***UPDATE! Thursday, May 7, 11:00 a.m. MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2009 begins TONIGHT! Advance online tickets for Opening Night have ended. Some tickets for Opening Night will be available at the venue (MICA's Brown Center/Falvey Hall) starting at 7pm for the 8pm event. Advance online tickets for ALL OTHER SCREENINGS will end tonight, Thursday 5/7, at 11:30pm, so act now! More tickets will be available for all Friday-Sunday screenings starting Friday morning at the MFF Box Office (across the street from the Charles Theatre). Avoid sellout situations by buying your advance tickets now!
	**ALL-ACCESS Pass** SOLD OUT! INDIVIDUAL TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR ALL MFF '09 SCREENINGS!
	**Opening Night Shorts!** hosted by Bobcat Goldthwait Goldthwait Home Movies – Bobcat Goldthwait, USA, 7 minutes The Bellows March (Work In Progress) – Eric Dyer, USA, 5 minutes Done In One - Jay Zimmerman, USA, 7 minutes Dahlia – Michael Langan, USA, 3 minutes Trepan Hole – Andy Cahill, USA, 6 minutes Grand Teton – Julia Kim Smith, USA, 5 minutes Mildred Richards - Marc Kess, USA, 19 minutes About Film Festivals - Jim Jacob, USA, 7 minutes Purchase of this ticket also provides access to MFF 2009's Opening Night party!
	*Closing Night: The Hurt Locker (dir. Kathryn Bigelow) Just announced! MFF 2009's Closing Night film will be the latest work from internationally acclaimed filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, Strange Days). Winner of the SIGNIS Award at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, we're proud to present this major work from a major filmmaker months before its theatrical release. Purchase of this ticket includes access to MFF 2009's Closing Night party!
	*John Waters' 2009 pick! Love Songs (dir. Christophe Honoré) A Maryland Film Festival tradition! For the 11th straight MFF, Baltimore's own John Waters has chosen a film he'd like to share with unsuspecting audiences -- this year selecting Christophe Honoré's (bi-)sexually charged French musical Love Songs. Purchase of this ticket also includes access to a post-film wine tasting generously provided by La Republique Francaise via the French Embassy!
	Agnès Varda's The Beaches of Agnès Just added! Although you will enjoy this movie even if you have never heard of Agnès Varda, this autobiographical film also reminds us just what a legend she really is.  Married to Jacques Demy (Umbrellas of Cherbourg) for almost 30 years, and often called the Mother of the New Wave, her filmography includes some absolute classics of world cinema (including Cleo From 5 to 7, Le Bonheur, Vagabond, and The Gleaners and I), moving back and forth effortlessly between documentary and fiction. Being asked to join her on this latest documentary voyage as she bounds through her archives and memories -- of herself and Demy to be sure, but also of such movers and shakers as Robert DeNiro, Gerard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Harrison Ford, Alexander Calder, Jim Morrison, and Jean-Luc Godard -- is an extraordinary pleasure that no one should miss.
	Alexander the Last (dir. Joe Swanberg) Young actress Alex (Teeth's Jess Weixler) finds her monogamy tested by her new acting gig, which throws her into increasingly intimate situations with her co-star -- putting strains not just on her marriage and career, but also on her close relationship with her sister. The latest from MFF veteran Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs) boasts production from Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) and a memorable supporting role from Jane Adams (Happiness).
	Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (dir. Jessica Oreck, USA/Japan) Japanese culture has long maintained a special, complex fascination with insects. Director Jessica Oreck's feature debut uses modern insect collectors as a window into artistic, literary, political, historical, and religious aspects of this fascination, striking a mysterious and patient tone that delicately honors traditional Japanese aesthetics. Cinematography by Sean Williams (who also shot MFF 2007's Frownland and MFF 2008's Yeast).
	Blind Loves (dir. Juraj Lehotsky, Slovakia) Made in close collaboration with its subjects, this playful, moving documentary incorporates reenactments and even animation as it examines the subject of love through four blind individuals and their pursuits of happiness.
	Bonecrusher (dir. Michael Fountain) In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, generations of coal miners maintain traditions of working hard and dying young. Miles inside the earth, workers risk their lives for employment, while outside, loved ones wish their sons and husbands would choose a safer occupation. This documentary follows Lucas, a man just starting out in coal mining, as he watches the toll coal mining has taken on his own father.
