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Unlikely love blooms between a brooding, explosive loner and an extroverted introvert with a cat and a library habit. A darkly comic, sadly sweet and even poignant tale about finding and keeping love despite the odds.

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This documentary follows eccentric and charismatic mixed media artist and body painter Jacob as he pursues his dream of building an art gallery that doubles as an underground party space in downtown Minneapolis. Experience the many difficulties and meet the collection of characters Jacob encounters while attempting his ultimate creation.

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6 Dancers + 6 Choreographers = 6 Extraordinary Dances. The partnership between dancers and their choreographers as they create Solos serves as a background for unique portraits of these artists. Who they are, the toll the quest for perfection takes upon their bodies, and the very process of dance itself are explored in this enthralling documentary.

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A recently widowed young mother living in a quaint Swedish farming community in Kansas hires an adorable twenty-something Norwegian soccer player to be a male au pair and help her raise two sons, 9 and 15 respectively. When the young Viking rebuffs her advances and gets too close to the boys, she wonders, 'is he gay, or just European?" The film stars rising Norwegian actor Håvard Lilleheie, of the 2003 top selling Norwegian film United, and porn-star-turned-actress Traci Lords (of Zach and Miri Make a Porno) in what its makers call a “romantic dramedy.”

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This documentary feature explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centers in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the residents of the notorious Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis.

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In an attempt to better understand his brother John’s mysterious death, and in overall remembrance of him, Jed Schlegelmilch goes on a 10-day journey to interview family and friends about John almost 17 years after his passing.

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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.

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Now home to the nation’s largest Somali population, Minneapolis has, over the past twenty years, become known as a welcoming place for families seeking a new beginning outside of their war-torn homeland.