUGHT A RAINFOREST A film by Jacob Andren & Helena Nygren | Sweden | 2010 | 58'
			Jacob Andrén, an ordinary kid going to school in the 80's, was, as at many schools in the western world, involved in fundraising actions to "save the rainforest" Their teachers urged them to help by "buying a tree". Now a grown up young man he is wondering about what happened to all those trees that he and his classmates bought with the money they made by selling stuff on the flea market. He remembers getting a certificate, but that was 20 years ago. Jacob decides to buy a plane ticket to try to find his tree and to find out if their effort did make a difference.

			INTO ETERNITY A film by Michael Madsen | Denmark | 2010 | 75' | 58'
			Every day large amounts of high-level radioactive waste are placed in interim storage, vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters or changes in society. In Finland, the world's first permanent repository is being cut out of solid rock - a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last the entire period the waste remains hazardous: 100,000 years.

			Jump! A film by Dan Emery, Mathieu Wacowich and Jon Deitcher | Canada | 2008 | 52' Produced by Endorphin Films
			Jaume Marquet is an eccentric outsider striving to become famous by streaking in front of the cameras at major televised sporting events under his alter ego "Jimmy Jump". "Jump! follows Jimmy's journey from Barcelona to Madrid where he will attempt to streak at the largest football match in Spain - "El Classico" live in front of 80,000 spectators and 100 million people watching worldwide. But if Jimmy wants to be the best, he has to compete with a handful of streakers who are all competing for the same crown, and his journey to Madrid will open the doors into the eccentric world of professional sports streaking.

			Kidnapped! A film by Melissa Kyu-Jung Lee | Australia | 2005 | 52' Produced by Eight Gauge Productions
			From early 1970 to the mid-80s, ordinary Japanese citizens disappeared without a trace. KIDNAPPED! tells the extraordinary story of 3 families' dramatic 25-year struggle in search for the truth. In 2002 it was finally revealed that their family members, had been abducted by North Korean spies in a sinister plot of espionage! This is one the most controversial issues in Japan today and unveils a tangled web of political manoeuvrings and international espionage.

			Kim's Story A film by Shelley Saywell | Canada | 2000 | 48' Produced by Bishari Films
			If there was one photograph that captured the horrific nature of the Vietnam War it was that of a nine-year-old girl running naked down a road, screaming in agony from napalm burns that had eaten into her flesh. But ironically, the picture that moved millions all over the world to tears, and that played a major part in the success of the anti-Vietnam War movement, ultimately made a victim of Kim Phuc all over again. This is her life's story.

			La Sierra A film by Scott Dalton & Margarita Martinez | USA | 2005 | 84' | 53' Produced by Andrew Blackwell
			LA SIERRA, a small neighbourhood in Medellin, Colombia, is ruled by a gang of young men, mostly teenagers, affiliated with Colombia's illegal paramilitary armies. Over the course of a year, the documentary follows the lives of three young people and their experiences of war, death, and love.

			LOVE INTERRUPTED A film by Alison Armstrong and Giselle Portenier | Canada | 2009 | 50'
			Amazing and deeply moving stories of first loves who were separated in youth, lost all contact with each other and eventually managed to reunite decades later. Two couples who were torn apart by class, religion, parents and geography, tell us their stories of how they met, why they broke up and most importantly, what drew them back together.

			Metallica: Some Kind of Monster A film by Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky | USA | 2004 | 145' | 94' Produced by @adical.media
			METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER follows the famous rock band as they undergo group therapy while preparing for the release of their latest studio album St Anger. Aiming significantly higher than a run-of-the-mill, backstage rock-doc about the heavy metal band undergoing a midlife crisis, MONSTER is an intimate portrait of the collective creative process (put together over three years during the making of St-Anger album), stripping bare the band's boisterous macho egos with the assistance of an 24/7 therapist.

			MINE: KATRINA'S ORPHANED ANIMALS A film by Geralyn Pezanoski | USA | 2009 | 80' | 55'
			A powerful story about the essential bond between humans and animals told against the backdrop and aftermath of the Katrina disaster, when thousands of pets, forcefully left behind, were transported around the country and adopted even when their displaced owners still desperately were looking for them. When two families love the same pet, conflicts inevitably arise over who is the rightful "owner" and what is right for the animal.