	Daytime Drinking (dir. Noh Young-seok, South Korea) When hapless Hyuk-jin gets dumped by his girlfriend, his friends make drunken plans to cheer him up with a trip to a distant resort. But when he arrives at the destination during its cold, desolate off-season, none of his friends have arrived -- the first of many things to go wrong in this smart, youthful comedy.
	Eat, For This Is My Body (dir. Michelange Quay, Haiti) This imagery-driven experimental narrative set in Haiti explores deep issues of race, gender and the legacies of slavery and colonialism, and will deliver special pleasures to fans of such artists and thinkers as Claire Denis, Frantz Fanon, Luis Bunuel, and Marco Ferreri.
	Funny Bones (guest-hosted by Laura Lippman) Have you spent your life looking for the one movie that brings together Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis and the guy who directed, Hannah Montana the Movie? Life’s complete: this is it. It's also an overlooked gem, hosted by Baltimore's own Laura Lippman.
	Garbage Dreams (dir. Mai Iskander, USA/Egypt) On the outskirts of Cairo live 60,000 Zaballeen -- a densely populated neighborhood of people who've for generations carved out a niche as garbage workers who collect the city's waste, in the process recycling and reusing a much greater percentage of their hauls than their Western counterparts. This documentary follows three teenage Zaballeen boys at a critical moment when multinational corporations threaten to change their way of life forever.
	Greek Pete (dir. Andrew Haigh, UK) This fictional, often graphic film draws on the actual life experiences of its cast, men who work within and around the world of London-based sex-industry escorts -- particularly Pete, an ambitious young man who wants to be known as the best in his chosen field. Defying expectations, the film neither glamorizes these escorts nor paints them as tragic figures, but rather uses impeccable cinematography and naturalistic performances to artistically capture the details of their daily lives and routines.
	Homegrown (dir. Robert McFalls) In the heart of urban Pasadena, California, a few blocks from the Rose Bowl and 130 feet from the 210 freeway, live the Dervaes family. They follow a green lifestyle, but take it just a bit further than the rest of us, annually growing 6,000 pounds of produce on less than a quarter of an acre, making their own bio-diesel fuel, and maintaining a popular website that documents their activities and shares urban-farming information. This documentary examines a way of life devoted to the appreciation of the Earth's top 6 inches.
	Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, The (dir. David Russo) In this dark comedy, a group of misfit janitors take full advantage of having an office building to themselves by, among other things, having sex on meeting room tables and eating discarded test foods out of the trash of a market-research firm. Not realizing they have become the subjects of a secret test the firm cannot legally conduct, they become addicted to an experimental, self-heating cookie, and find themselves experiencing side effects including hallucinations, mood swings, and, in the case of the men only, symptoms of pregnancy.
	Immokalee U.S.A. (dir. Georg Koszulinski) This raw, unflinching documentary follows six people who work as migrant farmers in Immokalee, Florida, documenting the joys and pains of their daily life -- both at home and in the fields. In the process, hard questions are asked about race, poverty, and immigration.
	Inferno -- Presented in 3-D! (dir. Roy Ward Baker) Donald is a spoiled, alcoholic millionaire, traveling through the Mojave Desert with his wife, Geraldine, and his business partner, Joseph. When Donald falls off a horse and breaks his leg, Geraldine and Joseph go for help… or do they? It turns out the wife and the business partner are having an affair behind Donald’s back, and have a lot to gain with him out of the picture. Perhaps Donald has been left to die alone in the desert.
	Invisible Girlfriend (dir. David Redmon and Ashley Sabin) Filmmaking team David Redmon and Ashley Sabin (MFF alums for Kamp Katrina in 2007 and Intimidad in 2008) return with this documentary about Charles (who appeared in Kamp Katrina), a man who rides his bicycle through rural Louisiana to New Orleans alongside his "Invisible Girlfriend," who he believes to be Joan of Arc, to deliver a candle to another woman he admires. Along the way he encounters a variety of vibrant, real-life characters, some mighty generous kindness from strangers, and some heartbreaking setbacks.
	It was great, but I was ready to come home. (dir. Kris Swanberg) As best friends Cam and Annie travel together in Costa Rica, they experience ups and downs driven by new experiences, shared memories, and recent romantic woes. Kris Swanberg's dramatic feature premiered at this year's SXSW Film Festival, and achieves a nuanced look at friendship, travel abroad, romantic loss, and the pleasures and annoyances that arrive when friends travel together in close quarters.
