Sarasota Film Festival Schedule

All movie times are subject to change. Please call the box office for updated show times. All movies are screened at the Regal Hollywood 20, except where noted.

Special film events

Funny Money - Director: Leslie Greif. Cast: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, Robert Loggia, Guy Torry. Henry (Chase) is a designer of wax fruit, whose lovely wife Carol (Miller) is a struggling artist about to catch her big break. When Henry accidentally switches briefcases with a Russian mobster, he discovers that he and Carol have hit the jackpot; $5 million with no strings attached. But then a dirty cop, the Russian mob, a comic cabbie, concerned friends, and a last minute trip to Barcelona all come into play. 7 p.m. March 31, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

A Prairie Home Companion - Director: Robert Altman. Cast: Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep. Altman's ("Nashville") latest feature takes us backstage at America's favorite radio program, Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion." Keillor's celebrated stories about life in Lake Wobegon, Minn., have introduced audiences to characters like gumshoe detective Guy Noir (Kevin Kline), singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty (John C. Reilly and Woody Harrelson). Altman's film picks up where the radio airwaves end. "A Prairie Home Companion" will be the festival's first-ever Closing Night Film. 5 p.m. April 9. SOLD OUT

Best Narrative

Feature Competition

Beowulf & Grendel. Director: Sturla Gunnarsson. Cast: Gerard Butler, Sarah Polley, Stellan Skarsgård. Adapted from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, "Beowulf," this movie is a medieval adventure that tells the blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. 5 p.m. April 7, 3:45 p.m. April 8.

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. Director: Cristi Puiu. Cast: Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminita Gheorghiu. A black comedy aimed at the heart of an indifferent health care system, this film reflects the frustration, outrage and absurdity of Dante Lazarescu's quest for medical help. 2:15 p.m. April 7, 8:15 p.m. April 8

Kilomtre Zéro. Director: Hiner Saleem. Cast: Belcim Bilgin, Nazmi Kirik, Ehned Qeladizeni. (France/Iraq/ Finland). "Kilomtre Zéro" focuses on a story not often told about the war in Iraq - the plight of the Kurdish people under the rule of Saddam Hussein's Baath party - and is a look into the ridiculousness of war and oppression. 5 p.m. April 5, 9:30 p.m. April 6.

Mary. Director: Abel Ferrara. Cast: Juliette Binoche, Heather Graham, Matthew Modine, Forest Whitaker. Abel Ferrara's look at the role of faith in artistic creation, "Mary" is the story of Marie Palesi (Binoche), an actress of international renown who becomes inspired by the life of Mary Magdalene after playing her in a film. 5:45 p.m. April 7, 8 p.m. April 8.

Old Joy. Director: Kelly Reichardt. Cast: Daniel London, Will Oldham. "Old Joy" is the story of two old friends, Mark (London) and Kurt (Oldham), who seek an escape from the pressures of modern life by reuniting for a hiking trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. Tensions between the friends arise. 8:30 p.m. April 6, 6:45 p.m. April 8.

Somersault. Director: Cate Shortland. Cast: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington. "Somersault" is the story of Heidi (Cornish), a 16-year-old Australian girl whose reckless exploration of her emerging sexuality brings her nothing but trouble at home. Heidi decides to forsake family life, run away and live life on her own terms. 12:30 p.m. April 5, 4:30 p.m. April 6 and 3:30 p.m. April 7.

Twelve and Holding. Director: Michael Cuesta. Cast: Jesse Camacho, Conor Donovan, Jeremy Renner, Annabella Sciorra, Zoe Weizenbaum. A tragicomic take on the 'tween' years, the film centers on a tragedy that affects the lives of three friends; insecure Jacob (Conor Donovan), overweight Leonard (Jesse Camacho), and love-sick Malee (Zoe Weizenbaum). 7 p.m. April 7 and 4:15 p.m. April 8.

Best Documentary Feature

51 Birch Street. Director: Doug Block. Documentarian Block explores his own family in order to uncover the complicated, mysterious relationship between his parents. 8 p.m. April 7, 6:15 p.m. April 8.

American Blackout. Director: Ian Inaba. Cast: Cynthia McKinney. Inaba looks at the political disenfranchisement of African American voters in Florida, Georgia and Ohio. 5 p.m. April 7, 5:45 p.m. April 8.