			Music from the inside out A film by Daniel Anker | USA | 2006 | 90'
			MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT is a cinematic exploration of music through the stories and artistry of the musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra. The film follows these musicians as they explore what music means in their lives, both inside and outside the concert hall. The resulting stories-of passion, struggle, perseverance and transcendence-serve to illuminate the role of music in all of our lives.

			My Country, My Country A film by Laura Poitras | USA | 2006 | 90' Produced by Praxis Films
			MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY follows the story of Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six, and Sunni political candidate in Iraq's January 2005 elections. As Election Day approaches, MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY reveals the agonizing predicament and gradual descent of one man caught in the tragic contradictions of the US occupation of Iraq and its project to implement democracy in the Middle East.

			My Flesh and Blood A film by Jonathan Karsh | USA | 2002 | 85' | 60' Produced by Chaiken Films / Meet the Toms Produced with HBO/CINEMAX DOCUMENTARY FILMS
			Multiple award winning documentary, following SUSAN TOM and her 11 adopted special-needs children from holidays to hospital visits , to the unexpected death of a troubled teenage son. Intensely moving film goes deep below the surface of an extraordinary family, in what turns out to be the most difficult year of their lives.

			No Past to Speak Of A film by Jeremy Gans | Canada | 2006 | 56' Produced by Minute:Thirty Productions
			We follow the story a five-month-old baby girl brutally raped in a Johannesburg slum and Claudia Ford, who adopted her and is faced with the immense task of undoing Vyanna's past and introducing love and stability to a life. Through interviews with leading academics, researchers, activists and social commentators, the documentary also critically examines why infant rape occurs so often in South Africa.

			On a Tightrope A film by Petr Lom | Norway, Canada | 2006 | 70' | 58' Produced by Piraya Film & Lom Films Produced with Channel 4 UK, CBC Canada, HOS Netherlands, NRK Norway, SBS Australia
			This film is about four children living in an orphanage in Xinjiang province, China. The children are Uighurs, China's largest Muslim minority, numbering eight million in Xinjiang. They are learning the ancient Uighur art of tightrope walking. The film follows their dreams, failures, and successes over a year and a half. And it documents - for the first time ever - the official Chinese policy of religious repression in Xinjiang.

			Operation Filmmaker A film by Nina Davenport | USA | 2007 | 92' Produced by Nina Davenport
			When the dreams of a young and charismatic Iraqi film student Muthana are crushed following the bombing of Baghdad's film school, a brief, fortuitous appearance on MTV changes his life forever. Seeing the clip, actor Liev Schreiber, feeling guilty about a war he opposes decides to extend to the unknown Iraqi the opportunity of a lifetime - to come to Prague to intern on his new feature film. But in a comedic turn of events, Schreiber's good intentions quickly backfire as the eager student proves to have intentions of his own.

			Paragraph 175 A film by Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman | USA | 2000 | 75' | 50' Produced by Telling Pictures
			Homosexuals were one of the least known groups targeted for persecution by the Nazis, and one of the last to come forward with their stories. Both intimate in its portrayals and sweeping in its narrative PARAGRAPH 175 features elderly homosexual men who vividly describe their experiences during the Nazi era -- and reveal the long-term consequences of this hidden chapter of history.

			Petals : A Journey into Self Discovery A film by Richard Beck Peacock | USA & Canada | 2008 | 50' Produced by Arwen Hunter
			Photographer Nick Karras turns the image of a woman's vulva into high art as the filmmaker confronts deep-seated personal issues and distorted cultural myths brought to light by his work.

			PETS ON PROZAC A film by Patrick Reed | Canada | 2009 | 58'
			People now commonly see their pets as part of the family. Pet spas offer "paw-dicures"; celebrity chefs dish up treats at pet delis; and everything from braces to stem cell transplants to heart surgery is now available for your pet....assuming you can afford it. The newest trend is the most controversial and revealing: psycho-active drugs for dogs and cats.

