San Diego Film Festival 2008

Two short documentaries make up the Green Screen Short Film Series, presented by Think Blue, City of San Diego. GIMME GREEN Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity? Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop—the lawn. BUILD GREEN Host David Suzuki sets out across Canada to find the latest in green construction. What he finds are Canada’s most talented architects with projects like the rammed earth home of rock star Randy Bachman, retrofitting aging housing complexes with state-of-the-art sustainable energy system, laying up hay for strawbale houses, and transportable mini-homes with their own small power plants.

A surreal tale of transitions, "How The Day Sounds" directed by Autumn de Wilde, is a visual representation of the moment you realize you are finally over it . Greg Laswell and his broken angels (Elijah Wood and Brandon Walters) float out of the darkness into Galco's Soda Pop Stop and dance their way through the melancholy of a mending broken heart. This video offers a technicolor goodbye-kiss to months of sorrow.

Jason, a young introvert devoid of a life outside his own head, told a little white lie to 50 million people that changed his life forever.

After escaping execution, a Bosnian prisoner of war immigrates to the US, looking to leave his past behind. Years later, the man who spared his life shows up on his doorstep asking for a favor.

A crack-whip couple attempts to survive in a post-apocalyptic bomb shelter. When haunted by a visitor, they must make a decision.

A black guy who married a white girl finds out that her family used to own his. It could happen. In fact, it did.

An ambitious 18-year-old, about to embark on his college career, is devastated after he finds his dead-beat dad might have ruined his future.

Journey with three world-renowned BASE jumpers as they travel 10,000 miles by airplane, river boat and 4x4 to confront the mist and mystery of an old cave, an ancient culture and their own demons. At the center of their dangerous mission is Tian Keng: The Heavenly Pit. Tian Keng is millions of years old, half a mile deep and waiting to test the endurance, skill and courage of those who dare to parachute into her heart. Your ticket allows you to see both Physical Graffit films - Journey to the Center and Seasons.

A successful gynecologist, Kenny must deal with his vaginal demons before they end his marriage.