Film and Video

Anytime a festival schedule is announced, it can be an overwhelming experience plowing through the list of films. When I’m traveling, we try to find out what is playing as far in advance as possible to start researching the titles and to confer with my colleagues about what they’ve heard. Recommendations are gold, especially when films may have played other festivals.

With the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival opening tonight, there has been little printed material in advance. Their website, however, has never been easier to navigate.

Here are my recommendations based on what I’ve seen and heard:

Films that I’ve seen that I’d recommend:

Journals of Knud Rasmussen (4/28)

Ghosts of Cité Soleil (4/24-4/26)

Something Like Happiness (4/24-4/26)

12:08 East of Bucharest (4/27-4/28)

Films I’m looking forward to seeing:

Away From Her (4/27)

Summer Palace (4/26)

Forever (4/25)

Sweet Mud (4/26-4/28)

Once (4/27)

Eagle vs. Shark (4/24-4/28)