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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2008, 102 min
Directed by: Vikram Jayanti
Interests: Art & Artists, Biography, Documentary, Experimental, Music Films
Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer. Director Vikram Jayanti overlays unprecedented personal interviews with harrowing court footage and original music recordings to create a dizzying portrait of genius and insanity, and a profound insight into a notorious subject. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2008, 102 min
Directed by: Vikram Jayanti
Interests: Art & Artists, Biography, Documentary, Experimental, Music Films
Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer. Director Vikram Jayanti overlays unprecedented personal interviews with harrowing court footage and original music recordings to create a dizzying portrait of genius and insanity, and a profound insight into a notorious subject. Read More
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Big River Man
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 100 min
Directed by: John Maringouin
Interests: Action-Adventure, Documentary, Environmental Issues & Nature Films
In BIG RIVER MAN, documentarian John Maringouin intrepidly follows unlikely long distance swimming champion Martin Strel on his journey to complete the world's longest ever swim: the Amazon River. The adventure of a lifetime, the film follows the swimmer and his team on their wildly dangerous and life-altering journey. Read More
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 100 min
Directed by: John Maringouin
Interests: Action-Adventure, Documentary, Environmental Issues & Nature Films
In BIG RIVER MAN, documentarian John Maringouin intrepidly follows unlikely long distance swimming champion Martin Strel on his journey to complete the world's longest ever swim: the Amazon River. The adventure of a lifetime, the film follows the swimmer and his team on their wildly dangerous and life-altering journey. Read More
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Con Artist
Spotlight
Feature Documentary, 2009, 84 min
Directed by: Michaek Sladek
Interests: Art & Artists, Comedy, Documentary
Mid-level collectors and art fans around the world clamor to buy Mark Kostabi's canvases, but his involvement in those creations is controversial. Collaborating with painters and designers, he often lends no more than his signature to a work. Intimate footage of Kostabi at home and interviews with friends and celebrities investigate the unusual motivations of this art establishment outsider. Read More
Spotlight
Feature Documentary, 2009, 84 min
Directed by: Michaek Sladek
Interests: Art & Artists, Comedy, Documentary
Mid-level collectors and art fans around the world clamor to buy Mark Kostabi's canvases, but his involvement in those creations is controversial. Collaborating with painters and designers, he often lends no more than his signature to a work. Intimate footage of Kostabi at home and interviews with friends and celebrities investigate the unusual motivations of this art establishment outsider. Read More
Corso: The Last Beat
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 87 min
Directed by: Gustave Reininger
Interests: Art & Artists, Biography, Documentary
Gregory Corso, the youngest of the influential Beat Poet movement, is given his own spotlight in Gustave Reinenger's affectionate documentary. Reinenger's long friendship with Corso late in his life affords him an intimacy with his iconic subject and Corso‚'s larger-than-life character is captured like lightning in a bottle. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 87 min
Directed by: Gustave Reininger
Interests: Art & Artists, Biography, Documentary
Gregory Corso, the youngest of the influential Beat Poet movement, is given his own spotlight in Gustave Reinenger's affectionate documentary. Reinenger's long friendship with Corso late in his life affords him an intimacy with his iconic subject and Corso‚'s larger-than-life character is captured like lightning in a bottle. Read More
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Dirty Oil
Spotlight
Feature Documentary, 2009, 74 min
Directed by: Leslie Iwerks
Interests: Documentary, Environmental Issues & Nature Films
The oil sands in the Canadian Providence of Alberta are a source of a vast supply of petroleum, but the effects of extracting it are highly controversial. This probing documentary, narrated by Neve Campbell, explores the environmental, health and moral ramifications of this booming business, offering hard statistics, sobering forecasts and frightening cautionary tales. Read More
Spotlight
Feature Documentary, 2009, 74 min
Directed by: Leslie Iwerks
Interests: Documentary, Environmental Issues & Nature Films
The oil sands in the Canadian Providence of Alberta are a source of a vast supply of petroleum, but the effects of extracting it are highly controversial. This probing documentary, narrated by Neve Campbell, explores the environmental, health and moral ramifications of this booming business, offering hard statistics, sobering forecasts and frightening cautionary tales. Read More
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Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 61 min
Directed by: Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir
Interests: Documentary, Gay Interest, Jewish Interest, Romance, View From Long Island
EDIE AND THEA: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is a wonderfully poignant and intimate portrait of an incredible couple and the wait they endured for their entire adult lives to legalize their union. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 61 min
Directed by: Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir
Interests: Documentary, Gay Interest, Jewish Interest, Romance, View From Long Island
EDIE AND THEA: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is a wonderfully poignant and intimate portrait of an incredible couple and the wait they endured for their entire adult lives to legalize their union. Read More
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The Good Soldier
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 79 min
Directed by: Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys
Preceded by: Beloved
Interests: Documentary, History, Politics
Directors Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys bring together veterans from each of the American wars of the last century who marched eagerly to defend their country in 1944, 1966, 1991, or 2003 only to return conflicted by the atrocities they saw and participated in, and questioning what true service to your nation really means. Read More
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 79 min
Directed by: Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys
Preceded by: Beloved
Interests: Documentary, History, Politics
Directors Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys bring together veterans from each of the American wars of the last century who marched eagerly to defend their country in 1944, 1966, 1991, or 2003 only to return conflicted by the atrocities they saw and participated in, and questioning what true service to your nation really means. Read More
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How to Fold a Flag
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 85 min
Directed by: Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
Preceded by: Liberty City is Like Paris to Me
Interests: Documentary, Politics
"We were asked to believe that the war was over. We laughed - for we were the war." So begins Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein's (GUNNER PALACE) haunting tapestry of young Iraq veterans coming home. When the American flag is folded at a memorial service, each fold is sent to represent a virtue. Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism, Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism as they, along with the soldiers they follow, reconcile the idealized and abstract discourse of war with its heartbreaking reality. Read More
