26 MONTHS AFTER KATRINA   Dir: Mark Loewenstern, United States, 16 min, 2008, Documentary A theater company satirizes life in New Orleans after Katrina, providing audiences with catharsis and hope.... more

CRAWFORD   Dir: David Modigliani, United States, 74 min, 2008, Documentary Months after he arrives in town, George W. Bush declares his candidacy for President, using the town as the perfect set-piece to projec... more

IRISH ROPES , THE   Dir: Robert Sarnoff, United States, 40 min, 2008, Documentary The Irish Ropes charts the rise and fall of a champion-producing gym on a dead end street in Far Rockaway, while simultaneously followi... more

MATHEMATICALLY ALIVE   Dir: Joseph Coburn & Katherine Foronjy, United States, 94 min, 2007, Documentary This film reveals the stories of a spectrum of Mets devotees and take us on their roller coaster ride of emotion through the 2006 playo... more

MEANING OF LIFE   Dir: Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Finland, 11 min, 2008, Documentary A poetic short film about seeking happiness. This film gives insights into what happiness and the good life mean for the inhabitants o... more

MUSIC LESSON, THE   Dir: Virginia Galloway, Kenya, 73 min, 2008, Documentary The Music Lesson tells the story of two groups of young people from extraordinarily different backgrounds as they use the power of musi... more

PUPPET RAMPAGE   Dir: Lindsey "Z" Briggs, United States, 64 min, 2008, Documentary Over 500 puppeteers descended upon St. Paul, Minnesota, for a week of hair-raising, ground-breaking, internationally acclaimed puppet s... more

REEFER MADNESS   Dir: Fatso & Rail Side Films, Canada, 23 min, 2008, Documentary Reefer Madness is the story of Graffiti Artist, Fatso, on a journey across the continent to track down the rarest refrigerator boxcars... more

ROAD AHEAD: THE FIRST GREEN LONG MARCH, THE   Dir: Ryan Wong, China, 52 min, 2008, Documentary The 2008 'Green' Olympics in Beijing gave Chinese environmentalists a chance to be heard, and 2,000 college students from across China... more winner: Best International Documentary

ROCK MUSIC. ROCK ART   Dir: Zuleika Kingdon & Martin Briggs-Watson, England, 42 min, 2008, Documentary This film is a cultural exchange adventure that sets out to discover musical sounds of our earliest ancestors and fuse two very differe... more

SCHOOL PLAY   Dir: Eddie Rosenstein & Rick Velleu, United States, 72 min, 2008, Documentary Every year, the parents, teachers, and students of Mamaroneck Avenue School put on a play -- this year, its an ambitious production of... more

SEASONS IN THE VALLEY   Dir: Adam Matalon, United States, 87 min, 2008, Documentary Hollywood veteran Elliott Gould lends his distinct voice to this gentle documentary exploring the symbiotic relationships between the a... more winner: Best Domestic Documentary

Spotlight on Robert Sarnoff   Dir: Robert Sarnoff, United States, 100 min, 2008, Documentary This Filmmaker Spotlight program includes the following films by Director Robert Sarnoff: - No Rooms Lobby (20 min) - Th... more

THINK PEACE   Dir: Corey Ogilvie, Canada, 50 min, 2008, Documentary This documentary shines light on a social movement struggling to achieve World Peace. It comes at a time when the airwaves are full of... more

WITNESSING HEADLINES   Dir: Dana Gedrick & Barry Shaw , United States, 60 min, 2008, Documentary This film is set during one of the most publicized trials in the last decade. It examines what happens when you turn the cameras aroun... more