	Lake Tahoe (dir. Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico) When teenager Juan crashes his car on the outskirts of a sleepy Mexican town, his quest to find a mechanic bring him into contact with, among others, a paranoid dog owner and a young man obsessed with Kung Fu. Fernando Eimbcke's mixture of deadpan comedy and resonant drama may remind viewers of directors such as Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismaki, and confirms the promise of his previous film, Duck Season.
	Least of These, The (dir. Clark Lyda and Jesse Lyda) screening with: Aliens Among Us In May 2006, the U.S. government opened the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, a family detention center that housed immigrant children and their parents together as they awaited asylum hearings and/or deportation proceedings. Located in a former medium-security prison and operated by a private prison company, the facility imposed incarceration-like conditions on families, even if their only "crime" was trying to escape persecution in their home country. This documentary, produced by Marcy Garriott (director of MFF 2007's Inside the Circle), follows the story as immigration attorneys and the ACLU join forces to battle the center's conditions.
	Lightning Salad Moving Picture (dir. Kenneth Price) Two young men live and play together in an attic, receiving daily directive messages from "Zemeckis"; this morning, they're charged with making the movie Back to the Future 4 --with the warning that if they fail, "Zemeckis" is going to give the project to "Hanks." As its tagline states, Lightning Salad Moving Picture is, without a doubt, a movie.
	Make-Out with Violence (dir. The Deagol Brothers) Twin brothers Patrick and Carol would probably enjoy the summer of their high-school graduation a whole lot more if they weren't still haunted by the disappearance of their beloved friend, Wendy. If The Virgin Suicides had been made in collaboration with George Romero, the end result might be something like the atmospheric, funny, genre-defying, and wonderfully odd Make-Out with Violence.
	Man With a Movie Camera (w/ live music from Alloy Orchestra) The legendary, eye-popping Soviet experimental film, presented with an original score performed live by returning MFF favorites Alloy Orchestra!
	Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight (dir. Wendy Keys) You may not know Milton Glaser, but you’ve seen lots of designs he has created. From the iconic Dylan poster with the rainbow hair, to the I ♥ NY campaign, to New York magazine, to labels for Brooklyn beer, Milton Glaser has probably touched your life multiple times. Most importantly, he’s touched it in the right spirit and with a big heart. He wants to inform, but he wants to delight you, too.
	Mock Up on Mu (dir. Craig Baldwin) A radical hybrid of sci-fi, spy, western, and even horror genres, Craig Baldwin (Tribulation 99, Sonic Outlaws, Spectres of the Spectrum) compiles a feature-length "collage narrative," using both found and newly shot footage to tell the (mostly) true stories of California's post-War subcultures of rocket pioneers, alternative religions, and Beat lifestyles. Intertwined tales about Jack Parsons, L. Ron Hubbard, and Marjorie Cameron spin into a speculative farce on the militarization of space, and the corporate take-over of spiritual fulfillment and leisure-time.
	Modern Love Is Automatic (dir. Zach Clark) Lorraine, who works as a nurse by day, maintains a chilly distance from the people around her. A chance encounter with a stray magazine on a bus changes the course of her life, as she begins moonlighting as a dominatrix -- but will this new vocation alter Lorraine's emotionally detached personality? This dark comedy was shot in the MD/DC/VA area, and premiered at SXSW 2009.
	Munyurangabo (dir. Lee Isaac Chung, Rwanda) The still-open wounds of the Rwandan genocide and ethnic mistrust hang over this story of two teenaged friends, Ngabo and Sangwa, who travel across rural Rwanda to visit Sangwa's parents. Tensions mount as it becomes clear that their journey has another hidden, sinister purpose.
	Nina Simone: La Légende (Guest-hosted by Ian MacKaye) This rarely-screened 1992 French documentary about music icon Nina Simone was selected by another legendary performer -- DC-based musician Ian MacKaye (of Minor Threat, Fugazi, and The Evens) -- who will host the screening.
	Nollywood Babylon (dir. Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, Nigeria/Canada) Fueled by a funky Afrobeat soundtrack, this vibrant documentary examines the explosion of moviemaking in Nigeria over the last decades, during which Lagos' straight-to-disc video market established itself as one of the world's largest movie industries.
