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THURSDAY
- FRIDAY
- SATURDAY
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 13th
(FOR
SPECIAL SCREENING OF "THE GITS"
CLICK HERE)
12:00pm
The "Why You Gotta Say
'Girl'" Shorts Showcase
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THE
LAST CHERRY |
Dir.
Lisa Kowalski
8 mins - AUSTRALIA, 2008
Katie’s just
found out that she’s the last
kid in her class to never have done
‘it.’ Now she’s on
a mission to discover what it really
means to become a wo-man, dispelling
the myths and hype behind the S word
along the way.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November
13th, 12:00pm |
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SEXY
THING |
Dir.
Denie Pentecost
14 mins - AUSTRALIA, 2006
Struggling to endure
a confusing love, and longing simply
to be seen, a girl survives by transforming
pain into beauty.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November
13th, 12:00pm
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FIRST |
Dir.
Eve Waltermaurer
39 mins - USA, 2008
The women of First
welcome us into their bedrooms and their
private past sharing ‘first’
stories. From first kiss to first orgasm,
we learn about what is so unique but
in many ways so similar to women.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November
13th, 12:00pm |
pic
unavailable |
THE
MINDS OF MEN |
Dir.
Darcy Lueking
11 mins - 2008
Nic, a 21-year-old
understated beauty, embraces her newfound
power over the opposite sex.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November
13th, 12:00pm
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 13th
2:00pm
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NEVER
AGAIN |
Dir.
Jessica Lee
1 min - USA, 2007
A powerful youth made
PSA about the horrors of Darfur.
Thursday, November
13th, 2:00pm |
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FACE
DOWN ON A HILL |
Dir.
Margo Greenlaw
25 mins - USA, 2007
Offering a rare perspective
behind the razor wire-topped gates of
the world-renowned forensic facility
commonly known as the Body Farm, this
poetic documentary composes a portrait
of the five acres in Knoxville, Tennessee,
where dozens of human bodies decay for
the sake of science. So, forget the
other dead bodies exhibited in the name
of science. This is where it’s
at. And, NO rumors of Chinese political
prisoners surrounding these cadavers.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November
13th, 2:00pm
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ON
PAPER WINGS |
Dir.
Ilana Sol
1 hr 7 mins - USA, 2008
In 1945, a Japanese
balloon bomb claimed the lives of the
only people killed on the continental
U.S. as the result of enemy action during
WWII. Forty years later, the decision
to fold a thousand paper cranes would
unite the Japanese and American civilians
affected by this incident.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November
13th, 2:00pm
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 13th
4:00pm
|
TABULA
RASA |
Dir.
Katy Palfrey
8 mins - USA, 2007
‘Tabula Rasa’
is the story of a child who is being fed
hate by her parents in the form of alphabet
cereal in which words of prejudice appear.
Thursday, November 13th,
4pm |
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TILL
DEATH DO US PART |
Dir.
Vita Lusty
1 hr 32 mins - USA, 2008
This film interviews
battered women, who killed their husbands,
as they relate their stories from first
falling in love, the abuse by their spouses,
the murder trial, parole process, and
for one woman, freedom. No one has heard
their stories until now.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November 13th,
4pm
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 13th
6:00pm
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I'M
NOT BRITNEY |
Dir.
Phillip Christon
3 mins - FRANCE, USA 2007
This socially defiant
film is a blistering send-off to Hollywood’s
stereotypical booty-girl syndrome.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November 13th,
6pm |
|
PUSSYCAT
PREACHER |
Dir.
Bill Day
1 hr 14 mins - USA, 2008
Heather Veitch is an
out of control stripper, soft porn actress,
sex addict and boozer. Then one day she
finds God. Her church doesn’t accept
her at first, but after she teaches some
of the wives how to strip for their husbands,
she is in demand. She hears that an old
friend has died of alcoholism. Shaken
and guilty about leaving so many behind,
Heather comes up with an idea a minsitry
for strippers called JC’S GIRLS.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November 13th,
6pm
|
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 13th
8:00pm
pic
unavailable |
CAMOUFLAGE
PINK |
Dir.
