2008 Film Archive
2009 Film Archive

Saturday June 19 – MAIN PLAZA 8PM – 11PM

Recuerdo 45 m
Director, Vincent Valdez, San Antonio, TX
“Recuerdo” is the second video piece by artist Vincent Valdez. Produced by Federal Art Project and the Southwest School of Art and Craft with Production Supervision by Luis Guizar, the work consists of a San Antonio cityscape and portraits of San Antonio residents from various backgrounds.

Fear It Self 6m
Director, William Wonders III, Brooklyn, NY
After a year in sabbatical a pastor returns to the same pulpit where he was shot by a young man. Fear has made a home in this man’s life , affecting him and his family. The pastor will have to face his fear as he takes to the pulpit once again.

Oro Verde (Green Sea) 14m
Director, Ignacio Busquier, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Different people working on the most southern tea-growing areas in the world are intertwined to build a relaxed look on small moments and details of the routine as some residents called the Tea zone of Argentina.

Today 18m
Director, Dustin Chow, Cincinnati, OH
An experiment fusing the arts of audio recording, concert performance and HD cinematography. Produced as a part of The University of Cincinnati’s Senior Showcase.

The Interview 21m
Director, Brian Schwarz, Austin, TX
Roger has a job interview and he needs his daughter, Sarah, to help. But when Sarah refuses to cooperate, Roger learns that there are some things he must learn to do on his own.

Stay Brady Stay 26m
Director, John Sutherlin, Monroe, LA
A documentary on the brain phenomenon in Northeast Louisiana. Brain drain, or the loss of intellectual capital, is affecting rural areas throughout the nation and is an issue begging for greater public awareness.

So as Through Fire 14m
Director, Tony Pauletto, North Hollywood, CA
In the desert of the Old West, a disoriented young man happens upon a team of outlaws. Maddened by banishment and scorched by the sun, the men offer some enlightenment to the passing stranger.

Wednesday June 23 – EVENING SCREENING 7PM – 10PM

OPENING CEREMONY 6 pm – 7 pm

The Burning Desire 68m
Director, 12th Man Productions – Texas A&M, College Station, TX
A 90 year tradition turned tragic on November 18, 1999 when the Texas A&M Bonfire collapse killed 12 students making the football game week against the rival Texas Longhorns like no other in school history.

Closed Zone 2m
Director, Yoni Goodman, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The 90-second film mixes animation with realistic shots to depict the closure imposed on the Gaza Strip by Israel for more than 2 years.

Milhous the King 16m
Director, Andrew Twibell, Austin, TX
Comedy and tragedy collide as a Shakespeare-quoting, Nixon-worshipping job seeker literally takes aim at his competition.

The Maid 20m
Director, Heidi Saman, Philadelphia, PA
Rasha, an Egyptian housemaid, must come to terms with her perceptions of trust, duty, and her place within the family household when her suspicions of her employers are confirmed.

True Beauty This Night 10m
Director, Peter Besson, Sherman Oaks, CA
Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her she’s the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met…

Fantasy, Inc. 9m
Director, Bryan Ortiz, San Antonio, TX
The story of a lonely young man who approaches a company that offers to replace his life with a new fantasy life. He must now spend his day in his normal life anticipating his new life.

Tick Tock 10m
Director, Jeffrey Reyna, Culver City, CA
a unique relationship between two young lovers and how it creates a complicated love affair for the rest of their lives. As enveloping and passionate as it is palatably disturbing.

White 12m
Director, Will McMaster, Denmark
A short film about an isolated religious cult who live a simple life of worship on a compound in the countryside. Isaiah, a young teenager, who questions the legitimacy of the cult itself and its leader, the charismatic and manipilative Michael.

Tierra Madre 62m
Director, Dylan Verrechia, Brooklyn, NY
Based on the true life of Aidee Gonzalez, a woman living in Tecate, Mexico, who is determined to raise her children with her female partner. This narrative feature makes the strong case of the strength, the independence and the solidarity that exits among women of all ages.

Outrage 90m
Director, Ace Cruz, Los Angeles, CA
A woman inherits money from her deceased father and an ex military sniper tries to take it away from her.

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Knocked Out? 24m
Director, Jesse Abdenour, Little Rock, AR
Why would two men old enough to be grandfathers subject themselves to such a grueling sport? This documentary follows two middle-aged fighters as they compete against other boxers and against father time.

Charlie Valentine 96m
Director, Jesse V. Johnson, Los Angeles, CA
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his “perfect crime” goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide out with his estranged son, Danny. What ensues reveals the true nature of some of the most unsavory of characters.

