St. Louis International Film Festival lines up over 100

15th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival (Nov. 9-19, 2006)

The lights are about to go down, and the stars are getting ready to shine.

The 15th annual St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), presented by MasterCard, will be held Nov. 9-19. SLIFF will screen more than 200 shorts, features, and documentaries in nearly 120 programs, with 30 countries represented. The fest will host more than 70 filmmakers.

The fest schedule and a complete list of films are available at the Cinema St. Louis Web site: www.cinemastlouis.org. Film descriptions will be posted by Wednesday, Oct. 18.

SLIFF’s primary venues are:

Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Boulevard
Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Plaza Frontenac, Lindbergh Boulevard and Clayton Road
Saint Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park
Webster University, Moore Auditorium, 470 East Lockwood Avenue

Additional programs at other venues include:

“Mr. Mayor: The Life and Times of A.J. Cervantes” gala world premiere at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Moolah Theatre, 3821 Lindell Boulevard
Book/DVD signing with Terry Zwigoff, Tom Huck, Dan Zettwoch, and Monte Beauchamp at 4 p.m. Nov. 11 at Star Clipper, 6392 Delmar Boulevard
“Judith Simon” program at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road
Closing-Night Party at 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at Mandarin, 44 Maryland Plaza

More Information

For more information, the public should visit www.cinemastlouis.org or call 314-289-4150.

Ticket Information

Individual tickets are $10 each, $9 for MasterCard cardholders, and $8 for Cinema St. Louis members and students with current and valid ID; Saint Louis Art Museum programs are $8 for members of the Art Museum. MasterCard cardholders must make their ticket purchase with their MasterCard for this discount. Only a single discount can be used.

In addition, the following events and programs have special prices or restrictions:

Six Before Six: Weekday screenings from Nov. 13-17 before 6 p.m. at all venues are specially priced at $6. No other discounts are valid for these tickets.
No ticket vouchers are accepted for the special-event presentations of “Venus” (opening night) and “The Lives of Others” (closing night).
“Mr. Mayor” gala tickets are $25, $50, and $75, and are available by phone through the Cinema St. Louis office: 314-289-4153.
The following events are free and open to the public: “Selling Your Dream” program on movie trailers on Nov. 11 at the Tivoli; book signing on Nov. 11 at Star Clipper; New Filmmakers Forum coffee and award presentation on Nov. 12 at the Tivoli; “Judith Simon” program on Nov. 14 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center; closing-night party and award presentation on Nov. 19 at Mandarin.

Advance tickets will go on sale beginning Monday, Oct. 30:

Tivoli and Webster University: Advance tickets for programs at these venues will be available only at the Tivoli box office. Box-office hours are 4:30-10 p.m. weekdays and 2-10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. No phone or Internet sales.
Plaza Frontenac: Advance tickets for programs at this venue will be available only at the Plaza Frontenac box office. Box-office hours are 2-9 p.m. daily. No phone or Internet sales.
Saint Louis Art Museum: Advance tickets for programs at this venue will be available only at the Art Museum box office. Box-office hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday-Sunday, with extended hours from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday. Call 314-655-5299 or visit www.slam.org/online-store/scstore/.

Beginning Nov. 10, day-of-show and advance tickets for each venue will be available only at that theater’s box office. Tivoli, Plaza Frontenac, and Webster U. box offices will open a half-hour before the first show; Art Museum box office will open an hour before the first show.

Sponsors

MasterCard is SLIFF’s title sponsor. Supporting sponsors are American Airlines, Anheuser-Busch, Clayton on the Park, Macy’s, St. Louis Rams, Screening Room, and Sundance Channel. Government, granting organization, and foundation support is provided by the Arts & Education Council, City of St. Louis, Missouri Arts Council, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis County, Trio Foundation, and Whitaker Foundation. Media sponsors are KMOX-AM, KWMU-FM, KFTK-FM, Charter Communications, KDHX-TV, Riverfront Times, and Vital Voice.

