2015 global peace film festival program

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WELCOME TO THE 13th ANNUAL GLOBAL PEACE FILM FESTIVALIN ORLANDO AND WINTER PARK, FLORIDA

Since 2003 the Global Peace Film Festival has presented program-ming that celebrates the spirit and values of the local and global communities. In 13 years, we have grown from an annual event to a trusted organization working year-round to support local nonprofit groups, engage the public and to supplement our schools andcolleges with compelling, relevant programming that speaks to local issues while introducing fresh perspectives and new ideas.

The 2015 festival marks our 10th year at Rollins College, one of our foremost partners. As we reflect on our past, we continue to build new alliances — with Valencia College and its newly expanded Peace & Justice Institute, for example — to create a brighter, more peaceful future together.

This year, we are acknowledging the importance of reflection and of learning from the past to better navigate the present and prepare for the future. Many stories address the shadow of history and hope for the future — evolution of Soviet-U.S. relations; Prague on the eve of the Velvet Revolution; young peace-builders in Kenya; San Francisco’s efforts to achieve zero waste by 2020; and close-up looks at U.S. ambassadors Jon Huntsman and Richard Holbrooke. In the moment, we can feel overwhelmed or forced into false choices. But, with time and perspective, we see there are always opportunities to act as our best selves.

As always, the festival begins with the inspirational artwork of the K-12 students of Orange County Public Schools displayed in therotunda of Orlando’s City Hall, along with parties, panels and Q&As. New this year, we are delighted to welcome PremiereCinemas and Orlando Fashion Square, joining Rollins College and the Winter Park Library as primary venues.

GPFF is grateful for the support of our partners and sponsors — old and new! And we thank you, the audience. You support us not only by coming to the festival in September and events through-out the year, but also by taking up the causes that move you to do your part to make the world a better place. It starts here, with you!

Nina Streich Kelly DeVineExecutive Director Artistic Director

WATCH FILMS. GET INVOLVED. CHANGE THINGS.

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GLOBAL PEACE FILM FESTIVAL

GPFF 2015Thank You To Our Sponsors

White Dove SponsorsClear Channel OutdoorIDEASThomas P. Johnson Visiting Scholar and Artist initiativeMoore Stephens Lovelace, P.A.Rollins CollegeValencia College

Venue PartnersThe Alfond InnOrlando Fashion SquarePremiere CinemasRollins CollegeValencia CollegeWinter Park Library

Media SponsorsFandor.comGrowing BolderOrlando WeeklyVisit OrlandoWPRK 91.5FM

Friends of the FestivalCentral Florida Veg FestEileen FisherEssenceSea/Sustainable SynergyFlorida Division of Cultural Affairs

Friends of the FestivalFlorida Division of Cultural AffairsUnited Arts of Central Florida Whole Foods Market Winter ParkWomen in Film & TV Florida

Peace Loversdandelion communitea caféFirst Green BankForeFront Productions LLCHilton Grand Vacations ClubHonest TeaInterfaith Council of Central FloridaMaxine’s on ShinePark Plaza HotelPeaceKeeper Cause-MeticsRedBird PrintingTen Thousand Villages

• This project is funded in part by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

• Supported by United Arts of Central Flor-ida, host of power2give.org/centralflorida and the collaborative Campaign for the Arts.

• Sponsored in part by the State of Florida,Department of State, Division of Cultural Af-fairs and the Florida Council on Arts & Culture.

Event SponsorOrange County

Arts & Cultural Affairs

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BEYOND BOLLYWOOD | OCTOBER 3RD-5THT h e 2 1 s t A n n u a l

F I L M F E S T I VA L 2 0 1 5Beyond Bollywood: The 21st Annual South Asian Film

Festival showcases diverse images of the Indian

subcontinent, its culture, and heritage through acclaimed

independent films from across the globe. This program is

part of Enzian Theater's cultural festival circuit and is

co-presented with the Asian Cultural Association.

E N Z I A N . O R G

SAV ET H E

DAT E

Executive DirectorNina Streich

Artistic DirectorKelly DeVine

Public Relations DirectorMichele Plant KroupaMichele Plant Communications

Festival & Venues ManagementAbbie StecklerPenny StoutDeborah WaltersNani DoromalCy ForeYoweri KimeriaKitt McLeod

Volunteer CoordinatorChristopher Williamson

Community OutreachDave O’ConnorMiriam P. Saunders

Marketing / OutreachSheri Heitker-DixonBrittany HillTyler Patrick

Social MediaMaria CerroneDaniella Risi

PhotographySue ThompsonGlobal Peace Network

Catalog Editing & DesignKen CarpenterRobert Navaille

Marketing DesignGriffin CampbellBlack Hat Creative Media

Festival TrailerIDEASMaryanne MetaxasGreg Roux

WebmasterJoe Ruggeri

Legal CounselW. Edward McLeod

Accounting ServicesMoore Stephens Lovelace P.A.

GPFF 2015Festival Staff

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Board of DirectorsKurt Alter, TreasurerKen Carpenter, ChairmanMark DixonJerrid KalakayLisa Mills, SecretaryRey PerezNina Streich

AmbassadorsBob AllenDick BatchelorAmbassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury

Charles ClementsAlexandra CousteauJan CousteauPhilippe CousteauJeff DowdGiancarlo EspositoMike FarrellRichard GerePhilip GlassDanny GoldbergLee GrantAndre GregoryHomer HartageBarbara Kopple

Bob KovacevichJim LussierChief Oren LyonsCarmen MooreReverend James Park MortonMichael O’KeefeMarsha ReeceNancy Rudner-LugoSusan SarandonMartin SheenKen SunshineVince WelshCharley WilliamsGerry Williams

GPFF 2015Board of Directors & Ambassadors

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GPFF 2015Thank You

Rollins CollegeJulian ChamblissDenise CummingsAnn FrancisMichele MeyerGail SinclairJoe SiryLisa TillmannFacilities ManagementCenter for Leadership and Community EngagementAnd the many faculty, staff and students who make the GPFF better every year

K-12 Art ExhibitLenore EasthamAshley Spero

Winter Park LibraryRuth Edwards

Premiere CinemasBrian Munoz

Orlando Fashion SquareBrian Small

Valencia CollegePeace & Justice InstituteRachel AllenRudy DardenMayra Holzer Krystal Pherai

Thank youBob AllenBetty AlterSusan BeversluisChris BlancJay BoyarReisa BrafmanAllie BraswellShelly BroadwellMike BrownRobert CassanelloPatrick ChapinSandi CleeveleyPeter CleeveleyJill Bolander CohenJim CoffinShirley DeckerKathleen DeVaultWendy DoromalKirt EarhartAdora EnglishScott EvansPatricia FinneranG. Terry ForeBryan FulwiderMary GirauloAnnette Gluskin-HabinGreg GoldenMarcia GoodwinRon HabinNancy JacobsonGraham JarrettJennifer JewellPatrick KahnPam KancherBryan KriekardTomas Lares

Thank you John LuxHollie MahadeoHenry MaldonadoJane McLeanMike McLeodMary Anne MetaxasMark MiddletonTerry OlsonMike PrairieOrpfos ProductionsKristin RothbauerMikki Scanlon-KriekardBill SchaferElliot SchwartzRachel & Jim ShipleyDelila SmalleySissy SpangSarah SprinkelRick StoneCraig SwygertYulia TikhonovaJennifer Trombino-SchroederWendy WallenbergTrudy WildDan Winkler

Power2Give DonorsDebbie & Ken CarpenterSheri & Mark DixonTerry DrayerJeri & Fred GoldbergKaren HurleyJaime LonghiVicki NantzWalter NelsonJerry Trojanek

Thank you to all our VOLUNTEERS, whose help is essential in making the festival run. We are so grateful for your spirit, your dedication and your hard work.

