23 minutes, 2004 HD, Spain By Miguel Angel Rolland

Writing with images: this is the departure point in this documentary. A portrait of four graffiti writers from Madrid and Barcelona: SUSO33, ISRA, SIXE and KAPI. They are part of a pioneering and illustrated generation in Street Art. For that same reason, their words and the development of four pieces (one by each artist) are the guides through this documentary. Shot in High Definition AEROSOL shows these four people's passion about a new, radical, urban and deserving of greater respect art.

Miguel Angel Rolland
Calle Colmenares 13 4C
Madrid, Madrid 28004
Spain
+34915218802
lanterna@ya.com
www.docusmadrid.org
www.aerosoldocumental.com

57 minutes, 2003 16mm, USA By Mary Lance

A groundbreaking documentary on the internationally renowned painter, designated by ARTnews Magazine one of the world's top-ten living artists. This documentary was shot over a period of four years, from 1998 through 2002, Agnes Martin's ninetieth year. Interviews with the artist are cut with shots at work in her studio in Taos, New Mexico, with photographs and archival footage, and with images of her work from over five decades. It is a venue for Martin to speak about her work, her working methods, her life as an artist, and her views about the creative process. She also discusses her film, Gabriel and reads from her poetry and lectures. In keeping with Martin's chosen life of solitude, she alone appears in the documentary.

New Deal Films, Inc.
PO Box 2953
Corrales, NM 87048 USA
505-897-9738
www.newdealfilms.com
newdealfilms@earthlink.net

23 minutes, 1999 35mm, Germany By Rainer Komers

The B 224 is one of the major highways leading through the Ruhr area, one of Germany's most industrial and most densely populated regions. It runs south and north again connecting Gladbeck, Bottrop, Essen, Wuppertal and Solingen.   B224 is a purely observation film, created from striking cinematography taken along this road corridor.   Made by acclaimed German filmmaker Rainer Komers, winner of a special jury prize at the 2005 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival for his film, "Nome Road System."  

Rainer Komers Film               
Moritzstrasse 102               
D-45476 Mülheim an der Ruhr
+49-208-77 94 38
r.komers@t-online.de

Don't Fence me In Northwest Premier
30 minutes, 2004 DV/Beta, Burma By Ruth Gumnit

Since 1962, Burma has been ruled by a military junta. Despite its former prosperity and its rich resources, it was voted least developed nation by the UN in 1987, and human rights atrocities continue to prevail. Forced from their homes by the government, more than 100,000 people live in refugee camps along the border between Burma and Thailand; hundreds of thousands more hide in jungles on the Burma side. They are the Karen people, one of the largest ethnic groups in Burma. Don't Fence Me In chronicles the life of 70-year-old freedom fighter Major Mary On and her people's struggle for self-determination. Mary explains how the Karen are fighting for their very survival; the Burmese military's goal is "to wipe the Karen away so if you want to see them you'll have to go see them in the museum. See just an image or picture." Her charismatic storytelling is accompanied by rare, clandestine footage smuggled out of the Karen refugee camps.

Cynthia Close, Exec. Director
Documentary Educational Resources
101 Morse Street
Watertown, MA 02472
ph. (617)926-0491
fax (617)926-9519
www.der.org
docued@der.org

French Fries To Go	Montana Premier
15 minutes, 2002 miniDV, USA By Howard Dnner & Bob Murphy

"French Fries to Go" documents the origins of Telluride Colorado's Biodiesel project, which resulted in the launching of the first city bus in the nation to operate on 100% Biodiesel. This funny and thought provoking film is pure Telluride featuring a cast of colorful characters from around the region. Heel stomping fun for the whole family with cameo appearances from Daryl Hannah, Dennis Weaver and world renowned Doctor Andrew Weil."

Best Environmental Film, 2002 Telluride MountainFilm Festival

Grassolean Solutions
P.O. Box 2928
Telluride, Co 81435
(970) 209-8099
www.Grassolean.com
charrisford@hotmail.com

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine	Montana Premier
84 minutes, 2004 Beta SP, USA By Vikram Jaynti

In May 1997 Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player the world has ever seen, played Deep Blue, a hulking one and a half ton IBM supercomputer. Before ranks of the world's media, this was a chess tournament and scientific experiment that would question our dominance as the most intelligent entity on the planet. From the onset, international interest in the match exploded. Capturing people's imaginations, the outcome was stunning. To win the match, the computer did what many thought impossible at the time - it appeared to think like a human. Immediately after the tournament, bleary eyed and exhausted, Kasparov stormed into the final press conference and, under the glare of the world's media, accused IBM of cheating, alleging they had tampered with the machine during play. Within 24 hours of Deep Blue's victory, IBM's share price rose by some 2.5%, adding over $2 Billion to the company's value. The story appeared on almost every front page of every newspaper across the globe.