			PRESUMED GUILTY A film by Roberto Hernandez & Geoffrey Smith | Mexico | 2009 | 85'
			Wrestling with an unhappy love affair, José Antonio Zuñiga pleaded: "God, please kill me or put me in jail" . A week later, a boy points him out from a police car, Tonio gets arrested then charged with murder. A judge who never heard him speak sentenced him to twenty years on the testimony of a single, shaky, eyewitness. Two unlikely filmmakers, Mexican lawyers, recruited by Tonio's friends, start to follow him with a camera in what seemed a hopeless 3 year quest to get the case re-tried.

			Pulling John A film by Vassiliki Khonsari | USA | 2008 | 58' | 70'
			PULLING JOHN, a cinema-verite documentary filmed for four years in Japan, Canada, Russia, Poland, The Ukraine, and USA witnesses the spectacular and mythical world of Arm-wrestling; where 2 titans battle in pursuit of a living god.

			Satellite Queens A film by Bregtje van der Haak | Netherlands | 2007 | 52' Produced by Submarine Produced with VPRO
			Lebanese Rania, Egyptian Fawzia, Palestinian Farah and Saudi Muna run a popular womens TV talk show Kalam Nawaem ('Women Talk'), bringing provoking debate into millions of Arab living rooms.

			Shake Hands With The Devil A film by Peter Raymont | Canada | 2004 | 91' | 56' Produced by White Pine Pictures
			The memories of the extreme violence and his sense of guilt haunt him to this day. This is the emotional journey back to Rwanda of Canadian Lt-General Roméo Dallaire, who commanded the U.N. peacekeeping mission in 1994 during the infamous genocide during which moreas than 800.000 Rwandans were slaughtered, which he was powerless to stop.

			Shape of the Moon A film by Leonard Retel Helmrich | Netherlands | 2004 | 92' | 58' Produced by Scarabee Films
			A cinematic journey into the every-day life of the Sjamsuddin family. We follow widow Rumidja, a Christian woman who prays regularly with her grand-daughter, her son Bakti who refuses to participate in Muslim traditions until he decides to marry a Muslim woman and must convert. They live in the outskirts of Jakarta,Indonesia, the largest Islamic community on the globe, in the middle of the growing social chaos and escalating Muslim fundamentalism.

			Silverlake Life A film by Peter Friedman | USA | 1993 | 99' Produced by Peter Friedman Films
			Classic among its kind, SILVERLAKE LIFE, was one of the first films ever to document living with Aids and death caused by it. An extraordinary video diary told with guts and humor by longtime companions Tom Joslin and Mark Massi, this powerful documentary celebrates the human spirit while capturing the emotional challenges of living with a fatal illness.

			Smiling in a Warzone A film by Simone Aaberg Kaerns & Magnus Bejmar | Denmark | 2005 | 77' | 58' Produced by Cosmo Doc ApS
			One day, Danish artist and pilot Simone buys a little canvas plane. After 50 hours in the air, 33 landings, flying illegally into Afghanistan, Simone finally reaches Kabul after 6000 km, finds 16 year old Afghan girl Fayral to make her dreams of flying come true and lands into the harsh reality of being a woman in a 1000-year old Afghan family clan-society.

			SOUNDS LIKE A REVOLUTION A film by Summer Preney and Jane Michener | Canada | 2010 | 58'
			Sounds Like a Revolution is pro-active and energizing documentary about a new generation of activist musicians who are living proof that music is an important and powerful tool in the ongoing struggle for social change. From the Dixie Chicks to Paris, Michael Franti and Anti-Flag, artists across the musical spectrum discuss their motivations and struggles in a post-9/11 environment when dissent was silenced and media outlets either ignored them or forced them into self-censorship before their material was released. Now with the decade gone, the Internet and Obama bring new hope.....

			Southern Comfort A film by Kate Davis | USA | 2000 | 90' | 80' Produced by Q-Ball Productions
			SOUTHERN COMFORT is a true-life love story with a mind-bending twist. Set in rural Georgia, Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual cowboy, is dying from ovarian cancer... and over two dozen doctors refuse to help. Then, when he least expects it, Robert finds the love of his life in Lola, a male-to-female. A story of romance, prejudice and the new frontier of gender.

			Stealing Klimt A film by Martin Smith and Jane Chablani | England | 2006 | 89' | 52' Produced by Films of Record
			This is the unusual story of a beautiful elegant woman Maria Altmann, and her incredible courage and tenacity to reclaim 5 KLIMT paintings from the Austrian government, which were stolen by the Nazis from her family. A David and Goliath tale that takes her from the glittering world of fin-de-siecle Vienna through Nazi terror in Europe to the United States Supreme Court. And after 60 years of state deception she won! Austria finally returned the paintings to Maria in 2006.

