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  Convention

  USA , 2009 , 95 min. MUST END June 24 Digital presentation - Over 50,000 guests – including 20,000 members of the press, 15,000 delegates plus as many volunteers, 10,000 VIPs, and countless protestors – descended on Denver, Colorado, from August 25 to 28 for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. As cit... more
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  Aiming Line

  USA , 2009 , 12 min. What at first seems like a simple game of pool between two brothers who haven’t seen each other in years becomes much more as it progresses. As the game comes to an end, one last shot will decide everything. ... more
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  American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi

  USA , 2009 , 89 min. MUST END Thursday, February 4 Digital presentation - British documentarian Sebastian Doggart’s scathing portrait of Condoleezza Rice takes the former US Secretary of State to task for ruthless ambition, opportunism, and incompetence. But the most damning charges against Rice concern t... more
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  Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

  USA , 2009 , 90 min. MUST END Thursday, June 10! Digital presentation - Imagine cramming 128 million people onto an island the size of Montana – you would be pretty close to replicating the density of Japan. Not surprisingly, space is at a premium and ergonomic design is right up there next to godliness. ... more
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  Beneath This Smile

  USA , 2009 , 7 min. Using found footage, this short creates a visual catalog of emotions that cannot be expressed in words. ... more
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  Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet

  USA , 2009 , 104 min. Narrated by Richard Gere, this inspirational documentary chronicles the challenging physical and spiritual journey that a group of Western women undertake to meet the Tsokyni Nangchen nuns of Tibet.... more
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  Cinema Q, Women + Film: Two Spirits

  USA , 2009 , 65 min. Director Lydia Nibley IN-PERSON Digital presentation - In 2001, 16-year-old Fred Martinez was brutally murdered near his hometown of Cortez, Colorado. He was poor, Navajo, and transgendered – a girl in a boy’s body. Fred was blessed to have grown up with the cultural belief there are ... more
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  SDFF Convention

  USA , 2009 , 95 min. Grab your backstage pass for Convention, which takes you on the historic, exciting, and downright complicated ride that was the 2008 Democratic National Convention right here in Denver, Colorado. SDFF fave AJ Schnack (Gigantic, About a Son) directs.... more
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  The Duke of the Bachata

  USA , 2009 , 53 min. Joan Soriano, a musician in the bachata tradition, is the focus of this documentary, which follows him on his journey from the Dominican Republic to the United States in search of stardom. Along the way, he experiences the joy of success and the pain of separation from his family.... more
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  Fledgling

  USA , 2009 , 7 min. One stormy night, Kevin finds a baby crow on the street. His backyard provides the rich setting for a story about his conflicted relationship to nature. ... more
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  Hick Town

  USA , 2009 , 132 min. For this real-life version of Spin City, George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness, SDFF 14) secured extraordinary access to Mayor John Hickenlooper just as Denver was preparing to host the Democratic National Convention last summer.... more
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  Hot Button Cinema: Swift Justice

  USA , 2009 , 56 min. Preceded by a complimentary reception from 6pm - 7pm Following the film, join in on the debate around immigration after a presentation from local attorneys Christine Fiflis and Ann Allott. In partnership with the League of Women Voters of Denver Digital presentation... more
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  Inside

  USA , 2009 , 9 min. Allegorical and dreamlike, this tragic coming-of-age story dramatizes the painful wait of a little girl for her father.... more
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  Kalamity Kate

  USA , 2008 , 27 min. In the wake of a one-night stand, two people provide two very different interpretations of just what happened. ... more
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  La Luz Del Perdón

  USA , 2009 , 15 min. This hand-processed, hand-manipulated film uses abstract imagery to represent everything from the fear of rejection and homosexuality to childhood memories and the ultimate blessing of forgiveness. ... more
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  Likhaya

  USA , 2009 , 15 min. An amazing group of people live on a small sustainable farm in Swaziland in southern Africa, the country with the world’s worst HIV/AIDS rate. This documentary paints a serene portrait of the women and children who are, in their own small way, turning the epidemiological tide.... more
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  PoliWood

  USA , 2009 , 85 min. Academy Award–winning auteur Barry Levinson sets out to explore the collision and collusion between politics and Hollywood in this engaging documentary, which gives audiences a front-row seat and backroom access to the most significant presidential campaign of the twenty-first century.... more
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  Quillions

  USA , 2008 , 5 min. A darkly comedic operetta exploring how the prospect of fabulous wealth can unravel the ties that bind.... more
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  Slap

  USA , 2009 , 7 min. Two regular guys take a break from their jobs as car mechanics to discuss current affairs – and it quickly becomes apparent that they will never see eye to eye. ... more
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  Souvenir

  USA , 2009 , 4 min. With his father’s coffin in the next room, William is awakened by strange noises in the middle of the night – and realizes that the line between life and death may be much closer than he imagined.... more
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  Split Estate

  USA , 2009 , 76 min. The new drilling boom in the western U.S. has been accompanied by a blow to civil liberties, Colorado-born documentarian Debra Anderson shows, as homeowners find themselves battling energy companies who have the mineral rights to their land and are often drilling literally in their backyard.... more
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  The 8th Samurai

  USA , 2009 , 29 min. It cannot be eight – it has to be seven samurai!... more
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  The Predator

  USA , 2008 , 11 min. Set against the backdrop of the American West, The Predator attempts to reconcile lost dreams with innocent memories of a wonderful youth.... more
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  The Unrecoverable Loss of Eugene

  USA , 2009 , 6 min. Set within a kitschy, nostalgic Victorian Gothic universe, this stunningly odd but oddly charming short about a troubled man and his beloved puppet addresses issues of fetishism, mental illness, and repression – all within the space of four minutes.... more