Thursday June 24 – DAYTIME SCREENING 2PM – 5PM

Florida Road 101m
Director, Brad Glass, Palm Desert, CA
Shaan Sahay, a 20′s something Indian hoping to write the next great Hollywood screenplay…only his family and culture stand in his way.

Running Away With Blackie 18m
Director, Lucas Garcia, Beverly Hills, CA
Jetty and his dog Blackie travels cross-country to an isolated motel where he encounters some unusual characters that serve as a constant reminder of what he has been trying to run away from all along.

Mission on Seven 24m
Director, Mark Hall, Austin, TX
This documentary is a look into the fascinating world of Steve Wilson, who preserves movie history as the curator of the film archive on the seventh floor of the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas.

Rinky Dink 5m
Director, John Dilworth, New York, NY
A post-modern fairy tale of finding “true love”.

Aggies: The True Story of Texas A&M 81m
Director, Josh Smith, Bryan, TX
An epic documentary chronicling the history of Texas A & M from its beginnings following the Civil War to the present. Narrated by country music legend and Aggie Class of ’79 Lyle Lovett.

I Hate Josh 18m
Director, Tyler Cochran and Brock Griffith, Ft. Worth, TX
Consumed by his own ego, an over-the-top thespian on the community theatre scene, Tyler, becomes obsessed with a rivalry between himself and a seemingly harmless rising star, Josh.

Too Many Muses 8m
Director, Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock, Germany
A writer gets ambushed by his muses. They cannot agree on an inspiration. The situation escalates and leads – within 6 minutes – to The End Of The World.

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Being the Diablo 70m
Director, Rod Murphy, Asheville, NC
Crippled with bipolar disorder, Mickey Mahaffey, a Baptist preacher, abandons his family and faith to search for mental and physical healing, and for the strength and honesty needed to repair the wounds left behind in the wake of his childhood.

КАМЕЊА (Stones) 19m
Director, Giulio Musi Wennergren, Lund, Sweden
The 5th of April 1992. Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence and concurrently a civil war breaks out between Serbian opposers and Bosnian defenders. Overnight citizens become soldiers and the fighting quickly escalates transforming the mountainous region into a battlefield. Nikola and Ibro are two soldiers that during extreme circumstances are forced to listen each other. Can they both change?

Heaven in Exile 76m
Director, Omar Rosales, Harlingen, TX
In 1959, His Holiness the Dalai Lama fled Tibet to establish an Exile community in India. Fifty years, later we visit Tibetan refugees to determine how they have preserved their culture.

Thursday June 24 – EVENING SCREENING 7PM – 10PM

Drama 8m
Director, Ray Schlogel, Austin, TX
When running is no longer an option, Drama is forced to face the school bully or her alcoholic tough as nails aunt.

Skylight 5m
Director, David Baas, Toronto, Canada
An animated mock documentary about the ecological plight of penguins in the Antarctic, possibly foretelling cataclysmic results for the rest of the world.

En Tus Manos 28m
Director, Ron Jacobs, Bogota, Colombia
In the vicious slums of Colombia, where prosperity is dictated by brutality, a conflicted kid seeks membership in a brutal gang, with the hope of one day having the power to determine his own destiny.

S.O.S. Antarctica 51m
Director, William Doerr, San Antonio, TX
Six men sail a 60-foot sailboat from Argentina across the infamous “Drake Passage” to explore Antarctica. Their expedition takes on many obstacles along the way. Mechanical problems and rough seas plague their vessel “The Spirit of Sydney”.

Spiral 100m
Director, Jorge Pérez Solano, Mexico
With the desire to improve their lives, men migrate without realizing that they destroy what they want to save: their families.

Gillface 13m
Director, David McGinnis, San Antonio, TX
In this sci-fi musical, Gil, an ‘Aquatic-American,’ confronts bigotry while falling for the new girl in the office.

Retrato (Portrait) 10m
Director, Ignacio Busquier, Buenos Aires, Argentina
A poor lonely man who lives in the middle of nowhere near a small Portuguese town. The only company he wishes for him is a television set that longs to buy.

A Harlem Mother 13m
Director, Ivana Todorovic, Serbia, Montenegro
In 1998, 18-year-old Latraun Parker made a documentary about harshness of growing up in Harlem. Eight years after he was shoot dead on the street, his mother Jean fights youth gun violence and helps other parents survive the pain.