THINKFilm                              
Amanda Sherwin                                        
(646)293-9400                    
asherwin@thinkfilmcompany.com          

29 minutes, 2004 DVCAM, USA By Niklas Vollmer

With an almost frightening intensity, videomaker Niklas Sven Vollmer captures the enveloping void of fatherhood in "HAPPY CRYING NURSING HOME."   In penetratingly honest detail, Vollmer charts the feelings of loneliness, jealousy and tenderness, the bitter, complex cocktail of despair and love that define his relationships to his child, his partner * and his camera.

A powerful and witty, self-referential treatise on technology's gendered function and an analysis of what the camera means in a father's hands.   It treats the paradoxical elements of helplessness and control asserted each time the camera comes on. The tape's palimpsest of sound and image combines complex layers of still photography, video, audio and text.   Sound and image work in tandem and then diverge into delirious collage.

Niklas Vollmer
2796 Alston Drive SE  
Atlanta, GA   30317  
(404)378-1278
niklas@gsu.edu

7 minutes, 2003 16mm, Australia By the Southern Ladies Animation Group

By the Southern Ladies Animation Group

An animated documentary based on the recorded voices of three children. They were interviewed by phone while being detained in one of Australia's several Immigration Detention Centers, in accordance with the Australian Migration Act of Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers. The children are depicted as caged migratory birds.   They reflect on their environment, the food and what they imagine Australia is like outside the facility.

Southern Ladies Animation Group (SLAG)
P.O.Box 2103
Brighton Nth, 3186
AUSTRALIA
+61(0)438211263
slag_contact@hotmail.com

12 minutes, 2004 16mm, USA By Monteith McCollum

An exploration of our relationship with nature and our desire to control it, and how our perception of others is affected by the condition of their lawns. A man struggles to go chemical-free to ensure the health of his child.

Latent Films
677 Halsey Valley Rd.
Barton, NY 13737
(607)689-0376
hybridfilms@clarityconnect.com

73 minutes, 2004 Digibeta, Israel By Eytan Harris

A mysterious combination between murder and poetry. A brutal murder of an anonymous Palestinian taxi driver drew a lot of attention only to be soon forgotten. Some years later the two main Israeli newspapers published a few poems, written in Hebrew and signed by an unknown Palestinian author. "Mashallah", the first poem, described a terrible experience of pain, misery and death. With grace and a sure sense of plot, the film weaves together the stories of the victim?s family, the murderer, the investigators and mysterious poet, who adds a fascinating element of literary intrigue to this tale of lives forever linked by tragedy.

Eytan Harris Productions
15 Yair Street, Zichron Yaacov
30900 Israel
+972 4 6396224
harris@netvision.net.il

53 minutes, 2004 Beta SP, Germany By Rainer Komers

The Indian National Highway No. 2 or "Grand Trunk Road" starts at Kolkata, cuts through the industrial areas of West Bengal and Bihar and meets the Ganges at Varanasi. The film documents three separate trips leaving the NH 2 to go north to Shantineketan (the international university established by Rabindranath Tagore and the ashram founded by his father), to Parasnath Hill, and to the sacred Buddhist pilgrimage centre Bodh Gaya. NH2 is a purely observational film made by acclaimed German filmmaker Rainer Komers, winner of a special jury prize at the 2005 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival for his film, "Nome Road System."  

Rainer Komers Film               
Moritzstrasse 102               
D-45476 Mülheim an der Ruhr
+49-208-77 94 38
r.komers@t-online.de

By Hope Tucker

An obituary whittles down one's social contribution down to its barest form. The last ninety years of a life (BESSIE COHEN, SURVIVOR OF 1911 SHIRTWAIST FIRE, 3 minutes) can be eclipsed by an escape from a burning building. A porn star with a virtual fan base (LOLO FERRARI, 1.5 minutes) might have no obituary at all, garnering only an AP wire report. And a songwriter's identity (NOEL, 5 minutes) remains as obscure as his motives for penning a popular & didactic American holiday standard.