Program Overview

SLIFF’s stellar lineup features a constellation of cinema’s brightest lights:

Major awards to significant filmmakers:
Maysles Brothers Lifetime Achievement Awards in Documentary: Albert Maysles (“Gimme Shelter,” “Grey Gardens”) and Les Blank (“Burden of Dreams”; “Always for Pleasure”)
Contemporary Cinema Award: Terry Zwigoff (“Crumb,” “Ghost World,” “Bad Santa”)
Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award: Family of four-time Oscar winner Charles Guggenheim (“Monument to the Dream,” “The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery”)
Women in Film Award: Barbara Hammer (“Nitrate Kisses,” “Tender Fictions”)
Films featuring such actors as Peter O’Toole, Vanessa Redgrave, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Jeff Bridges, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Billy Bob Thornton, Joe Pantaliano, Marcia Gay Harden, Bruce Dern, Samantha Mathis, Isabelle Huppert, Sissy Spacek, Heather Graham, Thomas Cavanagh, Alan Cumming, Gerald Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, Sarah Polley, Wood Harris, Zoe Saldana, John Heard, Laurie Metcalf, Eric Stoltz, Ione Skye, Sarah Clarke, Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Lara Flynn Boyle, Anjelica Huston, Lauren Bacall, Terence Stamp, Patrick Bergin, Roger Daltrey, Eriq La Salle, Vinnie Jones, and Isabella Rossellini.
Works by internationally renowned directors such as Roger Michell (“Venus”), Werner Herzog (“Rescue Dawn”), Andre Techine “Changing Times”), Terry Gilliam (“Tideland”), Gillian Armstrong (“Unfolding Florence”), Hou-Hsao-hsien (“Three Times”), Guy Maddin (“My Dad Is 100 Years Old”), Rolf de Heer (“Ten Canoes”), the Quay Brothers (“The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes”), Claude Chabrol (“A Comedy of Power”), Wisit Sasanatieng (“Citizen Dog”), Patrice Chereau (“Gabrielle”), and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (“Invisible Waves”).
Festival award-winners and critically lauded international films such as “The Aura,” “Family Law,” and “Chronicles of an Escape” (Argentina); “Cave of the Yellow Dog” (Mongolia); “The Host” (South Korea); “Son of Man” and “U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha” (South Africa); “The Lives of Others” and “Requiem” (Germany); “Summer Palace” and “Stolen Life” (China); “Shoot the Messenger” and “Severance” (U.K.); “Climates” (Turkey); “The District” (Hungary); “Story of Pao” (Vietnam); “Dreaming of Space” (Russia); “Through the Eyes of Another” (Italy); and “Skies Above the Landscape” (Bosnia).
Well-regarded American indies such as “Man Push Cart,” “Canvas,” “The Lather Effect,” “Ways of the Flesh,” “Gray Matters,” “Believe in Me,” and “The Trouble With Dee Dee.”
More than 120 shorts from around the globe, including a program with Brent Hoff, the editor of the McSweeney’s DVD journal Wholphin; a selection from the Global Lens collection; and the best of the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.
Major documentaries: “Iraq in Fragments,” “Thin,” “The Trials of Darryl Hunt,” “Rain in a Dry Land,” “Maquiapolis,” “Ghosts of Cite Soleil,” “East of Havana,” “Cocaine Cowboys,” “F**k,” “The O Tapes,” “Sound of the Soul,” “Small Town Gay Bar,” “Hand of God,” and “Beyond the Call.”
A strong selection of animation: a shorts program (featuring work by Don Hertzfeldt, Bill Plympton, Disney, and DreamWorks); the partially animated “The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes” by the Quay Brothers; the Hungarian “The District”; and the anime “Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.”
Revivals and restorations: silent films “Cabiria,” “Judith Simon,” and “Show People” (all with musical accompaniment); “Bad Santa: The Director’s Cut” (featuring a Q&A with Terry Zwigoff); Roberto Rossellini’s “Flowers of St. Francis”; Les Blank’s “Always for Pleasure” (with a performance by New Orleans jazz pianist Tom McDermott); Oscar-winning shorts by Charles Guggenheim; and the “lost” film “Boardwalk” (with Janet Leigh, Ruth Gordon, and Lee Strasberg).
Films with St. Louis roots such as “Steel City,” “A. (anonymous),” “Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen”, “Silver Spurs,” “Tapestry of Shadows,” “This Is a Business,” “Mr. Mayor,” “The Naked Ape,” “Riverboat Dreams,” “The Gateway Arch,” “Beautiful Daughters,” and “Welcome to Soul City.”
A special event with the True/False Documentary Film Festival and KDHX TV: the Gimme Truth game show, featuring host John Pertzborn of KTVI (Fox2) and short documentaries (or faux documentaries) by local filmmakers.
The Sundance Channel New Filmmakers Forum (NFF), a juried competition for first-time American-independent filmmakers, with jury head David Edelstein, film critic for “New York” magazine and NPR’s “Fresh Air. The films, which will be accompanied by their directors, are “Behind the Mask,” “Steel City,” “Approaching Union Square,” “Apart From That,” and “Intellectual Property.”
Thematically organized programming streams: Leon and Mary Strauss Documentary Sidebar; Screening Room International Film Sidebar (with special focuses on South Africa, France, Argentina, Australia, U.K., and China); Cinema for Students, presented by the St. Louis Rams; Anheuser-Busch African/African-American Sidebar; Macy’s Studio Premiere Showcase; Sundance Channel New Filmmakers Forum; Whitaker Foundation Cinema St. Louis Sidebar; Trio Foundation Women in Film Sidebar; Vital Voice Gay and Lesbian Sidebar; Short Subject Sidebar; Music Sidebar; Asian Sidebar; Interfaith Sidebar; and Cult Film Sidebar.

