AGAINST THE GRAIN: AN ARTIST'S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO PERU   Dir: Ann Kaneko, United States, 64 min, 2008, Documentary In 1989, Alfredo Marquez used an image of Mao in an artwork. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. For every artist, the need to crea... more

AMANCIO - TWO FACES ON A TOMBSTONE   Dir: Tom Murray, United States, 64 min, 2009, Documentary As a young boy, Amancio Corrales immigrated from Mexico to Yuma Arizona with his parents in search of a better life. Gay and Hispanic,... more

BEAUTY OF THE FIGHT   Dir: John Urbano, United States, 68 min, 2008, Documentary Beauty of the Fight explores, with both intimate and exhilarating imagery, the effects of historic realities on two Panama barrios. Bar... more

BEYOND THE CALL   Dir: Adrian Belic, United States, 82 min, 2008, Documentary From the brothers who brought you the Academy Award nominated film GENGHIS BLUES, comes the next great adventure... BEYOND THE CALL…, I... more

BOX WITH A VIEW, A   Dir: Magee Clegg, India, 22 min, 2009, Documentary An examination of the influence of cable television on villages in the Kerala Backwaters located near the southern tip of India. 25 tel... more

CALLING, THE   Dir: David Ranghelli, Peru, 77 min, 2009, Documentary Life is a calling. And every call is both thrilling and daunting. Transporting viewers to distant lands and into deep regions of the hu... more winner: Best international Documentary

CARMEN'S PLACE   Dir: Anna Wilking, United States, 18 min, 2009, Documentary Carmen's Place is an intimate portrayal of life at a transgender friendly shelter for teenagers in Queens, New York, run by Episcopal p... more

CARPET RACERS   Dir: Jay Thames, United States, 83 min, 2008, Documentary Carpet Racers explores a yearlong journey into the subculture of grown men and women that make a living, or try to, racing radio contro... more

CAUGHT IN PAINT   Dir: Rita Blitt, United States, 6 min, 2003, Documentary 'Caught in Paint' captures painter/sculptor Rita Blitt painting on four by eight foot transparent surfaces while choreographer David Pa... more

DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, A   Dir: Lindsay Emery & Jonathan Cross, United States, 49 min, 2009, Documentary A Different Conversation explores the experiences of college students on a trip to Jerusalem. Drawing from multiple religious and cult... more

DIRECTORS ON DIRECTING   Dir: Jamel Wade, United States, 80 min, 2009, Documentary A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black filmmaker... more

DON'T UNPLUG THE ARTS   Dir: Diana Lampiasi, United States, 5 min, 2009, Documentary A short documentary featuring entertainment industry professionals such as recording artist Deborah Gibson, director Andy Fickman ('Rac... more

EXARCHIA - CULTURE SHOCK   Dir: Stamos Dimitropoulos, Greece, 12 min, 2009, Documentary 'The country's worst riots in recent years began hours after a 15-year-old boy was shot Saturday night during a confrontation between p... more

FROM RIVER TO SEA   Dir: Susan Fink, United States, 80 min, 2009, Documentary Visually stunning and deeply moving, "From River To Sea" is an emotional, heartfelt story about journeys, decisions and modern life --... more

FUTURE PLANET   Dir: Barbara Zemljic, Slovenia, 52 min, 2009, Documentary The nature's warning is clear: time is running out and we need to reconsider our way of behaving toward the environment. An engaging lo... more

GENGHIS BLUES   Dir: Roko Belic, United States, 88 min, 2000, Documentary Paul Pena played blues with the greats T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, and Bonnie Raitt. In 1995, the blind bluesman became the first America... more

GIFT OF DHAMMA, THE   Dir: Theodore Martland, United States, 30 min, 2009, Documentary In Myanmar (Burma), "The Golden Land of Buddhism," monasteries and meditation centers sprinkle the tropical countryside. Isolated from... more winner: Best Domestic Documentary

GIFTS OF SEEING   Dir: Andrea Olivier, United States, 15 min, 2007, Documentary A woman looks back at her life through the eyes of her sister's doll. Another woman marks historical events with her two pet ducks. A t... more

HAMSTERS CAN FLY   Dir: Naotomo Umewaka, United States, 9 min, 2009, Documentary Having the mind-set of wanting to try his hand at many things, Naotomo Umewaka wanted to give a gift (a hamster) to his grandmother, in... more

