2004
AWARDS

DOCUMENTARIES

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Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties - Nonny de la Peña / Robert Greenwald presents a Public Interest Pictures Production - 58:00
http://www.unconstitutionalthemovie.org

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There's Something About W - Robin Chin / John Grimes / Louise Rubacky - 36:00

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Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege - Puhipau / Joan Lander / Na Maka o ka `Aina - 68:00

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Howard Hughes: The Real Aviator - Bill Schwartz - 60:00

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Daughters of Everest - Sapana Sakya / Ramyata Limbu - 56:00

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Eyes on the Fries: Young Workers in the Service Economy - Casey Peek / Jeremy Blasi - 21:00

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Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea - Chris Metzler / Jeff Springer - 86:00

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Pledge of Allegiance Blues - Lisa Seidenberg - 80:00

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The Children of Fate - Hannie J. Voyles - 45:00

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Season of Madness - Gabriel Foley - 29:35

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My First War - Douglas Katelus - 17:00

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Orgasm: The Faces of Ecstasy - Joani Blank / Blank Tapes - 17:00

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Let's Face It: women explore their aging faces - Wendy Oser / Joan Levinson / Beverley Spencer - 26:00

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Tall in the Saddle: Cowgirls, Ranch Women & Rodeo Gals - Ann P. Meredith / Swordfish Productions - 5:00

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Hidden Internment: The Art Shibayama Story - Casey Peek / Irum Shiekh - 26:40

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Earthdance: Returning to the Natural World - Asher Lyons / Joslyn Rose Lyons -18:00

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Rules of Attraction - Beth Cataldo - 3:55

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The New Patriots - Robert Richter - 18:00

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Turned Out Sexual Assault Behind Bars - Jonathan Schwartz - 55:00

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The Watershed - Mary Trunk - 78:00

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Fed Up! - Angelo Sacerdote / Wholesome Goodness Productions - 57:40

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Sobre pasando la línea / Crossing the Line - Bill Jungles - 80:00

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Elements of One - Eve-Marie Breglia - 98:05

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Train Life - Calixto Flores / Max Pictures - 23:00

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An Art For Living - Diana Brostow - 30:00

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The Good Egg - Erin Ploss-Campoamor - 30:00

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Free to Fly: The U.S. Cuba Link - Katie Halper - 33:00

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Pray's Passion - Matt Jenkins - 49:50

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Cost of Freedom - Vanessa Schulz - 36:00

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David Leddick's The Male Nude - Andrew Delaplaine - 26:00

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The Right to Marry - Our Right to Love - Ann P. Meredith / Swordfish Productions - 10:00

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The History of the Tele Times - Claire Burch - 59:00

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Ties on a Fence: Women in Downtown Los Angeles Speak Out - Corina Gamma / Gizi Weibel - 56:00

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Pre-Madonna - Demetria Kalodimos - 91:45

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Jo's Story: Stayin' Alive - Francesca Roccaforte - 9:00

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Little Chicago, Dongduchon - Hye Jeong Cho - 28:00

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No Justice, No Peace - Lynn Estomin - 48:00

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Father's Day - Mark Lipman - 38:00

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The Dance Dance Documentary - Matthew Klekner - 78:00

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Reverse Commute - Paul Jacoway - 53:56

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Citizen Shane - Ron Tibbett - 59:26

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The King of Pluto - Sheila Franklin - 33:50

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Cerrado - Amir Alavi / Lee Basham - 58:57

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Walking to the Studio - Bruce Bortin - 2:39

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Yume: Elegy for a Street Survivor - Claire Burch - 26:40

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Rising up from Shame of War - George Elfie Ballis - 64:33

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Q. & A. - Kamina Brandon - 24:00

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Reluctant Americans - L.E. Wallace - 22:00

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November 1978 - Paul VanDeCarr - 19:00

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Eat the Fish - Rachelle Dang - 13:14

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What's So Funny? - Sandra Longo - 74:00

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Thank You For Your Patience - Yahia Mahamdi - 52:00

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Drama Therapy - Byron D. Karabatsos - 27:30

EXPERIMENTAL

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Uneasy Times - Bob Barancik - 5:00

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Cinepoetry 2004 - George Aguilar - 11:00

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Trick Saddle - Jenny Rogers - 11:00

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Terracqueo - Peter C. Turner - 13:09

