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6th Annual Hollywood
Film Festival® &
Hollywood Awards®
October 2-7, 2002
2002 Hollywood Awards® Finalists
DOCUMENTARIES
Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects
AFTERMATH: THE REMNANTS OF WAR
Special Event Screening
By Invitation Only
Canada
74 mins. Arclight Cinemas Theater 3, 1:15 pm, Oct. 6, Sunday. War has a dirty secret -- it never really ends. Aftermath: The Remnants of War reveals the twentieth century as the most violent in human history, with a death toll of more than one hundred million. Filmed on location in Russia, France, Bosnia, and Vietnam, the film uses archival images and personal accounts of individuals involved in the cleanup of war: from "de-miners" who risk their lives daily, to a treasure hunter turned archeologist in Stalingrad, to doctors struggling with the contamination from dioxin used during the Vietnam War. Its poignant stories present a sobering message of the terrible aftermath of war.
 Director: Daniel Sekulich
Writers: Allen Abel, Daniel Sekulich, based on the Gelber Prize-winning book Aftermath: The Remnants of War by Donovan Webster
Producers: Ed Barreveld, Michael Kot
Cinematography: Michael Grippe
Editor: Deborah Palloway
ARMED & INNOCENT
United States - West Coast Premiere
18 mins. Arclight Cinemas Theater 3, 3:00 pm, Oct. 4, Friday. Denied a childhood and often subjected to horrific violence, some 300,000 children are serving as soldiers in current armed conflicts. Narrated by Robert DeNiro, Armed & Innocent is a compelling documentary that shares the personal experiences of the children who have been direct participants in war. Their stories of courage, along with the artwork of former child soldiers collected from around the world, invite the viewer into a world of violence no child should ever experience. These children, who have overcome incredible obstacles to reintegrate into society, tell emotional testimonies of deceit and desperation, but also of strength and hope.
Director/Writer/Producer: Roya Hakakian
Camera: Tom Upton, Bob Sullivan
Editor: Kendrick Simmons
Cast: Narrated by Robert DeNiro
THE BURNING WALL
Winner - Best Documentary
United States - U.S. Premiere
117 mins. Arclight Cinemas Theater 3, 12:30 pm, Oct. 4, Friday.
The Burning Wall illuminates the profoundly contemporary dilemma of individual resistance within a totalitarian state. It depicts those in the GDR who, under the impact of the Nazi past, and confronted with the State Security Police (STASI), fought for social justice, civil liberties, free speech and human rights, who chose responsibility to their personal code of ethics over that of a suppressive regime and who were willing to die for it. It depicts the astounding groundswell of defiance which finally brought down the Berlin Wall.
Director/Writer/Producer: Hava Kohav Beller
Cinematography: Christopher Lerch, Judith Kaufmann, Harald Klik
Editor: Markus Akira Peters, Lawrence Silk, A.C.E.
Cast: Narrated by John Dildine
THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND
United States - World Premiere
130 mins. Arclight Cinemas Theater 3, 10:00 am, Oct. 6, Sunday. The Cold War and Beyond is a powerful feature length documentary that examines the arms race and the development of weapons of mass destruction within the Cold War, and also explores its legacy for the world of today and tomorrow.
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Jim Thebaut
Editor: William Rotberg
DAM/AGE
India - U.S. Premiere
 50 mins. Arclight Cinemas Theater 3, 1:00 pm, Oct. 5, Saturday. For the past three years, Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy has produced compelling political essays on nuclear bombs, corporate power, and globalization -- and in particular on big dams, raising serious questions about India's democracy. The Supreme Court of India convicted her of criminal contempt and sent her to prison. This film is her personal account of the events which led to her arrest.
Director/Producer: Aradhana Seth
Camera: Ranjan Palit
Editor: Peter Spenceley
ECHELON: THE SECRET POWER
France - U.S. Premiere
 82 mins. Arclight Cinemas Theater 3, 3:00 pm, Oct. 4, Friday. During the Cold War, the U.S. developed a massive surveillance system called "PROJECT 415" and known as ECHELON. The Cold War is over, but these giant ears placed in all four corners of the world are still being used...
 Director/Writer: David Korn-Brzoza
Producers: Michel Rotman, Mahel Ranc
Cameramen: Claude Pavelek, Bjorn Kathofer, Christophe Petit, Bruno Henry, David Korn-Brzoza
Editor: Cécile Coolen
Cast: Narrated by: François Devienne.
Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects
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