Laura Zaylea
15 mins - USA, 2006
Her demeanor may scream
“Tough! Militant! Dyke!”,
but Rayna’s insides are gooey and
pink. Her journal entries rhyme. And the
truth is, she really wants to go to the
prom.
Thursday, November 13th,
8pm |
|
CODE
BLUE |
Dir.
Jennifer Still
7 mins - USA, 2007
At Flatline Medical,
it’s all about the patient... as
long as you pay the bill on time! When
a patient discovers that she has accidentally
let her insurance lapse, the nurse proceeds
to ‘take back’ all of the
benefits that they have provided for her
over the years.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November 13th,
8pm
|
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THE
AIDS CHRONICLES |
Dir.
Bailey Barash
1 hr 30 mins - USA, 2008
Why does HIV/AIDS have
such a grip on the black population of
America? The black churches are split
on how to react to their HIV+ members,
HIV is on the rise again in men who have
sex with men; African American women are
dying of AIDS; the virus is spreading
among teens who still claim to be virgins.
‘The AIDS Chronicles ? Here to Represent’
goes inside the lives of African American
AIDS activists, victims and experts to
reveal the current state of the disease.
Hawaii Premiere
Thursday, November 13th,
8pm |
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 14th
12pm
The Crunky Shorts Showcase
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CAUSE
OF DEATH |
Dir.
Lizzie Barcay
1 min - USA, 2005
Teenage producer Lizzie
Barcay explores the causes of death amongst
teenagers in this powerful 30 second public
service announcement.
Friday, November 14th,
12pm |
|
BECKY'S
STORY |
Dir.
Lynn Estomin
5 mins - USA, 2006
Becky’s Story examines
the results of Abstinence-Only Sex Education
from the point of view of one teen mother.
Quirky animation and Ritsu Katsumata’s
funky music add humor and punch to an
all too familiar tale.
Friday, November 14th,
12pm
|
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NEVER
AGAIN |
Dir.
Jessica Lee
1 min - USA, 2007
A powerful youth made PSA about the horrors
of Darfur.
Friday, November 14th,
12pm |
|
KIDS
+ MONEY |
Dir.
Lauren Greenfield
32 mins - USA, 2007
An original short film
by award-winning filmmaker and photographer
Lauren Greenfield, kids + money is a conversation
with young people from diverse Los Angeles
communities about the role of money in
their lives. From rich to poor, Pacific
Palisades to East L.A., kids address how
they are shaped by a culture of consumerism.
Friday, November 14th,
12pm |
|
SUNNY
SIDE OF THE STREET |
Dir.
Laura Ivins-Hulley
3 mins - USA, 2008
What kind of oppressions lie inside bright
houses? This claymation short explores
the paradoxes of the suburban home and
how one Little Girl deals with the scarred
surfaces surrounding her.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
12pm
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FIRST
PERIOD |
Dir.
Allyson Schwarz
6 mins - USA, 2008
Being thirteen is the
worst thing that could happen to Libby.
She is a social outcast in her class,
her only friend is living on planet fashion,
her crush on Kyp is futile since he is
dating the prettiest girl in school and
doesn’t even know she exists. To
make matters worse, she has to give a
presentation in her first period class
for a teacher that is notoriously tough.
Libby’s day goes from bad to worse
when she is publicly humiliated; all she
wants is for the day to end and forget
that it ever happened but nobody is cooperating.
It’s a coming of age story for all
of us with an awkward 13-year-old girl
still living inside.
Friday, November 14th,
12pm |
|
BLAME
THE WOMAN |
Dir.
John Lazzaro
25 mins - USA, 2008
Why does society blame
the woman when she is raped or sexually
assaulted?Blame the Woman looks at the
controversial Maryland Rape Law and the
Vermont Cynic Op-Ed piece “One Drink
Rape” and answers this question
with an assortment of interviews ranging
from lecturers to a Women’s Center
director as well as the deep and personal
stories of two survivors.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
12pm
|
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 14th
2pm
|
PASSAGE |
Dir.
Angela How
21 mins - SINGAPORE, 2007
A chance encounter between
two strangers pushes both to come to terms
with past decisions made.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
2pm |
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CROSSING
LINES |
Dir.
