Official Selections

Synopsis: An experiment in cinéma vérité filmmaking. Election Day was shot in a single day - November 2, 2004 - by over a dozen camera crews around the United States. The stars of this documentary are a lively and eclectic group of citizens from the Florida panhandle to the South Dakota plains, making the most of their right to vote.

Synopsis: A crew of college-age students takes Darius Weems, 15, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, cross-country in an RV in hopes of convincing MTV's "Pimp My Ride" to customize Darius' wheelchair. Along the way, they find joy, brotherhood, and the knowledge that life - even when imperfect- is always worth the ride.

Synopsis: Kilowatt Ours is the story of filmmaker and conservationist Jeff Barrie's 18-month journey across the southeastern U.S. to document our energy -related problems and present practical, cost-saving solutions for consumers. Widespread problems revealed in Kilowatt Ours include mountaintop removal, air pollution, global warming, childhood asthma, and mercury contamination.