Hope Tucker
710 Sanga Creek
Cordova, TN 38018
(901)489-1034
www.theobituaryproject.org
hopetucker@fastmail.fm

72 minutes, 20040 DVCAM, USA By Liz Mermin & Jenny Raskin

On Hostile Ground enters the lives of three abortion providers to reveal the obstacles (practical, legal, and emotional) that they face everyday, and shows them struggle with the decision to perform this procedure. They reveal what their professional decision has done to their personal and family lives. While they each have their own stories, they are all driven more by personal experiences and spiritual beliefs than by political conviction. They each express anger, confusion, and resentment in their own way. By weaving together three very different character portraits, this documentary takes an unusual approach to a volatile social conflict, portraying abortion through the personal stories of those who are in mortal danger because they provide it.

Aubin Pictures
136 Grand Street     
New York, NY
(212)274-0551
www.onhostileground.com
info@aubinpictures.com

60 minutes, 2004 Beta SP, Israel By Nurit Kedar

This is the first time snipers of Israel Defense Forces were ever interviewed for a film. After 5 weeks of training an Israeli soldier can become a sniper if he chooses to. Snipers are part of every combat unit. The war scenes in the film were taken by combat soldiers on duty.

Since the last Intifada, Israeli snipers are used for targeted killing.

The image of the gun, the bullet and the man behind them who waits patiently and calmly, in the quiet darkness in order to fulfill the command and shoot one single shot. These make him appear as a heroic fighter and, perhaps to others, a cold-blooded murderer. "ONE SHOT" focuses on snipers who still serve as reserved snipers in the Israeli Army. They do not regret killing, they still believe in one shot - one kill.

Ruth Diskin Films LTD
13 Diskin St. Suite 47
Jerusalem, 96440, Israel
Tel: 972-2-5610094; 972-2-5669691
Fax: 972-25667018
www.ruthfilms.com
ruthdis@netvision.net.il

87 minutes, 2003 DV, Germany/Switzerland By Lukas Schmid & Tom Streuber

Robert Rappacinski, "Rappa," is an 18 year old addicted criminal.   After getting caught in one crime, he is sentenced to three months in a monastery - a sort of "work education institution". Together with seven other addicted delinquents, he has to learn that   a "normal life" should be a goal. Rappa has three months to prove his attitude changed or he has to stay for at least two more years.   This   observational documentary accompanies Rappa and the other inhabitants during these three months.

  "...a brilliant filmed opus", Filmwoche

Tom Streuber
+49 163 6386512
luxor@flo.to

73 minutes, 2004 Digibeta, Israel By Danny Clinch

An intriguing and in-depth look at the life that is lived by contemporary roots rock icon Ben Harper. This documentary offers a rare glimpse into Ben's travels, performances, song writing, religion and life in general.   Along with a rare behind-the-scenes perspective of the lives that these enigmatic musicians live, it incorporates concert footage, backstage clips and what goes into producing Ben Harper's performances.   Not just another self-indulgent music documentary, Pleasure & Pain lives up to its name by showing the imperfect yet true humanity behind the performer on a pedestal.

Matt Henderson
Seventh Art Releasing
7551 Sunset Blvd., Suite 104
Los Angeles, CA   90046
(323)845-1455
www.7thart.com
matt@7thart.com

57 minutes, 1992 16mm, USA By Clay Walker

Political heavy-weights populate this urgent and humorous documentary on the detonative mix of art and politics as embodied in the work of infamous 'guerilla' poster artist Robbie Conal, a professional painter who has splattered hundreds of thousands of his caricatured paintings-as-posters across the United States' urban streets. Photographed in the grainy nighttime streets and in the well-lit galleries of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City, this award winning film documents Conal's efforts through a variety of perspectives, including interviews with gallery owners, city officials, Daryl Gates, actor Tim Robbins, the Reagans and even Oliver North

"Powerful and irreverent, thoroughly engaging and smartly done..." - Atlanta Journal Constitution

1st Place, 1992 Chicago Int'l Film Festival
Plan B Productions
www.planbproductions.com
info@planbproductions.com

23 minutes, 2004 miniDV, USA By Dawn Smallman & Vanessa Renwick

While confined to a psychiatric ward at age 50, Richart Tracy made this discovery: If you want to get out of the hospital start making art like this. They will get rid of you - fast! This documentary takes a trip through his Art Farm yard, his eccentric art, original methods and his genius mind (not to mention what he hides in his basement).

"Directors Renwick and Smallman hit the cinematic jackpot when finding the subject for their documentary, Richart."   - Portland Mercury.