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GPFF 2015Panel Discussions

Thursday, Oct. 1, noon, FREE2nd floor, outsidePremiere CinemasHear from Brian Rusch, exec-utive director of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, about the work of his organization.

Friday, Oct. 2, noon, FREE 2nd floor, outsidePremiere CinemasFilmmaker Casper Wong talks about the Peace Pod Project and her film “The LuLu Sessions.”

Saturday, Oct. 3, noon, FREE2nd floor, outsidePremiere CinemasFilmmakers discuss their work that is being shown in the festival.

At Rollins College

At Orlando Fashion Square

PEACE PITCHWednesday, Sept. 30, 4 p.m.,SunTrust Auditorium, FREE“Memoir of an Honest Voice” is a 15-minute short film by Nigerian filmmaker Aloaye Melvin Omoake that is the trailer for “Long Way Gone,” a feature-length dramatization of the life of Mariatu Kamara. At the age of 16, she was caught up in the civil war in Sierra Leone. She later finds a new life in Canada where she becomes a UNICEF special representative for children in armed conflict.

WHAT IS PEACE?Thursday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m.SunTrust Auditorium, FREEBrian Rusch (photo), execu-tive director of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, leads a panel in a discus-sion of what it means to

strive for a world of peace with justice.

MAKING FILMS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCEFriday, October 2, 4 p.m.SunTrust Auditorium, FREEFeaturing filmmakers whose work is featured in the festival and a special guest from the South Asian Film Festival, the panel will discuss their commitment to independent film and the spe-cial challenges they face, often telling stories that are outside of the mainstream.

MEDIA DIALOGUESaturday, Oct. 3. 11 a.m.SunTrust Auditorium, FREEJournalists and special guests discuss press-ing social issues as relates to media coverage and reporting.

INTERFAITH DIALOGUE Sunday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m.Bush Auditorium, ticket for film requiredFollowing the screening of “The Armor of Light” at 5:30 p.m., a panel of leaders from different faiths will talk about taking action regarding the issues raised in the film.

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GPFF 2015

Event Schedule

Tuesday, Sept. 29

LOCATION KEY

OPENING NIGHT

PARTIES

LANDFILL HARMONICThe Green at Rollins College - 8:30 p.m.

Opening PartyTuesday, Sept. 296-8 p.m. / Passholders only

The Alfond Inn300 E. New England Av, WP

Shopping PartyFriday, Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m.Ten Thousand Villages329 N. Park Ave, #102, WPJoin Filmmakers & Special Guests. A percentage of purchases will benefit the GPFF

Filmmaker PartySaturday, Oct. 3 9:30 p.m. / Passholders only

Maxine’s on Shine337 N. Shine Ave, Orlando

Rollins CollegeBush Auditorium & SunTrust AuditoriumEnter campus through wrought-iron archAt S. Interlachen Ave. & E. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, FL

Valencia CollegeWest Campus 1800 S. Kirkman Ave, Orlando; Bldg. HSB 105 (Thursday only)Winter Park Campus 850 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park (Friday only)

Winter Park Public Library460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park, FL

Premiere Cinemas at Orlando Fashion Square 2nd floor opposite food court, 3201 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL

Ten Thousand Villages329 North Park Ave., Suite 102, Winter Park, FL

The Alfond Inn300 E New England Ave. at S. Interlachen Ave., Winter Park, FL

Bush

SunTrust

WPPL

Premiere

10K

Alfond Inn

Valencia

Peace Art Exhibit, Orlando City Hall Rotunda400 S. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL• See the work of K-12 students from Orange County Public Schools• Open throughout the festival (8 a.m.- 5 p.m.) FREE• Opening reception & awards, Monday, Sept. 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m. FREE

UCF Art Gallery, School of Visual Arts & Design12400 Aquarius Agora Dr., Orlando, FL• Peace photography & video exhibit, open throughout the festival. FREE• Opening reception, Sunday, Sept. 27, 3-5 p.m., FREE

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GPFF 2015

Event Schedule

Wednesday, Sept. 30

WPPL Premiere1 Premiere2 Premiere3SunTrust

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12

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Bush Other

6:00-7:50

THE DIPLOMAT

8:15-9:45

COTTON ROAD

4:00-5:30

PEACE PITCH:MEMOIR OF AN HONEST

VOICE

6:30-7:15

PARABLES OF WAR

8:00-9:30

CONTAINMENT

5:30-7:15

OUT OF FOCUS

&COLORS FOR LEO

8:00-9:45

CAST THE FIRST STONE

8:00-9:30

LANDFILLHARMONIC

8:30-10:00

RACING TO ZERO

&INVISIBLE PEOPLE

&PLAY DATE

6:00-7:45

COMING BACK TO THE HOOP

5:30-7:30

SONGS FROM BOSAWAS

&THE VISION

WITHIN6:30-8:10

AUTISM IN LOVE

ALL DAY: Art exhibits at Orlando City Hall & UCF Art Gallery

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GPFF 2015

Event Schedule

Thursday, Oct. 1


10

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5:30

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Bush Other

12:00-1:302ND FLOORFASHION SQ.PANEL: WHAT

IS PEACE?BRIAN RUSCH

4:00-5:20PANEL: WHAT IS PEACE?

BRIAN RUSCH

10:00-1:00AT VALENCIA

WESTPARABLES& VISION

5:30-7:30

THE TRUE COST

8:15-9:50

STINK!

6:00-7:45

AUTISM IN LOVE

8:00-10:00

A SNAKE GIVES BIRTH TO A SNAKE

6:30-8:30

SONGS FROM BOSAWAS

&THE VISION

WITHIN

5:30-7:30

THE DIPLOMAT

8:00-9:45

HOT TYPE: 150 YEARS OF THE NATION

6:30-7:50

BEGIN WITH ME

&EINEN

KOFFER

8:30-9:45TRIALS OF C. BAKER MOTLEY

&STELLA WALSH

&HUMAN RIGHTS:

UNFINISHED

7:00-9:30 AT VALENCIA

WEST

RACING TO ZERO

&INVISIBLE PEOPLE

&PLAY DATE

6:00-7:45

PARABLES OF WAR

8:00-9:30

THE WHITE HOUSE

OVERTURE

(FOLLOWED BY LIVE MUSIC)


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GPFF 2015

Event Schedule

Friday, Oct. 2


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1:30

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6:15-8:15

LISTOPAD 7:00-9:00AT VALENCIA WINTER PARK

CAMPUS

IN OUR SON’S NAME

&LITTLE

QUESTIONS

8:45-10:15SHALLOW WATERS

&BETTER TO LIVE

&VOICE IN THE

HEAD

6:00-7:30

CONTAINMENT

8:15-10:15

THE LULU SESSIONS

5:30-7:20

A SNAKE GIVES BIRTH TO A SNAKE

8:00-9:50

FINDING JENN’S VOICE

5:30-7:15

HOT TYPE: 150 YEARS OF THE NATION

8:00-9:15

SPIRAL BOUND

8:15-10:00

CINEMA PALESTINE

&THE MARTYR

8:00-9:30TRIALS OF C. BAKER MOTLEY

&STELLA WALSH

&HUMAN RIGHTS:

UNFINISHED

6:00-7:20

RACING TO ZERO

&INVISIBLE PEOPLE

&PLAY DATE

6:00-7:30

BEGIN WITH ME

&EINEN

KOFFER

4:00-5:20PANEL:MAKING

FILMS THAT MAKE A

DIFFERENCE

12:00-1:302ND FLOORFASHION SQ.