			STEAM OF LIFE A film by Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen | Finland | 2010 | 84'
			Naked Finnish men in saunas speak straight from the heart about love, death, birth and friendship; about life. In the warmth of rusty stoves they cleanse themselves both physically and mentally in an exceptionally intimate and poetic film with a deeply emotional and unforgettable finale.

			Stevie A film by Steve James | USA | 2002 | 144' | 118' Produced by Kartemquin Films
			Steve James (Hoop Dreams) guided as a volunteer problem child STEVIE Fielding, a traumatized hyperactive kid from a dysfunctional family. 10 years later James returns to Illinois and films STEVIE. As the story of STEVIE's impoverished, trailer-park life is revealed, the filmmaker and the audience get more than they bargained for.

			Still Doing It A film by Deirdre Fishel | USA | 2003 | 55' Produced by Mind's Eye Productions
			STILL DOING IT takes an intimate look at the sexuality of women over 65 as well this culture's negative treatment of aging women. Nine women: partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white reveal with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, love and sex in later life, and the realities of aging.

			The Battle for our Minds A film by Monika Halkort | Germany | 2004 | 58' Produced by Zero Films
			Computer and Videogames have become dominant forces in today's popular culture. Sales figures outperform the movie box office worldwide. But what is the social and cultural impact of these games on the players and our society? Using the microcosm of game fans in the USA and Korea and game developers working for Microsoft as a magnifying glass to reflect upon the broad social, moral and political impact of this new medium the film explores to what extent these games have impacted individuals identities and lives today.

			The Celluloid Closet A film by Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman | USA | 1995 | 101' Produced by Telling Pictures
			One of THE classis documentaries of the last decade, THE CELLULOID CLOSET is a riveting and entertaining look at Hollywood and how it has both reflected and defined the way we think about homosexuality. From comic sissies to lesbian vampires, from pathetic queens to sadistic predators, from the good to the bad. With over a hundred film clips of Hollywood classics and many priceless anecdotes by Tom Hanks, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis and Gore Vidal.

			The Dark Side of Hollywood A film by Odette Springer | Canada | 1998 | 54' Produced by Films Transit International Inc.
			A fascinating and funny look behind the scenes of the multi-million dollar B-movie and erotic thriller industry. Actors and actresses bare their soles on camera, and their responses are honest and revealing. They indicate powerful inner conflicts, betrayals of personal values, and degrading states of emotional disarray, which are inter-cut with their personal history and graphic scenes of the movies they now make. THE DARK SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom.

			The Education of Shelby Knox A film by Marion Lipschutz & Rose Rosenblatt | USA | 2004 | 83' | 52' Produced by InCite Pictures/Cine Qua Non
			Meet teenager Shelby Knox who sees it as the duty to join a youth group on a campaign for better sex education in Lubbock high schools, where the county's teen pregnancy and STD rates top the chart. Swept into the fight, she starts to question her deeply conservative Southern Baptist upbringing.

			The Giant Buddhas A film by Christian Frei | Switzerland | 2005 | 95' Produced by Christian Frei Filmproductions
			In 2001, the Taliban in Afghanistan issued an edict that all non-Islamic statues be destroyed: The 53 meters high, world famous Bamiyan Buddha's, were blown to bits. International outrage ensued and the hypocrisy of it is one of the subjects of Christian Frei's (Oscar Nomination for WAR PHOTOGRAPHER) beautiful inquiry, a mesmerizing essay about terrorism and tolerance, ignorance and identity, fanaticism and faith.

			The Other Hollywood A film by Anders Dalgaard | USA | 1999 | 71' Produced by Robert Hull
			Considered one of the best documentaries on the subject, this shocking and thoroughly engrossing documentary about the adult film industry goes onto the sets, behind the scenes and into the private lives of the men and women who have chosen to trade sex for a chance at fame and fortune. Three uncompromising chapters (The Stars, The Industry, and The Consequences) reveal the realities, consequences and ultimately the sacrifices of people in an industry that is often willing to sell fantasy at any price.