Far Away Films, LLC
1148 SE 50th Ave.
Portland, OR 97215
(503) 295-6832
www.farawayfilm.com
velvethammer00@hotmail.com

27 minutes, 1967 16mm, USA By Jerry Blumenthal, James Leahy, Sheppard Ferguson & Allan Rettig

A portrait of 22 year-old Shulamith Firestone in 1967 as she completes the last year of her BFA in painting and photography at Chicago's School of the Art Institute. Working at the post office to pay the bills, trying to cope with her own ambivalence about her art and the harsh judgments of her professors, Shulie shares as much of herself as she can, given the circumstances. Produced by four male students from   Northwestern University, the film coincidentally introduces us to the woman who five years later would write the now legendary manifesto,   The Dialectics of Sex: The Case For Feminist Revolution. Shulie the film would be "remade" thirty years later, shot for shot and word for word, with actors, by Elizabeth Subrin, who said simply, "Everything about it felt familiar to me..."

Student Documentary Award, 1967 Chicago International Film Festival
Zak Piper

Kartemquin Films
1901 W. Wellington
Chicago, IL 60657
773-472-4366
www.kartemquin.com
zak@kartemquin.com

60 minutes, 20040 DVCAM, USA By Elizabeth Barret

In 1967 eastern Kentucky, Hobart Ison shot and killed Canadian filmmaker Hugh O'Connor who was documenting conditions of poverty in Appalachia. "Stranger With A Camera" revisits this tragedy to explore the complex relationship between filmmakers and the communities they portray.

Marketing & Sales
Appalshop, Inc.
91 Madison Ave.
Whitesburg, Kentucky 41858
800-545-7467
www.appalshop.org
appalshopsales@appalshop.org

32 minutes, 1981 16mm, USA By Jerry Blumenthal & Gordon Quinn

Taylor Chain:   Story in a Union Local depicts the gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory. Volatile, dramatic union meetings and the increasingly tense interactions on the picket line provide an inside view of the full range of conflicts in an authentic grassroots democracy,   just as the recently won union is beginning to feel empowered to confront management with demands for a better contract.

"A tiny stick of dynamite!" - Chicago Tribune

Kartemquin Films
1901 w. Wellington
Chicago, IL 60657
www.kartemquin.com
zak@kartemquin.com

26 minutes, 2004 Digital Beta/35mm, UK By John Lundberg

On the surface 'Armen Victorian' seems like a regular guy. He lives in Nottingham with his wife and two children and his occupations have been variously listed as insurance salesman, shop assistant and cleaner. But dig a little deeper and Armen's life starts to resemble that of a latter-day Walter Mitty. Diplomat, adventurer, UFO investigator, crop circle researcher, intelligence officer - is this the secret life of a Nottingham shop assistant?

Jerwood First Cuts Documentary Award - Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 2004

John Lundberg
+44 (0)771 575 4018
www.offkilter.co.uk
john@offkilter.co.uk

109 minutes, 1997 miniDV, Tibet/Germany By Ulrike Koch

Shot under extreme conditions in one of the world's most remote locations, "The Saltmen of Tibet" is a work of sublime beauty and epic scale. Documenting the ancient traditions and day-to-day rituals of a Tibetan nomadic community, filmmaker Ulrike Koch transports us into a realm untainted by the tides of foreign invasion or encroaching modernity. Observing age-old taboos and steadfast homage to the deities of nature, four men meticulously plan their grueling three-month yak caravan to fetch "the tears of Tara," the precious salt from the holy lakes of northern Tibet. The Saltmen of Tibet is a breathtaking collage of image and sound-a majestic tribute to the purity of a landscape, people and tradition facing extinction.

ZEITGEIST FILMS LTD
(212) 274-1989
www.zeitgeistfilms.com
woodburne@zeitgeistfilms.com

52 minutes, 2004 Digital Betacam, Finland By THE VIDEO PROJECT

The Venus Theory is about the possibility of a sudden catastrophic climate change and the greenhouse effect spiralling out of control on the Earth. Exploring the possibility of the Earth's temperature one day equaling the temperature on the planet Venus, this film interviews leading scientists from around the world who clearly explain the science behind climate change. The film covers projections of our atmosphere's warming in the coming century, and what consequences this holds for our planet, various species, and mankind.

THE VIDEO PROJECT
Post Office Box 411376
San Francisco, CA 94141-1376
800-4-PLANET
video@videoproject.com