Taco! Taco! Taco! 9m
Director, John Estrada, Austin, TX
Roberto, the owner of a popular taco stand, attempts to sabotage his new competition, ‘Taco! Taco!’, from across the street. With the help of his friend and only employee, Manu, Roberto will do anything it takes to blow the competition away.

Leftovers 101m
Director, Robin Nations, Universal City, TX
Anna is a young, single mother whose bold personality and twisted sense of humor leads people to either love or hate her. Carol, a family therapist, decides to love Anna, and wants to help, but inviting this reckless young mother and her three sons into her life ends up being a lot more than she bargained for.

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Paseo del Arte: Expanding the San Antonio River Walk 34m
Director, Jack Morgan,  San Antonio, TX
This short documentary showcases the history, construction, and grand opening of the new $72 million River Walk expansion, with poignant interviews from civic and business leaders sharing their vision of one of the largest public/private partnerships in the city’s history.

Roll Out, Cowboy 75m
Director, Elizabeth Lawrence Los Angeles, CA
Chris “Sandman” Sand is a rappin’ cowboy from Dunn Center, North Dakota (population: 120 and shrinking). Follow the 39-year-old country/hip-hop musician as he tours the American West during the 2008 Presidential election.

The Last Musketeer 89m
Director, Art Zapata, Burbank, CA
The Last Musketeer is a drama about a Latino family torn apart by alcoholism and their struggle to stay together. This film takes you on the Souza family’s journey, filled with triumph and disappointment over the course of a year.

Friday June 25 - DAYTIME SCREENING 2PM – 5PM

Virtual JFK 80m
Director, Koji Masutani, Providence, RI
In the era of nuclear confrontation, John F. Kennedy attempted to prevent war six times during his short tenure as President. He didn’t live to face a seventh. This documentary takes up one of America’s controversial “what if” scenarios, examining the question: Would the U.S. have escalated the war in Vietnam if Kennedy was not assassinated in 1963?

Reprehend 5m
Director, Jacob Sonk, San Antonio, TX
A short animation.

Mashed 9m
Director, Adam Fisher, Portland, OR
Doomed to sit at the dinner table until his plate is clean, little Trevor reaches to the depths of his imagination to overcome the dreaded potato monster and his evil minions.

Backyard 7m
Director, Alex Megaro, Brooklyn, NY
While a young child is playing with his toys in his backyard, he witnesses his neighbor having an affair with a meter man. To keep the child quiet when found out, the neighbor attempts to bribe him into silence with a new toy.

Les epouvantails (Scarecrow) 3m
Director, Tuzlic Berin, Sarajevo, Bosnia
In the freighting ambient of today’s media, a love story takes place between two scarecrows – and something particularly scary occurs, and that is love.

Works in Progress 117m
Director, Stephen Wallace Pruitt, Overland Park, KS
A poignant, romantic comedy/drama which follows the lives of two recent small-town college art graduates and a successful, yet unfulfilled insurance professional during a magical summer in ‘the big city.’

The Last Elephants in Thailand 40m
Director, Donald Tayloe, Fresno, CA
The fight to save the dwindling population of elephants in Thailand and expose the abuse of elephants in amusement parks and the way elephants are forced to paint.

Speak and May the Plague Take You 13m
Director, Cody Duckworth, Boerne, TX
A writer must kill off his main character in order to get the characters in his story to quit telling him how to write it.

Blind Date 10m
Director, Chris Ramos, Dee Why, Australia
A love-damaged actress, who won’t admit she still yearns for the real thing, must eliminate the opposition to make love work on her terms.

Fast Girls, Slow Bikes: The Story of Denver’s Mods ‘n Knockers 14m
Director, Joseph Brown, Denver, CO
This documentary tells the story of a tight knit all girls gang brought together by a mutual love of classic Vespa and Lambretta scooters.

Cost of a Soul 106m
Director, Sean Kirkpatrick, Valley Village, CA
A gritty tale of two veterans who return home to the war-zone of their own slum neighborhood. Their lives collide as their own families become entangled in a web of crime and corruption.

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Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy of a Ballet 57m
Director, Gonca Sonmez-Poole, Acton, MA
Each holiday season since 2001, a multi-talented, diverse group of dancers representing the cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity of Boston has taken the stage in Anthony Williams’ The Urban Nutcracker, a unique adaptation of a familiar holiday dance classic. The story of this testament to Boston’s diverse and talented arts community has never been told. In 2007 the television team of Mediation Way, Inc. was granted access to videotape that season, showcasing not only the production, but the tensions and exhilaration of presenting a professional dance show: securing meager resources; uniting and training a multi-ethnic team of artists, dancers, and stage crew; and performing before packed houses.