PANEL: PEACE POD PROJECTCASPER WONG

6:00-8:00

10,000 VILLAGES

FILMMAKER & SHOPPING

PARTY FREE TO ALL


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GPFF 2015

Event Schedule

Saturday, Oct. 3

9-11

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WPPL Premiere1 Premiere2 Premiere3SunTrustBush Other

1:00-2:15WHITE HOUSE

OVERTURE (FOLLOWED BY MUSIC)

3:00-4:50

PLANETARY&

BALLAD OF HOLLAND HOUSE

5:30-7:15


8:00-9:35SUPERDEAFY

MOVIE&

EVERYBODY’SDIFFERENT

11:00-12:30PANEL:MEDIA

DIALOGUE

1:30-2:50

ALUMBRONES

3:30-5:30

STAGE FOUR: LOVE STORY

&SAINT

DEE DEE

6:00-8:00

ALL EYES AND EARS

8:30-10:00ON THE

BANKS OF THE TIGRIS

12:30-2:20


3:00-4:30

ARCTIC MOSQUE

5:00-7:00

THE LULU SESSIONS

7:30-9:30

LISTOPAD

12:00-1:35

STINK!

2:00-3:50

INSIDE PEACE&

JUST BREATHE

4:30-6:15

BETWEEN ALLAH

AND ME&

NO LOVE LOST

7:00-8:45

WILDLIKE

12:30-1:45

SPIRAL BOUND

2:30-4:15


5:00-6:45

MISS TIBET

7:30-9:20

CINEMA PALESTINE

&THE MARTYR

1:00-2:50

TRUE COST

3:30-5:30

THE ARMOR OF LIGHT

6:00-7:50

A SONG FOR YOU

8:30-10:00PEACE IN OUR

POCKETS&

A BUTTERFLY SPACE

12:00-1:302ND FLOOR FASHION SQ.

PANEL: FILMMAKER DISCUSSION

9:30 FILMMAKERS

PARTY AT MAXINE’S

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GPFF 2015

Event Schedule

Sunday, Oct. 4

9-11

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WPPL Premiere1 Premiere2 Premiere3SunTrustBush Other

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PEACE IN OUR POCKETS

& BUTTERFLY

SPACE

3:30-4:50SHALLOW WATERS

& BETTER& VOICE IN THE HEAD

5:30-8:00

THE ARMOR OF LIGHT

FOLLOWED BY PANEL:

INTERFAITH COUNCIL

1:00-2:50

A SONG FOR YOU

6:00-7:45

WILDLIKE

1:30-3:20

INSIDE PEACE&

JUST BREATHE

4:00-5:50

IN OUR SON’S NAME

&LITTLE

QUESTIONS

3:00-4:40

MISS TIBET

6:30-8:15

BETWEEN ALLAH

AND ME&

NO LOVE LOST

12:30-1:50

ALUMBRONES

3:00-4:50

ALL EYES AND EARS

5:30-7:15

ON THE BANKS OF THE TIGRIS

1:00-2:50

PLANETARY&

BALLAD OF HOLLAND HOUSE

3:30-5:10

COTTON ROAD

6:00-7:15OUT OF FOCUS

&COLORS FOR LEO

1:30-3:10

SUPERDEAFY&

EVERYBODY’S DIFFERENT

4:00-6:00

STAGE FOUR: LOVE STORY

&SAINT

DEE DEE

6:30-8:15

ARCTIC MOSQUE

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GPFF 2015Opening Night Feature Film

“Landfill Harmonic” follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group made up of youths who live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music frominstruments made entirely out of garbage.

When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. With the guidance of their music director, they must navigate a new world of sold-out concerts – but when a natural disaster devastates their community, the orchestra provides a source of hope for the town.

The film is a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit.

LANDFILL HARMONIC

LANDFILL HARMONIC

Director: Brad Allgood

USA / Paraguay / Brazil /Norway, 2015, 84 minutes

Web: landfillharmonicmovie.com

Tue. 9/28, 8:30 p.m, The Green, Rollins CollegeWed. 9/29, 8 p.m, Premiere 1

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ALL EYES AND EARS

Director: Vanessa Hope

China/USA, 2015, 90 minutes

Web: alleyesandears.org

Sat. 10/3, 6 p.m., SunTrust

Sun. 10/4, 3 p.m., Premiere 1

ALUMBRONES

Director: Bruce Donnelly

USA/Cuba, 2014, 75 minutes

Web: bit.ly/1TCi5Ta

Sat. 10/3, 1:30 p.m., SunTrust

Sun. 10/4, 12:30 p.m., Premiere 1

“Alumbrones” explores the lives and work of 12 Cuban artists living and working in Cuba today through in depth candid interviews and state of the art cinematography. Among them, the most intimate interview to date with one of the most important artist in Cuba – Pedro Pablo Oliva. It’s an exploration of the creative process, family life, social conditions, the very difficult economic era of the 1990’s known as “The Special Period” and the great resilient humor of the Cuban people. An original musical score was composed and arranged for the film by well known Cuban musician Rodolfo Argudin Justiz “Peruchin.” The music was recorded in Havana at world famous EGREM Studios.

A timely exploration into the complex links between the U.S. and China, “All Eyes and Ears” evokes the personal and the international with its accent on diplomacy, activism and individual experience. Inter-spersed with remarks from journalists and experts, the film interweaves the stories of U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, his adopted Chinese daughter, Gracie Mei, and blind legal advocate Chen Guangcheng as they find purpose, identity and resolve amid the two nations’ evolving relationship. The film follows Huntsman during his tenure as ambassador. As he contends with achieving diplomatic goals, teenager Gracie gathers a better understanding of her own cross-cultural identity. And Chen Guangc-heng’s journey — from house arrest to his highly publicized asylum at the U.S. Embassy — highlights the activist’s thoughts on China’s ambitions as an emergent power. All Eyes and Ears illuminates the delicate, intersecting layers of history, ideology and politics at play behind current diplomatic maneuvers.

GPFF 2015 / FEATURE FILMS

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ARCTIC MOSQUE

Directors: Nilufer Rahman & Saira Rahman

Canada, 2014, 79 minutes

Web: bit.ly/1MsGExH

Sat. 10/3, 3 p.m., WP Library

Sun. 10/4, 6:30 p.m., Premiere 2

THE ARMOR OF LIGHT

Director: Abigail Disney

USA, 2015, 90 minutes

Web: armoroflightfilm.com

Sat. 10/3. 3:30 p.m., Premiere 3

Sun. 10/4, 5:30 p.m., Bush

“The Armor of Light” follows the journey of an Evangelical minister trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America. Reverend Rob Schenck, anti-abortion activist and fixture on the political far right, breaks with orthodoxy by questioning whether being pro-gun is consistent with being pro-life. Rev. Schenck meets Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis, an unarmed teenager who was murdered in Florida and whose story has cast a spotlight on “Stand Your Ground” laws. McBath, also a Christian, decides to work with Schenck even though she is pro-choice. Follow these unlikely allies through their trials of conscience, heartbreak and rejection, as they attempt to make others consider America’s gun culture through a moral lens.

In 2010, a little prefabricated mosque made an epic journey across Canada to the Arctic, where no mosque had gone before. Amidst a world that responds to mosques with fear and controversy, a little mosque makes its way across the trials and beauty of the Canadian landscape in a celebrated and unprecedented 2.500 mile journey by road and river from the prairie city of Winnipeg to the small arctic town of Inuvik. As the northernmost mosque in the western hemisphere establishes its roots in the Arctic permafrost, so too does the small yet eclectic community of Inuvik Muslims who carve out a unique Canadian identity as they find friendship and a home amongst some of the oldest cultural communities in Canada.