Black Sun. Director: Gary Tarn. In 1978, painter and filmmaker Hugues de Montalembert was attacked in his home by intruders who, fleeing from the scene, threw paint thinner in his eyes leaving him almost totally blind. ln "Black Sun," de Montalembert tells the story of his attempts to deal with his blindness. 6:45 p.m. April 5, 6 p.m. April 8.

Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath. Director: Peter Richardson. Philomath, Ore., is a logging community facing tremendous change. A wealthy, suburban class has begun to emerge in the once sleepy town putting the small town values of many local residents at odds with the quickly diversifying citizenry. 4:15 p.m. April 7, 12:45 p.m. April 8.

Huldufólk 102. Director: Nisha Inalsingh. There are two communities living in the nation of Iceland, the people who populate the cities and towns of the island nation and the hidden world of the "hidden folk" (hulduf˜lk) or elves. IInalsingh talks with the people of Iceland in this look at the hidden world on the edges of Icelandic society. 7 p.m. April 5, 2 p.m. April 8.

Rank. Director: John Hyams. Cast: Mike Lee, Justin McBride, Adriano Moraes. The film takes us behind the scenes at the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) world finals and into the lives of the champion bull riders. 8:15 p.m. April 4, 8 p.m. April 6.

What Remains. Director: Steven Cantor. This film is about photographer Sally Mann, whose beautiful and controversial photographs of her own children launched her into the public eye in 1993. 5:15 p.m. April 7, 2 p.m. Saturday.

Independent Visions

Competition

Cocaine Angel. Director: Michael Tully. Cast: Damian Lahey, Brenda Benfield. "Cocaine Angel" offers a drug-soaked vision of a life spinning out of control amidst the stink, the sweat and unforgiving heat of Jacksonville. 9:30 p.m. April 7, 8:30 p.m. April 8.

Find Love. Director: Erica Dunton. Cast: Christian Camargo, Alexie Gilmore. "Find Love" is the story of two people who meet at a crossroads; he (Camargo) is anxiously hovering on the verge of fatherhood and she (Gilmore) is a struggling actress in an unfulfilling marriage. 9 p.m. April 7, noon April 8.

The Guatemalan Handshake. Director: Todd Rohal. Cast: Ken Byrnes, Katy Haywood, Will Oldham, Sheila Scullen. In the confusion following a massive power outage, an awkward demolition derby driver vanishes -setting in motion a series of events affecting his pregnant girlfriend, his helplessly car-less father, and his best friend - a 10-year-old girl named Turkeylegs. 4:45 p.m. April 7, 5:15 p.m. April 8.

Our Very Own. Director: Cameron Watson. Cast: Keith Carradine, Allison Janney, Autumn Resser, Jason Ritter. In the small town of Shelbyville, Tenn., in 1978, five teenagers are sent into a frenzy when they learn of the return of homegrown movie star, Sondra Locke. Clancy (Ritter) and Melora (Reeser) are best friends on the verge of falling in love, but Clancy's father, Billy (Carradine), has suffered recent personal and financial misfortunes forcing his wife, Joan (Janney), to hold the family together. 6:45 p.m. April 7, 7:30 p.m. April 8.

Somebodies. Director: Hadjii. Cast: Hadjii, Kaira Whitehead. Unfortunately for Scottie (Hadjii), a church-going, party-hopping college student looking for a good time, his path to peace of mind is fraught with less than insightful preachers, fun-loving friends and a sexy young woman who may have a screw or two loose. 9 p.m. April 7, 5:30 p.m. April 8.

Sweet Land. Director: Ali Selim. Cast: Ned Beatty, Alan Cumming, John Heard, Elizabeth Reaser. "Sweet Land" tells the story of Lars Torvik, a third generation farmer who must choose between selling the family farm or clinging to the legacy of the land. 7:30 p.m. April 6, 8 p.m. April 8.

Three Dollars. Director: Robert Connolly. Cast: Frances O'Connor, David Wenham, Sarah Wynter. Eddie (Wenham) is an honest, compassionate man with a problem. His world revolves around his brilliant wife Tanya (O'Connor), their 6-year-old daughter Abby, and his childhood sweetheart, the beautiful, privileged Amanda (Wynter), who re-appears in his life with mathematical certainty every nine-and-a-half years. 8:45 p.m. April 5, 3:15 p.m. April 6.