Voro 15m
Director, Johnny Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
In the superficial world of LA, where people are traded as commodities, Carson Riley has managed to stay afloat as an attractive house cleaner for wealthy clients in the Hollywood Hills while selling their secrets to the paparazzi. When his list of regulars begins to dwindle, Carson starts dipping one too many times into the same well, causing the market for his services to dry up… until a new client makes him a dangerous offer he can’t refuse.

Homeland Nation – Mescalero Apache 45m
Director, Peter Mervis, Austin, TX
Within the borders of the United States lie 310 Sovereign Nations. Now, inhabited by Native men, women and children with an important story to tell in their words, from their Homeland Nation. Fast paced documentary style exploration of modern-day Native American nations revealing a rich history, tradition and hope for the future.

Rabbit Hole 11m
Director, Nick Prevas, Highland, MD
Inspired by the themes of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales of Love and Loss, Rabbit Hole is the story of Fontaine, a struggling young magician whose first trick backfires, putting the life of his fiancée, Lenore, in jeopardy.

Fixer 4m
Director, Julian Cordero, San Antonio, TX
Frank and Denise are a couple with just a few weeks of time together. While Denise has spoken about her job to Frank, Frank has said very little about his. And when Denise finally decides to ask, they both end up with more than they bargained for.

Friday June 25 – EVENING SCREENING 7PM – 10PM

Fanny, Annie & Danny 82m
Director, Chris Brown, San Francisco, CA
Fanny, a developmentally disabled woman’s jittery sister, Annie has spent her life taking care of Fanny, while their successful but elusive brother Danny has thus far escaped responsibility. When the three siblings are forced by their powerful mother to reunite for a holiday dinner, everyone’s worst fears are realized.

My Dearest Love 3m
Director, Marc Wiskemann, San Antonio, TX
Family… tradition… love… A bride ponders her future as she remembers her past.

Man On A Mission 127m
Director, Mike Woolf, Austin, TX
A documentary that follows fantasy video game designer Richard Garriott on his lifelong quest to follow in his father’s footsteps – into outer space.

Axiom 2m
Director, Sally Grizzell Larson, Philadelphia, PA
How do we resist the seemingly benign when we are mesmerized by it in spite of our better judgment?

Bud Dub 2m
Director, Michael Vasquez, San Antonio, TX
Experimental short.

Sucker Punch 19m
Director, Ryan Gould, Brooklyn, NY
A closeted masochist leads a double life while secretly getting his pain fix through underground bare knuckles boxing.

Go for It! 88m
Director, Carmen Marron, Burbank, CA
A coming of age inspirational urban dance film.

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A Long Haul 44m
Director, Nathaniel Kramer, New York, NY
A documentary depicting the struggles of a charter boat captain whose seasonal summer business has fallen prey to a bad economy, high fuel prices, loss of customers and depleted fish populations. Over the next three days, the crew will face sleep deprivation, rough seas, mechanical problems and the difficult task of finding and catching squid.

Disney Shot Kennedy 102m
Director, David Lawrence, Marietta, GA
This narrative film follows the lives of the slacker employees of The Oswald Conspiracy Newspaper during the last week of the paper’s existence.

Dark Scribbles 10m
Director, Michael Venn, Portsmouth, NH
Angela is a gifted psychic whose visions may be more than they appear to be. Her psychic abilities and her relationships are becoming intertwined.

La Despedida de Eugenio (Eugene’s Farewell) 24m
Director, Alex Zuno, Mexico
Four human beings facing the absent. Any of them say goodbye to Eugenio. Memories help them to accept he is gone.

Breaking Borders: Cross-Dressers & Drag 13m
Director, Diana Cordova, El Paso, TX
Every Thursday night friends put on a cross dressing drag queen show titled ‘Samantha’s Travesti Show’.

Saturday June 26 – DAYTIME SCREENING 2PM – 5PM

Milking The Rhino 84m
Director, David E. Simpson, Chicago, IL, Kenya & Namibia, South Africa
Two African tribes are learning that wildlife tourism can rival the benefits of raising livestock but change isn’t easy. This documentary offers complex, intimate stories of Africans at the forefront of community-based conservation.

Sapsucker 13m
Director, Christopher Holmes, Greensboro, NC
One man’s determination to track down and dispatch with a rare woodpecker wreaking havoc on his property puts him on the warpath. What he discovers on his hunting trip is an ecology of sight and sound that defies every natural property he’s ever trusted in–and an environment far more surreal than he’d bargained for.

