TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 5:20PM; ST. ANTHONY

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 7:45PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: ALEKSANDER SOKUROV

Opera legend Vishnevskaya (wife of the late Mstislav Rostropovich) gives a performance for the ages as Alexandra, an elderly but feisty Russian widow who undertakes a long and dangerous journey from Russia to the war-torn Chechen countryside to see her officer grandson, long-stationed at a ramshackle army camp.

PRESENTED BY:

7 SUSHI 

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 9:20PM; ST. ANTHONY

U.S. PREMIERE

Director: MAURO JOHN CAPECE & PIERPAOLO MOIO

In this stylized satire, like something out of Buster Keaton in a futuristic world of the modern metropolis, Alien, a special man, is born. The environment in which he evolves and interacts selects him as the father of future generations.

 SCREENINGS:

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 4:45PM; ST. ANTHONY

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 12:45PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: ROBERT THALHEIM

In this pleasantly laconic story about a young German who befriends a stubborn, grumpy concentration camp survivor and falls for a Polish interpreter, Dir. Robert Thalheim (Netto - winner of the Max Ophüls 2005 prize and a MSPFF entry) proves that it is possible to talk about Auschwitz from today’s perspective in an intelligent, emphatic and edifying way.  

PRESENTED BY:

BORTON VOLVO 

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SCREENINGS:
THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 7:10PM; ST. ANTHONY
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 5:10PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: BÅRD BREIEN

Burlesque comedy about 30’s - something guy with a lot of negativity in his soul, taken in tow by well-meaning townsfolk who decide to get him into group therapy and induce “the power of positive Norwegian thinking.” Geirr, who has become severely handicapped in a traffi c accident, spends 24 intense hours around the rehab session as he puts everyone through his tunnel of despair, and anguish before they see the light of a new day.

SCREENINGS:
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 5:10PM; ST. ANTHONY

SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 3:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 5:20PM ; ST. ANTHONY

Director: VEIKO ÕUNPUU

PRESENTED BY:

SOFITEL

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 5:10PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: ROSCHDY ZEM

A 21st century take on Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, Bad Faith stars Roschdy Zem (long-time actor - Bad Faith is his debut as a director) and Cecile de France star as a Muslim Arab and a Jewish woman who find their four-year love affair put to the ultimate test. Ishmael (Zem) is a music instructor at a Paris conservatory.

PRESENTED BY:

SUN COUNTRY & GALLERY 13

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SCREENINGS:
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 7:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 5:15PM; ST. ANTHONY

DIRECTOR PRESENT (BOTH SHOWINGS)

U.S. PREMIERE : DIRECTOR PRESENT

Director: JIAN YI

A naïve older gentleman attempts to save both himself and his entire village from complete humiliation by intercepting a care package to township offi cials that contains a most inappropriate New Year’s gift in producer/writer/editor/director Jian Yi’s playful satire of petty politics.

PRESENTED BY:

AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

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SCREENINGS:
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 7:20PM; ST. ANTHONY

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 7:15PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: JOSEPH CEDAR

Based on the daring reportage of Israeli journalist Ron Leshem (who coscripted) Beaufort is the fictional story of Liraz Liberti -- 21-year-old commander of a desolate military base not far from the old seafarer’s fortress of the same name in Lebanon, kept by the Israeli army until its withdrawal in 2000.

PRESENTED BY:

CZECH & SLOVAK CULTURAL CENTER

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SCREENINGS:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 5:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 9:15PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: JAN HREBEJK

In their sixth feature-length film, screenwriter Petr Jarchovský and director Jan Hrebejk as in the tragicomedy Up and Down touch upon complex inter-personal relationships in modern Czech society.

PRESENTED BY:

BELLANOTTE

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 9:15PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: OLIVIER ASSAYAS

French auteur Olivier Assayas’ (Clean, Demonlover, Irma Vep) latest erotic noir-thriller Boarding Gate has an exciting international cast and another standout performance from Asia Argento as his femme fatale in this anti-thriller to upset genre rules.