FILM SCHEDULE

Thursday, Nov. 9

Moolah Theatre
7 p.m.: Mr. Mayor: The Life and Times of A.J. Cervantes (U.S., 90 min.)

Friday, Nov. 10

Plaza Frontenac 1
2:30 p.m.: Story of Pao (Vietnam, 98 min.)
4:45 p.m.: Beowulf & Grendel (Canada/Iceland, 103 min.)
7 p.m.: A Comedy of Power (France, 110 min.)
9:30 p.m.: Dreaming of Space (Russia, 90 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
7 p.m.: Venus (U.K., 90 min.)
9:15 p.m.: Short Subject Program 1 (U.S., 100 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
7:15 p.m.: Steel City (U.S., 95 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (U.S., 92 min.)
Midnight: Severance (U.K., 95 min.)

Saturday, Nov. 11

Plaza Frontenac 1
2:30 p.m.: Eleven Men Out (Iceland, 85 min.)
5 p.m.: Gabrielle (France, 90 min.)
7 p.m.: In A Day (U.K., 81 min.)
9:30 p.m.: Story of Pao (Vietnam, 98 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
12:30 p.m.: Charles Guggenheim Oscar-Nominated Short Documentaries (140 min.)
3:30 p.m.: Son of Man (South Africa, 86 min.)
5:30 p.m.: Sound of the Soul (U.S., 70 min.)
7:30 p.m.: Charles Guggenheim Tribute (180 min.)

Star Clipper
4 p.m.: Book signing with Terry Zwigoff, Blab editor Monte Beauchamp, and fest artists Tom Huck and Dan Zettwoch

Tivoli Theatre 1
2 p.m.: Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (U.S., 88 min.)
4:30 p.m.: The Lather Effect (U.S., 92 min.)
7 p.m.: Bad Santa: The Director’s Cut (U.S., 98 min.)
10 p.m.: Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen (U.S., 95 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
Noon: Seminar “Selling Your Dream” (90 min.)
2:30 p.m.: Apart From That (U.S., 120 min.)
5:30 p.m.: Approaching Union Square (U.S., 80 min.)
8 p.m.: Intellectual Property (U.S., 81 min.)
10:15 p.m.: The O Tapes (U.S., 92 min.)