HAZOREA   Dir: Ulrike Pfaff, Germany, 72 min, 2009, Documentary Oriel, 30, has reached the age at which he has to decide whether to leave the kibbutz for good or become a member. He is currently livi... more

HINENI'S TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT   Dir: Layne Batt, United States, 21 min, 2009, Documentary The shocking and courageous auto-biographical account of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis' survival as a child terrorized by the Holocaust. 'T... more

HOMELESS IN HUNTERDON   Dir: Brandon Rowe, United States, 23 min, 2009, Documentary The film listens to the words of eight people who have been formerly homeless. Of all different races, genders, and family types, thei... more

HOPE DEFERRED   Dir: James Siegel, United States, 46 min, 2008, Documentary The history, science, and ethics behind stem cell research. Encompassing interviews with leaders in the field, Hope Deferred presents... more

HOW GREEN WAS OUR VALLEY   Dir: Fereshteh Joghataei, Iran, 32 min, 2009, Documentary A Dam has been built and the water is rising and 63 villages will beflooded and their residents must leave. There is a holy shrine in... more

IN THE BLOOD   Dir: Gregory Hotaling, United States, 46 min, 2008, Documentary The documentary In the Blood portrays the struggles and triumphs of a lower division soccer team and its dedicated community of support... more

JEWS OF CUBA, THE   Dir: Milos Silber, Cuba, 45 min, 2009, Documentary Cuba is known for its revolutionary leaders, communism, cigars, and 50s cars. However, religion, a founding characteristic among many n... more

KERALA, THE CRADLE OF CHRISTIANITY IN SOUTH ASIA   Dir: Jain Joseph, India, 34 min, 2008, Documentary The spice trade between Kerala and the Middle East, established before the Christian era, paved the way for the import of the Eastern f... more

LANDLESS   Dir: David Yim & Marymichael D'Onofrio, South Africa, 16 min, 2007, Documentary Though it's been over a decade since South Africa has become a free and democratic country, human rights violations still occur. Forced... more

LAST DAYS OF SHISHMAREF, THE   Dir: Jan Louter, United States, 93 min, 2008, Documentary Shishmaref is a community of about 600 people, located on an island just off the west coast of Alaska. The effects of global warming th... more

LIFE ON A BIKE   Dir: Francesco Quinn, United States, 27 min, 2006, Documentary In this documentary, part of a television series on the bicycle, director Francesco Quinn focuses on the multi-faceted role this vehicl... more

LIVING ON YOUR FEET. THE STRUGGLES OF CIPRIANO MERA   Dir: Valenti Figueres, Spain, 124 min, 2009, Documentary LIVING ON YOUR FEET explores the personality of Cipriano Mera, and the ideals and feats of an era that turned his life into one great a... more

LONG DISTANCE   Dir: Moritz Siebert, England, 27 min, 2009, Documentary Abiyot is one of several African long distance runners, trying to make a living and career in the US. Once he was a promising member of... more

LOOKING FOR THE SHOT   Dir: Patrick McCarthy, United States, 27 min, 2009, Documentary PATRICK MCCARTHY a photojournalist from Queens, New York explains the life in the profession while traveling to his first assignment.... more

LOST SPIRITS, THE   Dir: Eric Paul Maryea & Charles George Barron, United States, 77 min, 2009, Documentary The Lost Spirits is a documentary following the lives of a Native American family living in Queens, New York. In recent years, many con... more

NO COUNTRY OF OUR OWN   Dir: Jessica Knowles & Maggie Li, United States, 22 min, 2009, Documentary Crossing the border in untold numbers, desperate Zimbabweans risk their lives to seek refuge in South Africa. They leave their friends,... more

NO GOOD REASON   Dir: Michael Mierendorf, United States, 11 min, 2009, Documentary Musicians and singers from around the country, people who have never met and who are currently or recently homeless, gather in Boston t... more

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS   Dir: Naotomo Umewaka, United States, 10 min, 2009, Documentary When Naotomo Umewaka, was filming a crack addict, many people asked "Why film a crack head?" in a negative tone. So he realized early t... more

Palestine, Beer and Oktoberfest Under Occupation   Dir: Lara van Raay, Australia, 43 min, 2009, Documentary Nadim's mission is to get everyone drunk and happy! Meet the father and daughter team who created Palestine's first beer and see a diff... more

PLEDGE, THE   Dir: Scott Wurth, Australia, 35 min, 2009, Documentary Tap 'Philippines' and 'Crucifixion' into your computer and you will have no difficulty finding gruesome and disturbing images of men na... more

