Politics on Film Announces 2009 Festival Selections

Politics on Film Announces 2009 Festival Selections

Films reflect festival mission to entertain, inform and debate

WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Politics on Film today announced the line-up of domestic films that will headline the bipartisan festival's inaugural year. The festival runs May 7-10, 2009.

A complete screening schedule, program details and official selections in the International category will be announced in the coming days and will be available at www.politicsonfilm.com.

"We were honored to have nearly 100 films submitted to the inaugural festival by filmmakers from across the country and around the world," said Gayle Osterberg, Chief Operating Officer. "From serious to light-hearted, from local to global, these films represent a true sampling of the diversity of politically themed stories that filmmakers are invested in telling. We are so pleased to work with the Bipartisan Policy Center to provide a platform for them in the nation's capital."

2009 Special Screening Selection:

-- The Response, Washington Premiere

2009 Official Selections, Documentary:

-- Abraham Obama, East Coast Premiere
-- Cult of Personality, U.S. Premiere
-- Neshoba, Washington Premiere
-- The Other Side of Immigration, East Coast Premiere
-- The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court,
Washington Premiere
-- Sprawling from Grace: The Consequences of Suburbanization, Washington
Premiere

-- What's the Matter with Kansas? Sneak Preview

Politics on Film is a project of the Washington Political Film Foundation and is made possible by an alliance with the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), an organization that promotes political discourse and seeks to unite the constructive center in the pursuit of viable policy goals. More information is available at www.politicsonfilm.com

Source: Politics on Film

CONTACT: Gayle Osterberg, +1-202-548-0133, gayle@133publicaffairs.com,
for Politics on Film

Web Site: http://www.politicsonfilm.com/

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