September 23rd, 2011 Program

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Family Tradition

Short Program
Director: Carl Flood
Time: 14 Mins. - Country: USA
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Family Tradition

An elderly brother and sister bury the last of their family, finally coming together in support of one another.
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The Knights of Death Metal

Short Program
Director: Joseph Pera
Time: 26 Mins. - Country: USA
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The Knights of Death Metal

Noah is a young boy whose dreams inexplicably turn into reality and Dylan is his increasingly estranged teenage brother who anxiously awaits moving out of their shared bedroom. However, moving out is a bit tougher than it seems when Noah's greatest nightmares begin to come to life.
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After the Shearing

Short Program
Director: Vanessa Rojas
Time: 11 Mins. - Country: USA
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After the Shearing

In After The Shearing, a young girl living on a sheep farm learns of her mother's battle with cancer and tries to save her by making a magical potion.
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The Potential Wives of...

Short Program
Director: Derek Nguyen
Time: 9 Mins. - Country: USA
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The Potential Wives of Norman Mao

Norman Mao is an overweight and socially-awkward junior businessman from Hong Kong, who at the age of 33 is still a virgin and unwed.
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Letter From Lorca

Short Program
Director: Gregory Torrillo
Time: 12 Mins. - Country: USA
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Letter From Lorca

As the world falls apart, the final voice of Spain's greatest poet is heard through a letter.
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Dilli

Documentary Program
Director: Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosha
Time: 25 Mins. - Country: India
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Dilli

Dilli is a moving collection of heartfelt interviews with Delhi slum dwellers. Its lens focuses on a group of dwellers, bringing to life the untold story of mass exodus of thousands who were bulldozed from their homes and transferred to a makeshift facade - Bawana without water, shelter or drainage, while the city was being beautified for Commonwealth Games 2010.
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Leap Before You Look

Documentary Program
Director: Stephane Goldsand
Time: 22 Mins. - Country: Mexico/USA
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Leap Before You Look

Faced with his wife's desire to become a mother, a filmmaker goes on a quest to find out how people decide to have kids and identify the sources of his own hesitation. What emerges is an intimate story, peppered with humor and poignancy, where memories and present moments converge in an effort to redefine a couple's future.

Leap Before You Look is a first-person short documentary that combines various storytelling styles, including verite, interviews, narration, animations and family archival material.
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Moving A Mountain

Documentary Program
Director: Gor Baghdasaryan
Time: 20 Mins. - Country: Armenia
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Moving A Mountain

A young American sculptor visits Armenia for four months to make a metal sculpture to be placed in one of the biggest art museums in Yerevan. This work is the embodiment of his ideas about Armenian culture and first impressions of Armenia in general. Quite a challenging task, as this is his first visit to this country.
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Framily

Feature Program
Director: Joachim Hedén
Time: 98 Mins. - Country: Sweden
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Framily

In an effort to quick-fix their respective relationship troubles, six 30-something friends decide to form a 'Framily'. When one of the friends inherits his fathers big old house outside San Francisco, the friends all move in together to try another way of living.

Life in the house is easy - and not. As friendships and family merge, each member of the Framily comes to question what it is they want beyond the quick-fix.