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| 48 Hours Sacramento 2010 |
various |
Can Sacramentans make a movie in 48 Hours? Let's see! |
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| A Dream in Hanoi |
Gerald Herman |
A young boy's dream of dancing ballet comes true is a most
unexpected way. |
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| Alisha |
Daniel Citron |
A teenage girl struggling with her body image and maintaining
one of the few 'relationships' that exist in her life, her father. |
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| Among The Giants |
Cory Tomascoff |
The story of a nonprofit organization located in New York
City that builds customized equipment for kids and adults with disabilities. |
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| Ana's Playground - Short Film |
Eric D. Howell |
It is just another day for children surrounded by armed conflict. |
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| Anglesey Road |
Russell Owen |
The lives of four mismatched families are turned upside
down when a catastrophic event results in the death of a little girl. |
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| Annie in the Aisle of Irma |
Tess Sweet |
A sudden epiphany inspires a 60 year old woman living in
a van to enroll in modeling school while her daughter is in drug rehab. |
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| Asbury Park |
Robert Andersen |
A young man returns to his hometown seeking redemption and forgiveness
for the wrongs of his past. |
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| Behind the Door of a Secret Girl |
Janessa Starkey |
Sammy is a
teenage cutter living on the Indian Ridge Reservation. Can she escape? |
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| Better Get Straight |
Lincoln Holmes |
examines misanthropic youth culture; as lived by Kate,
a twentysomething faced with rampant chauvinism and social inequity. |
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| Bloody Sunday |
Seth Craven |
Two robbers end up hiding out in a bathroom in order
to plan their next move. What they didn't account for was Mike. |
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| Booze for Cruz |
Jesus Gonzalez |
A documentary analyzing alcohol abuse in my family and
its socialization in Latino-American culture. |
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| But Some Are Brave |
Grace Channer |
A poetic
chronicle; a visually spectacular testament to the power of struggle and resistance. |
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| Calling My Children |
David Binder |
Award winning film explores the challenges of single parenthood
and family unity, revealing preconceptions about race, class, and infection. |
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| Careful Carl |
Roderick Fenske |
A man who is so pathologically careful that he ends up
making one of the worst mistakes any human can make. |
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| Charlie Valentine |
Ray Cavalari |
A professional criminal , on the run, tries to reconcile
with his estranged son after 30 years. |
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| Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics On Trial |
Jonathan Joiner |
In 1982, an athletic group tries to hold a 'Gay Olympics,'
instigating what will ultimately become a battle over the place of gays in society. |
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| Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers |
Neil Leifer |
This film explores the artistry and innovation of Pete
Eckert, Bruce Hall, and Henry Butler, blind photographers all. |
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| Day Before Yesterday |
Patricia Chica |
A young woman is found in the midle of an empty
Montreal street, lost and without any recollection of how she got there. |
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| El Refrigerador |
Carlos Escamilla |
A revelation is about to come to a family when they open
the door of The Refrigerator. |
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| Ella and the Astronaut |
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck |
Ella and Astronaut Henry journey to the unknown. |
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| Finding D-QU: The Lonely Struggle of California's Only Tribal College |
Christopher Newman |
D-Q University's supporters fight to hold on to a dream
that was never fully realized. |
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| Gerald |
Marc Clebanoff |
Stars Louis Mandylor...Gerald is a special young man…dropped
on his head as a baby but, no long lasting effects, right? |
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| Give the Dog a Bone |
Edward Kelley |
In the laboratory of an inexperienced mad scientist, a
mischievous cat experiments on an unknowing dog, resulting in unexpected events. |
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| Gym Lesson |
Hannes Rall |
A chubby little boy faces the nightmare of his life:The
gym lesson! |
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| Happy Deathday |
Elizabeth Callahan |
Deathday Inc is a revolutionary new company that can tell
you your exact date of death, for a price of course. |
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| Homogeneous: a cinepoem |
LeDonna Witmer |
Three strangers share a train ride and a journey of hope. |
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| Horn Dog |
Bill plympton |
Horn Dog' is the fourth film in the famed Oscar®
nominated 'dog' series. Here are more misadventures from our plucky canine. |
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| I Am Somebody/ No Chance in Hell |
AKI ALEONG |
Can love, forgiveness, and redemption transform this violent
law-less wild west into a more peaceful, moral and enlightened America? |
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| Island of the Gondoliers |
Guido Muzzarelli |
City of Lost Children meets Fellini's La Strada in this
Venetian steampunk adventure. |
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| Jale |
Rafael Flores |
Jale the movie is a metaphor of the experience of day laborers
and the Chicano community. |
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| Jeffie Was Here |
Todd Edwards |
From the producers of the Mirimax smash, Hoodwinked! A
couple share the costs of an emergency cross country trip. Enter Jeffie. |
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| Jimmy Stringbean VS. The Rock God of the Cosmos |
Ben Stewart |
In order to save rock n' roll, Jimmy Stringbean must harness
the power of the Eternal Guitar of Creation in a fight to the death with the Rock God of the Cosmos! |
