2013
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Alone and bored with his life indoors, a young boy ventures outdoors to his favorite swimming hole, only to find it already occupied. A showdown ensues, but is the outcome worth it? Part of Short Program 8: Student Shorts
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Homeboy Industry believes "Nothing stops a bullet like a gun", pulling gang members to brighter futures through work and compassion. Plays with the feature film We Went To War
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Rice provides up to two thirds of the diet of many people living in the developing world and one fifth of all calories consumed on the earth. But rice farms cannot withstand the more frequently occurring floods that encroach on the main rice farms due to global warming. Thanks to Pamela C. Ronald, David Mackill, and Kenong Xu, a submergence tolerance gene has been identified and molecular breeding has transferred the gene to a number of local varieties of rice. Rice with this gene last three to five times longer than conventional varieties of rice in flood submersions.
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After being checked by the police, a young father of Arabic origin fails to explain the situation to his son -- unaware that the most inexplicable happenings of this night are yet to come. Part of Shorts Program 3: Choice and Effect
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The growth and depth of friendship shared between two slightly homophobic priests. Part of Shorts Program 4: Animated Worlds
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In this film the borders between illusion and reality aren't just blurred, they're annihilated.
Four well-known Czech actors are making a film, playing themselves. A simple premise. But as events veer from the hilarious to the ludicrous to the positively bizarre, it stops being clear just how much is the scripted film, and how much is - something else.
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Befriending Presidents and Playboy Bunnies; Pro Athlete and Famous Writer. He was George Plimpton. George Plimpton led a life everyone dreams of - hanging out with the rich and famous, founding an influential magazine, and playing for the Detroit Lions (if only for one infamous play). Plimpton! captures George's strange and colorful journey in all its glory. We find George with the Kennedys in the best of times and as an eye witness to history at the worst.
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Youths fight for peace in their homeland, empowered by one eleven year old girl and one poem, hopeful for better tomorrows. Plays with the feature film I Am A Director
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When one person dies, the whole village celebrates her passing - and her life. In a remote Moldovan village an old woman dies. In an act of love, remembrance, and honor, the entire village joins in carrying her casket on the long road to the cemetery. Masterful widescreen composition and almost invisible fluid editing evoke the calm rhythm of quiet nights, roiling hot days, long dusty roads, and memories of an earlier time. Every shot is a thing of wonder; breathtaking moments abound.