Washington DC Independent Film Festival 2009

An award winning short that takes a humorous look at a serious issue - what if an illegal immigrant falls dead in the Mexican-American Border and no one is around, will it make a sound? Does anyone care? Genres: Comedy, Hispanic, Latino, Crime, Film Noir, Human Rights, Independent, Satire List of Festivals and Awards for Film: 29. Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano 12/2007 Sacramento International Film Festival 03/2008 San Diego Media Arts 03/2008 Videoteca del Sur 04/2008 Phoenix Film Festival 04/2008 41st WorldFest 04/2008 (REMI Bronze) Pete Pano will attend on Saturday March 14th.

A compelling new documentary that takes us to the booming town of Stanley, North Dakota, sitting atop the largest oil discovery in North American history. Through stunning cinematography of the northern plains and revealing interviews with farmers receiving checks for wells on their property and oil workers filling the motels, bars, and jails. It also portrays small town America facing the unyielding global thirst for oil and all the accompanying change. Genres: Independent Contact: Noah Hutton Production Company: Couple 3 Films Inc.

A thought-provoking short exploring the parallel between music and life. Genres: Drama, Musical, Independent, Docu-Drama, Culture, Art Contact: Nadeem Majdalany Filmmakers Nadeem Majdalany & Mathew Tucciarone will be in attendance March 4th - March 15th.

In the desert, a man is buried to his neck in the sand. One does not know anything about him. A young woman, dressed in red veils, walks away without paying any attention to him. After getting out of his sand cradle, he will head for the horizon to meet his object of desire. Genres: Avant-garde, Fantasy, Action/Adventure Contact: Sebastien Aubert Production Company: AD ASTRA FILMS

Daniel Finds His Walking Stick is a collage of memories from a man suffering from Alzheimer's. It is a funny and sad portrait of the plight of an aging lonely man in a changing world. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Senior/Aging, Dramedy Contact: Gary Hebert Director's Biography: Gary Hebert debuts his short film, Daniel Finds His Walking Stick, an animated dark comedy about aging with Alzheimer's. His first short film, Bird Fan, premiered at the Vail Film Festival in 2007. Gary has worked in film in various capacities but primarily as a title designer and animator in Los Angeles. His credits include Bourne Ultimatum, The Kingdom, Cloverfield, and Van Helsing. Gary made his first film, a stop motion claymation short, at the age of ten.

David, a young Israeli Jew, and Fatima, a beautiful Palestinian Muslim girl, meet and fall in love - forbidden love. They struggle to beat the odds and in doing so challenge not only their families but fate itself. Also starring, Tony Curtis, Martin Landau. Genres: Jewish, Palestine, Muslim, Romance, War, Family Filmmaker Alain Zaloum will be on webcast.

The Day After Peace charts the remarkable 10-year journey taken by award winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish a day of Peace on September 21st. During the course of his mission the camera follows Gilley as he galvanizes the countries of the world. Genres: African, African American, Native/Aboriginal Peoples, Asian, Asian American, Black, Christian, Disability Culture, Gay/Lesbian, Hispanic, Islamic, Jewish, Latino, Native American, Third World, Women, Independent, Senior/Aging, Student, Youth/Teen, Children, Mature/Adult List of Festivals and Awards for Film: World Premiere 05/2008 Contact: Bridie Woodward Production Company: Peace One Day Director's Biography: Jeremy Gilley is an actor turned award winning filmmaker, who in the late 1990s became pre-occupied with questions about the nature of humanity and the issue of peace. Jeremy decided to explore these questions through the medium of film and his acclaimed new documentary, The Day After Peace, follows his 10-year journey to establish a day of peace. In 1999, Jeremy founded Peace One Day, a non-profit organisation, and in 2001 Peace One Day's efforts were rewarded when the member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted the first-ever day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September annually - Peace Day. As a direct outcome of Peace One Day's campaigning in 2007/8, parties in Afghanistan recognized Peace Day resulting in UNICEF, W.H.O, UNAMA and others vaccinating 3.2 million Afghanistan children against polio. In 2007 over 100 million people in 192 countries were engaged in Peace Day activities and in 14 of those countries, efforts were targeted towards providing life-saving activities and medical services on the Day. Filmmaker Jeremy Gilley will be in DC from March 3rd to the 6th.

An award winning short that recounts the life of a lone businessman who comes to terms with his own demise in the face of humanity's mysterious suicide. Genres: Alternative, Drama, Sci-Fi, Nature, Cult, Post Modern List of Festivals and Awards for Film: San Diego Film Festival 09/2008 Contact: John Moran Student Film Director's Biography: Chris has been fortunate to experience and learn the many facets of production from concept to deliverable product. As a young filmmaker he has had an eclectic career working in and around television and film sets. He's worked in the pre-production realm of the entertainment industry producing reality television for small companies based in San Diego and for larger corporations such as MTV in Los Angeles. Chris has shot video and film in a variety of locales from exotic beaches in the Bahamas to space shuttle launches in Florida and have even camera operated on 70mm productions. Finally, he’s spent long hours in front of computers in post-production facilities working for companies that produce corporate, commercial, and educational videos. Chris believes the more people who touch a project the richer the final product becomes. And it's the people he's met and the experiences he's gained along the way that make him a successful director. The creative stuff is the easy part.