Sunscreen Film Festival 2009

Festival Pass - grants admission to all film screenings.

An exploration of the need to live under a façade and of desperate attempts to escape ourselves. Director Coco Bermudez expected to attend.

Racing across Los Angeles in one, unwieldy day, documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo race from Beverly Hills to Watts and places in between to get Milo's brother Leo from jail to rehab before 8pm, or Leo goes to prison for three years.A story inspired by true events, the trio documents their trip from a suburban police station in Calabasas through mansions in Beverly Hills, East LA chop-shops, rural wastelands, and housing projects in Watts as they attempt to raise the $5,000 required to get Leo into the rehab clinic.Along the way they encounter dozens of colorful characters, each with their own anomalous perspective on Leo's larger than life personality and style, and each with their own excuse for why they cannot help out. In the end, it may take a drug deal to get the necessary funds for rehab.“Ruspoli has succeeded in creating a film that not only compliments Los Angeles’ multi-faceted landscape, but meditates on it. While Fix is everything one would hope - a frenetic, Odyssey-like journey through an underbelly of drug culture and addiction, it’s when the film reaches moments of silence that its true voice speaks clear, deeply exploring notions of family, loss, and ultimately redemption. “- Daniel Casey, Programmer

“With almost 1.200 miles of coastline and the majority of our citizens living near that coastline Florida is more vulnerable to rising ocean levels and violent weather patterns than any other state. Yet, we have done little to understand and address the root causes of this problem, or frankly, even acknowledge that the problem exists.”-Florida Governor Charlie CristFrom it’s populated coastline and beautiful landscape to its aquifers, springs and delicate ecosystem, Florida stands to lose more in commerce and resources from climate change than any other state. ‘A Floridian’s Guide to Climate Change’ explores realistic estimates of sea-level rise’s unique effects on the people of the Sunshine State in the next hundred years.

A student is driven to center his attention on a brick wall in order to reflect on and make sense of the events in that have shaped who he has become. National finalist in the 2008 Campus MovieFest.

Joe, a man who can’t keep from delving into his fantasies in order to liven up his dull life, is surprised by his girlfriend Sarah when she tells him their relationship is over. Joe realizes that life could get pretty lonely without her so he decides to go after her. Along the way he imagines himself in elaborate scenes from different types of movies in which the guy gets the girl back while trying to figure out which method will work best with Sarah. He finally arrives at Sarah’s balcony and, in front of a crowd of bystanders, serenades her with a cheesy song that he wrote just for her. Sarah is so happy to see Joe she runs down to him as the crowd cheers and the love birds make up. Suddenly, Joe is brought into reality at Sarah’s door where she forces him to choose between his imagination and her.

Grants admission to all screenings on Friday, May 1st.

This is a story about Apple your typical fruity guy. Trying to live his life like a normal Apple; hold a job, have friends etc... but his tree mates try to hold him back from achieving his normal life.In this episode Apple, tries to go to work but ends up being Chased by Grape, Banana and Barky the Tree in which they all reside.It becomes a race against the odds as Apple's fruitmobile is pit against Barky's long legs.The story comes to a climax as the characters finally reach the 'finish line', and the unimaginable happens.