RAMONES ARE NOT DEAD   Dir: Suzy Ramone, Australia, 26 min, 2009, Documentary RAMONES Are Not Dead is a non-stop rock’n’roller-coaster ride into the world of those who love and follow the Ramones…still. The Ramone... more

RANDOM LUNACY   Dir: Victor Zimet & Stephanie Silber , United States, 60 min, 2009, Documentary Mainstream America might regard the family group of buskers who called themselves 'The Flying Neutrinos' as homeless. But they preferre... more

REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN, THE   Dir: Taggart Siegel, United States, 83 min, 2007, Documentary An epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer, this critically acclaimed documentary follows the colorful John Peterson, a farmer, artis... more

RETURN TO MEXICO CITY   Dir: Joie Walls, United States, 49 min, 2009, Documentary At the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, against a backdrop of a world in chaos, U.S. Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos stunned the world... more

ROAD TO GAZA, THE   Dir: Patrick Ward & Stuart Halforty, England, 66 min, 2009, Documentary In March 2009 two activists Patrick Ward and Stuart Halforty from the London Stop the War Movement traveled to the Gaza Strip in Palest... more

SAME BLOOD, THE   Dir: Francesco Di Martino, Italy, 56 min, 2009, Documentary U Stisso Sangu (litteraly The Same Blood) is a collection of stories about immigrants landed on the south-east coasts of Sicily. The do... more

SHOW ME THE WAY   Dir: Sheila A. Laffey & Gazecki William, United States, 28 min, 2009, Documentary "We have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation. And half of the students who begin college never fi... more

SLOW BOAT TO QUEENS   Dir: Patrick Tarrant, England, 8 min, 2009, Documentary If there is a tendency to take for granted our everyday exposure to life inside the city and its industries, "Slow Boat To Queens" s... more

SNAPSHOTS OF A VILLAGE   Dir: Philippa Connolly, Ireland, 15 min, 2009, Documentary From HIV to hairdos, a group of Zambian teenagers let us in on life in A Village. A Village is both an intimate and an upbeat documenta... more

SPIRIT OF A RUNNER, THE   Dir: Jessie Beers-Altman, United States, 28 min, 2009, Documentary In the world's longest race, the biggest challenge lies within. A veteran ultramarathoner tackles the Everest of distance racing in thi... more

STAGES   Dir: Meerkat Media Collective, United States, 82 min, 2009, Documentary STAGES is a moving and surprisingly funny vérite exploration of the unexpected power of the simple act of storytelling. The film unrav... more

SULTANS OF THE BOSPHORUS, THE   Dir: Muge Bayraktar, Turkey, 16 min, 2008, Documentary There are certainly some effects of globalization on culture in any developing country. Does the American football represent a good exa... more

SURVIVING SURVIVING   Dir: Joe Klein, United States, 31 min, 2009, Documentary 'Surviving Surviving' is a disturbing look at the unbelievable struggles that holocaust suvivers faced in the Nazi Germany and in Polan... more winner: Best Young Filmmaker Award

THUNDER   Dir: Hrvoje Krsticevic, Croatia, 33 min, 2009, Documentary 'Thunder' is documentary about (American) football in Europe. The story revolves around first football team in Croatia - Zagreb Thunder... more

TWO LOVES   Dir: Hannah Long & Michelle Ripplinger, United States, 25 min, 2007, Documentary "When you start a sentence with 'homosexuality' as a Mormon, you have to end that sentence with 'is a sin.'" In Two Loves, a twenty-fiv... more

WAYS ON WHEELS   Dir: Ken Galloway, Canada, 14 min, 2009, Documentary His name is Ways and he was once a fast moving outlaw artist, a hit and run gambler on the British Columbia graffiti scene. A police ch... more

WELCOME TO MY QUEER BOOKSTORE   Dir: Larry Tung, Taiwan, 19 min, 2009, Documentary Located in Taipei, Taiwan, Gin Gin's Bookstore is the one and only bookstore dedicated to the LGBT community in the Chinese-speaking wo... more

WOMEN OF FAITH   Dir: Rebecca M. Alvin, United States, 60 min, 2009, Documentary Women of Faith is a film about what it means to be Catholic, how rebellion can and does happen within the Church as well as outside... more

YEAR WITH TAKE DANCE, A   Dir: Damian Eckstein, United States, 90 min, 2009, Documentary A guerrilla documentary that follows a New York-based dance troupe's quest for success in the contemporary dance world. Featuring: Take... more