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Second Inspiration film festival:

An inspirational drama, AKEELAH AND THE BEE is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from South Central Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch (Curtis Armstrong) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah''s aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn unites her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.

This Closing Night Film is an engaging and triumphant tale that should not be missed.

"Two thumbs way up!"
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Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong
Screenwriter: Doug Atchison
Producer: Nancy Hult Ganis, Sid Ganis, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Romersa and Danny Llewelyn
Executive Producers: Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Marc Butan, Helen Sugland, Michael Burns, Michael Paseornek, Tom Ortenberg
Cinematography: M. David Mullen, ASC
Running Time: 112 minutes
Country of Origin: United States
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Screening Courtesy of Lions Gate Entertainment



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Duck
Director: Nic Bettauer

Q & A with director and cast

DUCK is an urban fable, set in the not-so-distant future:

In 2009, when Los Angeles� last city park is closed to the public, a dispossessed man -- and the duck who follows him as a mother -- quest west, on foot, in search of water and meaning, in the desert that is L.A.

ARTHUR (70�s) is a retired history professor who has outlived his time and place, friends and family, resources and reasons to live. In the park where his son and wife are buried, Arthur contemplates putting an end to his life, when he is confronted by an orphaned duckling, who has just escaped death. Arthur coins this duckling Joe. Joe follows Arthur, the only mother he knows.

When their park is landfilled and their pond is drained, Arthur and Joe engage in a Sisyphean struggle to survive, seeking a means to live, a place to live, and a purpose to live, in a world where their lives are not valued.

�Set in a not-too-distant and only slightly imaginary future, feature debut by scripter-helmer Nic Bettauer is a small, affecting road movie peopled with sharp vignettes.�
Lisa Nesselon, Film Critic, Variety

Cast: Philip Baker Hall, Amy Hill, Bill Cobbs
Screenwriter: Nic Bettauer
Producers: Edward L. Plumb, Domini Hofmann, Nic Bettauer
Cinematographer: Anne Etheridge
Running Time: 108 minutes
Country of Origin: United States
Web Site: www.duckthemovie.com


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Offside / Eine Andere Liga
Director: - Buket Alakus

German director of Turkish descent, Buket Alakus brings us the triumphant story of 20 year-old Hayat (Karoline Herfurth) in her challenge to keep her passions alive while fighting breast cancer.

Soccer is Hayat''s greatest love and she is one of best pro-players on her team. Her professional career comes to an end after she loses a breast to cancer and is forced to stop playing. Against her father''s wishes she secretly joins a new team of ragtag social misfits barely held together by an indifferent and wisecracking coach, Toni (Ken Duken). Soon, not only her fellow players are infected by Hayat''s passion, but also Toni, though his feelings are not limited to the game.

OFFSIDE is an eloquent and sensitive story of one woman''s challenge to face the physical effects of cancer surgery, the journey to self-acceptance and the confidence to see what new powers change can bring.

Director: Buket Alakus
Cast: Karoline Herfurth, Ken Duken
Screenwriters: Buket Alakus, Jan Berger
Producers: Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert
Cinematography: Bella Halben
Running Time: 100 mins.
Country of Origin: Germany
Language: German with English subtitles
Website: www.eine-andere-liga.de


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Peaceful Warrior
Director: Victor Salva
First Public Screening/ Opening Night Film
Q & A with cast

Dan Millman is a talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams. He has it all: trophies, teammates, fast motorcycles, fast girls and wild parties. Then Dan''s world is turned upside down when he meets a mysterious stranger he calls Socrates (Nick Nolte), who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. After a serious injury, with the help of Socrates and an elusive young woman named Joy, Dan discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind before he can become a peaceful warrior and find his destiny. This is a moving tale about the power of the human spirit.

Since release of Dan Millman�s classic book, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior in 1980, millions of readers have marveled at the revelations Millman experienced in his spiritual training with gas-pump jockey/philosopher/teacher �Socrates.�

These readers discovered that there are dimensions of living and of experiencing life that are available to us all, but unknown by most. For many, Millman�s provocative autobiographical novel was a first inkling, or opening, into this new territory of spirituality, or consciousness.

Cast: Nick Nolte, Scott Mechlowicz, Amy Smart and Ashton Holmes
Screenwriter: Kevin Bernhardt
Based on the novel by: Dan Millman (The Way of The Peaceful Warrior)
Producers: Mark Amin, Cami Winikoff, Robin Schorr, David Welch
Cinematography: Sharone Meir
Running Time: 120 minutes
Country of Origin: United States
Website: www.thepeacefulwarriormovie.com


Screening courtesy of Lions Gate Entertainment


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Special Screening

Mindwalk
Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra
The most literate and stimulating cinematic talk session since My Dinner With Andre, set on the impressive island-abbey of Mont Saint Michel in France, Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard portray very dissimilar vacationers caught up in a spontaneous and life-affirming sweep of self-expression and new ideas. The film was directed by Bernt Capra, which he adapted from the popular book entitled The Turning Point written by his brother Fritjof Capra (noted physicist, author and environmentalist). This is the perfect film for passionate thinkers.

This ground-breaking and widely acclaimed film explores holism, philosophy of science and environmentalism and is supported by the visual and aural power of its cinematic properties. The performances are moving, the subject matter is challenging, and the arguments among characters are provocative. Every viewing of this film holds something new to discover.

