The World Narrative Competition and World Docu Competition:
12 narrative pics, 12 docs
Included Directors:
Nanni Moretti
Shane Meadows
Declan Recks
Rosa von Praunheim
Cindy Sherman
Docus:
Baghdad High
War, Love, God & Madness
Narrative Features:
57000 km entre nous (57,000 Kilometers Between Us)
Let the Right One In
Newcastle
Trucker
Bart Got a Room
The Caller
Confessions of an Ex-DoofusItchyFooted Mutha
$100,000 in prize money.
Noncompetitive Encounters Section:
11 narrative pics, 10 docs
Included Directors:
Melvin Van Peebles
Bill Plympton
Included Stars:
Frank Langella
William H. Macy
Sissy Spacek
Docus About:
John F. Kennedy
Dalai Lama
April 23 through May 4
122 feature films culled from 2,327 feature submissions
Festival Opener:
Baby Mama
Tuesday:
55 world premieres from 31 countries
10 international premieres
26 North American premieres
8 U.S. premieres
of the 145 directors, 66 are first-timers.
Selection Team:
Peter Scarlet
David Kwok
Genna Terranova
A new program, "Behind the Screens: Films and Conversations About Truth, Clarity and Responsibility," will offer a series of Q&As and crowd chats with filmmakers and talent.
Ticket prices: $15 for evening and weekend screenings, $8 for daytime weekday and latenight screenings.