	Not Quite Hollywood (dir. Mark Hartley, Australia) Even some cinephiles may only know the world of "Ozploitation" -- '70s and '80s cult filmmaking from Australia -- for its most famous and lucrative export, the Mad Max films. But as this galvanizing documentary gleefully conveys, Mad Max was just the tip of the iceburg, with a fertile scene of extreme action, horror, and comedy films -- as well as many that defy such easy categorization -- awaiting (re)discovery.
	Off-Center News: The work of Cinematographer/Producer Ray Farkas (guest-host Seth Goldman) A collection of short documentaries shot by cinematographer Ray Farkas, hosted by Honest Tea CEO Seth Goldman.
	One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story (dir. Thomas G. Miller) Cleveland-based African-American visionary artist The Reverend Albert Wagner created a striking, controversial body of work that frankly explored issues of sexuality, racism, and religion within the black community. He also became not just the patriarch but also the preacher to a prodigious extended family, offering him another audience for his unique worldview. Narrated by Delroy Lindo, this documentary not only tells Wagner's story, but talks to those who study, critique, and collect his work -- touching down at Baltimore's own AVAM in the process.
	Overbrook Brothers, The (dir. John Bryant) When Jason returns home one Christmas, his brother (and nemesis) Todd has a cruel revelation waiting for him -- one that results in the two journeying into their past together and treading on each's last nerve. A hit at the 2009 SXSW Festival, this dark comedy has earned comparisons to the best work of the Farrelly Brothers.
	Paranoids, The (dir. Gabriel Medina, Argentina) Luciano, a Ramones fan and costumed children's entertainer, lives in Buenos Aires, forever revising a screenplay while battling his paranoid fears of STDs, his doorman, the local shopkeeper, and even (especially?) his friends. When visited by a childhood chum who's not only successful as a television producer in Madrid but also armed with a beautiful new girlfriend, Luciano's problems with the people around him reach new heights. Comedy and romance form an intriguing new mixture in this polished, pleasurable Argentinian film.
	PoliWood (dir. Barry Levinson) Be one of the first audiences in the world to see the latest film by Oscar-winner Barry Levinson, a film essay about the intersection of entertainment and politics, presented by Levinson alongside Matthew Modine and Dan Rodricks!
	Punching the Clown (dir. Gregori Viens) Satirical folk singer Henry Phillips plays himself in this comedy about a struggling singer-songwriter who stumbles into overnight success in L.A.
	Racing Dreams (dir. Marshall Curry) Three go-kart drivers -- two male, one female, and all aged 13 or younger -- compete on the national level in the hopes of one day making the leap to the big time: NASCAR racing. This documentary comes to us immediately after its premiere at Tribeca, and is the second feature film by Marshall Curry, whose first, Street Fight, was nominated for an Academy Award.  BREAKING NEWS: RACING DREAMS just took home the Best Documentary Feature prize at Tribeca. Be one of the first audiences in the country to see this acclaimed new film -- presented by director Marshall Curry!
	Rocaterrania (dir. Brett Ingram) Between the United States and Canada sits the subject of this documentary -- the imaginary, European-styled nation of Rocaterrania, a secret world created by artist Renaldo Kuhler. Over the course of his life, Kuhler has documented with wildly imaginative illustrations the increasingly complex history of this nation, complete with political intrigue, its own film industry, and major cultural shifts that mirror events in Kuhler's own actual life story.
	Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 (dir. Judy Richardson and Bestor Cram) In Orangeburg, South Carolina, a peaceful student gathering on a college campus in 1968 resulted in the deaths of three youths. However, unlike the events of Kent State two years later, no nationwide uproar resulted, and the news media remained relatively quiet. Why? One possible difference: in the case of Orangeburg, the students in question were African-American. Scarred Justice takes a hard, detailed look at this critical but underdocumented moment in the Civil Rights movement, and reveals some fascinating turns taken in the lives of people who were there.
	Seventh Moon (dir. Eduardo Sánchez) Honeymooning in China, Melissa and Yul find themselves in the midst of a ghost festival related to the cycles of the moon. As they travel to a rural area to meet Yul's parents, strange and unnvering things begin to happen. Eduardo Sanchez's carefully mounted horror film expertly recalls such genre classics as the original Wicker Man and his own Blair Witch Project as it takes viewers on an unsettling journey into the unknown.
	Shorts-program listings begin here, with more features listed alphabetically below.