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| Joe Serna, Jr. Tribute |
Salvador Paniagua |
A loving loo at Joe Serna, Jr., a beloved mayor of Sacramento
and man of the people. |
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| Joe Serna, Jr. Tribute |
Salvador Paniagua |
A loving loo at Joe Serna, Jr., a beloved mayor of Sacramento
and man of the people. |
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| KARMA |
Roger Slagle |
When David is taken to his new cell he meets a thug who is going through
narcotic withdrawals. |
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| Kilo` |
Kiel Murray |
A female officer loses a kilo of cocaine and is forced
to choose between becoming the laughing-stock and doing the right thing. |
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| Le prix à payer |
Paul Gayard |
A black & white crime movie with jazz music, a beautiful
car and a beautiful girl - in the trunk of a car... |
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| Leader of the Pack |
Jason Roberts |
One cash register, two strangers, and about $3.50. |
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| Little Old Ladies |
john varvir |
Detective Dansin has had nothing but small time cases of missing little old ladies. |
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| Lock Down |
Jo Huang |
What would a security guard at a morgue wouldn't do, to
keep up his reputation. |
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| Love Bites |
Sandon Chin |
What started off as a fun way for a couple to spice things
up quickly turns out to be the biggest mistake of their lives. |
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| Lychee Thieves |
Kathleen Man |
Trouble ensues when four local characters on the island
of Oahu (Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese and Caucasian) clash over a miraculously bountiful lychee tree. |
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| Matters of Life |
Delaire Doyle |
Abortion, family and problems surface in matters of life. |
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| Max & Helena |
Prashant Nair |
Max & Helena tells the tale of how Max fell in love
with Helena, fell out of love with French food and discovered every corner of New York City in the process. |
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| ME TIME |
Matt Schuman |
Me time: You deserve it. |
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| Ms Understand |
Nycoll Mattox |
A lonely woman goes on a quest after getting
a mysterious text. |
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| Moonlight Sonata |
Celik Kayalar |
Racing towards chaos and destruction, an affluent San Francisco
family finds out the consequences of their choices (psychological thriller). |
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| Mugs |
Ronnie Cramer |
One hundred of your favorite celebrity mug shots morph from one to the next. |
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| Mystical Fire |
Leslie Jean Porter |
Aaliyah, a Sioux Lakota Native American teenage girl is
chosen to journey and carry her family prayers in the sacred pipe. |
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| No Pity |
Drew Goldsmith |
A poignant exposé of pity-based fundraising, as revealed
through a disabled pre-teen's heartfelt appeal for respect and dignity. |
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| On the Rise |
John Tupper |
Zeke is a rancher who has a solution for global warming, at least the
part made by his sheep. |
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| Path Lights |
Zachary Sluser |
Bobby (John Hawkes) sees a bottle falls from the sky,
almost hitting him. he decides to trace down the culprit. |
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| Plant Girl |
Thomas Affolter |
A lonely little girl grows a friend in the garden. |
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| Poi Dogs |
Joel Moffett |
The story of two local Hawaii teenagers who take a small
step towards love by moving beyond their desires to act cool. |
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| Production |
Lenny Payan |
Speaking up is one thing, being heard is another. |
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| Rail |
Bae Young myung |
A film about a clock
tower, a ten-go doll and his lover. |
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| Red Poet |
Matthew Furey |
in 2006 Poet Jack Hirschman was named Poet Laureate in
his beloved home city, San Francisco. RED POET is his story. |
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| River of Renewal |
Carlos Bolado |
River of Renewal
tells the story of the conflict over water and wild salmon between farmers, American Indians, and fishermen of the Klamath
Basin. |
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| Sally |
Matthew Marconi |
Grief and remorse forge a collision course as a teenage
girl's father and her accidental killer grapple with their demons. |
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| Santa: The Fascist Years |
Bill Plympton |
We all think of Santa as 'Jolly ole St.Nick'. But who knew that he has a dark hidden past
that's very un-jolly? |
http://www.plymptoons.com |
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| Scavenger |
Matt Hish |
A recovering drug addict wakes up to one of the worst days
of his life, sending him on a wild scavenger hunt for his old drug of choice. |
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| Second Chance |
Amir Sharefeh |
The tragic consequences. |
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| Serum 1831 |
Anand Kanna |
Follow the story of Robert Lee in this delicious tale of
ambition, betrayal and revenge. |
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| Signs of Life |
Jeffrey Miao |
Christopher is a robot created to search the galaxy for
intelligent life. His creator has to decide which is more important: Chris or the mission. |
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| Signs of Life (Breakdown) |
Jeffrey Miao |
Digital animation magic is revealed. |
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| Skylight |
david baas |
An animated mock documentary about the ecological plight
of penguins in the Antarctic, possibly foretelling cataclysmic results for the rest of the world. |
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| Snow and Ashes |
Charles-Olivier Michaud |
In Quebec, a warjournalist awakes from a coma
to discovers that his long time collaborator has not come back with him. |
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| Speak |
Nathan Kress |
A Short Film that ask everyday people one question.