			The Pool A film by Mirjam Boelsums & Lony Scharenborg | Netherlands | 2000 | 43' Produced by Lava Film
			An exceptional and poetic documentary about an ordinary day in an extraordinary swimming pool. Every hour, the category of swimmers changes. The day starts with young, pregnant women, quietly floating and contemplating the miracle inside their bellies. Then young parents and with their children. Later, it is the hour for gays and lesbians. At the end of the day, it is the elderly people's turn, thus reflecting the full cycle of life.

			THE RAINBOW WARRIORS OF WAIHEKE ISLAND A film by Susanne Raes | Netherlands | 2010 | 90' | 58'
			A group of Greenpeace pioneers looks back on their activists' life. Once the crew of the famous ship Rainbow Warrior bombed by French agents in 1985, now they are living together on Waiheke Island in New Zealand. Age causes them to make up the balance: have their ideals proven to be tenable, and what has their activist past achieved for the world and for themselves?

			The Real Dirt on Farmer John A film by Taggart Siegel | USA | 2005 | 82' | 59' Produced by The Collective Eye
			The epic tale of John Peterson, farmer, artist, and revolutionary innovative thinker from rural Illinois. An outcast in his community, he bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumours, and violence. Through 20 years of personal interviews and 50 years of beautifully textured footage, we share Farmer John's odyssey, turning his traditional family farm into a revolutionary organic agriculture farming community where people and art can thrive alongside organic agriculture.

			The Times of Harvey Milk A film by Rob Epstein & Richard Schmiechen | USA | 1984 | 80' Produced by Black Sand Productions
			Vividly recalling the tumultuous political and social climate of San Francisco in the 70s, THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK builds a brilliant, gripping portrait of what was really lost when San Francisco City Counsillor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were brutally murdered by fellow Counsillor Dan White in November 1978. Spellbinding and intensely moving from start to finish, this film is as relevant today as when it won the Academy Award in 1984.

			THE WAY WE GET BY A film by Aron Gaudet | USA | 2009 | 85'
			Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about "troop greeters" - a group of senior citizens who gather day and night at Bangor airport, Maine to thank American soldiers departing for war and greet them when they come back from Afghanistan and Iraq ( and hand them cell phones to call their loves ones!) the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality. A deeply moving film about life and how to live it.

			Thin Ice A film by Hakan Berthas | Sweden | 2006 | 57' Produced by WG Film
			Dolkar, a young Buddhist woman from Ladakh in the Himalayas wants to play ice hockey. With her Buddhist friends she joins the Kargil Muslim Team and get equipment and coaching. Together they fight with the men in charge of the regional Ice Hockey competition who do not want them to skate. Dolkar becomes the girls' leader. After chaos, injustice, boycott and wild protests, the girls can finally skate the last hard match for the bronze medal and they win!

			Three of Hearts A film by Susan Kaplan | USA | 2004 | 96' Produced by Hibiscus Films
			THREE OF HEARTS: a postmodern family explores the unique union of Sam, Samantha and Steven as they negotiate their living arrangements, fall in love, decide to have children and grow up together as a "trinogomous" triple over a 13 year period. The viewer will take a journey with these three charismatic people as they take us on a most unusual path of self-discovery.

			War Photographer A film by Christian Frei | Switzerland | 2001 | 96' | 53' Produced by Christian Frei Filmproductions
			"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough" said Robert Capa. War photographer James Nachtwey has been close enough for twenty years. Frei followed him for two years. Nachtwey is in Kosovo when the houses are still ablaze; in Indonesia, where a family of beggars lives among the railway lines; and in Palestine in the midst of teargas and the young stone throwers. The spectator gets Nachtwey's unique perspective thanks to the miniature film camera attached to his photo camera, seeing what he sees.

			WEAPON OF WAR A film by Femke and Ilse van Velzen | Netherlands | 2009 | 59'
			Wherever war breaks out, men with guns rape. In the Congo possibly hundreds of thousands of women and girls were brutally raped. In this unique film military perpetrators unveil the hidden motives and strategies of rape as a war crime. Filled with trauma, an ex-rebel rapist attempts to reconcile with his past, by meeting one of his victims. Captain Basima is working as an army priest and confronts soldier/rapists. He urges them to change. Just like he did.