Texas Business reports:  The Thin Line Film Fest, Texas’ only international documentary film festival, starts its 5th annual festival lineup today.

This year more than 80 feature and short films from around the globe will be screened at the historic Campus Theatre and other venues in downtown Denton, today through February 20^th. .

This year’s scheduled features films cover an array of topics including the biographies of inspirational and revolutionary figures, a behind-the-scenes look at teenage bullying in BullyCam, an examination of the indie rock scene in China, and the challenges, struggles and uplifting accomplishments of both humans and animals from all parts of the world.

In addition, Thin Line Film Fest will showcase a number of documentaries, acclaimed by critics and included on the Oscars shortlist. Buck follows the life of acclaimed ‘horse whisperer’ Buck Brannaman who recovered from years of child abuse to become a well-known expert in the interactions between horses and people.

Battle for Brooklyn follows the story of Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Jane’s Journey provides unprecedented access to Dr. Jane Goodall on her mission to save our endangered planet. Other presentations include, Nostalgia for Light, winner of the International Documentary Association’s Best Documentary, The Other F Word, which shows what happens when some of punk rock’s most famous leading men embrace fatherhood, Seeing in the Dark, a PBS documentary, and Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour.

“I started Thin Line Film Fest five years ago in Denton because documentary film gives a unique perspective to often overlooked subjects,” said Thin Line Fest founder Joshua Butler in a prepared statement. “Documentaries can make the viewer see things or think about things in a completely new way. Denton is the perfect setting for this type of festival because it shares the same independent and creative spirit. I’m excited how this year’s festival is coming together and can’t wait to kick things off February 10th..

Last year, The New York Times dubbed Thin Line Film Fest as “one of the things to do” that week which featured the Texas premiere of Troubadours, fresh from Sundance Film Festival, as well as This Way of Life and Enemies of the People; both off the 2010 Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary. The 2012 festival promises to be bigger, better and more revered – already having received nearly twice the number of films submitted to be considered than in the previous year.

The full Thin Line Film Fest 2012 Lineup can be found now at http://www.thinlinefilmfest.com. The line up includes:

14 Days with Alzheimer’s

78 Days

A Read on Inside Books

A Salton Soul

Abuelas

Among Giants

Angela’s Garden

Aquarena Springs and Ralph the Swimming Pig

Article 31

Bass: Beyond Limitation

Battle for Brooklyn

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

 Bill W.

 Brilliant Life

Broken Tail

Brother Rob 

Buck

Bullycam

Campania In-Felix

Carbon for Water

Cartography

Destiny Lives Down the Road

Dilli

Disaster (a personal geography)

Down: Indie Rock in the PRC

Erasing Hate

Fanning the Fire

Four Cubic Feet of Space

The Gentleman’s Club

Grace & Mercy

Graciously We Receive

The Gray Seasons

Helen’s Ducks

Higher Power

Hold My Hand

Holding the Line

Irma

Jane’s Journey

Jerry

Kaziah the Goat Woman

Les Papillions de Nuit (Night Butterflies)

Library Larry

Life Size 

The Line of Departure 

L’or des autres

Love Hacking

The Love of Beer

Marian’s Story

Maurice

Mijo

Moving On 

Neve & Sons

Nostalgia for the Light

The Oldest Lesbian in the World 

The Other F Word

Out of Service

The Paleogeographer’s Song 

Pure Fruit 

Randy Parsons: American Luthier 

Rise and Dream

River Planet 

Seeing in the Dark

Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen 

The Sound and the Music

Still in Motion 

This Is Our House

Uganda Man

Unsigned

Welcome Home Hero 

Well-Fed

Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour

You Have the Right to an Attorney

Situated 36 miles north of Dallas and Fort Worth where I-35 East meets I-35 West, Denton is the county seat of Denton County.