Cast: Liv Ullman, Sam Waterston, John Heard
Screenwriter: Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra
Based on book by: Fritjof Capra (The Turning Point)
Producers: Adrianna AJ Cohen, Klaus Lintschingen
Cinematography: Karl Kases
Original Score: Philip Glass
Running Time: 122 minutes
Country of Origin: Unites States
Language: English

Screening Courtesy of: Jonathan Dana, Jeff Ivers and Bernt Capra

DUCK In 2009, when Los Angeles� last city park is closed to the public, a dispossessed man -- and the duck who follows him as a mother -- quest west, on foot, in search of water and meaning, in the desert that is L.A.

ARTHUR (70�s) is a retired history professor who has outlived his time and place, friends and family, resources and reasons to live. In the park where his son and wife are buried, Arthur contemplates putting an end to his life, when he is confronted by an orphaned duckling, who has just escaped death. Arthur coins this duckling Joe. Joe follows Arthur, the only mother he knows.

When their park is landfilled and their pond is drained, Arthur and Joe engage in a Sisyphean struggle to survive, seeking a means to live, a place to live, and a purpose to live, in a world where their lives are not valued.

�Set in a not-too-distant and only slightly imaginary future, feature debut by scripter-helmer Nic Bettauer is a small, affecting road movie peopled with sharp vignettes.�
Lisa Nesselon, Film Critic, Variety

Cast: Philip Baker Hall, Amy Hill, Bill Cobbs
Screenwriter: Nic Bettauer
Producers: Edward L. Plumb, Domini Hofmann, Nic Bettauer
Cinematographer: Anne Etheridge
Running Time: 108 minutes
Country of Origin: United States
Web Site: www.duckthemovie.com


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Offside / Eine Andere Liga
Director: - Buket Alakus

German director of Turkish descent, Buket Alakus brings us the triumphant story of 20 year-old Hayat (Karoline Herfurth) in her challenge to keep her passions alive while fighting breast cancer.

Soccer is Hayat''s greatest love and she is one of best pro-players on her team. Her professional career comes to an end after she loses a breast to cancer and is forced to stop playing. Against her father''s wishes she secretly joins a new team of ragtag social misfits barely held together by an indifferent and wisecracking coach, Toni (Ken Duken). Soon, not only her fellow players are infected by Hayat''s passion, but also Toni, though his feelings are not limited to the game.

OFFSIDE is an eloquent and sensitive story of one woman''s challenge to face the physical effects of cancer surgery, the journey to self-acceptance and the confidence to see what new powers change can bring.

Director: Buket Alakus
Cast: Karoline Herfurth, Ken Duken
Screenwriters: Buket Alakus, Jan Berger
Producers: Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert
Cinematography: Bella Halben
Running Time: 100 mins.
Country of Origin: Germany
Language: German with English subtitles
Website: www.eine-andere-liga.de


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Peaceful Warrior
Director: Victor Salva
First Public Screening/ Opening Night Film
Q & A with cast

Dan Millman is a talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams. He has it all: trophies, teammates, fast motorcycles, fast girls and wild parties. Then Dan''s world is turned upside down when he meets a mysterious stranger he calls Socrates (Nick Nolte), who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. After a serious injury, with the help of Socrates and an elusive young woman named Joy, Dan discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind before he can become a peaceful warrior and find his destiny. This is a moving tale about the power of the human spirit.

Since release of Dan Millman�s classic book, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior in 1980, millions of readers have marveled at the revelations Millman experienced in his spiritual training with gas-pump jockey/philosopher/teacher �Socrates.�

These readers discovered that there are dimensions of living and of experiencing life that are available to us all, but unknown by most. For many, Millman�s provocative autobiographical novel was a first inkling, or opening, into this new territory of spirituality, or consciousness.

Cast: Nick Nolte, Scott Mechlowicz, Amy Smart and Ashton Holmes
Screenwriter: Kevin Bernhardt
Based on the novel by: Dan Millman (The Way of The Peaceful Warrior)
Producers: Mark Amin, Cami Winikoff, Robin Schorr, David Welch
Cinematography: Sharone Meir
Running Time: 120 minutes
Country of Origin: United States
Website: www.thepeacefulwarriormovie.com


Screening courtesy of Lions Gate Entertainment


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Special Screening

Mindwalk
Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra
The most literate and stimulating cinematic talk session since My Dinner With Andre, set on the impressive island-abbey of Mont Saint Michel in France, Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard portray very dissimilar vacationers caught up in a spontaneous and life-affirming sweep of self-expression and new ideas. The film was directed by Bernt Capra, which he adapted from the popular book entitled The Turning Point written by his brother Fritjof Capra (noted physicist, author and environmentalist). This is the perfect film for passionate thinkers.

This ground-breaking and widely acclaimed film explores holism, philosophy of science and environmentalism and is supported by the visual and aural power of its cinematic properties. The performances are moving, the subject matter is challenging, and the arguments among characters are provocative. Every viewing of this film holds something new to discover.

Cast: Liv Ullman, Sam Waterston, John Heard
Screenwriter: Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra
Based on book by: Fritjof Capra (The Turning Point)
Producers: Adrianna AJ Cohen, Klaus Lintschingen
Cinematography: Karl Kases
Original Score: Philip Glass
Running Time: 122 minutes
Country of Origin: Unites States
Language: English

Screening Courtesy of: Jonathan Dana, Jeff Ivers and Bernt Capra

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