Wild Tigers I Have Known. Director: Cam Archer. Cast: Malcom Stumpf, Patrick White, Max Paradise. Logan (Stumpf) is a soft-spoken, lonely 13-year-old boy with a crush on the coolest kid in school, Rodeo Walker (White). Logan is inspired to create a new persona named Leah who seduces Rodeo into a secret rendezvous. 9:15 p.m. April 7, 8:45 p.m. April 8.

Narrative Features

The Amateurs. Director: Michael Traeger. Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson, Patrick Fugit, Joe Pantoliano. Andy (Bridges) and his friends figure they should be able to strike it rich in the booming adult-film industry in this comedy that plays with the conventions of filmmaking and the movie business while having fun with its good-hearted characters. 7:30 p.m. April 7, 2:45 p.m. April 8.

Art School Confidential. Director: Terry Zwigoff. Cast: Jim Broadbent, Angelica Huston, John Malkovich, Max Minghella. Jerome (Minghella), an aspiring artist who escapes the humiliations of high school to attend a small East Coast art school, wants to become the world's greatest artist (like his idol, Picasso), but nothing could have prepared him for the anything-goes art class where cruel judgment is passed by has-been professors and eager-to-impress classmates. 7:30 p.m. April 1, 8:30 p.m. April 2.

Asylum. Director: Nigel Roffe-Barker. Cast: David Bradley, Fuman Dar, Nabil Elouhabi. Rezghar (Dar) and Mahmoud (Elouhabi) are two Kurdish refugees who, fleeing torture in Iraq, end up in England. They seek political asylum inside the walls of an English church headed by Father Michael (Bradley). 4 p.m. April 5, 2:30 p.m. April 7.

Black Orpheus (1959). Director: Marcel Camus. Cast: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn. This 1959 re-interpretation of the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is set during Rio de Janero's Carnivale. This classic film won both the 1959 Palme D'Or at the Cannes film festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 4:15 p.m. April 2, 3 p.m. April 4.

Boynton Beach Club. Director: Susan Seidelman. Cast: Joseph Bologna, Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman, Michael Nouri, Brenda Vaccaro. This comic story revolves around an "active adult" community in Boynton Beach, and the heartbreak and love found among its members. 7 p.m. April 1, 2:45 p.m. April 2.

The Bridesmaid. Director: Claude Chabrol. Cast: Beno"t Magimel, Laura Smet. In this psychological thriller, Phillipe (Magimel) is a young man starting a career as a building contractor while living at home with his mother and two younger sisters. At his sister's wedding, he is captivated by one of the bridesmaids, Senta (Smet). As their attraction grows stronger, strange emotions rise to the surface. 10 p.m. April 1, 3 p.m. April 5.

Conventioneers. Director: Mora Stephens. Cast: Woodwyn Koons, David Massey. The film follows David Massey (Mabe) , a Republican delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention who falls into an unlikely affair with a girl he knew in college - Lea Jones (Koons), a Liberal who has returned to the city to protest the Republican agenda. 1:15 p.m. April 2, 5 p.m. April 3.

District B13. Director: Pierre Morel. Cast: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Larbi Naceri. Damien (Raffaelli) is a member of an elite police squadron trained in the precise physical skills necessary to navigate the treacherous urban landscape of Paris in the year 2013. A weapon of mass destruction has been concealed by the most powerful gang of District 13, a walled off section of Paris in which the criminals rule themselves. 5 p.m. April 5, 10 p.m. April 6.

Down in the Valley. Director: David Jacobson. Cast: Bruce Dern, David Morse, Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood. Set in the outskirts of Los Angeles, this is the story of a bored teenager, Tobe (Wood), whose aimless existence is turned upside down by an encounter with Harlan Carruthers (Norton), a charismatic cowboy. 6:15 p.m. April 7, 4 p.m. April 8.

Edmond. Director: Stuart Gordon. Cast: William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Denise Richards, Mena Suvari. Edmond Burke (Macy) is having a bad day. After leaving his wife, he visits a fortune-teller and begins to question his blasé, white, middle-class existence but the questions he raises have shocking answers that will profoundly change Edmond's life. 3:15 p.m. April 8.

