RiP: A Remix Manifesto

In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

The film’s central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.

A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A remix manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.

Which side of the ideas war are you on?

Documentary
Directed by Brett Gaylor
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Team Picture

From Memphis to Chicago to somewhere in Arkansas, Kentucker Audley's homegrown debut Team Picture is a deadpan comic odyssey about that moment before adulthood when you don't need an excuse to quit your job, only the next five minutes matter, and sometimes you fall for the wrong girls... shucks!

Comedy, 62 Minutes
Directed by Kentucker Audley
Written by Kentucker Audley
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UN ATTIMO DI RESPIRO (A Moment to Breathe)

A young pig slaughterer dreams of escaping from his suffocating life in the Italian countryside. In a moment of panic, he makes a break for the big city -- bringing along his girlfriend's teenage sister for the ride. Un Attimo di Respiro is Sara's award-winning narrative short. It has screened at festivals across the country including the 2007 SXSW Film Festival and 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.

More information on the film: www.saracolangelo.com

Sioux Arrow

A musical film SIOUX ARROW by Point Juncture, WA. Filmed and edited by Hart Ryan Noecker, copyright 2008

Music/Experimental, 5 minutes 52 seconds
Directed by: Hart Ryan Noeker

Getting Eve Off

Getting Eve Off is a look into the life and ways of a Missoula resident prostitute as she attempts to legitimize her "pay-for-play" Maternal Order of St. Eve church.

Awards:
International Documentary Challenge 2007: Best Use of Character Study Genre, Best Use of Date Stamp

Documentary
Directed by: Eli Hunt, Patrick Gill, Travis Morss, and Dave Medina

Model Rules

A tale of unrealized romance, "Model Rules" was shot entirely in Southern Oregon and had its world premiere in 2008 at the 12th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (August 5-10) where it won the Grand Prize - Best Screeplay award. The movie was directed by Ray Nomoto Robison and produced by Robison and Marlyn Mason.

Drama, 10 Minutes
Directed by Ray Nomoto Robison
Written by Marlyn Mason
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Daver

Daver is a film about a mid-twenties man tidying his home and explores those moments when irritation is just slightly visible.

Drama, 13 Minutes
Directed by Ian Clark

Exhibit A: Leary VS. Hicks

"EXHIBIT A: Leary Vs. Hicks" is an experimental documentary meditation on the dangers of artistic theft in the world of stand-up comedy, and an expose on the little-known yet long-standing allegation that performer Denis Leary lifted much of his persona and act from fellow comedian Bill Hicks. Culled from hours of archive footage and presented here for the first time ever, the similarities in question are shown back-to-back allowing audiences to decide for themselves.

Documentary, 21 Minutes
Directed by Andy Gately

I Ran with a Gray Ghost

A film about a 10-year old superhero and a stolen dog.

Peter

A Young Man abandons his college life in search of simple pleasures.  In the woods he encounters a vagabond band of youths calling themselves the lost boys.  Together they explore the Oregon coast where Peter learns what it means to be a friend.

For more information visit www.samuelkuhn.com

Donuts at Night

Frank Brown is a maker of donuts. Night after night he bakes delicious sticky treats. The graveyard shift in his decaying western town prompts visions and dreams, some fearful, some, perhaps, of something better. For more information visit: www.davidmacasaet.com

Breathe

Liam and Annie are separated. Liam is a young man who is lost and tormented by the haunting memory of something that he can't remember. Annie struggles with the harsh light of the outside world, wondering as well what it is she could be missing. As they search through their barren worlds, slowly the truth comes to light and what is missing will be found. But should it be? Visit the website

Paliggenesia

Synopsis:
'_X_' lives day in and day out...and that's about all. Frustrated at work, no real meaning, and with an un-consoling relationship his mind reels as he looses grip. Feeling dry and desolate, he is unsure why until an encounter with an older man knowing all to well the same agony points him in the direction he's needed his whole life. But how can he be sure, and why has no-one ever told him of this before? His mind is still packed with uncertainty as reality blends. If things have come together for others, could they, will they, for '_X_'? Who can help him find the path through the tangled, surreal forest of his mind?