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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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Golden Starfish Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature
Feature Documentary,
Audience and Jury Award winners will be announced at our Awards Ceremony on Sunday, October 11th and rescreened on Monday. Read More
Feature Documentary,
Audience and Jury Award winners will be announced at our Awards Ceremony on Sunday, October 11th and rescreened on Monday. Read More
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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
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Videocracy
World Cinema , Scandinavian Focus , Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Jonathan auf der Heide and Erik Gandini
Interests: Documentary
A jolly, Mussolini-loving agent, an aspiring martial artist/singer, a paparazzo wrangler-cum-outlaw and the prime minister of Italy are just a few of the outlandish personalities in this documentary that explores the mad world of Italian television. Read More
World Cinema , Scandinavian Focus , Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Jonathan auf der Heide and Erik Gandini
Interests: Documentary
A jolly, Mussolini-loving agent, an aspiring martial artist/singer, a paparazzo wrangler-cum-outlaw and the prime minister of Italy are just a few of the outlandish personalities in this documentary that explores the mad world of Italian television. Read More
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 86 min
Directed by: Don Hahn
Interests: Animation, Documentary, History
By the mid-1980s, the once mighty Disney Animation Studios was in a slump. By the end of 1990s, however, Disney had produced a string of bona fide hits from WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? to THE LION KING. Director Don Hahn's juicy behind-the-scenes tell-all of this transitional period is an encyclopedia of the tragic lows and elating highs of the Disney renaissance. Read More
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 86 min
Directed by: Don Hahn
Interests: Animation, Documentary, History
By the mid-1980s, the once mighty Disney Animation Studios was in a slump. By the end of 1990s, however, Disney had produced a string of bona fide hits from WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? to THE LION KING. Director Don Hahn's juicy behind-the-scenes tell-all of this transitional period is an encyclopedia of the tragic lows and elating highs of the Disney renaissance. Read More