9:45 a.m. WELCOME

10:00 a.m. MY HOME - YOUR WAR
A film by Kylie Grey
Australia/Iraq, 2006, 52 minutes, Arabic, Subtitled
Distributed by Women Make Movies

Filmed in Baghdad over a three-year period - before, during and after the U.S. invasion - the documentary chronicles the impact of the war on the lives of an average Iraqi family. This intimate, deeply moving account shows how the Iraq war has created a situation where the rise of fundamentalism has all but eroded women's rights.

11:00 a.m. ONE SUMMER IN NEW PALTZ
A film by Nancy Nicol
Canada/USA, 2008, 54 minutes English
Distributed by Vtape

The call for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to enshrine a heterosexual definition of marriage ignited a wave of civil disobedience that swept through New Paltz, NY. This film takes a truly original look at the people and the issues that swirled around the mayor who performed same-sex marriages on the steps of the village hall.

Ms. Nicol will lead a post-film discussion

1:00 p.m. FOUR WIVES - ONE MAN
A film by Nahid Persson
Sweden/Iran, 2007, 76 minutes Persian, Subtitled
Distributed by Women Make Movies

This intimate portrait of a polygamist family in a rural Iranian village reveals the complex relationships among the four wives, their husband, their astoundingly free-spoken mother-in-law and their numerous children. Laced with humor and heartbreak, the film follows the daily lives of the wives who have become both bitter rivals and co-conspirators against their abusive husband.

2:30 p.m.MUSKRAT LOVELY
A film by Amy Nicholson
USA, 2005, 57 minutes, English

In a little town on the Chesapeake Bay, eight teenagers compete for the title of Miss Outdoors, a tradition now in its 50th year. After the pageant, right on the same stage, world-class muskrat skinners compete for their own title. This delightful film captures an unusual community with humor and heart.

Ms. Nicholson will lead a post-film discussion

4:00 p.m. COURTING JUSTICE
A film by Jane Thandi Lipman
South Africa, 2008, 71 minutes, English
Distributed by Women Make Movies

Before apartheid, judges in South Africa were all white men. Now, 14 years later, women comprise just 18 percent of the judiciary. These are the stories of seven women judges confronting the challenging and often lonely male-dominated institutions, integrating work and motherhood, trying to make a difference as pioneers in a new paradigm.

Producer Ruth Cowan will lead a post-film discussion

5:30 - 6:45 p.m. Filmmakers' Reception at Esca

Southeastern U.S. Premier

7:15pm LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: THE WOMAN BEHIND LITTLE WOMEN
A film by Nancy Porter & Harriet Reisen
USA, 2008, 84 minutes, English

Part documentary, part drama, this brilliantly crafted film depicts the life and works of Louisa May Alcott using always her own words, the original houses and settings where she grew up and created, and the words of Emerson, Thoreau and other celebrated people she knew. Modern-day Alcott scholars add commentary to this portrait of an extraordinary artist and woman.

Ms. Porter & Ms. Reisen will lead a post-film discussion

10:00 a.m. KILLER'S PARADISE
A film by Giselle Portenier
Canada/Guatemala, 2008, 83 minutes, English

Since 1999, more than 2,000 women have been murdered in Guatemala. The number of killings continues to rise, yet most go un-investigated and unsolved. This uncompromising film captures the emotions of those whose lives are touched by this wholesale violence against women, and offers a ray of hope in the human rights movement working to stop the killings.

11:30 a.m. ONE SUMMER IN NEW PALTZ
Repeat screening of the film shown Friday at 11:00 a.m.

12:45 p.m. LOVE LIVED ON DEATH ROW
A film by Linda Booker
USA, 2007, 84 minutes, English

They were just children when their father brutally killed their mother. The four Syriani siblings grow up with hate, anger and confusion, never seeing their father and refusing to even speak his name. Fourteen years later, as their father awaits his fate on North Carolina's death row, the four siblings decide to visit him in prison, seeking answers so they can move on with their adult lives.

Ms. Booker will lead a post-film discussion

2:45 p.m.SIGNS OF LIGHTS
Six short films - long on life, love and laughter

NAMING PLUTO
A film by Ginita Jimenez, UK, 2008, 13 minutes
In 1930, eleven-year-old Venetia Burney of Oxford, England, came up with the name "Pluto" for a planet just discovered by astronomers. On the eve of her 89th birthday, Venetia is invited to see Pluto for the first time in her life.

TOUGH CROWD
A film by Iman K. Zawahry, USA, 2007, 9 minutes
Jihad Islam, a Muslim college student, is an aspiring standup comic. But her audiences - and her family - are not easily humored. In this award-winning film produced at Florida State University, laughter prevails.

HOLDING THE LINE
A film by Susan Hagedorn, USA, 2008, 30 minutes
Nine hundred nurses in Appalachia go on strike against their corporate employer, demanding not money but better care for their patients. They expect to be out a week, but the strike goes on for three months. This is a heartfelt story about standing up for what one believes.

STORYTIME - Two shorts from a 2008 collection of video stories created by teenage, first-time filmmakers in Reel Grrls, a non-profit after school program.

DEFINITION,, a 3-minute short by Cole Dillingham, Mauricette Lekea & Kennedy Zuniga is a very clever expression about body image, and finding one's own personal style.

GENERATION OF CONSOLIDATION, an 11-minute film by Brooke Noel & Sami Muilenburg, explores the impact of media consolidation on news content and its effects on young viewers and media makers.

PENGUINS FOR CHANGE
A film by Diane Mason, USA/Antartica, 2008, 10 minutes
Filmed in Antarctica on Election Day 2008 and the days immediately following, this short captures some of the reactions of the inhabitants at the bottom of the world..

Several directors will lead post-film discussions

5:00 p.m. DAUGHTERS OF WISDOM
A film by Bari Pearlman
USA/Tibet, 2007, 68 minutes, English

This cinematic journey to an Eastern Tibetan plateau north of the Himalayas focuses on the never-before-seen lives of the 300 nuns of the Kala Rongo Monastery. Living in the Nangchen district of Kham, home to an estimated 60,000 subsistence farmers and nomadic herding families, the nuns lead an extraordinary existence in a vibrant spiritual community.

Ms. Pearlman will lead a post-film discussion

7:15 p.m. FOUR OF A KIND
A film by Fiona Cochrane
Australia, 2008, 115 minutes, English

This thrilling whodunnit, based on the stage play "Disclosure," features four women ensnared in a web of deception and lies. Each of the four women, played by well-known actors, is coaxed or tricked into revealing a hidden secret. The film, which evolves mostly through dialog and flashbacks, engages from beginning to end.