Lost and Found
United Kingdom, 2008
24 min

Friday April 23 – 1:00PM – Theatre 2
 
Saturday April 24 – 10:00AM & 11:30AM – Theatre 3
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00AM & 11:15AM – Theatre 3

An enchanting tale of loneliness and friendship based on the award winning book by Oliver Jeffers.  One day, a boy finds a penguin on his doorstep.
Director: Philip Hunt

Past Screening: Sapporo Short Fest 2009

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Luna
USA (Kyle, TX), 2010
2 min

Friday April 23 – 1:00PM – Theatre 2
 
Saturday April 24 – 10:00AM & 11:30AM – Theatre 3
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00AM & 11:15AM – Theatre 3

A young girl tries to cope with the loss of her mother and finds comfort by staring at the moon in the woods.

Director: Javier C. Rivera
Cast: Jacob Singer, Noell Coet
World Premiere

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Like Dandelion Dust
USA (Visalia/Los Angeles, CA), 2009


Saturday April 24 – 2:45PM – Theatre 1
         
Karen Kingsbury's best-selling novel is a compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the grittily realistic lives of the struggling, blue-collar Porter's, and the privileged Campbell family. Their lives intersect, intertwine and collide, all for the love of a little boy.

Director: John Gunn
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Barry Pepper, Kate Levering, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Cole Hauser
Past Screenings: Winner of over 20 International Film Festival Audience Awards

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Lines that Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate
USA (San Ramon, CA), 2009
57 min

Sunday April 25 – 1:00PM & 2:45PM – Theatre 3

Stem cell research: A potential miracle cure for diseases or a form of biological colonialism? The debate still rages over this controversial science. Supporters argue that it is our moral duty to pursue scientific progress that provides healing hope for humanity. Detractors argue that the end doesn't justify the means in harvesting some human life or exploiting women for their eggs in order to save others. This documentary seeks to educate the public on the scientific basics of stem cell research and the political issues surrounding it as we enter the 21st century.

Director: Brian Godawa
World Premiere

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Lovely, Still
USA (Omaha, NE), 2010
90 min

Sunday April 25 – 4:00PM – Theatre 1

Robert Malone (Martin Landau) is an elderly perennial bachelor who leads a tidy, uneventful and some might even say empty life. This Christmas, for whatever reason, Robert is feeling the lack of family more keenly than usual. Then one day, like a single man's dream, Robert comes home from his job at a grocery store to find a beautiful woman in his house.

Director: Nicholas Fackler
Cast: Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott, Elizabeth Banks
Past Screenings: Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival

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Ma Bar
United Kingdom, 2009
12 min


Friday April 23 – 1:30PM – Theatre 3
 
Saturday April 24 – 1:00PM– Theatre 3

Scotsman Bill McFadyen is a power lifter, world record holder and has an iron will to win.  Just one thing about him is different.  He is 73 years old!

Directors: Finaly Pretsell, Adrian McDowall
Past Screening: Sapporo Short Fest 2009

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Miracle in a Box, A Piano Reborn
USA (Oakland, CA), 2009
57 min

Saturday April 24 – 11:00AM – Theatre 2

MIRACLE IN A BOX /a piano reborn is about what one person gave away, what another person won and how a small group of artisans made something old new again. More than just about piano restoration, the documentary also provides a good look at some alternative ways to improve the American workplace, the quality of its products and the personal rewards to its workers.

Director: John Korty
Cast: John Lithgow
Past Screenings: Mill Valley Film Festival

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Nourishing the Kids of Katrina - The Edible Schoolyard
USA (Sacramento, CA), 2009
30 min

Friday April 23 – 3:45PM and 9:00PM – Theatre 3

This short documentary is about how renowned chef/educator Alice Waters' Berkeley 'edible schoolyard' program is replicated by her and a group of citizens in New Orleans to improve the emotional and physical health of Afro-American adolescents at a Hurricane Katrina ravaged grammar school.

Director: Robert Grant
Cast: Alice Waters
World Premiere

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Oakland Be Mine
USA (Oakland/Orinda, CA)



Friday April 23 - 9:15PM – Theatre 2
 
Saturday April 24 – 9:30PM – Theatre 1

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Paradise Café
Mexico, 2008
11 min

Friday April 23 – 1:30PM – Theatre 3
 
Saturday April 24 – 1:00PM– Theatre 3

Two Mexican immigrants working at the Paradise Café have had enough, but things aren’t completely as they seem.

Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios
Past Screening: Sapporo Short Fest 2009

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Passengers
Australia, USA (Los Angeles, CA), 2009, 86 min

Saturday April 24 – 3:30PM – Theatre 2

Tom and Melony set out from their home in Santa Monica to meet friends for dinner in Hollywood. It's Friday night - naturally they hit traffic. By the time they arrive, their marriage is over.

Director: Michael Bond
Cast: Angie Milliken, Cameron Daddo, Bruce Davison, Patty Yu
Past Screening: Mill Valley Film Festival

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Payback in Bolts
USA (San Leandro, CA), 2009
4 min

Friday April 23 – 1:00PM – Theatre 2
 
Saturday April 24 – 10:00AM & 11:30AM – Theatre 3
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00AM & 11:15AM – Theatre 3

A struggling family must survive in a city of robot crime lords.

Director: Tony Papesh
Cast: George Retelas, Michael Braaten
Past Screenings: World Premiere