Elles étaient Cinq. Director: Ghyslaine C™té. Cast: Jacinthe Lagu', Julie Deslauriers, Ingrid Falaise, Brigitte Lafleur. Manon (Lagu') has just begun a new relationship with a handsome young colleague when she spies a tattooed man at a car wash and becomes deeply distraught. In a series of flashbacks, Manon's distress is clarified. 7:45 p.m. April 3, 6:30 p.m. April 4 and 10 p.m. April 5.

Gabrielle. Director: Patrice Chéreau. Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory. Set in the opulent drawing rooms of fin de siecle Paris, the film follows the successful and socially powerful couple, Jean (Greggory) and Gabrielle (Huppert) as they confront the possibility of infidelity and separation. 6:30 p.m. April 1 (changed verbiage), 7:45 p.m. April 4 and 6 p.m. April 5.

The Hidden Blade. Director: Yoji Yamada. Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Yukitoshi Ozawa. Munezo Katagiri (Nagase) finds himself buffeted by the confusion of old and new in mid-19th century Japan but he also has a personal complication. He is secretly in love with his family's maid, Kie (Matsu). 2:30 p.m. April 3, 8 p.m. April 5.

The Hole Story. Director: Alex Karpovsky. Despite arctic temperatures sheathing Minnesota's lakes in three feet of solid ice, an inexplicable stretch of open water surfaces on North Long Lake. Determined to unravel this mystery for a television pilot, Karpovsky himself becomes slowly engulfed in a maniacal search that leads to his own unraveling and, possibly, redemption and a mystery solved. 7 p.m. April 2, 5:45 p.m. April 3.

Hoot. Director: Wil Shriner. Cast: Brie Larson, Logan Lerman, Cody Linley, Tim Blake Nelson, Luke Wilson. Based on Florida writer Carl Hiassen's best-selling book, "Hoot" is a family-friendly ecological thriller that centers around three unlikely friends and their collective quest to save a species of endangered owls from the devastation of over-development. 2:30 p.m. April 1.

Iron Island. Director: Mohammad Rasoulof. Cast: Ali Nassirian, Hossein Farzi-Zadeh, Neda Pakdaman. Anchored several hundred yards offshore, Iron Island is an impoverished but viable place to live: kids go to school; labor is divided; resources are shared; residents peacefully congregate and socialize. However, when Captain Nemat (Nasirian) finds out that his ship is slowly sinking and that its real owners have decided to retrieve it, he begins a clandestine search to locate a new home for his "tenants." 8 p.m. April 2, 6 p.m. April 5.

The King. Director: James Marsh. Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Pell James, William Hurt. Elvis (Bernal), a troubled young man recently discharged from the Navy, returns to Corpus Christi, Texas, to find the father who abandoned him, local pastor David (Hurt). The family falls into the depths of desperate action and terrible retribution. 7:30 p.m. April 1, 5:15 p.m. April 2.

Kinky Boots. Director: Julian Jarrold. Cast: Linda Bassett, Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Charlie Price (Edgerton) has just inherited his father's failing shoe factory, and the new responsibility of saving the business has put a strain on his relationship with wife Jeannie (Bright). Charlie finds inspiration in the drag performances of a transvestite. 8 p.m. April 4, 5:30 p.m. April 6.

Lady and The Tramp (1955). Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. The classic tale of star-crossed love between a sophisticated cocker spaniel named Lady and a scrappy mutt named Tramp has been charming family audiences for over 50 years. Children and families are invited to join in a sing-along with the classic songs. 11 a.m. April 8.

Lady Vengeance. Director: Chan-wook Park. Cast: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi. Lee Geum-Ja (Lee) is a woman who, at the age of 19, goes to prison, on behalf of her accomplice Mr. Baek (Choi), for the murder and abduction of a child. Lee discovers Mr. Baek's betrayal and prepares revenge by winning the hearts of her fellow inmates with her kindness. After serving her sentence, she sets out to seek revenge with the help of her former prison mates. 9:45 p.m. April 7, 9:45 p.m. April 8.

Lonesome Jim. Director: Steve Buscemi. Cast: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler. Jim (Affleck) returns to his Midwestern roots after failing to make it on his own in New York City, only to be confronted with the very issues that made him want to leave in the first place; an overbearing mother, a distant dad and an older brother who must shirk his responsibilities after a car accident. 3 p.m. April 6, 11:45 a.m. April 8.