Leena Jayaswal
30 mins - INDIA, USA, 2007
Indira Somani has struggled
with identity issues, since her parents
migrated to the U.S. Being born and brought
up in the U.S. Indira led an American
life, but at home, her world was Indian
because of her father’s immense
love for India and Indian culture. This
film takes you on a journey to India,
where Indira visits her father’s
extended family for the first time after
his death. The film explores how Indira
tries to stay connected to Indian culture
and her extended family, despite the loss
of her father. It is the story of how
one daughter pays tribute to her father
in all that he’s taught her about
India, Indian culture and family.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
2pm
|
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MEN
ARE HUMAN, WOMEN ARE BUFFALO |
Dir.
Joanne Hershfield
30 mins - USA, 2007
A country that is promoted
to western tourists as a fairytale land
of beautiful beaches, pristine countryside,
cheap vacations, and a thriving sex industry,
Thailand is also one of the developing
countries with the highest incidence of
violence against women. Approximately
44 percent of women in Thailand have indicated
that they had suffered sexual, physical,
and emotional abuse by a partner or a
stranger. Five women share their personal
and compelling stories of abuse. Their
stories are sensitively enacted through
a series of puppet plays, inspired by
traditional Thai puppet theater that is
still performed in many parts of Thailand.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
2pm |
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 14th
4:00pm
|
FIRST
PERIOD |
Dir.
Allyson Schwarz
6 mins - USA, 2008
Being thirteen is the
worst thing that could happen to Libby.
She is a social outcast in her class,
her only friend is living on planet fashion,
her crush on Kyp is futile since he is
dating the prettiest girl in school and
doesn’t even know she exists. To
make matters worse, she has to give a
presentation in her first period class
for a teacher that is notoriously tough.
Libby’s day goes from bad to worse
when she is publicly humiliated; all she
wants is for the day to end and forget
that it ever happened but nobody is cooperating.
It’s a coming of age story for all
of us with an awkward 13-year-old girl
still living inside.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
4pm |
|
LIFE
TO GO |
Dir.
Erin Kitzinger
15 mins - USA, 2007
Thrown into a world
where children are sold in stores and
spouses are custom-ordered, one woman
struggles to make her own life decisions.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
4pm
|
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BEAUTY
IN THE EYES OF THE BEHELD |
Dir.
Liza Figueroa
55 mins - USA, 2008
What draws together
a pageant queen, a physician, a legal
assistant, an exotic dancer, an entrepreneur,
and a musician who used to work with Prince?
They have all been called ‘beautiful.’
But what does beauty mean to them? Surprising
stories emerge as they talk about childhood,
careers, relationships, and life happiness.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
4pm |
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 14th
6pm
|
THE
PORTRAIT |
Dir.
Rouzie Hassanova
14 mins - UNITED KINGDOM, 2008
A short drama about
a family of two, a Father and daughter,
who emigrated from East Europe for a
better life in the West. Their lonely
lives are ruled by the Father’s
depression, hurt and confusion in seeing
his daughter as his long lost wife.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
6pm |
|
VERY
YOUNG GIRLS |
Dir.
David Schisgall & Nina Alvarez
1 hr 23 mins - USA, 2008
Very Young Girls is
an expose of human trafficking that
follows thirteen and fourteen year old
American girls as they are seduced,
abused, and sold on New York’s
streets by pimps, and treated as adult
criminals by police. The film follows
the barely-adolescent girls, using verite
and intimate interviews with them as
they are first lured on to the street
and the dire events which follow.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
6pm
|
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 14th
8pm
|
WOMAN'S
WORK |
Dir.
Chad Benton
21 mins - USA, 2008
A housewife accidentally
discovers that she is a superhero.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
8pm |
|
SPEED
ANGELS |
Dir.
Peyton Wilson
1 hr 35 mins - USA, 2007
Speed and Angels is
the true life story about two navy officers,
Meagan and Jay, as they chase their
life-long dreams to become fighter pilots.
It follows them during the most dangerous
parts of their training and as they
go to war, where the realities of being
a fighter pilot test their limits. It
is a film about what it takes and what
it costs to chase ones dream.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 14th,
8pm
|
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 15th
|
I
ATE THE H0LE THING |
Dir.
