Day 1 United States, 4min Director / Screenwriter / Producer: Josh Berman Cast: Trevor Kennison Five years after breaking his back in a snowboarding accident and being left paralyzed from the waist down, Trevor Kennison returns to the backcountry with a new outlook and facing a new set of challenges. In a moment of redemption, Trevor…

Destiny’s Road United States, 4min Director / Screenwriter / Producer: Kameishia Wooten Producer: Claytia Gonsalves Cast: Mariah Robinson and Hilda Boulware Destiny, a smart and determined teen, who is the first college bound member of her family, accidently discovers on graduation day that her tuition money has been stolen – a secret kept by her positive…

The Mission Home United States, 15min 31sec Director / Producer: Deborah Harse The Mission Home is a story about the Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission on the Ganges River in Barrackpore, a suburb north of Kolkata (Calcutta), India. The mission began in 1976 and has since served to educate and care for thousands of children. The film is…

The Heart Knows Better United States, 1min Director: Ken Kimmelman Screenwriter: Eli Siegel Producer: Imagery Film, Ltd. THE HEART KNOWS BETTER addresses racial prejudice and is based on the philoso­phy of Aesthetic Realism, whose founder, American poet and critic Eli Siegel, showed that contempt—the “disposition in every person to think he will be for himself by…

Survivor! 98 Second Stories United States, 14min 12sec Director / Screenwriter / Producer: Elizabeth Tobias Cast: Elizabeth Tobias, Dawniel Carlock Stewart, Naomi Tara, Smile Garcia, Tara Graviss, Ryan Freeze, Coco, RObyn Alatorre, Aliza Bejarano, Catherine Singer, Jennifer Korsen, Kayla Cloonan, Felis Stella, Ciana Lee, Yolie, Ruthy Jane, Jessica, Jen Snoeyink, Joi Cole, Alexandria Yalj, Kellie GillespieCinematographers…

A Trail to Seacacar United States, 29min 27sec Director / Screenwriter / Producer: Paul Heesaker Cast: The Q’eqchí Maya Change is difficult, but if Guatemala’s Q’eqchí Maya don’t change, environmental and cultural collapse is inevitable. A gringo who passed through their village 25 years earlier on a whitewater kayaking exploratory has returned and shares a simple…

Extra Innings United States, 8min 34sec Director / Screenwriter / Producer: John Gray Cast: Peter Tiegert and Tj Thyne An aggressive sports reporter interviews the manager of the Boston Red Sox in an attempt to uncover secrets from his past.