Efrain 14m
Director, Matthew Breault, Los Angeles, CA
The coming-of-age story of a 10-year-old Hispanic boy traveling with his parents through Texas to their new home in Chicago but the family pulled over by a State Trooper, in an instant Efrain’s life is changed forever.

Jaulas (Cages) 10m
Director, Juan José Medina, México
A hostile environment is a difficult to overcome for two misfits, a cycle of abuse and exploitation in the midst of desolation.

Princesa en la torre 10m
Director, José Cristóbal Juárez,  México
Rebeca is a thriving fashion designer who has spent most of her life piling up success after success in spite of her personal life.

Café Paraíso  (Paradise Café) 10m
Director, Alonso Ruiz Palacios, México
A Mexican immigrant works as a cook and rehearses his heroic resignation, through which he hopes to regain his youth, dignity and even win the love of a waitress. But things aren’t, as they seem, where reality becomes fiction and fiction reality.

Splatter 110m
Director, Cynthia Schuyler, Burlington, IA
A lovable loser sets out to win his family back on paintball field.

Ha’agam (the Lake) 26m
Director, Boaz Lavie, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Two brothers leave the city behind, for a journey of salvation from day-job life.

Harmony Town 12m
Director, Ryan Parma, San Antonio, TX
When a brother and sister’s car breaks down in a musical town, they find that all of their troubles can be solved through the power of music.

Showers 26m
Director, Charlie LaVoy & Owen Hornstein III, New Orleans, LA
Two men, each one living in a cage of their own creation, come to blows over the water valve in this dark tale of life, liberty and the pursuit of wetness.

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Ivory 96m
Director, Andrew W. Chan, New York, NY
A young pianist battles with his past as well as his fellow competitors to try to win a major international piano competition.

Oliver & the Genie of the Bottle 15m
Director, Chris Garza, San Antonio, TX
A narrative short that focuses on 3 very different roommates that find a genie in a bottle. The Genie, however, is not exactly what he seems and tricks one of the roommates named Oliver.

Speakers Corner-You Have the Right to Remain Vocal 60m
Director, Gavin White, San Francisco, CA
Since 1872, people have gathered at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park to exercise their rights to free speech in all its forms. The film examines in detail a place where socialists, Islamic fundamentalists, labor politicians, historians, utopians, Zionists, white supremacists and Christian evangelicals all congregate weekly in a single small location. All are freely expressing and debating their views, there is no violence, and thousands of people show up to participate – every Sunday. This is the essence of Speakers Corner, a small area of Hyde Park, London, which was protected by a British Act of Parliament in 1872, to allow people complete freedom of speech in a public place. This is the only such bastion of free speech in the world and stands as a powerful metaphor for global democracy and our future.

Saturday June 26 – EVENING SCREENING 7PM – 10PM

Awards Ceremony

Captives of Hope 19m
Director, Dave Cebrero Ortega, Houston, TX
After being smuggled into Texas by human traffickers, Manuel, a 24 year old Guatemalan immigrant, is indebted to pay the cost of his fare into the U.S. Along with several other illegal immigrant workers, he experiences harsh, inhumane working conditions at a farm and struggles with the contemplation of escaping and leaving his fellow workers behind.

Un Ghost 18m
Director, Sean McGinn, Brooklyn, New York
Un Ghost is a timeless love story about a Father/Son Love/Hate relationship that transcends both death and taxes

Twenty Five Hundred & One 47m
Director, Patricia Van Ryker, Los Angeles, CA
Using his birthplace as inspiration, Oaxacan artist Alejandro Santiago created 2,501 life size sculptures to focus attention on the global issue of immigration. His “lost souls” speaks to circumstances we must confront.

El Dia (The Day) 102m
Director, Tao, Mexico
This is an art-cinema feature, based on the urban poem with the same name, the film portrays a day in the of a suicidal woman.

An Affair with Dolls 12m
Director, Hans Montelius, Sweden
Hanna is left alone in a penthouse apartment with a box of dolls that her boy friend has left for her to play with. She hesitates, but tries it out, and she takes her frustrations out on the dolls. And when the boy friend comes back, she’s ready for him and the game takes a serious turn.

Brucie 8m
Director, Clair Breton, United Kingdom
A peek at an unconventional ten year old girl and her uniquely off-kilter relationship with her equally unconventional father. Together, they trawl scrap yards for spare parts and listen to the critical Saturday football results in Dad’s shed, just the two of them, content in each others company. But how long can it last?