Look Both Ways. Director: Sarah Watt. Cast: Justine Clark, William McInnes. Mixing animation and live-action, "Look Both Ways" follows the misadventures of Meryl (Clark), a woman who imagines danger everywhere and lives in fear of the possibility of disaster. Meryl witnesses a real accident that connects her to the lives of others affected by the tragedy, among them Nick (McInnes), a photographer emotionally inhibited by his own fears. 2 and 3 p.m. April 2, 5:15 p.m. April 3.

Lucky Number Slevin. Director: Paul McGuigan. Cast: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley. In this comic thriller set in New York City, a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses; The Rabbi (Kingsley) and The Boss (Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Willis) and finds himself having to escape the maze. 8 p.m. April 1 and 7:30 p.m. April 3.

Mongolian Ping Pong. Director: Hao Ning. Cast: Hurichabilike, Dawa, Geliban, Badema, Yidexinnaribu. When Bilike finds an ordinary ping-pong ball floating in the creek, a series of charming adventures begins for the prepubescent Mongolian boy, his family and his friends. 12:45 p.m. April 2 and 3:45 p.m. April 5.

My Suicidal Sweetheart. Director: Michael Parness. Cast: David Krumholtz, Natasha Lyonne, Tim Blake Nelson, Lorraine Bracco. From the moment he was 6, Max (Krumholtz) wanted to die. He tried shooting himself, hanging himself and even tried throwing himself out of a window. Exasperated, his parents have him committed to a mental institution where, miraculously, he finds something worth living for - a young patient named Grace (Lyonne). 9 p.m. April 6, 10 p.m. April 7.

Neo Ned. Director: Van Fischer. Cast: Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union. A Neo-nazi falls for a black woman who claims to be Adolf Hitler. Ned (Renner) and Rachael (Union) are two people in a mental institution who seem, on the surface, to be the most unlikely of soul mates. But it becomes unbearably clear that they live in two different worlds. 7:45 p.m. April 1 and 6:30 p.m. April 2.

La Neuvaine. Director: Benard ƒmond. Cast: ƒlise Guilbault, Patrick Drolet, Isabelle Roy. Jeanne (Guilbault) is a successful Canadian pediatrician recovering from a series of traumatic events' her own child already having passed away, she witnesses the murder of a battered wife and her child. Jeanne goes on the run and considers suicide before meeting Francois (Drolet), a young man of faith. 8:30 p.m. April 4, 1 p.m. April 5.

The Notorious Bettie Page. Director: Mary Harron. Cast: Gretchen Mol, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor. Harron's film dives into the 1950s and the life of famous pin-up girl Bettie Page, who grew up in a conservative religious family. 7:30 p.m. April 7.

Only Human. Director: Dominic Harari. Cast: Norma Alleandro, Guillermo Toledo. Leni arrives home to introduce her fiancé Rafi to her Jewish family in this comedy. Everything goes well until the lovers reveal that Rafi is Palestinian. 7:15 p.m. April 4, 8:15 p.m. April 5.

A Perfect Couple. Director: Nobuhiro Suwa. Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Bruno Todeschini. Marie (Bruni-Tedeschi) and Nicolas (Todeschini), having just decided to end their relationship after 15 years of marriage, arrive in Paris for a friend's wedding. They seem bereft of the right words as they argue, apologize, kiss, long for resolution and regret everything they say. 8:30 p.m. April 5, 4:45 p.m. April 6.

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. Directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay. Cast: César Sarachu, Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna. Executive Producers: Terry Gilliam, Paul Trijbits. The Brothers Quay return to the screen after a 10-year absence with this live-action/stop-motion fairy tale. Prior to her wedding, opera singer Malvina van Stille (Casar) is murdered onstage by the evil Dr. Emmanuel Droz (John) and sent to his mountaintop laboratory, where he resurrects her in order to stage his own operatic version of her murder. 10:15 p.m. April 1, 10:15 p.m. April 5.

Puzzlehead. Director: James Bai. Cast: Stephen Galaida, Robbie Shapiro. In the creepy emptiness of an unidentified urban landscape, Walter is a scientist working to create an android version of himself. But Puzzlehead has ideas about what it means to be alive in a post apocalyptic world. 12:15 p.m. April 1, 9:45 p.m. April 2.