	SHORTS: Animated Shorts Animated American - James Baker, USA, 15 minutes The Cave: An adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay - Michael Ramsey, USA, 4 minutes Dandelion Will Make You Wise - Jack Ofield, USA, 5 minutes Forestry – Woodpecker, Japan, 4 minutes Fruitless Efforts - Fruit of the Womb - Andrew Chesworth & Aaron Quist, USA, 5 minutes Horn Dog – Bill Plympton, USA, 6 minutes I Am So Proud Of You – Don Hertzfeldt, USA, 22 minutes Mexican Standoff – Bill Plympton, USA, 4 minutes The Realm of Possibility - Gerald Guthrie, USA, 7 minutes Santa: The Fascist Years – Bill Plympton, USA, 3.5 minutes The View from Cleopatra's Knee - Jack Ofield, USA, 4 minutes
	SHORTS: Avant-Garde Shorts An Unquiet Mind – Chihwen Lo, USA, 6:00 Baiana - Mariya Prokopenko, Canada, 6:00 Barcelona Mosaics – Vin Grabill, USA, 4:15 Cantata in C Major - Ronnie Cramer, USA, 8:00 Do You Like That? - Greg Faller, Susan Mann, Bill Kleinsasser, USA, 8:00 He Hates To Be Second – Kelly Sears, USA, 3:00 Life With Ghosts – Allen Moore, USA, 3:10 Murmur – Peter Byrne, Carole Woodlock, and Michaela Eremiasova, USA, 7:00 Sea of Breath - Cloud of Ground - Michael Robinson, USA, 5:00 Set Stories - Ron Resendes, Canada, 7:20 When Worlds Collude – Fred Worden, USA, 13:00 With Delicate Risk - Dane Webster, USA, 4:00 Xologola - Michael Robinson, USA, 1:00
	SHORTS: Documentary Shorts Program 1 Little Miss Dewie: A Duckumentary – Mira Tweti & JP Sarro, USA, 29 minutes Monster Dudes - Lance Bauscher, USA, 22 minutes O.W. Houts & Sons, Inc. - Aaron Matthews & Richie Sherman, USA, 10 minutes Pigs in a Blanket - Nilima Abrams, USA, 9 minutes Wrecking Ball – Karl Merton Ferron, USA, 5 minutes
	SHORTS: Documentary Shorts Program 2 Hobby – Ciro Altabas, Spain, 50 minutes House of Harrington – Jeffrey Schwarz & Tyler Hubby, USA, 20 minutes Out Of Print – Danny Plotnick, USA, 4 minutes
	SHORTS: Mood and Movement Shorts The Bull - Josh Clayton, USA, 20 minutes Five Miles Out - Andrew Haigh, UK, 19 minutes John Wayne Hated Horses – Andrew T. Betzer, USA, 10 minutes Memories of My Father - Isaac Green Diebboll, USA, 20 minutes Somewhere Between Here And There – Liss Platt, Canada, 10 minutes The Widow - Isaac Green Diebboll, USA, 10 minutes
	SHORTS: Narrative Shorts Program 1 The Big Fat Lazy Sun - Daniel Brothers, USA, 17 minutes Excision - Richard Bates, USA, 19 minutes Fault Lines - Kate Barker, USA, 21 minutes Multilevel Relationship – Andrew & Daniel Rudd, USA, 15 minutes Varroa - Bruce Parsons, USA, 12 minutes
	SHORTS: Narrative Shorts Program 2 The Art Of Getting Over It – Dan Gauthier, USA, 23 minutes In The Name Of The Son - Harun Mehmedinovic, USA, 25 minutes The Line - Kent Bassett, USA, 24 minutes Out of the Holes of the Rocks - Jeremy Moss, USA, 12 minutes
	SHORTS: Return to the Planet of WTF Shorts Address to Silas on the Occasion of the Retreat at Los Angeles County - David Harris, USA, 7:00 And Everything Was Alright - Robert Kilman and Safwat Saleem, USA, 10:00 Cochran - James P. Gannon, USA, 9:00 Feeding Time - Nathan Maxwell Cann, USA, 13:30 Fish - Max Margulies & Naoko Masuda, USA, 3:00 God of Tears - Max Margulies & Naoko Masuda, USA, 20:00 The Round Town Girls - Mary Bronstein, USA, 11:00 Snake Mountain Colada, The - Calvin Reeder, USA, 13:00
	SHORTS: These People Have Issues Shorts Butthole Lickin - Kanako Wynkoop, USA, 5:00 Cold Turkey – Kyle Spleiss, USA, 19:00 Countertransference - Madeleine Olnek, USA, 15:00 FaceMouth - Dave Kratz, USA, 4:30 Hungry for Love – Ruckus Skye, USA, 16:00 Imminent – Randall Good, USA, 9:00 Paid Advertisement: Power Mini Ultra Flex Turbo - Better Hollywood, USA, 10:00
	SHORTS: This Is Your Brain on Shorts Cube - Miguel Sabogal, USA, 16 minutes Dream Girl - Michael Vincent, USA, 13 minutes Enough To Drive You Mad - Karen Yasinsky, USA, 3 minutes I Choose Darkness - Karen Yasinsky, USA, 9 minutes Proud Flesh – Chiara Giovando & Jenny Graf Sheppard, USA, 36 minutes