Oveja Negra 86m
Director, David Castellanos, Mexico
Two friends that work on a ranch herding sheep are fed up with the mistreat given to them by their boss. They come up with a plan to steal the sheep and sell them at the Mexican-American border and with that being able to fulfill their dreams of a better future. What could possibly go wrong?

The Funeral Singer 14m
Director, Jenn Garrison, Round Rock, TX
Lisa’s job at the funeral home gets in the way of her dream of joining the Vegas lounge act ‘The Llama Sisters.’ A Cinderella story of sorts.

The Ballplayer 15m
Directo, Aaron Schuelke, New York, NY
A teenager in the Dominican Republic must choose between family obligations and his dream to play professional baseball.

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Rosewood 19m
Director, Marvin Choi, Norwalk, CA
Paul a college student, gets his first job as a part-time dishwasher at an old diner named Rosewood, but to survive his first night on the job he must contend with the tyrannical head chef, Sully Rodriguez and the veteran pasta man, Daniel Norville and learn what it takes to work in a real restaurant.

Alemania 81m
Director, Luis Blanco Nazoa, Pembroke Pines, FL
Shot in 2006 but edited this year right on time for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, this is a funny and lighthearted behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of a TV crew from Miami running around Germany while covering that country’s 2006 soccer World Cup. It features a parade of colorful and wacky fans, an inquiring HD camera-in-hand producer, a very funny cameraman and some of the US Spanish language TV most popular sports reporters. Seat back, relax and let us take you back to an unforgettable summer in Deutschland.

Beyond Limits 39m
Director, Kent Bassett, Beverly Hills, CA
At 19,340 feet, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world and a daunting climb for any person to attempt. Born with cerebral palsy, Bonner Paddock disregards conventional limits in hopes to defy his condition and inspire others. Despite a weak lower body, spastic leg muscles, zero sense of balance and lack of climbing experience, Bonner is fully committed to challenging the impossible task of climbing the mountain. Over 8 days, 64 miles, shear cliffs, sub-zero temperatures, and ever-thinning oxygen; Bonner is forced to confront what most would consider catastrophic. Academy Award Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan boldly narrates this stirring true story documentary.

5 Minutes 11m
Director, Scott Rudolf, Austin, TX
5 Minutes is all it takes to completely change your life. One second longer, one second shorter can be the difference in how your world is turned around. Rick, is small time boxer, separated from his estranged wife who finds this out the hard way. The events of the day will cause worlds to collide and will lead him to losing much more than just a marriage.

Sunday June 27 – DAYTIME SCREENING 2PM – 5PM

Dream Healing 103m
Director, Dora Pena, San Antonio, TX
Clara, a young girl with the ability to heal insomniacs is being exploited by her aunt, Marta. When Omar, a new neighbor befriends Clara, they spawn a friendship that causes events beyond their control to set in motion.

Takeout 8m
Director, Jonathan Miller, Glendale, CA
Donald sludge’s by at his office job until he opens a fortune cookie that tells him he’s going to die.

Justino 8m
Director, Carlos Amaral, Portugal
A poor and lonely man who lives in the middle of nowhere near a small Portuguese town. The only company he wishes for him is a television set that he longs to buy.

Chase Thompson, a film by Chase Thompson 12m
Director, Vincent Lin, New York, NY
Chase Thompson makes a film about Chase Thompson making a zombie film written, produced, directed, and starring Chase Thompson.

Un Sueño Lejano (A Distant Dream) 14m
Director, Daniel Veliz, Universal City, TX
Angela dares to achieve her dreams of success and happiness in the face of adversity.

I Miss You More 14m
Director, Ian Perlman, Brooklyn, NY
Noah accidentally receives a Polaroid of Julia intended for her ex, a relationship quickly forms as the two exchange photos. But will Noah gain the courage to meet her?

Flamenco School 85m
Director, Brent Morris & Reinhard Lorenz, Albuquerque, NM
A master teacher’s dance institute explores the culture, traditions and passions of flamenco, from its gypsy beginnings to its role in 21st Century New Mexico.

A War Story, A Love Story 10m
Director, Matthew Evans, Little Rock, AK
A married couple, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, relive their experiences during the Korean War. Included in the film are historic photos and relevant information about what has been referred to as ‘The Forgotten War’, as well as powerful and poignant moments that remind us of the love that endures through separation and hardship.