If you could say one thing to the world what would you say? |
http://pawnsoftheking.com |
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| Spoiler |
Ed Whitmore |
Two friends kill time by 'spoiling' the endings of bad
films for cinema goers. |
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| STRANDED |
Martin Malone |
A desperate woman in a life and death struggle runs through the night in search
of help. |
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| Sunset |
Oana Marian |
There's something amiss at the Sunset Line & Twine
factory. |
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| TEEN TRUTH: An Inside Look At Body Image |
Erahm Christopher |
TEEN TRUTH: BODY IMAGE presents real youths discussing
how society can shape one's body image. |
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| The Ballad of Riccardo Casanova Del Guapo |
Jeremy Pion-Berlin |
He is too many ehh sexy for the women. |
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| The Good Fight: James Farmer |
Jessica Schoenbaechler |
The Good Fight: James Farmer Remembers the Civil Rights
Movement |
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| The Hands |
Charise Studesville |
A daughter explores her relationship with her dying father
and becomes fixated upon his hands as a representation of who he was as a man. |
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| The Juggler |
Jack Ofield |
Is there anything the Juggler cannot juggle? From eggs to piggies to bok choy to a symbol of Leonard da Vinci, he is a virtuoso and artist with magical
skills. |
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| The Last Days Of Shishmaref |
Jan Louter |
Award winning film exploring what may be the last hours
of a native lifestyle. |
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| The Line |
Richard Sabatte |
In life, there are many lines a woman must endure. This is perhaps the most painful. |
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| The MAN |
Afi Ekulona |
Brett Tanner goes to great lengths to 'find himself' the
best way a man knows how. |
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| The Predator's Return |
Jerald Fine |
What if the newest resident of your nursing home was the
same Nazi officer that murdered your entire family 60 years earlier? |
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| The Scraper Bike King |
Rafael Flores |
A touching documentary about the original creator of the
Oakland-based Scraper Bike Movement. |
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| The Swim Team |
Amber Crosby |
A young woman forms a bond with three elderly shopkeepers
when she teaches them how to swim. |
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| The Teller's Tale |
Jared Cook |
a young boy embarks on a quest to discover the key to telling
a great story and win the Rabbit's Foot, the greatest of all treasures. |
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| The Tree Man |
Navin Dev |
The Tree Man' depicts Pinocchio's seemingly final minutes as he hangs from a tree. |
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| There's Bliss in the Kiss |
Melanie Beisswenger |
A princess on the lookout for Mr. Right is willing to give
even the most unlikely candidate a try. |
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| Things She Said |
Jessica Vazquez |
A lesbian drama/romance dealing with the issue of marriage
and the social pressures faced by closeted homosexuals. |
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| Third World America |
Costa Mantis |
Award-winning filmmaker Costa Mantis moved into tent city
with his camera and lived with the homeless for six months, giving them a voice. Third World America' will change your life. |
| This Side Up |
Eric Blue |
Jack ships himself in a crate to see his girl friend. In
route he makes a stunning discovery. Comedy ensues... |
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| True Beauty This Night |
Peter Besson |
Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her she's the one.
Not an easy feat considering how they met... |
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| Twenty Five Hundred & One |
Patricia van Ryker |
An acclaimed Mexican sculptor deals with life's pain through
his amazing creations |
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| Under God |
Richard Farmer |
Combining questions of Faith, Technology, and Politics,
UNDER GOD is a Cold War-era parable about the day President Eisenhower met with the world's first super computer, UNIVAC. |
| What Lives On |
Jesse Rosenberg |
A young man uses meditation to deal with grief and anger
over the death of his older brother. It deals with the concepts of loss, letting
go, and ones own breath. |
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| Whitebread and Goatman |
Steve Hosford |
Two shady undercover cops have put together what could
be the biggest score of their lives -- but will things go according to schedule? T |
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| with delicate risk |
Dane Webster |
'With Delicate Risk' explores ideas of creation myth and
evolution thru the use of various systems of motion applied to a human arm. |
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| Without Arms |
Alec Vacura |
This 3D animation follows one of art history's masterpieces as she comes to life. |
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| YardByrds |
Jason Hawkins |
An undercover cop tries to rip off a drug dealer in order
to pay the ransom for his wife. |
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| Zap Girl Makes Toast |
Chris J. Melnychuk |
A young girl's impatience for toast gets her into a shocking
situation and brings out her electric personality; thus, Zap Girl makes toast. |
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| Zombies... A Love Story |
Gary Nyland |
A
98lb-weakling Zombie must dig down deep to defeat the hulking Jock Zombie in order to win the heart of his beloved Beauty
Zombie. |
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