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AUTISM IN LOVE

Director: Matt Fuller


Web: autisminlove.com

Wed. 9/30, 6:30 p.m., Premiere 3

Thur. 10/1, 6 p.m., SunTrust

BEGIN WITH ME

Director: Janet Kern


Web: on.fb.me/1PqkDOe

Screens with “Einen Koffer”

Thur. 10/1, 6:30 p.m., Premiere 3

Fri. 10/2, 6:30 p.m., SunTrust

Narrated by Garrison Keillor, with additional commentary by Mark Twain, “Begin With Me” documents a Soviet citizens delegation, including an astronaut and a milkmaid, sailing down the Mississippi River in search of the “real America.” At every port, the Soviets — mostly Russians — were taken in by local families: for a softball game, a square dance . . . and haunting conversations. Conflicted impulses of ideology and experience, aggression and affection, are vividly present. A beautiful Russian journalist, a proud American farmer, a fierce grade school teacher from Kiev, and a hospitable psychologist from Iowa speak about homelessness, the unforeseen consequences of war, the judgement of history, and the philo-sophical underpinnings of the superpowers they love. An archival portrait of citizens taking international relations into their own hands as they did, and we still, sometimes, must.

What happens when children with autism grow up and want to have lives of their own? “Autism in Love” follows Lenny’s search for the perfect woman, Lindsey and David as they consider the next step in their relationship, and Stephen as he faces the end of his marriage as best he can. Capturing the usually unexplored experiences in the lives of autistic adults, this touching documentary presents a personal and critical perspective on the most important aspect of the human condition — love.


BETWEEN ALLAH & ME (AND EVERYONE ELSE)

Director: Kyoko Yokoma

Canada, 2015, 59 minutes

Web: hijabdocumentary.com

Screens with “No Love Lost”

Sat. 10/3, 4:30 p.m., Premiere 1

Sun. 10/4, 6:30 p.m., WP Library


Director: Jonathan Stack


Web: bit.ly/1hCSg4f

Wed. 9/30, 8 p.m., WP Library

Sat. 10/3, 3 p.m., Premiere 2

In May 2012, 75 inmates at Angola Prison and Louisiana Correctional Institution for Women came together to put on the performance of their lives. Over the course of three days, before an audience of a thousand free people, these inmate actors performed “The Passion of Christ” in perhaps the largest the-atrical event ever staged in a prison. The actors, whose own experience mimics the characters they play, help us experience these biblical characters in ways rarely felt before. Leading the effort is prisoner Gary Tyler who, at age 16 in 1974, was the youngest person in America on death row. With 40 years behind bars, four on death row and six more in solitary, his wisdom guides the ship and assures its success.

No dress code inspires more debate than that of Muslim women. In North America, the way a Muslim woman dresses is her personal choice, but that choice, which includes whether or not to wear hijab to cover her hair, is often met with both approval and criticism. Meet Farida, Shaila, Naima and Sara, four Muslim women in Toronto making decisions about their personal dress codes. The film follows the wom-en’s personal journeys and their interactions with different members of society, and in doing so reveals that the piece of fabric called hijab carries many diverse meanings and messages. As these women try to follow their faith and their hearts at the same time, the film unveils the intricate and complex effects of hijab on Muslim women, their families and communities, and the larger multicultural society in which they live.


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CINEMA PALESTINE

Director: Tim Schwab

Canada/Palestine, 2014, 79 min.

Web: bit.ly/1gHPUAf

Screens with “The Martyr”

Fri. 10/2, 8:15 p.m., SunTrust



Director: Jane Pittman


Web: comingbacktothehoop.com

Wed. 9/30, 6 p.m., Premiere 2

Sat. 10/3, 12:30 p.m., WP Library

Jane Pittman, a promising basketball star at her small town high school, ran off the court during a holi-day tournament game never to return — until now, 43 years later. When Jane stumbles across the NOVA United Senior Women’s Basketball Association, old passions are reignited. Vowing to get into the best shape of her life, she is determined to play competitive ball again. What she never expected to find on that journey was a passionate group of senior adults who had decided to “wear out, before we rust out.” Choosing basketball over Canasta and Bingo, these women come together for much more than sports. “Coming Back To The Hoop” is about the transformative power of basketball and the healing it brings when you connect with something larger than yourself and give yourself over to the team.

“Cinema Palestine” explores the life and work of multiple generations of Palestinian filmmakers and media artists. Told through intimate, in-depth interviews with a wide range of Palestinian artists living in the Middle East, North American and Europe, and featuring key excerpts from their works, the film explores issues of personal experience, artistic development, political and social concerns, the relation-ship to the landscape and what it means to be a Palestinian artist in the context of the larger struggle for nationhood.


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CONTAINMENT

Directors: Peter Galison & Robb Moss

USA/Japan, 81 minutes

Web: containmentmovie.com

Wed. 9/30, 8:30 p.m., SunTrust

Fri. 10/2, 6 p.m., Premiere 2

COTTON ROAD

Director: Laurel Kissel

USA/China, 2014, 72 minutes

Web: cottonroadmovie.com

Wed. 9/30, 8:15 p.m., Bush

Sun. 10/4, 3:30 p.m., Premiere 2

Americans consume nearly 20 billion new items of clothing each year, and at least 1 billion of them are made in China. “Cotton Road” uncovers the transnational movement of cotton and tells the stories of worker’s lives in a conventional cotton supply chain. From rural farms in South Carolina to factory cities in China, we span the globe to encounter the industrial processes behind our rapacious consumption of cheap clothing and textile products. Are we connected to one another through the things we consume? Cotton Road explores a contemporary landscape of globalized labor through human stories and provides an opportunity to reflect on the ways our consumption impacts others and drives a global economy.

Can we contain some of the deadliest, most long-lasting substances ever produced? Left over from the Cold War are 100 million gallons of radioactive sludge, covering vast radioactive lands. Governments around the world, desperate to protect future generations, have begun imagining society 10,000 years from now in order to create monuments that will speak across time. Part observational essay filmed in weapons plants, Fukushima and deep underground – and part graphic novel, “Containment” weaves be-tween an uneasy present and an imaginative, troubled far future, exploring the idea that over millennia, nothing stays put.


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THE DIPLOMAT

Director: David Holbrooke


Web: thediplomatfilm.com

Wed. 9/30, 6 p.m., Bush

Thur. 10/1, 6 p.m., Premiere 1


Director: Tracy Schott


Web: findingjennsvoice.com

Screens with “The Distant Touch”

Fri. 10/2, 8 p.m., Premiere 1

Sat. 10/3, 5:30 p.m., Bush

On March 16, 2011, 27-year-old Jennifer Snyder was murdered by her married boyfriend of more than two years, after he learned that she was pregnant. He shot Jenn and then dumped her body in a wooded ravine. He was arrested six days later, eventually pleading guilty to avoid the death penalty. When the filmmaker learned of Jenn’s murder, she was shocked to learn that homicide is the leading cause of death during pregnancy. Why wasn’t the media talking about this? Why was every case covered like it was a fluke, just some guy “snapping?” Conversations with experts and survivors of intimate partner homicide help us to find Jenn’s voice, and understand the dangers overlooked by so many. They give a voice to the voiceless and leave the viewer with a message that is hard to forget.

“The Diplomat” tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans 50 years of American foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Told through the perspective of his eldest son David, the documentary takes you behind the scenes of high stakes diplo-macy where peace is waged and wars are ended. The film will be released in 2015, the 20th anniversary of Holbrooke’s crowning achievement: the Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the war in Bosnia.


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HOT TYPE: 150 YEARSOF THE NATION

Director: Barbara Kopple


Web: imdb.to/1Pgkn3A

Thur. 10/1, 8:30 p.m., Premiere 1

Fri. 10/2, 6 p.m., Bush

IN OUR SON’S NAME

Director: Gayla Jamison


Web: inoursonsname.com

Screens with “Little Questions”

Fri. 10/1, 7 p.m., Valencia WP

Sun. 10/4, 4 p.m., WP Library

“In Our Son’s Name” is an intimate portrait of Phyllis and Orlando Rodríguez, as they cope with grief and search for meaning when their son, Greg, dies with thousands of others in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Choosing nonviolence and reconciliation over vengeance, the couple begins a transformative, sometimes controversial, journey that challenges conventional concepts of justice and healing. As their search for meaning evolves they speak out against anti-Muslim actions and find peace in working with prison inmates. The film mixes in-depth interviews with on-location footage and striking archival photo-graphs and video to create a deeply personal story that invites us to re-consider conventional concepts of justice and healing.

