Love/Romance

Filmmakers Present!

Susan Burke and Minneapolis’ own Stephen Gurewitz star in this comedy about a young couple who move into a shabby 300 square foot apartment looking to start a life together. But things don’t exactly go as planned. A series of mishaps and unexpected visitors make them realize that maybe they aren’t as perfect for each other as they previously had thought. The film was shot in Minneapolis over 14 days and also features MSPIFF alum Alex Karpovsky, the ‘Mumblecore’ filmmaker who presented his debut feature, The Hole Story, at MSPIFF in 2005.

One man's plan to visit his girlfriend in Paris goes horribly awry in this comedic romp through the streets of Taipei.  After saying goodbye to his girlfriend, Kai dedicates himself to learning French at the local bookstore, so that he might better prepare himself for a future visit.  His plans quickly disintegrate, and it's not long before Kai's trip to save his relationship is interrupted by a run-in with some mobsters.  

Winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard competition. 

Alexandre Dumas’ legendary, prolific, but eventually tumultuous relationship with his ghostwriter August Maquet is beautifully examined in a film that puts Oscar-nominated actor Gerard Depardieu back full-blown in his bountiful persona as the celebrated French author.

Truly embodying the spirit of independent filmmaking, and chosen for Sundance NEXT 2011 and SXSW, Bellflower is Evan Glodell’s feature debut.

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Winner of Best Film at the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival and recipient of numerous other awards, The Hedgehog is a darkly humorous and affecting film about the struggle to find your place in the world.

Director Chris Kraus’ follow-up to his award-winning debut film Four Minutes is a stunning historical drama set on the Baltic coast on the eve of World War I. Recipient of a Special Jury Award at the Rome Film Festival, this expertly crafted film takes a page from the life of Kraus’s own aunt, chronicling a little-known chapter of European history.

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Renowned actor Paddy Considine’s first feature behind the camera is a tour de force propelled by the sheer intensity of its performances and storytelling.

Director Rajko Grlic Present

Award-winning filmmaker Rajko Grlic’s latest film within his impressive body of work, Just Between Us, is a playful but indiscreet story about the irreverent libido that hides beneath everyday bourgeois life and manners, seen frankly amid a group of long-standing Balkan friends. Double lives, philandering relationships, and the bittersweet stories of relentless quests for love and passion are told from the perspectives of two brothers, their wives, and their children. Starring veteran Serbian actor Miki Manojlovic among a quartet of high comic players, and set in Zagreb, the film chronicles the highly personal, often painful, ever confidential things that happen behind the curtains of well-established families. Grlic, 64, a member of the highly regarded Prague Film School, 1970’s generation, has been long-time film professor at Ohio University.

“Cracks” is a small story writ very large. With its shadowy interiors and shots of faces in the grip of obsession, it verges on a horror film. - NyTimes

Jordan Scott, daughter of renowned director Sir Ridley Scott, makes her dazzling feature film debut with an erotically charged period drama based on a novel by Sheila Kohler.