TICKETS:

SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1:05PM; ST. ANTHONY TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 9:05PM; ST. ANTHONY

U.S. PREMIERE

Director: JOANNA VASQUEZ ARONG

For awhile, you could imagine Beijing today as the Paris of the Jazz Age for ex-pats. As the SARS scare leaves the streets of Beijing deserted, a documentary fi lmmaker from Manila discovers the world of “Neo-Lounge,” one of the few bars that remained open.

PRESENTED BY:

TICKETS:

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1:25PM; ST. ANTHONY THURSDAY, MAY 1, 8:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: EVERARDO GONZÁLEZ

Everardo Gonzalez also pushes the boundaries of fi lm. Old Thieves and the Legends of a Trade (Los Ladrones viejos, las layendas del artegio) chronicles the lives of pickpockets and robbers from the 1950s and 1960s who looted the mansions of rich Mexicans, including those of two Presidents, ending up in the jail from where they narrate their experiences with a touch of humor.

PRESENTED BY:

VICTOR’S CAFE

TICKETS:

SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 3:10PM; ST. ANTHONY

DIRECTOR INVITED

Director: NICOLAS ENTEL

Probably the only title in this year’s lineup to make a hit at both the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Barcelona Tango Festival, director Entel’s debut documentary follows a group of Argentine musicians who walk the line between new school and Old World. “Orquesta Tipica” Fernandez Fierro is a twelve-man street band specializing in traditional tango music with a punk rock attitude.

PRESENTED BY:

THE SALOON HOTEL

TICKETS:

SCREENINGS:
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 9:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 9:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: RON DAVIS & STEWART HALPERN

MISS GAY AMERICA CONTESTANT ROBERT MARTIN PRESENT Pageant goes behind the scenes at one of the country’s most glamorous events: the 34th Annual Miss Gay America competition.

PRESENTED BY:

SUMMIT BREWING, NICK & EDDIE, POSTERARTEDITIONS.COM & DESIGN GUYS

TICKETS:

SCREENINGS:
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 7:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

 Director: STEVEN SEBRING

Shot over 11 years, photographer Steven Sebring’s Patti Smith: Dream of Life travels Smith’s mystical interior terrain—the ideas, losses, and memories she wrestles with—as much as tracing her outward adventures.

PRESENTED BY:

SEWARD CO-OP & PEACE COFFEE

TICKETS:

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1:10PM; ST. ANTHONY THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 5:20PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: MICHAEL STENBERG, JOHAN SÖDERBERG, LINUS TORELL

Bringing to mind the groundbreaking pastiche of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi and the immediacy of An Inconvenient Truth, the filmmakers take viewers on a startling and sobering new look around 25 countries and the planet’s extremely critical condition.

PRESENTED BY:

SUN COUNTRY & DAILY PLANET

TICKETS:

SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 5:05PM; ST. ANTHONY MONDAY, APRIL 21, 5:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: ANDREI NEKRASOV

PRESENTED BY:

Stub & Herbs, Infinity Sports, Summit Brewing, Sun Country

TICKETS:

OAK ST. TICKETS:

SCREENINGS:
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 7:15PM; ST. ANTHONY (LIMITED SEATING)

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 7:00; OAK STREET - PARTY TO FOLLOW

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 7:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Tommy Haines

Pond Hockey examines the changing culture of sports through insightful interviews with hockey stars, experts, journalists and local rink rats who are all searching the open ice for the true meaning of sport.

PRESENTED BY:

Nick & Eddie

Tickets for Saturday:

SCREENINGS:
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 8:00PM; OAK STREET

(CHUCK D. PRESENT - FRIDAY SHOWING -

PARTY TO FOLLOW)

SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 9:45PM; ST. ANTHONY

 Director: ROBERT PATTON-SPRUILL

*Please buy tickets through Brown Paper Tickets for the Chuck D. apperance show. Musical acts don’t get much more revered than Public Enemy, the Long Island-based hip-hop group that forced the genre into a new era of political and social consciousness in the ‘80s and ‘90s.  This illuminating documentary tracks the influential and often controversial history of PE (Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X and Professor Griff) through electrifying concert footage and interviews with colleagues (Talib Kweli, Henry Rollins, The Beastie Boys) and critics, building a case for the crew’s place among the most important artists of the past century.

PRESENTED BY:

PIZZA LUCE & SUMMIT BREWING

TICKETS:

SCREENINGS:
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 9:15PM;

OAK STREET PARTY TO FOLLOW

Director: Mike Rivard

MINNESOTA MADE Some rare videos of Minnesota musicians from the 70’s & 80’s presented by Mike Rivard, featured artists include: Brooks and Foley, The Jayhawks, Doug Maynard, Willie and the Bees, The Perks, Alexander O’Neal, The Psychenauts, Johnny Rey, Soul Asylum, The Wallets….plus a few surprises.