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 85 min
Directed by: Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
Preceded by: Liberty City is Like Paris to Me
Interests: Documentary, Politics
"We were asked to believe that the war was over. We laughed - for we were the war." So begins Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein's (GUNNER PALACE) haunting tapestry of young Iraq veterans coming home. When the American flag is folded at a memorial service, each fold is sent to represent a virtue. Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism, Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism as they, along with the soldiers they follow, reconcile the idealized and abstract discourse of war with its heartbreaking reality. Read More
How to Live Forever
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Mark S. Wexler
Interests: Documentary
Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. Featuring interviews with everyone from a chain-smoking, beer-drinking centenarian marathoner to an elder porn star and health, fitness, and life-extension experts, Wexler's engaging new documentary challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Mark S. Wexler
Interests: Documentary
Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. Featuring interviews with everyone from a chain-smoking, beer-drinking centenarian marathoner to an elder porn star and health, fitness, and life-extension experts, Wexler's engaging new documentary challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Read More
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In My Hands: A Story of Marfan Syndrome
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 56 min
Directed by: Brenda Siemer Scheider
Preceded by: Smiles: A Story of Roy Scheider
Interests: Documentary
It is estimated that 1 in 5000 people in the United States have Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder of the body's connective tissue. IN MY HANDS follows the inspirational stories of a group of children and adults living with Marfan. Read More
World Cinema
Feature Documentary, 2009, 56 min
Directed by: Brenda Siemer Scheider
Preceded by: Smiles: A Story of Roy Scheider
Interests: Documentary
It is estimated that 1 in 5000 people in the United States have Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder of the body's connective tissue. IN MY HANDS follows the inspirational stories of a group of children and adults living with Marfan. Read More
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Learning From Light: The Vision of I.M. Pei
Spotlight
Feature Documentary, 2009, 85 min
Directed by: Bo Landin and Sterling Van Wagenen
Interests: Art & Artists, Documentary
One of the most distinguished architects of our time, I.M. Pei has spent his storied career creating designs for some of the world's most treasured structures. LEARNING FROM LIGHT chronicles Pei's adventures through a recent and historically monumental challenge: his commission to design the Museum of Islamic Art for Doha, Qatar. Read More
Spotlight
Feature Documentary, 2009, 85 min
Directed by: Bo Landin and Sterling Van Wagenen
Interests: Art & Artists, Documentary
One of the most distinguished architects of our time, I.M. Pei has spent his storied career creating designs for some of the world's most treasured structures. LEARNING FROM LIGHT chronicles Pei's adventures through a recent and historically monumental challenge: his commission to design the Museum of Islamic Art for Doha, Qatar. Read More
Liberty City is Like Paris to Me
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 16 min
Directed by: Bruce Weber
Precedes: How to Fold a Flag
Interests: Art & Artists, Documentary, Politics, View From Long Island
World renowned photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber (LET'S GET LOST) captures the sights, sounds, and especially the people, of Liberty City in this lively documentary about culture, politics, and the triumph of the human spirit. Read More
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 16 min
Directed by: Bruce Weber
Precedes: How to Fold a Flag
Interests: Art & Artists, Documentary, Politics, View From Long Island
World renowned photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber (LET'S GET LOST) captures the sights, sounds, and especially the people, of Liberty City in this lively documentary about culture, politics, and the triumph of the human spirit. Read More
Long Distance Love
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition , Scandinavian Focus
Feature Documentary, 2009, 77 min
Directed by: Magnus Gertten and Elin Jonsson
Interests: Asian Interest, Documentary, Romance
Alisher and Dildora are in love in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. To support his new family, Alisher is forced leave his new bride to try to make it big in Moscow. While the newlyweds earnest love has a sweetness stronger than their 3,500 mile divide, their relationship is now beset by challenges more dire than distance alone. Read More
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition , Scandinavian Focus
Feature Documentary, 2009, 77 min
Directed by: Magnus Gertten and Elin Jonsson
Interests: Asian Interest, Documentary, Romance
Alisher and Dildora are in love in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. To support his new family, Alisher is forced leave his new bride to try to make it big in Moscow. While the newlyweds earnest love has a sweetness stronger than their 3,500 mile divide, their relationship is now beset by challenges more dire than distance alone. Read More
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Mugabe and the White African
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 90 min
Directed by: Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thomson
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, Politics
"Is it possible to be a white man and African?" This daring film follows the story of Mike Campbell who, in 2008, took the government of Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe to international court for violation of human rights in an effort to preserve his farm amid state-sanctioned "Land Reform" initiatives tantamount to the ethnic cleansing of whites. Read More
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 90 min
Directed by: Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thomson
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, Politics
"Is it possible to be a white man and African?" This daring film follows the story of Mike Campbell who, in 2008, took the government of Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe to international court for violation of human rights in an effort to preserve his farm amid state-sanctioned "Land Reform" initiatives tantamount to the ethnic cleansing of whites. Read More
My Neighbor, My Killer
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Anne Aghion
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, History, Politics
After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the government put in place the Gacaca —open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while survivors are asked to resume living side-by-side. Read More
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Anne Aghion
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, History, Politics
After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the government put in place the Gacaca —open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while survivors are asked to resume living side-by-side. Read More