Runaway. Director: Tim McCann. Cast: Robin Tunney, Peter Gerety, Aaron Stanford. Michael Adler (Stanford) works in a convenience store with his flirtatious co-worker Carly (Tunney) and their watchful boss Mo (Gerety). Michael is hiding his 6-year-old brother Dylan (Savage) in their cheap motel room. Haunted by the past, Michael finds solace in his friendship with Carly. His growing fear of being discovered by authorities leads to a twist linking his past and his present. 2 p.m. April 7, 10 p.m. April 8.

Skinner's Dress Suit (1926). Director: William A. Seiter. Cast: Reginald Denny, Laura La Plante, Ben Hendricks Jr. After Skinner (Denny) and his wife (La Plante) have grown accustomed to living the high life, he decides to ask for a raise. But his company's major client has just cancelled his contract and there is no money. With bills looming and a job that may not be around for long, can Skinner save the day and his marriage? 6 p.m. April 4.

Spirit of the Beehive (1973). Director: Victor Erice. Cast: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Teller'a. In 1940s post Civil War Spain, Castilian sisters Ana (Torrent) and Isabel (Teller'a) escape from the everyday world by taking in a screening of James Whale's classic "Frankenstein." Isabel convinces Ana that the monster is still alive if Ana closes her eyes and wishes, she can summon him to their village. 2 p.m. April 2, 5:30 p.m. April 4.

Stomp! Shout! Scream! Director: Jay Edwards. Cast: Claire Bronson, Cynthia Evans, Jonathan Michael Green, Mary Kraft. Shot entirely on location on the Florida Sun Coast, "Stomp! Shout! Scream!" is a campy spin on the classic beach-party thrillers of the 1960s. In 1966, an all-girl garage rock band is on a tour of the south's worst clubs. When their van breaks down in a small beach town, they are forced to use their guile and girlish charms to get the van fixed and their tour back on the road. At the same time, a huge mass of mysterious debris washes up on a nearby beach causing panic among the local law enforcement team. 5 p.m. April 1, noon April 2.

Transamerica. Director: Duncan Tucker. Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flannigan. Born Stanley, a genetic male, Bree (Huffman) is about to take the final step to becoming the woman Stanley has always wanted to be - until she finds out she has a long-lost 17-year-old son. Afraid to tell the rebellious teenager the truth, Bree embarks on a journey with him across the country that will change both of their lives. Felicity Huffman in attendance. 7 p.m. April 7.

Two Harbors. Director: James Vculek. Cast: Alex Cole, Catherine Elizabeth Johnson. 9:45 p.m. April 1, 4 p.m. April 4.

Vers le sud. Director: Laurent Cantet. Cast: Ménothy Cesar, Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal. Brenda (Young), Ellen (Rampling) and Sue (Portal) are all privileged, lonely women who travel to an exclusive Haitian resort to unwind and cavort with the young, sexually available black men. 7:45 p.m. April 5, 6 p.m. April 8.

The Virgin of Juarez. Director: Kevin James Dobson. Cast: Minnie Driver, Esai Morales, Ana Claudia Talancón, Jacob Vargas. Karina Danes (Driver) is a Los Angeles-based reporter investigating the killings of hundreds of young women in the border town of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Danes meets Mariela (Talancón), a survivor of one of these vicious attacks. During her recovery, Mariela sees visions of the Virgin Mary and experiences the phenomenon of stigmata. 8:45 p.m. April 2, 12:45 p.m. April 6.

Wristcutters: A Love Story. Director: Goran Dukic. Cast: Patick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon. Zia (Fugit) cuts his wrists and enters a bizarre afterlife reserved for suicides. Zia must searches for his long-lost love with newfound friends who form an uncommon bond in their quest for happiness. 9:30 p.m. April 1, 7:30 p.m. April 2.

Documentary Features

Abel Raises Cain. Director: Jenny Abel. Cast: Alan Abel, Jeanne Abel. Alan Abel is a professional prankster. His hoaxing career began in the late 1950s with a campaign to clothe all animals for the sake of decency. This film attempts to explain the true motives behind Alan's hoaxes. 5:30 p.m. April 1, 6 p.m. April 3.

Andrew Jenks, Room 335. Director: Andrew Jenks. Like the other residents at an assisted living facility, Andrew Jenks played bingo, hung out in the courtyards and helped fellow neighbors change their oxygen tanks. Unlike his friends Tammy (age 95) or even Bill (age 80), Jenks is only 19 years old. 3 p.m. April 3, 6 p.m. April 4.

