In Al-Amari Refugee camp near Ramallah, an old man is sitting in a coffee shop, telling his story. Through the film we see the Palestinians, prisoners of their past and blocked by their future.
An Israeli Soldier and a Palestinian activist on a journey through their last two days alive. What they have in common is a fear from the unexpected and the love of chess. What separates them is their cultural background and a border inside one land. What brings them closer is their patriotism and courage. In the great test of the human spirit, they pass, but destiny has a different plan.
Screens w/ Forever Scared
The peace symbol unifies people around the world - crossing language barriers and inspiring hope - but do you know what it really means? A Circle and 3 Lines follows the peace symbol from the 1950's through today, challenging us to remember its past and to take responsibility for its future.
Screens w/ World Peace and Other ...
This film is a timely, hopeful and lyrical tale about people reaching across international boundaries to help provide clean water in rural Cambodia. Interviews with Journeys Within Our Community, Resource Development International, the doctors at Angkor Children's Hospital, and the Cambodian people all share the issues of hygiene, education, water testing, ownership, and ultimately the delivery of safe water. Although this story is a drop in the bucket, it is one filled with possibility, opportunity, and promise.
Screens w/ Shorts Program
This short animated film introduces five lovable characters that bring to life for young children core societal values in a fun-loving way. Their mission is to engage kids to learn about the environment and explore creative new ways to live in harmony. Eco Boys and Girls is being developed as a television series.
Screens w/ World Peace and Other ...
What do the religious right and the gay liberation movement have in common? Both were fortified by the efforts of one woman – Anita Bryant. Part document, part tone poem, this short film brings us back to the late 1970’s and reflects on Bryant’s life and the impact she had. The film uses news footage, commercials and Bryant’s own home movies.
Screening w/ In Anita's Wake
This movie argues that media coverage of immigration in America focuses exclusively on the political and economic consequences of immigration while ignoring the human effects of US policies. The movie focuses on the experiences of both documented and undocumented immigrants from the Sin Fronteras Youth Group. The group is part of the Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka, Florida. Viewers meet four members of the youth group through interviews: Sergio, a documented student who came to America with his father when he was 11 years old, Annabelle and Zenaida, sisters with different immigration statuses, and Eli, and undocumented student and activist who came to America when she was 13.
Screens w/ Shorts Program
The son of a embittered motel manager meets a young refugee too scarred by her memories to venture outside her room. Without words, the two children find a way to tell each other their stories, unknowingly touching everyone around them.
Screens w/ Shorts Program
Four Hawaiian locals clash over an abundant lychee trees. A beautifully woven tapestry of fear and desire with lush dream sequences that take us from the mystical valleys of Hawai’I to ancient China, where a smitten Emperor will stop at nothing to feed his lady’s lust for lychee.
Screening w/ State of Aloha
A man travels around the world planting seeds. One day, he is attacked by a thief who steals all of his possessions. The man continues on his journey, only to find the very same thief beaten and lying on the ground. Looking at him in such a state, the man struggles to help the thief that has done him harm, yet knows that they are brothers and he cannot leave him there. He helps the thief back to health, and they both go their separate ways, planting seeds.
Screening w/ A Lot Like You
In this humorous short film, the director examines his life and vows that he does not want to be single any more. He contemplates marriage and looks for a wife.
Screening w/ Just Like Us
A woman takes it upon herself to stop domestic violence in her own unique way.
Screening w/ Lessons for the Living
Music can heal invisible wounds. As singer-songwriter Nell Bryden and her band tour Iraq, we see firsthand the joy their music brings the troops serving there. Striking a Chord shows how music can help soldiers combat the pain of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Screening w/ Garden at the End of the World