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2006 Finalists Documentary 
AWAKENING, is about the social and economic empowerment of severely marginalized women in Afghanistan and India. As these women courageously band together to transcend their historically restricted roles, a new ethos is spreading. An emerging economic system with values like sharing, mutuality, collaboration and closeness to nature emerges as a counter-text to Globalism and points to a way that could eradicate severe poverty in our lifetime. Directed By: Joel Weber and Dominic Howes URL: http://www.rikshaw.net
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THE BEEHIVE, Growing town, growing family, cutting hair. . . what a tangle. Directed by: Robert Sickels |
Romance 
The Return Of Laura Peters: The compelling story of a husband's love for his wife, and his wife's love for the Oakland Raiders. Directed By: Irene Tassiopulos
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Happen Stance : A college student who has lost faith in relationships choses to live life within the limits of his own imagination, until he sees a women and through HappenStance becomes willing to try again. Directed by: Carlos Dorsey |
Fantasy

A CIGAR AT THE BEACH: A married man detours the demands of domestic life through fantasy and stumbles upon renewal.
Directed By: Stephen Keep Mills |
A KNIGHT LOST:
Once a week, Mark Knight visits the St. Carcel mental ward with time for only a few games of chess with his ailing father Frank. But on this day, Frank confronts Mark with a truth he could have never expected and he is suddenly faced with a thread that could unravel his entire life. Directed by: NICK TATE |
Comedy
 THE PROPER CARE & FEEDING OF AN AMERICAN MESSIAH: A middle-class father and husband thinks he is a messiah (not THE messiah, mind you), but he must raise money for a big rally to announce this to his hometown and — he hopes — to learn his special purpose from God. Directed By: Chris Hansen Link: www.AmericanMessiah.com |
A EGGS: For a group of eggs, the day takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious girl takes them out of the refridgerator.
Directed by: Dane Boedigheimer
Link: www.daneboe.com/eggs.html |
Action
 AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS ...: A young man's quest for a condom turns strangely surreal as he is bothered by an army of supermarket sellers soliciting their products. If he doesn’t outsmart them on time he will lose his chance with a beautiful girl waiting in his apartment. Will he make it on time? And what surprise will he find once he arrives? Directed By: Wojciech Lorenc
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 BLOCKBUSTERS: Mark McKent is a man with a problem. He must return his movie to Blockbuster Video before he receives another late fee. Of course, as luck would have it, Mark runs into several obstacles along the way. Directed by: Trever Fadrhonc & Luke Rold
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SciFi
 A CAN OF PAINT: A space salvage man finds an ancient, abandoned alien ship. He accidenally gets a spot of alien paint on him, and it begins to grow. Alone with only an unfeeling computer, he must defeat the paint to avoid death by suffocation. Directed By: Robi Michael URL: www.canofpaint.com
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 THE BAD GUY: An item is forcibly taken from an innocent vitim, which leads to a bloody confrontation, that is ultimately marked by a horrible future where one will meet his earned fate. Directed by: William Humphreys
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Animation
 Ember: A short experimental animation on the subject of fire, and what it means both physically and spiritually. Directed By: Christopher Knowls URL: www.mrknowles.com
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 : Silver Bells and Golden Spurs is the story of a showdown between two bad guys, captured in the real-time virtual world of Second Life. Directed By: Eric Call URL: bellsandspurs.com
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Drama
 Family Ghosts: A high profile family must publicly confront their hidden past when long forgotten friends suddenly reappear. Directed By: Gregory Trevors
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: Set in rural America a father discovers his young daughter dead of fever and makes the decision to bury her secretly, without informing his wife. Directed By: Ziggy Attias URL: Ziggy films.com |
Mystery
 Amnesia: When you're the victim of total memory loss, nothing is as it seems. Directed By: Chris Armstrong
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: When John awakes one morning to find his girlfriend lying dead beside him, we are taken on a journey of troubling recollections and emotional decline. Directed By: James Ersted URL: Jamesersted.com |
Horror
In Absentia: A man stumbles upon a bizarre string of clues that seem to coincide with his haunting nightmare. Where do the clues lead? Where will the journey end? Directed By: Darryl Knickrehm Url: inabsentia.dariru.com
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: It's small, It's sweet and it's deadly. Directed By: James Gray
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Last Chance
 Startle Pattern: A deconstruction of spectatorship in the moving image. Directed By: Eric Patrick
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: Quentin, a struggling filmmaker, enters the very noir underworld he depicts in his films in order to obtain the financing he so desparately needs to finish his project. Directed By: Ryan Hauser
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