Sunday, Nov. 12

Plaza Frontenac 1
2:15 p.m.: Iraq in Fragments (U.S., 94 min.)
5 p.m.: In a Day (U.K., 81 min.)
7:30 p.m.: The Trouble With Dee Dee (U.S., 81 min.)
9:30 p.m.: Invisible Waves (Thailand, 115 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
2 p.m.: Rain in a Dry Land (U.S., 82 min.)
4 p.m.: Son of Man (South Africa, 86 min.)
7 p.m.: Cabiria (Italy, 180 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
12:15 p.m.: Gimme Truth (120 min.)
2:30 p.m.: Thin (U.S., 103 min.)
4:45 p.m.: Believe in Me (U.S., 107 min.)
7:30 p.m.: The Gateway Arch: Reflections of America (U.S., 75 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Wholfin Short Subject Program (U.S., 90 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
11 a.m.: New Filmmakers Forum Coffee and Awards Program (90 min.)
12:45 p.m.: Best of SLFS Short Subject Program (U.S., 109 min.)
3 p.m.: This Is a Business (U.S., 103 min.)
5:15 p.m.: What Means Motley? (Ireland, 91 min.)
7:15 p.m.: The Lather Effect (U.S., 92 min.)
9:30 p.m.: The O Tapes (U.S., 92 min.)

Monday, Nov. 13

Plaza Frontenac 1
2:30 p.m.: Thirst (Israel/Palestine, 110 min.)
5 p.m.: In the Battlefields (Lebanon, 88 min.)
7 p.m.: The Trouble with Dee Dee (U.S., 81 min.)
9:15 p.m.: Beowulf & Grendel (Canada/Iceland, 103 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
10 a.m. Border Café (Iran, 105 min.)
7:30 p.m.: Lover Other (U.S., 120 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
5 p.m.: Believe in Me (U.S., 107 min.)
7:30 p.m.: Requiem (Germany, 93 min.)
9:45 p.m.: F**K (U.S., 93 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
5:15 p.m.: Johnny Was (U.K., 93 min.)
7:15 p.m.: Unfolding Florence (Australia, 82 min.)
9:15 p.m.: What Means Motley? (Ireland, 91 min.)

Tuesday, Nov. 14

Plaza Frontenac 1
2 p.m.: The Night of Truth (Burkina Faso, 100 min.)
4 p.m.: Thirst (Israel/Palestine, 110 min.)
6:30 p.m.: Three Times (China, 135 min.)
9:15 p.m.: Summer Palace (China, 140 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
7:30 p.m.: Border Café (Iran, 105 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
5 p.m.: Goodbye, Momo (Uruguay, 108 min.)
7:15 p.m.: Johnny Was (U.K., 93 min.)
9:30 p.m.: Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (U.K., 99 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
5:30 p.m.: Welcome to Soul City (U.S., 90 min.)
7:30 p.m.: Inner Circle Line (South Korea, 95 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Short Subject Program 2 (U.S., 105 min.)

Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
7:30 p.m.: Judith Simon (Hungary, 40 min.) with My Dear Kassa (U.S., 10 min.) and Howling with the Angels (U.S., 40 min.)

Wednesday, Nov. 15

Plaza Frontenac 1
2:30 p.m.: In the Battlefields (Lebanon, 88 min.)
4:30 p.m.: The Night of Truth (Burkina Faso, 100 min.)
7 p.m.: Ten Canoes (Australia, 90 min.)
9 p.m.: Looking for Cheyenne (France, 87 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
5 p.m.: Max and Mona (South Africa, 98 min.)
8 p.m.: Show People (U.S., 82 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
5 p.m.: Goodbye, Momo (Uruguay, 108 min.)
7:15 p.m.: Cave of the Yellow Dog (Mongolia, 93 min.)
9:30 p.m.: Tideland (U.S., 117 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
5:15 p.m.: Silver Spurs (U.S., 80 min.)
7 p.m.: The Trials of Darryl Hunt (U.S., 113 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Short Subject Program 3 (U.S., 103 min.)

