Short / 12:00 / Digital HD  / Hebrew  / Israel / 2010 / San Diego Premier

All a father wants to do is visit his daughter, although the journey seems vastly more difficult.

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Efrat Gosh, Howard Rypp, Eden Luttenberg, Sharon Tsur, Anat Zamshteigman

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• DIRECTOR: Ma’ayan Rypp
• Producer: Noa Freiman
• Editor: Yotam Yishai
• Screenwriter: Anat Gafni
• Cinematographer: Omri Shenhar
• Music: Eyal Lenzini

Documentary /  11:00  / SD / Netherlands / 2010/  International Premiere

Bas, Roelof and Evert are physically handicapped. Nevertheless they embark on a 1000 km bike trip across the Himalayas.

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How to act when you are in top shape mentally but the body doesn’t respond that way? Bas, Roelof and Evert are physically handicapped. Nevertheless they embark on a 1000 km bike trip across the Himalayas. From Lhasa to Kathmandu conquering mountain passes over 5000 meters high what makes enormous physical and mental demands to the participants. Bas came into contact as a soldier with a high tension cable and can since then no longer walk. Roelof was soldier too. During his holiday he fell 6 meters with broken spine as a result. Evert the eldest one was scientist, until he accidently came under his own car, what led to partially paralyses and aphasia. The camera follows the three guys during their expedition, which leads according to Evert to the truth. That truth is hard to swallow for Bas, the soldier who doesn’t want to give up and wants to be an example for others. Bas can’t make it to the top of the highest climb because of the cold. Roelof gets to the top, he isn’t concerned about the physical obstacles, but worries about the future with his girlfriend. The journey of Evert is a romantic story: he shares his love for the mountains with his wife, like they did on their honeymoon before the accident. This bicycle excursion Himalaya marks their love, with a majestic panorama as a reward. THE CONQUEST OF HIGH PASSES is a moving portrait of people in search of their inner strength, during an excursion in a breathtaking landscape.

Short /  20:00 /  Film  /  United States / 2009 / San Diego Premiere

At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape.

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Writer & producer: Rebekah Weigel

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• Eduardo Verástegui …Mr. Mendez
• Nick Vujicic …Will
• Doug Jones …Otto
• Matt Allmen …George
• Connor Rosen …Sammy
• Lexi Pearl …Anna
• Bob Yerkes …Poppy
• Mark Atteberry …Mr. Haley – Ringleader
• Kirk Bovill …Jimmy – Painted Man

Short /  11:00  / SD /  United States / 2010/  San Diego Premiere

Sam trains Juan for his first day at his new job—fixing pay phones in the border town of Laredo, Texas. However, tensions boil when Sam suspects that Juan is an undocumented worker.

Animation / 12:32 / Digital HD  / English / Australia / 2009 / San Diego

In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution.

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Narrator: Nicholas McKay

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In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.

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- Zero gets selected

Music Video / 4:03 / Digital SD / English / Canada, China /  2010 / International

A song by Elika Mahony on love and marriage.

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• Produced by Elika Mahony and Jarome Matthew
• Directed, Cinematography & Editing by Jarome Matthew
• Music by Elika Mahony
• Music Produced and Engineered by Jarome Matthew

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Short Narrative-Experimental / 08:00 / Film (35mm) / English /  New Zealand / 2010 / International

A wounded man trapped in an arctic wilderness finds renewed hope of survival when he spots a convoy of freight vessels at shore, but reality is not always exactly as what it appears to be.

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Lead role: Matt Sunderland

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A wounded man trapped in an arctic wilderness finds renewed hope of survival when he spots a convoy of freight vessels at shore. When his survival hopes take another hit the line between reality and imagination become blurred as the sky descends into a flurry of poignant crystal beauty.

Short Narrative / 10:05 / Digital HD  / English / Australia / 2010  / San Diego

A small event offers a glimpse into a bigger long-term relationship, where the glue of love pushes and pulls but ultimately binds.

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• writer: suzanne kent
• producer: tobias webster
• cinematographer: marin johnson
• production designer: joseph kiely
• costume designer: anita fitzgerald
• editors: jane usher & anna jeffries
• sound designer: alec mccloskey
• executive producer: marc gracie

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Getting ready for a night out, 50-something Nell and Chris attempt to put in a contact lens for the first time. This small event offers a glimpse into a bigger long-term relationship, where the glue of love pushes and pulls but ultimately binds.

Animation / 10:00 / Digital HD /  Germany / 2010  / San Diego

For many years Urs has cared for his aging mother. But when he sets out to find a better place for both of them, the mother resists.

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• Design, Animation, Directed by: Moritz Mayerhofer
• Producer:  Stina McNicholas
• Music: Peter Gromer
• Sound: Michael J. Diehl
• Character-TD: Jonas Jarvers
• FX-Animation: Jan Locher
• Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

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Many years Urs looked after his aging mother. Now he sets out for a dangerous journey: He carries her up a mountain to find a better place for both of them. But his mother doesn’t want to leave her home…

Short Narrative / 15:00 / Digital HD / English  / USA / 2009  / San Diego

A daily phone call between a mother and her HIV-positive daughter proves that the hardest part of loving someone is letting go.

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• Tom O’Leary – Writer
• Park Walkup – Executive Producer
• Barney Cheng – Producer
• Director of Photography – Michael Bosman
• Editor – Marc Saltarelli
• Music Score- Stephen Marston
• Original Song – “Distance”  by Pauley Perrette