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…
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…
1000 Days UK, 21:57 min Director: Jeanette Rourke, Ron Bambridge Producer: Jeanette Rourke, Ron BambridgeExecutive Producer: Jeanette Rourke, Ron Bambridge Disclaimer: For those who may be sensitive, this film contains verbal and emotional depictions of a loved one’s life lost to suicide. Mental health (specifically depression and Bi-Polar Disorder) are discussed as well. No one is immune…
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…
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…
The Shepherdess of the Glaciers India, 1 hour 14 min. Directors / Writers: Stanzin Dorjai Gya, Christiana Mordelet Producers: Les Films de la DeCouverte, Himalayan Film House Key Cast: Tsering Gya This documentary offers an intimate portrayal of a shepherdess living in India’s High Himalayas as she tends her herd of cashmere goats throughout the harsh…
The Least We Can Do Canada, 52 min Director / Writer / Producer: Moira Simpson Producers: Christine McDowell, Peggy Thompson, Elizabeth Walker, Barbara Shuman, Dr. Leora Kuttner, Barbara Etches, Leslie Timmins, Crystal Verge BACKGROUND On August 3, 2014, ISIS extremists began a campaign of genocide against the Yazidi, a religious minority in Northern Iraq. They murdered…
Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism – Life and Legacy United States, 1 hour 22 min. Directors: Gerald Krell, Adam Krell Producers: Gerald Krell, Adam Krell Guru Nanak is a 15th century teacher, poet, and revolutionary activist, whose universal message, the oneness of God, equality for all, women’s empowerment, service to others, and devotion to nature…