Dir. Karen Campbell
Short Narrative
5mins

Darla Cooper, straight A student, wants was to be on the varsity dodge ball team. Behind her stacks of books and glasses an inner champion exists, but she must first believe in herself to make her dodge ball dreams come true.

Saturday, March 25th, 2pm (Who You Calling Girly Girl Shorts), FILMMAKER WILL BE PRESENT

Dir. Jill Maxcy
Mocumentary
11mins

It's a love story really. Filled with drama, suspense, guns, and a bank robbery. Not many mock documentaries pull off the the comic timing needed to be side-splitting. This one does.

Saturday, March 25th, 2pm (Who You Calling Girly Girl Shorts)

Dir. Nancy Stein
Short Narrative
15mins

Two girls - one Israeli and one Palestinian form a special friendship despite their cultural differences and the war raging around them. A personal story that creates a moving portrayal of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and the effects of war on children.

Saturday, March 25th, 2pm (Who You Calling Girly Girl Shorts)

Saturday, March 25th, 4pm
w/ Saada E Zan

Dir. Olivia Rosewood
Short Narrative
16mins

Fight Ballet is a comedic short film about two twenty-something women who realize their life's purpose is to become classical ballerinas. Unfortunately, the women are clumsy and awkward, and end up getting kicked out of their ballet school.

Saturday, March 25th, 8pm w/ Say I Do

Dir. Merlyn Bilas
Documentary
27mins

Shanti vividly recounts the events leading up to the difficult choice Chandra, a Fijian Indian American, makes that transforms her from a servile daughter and wife into a woman who finally finds shanti, peace, in her life. Now middle-aged, Chandra must find the strength to face the ultimate question, whether to live or die from an aggressively spreading cancer that will release her from a loveless marriage. Her struggle for dignity, respect and equality culminates in a shattering consciousness of the meaning of her life. Chandra's monumental decision finally gives her power over a life that was bound by the desires of others. Her story is a portrait of the tensions between tradition and modernity. It vividly expresses the conditions that must exist in order for all women to freely make their own choices about marriage, children and work. Shanti will resonate with women everywhere.

Saturday, March 25th, 2pm (Who You Calling Girly Girl Shorts)

Dir. Andres Barrientos
Short Animation
5 mins

Diana, a four-year-old girl, is walking through a big shopping mall with her parents and Juana, her seven-year-old sister. When the time comes for them to step on to the escalator, Diana gets scared and isn’t capable of taking that first step despite trying to do so. Her family awaits for her downstairs and her anguish can only grow stronger as the masses of people start to push her. Diana can only grab the metallic structure so she won’t be sucked in…

Saturday, March 25th, 2pm (Who You Calling Girly Girl Shorts)

Dir. Nancy Stein
Short Narrative
15mins

Two girls - one Israeli and one Palestinian form a special friendship despite their cultural differences and the war raging around them. A personal story that creates a moving portrayal of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and the effects of war on children.

Saturday, March 25th, 2pm (Who You Calling Girly Girl Shorts)

Saturday, March 25th, 4pm
w/ Sadaa E Zan

Dir. Renee Bergan
Documentary
1hr 10mins

Filmed in March 2002, Sadaa E Zan (Voices of Women) collects the voices of Afghan women living in Kabul, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. These brave women of all ages recount their struggles and victories through the fighting, poverty, rape and seclusion wrought by 23 years of war. Whether these atrocities were caused by the Soviet Invasion, the Civil War or the extremist Taliban, women were always the first victims.Far from being mere survivors, Afghan women tell their stories of rebellion such as operating an illegal home school for girls, conducting a clandestine series of work-training programs, maintaining an underground beauty parlor and running a refugee medical clinic. Despite the individual tenacity to maintain their spirit and morale, the systemic suffering and continued loss of family members has taken a deep toll on the society as a whole. Women are learning that in the wake of war psychological damage is their new enemy.With the Taliban having been forced from power, the people of Afghanistan are situated for the real possibility of peace. But can this opportunity be seized? This, they believe, will only happen with the aid and awareness of the international community.By revealing the strength of the Afghan woman and their empowered voices, this video provides a perspective rarely seen by foreign eyes.

Saturday, March 25th, 4pm
w/ Stealing Innocence

Dir. Caryn Waechter
Short Narrative
23mins

Written by Dennis Lee, "God is Good" tells the story of innocence lost--seven-year-old Korean-American Harold Choi's story, unfolding on a beautiful summer day in 1978 before he witnesses his mother's desperate reaction to her husbands infidelities. This film is based on a true story.

Saturday, March 25th, 6pm
w/ Missionary Positions

Dir. William Day
Documentary
1hr 13mins

After hearing God say the word 'PORN' to them, two hip young pastors are off on a quixotic journey to help the suffering masses who are in the grips of a dirty, filthy PORNO PLAGUE sweeping the planet. They even create an Internet only church called 'xxxchurch.com.' Despite their good intentions, Craig and Mike discover doing the work of the Lord isn't always easy. It doesn't matter if you view porn as the scourge of modern society or a first amendment birthright, you'll find it hard not to root for these two funny guys.

Saturday, March 25th, 6pm
w/ God is Good

Sunday, March 26th, 8pm
w/ Gotta Believe

Dir. Olivia Rosewood
Short Narrative
16mins

Fight Ballet is a comedic short film about two twenty-something women who realize their life's purpose is to become classical ballerinas. Unfortunately, the women are clumsy and awkward, and end up getting kicked out of their ballet school.

Saturday, March 25th, 8pm w/ Say I Do

Dir. Thom Harp
Short Narrative
13mins

Joy, played by Sandra Oh, is not desperate. She is not afraid to be alone. She is not going to let the image of her boyfriend Scott humping her roommate ruin her happiness. Or at least that's what she keeps telling herself as she walks into a coffee shop where name-tagged couples are sitting and flirting in a speed dating session.

Saturday, March 25th 8pm
w/ Fight Ballet & Say I Do

Dir. Arlene Ami
Documentary
56mins

The mail-order bride industry has exploded with the advent of the Internet. Websites, newspaper advertisements, and pen pal agencies sell contact information to link men from the West with women from developing countries. Through intimate and astonishingly frank interviews with both husbands and wives, Arlene Ami brings us fully into the complexities and underlying power relations of three couples, and exposes the very real dangers women risk in leaving their families and culture to marry strangers. What lies ahead for these women is uncertain. The lucky ones may find stability. The less fortunate may suffer terrible consequences. All of them are willing to take the risk. The lush tropical landscapes of the Philippines and the rugged landscapes of rural Canada act as insistent metaphors for the immense chasm between cultures. Say I Do is a powerful indictment of a growing mail-order bride industry that results from the economic consequences of globalization for developing countries and the proliferation of websites that 'traffic in women.'

Saturday, March 25th, 8pm, FILMMAKER WILL BE PRESENT
w/ Fight Ballet & 8 Minutes to Love