Webster University
8 p.m.: The Naked Ape (U.S., 110 min.)

Thursday, Nov. 16

Plaza Frontenac 1
2:30 p.m.: Almost Brothers (Brazil, 102 min.)
5 p.m.: Man Push Cart (U.S., 87 min.)
7 p.m.: Changing Times (France, 90 min.)
9:15 p.m.: Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures (Brazil, 99 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
6 p.m.: Stolen Life (China, 90 min.)
8 p.m.: The Flowers of St. Francis (Italy, 75 min.) with My Dad Is 100 Years Old (Canada, 16 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
5 p.m.: The Trials of Darryl Hunt (U.S., 113 min.)
7:15 p.m.: Hand of God (U.S., 93 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Small Town Gay Bar (U.S., 81 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
5 p.m.: Tapestry of Shadows (U.S., 108 min.)
7:30 p.m.: Riverboat Dreams (90 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Short Subject Program 4 (U.S., 107 min.)

Webster University
8 p.m.: Boardwalk (U.S., 98 min.)

Friday, Nov. 17

Plaza Frontenac 1
2:30 p.m.: Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures (Brazil, 99 min.)
5 p.m.: Man Push Cart (U.S., 87 min.)
7 p.m.: Gray Matters (U.S., 92 min.)
9:30 p.m.: Almost Brothers (Brazil, 102 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
7 p.m.: Tribute to Albert Maysles with the work-in-progress The Gates (180 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
5 p.m.: Global Lens Short Subject Program (Various, 102 min.)
7:15 p.m.: Citizen Dog (Thailand, 100 min.)
9:30 p.m.: Candy (Australia, 116 min.)
Midnight: The Host (South Korea, 119 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
5 p.m.: Short Subject Program 5 (Sweden, 97 min.)
7 p.m.: Shoot the Messenger (U.K., 100 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Ways of the Flesh (U.S., 88 min.)

Webster University
8 p.m.: Land of the Blind (U.S., 2006, 110 min.)

Saturday, Nov. 18

Plaza Frontenac 1
12:30 p.m.: These Foolish Things (U.K., 107 min.)
2:45 p.m.: Starter For Ten (U.K., 95 min.)
5 p.m.: Climates (Turkey, 101 min.)
7:15 p.m.: Family Law (Argentina, 100 min.)
9:30 p.m.: The Aura (Argentina, 134 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
6 p.m.: Elsa & Fred (Spain, 106 min.)
8:30 p.m.: U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (South Africa, 120 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
2 p.m.: Skies Above the Landscape (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 85 min.)
4:30 p.m.: Cocaine Cowboys (U.S., 116 min.)
7 p.m.: Chronicles of an Escape (Argentina, 103 min.)
9:30 p.m.: The District (Hungary, 88 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
Noon: A. (anonymous) (U.S., 53 min.) with Dive (U.S., 16 min.) and Knife Girls (U.S., 25 min.)
2:30 p.m.: Beyond the Call (U.S., 82 min.)
5 p.m.: Beautiful Daughters (U.S., 102 min.)
7:30 p.m.: Ghosts of Cite Soleil (Denmark, 88 min.)
9:45 p.m.: Short Subject Program 6 (U.S., 103 min.)

Webster University
5 p.m.: Maquilapolis (U.S., 84 min.)
7 p.m.: Tribute to Les Blank with Tea and other works-in-progress (U.S., 180 min.)

Sunday, Nov. 19

Mandarin
8 p.m.: Closing-Night Party and Awards Presentation

Plaza Frontenac 1
1:30 p.m.: From Subway With Love (Czech Republic, 100 min.)
3:45 p.m.: Through the Eyes of Another (Italy, 105 min.)
6 p.m.: The Lives of Others (Germany, 137 min.)

