2024 GI Film Festival - San Diego
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- DirectorJames ArterberryStarsDiamond BatistePaul Alan DixonTwo military veterans turned amateur filmmakers argue over how to produce the perfect, festival-worthy, short film.
- DirectorAndrea von Siebenthal"More than Brothers" portrays two Afghans who fought alongside the U.S. Forces as well as two U.S. Special Forces members who stepped up to save them. This mournful film highlights the human cost of political decisions.
- DirectorBill LoweStarsRobert ChiccaEarl R. PharesAlvin H. PluckerThe January 23, 1968 attack and capture of the USS Pueblo ship and crew by the North Korean Navy began a tumultuous year for the United States. While the Captain of the ship awaited help, the Johnson Administration halted the rescue squadron from taking off. The ensuing "Pueblo Incident" brought the world to the brink of World War III between the United States, North Korea, China, and The Soviet Union. The Pueblo crewmen endured months of torture and mistreatment from their North Korean captors only to return and face the prospects of incarceration by their own government.
- DirectorDavid BrodieStarsChris Gordon-ClarkeL.V. Hendking Jr.Algene V. HendkingAfter being mistaken for the enemy by fellow U. S. forces during the Vietnam War, a Japanese-American Veteran struggles to overcome his feelings of guilt and anger, find a sense of belonging, and reunite with the friend who saved his life.
- DirectorFrances CauseyThe suicide epidemic of our veterans is much worse than is commonly known. Suicide numbers from combat veterans and survivors of Military Sexual Trauma are 4.5x higher than the total number of service members tragically lost in battle during the entire Global War on Terror. Final Fight profiles a diverse set of veterans and their responses to living with combat trauma and military sexual trauma. We interview leading experts in the field of PTS and brain science within the scope of veterans mental health-seeking to find ways for our veterans to coexist with their traumas and lead the lives they so wholeheartedly deserve. Many of the veterans we interviewed are more comfortable on the front lines of battle than feeling the pressures of a "normal" life-making coming home the Final Fight.
- DirectorRobert HamStarsRobert HamInterpreters Wanted - a story 14 years in the making - centers around Saifullah Haqmal and his brother Ismail, educated Afghan men who choose to work with U.S. forces as interpreters, and Robert Ham, one of the Soldiers they befriended in their years of service to the United States. As Robert's deployment comes to an end, Saifullah and Ismail's support to U.S. forces continue for years afterward - living in the combat zone of Afghanistan isn't a one-year tour for them, it's their day-to-day life. As the Taliban threat to the Haqmal brothers' lives grows more urgent, their communication with their old friend Robert becomes more desperate, as they wait years for their Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) approval. As Afghanistan's elected government enters its final days, and the country crumbles around them, see the struggle one interpreter has to escape as the Taliban close in. This compelling story is a powerful reminder of the sacrifices made by these interpreters and the struggles they faced - and a stark reminder of our obligations to the people who put themselves in harms' way to support our operations.
- DirectorPeter McDowellStarsJohn AtteburyYves BletzackerRobert CarolanJIMMY IN SAIGON is a documentary exploring the mysterious death of Peter McDowell's eldest brother, James, who died age 24 in Saigon. The film explores unspoken grief and family secrets, while honoring those lost long ago.
- DirectorPaige ComptonStarsJackie SJ KimKailyn MachadoNiki MorrissetteA day dreaming Army Sergeant takes a shot at asking out her medic crush only to have her plans punctured by the military medical system.
- DirectorYelena KrivosheyevaStarsAdam CowartKate DaileyMartha DuqueA film about homeless veteran who finds a gift certificate to a restaurant on Christmas Eve. It is a hard look at the realities of the life of a homeless woman who sufferers from military sexual trauma and can't find "home" to return to.
- DirectorFarnoosh AbediIn the land occupied with the sprayers army, no one has the right to grow any kind of plants either in public or private. So many of the people and soldiers do not even know how dose a plant grows or look like, until one day one of the soldiers finds a seed buried deep down in the dust and his curiosity is just the beginning of something extraordinary, something big, something revolutionary.
- DirectorKiarash DadgarStarsFaranak KhamisMehran NaabiAli NarimaniA birthday ceremony preparation gets upside down as something horrible takes place.
- DirectorLeslie BuchbinderStarsEd HarrisGeorge KetsiosCarolyn Molloy"Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea" is a 3-D documentary film about the life and work of artist and marine H.C. ("Cliff") Westermann, voice-acted by four-time Academy-Award nominee Ed Harris, conceived and directed by Leslie Buchbinder, and featuring interviews with Ed Ruscha, Frank Gehry, and many others. The film is executive produced by the international art icon KAWS, and award-winning documentary producer Caryn Capotosto, whose current projects include 2023 Sundance opening film, "Little Richard: I Am Everything," & prior projects include "Won't You Be My Neighbor," "Best of Enemies," and more. "Westermann" features music by legendary artists Laurie Anderson, the Kronos Quartet, and Terry Allen, with an original score by MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Tomeka Reid. As a veteran of World War II and the Korean War who struggled with the ramifications of modern warfare, Westermann's dramatic personal history can be traced through his beguiling, surreal artworks. Our documentary explores the themes of Westermann's life and work, including resiliency, hope, and humor. Westermann used art as a means of processing the trauma of war, and in spite of these horrors, he adopted an empathic and hopeful spirit that courses through his artwork and relationships, becoming an inspiration to many young artists. These themes are woven into a visceral essay-film format (as opposed to a biopic or didactic art history lecture), which invites the audience to interact with Westermann's story in a visually lush and meditative way. Westermann was enamored of the creative potential of tools, and their ability to transform raw materials into objects of totemic power. For us as filmmakers, the 3-D format is the ideal tool to convey the literal and metaphorical multidimensionality of Westermann's works, which are imbued with humor, horror, absurdity, and exquisite beauty.