WINNER OF THE EMERGING FILMMAKERS AWARD 

Friday, April 27th - 9:30pm St. Anthony Main :

Director: Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley's fiercely intelligent and nuanced work as an actor has made a significant contribution to the rise of cinema in English Canada.  Her feature debut as director gives us something more:  a tremendous, touching film showcasing two other phemomenal actors at their finest.  Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) have been married for decades.

Monday, April 23rd - 7:00p.m. St. Anthony Main :

Friday, April 27th - 5:00p.m. Bell Auditorium :

Director: Hernan Gaffet

The first feature from the Argentine director and screenwriter Hernan Gaffet, Ciudad en celo, managed to obtain the perfect balance, between the complexity of a love triangle, friendship, a suicide, a magical and nostalgic neighborhood cafe in Buenos Aires and a stunning tango and jazz soundtrack.

Monday, April 23rd - 7:00 pm - Bell Auditorium

Friday, April 27th - 4:45 pm - St. Anthony Main

Director: Nader T. Homayoun

Through a dazzling array of film clips and interviews this thoroughly encompassing documentary explores the history of one of the most highly regarded national cinemas to emerge in the last two decades.  Through a compelling blend of archival footage, excerpts from representative landmark Iranian films, and interviews with its filmmakers, film critics and film historians, the film traces its country’s cinema history in the face of often official opprobrium.

Friday, April 27th - 9:00pm - Oak Street Cinema :

Sunday, April 29th - 1:30pm - Oak Street Cinema :

Director: Goutam Ghose

A superb must-see film, in which award-winning director Goutam Ghose elicits powerful performances from an acclaimed cast including Nana Patekar, Deepti Naval and the ageless Rekha. Ghose’s sharp scripting and direction gradually build the drama into an electrifying sequence of events where fact and fiction tensely oscillate.

Wednesday, April 25th - 5:00pm - St. Anthony Main :

Friday, April 27th - 7:00pm - St. Anthony Main :

Director: Claudia Llosa

Far away in the Peruvian Andes, there are isolated villages where tribes, full of religious fervor, believe that during Holy Week, God doesn’t exist and anything goes. In one such strange place, from Good Friday at three o’clock in the afternoon (just when Christ dies on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like.

Friday, April 27th - 7:00 pm - Oak Street Cinema :

Director: John Carney

Although the story isn’t complex and there are only two nameless characters in this gloriously small film, Onceis sure to be one of the most popular films in this year’s festival. Glen Hansard, of the Irish band, "The Frames," and real-life collaborator Marketa Irglova star in this charmer whose lovely low-key style allows the terrific music to carry the story of a Dublin street musician and a Czech pianist as they edge hesitatingly toward romance.

Friday, April 27th - 5:00 pm - Oak Street Cinema

Director: Erik McCowan

World Premiere!

Director Invited

Swift of leg, fleet of wing, proud of tooth, humble of mien, he is Minnesota’s gift to the nation’s table. If we go banging the drumstick for Ruby Begonia we are not saying she deserves a place at the table alongside our Dan Patch or Phar Lap or Sea Biscuit of the racing world. But we owe her--or is it a him-- some respect, be he (she) loser or winner...

Saturday, April 21st - 3:15 pm - Bell Auditorium

Friday, April 27th - 9:30 pm - Bell Auditorium

Director: Naoko Ogigami

Sachie (Satomi Kobahyashi) runs Kamome Shokudo (aka "The Seagull Diner"), a streetcorner restaurant in Helsinki, Finland. She employes Midori (Hairi Katagiri) who just put her finger on the map and ended up in Finland by sheer luck and Masako (Masako Motai) recently stranded in Finland without her luggage . . .