Piece By Piece TRT 15min

PbP is a short documentary about the resurgence of the Rubik's Cube and the practice of speedcubing. Meet one of the original creators of a well-known speedcubing algorithm and the 1982 Swedish Speedcubing champion. Meet a speedcubing couple, and hear about the cube's power to impress women. Whether they are 11 years old or 31, clean-cut or covered in tattoos, these different characters will entertain as they explain what goes on inside their heads as they solve the cube.

Directors: Isaiah Allekotte, Grace Rathbone-Webber, Sachi Schuricht, Emma Thatcher

Festivals Screened: Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007; South By Southwest Film Festival, March 2007

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Alone, Together TRT 9min

What can a video game teach us about personal relationships? Do online quests to kill goblins, murlocs and blood elves help hone parenting skills? Should online game addiction be a classified medical condition? Alone, Together explores character relationships surrounding the online game World of Warcraft.

Directors: Krystalline Armendariz, Roan Bibby, Eric Fischer, Dan Lewis

Festivals Screened: Santa Cruz Film Festival, May 2008; UC Berkeley Screenagers, February 2008; California Next Generation Film Festival, August 2008; Fallbrook Film Festival, April 2008; Landlocked Film Festival, August 2008; Young Cuts Film Festival, August 2008

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Driven TRT 9min

Ian Costa and Donovan Yuen-Goh spend countless hours training to do what only one other American has done in the past ten years: compete in the international Formula One racing circuit. Pretty amazing, considering one of them isn't old enough to drive.

Directors: Max Blum, Gabriel Edelsohn, Will Kasten, Patrick Ouziel

Festivals Screened: Santa Cruz Film Festival, May 2008 (*winner Best Youth Film); Canadian Sport Film Festival, May 2008; San Diego International Children's Film Festival, August 2008; Young Cuts Film Festival, August 2008; Northern California Film Festival, August 2008

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