Rockport Film Festival 2009

Andrea and Felice are two kids whose lives center around the sea. One day during a fishing excursion their usual routine is disturbed when something unexpected appears from the water. Will their friendship survive the turbulent events that follow?

A little boy and his fisherman father confront life and death at the edge of the ocean, where their idle drag boat, the Anne Marie, blankets them in a dream.

Body Job is a meditation on inspired physicality in the workplace. It is a profile of three people--a scientist, farmer, and preacher--who bring an extraordinary physical approach to their jobs. Body Job shows concrete examples of people moving on the job, therefore re-framing the way office workers, their employees, and workers in general imagine the workplace and their physical presence in it.Dr. James Levine, a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, burns calories as he walks on a treadmill all day long—he has created an 'Office of the Future' complete with computer desktop; Farmer Bill Kazokas breaks down the body mechanics of gardening; and Reverend James Forbes delivers his sermons with an acute sense of physical & spiritual awareness. We see in the film that integrating physical activity on the job not only fulfills the characters personally, but also translates into a social mission. The farmer aims to spread the gospel of organic farming to a national audience; the scientist works to alleviate obesity on an international level; and the minister uses his powerful pulpit to urge his NYC congregants to “listen to the body.”

Doug and Luke have just found the biggest discovery in their adolescent lives: 'Breast Feeding Your Child To Health'. This video, they expect, will be the coolest thing since water balloons and dinosaurs! When the tape turns out to be a harsh lesson in human anatomy, the boys are horrified. To make matters worse, Mom has just come home and the tape is stuck in the VCR! Now Doug must scramble, or risk losing everything he loves: childhood innocence, boyhood normalcy, and TV privileges...

Travel into the high speed, tongue-twisting world of professional auctioneers in this animated documentary mash-up that will have you bidding in the aisles. Make sure to see it quickly, before it’s going, going, gone.

CHOPS tells the story of a group of kids with extraordinary musical ability who learn to make the most of their gifts in an acclaimed public school jazz program in Jacksonville, FL. From their early, squeaky scales to soaring, improvisational solos, we have a front row seat for their fascinating transformation. We’re with them as they stick together and as they fall apart. And we see up close how the events of their daily lives are expressed in their music. We follow their musical journey from Florida to New York City, where they compete against the top high school jazz bands in the nation at the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival. Win or lose, the Essentially Ellington experience puts them at the threshold of their dream, and reveals the incredible growth they’ve experienced personally and musically.

When Ben Hocker discovers he has a clone, his button-down world comes crashing down. Ben's alter-ego (the enigmatic 'Dulce') is everything that Ben wishes he could be: wealthy,witty, and irresistible to the ladies. The only question in Ben's mind is whether to make peace with the Clone, or make him rest in peace. With the help of his friends, Ben must quickly navigate a bizarre new world where people aren't who they seem, and where the clones have gone wild.