Founded in 1865, The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine. Now in its 150th year, it has long been considered one of America’s definitive journalistic voices. “Hot Type” tells its story. Capturing daily life at the magazine, the film introduces staff writers and editors both past and present, shows The Nation’s highly sought-after internship program, and follows reporters covering stories in the field. At the heart of the film is The Nation’s enduring commitment to in-depth coverage and long term perspectives on core issues like racial justice, foreign intervention and climate change. It is the story of The Nation – and the nation – evolving into the future, as it is guided by its past.


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INSIDE PEACE

Director: Cynthia Fitzpatrick


Web: insidepeacemovie.com

Screens with “Just Breathe”


Sun. 10/4, 1:30 p.m., WP Library

LISTOPAD

Director: Gary Keith Griffin

Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2015, 90 minutes

Web: listopadfilm.com

Fri, 6:15 p.m., Premiere 3

Sat. 10/3, 7:30, WP Library

“Listopad” is a story of the spirited friendship between three teenaged boys, swept up in the “Velvet Revolution” of 1989. Petr, Jiri and Ondrej are an unlikely trio of friends. An artist, a hockey player and a music trader, they survive Communism by playing sports, drinking beer, chasing girls and listening to underground music. But they are bound together by their desire for freedom and, on a cold, dark night in November, they join the front lines of a student demonstration in the streets of Prague. Face-to-face with the riot police, the boys are forced into a momentous decision: stand up against the Communist regime or give in to a system that has silenced their families for generations.

“Inside Peace” follows three men who were incarcerated at Dominguez State Jail in San Antonio, Texas. There they embarked on a journey of change by enrolling in the Peace Class, one of the few self-improve-ment programs offered in prisons across the country that are not faith-based, but instead concentrates on the individual’s inner strength and self-worth. The film follows the trio’s difficult road as they integrate in their lives the personal peace, self worth and dignity discovered at the Peace Class. The road becomes most treacherous when they are released from jail as they negotiate a world filled with conflict, rejection and hostility. Faced with these familiar roadblocks, they must avoid the temptation to return to their old ways that led to imprisonment in the first place.


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THE LULU SESSIONS

Director: Casper Wong


Web: lulusessionsfilm.com

Fri. 10/2, 8:15 p.m., Premiere 2

Sat. 10/3, 5 p.m., WP Library

MISS TIBET:BEAUTY IN EXILE

Director: Norah Shapiro

India/USA, 2014, 70 minutes

Web: misstibetbeautyinexile.com


Sun. 10/4, 3 p.m., Bush

Within a culture long revered for spirituality and the high value placed on inner beauty, a maverick Tibet-an promoter engages in a seemingly most un-Tibetan undertaking — a Western-style beauty pageant. For the past decade, young Tibetan women from around the world have gathered in Dharamsala, India, the Himalayan home of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, to participate. “Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile” fol-lows a Tibetan-American teenager as she travels to India to compete in what its founder calls a “beauty pageant with a difference.” The story of this pageant’s existence and the participants’ desires to embrace modernity while still maintaining cultural traditions closely mirrors the larger Tibetan exile community at a time of great transition, with the momentous shift resulting from the Dalai Lama’s recent political retirement just as tensions between China and Tibet flare.

LuLu is unlike anyone you’ve ever met. A hard-living, chain-smoking rebel with a tender heart. A poet with a potty mouth. Farm girl. Former cheerleader. World-class cancer researcher. Beloved professor. Dr. Louise “LuLu” Nutter has just discovered a new anti-cancer drug when she finds out she is dying of breast can-cer herself at 42. Shot during those last 15 months of LuLu’s life, “The LuLu Sessions” is a raw, intimate, yet surprisingly humorous story about the filmmaker showing up for her best friend and ex-something, and together, testing the limits of their bond while taking on life’s ultimate adventure.


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NO ORDINARY HERO:THE SUPERDEAFY MOVIE

Director: Troy Kotsur


Web: noordinaryheromovie.com

Screens w/ “Everybody’s Different”

Sat. 10/3, 8 p.m., BushSun. 10/4, 1:30 p.m., Premiere 3

ON THE BANKSOF THE TIGRIS

Director: Marsha Emerman

Australia/Israel/Europe/Iraq, 2015, 79 minutes

Web: bit.ly/1Etar17


Sun. 10/4, 5:30, Premiere 1

When Majid Shokor escaped from Iraq he discovered that the songs he loved as a child in Baghdad have a surprising hidden history. To find out more, Majid embarks on a bold journey from Australia to Israel, Europe and Iraq to meet top Iraqi musicians, hear their music and stories, and unite them in a concert for peace and reconciliation.

“No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie” stars John Maucere with Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin. This family drama is about a deaf actor who plays a superhero on TV who looks behind the cape to influence a deaf boy to redefine what “being normal” means. During his journey he also finds inspiration to transform himself. This film marks the first time in cinematic history that a Screen Ac-tors Guild commercial feature film is being executive produced exclusively by deaf executive producers and directed by a deaf director.• The film is 100% open captioned at every screening.


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OUT OF FOCUS

Director: Shahriar Siami Shal

UK, 2014, 51 minutes

Web: on.fb.me/1gI6Qq9

Screens with “Colors for Leo”

Wed. 9/30, 5:30 p.m., WP Library


PARABLES OF WAR

Director: Nina Gilden Seavey


Web: bit.ly/1Mp5Bbu

Wed. 9/30, 6:30, SunTrust

Thur. 10/1, 6 p.m., Premiere 1

“Parables of War” explores the intersection of art with artist and the ways in which art can help bind the wounds of war — both for the soldiers and for those they left behind. “Parables of War” witnesses the journey of three men who are in one way or another casualties of war: actor Bill Pullman; dancer Keith Thompson; and former Marine Josh Bleill. Transcending performance, “Parables” explores the intricate nexus that exists between art and artist, between presentation and personal narrative, between historical truth and contemporary experience. Ultimately, what is laid bare is the struggle of the wounded and their healers that expresses itself both in art as in life itself. Based on excerpts from the creation process of MacArthur Genius Award-winning choreographer Liz Lerman’s theatrical dance piece, “Healing Wars.”

“Out of Focus” profiles the artist Afshin Naghouni. Born and raised in Iran, he suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury during a birthday party in Tehran when he fell from the seventh floor of a building while trying to escape from Iranian police. He was able to move to Great Britain 17 years ago for treatment and has rebuilt his life, getting married and now working as an artist from his wheelchair.


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PEACE IN OUR POCKETS

Director: Kenny Dalsheimer

US/Kenya, 2015, 55 minutes

Web: peaceinourpockets.com

Screens with “A Butterfly Space”


Sun. 10/4, 12:30, Bush

PLANETARY

Director: Guy Reid

US/Sweden/Kenya/UK, 2015, 85 m.

Web: weareplanetary.com

Screens with “The Ballad of Holland House”

Sat. 10/3, 3 p.m., Bush


“Planetary” is a wakeup call, a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. It is a reminder that it’s time to shift our perspective, to reconsider our relationship with ourselves, each other and the world around us — to remember that: we are plane-tary. The film interweaves imagery from NASA Apollo missions with visions of the Milky Way, Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, and the cacophonous sounds of downtown Tokyo and Manhattan, with interviews from renowned experts including astronauts Ron Garan and Mae Jemison (first African American woman in space), environmentalist Bill McKibben, National Book Award winner Barry Lopez, anthropologist Wade Davis and many others who shed new light on the ways our worldview is pro-foundly affecting life on our planet.