	SHORTS: Worlds Past and Future Shorts Bohemibot - Brendan Bellomo, USA, 26 minutes Ichthyopolis - André Silva, USA, 10 minutes The Institute of Séance - Kevin Corcoran, USA, 10 minutes Scion - Michael Rossetti, USA, 12 minutes The Song of the Mermaid - Troy Morgan, USA, 13 minutes
	Somers Town (dir. Shane Meadows, UK) Director Shane Meadows follows his breakthrough film This Is England with this warm, funny story of two teenaged loners and the waitress that wins both of their hearts. Somers Town reunites Meadows with This Is England's young star Thomas Turgoose, and mixes the gritty London streets of that film with the gentler touch of his earlier work -- in the process offering film lovers several artful nods at the films of Truffaut.
	St. Nick (dir. David Lowery) The feature debut from David Lowery (an MFF alum for his short film, A Catalog of Anticipations) follows a pre-teen brother and sister, runaways who create their own world in an abandoned house during a Texas winter.
	Stingray Sam (dir. Cory McAbee) Fresh from its world premiere at Sundance 2009 comes Stingray Sam, a sci-fi/western/musical in six serialized parts from the director of cult favorite The American Astronaut.
	Strongman (dir. Zachary Levy) Strongman "Stanles Steel" can leg-press massive trucks, bend pennies with his fingers, and perform many other acts of extreme strength, concentration, and focus. But this documentary captures Stan as setbacks, both professional and personal, threaten to put additional distance between him and his goals.
	Teplitz: The Tyranny of Paradox (dir. Sean Guinan) A darkly comic, black-and-white, DIY sci-fi feature which tells the story of Paxton Teplitz, a young man who joins an organization of metaphysical travelers, the Whalers, to learn the truth about his shrouded past. Aesthetically linked to great underground films of the '80s and '90s, Teplitz offers a creative, unique vision reminiscent of cult favorites like Forbidden Zone and works by Terry Gilliam and Guy Maddin.
	Treeless Mountain (dir. So Yong Kim, South Korea) After their single mother leaves them with their stern aunt, six-year-old Jin and her younger sister Bin must fend for themselves in a world of irresponsible, distant adults. This artful film from South Korea does a remarkable job of telling its story from its protagonists' perspectives, atmospherically grounding viewers in the wide-eyed world of children.
	World's Greatest Dad (dir. Bobcat Goldthwait) From Bobcat Goldthwait, the director of Shakes the Clown and Sleeping Dogs Lie, comes this dark comedy about single father Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) and his struggle to relate to his rebelious teenaged son.
	You Might As Well Live (dir. Simon Ennis) In the tradition of great man-child comedies like Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Napoleon Dynamite comes this outrageously silly adventure concerning a hapless loser desperately trying to prove that he's a "real somebody." Cast includes Josh Peace, Michael Madsen, and "The Wire"'s Clark Johnson.
	You Wont Miss Me (dir. Ry Russo-Young) Aspiring actress Shelly (Stella Schnabel) brings to both her life and her work a searing intensity that makes friendship, romance, and auditions all very difficult. Director Ry Russo-Young (an MFF alum for 2007's Orphans) follows Shelly on analyst visits, casting calls, and a troubled trip to Atlantic City with a close female friend as our heroine's struggle to move forward with her life threatens to become a losing battle.
	Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (dir. Chai Vasarhelyi) Senegalese musician Youssou Ndour, one of Africa's most popular musicians, has collaborated with Peter Gabriel and Neneh Cherry, and in 2007 was named by Time one of the world's 100 most influential people. This rousing documentary follows Ndour as he travels in support of his Islamic-themed album Egypt -- sparking controversy in the process.