San Dan Diego Film Festival Line Up: Part Two
The San Diego Film Festival - Sept 23rd - 27th - will present an ecclectic group of documentaries as part of its 8th year. Below is a listing of the documentaries which will screen in the Gaslamp Theater. For more information on the programs, www.sdff.org.
By Amy Sommer
Event date: September 05, 2009

Richard Dreyfuss, one of the many luminaries scheduled to attend the SDFF later this month.
AMERICAN HARMONY
Run Time: 86 min
Director: Aengus James
Featuring: America’s Best Quartets
• “WINNER” – Las Vegas & Honolulu International Film Festivals
• ‘Official Selection’ - Nashville, Boulder, Sedona & Waterfront International Film Festivals
BEYOND BELIEF: HONEYMOON AT BURNING MAN
Run Time: 82 min
Director: Geoffrey Ulrich
Featuring: Aurora Matahari Raiment
• WORLD PREMIERE
• Come celebrate in costume
HER NAME WAS STEVEN
Run Time: 80 min
Director: Dave Timko
Featuring: Steven Stanton
• A Film by CNN Productions
• Southern California Premiere
• HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM
• Run Time: 83 min
• Director: Nicole Torre
• Featuring: Dr. Wade Adams, David Black, Camilla ‘CoCo’ Blaffer, Jeffery Blazi, Beau Bisso, and more
• ‘Official Selection’ – AFI Dallas Film Festival
• West Coast Premiere
JESSE’S STORY
Run Time: 70 min
Director: Mark Jacobs
Featuring: Jesse Billauer, Christopher Reeve, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Bob Hurley, Rob Machado, Kelly Slater, Shane Dorian
• “WINNER” Best Documentary, Audience & Jury Award – Malibu Film Festival
• Features World Champion surfers Kelly Slater & Rob Machado
MINE
Run Time: 83 min
Director: Geralyn Pezanoski
Writers: Erin Essenmaeher & Geralyn Pezanoski
Featuring: Karen O’Toole
• “WINNER” Best Documentary Audience Award – SXSW Film Festival
• ‘Official Selection’ – 4 International Film Festivals
• West Coast Premiere
NESHOBA
Run Time: 90 min
Directors: Micki Dickoff & Toni Pagano
Writers: Micki Dickoff
• “WINNER” Best Documentary - Boston, NY Independent, Fort Lauderdale & Memphis Film Festivals
OFFICIAL REJECTION
Run Time: 107 min
Writer and Director: Paul Osborne
Featuring: Scott Storm, Paul Osborne, Brian Osborne
“WINNER” Best Doc - Dead Center & Oxford International Film Festivals
• “WINNER” “Domani Award” at Vision Fest
• West Coast Premiere
• From SDFF alumni filmmaker Paul Osborne(Ten’Til Noon)
ONE WATER (&WYLAND)
Run Time: 68 min
Writer and Director: Sanjeev Chatterjee
• ‘Official Selection’ - International Film Festival South Africa
• Special Award Recipient at Cinema Ambiente
PULLING JOHN
Run Time: 72 min
Directors: Sevan Matossian, Bessie K. Morris
Featuring: John Brzenk, Alexy Voevoda, Travis Bagent
• ‘Official Selection’ - SXSW, Belfast, Lighthouse, Vancouver & Documenta Madrid Film Festivals
• “WINNER” Best Documenary - Mexico International Film Festival
SEVERE CLEAR
Run Time: 92 min
Writer and Director: Kristian Fraga
Featuring: Mike Scotti
• ‘Official Selection’ - Palm Beach, St. Louis & SXSW Film Festivals
THE GOOD MOTHER (aka; SUPER MOM)
Run Time: 70 min
Director: Sarah Klein
• West Coast Premiere
• From the director of HBO’s “Hard as Nails”
• “WINNER” – Best Documentary, Rhode Island Film Festival
WILLIAM SHATNER’S GONZO BALLET
Run Time: 60 min
Directors: Patrick Buckley, Bobby Ciraldo, Kevin Layne, Andrew Swant
Writer: Margo Sappington
Featuring: William Shatner, Ben Folds, Margo Sappington, Henry Rollins, Michael Pink, Elizabeth Shatner, Marc Petrocci, Susan Gartell, Jeanette Marie Hanley, Jacqueline Moscicke
• “WINNER” President’s Award - Nashville Film Festival
• West Coast Premiere
• Scheduled to attend: William Shatner
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