In the months before their 2013 election, Kenyans sent over 2 billion text messages. Would those messages be used to build or to burn? “Peace in Our Pockets” follows Kenyan activists as they work to strengthen civic engagement, build democracy, and defuse violence in the lead up to the 2013 national elections. With cutting-edge SMS text-messaging and grassroots organizing, the peacebuilders commit to transforming the very meaning of peace in their country. As Kenyans go to the polls and the votes are tallied, the activists send out hundreds of thousands of texts. Yet they continue to look beyond the election cycle to the intersections of peace and democracy. As Mary says, “Peace is not achieved in one day. It is a journey.”


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RACING TO ZERO

Director: Christopher Beaver


Web: racingtozero.org

Screens with “Invisible People” and “Play Date”

Wed. 9/30, 8:30 p.m., Premiere 2Thurs. 10/1, 7 p.m., Valencia West Fri. 10/2, 6 p.m., WP Library

A SNAKE GIVES BIRTHTO A SNAKE

Director: Michael Lessac,

USA/South Africa/Ireland/Rwanda, 2014, 99 minutes

Web: asnaketoasnake.com

Thur. 10/1, 8:15 p.m., SunTrust

Fri. 10/2, 5:30 p.m., Premiere 1

“A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake” follows a diverse group of South African actors as they tour global war-torn regions to share their country’s experience with reconciliation. As they ignite a dialogue among people with raw memories of atrocity, the actors find they must confront once again their homeland’s complicated and violent past and question their own capacity for healing and forgiveness.

San Francisco’s mayor pledged three years ago to achieve zero waste by 2020. “Racing to Zero” tracks the city’s waste stream diversion tactics. It also examines our society’s garbage practices in terms of consumption, preparation, use and production, and discovers some amazing solutions in San Francisco, which is successfully taking the necessary steps to achieve the goal of zero waste. Cities all over the United States have instituted zero-waste policies of their own, and it is through these mandates that we are challenged to think differently about not only how we handle our garbage, but what it can become.


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A SONG FOR YOU

Director: Sharon Karp

USA/France, 2014, 83 minutes

Web: asongforyoumovie.com


Sun. 10/4, 1 p.m., SunTrust

SONGS FROM BOSAWAS

Directors: Brad Allgood & Camilo de Castro

Nicaragua, 2014, 52 minutes

Web: misionbosawas.org

Screens with “The Vision Within”

Wed. 9/30, 5:30 p.m., Premiere 1

Thur. 10/1, 6:30 p.m., WP Library

“Songs From Bosawas” follows a team of sound engineers on a treacherous journey deep into the rain forests of Northern Nicaragua to record the music of the Mayangna Indians for the first time in history. The film explores the connection between the preservation of indigenous culture and conservation of the rainforest through the musicians’ discoveries along their journey.

In 1943 the Karp family escaped the Nazis by crossing the Pyrenees on foot with the help of the French Resistance. For five years, they were on the run, only steps ahead of Hitler’s troops. Carrying the burden of their parents’ trauma, the filmmaker and her sisters return to Europe to confront events of the past in an attempt to separate them from the present. The story is told through interviews with her mother, segments of a book her father wrote, home movies, photographs and historical footage, with the mother’s songs threaded throughout the film. “A Song for You” is a story of survival through strength of will, luck – and the help of others.


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SPIRAL BOUND

Director: Jason Winn


Web: spiralboundmovie.com

Fri. 10/2, 8 p.m., Bush

Sat. 10/3, 12:30, Premiere 2

STAGE FOUR: A LOVE STORY

Director: Benjamin Steger


Web: stagefouralovestory.com

Screens with Saint Dee Dee



“Stage Four: A Love Story” is an intimate and rich portrait of a mother and her family as she faces terminal illness. Following her diagnosis, director Benjamin Steger followed his parents’ journey as they considered her needs, debated her options and eventually came to the deepest and most fulfilled expressions of their love. Delving into the past to explore the often-flawed love and marriage, the film is framed within the present as they confront her stage-four cancer diagnosis. Through the journey, we experience the resiliency of the human spirit as this couple learns that a cancer diagnosis isn’t a death sentence, but a call to live life to the fullest.

“Spiral Bound” illustrates the importance of the arts to our nation’s prosperity as well as the personal consequences of defunding the arts. The documentary follows eight creative high school students from a youth development program and a group of liberal arts college students over the course of one summer. Together they seek social justice not only in the public school system but also in the higher education arena. From the inner city streets of Charlotte, N.C., and the quaint college town of Davidson, these young people stand together to change the face of education through their courageous narratives.


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STINK!

Director: Jon Whelan


Web: StinkMovie.com

Thur. 10/1, 8:15 p.m., Bush

Sat. 10/3, 12 noon, Premiere 1

THE TRUE COST

Director: Andrew Morgan

USA/Cambodia/Bangladesh/India/Haiti, 2015, 92 minutes

Web: truecostmovie.com

Thur. 10/1, 5:30 p.m., Bush


This is a story about the clothes we wear, the people who make them and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and envi-ronmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider: who really pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the world’s leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, “The True Cost” takes us on an eye-opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes.

“Stink!” opens with a foul smell and a pair of kid’s pajamas. And a single father trying to find out what that smell could possibly be. But instead of getting a straight answer, director Jon Whelan stum-bles on an even bigger issue in America, which is that some products on our store shelves are not safe — by design. Entertaining, enlightening and at times almost absurd, “Stink!” takes you on a madcap journey from the retailer to the laboratory, through corporate boardrooms, down back alleys and into the halls of Congress. Follow Whelan as he clashes with political and corporate operatives all trying to protect the darkest secrets of the chemical industry. You won’t like what you smell.


SPONSORED BY EILEEN FISHER

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THE WHITE HOUSEOVERTURE

Director: Steve Radley


Web: on.fb.me/1Mp7jty

Note: There will be a live musical performance at each screening.

Thur. 10/1, 8 p.m., Premiere 2Sat. 10/3, 1 p.m., Bush

WILDLIKE

Director: Frank Hall Green


Web: wildlikefilm.com


Sun. 10/4, 6 p.m., SunTrust

Mackenzie, a troubled but daring teenage girl, is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau, Alaska. She longs for her struggling, absent mother, but as her mom’s phone calls become less frequent and her uncle’s care is not what it seems, she must flee. Her only thoughts are to escape her uncle’s grasp and contact her mother somehow, but as she plunges deeper into the Alaskan interior she is suddenly helplessly alone. A chance connection with a loner backpacker, Rene Bartlett, proves to be her only lifeline. As Mackenzie shadows Bartlett across the last frontier, she thwarts his efforts to cut her loose until Bart has no choice but to help her survive in the wilderness. Against the backdrop of a spectacu-lar Alaska landscape, they discover the redemptive power of friendship.

Montreal born Benoit Glazer is a trumpet player, arranger, and a conductor for Cirque du Soleil’s “La Nouba,” in Orlando. His love for music runs very deep. In 2007 he and his wife built a concert hall in their Orlando house to share a unique experience of music and art with everyone. They’ve hosted over 400 concerts, with musicians from 24 countries.


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A BUTTERFLY SPACE

Director: Denise Dragiewicz

Malawi, 2014, 28 minutesWeb: eyesoftheworldfilms.com

Screens w/“Peace in Our Pockets”

Sat. 10/3, 8:30 p.m., Premiere 3Sun. 10/4, 12:30 p.m., Bush

THE BALLAD OFHOLLAND HOUSE

Director: Lynn Tomlinson

USA, 2014, 5 minutesWeb: on.fb.me/1D5kxTs

Screens with “Planetary”

Sat. 10/3, 3 p.m., BushSun. 10/4, 1 p.m., Premiere 2

BETTER TO LIVE

Director: Linda G. Mills

USA, 2015, 20 minutesWeb: bettertolivefilm.com

Screens with “Shallow Waters” and “The Voice in the Head”

Fri. 10/2, 8:45 p.m., Premiere 3Sun. 10/4, 3:30 p.m., SunTrust

A gritty and uplifting look at the travails of the college experience and the sketch comedy performance that is saving lives. Raw and unscripted, young ‘superhero’ artists remind us that it’s better to live.