Slice of Life 3m
Director, Austin Bouse, Austin, TX
A dark comedy involving a one sided conversation between a slightly paranoid teenage girl and an older teenage boy that would really rather not be bothered. He has a creative solution to his dilemma.

Don’t Smoke 1m
Director, Lissette Longoria, San Antonio, TX
A don’t smoke PSA for the Rally Against Tobacco Campaign.

Together Forever 5m
Director, Nicole Prian, San Antonio, TX
One year has passed since Casey’s traumatizing incident with her dangerously aggressive ex-boyfriend. Are Casey’s fears of him returning out of the question, or will she realize he will do anything in his power to get her back, even if it puts her life in danger?

No Pity 19m
Director, Drew Goldsmith, Middleton, WI
A poignant exposé of pity-based fundraising, as revealed through a disabled pre-teen’s heartfelt appeal for respect and dignity.

In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman 26m
Director, Camille Manybeads Tso, Flagstaff, AZ
A Navajo teen that finds her own strengths through talking with her Grandmother and learning about their ancestral history.

Smoking Kills 2m
Director, Matthew Dominguez, San Antonio, TX
A don’t smoke PSA for the Rally Against Tobacco Campaign.

Filtered 21m
Director, Emilio Dominguez, San Antonio, TX
Why were 5 seemingly simple lives all strung together over one choice? No one can answer until all of their lives are unraveled, shaken up and filtered.

Driving Me Insane 6m
Director, Maggie Richardson, San Antonio, TX
As Jesse’s mom disregards her own driving guidelines given to her daughter, the film reinforces the classic thought “Do as I say, not as I do.”

How Can I Make Your Day Better 7m
Director, Sam Woody, San Antonio, TX
How Can I Make Your Day Better is a comedy that follows Clayton, a disgruntled office worker, as he struggles with the stress and boredom of his day job.

The Eccentric Dreams of the Confused Johnny Ryder 7m
Director, H. Elise Putman, San Antonio, TX
Johnny Ryder struggles to escape his eccentric and occasionally dangerous dreams.

El Artista 9m
Director, Nathyn Medina, San Antonio, TX
This short film is about an artist that loses his passion, yet he does not realize the world around him is full of inspiration.

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Being Born 8m
Director, Naoki Akita, Japan
A story about an emergency medical technician and his wife, who welcome a new life after sterility and miscarriage.

The Last Survivor 88m
Director, Michael Pertnoy, Miami, FL
A character-based documentary feature that follows the lives of Survivors of 4 different genocides and mass atrocities (The Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur, and Congo), focusing on their ability to transcend victimhood and rebuild their lives in the aftermath of such horror. The film examines the Survivors’ lives today, considering their work as activists within the anti-genocide movement – each doing their part to ensure that no others suffer the same horrific fate they were made to live through. By presenting these stories of loss, survival, and hope side by side, the film highlights the commonalities these four individuals share both as Survivors and, more broadly, as human beings.

Baggage 15m
Director, Shannon Lucio, Los Angeles, CA
When a naive hippy reluctantly agrees to visit New York City, she soon realizes the City is just as unpredictable as the people who inhabit it.

Kosher Pig 21m
Director, Moon Cho, Clinton, NY
Joy Cohen, is a Jewish/Asian 24 year old female, was adopted by an affluent Jewish family when she was a baby in China. She was raised in Los Angeles with privilege. While Joy has everything going for her–looks, intelligence, and personality–she is still very insecure about herself. In her attempt to feel more complete, she seeks out her biological, Chinese family, whom she thinks is still in China. She discovers that they are in fact in Los Angeles, and own a local Chinese restaurant called the Joy Luck Pig. She is thrilled to find this discovery, but when the two families finally meet, tension and conflict ensues immediately. Joy’s happy ending may not be so happy, after all.

Mañana 14m
Director, Felipe Holguin, Los Angeles, California
Ramon is a 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother, Mayi, in a very poor neighborhood in Cartagena, Colombia. His dream is to become a great soccer player just like his father, whom he does not know. He is preparing with his friend Felipe for the Local Final Match that will take the winning team to the capital. His grandfather Juaquin, an easy going fisherman who supports him completely, will help the boy follow his dream, but Mayi, a melancholic, lonely, working woman is against it. She believes she will end up alone, abandoned by Ramon like she was from his father. When Mayi finds Ramon dreaming about the match everything becomes complicated, but Ramon´s strong desire will lead Mayi to understand that happiness comes with supporting your loved ones´ dreams. Ramon will play the match and pursuit his dreams, tomorrow.