Before The Music Dies. Director: Andrew Shapter. Cast: Erykah Badu, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Branford Marsalis, Les Paul, Bonnie Raitt. "Before the Music Dies" takes a critical and comedic look at the homogenization of popular music with commentary by some of the industry's biggest talent. 5:15 p.m. April 1, 8 p.m. April 3.

The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania. Director: David Hunt. Cast: Sarah Rush. This film documents the odyssey of Hollywood actress Sarah Rush back to her roots as a 16-year-old pageant winner growing up in the town of Carmichaels (population 556), and its vanishing way of life. 3:15 p.m. April 1, 6 p.m. April 7.

Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click. Director: Canaan Brumley. Brumley, a civilian barber at Camp Pendleton, Calif., was granted incredible access to the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp program, and documents the daily routines of cleaning, training and non-stop discipline in difficult detail. 12:30 p.m. April 1, 4:15 p.m. April 4.

Echoes From A Sombre Empire (1990). Director: Werner Herzog. Cast: Michael Goldsmith. After staging a coup d'état in 1966, the military leader Jean-Bédel Bokassa ran the Central African Republic (now called the Congo) with an iron fist until, on Dec. 4, 1977, he declared the CAR a monarchy, re-named it The Central African Empire, and crowned himself Emperor Bokassa I in a $20 million ceremony. Herzog catches up with Bokassa in exile, examining his life and leadership of the CAR, and decrying his status as a deposed emperor. 2:15 p.m. April 3, 3:30 p.m. April 5.

The Empire In Africa. Director: Philippe Diaz. Diaz looks at the civil war and subsequent humanitarian crisis in the African nation of Sierra Leone. (Warning: "The Empire In Africa" contains intense images of war and violence essential to detailing the depth of the crisis in Sierra Leone.) 5:45 p.m. April 1, 1:45 p.m. April 3 and 2:30 p.m. April 5.

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema. Directors: Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg. Cast: Todd Haynes, John Cameron Mitchell, Guinevere Turner, Gus Van Sant, John Waters. This film chronicles the artists responsible for the works that have shaped the queer cinema movement. 7 p.m. April 6, 12:30 p.m. April 8.

Fata Morgana (1970). Director: Werner Herzog. This is a non-narrative series of images shot in the Sahara dessert. The film focuses on the idea and image of the mirage as the central metaphor of a dying colonialism. 3:30 p.m. April 2, 11:45 a.m. April 5.

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974). Director: Werner Herzog. Cast: Walter Steine. Walter Steiner is a Swiss carpenter by trade, crafting sculptures based on his philosophical view of the world. He is also the world's greatest ski jumper. Plays with "How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck." 8:15 p.m. April 1, noon April 7.

Grizzly Man (2005). Director: Werner Herzog. Cast: Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell, the avowed bear man of the Alaska wilderness, lived poor and little-known for most of his 46 years despite a desire for the spotlight of celebrity until, in the late 1980s, he found his way to the grizzly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula. His cause: to save them from hunters and poachers who apparently didn't exist. On Oct. 6, 2003, Treadwell and his girlfriend were found dead after being attacked by a grizzly. Herzog uses Treadwell's own recorded footage to tell the story. 6 p.m. April 4.

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound To Lose. Directors: Sam Wainwright Douglas, Paul Lovelace. Cast: Dennis Hopper, Sam Shepard, Peter Tork, Loudon Wainwright III. When fiddler Peter Stampfel collided with guitarist Steve Weber during the "Great Folk Scare" of the early '60s in New York, the two musicians formed a bond based on their shared fascination with American roots music and early psychedelia. 7:45 p.m. April 6, 12:45 p.m. April 7.

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976). Director: Werner Herzog. Herzog took his camera to the Amish country of rural Pennsylvania to document the 1976 World Championship of Livestock Auctioneers, home of some of the fastest talking people on the planet. Plays with "The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner." 8:15 p.m. April 1, noon April 7.

Johnny Berlin. Director: Dominic J. DeJoseph. Dominic J. DeJoseph's Johnny Berlin, is an intimate look at an everyman. A porter aboard a refurbished 1930's luxury train, Johnny expounds upon his life as a struggling writer while holding down a workaday job. His stories about his oddball adventures while const