A FILM ABOUT RACES
UK, 2010, HD, 94 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2010)
Dir: Paul Duddridge • Writer: Paul Duddridge • PRODS: Jonathan Marc Baker, Paul Duddridge
Featuring: Paul Duddridge

Do any of us really know what race is? Writer and entertainment coach Paul Duddridge examines the key role “race” plays in all our lives. With the help of leading scientists, philosophers, authors, and sociologists he explores the subject whilst attempting to organize a “mini race olympics” in LA. Along the way he desperately seeks out competitors, attempts to solve the Middle East crisis, buys hundreds of twinkies, and tries to figure out which teams (races) will actually compete. There is a serious point to this seemingly irreverent approach: if we can't easily define race, why can it sometimes seem so easy to define racism?

THE ART OF KARAOKE
USA, Documentary, 2008, HD, 8 min. (DWF 2008)
Writer/Dir: Will Hartman • Prods: Jonathan Carpio, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Diamond
Featuring: Art Himmel, Esther Himmel, Justin Vargas

Art Himmel discovered he could sing like Sinatra in the twilight of his life. Now this WWII veteran and Cancer patient sings karaoke three nights each week at little clubs in Los Angeles. He does it for fun; he does it for health. In our increasingly youth-obsessed world, Art is living, singing proof that you're never too old to be as young as you feel.

AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
USA, Documentary, 2009, HDV, 90 min. (DWF 2009 - AUDIENCE AWARD)
Dir/Prod: D. Stone
Featuring: Paul Watson, Alex Cornelissen

Go on an extraordinary journey with 46 volunteers determined to stop an illegal whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean. With a combination of brilliant & bizarre strategies and against all odds, the crew members of The Farley Mowat and The Robert Hunter turn this uniquely beautiful and dangerous corner of the world into a battleground. Beyond the action & adventure, the risks they take raise larger questions of ends & mean, injustice & indifference and life & death.

BETWEEN THE WHITE LINES
USA, Documentary, 2004, Digital, 90 min. (Southwest Premiere, DWF 2004 - AUDIENCE AWARD)
Dir: Lynn d’Angona • Prods: Lois Ann Porter, Kim Turrisi • Featured: UCLA Women’s Softball Team of 2000

A captivating portrait of tenacity and sacrifice in women’s athletics. This documentary chronicles the UCLA Women’s Softball Team on their journey to the College World Series as defending National Champions. Using intense game footage, interviews and a great soundtrack – the viewer gets a real sense of the game and competition, the fans, coaches, players and their families. Through the journey of this fierce group of competitors, they realize it’s not just about winning or losing, it’s about the pride in wearing the uniform. Experience the family of the team, their thrills and disappointments, and friendships that last far beyond their years playing “Between the White Lines.”

BORN IN BEIRUT
USA, Documentary, 2002, Digital, 15 min. (DWF 2003)
Writer/Prod/Dir: Liliane Matta

A filmmaker’s personal account of growing up during the 1975-1990 War in Beirut - Lebanon. It is a revelation about some unforgettable visual and auditory memories and the constant struggle to survive. This film is both a dedication to her parents, who struggled so hard to help their children survive and a tribute to Beirut, her hometown, which became a city torn by war and destruction.