Team: Asia Outpost

City/Country: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Genre: Art
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: The Four Dreams chronicles the stories of individuals in northern Thailand who's life experiences are realized, shaped, interpreted and coped with through various expressions.

Awards: Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Use of Art Genre

 

Team: A4 Creative

City/Country: Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA
Genre: Character Study
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: Seventy-four year old Bruce Maynard builds a solar powered baby stroller to accompany him on a walk across America.

Team: VIEWMASTER

City/Country: Athens, Greece
Genre: Experimental
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: Filmed itself like a dream..this short documentary gives us a snap insight of what dreams are.

Awards: Best Use of Experimental Genre

 

Team: Shed Collective

City/Country: Atlanta, GA, USA
Genre: Experimental
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: Jessica is an artist who rolls hard and lives large as she creates work that documents her body's--but not her creativity's--decline.

Awards: American Documentary | POV Award, Best Directing

 

Team: Noonday Films

City/Country: Columbus, OH, USA
Genre: Social Issue/Political
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: A story of a radical grandfather who risked his life working for peace, and the deeply personal consequences of his courage.

Award: Documentary Educational Resources (DER) Award, Best Use of Theme, Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre

 

Team: Flash Frame Film & Video Network

City/Country: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Genre: Sports
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: Charlie Wilkins is going to write a new book, if he survives his next adventure of rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic in 30 days.

Awards: Honorable Mention by Doc Challenge Jury at Hot Docs, Best Use of Sports Genre

 

Team: Surge

City/Country: New York, NY, USA
Genre: Social Issue/Political
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: In his own way, Paul asks us what it means to be free.

 

Team: Minnesota Docuclubbers

City/Country: St. Paul, MN, USA
Genre: Character Study
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: A Minnesota mom does something she never thought she would do.

 

Team: Kamikaze Chickadee

City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Genre: Character Study
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: In his early 20s, legendary musician Greg Garing played with every country and bluegrass superstar on the Nashville Opry scene. Now, at 43, his doctors give him a year to live and he's forced to come to terms with the secret he's kept all his life. Donate to Greg's treatment fund at the official website for the film.

Awards: Best Film, Best Use of Character Study Genre

 

Team: The Cut Tos

City/Country: Portland, OR, USA
Genre: Nature/Environmental
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: Death Goes Green is an intimate portrait of the pioneers of the green burial movement.

Awards: Best Original Score and Best Use of Nature/Environemntal Genre

Team: Media Bridges

City/Country: Cincinnati, OH, USA
Genre: Historical
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: A history on lynching in America.

Award: Best Use of Historical Genre

 

Team: Reel Grrls

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA
Genre: First Person
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares

Synopsis: A Seattle filmmaker explores stories of dreamers who seek connections through the classifieds.

Awards: Best Soundtrack, Best Use of First Person Genre