Two British women set up a non-profit volunteer community project in Nkhata Bay, Malawi, Africa, improving the lives of villagers, both with environmental initiatives and social services.

Animator Lynn Tomlinson tells the true story of the last house on a sinking island in the Chesapeake Bay. Told from the house’s point of view, this film is a soulful and haunting view of the impact of sea-level rise.

GPFF 2015 / SHORT FILMS

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THE DISTANT TOUCH

Director: Jun Chen

USA, 2014, 5 minutesWeb: vimeo.com/93218348

Screens with “Finding Jenn’s Voice”

Fri. 10/2, 8 p.m., Premiere 1Sat. 10/3, 5:30 p.m., Bush

EINEN KOFFER

Director: Sergio E. Aviles

USA/Mexico, 2015, 6 minutesWeb: imdb.to/1DTlkyr

Screens with “Begin with Me”

Thur. 10/1, 6:30 p.m., Premiere 3Fri. 10/2, 6:30, SunTrust

COLORS FOR LEO

Director: Zarah Knebel

Spain, 2014, 14 minutesWeb: on.fb.me/1Le2NQ1

Screens with “Out of Focus”

Wed. 9/30, 5:30 p.m., WP LibrarySun. 10/4, 6 p.m., Premiere 2

A migrant compares President Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” speech with the border wall between Mexico and the United States.

Clara, a teenage girl, uses her passion for drawing to unlock her inner world. Her life takes an unexpected turn when Leo, the parrot of her missing grandfather, convinces her to accompany him on an adventure that will exceed her greatest fantasies but also her biggest nightmares.

“The Distant Touch” is an animated film about a baby fox’s quest to find his mother. It shows the inner world of an animal that has been destroyed by human beings.


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INVISIBLE PEOPLE

Directors: Demar Gunter & Gage GunterUSA, 2015, 3 minutesWeb: imdb.to/1MtXLPF

Screens with “Racing to Zero” and “Play Date”

Wed. 9/30, 8:30 p.m., Premiere 2Thurs. 10/1, 7 p.m., Valencia WestFri. 10/2, 6 p.m., WP Library

EVERYBODY’S DIFFERENT

Director: John Kapusinski

USA, 2015, 6 minutesWeb: joshkapusinski.com

Screens with “No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie”

Sat. 10/3, 8 p.m., BushSun. 10/4, 1:30 p.m., Premiere 3

HUMAN RIGHTS:THE UNFINISHED JOURNEY

Director: Deb Bergeron

USA, 2015, 27minsWeb: learningpartnership.org

Screens w/“The Trials of Constance Baker Motley” and “Stella Walsh”

Thur. 10/1, 8:30 p.m., Premiere 3Fri. 10/2, 8 p.m., WP Library

An examination of how 9-11 has negatively impacted the struggle for universal human rights and women’s rights around the globe. The Women’s Learning Partnership commissioned film calls for a renewed commit-ment to focusing more on human rights in national and international advocacy and policy discourse. (Photo courtesy of Women’s Learning Partnership)

A short documentary by a 15-year old high school sophomore from San Antonio, Texas, about what Joan Cheever and the Chow Train do to help the homeless in their city.

An uplifting portrait of a Brooklyn high school valedictorian who lives in a shelter and is redefining the public perception of disability.


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LITTLE QUESTIONS

Director: Virginia Abramovich

Canada, 2014, 12 minutesWeb: littlequestionsfilm.com

Screens with “In Our Son’s Name”

Fri. 10/1, 7 p.m., Valencia WPSun, 10/4, 4 p.m., WP Library

THE MARTYR

Director: Darren Langlands

UK, 2015, 10 minutesWeb: bit.ly/1Ps2PT2

Screens with “Cinema Palestine”

Fri. 10/2, 8:15 p.m., SunTrustSat. 10/3, 7:30 p.m., Premiere 2

JUST BREATHE

Directors: Julie Bayer & Josh Salzman

USA, 2014, 4 minutesWeb: wavecrestfilms.com

Screens with “Inside Peace”

Sat. 10/3, 2 p.m., Premiere 1Sun. 10/4, 1:30 p.m., WP Library

MI-5 agent Laura Kent explains her actions to an internal inquiry in the aftermath of a major terrorism incident.

A lesson on anger, neuroscience and meditation from a group of elementary school kids.

Using the simple questions of a child as a powerful lens, “Little Questions” follows the journey of a young girl as she sets out on a quest to understand what war is.


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SAINT DEE DEE

Director: Helen Baldwin

USA, 2014, 9 minutesWeb: saintdeedee.com

Screens with “Stage Four: A Love Story”

Sat. 10/3, 3:30 p.m., SunTrustSun. 10/4, 4 p.m., Premiere 3

NO LOVE LOST

Director: Shekhar Bassi

UK, 2013, 15 minutesWeb: facebook.com/IBFilmn

Screens with “Between Allah & Me (and Everyone Else)”

Sat. 10/3, 4:30 p.m., Premiere 1Sun. 10/4, 6:30 p.m., WP Library

PLAY DATE

Director: Paige Morrow KimballUSA, 2015, 15 minutesWeb: playdatefilm.com

Screens with “Racing to Zero” and “Invisible People”

Wed. 9/30, 8:30 p.m., Premiere 2Thurs. 10/1, 7 p.m., Valencia WestFri. 10/2, 6 p.m., WP Library

When a little girl discovers a homeless woman in her backyard, she invites her inside for a play date, which goes unnoticed by her distracted parents. “Play Date” invites us to take a deeper look at ourselves and explores what being “homeless” really means.

Dee Dee is a woman who spends her life quietly doing good. She works in a hospice, one of many people serving a community, unnoticed and unrecognized. “Saint Dee Dee” reveals the story of an everyday saint who might otherwise remain invisible.

A Jewish boy nurturing a secret romance with a Muslim girl is unaware he is being stalked. While they struggle to be open about their relationship, the stalker’s obsession reveals a thought provoking turn culminating in the trio coming face to face.


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STELLA WALSH

Director: Rob LucasUSA, 2014, 15 minutesWeb: stellawalsh.com

Screens with “Trials of Constance Baker Motley” & “Human Rights: Unfinished Journey”


THE TRIALS OF CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY

Director: Rick Rodgers

USA, 2015, 25 minutesWeb: constancebakermotley.com

Screens with “Stella Walsh” &“Human Rights: Unfinished Journey”


SHALLOW WATERS:THE PUBLIC DEATHOF RAYMOND ZACK

Director: Jaime Longhi

USA, 2015, 34 minutesWeb: shallow-waters.comScreens with “Better to Live” and “The Voice in the Head”


The groundbreaking career of Constance Baker Motley is explored in this film – including being the first black woman state senator in New York, the first woman Manhattan borough president and the first African American federal judge.

“Shallow Waters: The Public Death of Raymond Zack” is a documentary about an absurd and tragic se-quence of events that allowed a life to expire needlessly in the waters of the San Francisco Bay.

Stella Walsh was one of the most celebrated female athletes in the world. Her popularity continued for decades after winning gold in the 1932 Olympics, until she was killed in a robbery and it was discovered that she had ambiguous gender.