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The Bookshelf - Yohei Kawamata - 5:00

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Blues 4 Kafka - Bob Barancik - 3:00

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Not Too Much Remember - Tony Gault - 11:00

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The Question - Ramsel Ruiz - 4:00

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Particle Valentine - Christine Dunn - 4:44

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Born in Mid-Flight - David Finkelstein - 34:00

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Fishbowl - Edward Rosenblum - 5:15

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Reincarnation - Gyeaong-Tae Roh - 5:52

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Call to the Dark Side - Barbara Klutinis - 2:30

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The Hairs - Yohei Kawamata - 5:00

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I Cannot Understand You - David Baeumler - 5:44

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This existence is material - Denise Kaufmann - 10:00

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Father and Son - Gyeaong-Tae Roh - 8:07

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Cromaster - Martin Beauregard - 9:00

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My First Film Noir - Neil Ira Needleman - 9:00

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Portrait of a Filmmaker - Mark Mamalakis - 2:07

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Ojos Que No Ven - Allen D. Glass II - 13:47

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Between Blinks - Neil Ira Needleman - 21:00

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The 14th Day After - Sean Kang - 12:00

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Proud Alumni - Sheila E. Schroeder - 8:13

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In The Shade - David Seader - 4:45

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Illusion Femme - Eric Kopatz - 13:39

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Reasonable Explanations - Neil Ira Needleman - 13:00

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Miya Cambodia/New York City - Ken Golden - 35:00

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Split Screen - Neil Ira Needleman - 16:00

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Taking Flight - Neil Ira Needleman - 10:00

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The things they allow on TV these days - Neil Ira Needleman - 4:00

FEATURE

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Nothing Really Happens (Memories of Aging Strippers) - Produced by Mary Fridley / Written & Directed by Fred Newman - 93:00

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The Stoned Channel - Cliff Roth - 78:00

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Photo Finish - Douglas McFerran - 92:00

DIGITAL FEATURE

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IPO - Daniel Gamburg - 94:00

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The Singing Biologist - Ed Montgomery - 98:00

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Luvergirl - Lee Sobel - 85:00

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Remnants of Auric Healing - Aaron Stell - 68:00

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Greedy - Cedric Singleton - 98:00

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Sugar - Christopher K. Young - 111:00

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Seventy-8 - Erik Clapp - 103:00

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Nicole (Dated & Jaded) - Nelson Chang - 90:00

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Anathema - Nicholas M. Robbins - 93:00

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Harry Monument - Richard R. Evans / Artificial City Films - 106:00

ETHNOGRAPHIC

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The Cross and the Crossroads - Brian Brazeal - 29:38

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Bowling (a shopumentary) - Jennifer Anne Blaylock - 14:40

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How Dumbeast Lost His Head - Bruce Bortin - 4:55

ARTS

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'The Dream' with American Ballet Theatre - Tracy Alden - 56:46

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Caught in Paint - Rita Blitt - 5:54

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Man in the Woods: The Art of Rudy Burckhardt - Edgar B. Howard / Checkerboard Film Foundation / Directed by Vivien Bittencourt & Vincent Katz - 24:00

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The Saga of Dumbeast - Bruce Bortin - 1:00

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Odelkis and the Cuban Flag - Marigold Fine / Drew Lewis - 1:47

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Carmina Burana - Shawnee Brittan - 57:00

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Series Intro to the Languages of Sound and Movement - Eve A. Ma - 1:50

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Corey Action in Action - Eve A. Ma - 1:54

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Roots & Branches: Pam Fingado - Eve A. Ma -28:30

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Poetic Injustice - Ken Moshesh - 10:01

SHORT FEATURE

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The Empty Building - Giovanni Sanseviero - 41:37

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The Bug Man - Mike Miley - 22:19

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My Friend Friedrich - Andrew Hasse - 22:00

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The Rules - Laura Black - 29:36

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The Hand - Edward Rosenblum - 29:48

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B-Girl - Elizabeth Dell / Emily Dell - 15:00

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The Crow: Purgatory - Jeff Lunzaga - 16:41

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Vanilla - Joseph Graham - 47:00

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The Listener - Mahri Holt - 20:00

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Ces Moments Imposants - Michael LaPointe - 2:00

