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The title of this goofy documentary, which examines an eclectic group of individuals all connected by their unyielding obsession with the moon, really says it all. In Lunarcy!, we meet a man pedaling a 30-year-old book about future life on the moon, another who claims to own the moon, and a third who works tirelessly to achieve his ultimate dream of living on the moon. Director Simon Ennis is much kinder to his subjects than many others might be, which is what makes this film as endearing as its unusual characters.

MINNESOTA-Made Director Kevin Schreck Attending
Feature Documentary. Striving to make the greatest animated film of all time, acclaimed and visionary animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) toiled on his epic masterpiece, The Thief and the Cobbler, for nearly three decades – only to have it torn from his hands.

*Director Tommy Haines & Executive Producer Tom Haines Attending*
From the Minnesota-based filmmaking team that brought us the 2008 Festival hit Pond Hockey. 500 years have passed since the conquistadors sailed, but the fever for gold persists. Gold Fever witnesses the arrival of the global economy to formerly remote San Miguel Ixtahuacán where a new mine has turned the town on its head. Caught in the crosshairs of a worldwide frenzy for gold, three people defend their ancestral lands in the face of long odds, and grave consequences.

Comedy horror takes an artistic turn in this award-winning film following a washed-up artist named Lars who can only paint when inspired by blood, guts and limbs. Upon the request of his art dealer, Lars relocates to the tiny Canadian city of Koda Lake for a “therapeutic retreat.” Lars soon meets Eddie, whose ‘eccentricities’ compel him to act in erratic and murderous ways. Fortunately for Lars, Eddie’s subconscious rage stirs his creative juices like nothing else.

The chilling debut from Brandon Cronenberg, son of famed filmmaker David Cronenberg, Antiviral premiered at the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes. This dystopian thriller takes celebrity worship to a new extreme as customers of a specialized cosmetic clinic are injected with diseases extracted from their favorite superstars. One clinician becomes terminally ill when he injects himself with a disease that killed a world-renowned actress, and now the whole world wants a piece of him before he dies.

Laurence is a successful author and a well-liked literature teacher who reveals to his girlfriend on his 30th birthday that he’s always felt like a woman trapped in a man’s body. Taking place over a decade in the 80’s and 90’s, Laurence and Fred struggle to keep their relationship intact amidst increasing pressure from family, co-workers, and a society unprepared to accept them.

In this high-octane thriller, Adib, a former Syrian intelligence officer, who left his country under mysterious circumstances, returns to Syria 20 years later after receiving news that his daughter is missing. Upon the brink of the Syrian civil war, Adib traverses the seediest parts of the country, with spy agencies from all parts of the world hot on his tail. Inescapable takes the premise from Taken and politicizes it, providing the perfect social tension to an already exhilarating film.

Filmmaker Invited
This sober, intelligent drama offers an unflinching look at the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians chafing under Israeli occupation.

Director Yung Chang Attending!
Post-Show Fruit Party featuring Dulci Berry Miracle Fruit!
The Fruit Hunters follows a group of obsessive fruit collectors who will travel to all ends of the Earth to satisfy their addiction.

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Midnight’s Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta (Water), based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie.

At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital.