Connecticut Film Festival 2009

Films, Workshops & Interactive.

25 teens take off on an adventure of a lifetime by cycling 3800 miles across the United States to explore the country and to create awareness of a disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

The true story of tennis player Kai Hansen on his way to winning a spot at the European championships in Sweden under Nazi occupation. When his rival tennis champion, Erik, is outed as Jew in the eve of a massive deportation staged by the Nazis, Kay has to choose between helping his rival and his own glory.

A Sundance and Berlin Film festivals selection, 575 Castro St. Reveals the play of light and shadow upon the walls of the Castro Camera Store set for Gus Van Sant's film Milk. The audio track reveals Harvey Milk’s voice recorded in his camera shop on the evening of Friday, November 18, 1977. Labeled simply: "In-Case" the tape was to be played, "in the event of my death by assassination."

Films, Workshops & Interactive.

Films, Parties, Workshops & Interactive.

After getting sick, a young Native American woman, Willa, returns to her mother's home where they both must come to terms with her illness.

Overnight a completely sane man turns his family home into a military stronghold fortified with machine guns, barbwire, and barricades. Is he a war veteran who is incapable to leave behind the nightmarish routines of war or is he a patriot getting ready for the red alert?

An Oscar Nomination for Achievement in Music written for Motion Picture. With Terrance Howard and Robin Williams along Freddie High more, Kery Russel, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. August Rush is a child of two brilliant musicians, who was born with the gift to hear music all around him and was adopted at birth unbeknownst to his mother. August believes that he will find his parents if they only hear his music, because they are truly bonded by their music. Part romance, part gentle fantasy, this film is a sweet drama and is all heart.