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Elder - Reagan Bond / Garrett Grabowsky / Geoff Fortner - 29:05

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Social Apathy - Amy Cheung - 2:10

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Ready To Drop - Anthony Marchitiello - 13:59

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Iceberg - Christopher Barranti - 20:55

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Vamp - Jeffrey Fleming - 7:00

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I Can't Wait - Matt Lew - 3:30

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Life Is Good - Matt Lew - 1:45

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Whew - Benjamin Bates - 8:35

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The Sweethearts of Abu Ghraib - Jane Tysha & Bruce Bortin / Team Dumbeast - 6:58

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P.O.V - Juan Alcazar - 7:37

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Masks & Daggers - Sheyne Fleischer - 18:08

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Passing The Buck - Josh Ergas - 8:12

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The Music Started - Joshua & Daniel Walden - 15:00

COMEDY

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Minute Matrimony - Yoav Potash - 14:19

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Mad Twin - Lisa Kohn - 27:30

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Small Appliance Roundup - Carol Saft / Todd Godwin - 13:30

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... To Skin a Cat - Dan O'Berry - 22:04

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Darth - Bruce Bortin - 1:15

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Pet Assassins - Susan Cockerham - 7:55

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Townies - Brett Bagentose - 115:00

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Skip's Jesus Capturing Service - Drennon Davis - 8:00

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Out of Character - Jonathan T. G. Mainou - 13:29

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Salt & Pepper - Josh Ergas - 5:44

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Product Placement - Andrew Delaplaine - 14:00

COMMERCIAL / PSA

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Black August -Trailer - Samm Styles - 2:30

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The Three Amigos - Firdaus Kharas / Brent Quinn - 11:10

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Mission To Mars - Todd Godwin / David Tessler / Stuart Sender / Julie Bergman / Paul Hernandez - 00:30

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America Deserves Better - Bruce Bortin - 00:30

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Bag Hunger - Siciliana Treviño - 4:14

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Focus Productions - John T. Rabalais - 1:16

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Magic Key Commercial - Magic Key Productions / Luis Ramos Louie, Louie, Fountain of Youth - 00:30

EDUCATIONAL

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India - Home of the Bengal Tiger - Fred Heiman - 30:00

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Golem vs Dumbeast - Bruce Bortin - 1:40

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"Mamochka" A Russian Folktale Retold - Mario Polanco / Jody Lee Olhava (Iris International Film) - 24:34

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Make Headlines with Street Theater - Margot Smith - 25:00

MUSIC VIDEO

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The Car Song - Marc Winokur - 4:00

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A World We Never Made - Claire Burch - 20:00

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Girls run from Luis Ramos - Luis Ramos Louie, Louie, Fountain of Youth

YOUNG PRODUCERS

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Teen Planet - Patrick Ouziel / Kevin Walker - East Bay Media Center Summer Media Camp - 7:00

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Elements - Paolo Sambrano / Youth Sound Factory - 6:00

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Inertia - Erica Eng / Youth Sound Factory - 10:30

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A Legacy of Peace - Melissa Mergner - 10:00

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Geeks - Matthew Group - 15:00

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Beyond America - Sarah Skye Gilbert - 46:55

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Rock Bottom - Rajiv Smith-Mahabir - 25:00

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Jack O'Neill - Private Detective - Alexander Winn - 8:30

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Numbers? - Emma Strebel - 15:00

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Peace March - Rajiv Smith-Mahabir - 12:00

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PSA - Rajiv Smith-Mahabir - 2:00

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Rear Weirdo (Pervertigo) - Will Scott - 14:00

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A Lil Brain Damage! - Seth Elsen - 1:37:00

ANIMATION

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50 Feet That Shook The World - John Cannizzaro - 3:00

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Carma - Brando Benaway - 4:00

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Amanda Demanda - Andrew Delaplaine - 28:00

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Sharks in the Water - Dave Puls - 3:45

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The Battle of Foods - David D. Araujo - 3:40

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The Squirrel and His Judgment - Richard Randell - 2:30

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Dark Dream (Kuroi Yume) - Mei Mei Everson - 00:40

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On Stilt Legs - Robert Becraft - 13:20

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The Metamorphosis of Karaghiozis - Leonidas Kassapides - 15:00

MOCUMENTARY

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Bette Fredricks: A Life Lived - Lynn Asma - 58:30

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