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THE VISION WITHIN

Director: Michael Snyder

USA/Ecuador, 2015, 36 minutes

Web: interdependentpictures.org

Screens with “Songs for Bosawas”

Wed. 9/30, 5:30 p.m., Premiere 1Thur. 10/1, 6:30 p.m., WP Library

THE VOICE IN THE HEAD

Director: Cyrus Trafford

UK, 2015, 12 minutesWeb: cyrustrafford.com

Screens with “Shallow Waters” and “Better to Live”


As psychologist David Rosenhan Ph.D said, “If sanity and insanity co-exist, how shall we know them?” Co-written by Eckhart Tolle.

A group of college students travel deep into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to meet an ancient dream culture living today in much the same way that they have lived for thousands of years and learn how inner visions can play a critical role in our lives and in awakening a socially just, environmentally sustainable future.


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GPFF 2015Local Community Resources

ANIMAL RIGHTS

Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge and Education Centerhttp://[email protected](407) 568-5138

Orange Audubon Societyhttp://orangeaudubonfl.org

Save the Manatee Clubhttp://[email protected](407) 539-0990

Speak Up Wekivahttp://[email protected](407) 399-3228

CIVIL/HUMAN RIGHTS

ACLU Central Chapterhttps://central.aclufl.orgContact: Jack [email protected]

Amnesty International USA - Orlan-do Chapter 519http://amnestyorlando.orgPO Box 533855Orlando, FL 32853Katie Harding - Group [email protected]

Central Florida Jobs With Justicehttp://cfjwj.orgDenise [email protected](407) 451-2472

Central Florida Urban Leaguehttp://cful.org(407) 841-7654

Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task [email protected](407) 244-5129

National Association for the Ad-vancement of Colored PeopleNAACP-Orange Co. Florida Branchhttp://bit.ly/[email protected](407) 649-3020

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ECO-ACTIONhttp://[email protected]

Friends of the Wekiva Riverhttp://friendsofwekiva.orgDon [email protected](407) 677-4004

Green Works Orlandohttp://cityoforlando.net/[email protected]

IDEAS For UsIntellectual Decisions on Environ-mental Awareness Solutionshttp://ideasforus.org

Global Shapers/World Economic Forum

Sierra Club - Central Florida Grouphttp://centralfloridasierra.org

FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

Building [email protected]

The Three Wise [email protected]

Faith in Florida/PICO Nat. Networkhttp://faithinflorida.org(407) 849-5031

Hindu Society of Central [email protected](407) 699-5277

The list below of organizations, links and contacts is provided for convenience and reference only, and no endorsement or validation is implied. We encourage you to get involved in local activities that encourage peace and well-being.

Always satisfy your own curiosities concerning the effectiveness of an organi-zation’s record of accomplishments. Please note that this is not a complete listing of local organizations.

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Holocaust Center of FloridaMaitlandhttp://[email protected](407) 628-0555

Interfaith Council of Central FloridaWinter [email protected] Society of Central Floridahttp://[email protected](407) 273-8363

The Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater OrlandoMaitlandorlandojcc.org(407) 645-5933

The Rosen Jewish CommunityCenter of Greater Orlandohttp://[email protected]) 270-3679

Orlando Zen [email protected](407) 897-3685

Sikh Society of Central FloridaOviedoorlandogurdwara.wordpress.comorlandogurdwarainfo@gmail.com(407) 366-3136

FOOD / HEALTH / HOUSING

Central Florida Birth Networkhttp://bit.ly/[email protected]

Central Florida Disability [email protected](407) 420-4892

Farmworker Association of Floridahttp://[email protected](407) 886-5151

Florida School of Holistic Livinghttp://[email protected](407) 595-3731

Habitat for Humanityof Greater Orlandohttp://[email protected](407) 648-4567

Lighthouse Central Floridahttp://lighthousecentralflorida.org(407) 898-2483

Simple Living Institutehttp://simplelivinginstitute.org

Slow Food Orlandohttp://slowfoodorlando.org

Vegetarians of Central Floridahttp://vegcf.orghttp://meetup.com/[email protected](321) 331-1859

HELP THE HOMELESS / MENTAL HEALTH / DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Coalition for the Homeless Cen. FLhttp://[email protected](407) 426-1250

Community Food & Outreach Centercommunityfoodoutreach.org(407) 650-0774

Food Not Bombshttps://facebook.com/orlandofood-notbombs

Harbor House of Central Floridahttps://[email protected](407) 886-2244

Health Care Center for the Homelesshttp://hcch.org/main.htm(407) 428-5751

HOPE Helpshttp://[email protected] Drop-In Centerhttp://[email protected](407) 617-3311

Second Harvest Food Bankof Central Floridahttp://foodbankcentralflorida.org(407) 295-1066

INTERNATIONAL

African Heritage Alliance Centerhttp://[email protected](407) 371-9687

African United Councilhttp://[email protected](407) 369-0150

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Arab American Community Centerof Floridahttp://[email protected](407) 985-4550

Asian American Heritage Councilof Central [email protected](407) 648-0880

Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce of Floridahttp://[email protected](407) 427-1800

Global Hope Network Internationalhttp://[email protected](407) 207-3256

REBUILD Globallyhttp://[email protected](407) 801-9936

Ten Thousand Villageshttp://bit.ly/[email protected](407) 644-8464

United Nations Association-Orlando Chapter Presidenthttp://[email protected]@UNAOrlando1

LGBT

The Centerthecenterorlando.org(407) 228-8272

MBA OrlandoMetropolitan Business AssociationLGBT Chamber of Commercembaorlando.org(321) 800-3946

Zebra CoalitionSupporting LGBT+ youthhttp://zebrayouth.orgHOTLINE: 877-90-ZEBRAOffice: 407-228-1446 Option 2Orlando Gay Chorusorlandogaychorus.com

NEIGHBORHOOD / COMMUNITYORGANIZATIONS

Ivanhoe Village Main Streethttp://[email protected](407) 203-2826

Hope Community Centerhttp://hcc-offm.org(407) 880-4673

Mills 50: An OrlandoMainstream Districthttp://[email protected](407) 421-9005

Thornton Park Districthttp://[email protected](407) 701-9382

Transition Orlandohttp://transitionorlando.org

PEACE

Peace and Justice Instituteat Valencia Collegehttp://valenciacollege.edu/PJI

Veterans for PeaceCentral Florida Chapter 136Col. Bob Bowman Memorial Chapterhttp://[email protected](386) 788-2918GI Hotline: 1-877-447-4487

Quakers of Orlandohttp://orlandoquakers.drupalgar-dens.com(407) 476-4369

SENIORS

AARP Florida State OfficeOrlando Representative: Abby [email protected]://aarp.org/FL866-595-7678 (Toll free)

Volunteers for Community Impacthttp://volunteersforcommunityim-pact.org(407) 298-4180

VOLUNTEERING

Ourlandohttp://ourlando.org

Hands On Orlandohttp://[email protected](407) 740-8652

Notre Dame Americorps VolunteerHope Community Centerhttp://hcc-offm.org(407) 880-4673

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Religious Society of Friends Orlando Monthly Meeting

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316 E. Marks St Orlando, FL 32803www.orlandoquakers.org

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WOMEN

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority*4 chapters in Orlandohttp://aka1908.com

League of Women Voters Orange Co.http://lwvoc.org

Greater Orlando NOWhttp://greaterorlandonow.org(616) 666-2699

Zonta Club of Greater Orlandohttp://orlandozonta.org

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Floridahttp://bit.ly/1NeTKOX

YOUTH

Give Kids the Worldhttp://gktw.org(407) 396-1114

Junior Leaguehttp://[email protected](407) 898-1700

Parramore Kidz Zonehttp://bit.ly/1KvPNQ3(407) 254-4759

Volare Youth Leadership, Inc.http://[email protected]

Regina Hellinger, Executive Director407-340-0352

Young American Dreamershttp://bit.ly/[email protected](863) 934-5766

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