The 5th Frozen Film Festival returns for its annual two day run – July 8th-9th at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, California showcasing 50 new films.  Films include:

Beatbox – The Fifth Element Of Hip Hop, examines the art form of “beatbox” and how it’s aided the expansion of hip hop music.

The Bellman Equation, a search to solve the mysterious equation of mathematician Richard Bellman.

Color Me Obsessed, the first documentary on the influential ’80s indie-rock band, The Replacements.

Shaped (Surf Film), a documentary film about Southern California surfing that pays tribute to the men and women of the surf world during the 1960s, who while working in the trenches were creating and un-knowingly shaping the future of surfing as we know it today.

Last Fast Ride, a documentary film about the infamous bay-area punk rock performer Marian Anderson. Marian died all too young, and this is her story.

Plus film collections of:

The Best Comedic Shorts of 2011
The Best Short Documentaries of 2011
The Best Dramatic Shorts of 2011
The Best Animated Shorts 2011

The Frozen Film Festival which takes its name from the distinct chill of the San Francisco summer is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating avenues for independent filmmakers and artists to display new, cutting edge work.