Ariel Len
1 hr 30 mins - Canada, 2008
Thirty-six diverse
Canadian womyn are each given a list
of words and told to do whatever they
want with them!The results are in the
feature length, documentary/visual art/performance
art film ‘I Ate the H0le Thing.’
This film celebrates womyn of a multitude
of ethnic, cultural, linguistic (9 languages),
ages (5 decades), sizes, shapes (dis)Abilities
(renamed Uniquenesses), orientations,
identities, socio-economics, backgrounds,
ideas and beliefs.
Hawaii Premiere
Saturday, November 15th, 12pm |
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 15th
2pm
| |
THE HOUSE OF SHARING |
Dir.
Hein Seok
1 hr 24 mins - USA, 2008
During WWII, eight
Korean girls survived kidnapping, torture
and sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial
Army. They returned home, only to spend
the next sixty years outcast by society.
Now in their eighties, the women continue
to fight for justice, even as their
time is running out.
Hawaii Premiere
Saturday, November
15th, 2pm |
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 15th
4:00pm
|
CAUSE
OF DEATH |
Dir.
Lizzie Barcay
1 min - USA, 2005
Teenage producer Lizzie
Barcay explores the causes of death
amongst teenagers in this powerful 30
second public service announcement.
Friday, November 15th,
4pm |
|
BLUE
ANGEL |
Dir.
Andrew Warnecke
13 mins - USA, 2007
A teen girl’s
unpopular Japanese classmate, Suki,
chooses to confide in her about suffering
from sexual abuse by her dad. While
these two girls are not friends, Suki
intuitively feels that this girl may
understand better than others. Throughout
the course of a day the girl is haunted
by memories of Suki’s confession
and images of Suki in her favorite blue
dress. Based on a short story by Christine
Bollerud.
Hawaii Premiere
Friday, November 15th,
4pm
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FAMILY
COURT CRISIS: OUR CHILDREN AT RISK |
Dirs.Kathleen
Russell & Rhys Ludlow
42 mins - USA, 2008
This hard hitting
42 minute film exposes the systemic
breakdown of the family court system:
the family law machine is operating
as Big Business: mediators, therapists,
and evaluators are in collusion in usurping
judicial authority. This film exposes
the pain and suffering of five protective
parents who are from Marin County, CA
whose children were taken from them
by the family court and placed with
parents with histories of abuse and
neglect. Three individual cases are
introduced through interviews, weaving
in other interviews of veteran lawyers
and child abuse experts and others involved
in the system telling it like it is.
Friday, November 15th,
4pm
Q&A to follow
|
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 15th
6:00pm
|
PRIVATE
LIFE |
Dir.
Abbe Robinson
16 mins - UNITED KINGDOM, 2006
Yorkshire 1952. Ruth
Ackroyd, an unmarried woman in her late
twenties leaves the monotony of her work
in a Textile mill on a Friday afternoon
and secretly takes the train to Manchester
(England) where she meets a man on the
platform.
Hawaii Premiere
Saturday, November 15th,
6pm |
| |
BI THE WAY |
Dir.
Martha Shane & Brittany Blockman
1 hr 27 mins - USA, 2008
For young people today,
dating a girl one week and a guy the next
is no big deal. Journeying through the
changing sexual landscape of America,
BI THE WAY follows five members of this
emerging ‘whatever generation,’
while investigating the latest scientific,
social, and roadside reports on bisexuality.
Hawaii Premiere
Saturday, November 15th,
6pm |
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 15th
8:00pm
pic
unavailable |
ONE
IN A MILLION |
Dir.
Monifa Porter
10 mins - USA, 2008
One in a Million takes
us along on a fast-paced and funny journey
as a lesbian family doggedly pursues life,
connection, and that secret sauce!
Hawaii Premiere
Saturday, November 15th,
8pm |
| |
THE WORLD UNSEEN |
Dir.
Shamim Sarif
1 hr 34 mins - GERMANY, 2008
In apartheid South Africa,
two women meet and their worlds are turned
upside down. Miriam is a traditional Indian
mother - hardworking and self-effacing.
Amina breaks all the rules by driving
a taxi and setting up a cafe with a local
black man. In the face of outraged disapproval,
their friendship flourishes. But, at what
price?...
Saturday, November 15th,
8pm |
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