short comedy by Karryn de Cinque (Australia), 1994 (5 min.)
A young novelist, suffering from a bad case of writer's block, and on the verge of blowing a fuse, accidentally discovers a shocking new means of artistic inspiration.
documentary by Birgit Rathsmann (USA), 2002 (40 min.)
In Grit & Polish, documentarian Birgit Rathsmann profiles Hong Kong's high-flying action divas. Female superstars like Michelle Yoeh, Jade Leung, and Shaw Brothers heroine Cheng Pei Pei hold their own against male matinee idols, challenging traditional notions about what women can do, onscreen and off. Documentary Winner at Telluride IndieFest.
 
documentary by Coronet Films (USA), circa 1940 (10 min.)
A 1940's social guidance film by Coronet, featuring "nice Girl" Carolyn and "bad girl" Ginny. Those of us who are a certain age will remember seeing films like this in school. Younger viewers will enjoy seeing "the way we were."
 
documentary by Frances-Mary Morrison (Canada), 1996 (24 min.)
Traditional opinion holds that it is mothers who have the greatest impact on their daughter's lives. This film documents just how much fathers can matter. It looks at the special bond between them and how it can affect daughters for better or for worse.
documentary by Mary Mazzio (USA), 2000 (40 min.)
A Hero For Daisy is a documentary film about two time Olympian Chris Ernst who galvanized her rowing team to storm the Yale athletic director's office in 1976 to protest the lack of locker room facilities for the women. In front of a reporter from the New York Times, the women stripped, exposing the phrase "Title IX" which was written in blue marker (Title IX referring to legislation enacted in 1972 which mandated gender equality for all institutions receiving federal aid). All the major international news outlets carried the story the following day, and the Yale phones began ringing.
 
Animation by local filmmaker Sharon Shoemaker (USA), 2001 (11 min.)
Audience is an experimental film about life with all its facets - materialism, spirituality, humor, and sadness. It is a fast-cutting, layered and dense montage. With a combination of 35mm film and video, plus computer animation, Audience has been scratched, stamped, painted and manipulated. The layered voice-over done by three excellent poets reciting their works is then pulled all together by a beautiful original sound track. No film has life until it has an audience.
drama written and directed by Eva Gardos (USA), 2001 (106 min.) (Hungarian and English with English subtitles)
Writer/director Eva Gardos, who lived through the astonishing events depicted in this film, comes a highly personal odyssey of a fierce young woman's bitter exile and hard-won redemption. An American Rhapsody is an ode to America - but to an America most people today take for granted. It is a story about the true meaning of family, freedom and most of all, the very concept of home. Winner of "Best Feature Film" at the Hollywood Film Festival.
documentary by local filmmaker Denise Ohio (USA), (30 min.)
Monroe, Washington filmmaker Denise Ohio documents the life and work of machine shop owner Frank Minden through the eyes of his fond family.
 
documentary by Coronet Films (USA), circa 1940 (12 min.)
Another classic 1940's social guidance film by Coronet Films in its rare, although incomplete Kodachrome version. Go back to a time when dating was supposedly less complicated.
Documentary by local filmmaker Sarah George (USA), (80 min.)
There's a new generation riding the rails. George interviews young people who have found intense satisfaction in dropping out of conventional society to live a hobo life. Accompanied by original soundtrack by Seattle singer/songwriter Pete Droge, the viewer is given a glimpse of life on the rails in a historic perspective.