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FESTIVAL NEWS
Garbage Dreams Shortlisted for 2009 Oscar® for Documentary Feature!
Congratulations to MTM7’s Mai Iskander who’s film GARBAGE DREAMS has just been announced on the shortlist for Best Documentary Feature for the 82nd Academy Awards®
The short version of GARBAGE DREAMS, entitled WE ARE THE ZABALLEEN can be purchased on our seventh annual Media That Matters DVD.
Let us know what you think about this film and where you plan on hosting a screening! Remember that all public screening costs are included with the purchase of the DVD.
And the free downloadable Discussion Guide can be the perfect accompaniment for when you watch the longer version too.
Here are all 15 shortlisted films:
* “The Beaches of Agnes,” Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
* “Burma VJ,” Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
* “The Cove,” Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
* “Every Little Step,” James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
* “Facing Ali,” Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.)
* “Food, Inc.,” Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films)
* “Garbage Dreams,” Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.)
* “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders,” Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC)
* “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications)
* “Mugabe and the White African,” Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, directors (Arturi Films Limited)
* “Sergio,” Greg Barker, director (Passion Pictures and Silverbridge Productions)
* “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, directors (Freedom Song Productions)
* “Under Our Skin,” Andy Abrahams Wilson, director (Open Eye Pictures)
* “Valentino The Last Emperor,” Matt Tyrnauer, director (Acolyte Films)
* “Which Way Home,” Rebecca Cammisa, director (Mr. Mudd)
Published on November 19, 2009