Sunday June 27 – EVENING SCREENING 7PM – 10PM

DANZÓN 120m
Director, María Novaro, Mexico
Julia is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America.

Midlife 22m
Director, Michael Swingler, Los Angeles, CA
While heading to his in-law’s self absorbed birthday party, Sam is kidnapped by a psychopath who shows him that losing your mind isn’t always such a bad thing.

Prayers for Peace 8m
Director, Dustin Grella, New York, NY
A stop-motion animation confronting the memory of the artist’s younger brother killed in the current conflict in Iraq.

All Birds Whistle 14m
Director, Roy Khalil, Lebanon
An elderly couple living a boring routine have their lives changed when their neighbor puts his canary bird in their care.

Love Me Tender 17m
Director, Matthew Morgenthaler, New York, NY
A dark comedy about seemingly innocent Emma Blake who is hoping to find true love at her university. But whenever a potential boy disappoints her- she kills him.

The Fall of the House of Usher 41m
Director, Eric Fonseca, San Antonio, TX
Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, a well meaning visitor to the House of Usher finds himself in a triangle of decay and emotional turmoil a his long lost friend falls deeper into his own madness. Four years in the making this stop-motion animated short is COFA Production’s sophomore endeavor.

CLOSING CEREMONY

AUDIENCE AWARDS PRESENTATION

Six Man, Texas 71m
Director, Alan Barber, Austin, TX
Across Texas, small communities are struggling to keep their schools and towns alive. For one, the bell has tolled as they graduate their last class, ending generations of local pride and continuity. For another, a Cinderella football season promises to keep hope alive…

Meet Me at Geronimo’s 12m
Director, Michael Croce, Cypress, TX
How much abuse can deli owner Anthony DiGiorlamo inflict on his customers during the course of one Halloween Day before closing his doors.

There Was a Love Affair 6m
Director, Jamie Sanchez, San Antonio, TX
The lonely life of an elderly woman has lost her husband so she looks through the world through her apartment. At the same time she thinks she’s tumbling into something but the end will catch her by surprise.

The Singularity is Near 90m
Director, Anthony Waller and Ray Kurzweil, San Francisco, CA
At the onset of the 21st Century, it will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.

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Flood Waters 15m
Director, Scott Muller, Houston, TX
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, over four hundred police officers failed to report for work, essentially abandoning the force and city, while the officers who stayed worked long hours in dismal conditions to keep order and rescue survivors from the flooding. Inspired by these actual events, ‘Flood Waters’ is set in a run-down bar in Houston, Texas and depicts Detective Jimmy Bordonaro’s investigation of fellow cop Malcolm Hawkins, who not only walked off the job when the storm hit but may have also committed a crime before leaving the city. The confrontation between these two men challenges what Jimmy is willing to believe and what is the truth.

Thomas Comma 24m
Director, Ken Kimmelman, New York, NY
Based on the story ‘The Comma That Didn’t Belong Anywhere,’ by the poet Martha Baird, is the charming, humorous, sophisticated and wonderful adventure of a lonely comma looking for the right sentence. Hand-drawn and colored and finished on computer, this 24 minute 2D animated tale of the trials and tribulations of a comma on a quest, will not only delight and inspire children of all ages (and adults)–but will also encourage and educate them to have the best thing in them win! ‘We’re all of us like commas,’ said Martha Baird, ‘looking for the right sentence.’

Honey I’m Home 3m
Director, Ryan McDonald, Winter Park, FL
Jim comes home to find his wife dead . . . or so he thought.

Broken Dreams 80m
Director, David Crabtree, Tujunga, CA
a character-driven, coming-of-age story about love, friendship and addiction. Struggling young filmmaker Johnny (Eddie Navarro), is trying to complete his documentary about an agoraphobic little person, Julie (Nicole Gerth), when he finds out his best friend Ryan (Jake Olson) has asked his other best friend Elisabeth (Kelsey Ford) to marry him. Since Elisabeth hasn’t given Ryan an answer yet, Johnny hopes that he can still be more than friends with her. Johnny turns to a new pill called ‘the blues’ to give him ‘three more hours a day’ to help him balance his pursuits. But when Johnny’s dealer Tony (John Nicholas) cuts Johnny off, Johnny has to go down a dangerous path to get more, putting Johnny and his friends in danger.

High Stakes 24m
Director, Freddie Munoz, San Antonio, TX
A Stranger angers the patrons of a local bar because of his string of “luck” at the poker table. In the process he gains the attention of someone he may not be prepared to handle.