Saint Louis Art Museum
3:30 p.m.: U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (South Africa, 120 min.)
6 p.m.: Elsa & Fred (Spain, 106 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 1
1:30 p.m.: Citizen Dog (Thailand, 100 min.)
4 p.m.: Canvas (U.S., 100 min.)
7 p.m.: Rescue Dawn (Germany, 96 min.)

Tivoli Theatre 3
2 p.m.: Short Subject Program 7 (Various, 102 min.)
4:15 p.m.: Short Subject Program 8 (U.S., 104 min.)
6:45 p.m.: East of Havana (U.S., 90 min.)

Webster University
6 p.m.: Always for Pleasure (U.S., 120 min.)

Features
A. (anonymous) Daniel Bowers, U.S., 2006 (with Dive and Knife Girls)
Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmãos) Lúcia Murat, Brazil, 2004
Apart From That Jennifer Shainin, Randy Walker, U.S., 2006
Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen Thomas Smugala, U.S., 2006
Approaching Union Square Marc Meyers, U.S., 2006
The Aura (El Aura) Fabián Bielinsky, Argentina, 2005
Bad Santa: The Director's Cut (with Contemporary Cinema Award to Terry Zwigoff) Terry Zwigoff, U.S., 2003
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Scott Glosserman, U.S., 2005
Believe in Me Robert Collector, U.S., 2005
Beowulf & Grendel Sturla Gunnarsson, Canada, 2005
Boardwalk Stephen Venora, U.S., 1979
Border Café (Café Transit) Kambuzia Partovi, Iran, 2005
Cabiria Giovanni Pastrone, Italy, 1914
Candy Neil Armfield, Australia, 2006
Canvas Joe Greco, U.S., 2006
Cave of the Yellow Dog (Die Hoehle Des Gelben Hundes) Byambasuren Davaa, Mongolia, 2005
Changing Times (Les Temps qui changent) André Téchiné, France, 2004
Chronicles of an Escape (Crónica de una fuga) Adrián Caetano, Argentina, 2006
Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures (Cinema, Aspirinas E Urubus) Marcelo Gomes, Brazil, 2005
Citizen Dog (Mah nakorn) Wisit Sasanatieng, Thailand, 2004
Climates (Iklimler) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 2006
A Comedy of Power (L'Ivresse du pouvoir) Claude Chabrol, France, 2006
The District (Nyocker!) Áron Gauder, Hungary, 2004
Dreaming of Space (Kosmos Kak Predchuvstvie) Aleksei Uchitel, Russia, 2005
Eleven Men Out (Strákarnir okkar) Róbert I. Douglas, Iceland, 2005
Elsa and Fred (Elsa y Fred) Marcos Carnevale, Spain, 2005
Family Law (Derecho de familia) Daniel Burman, Argentina, 2006
Flowers of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio) Roberto Rossellini, Italy, 1950 (with My Dad Is 100 Years Old Guy Maddin, Canada, 2006)

From Subway With Love (Román pro zeny) Filip Renc, Czech Republic, 2005
Gabrielle Patrice Chéreau, France, 2005
Goodbye, Momo (A dios Momo) Leonardo Ricagni, Uruquay, 2006
Gray Matters Sue Kramer, U.S., 2006
The Host (Gwoemul) Joon-ho Bong, South Korea, 2006
In a Day Evan Richards, U.K., 2006
In the Battlefields (Maarek hob) Danielle Arbid, Lebanon, 2004
Inner Circle Line Eunhee Cho, South Korea, 2006
Intellectual Property Nicholas Peterson, U.S., 2006
Invisible Waves Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Thailand, 2006
Johnny Was Mark Hammond, U.K., 2005
Judith Simon Adolf Merei, Hungary, 1915 (with My Dear Kassa and Howling with the Angels Jean Bodon, U.S.)
Land of the Blind Robert Edwards, U.K./U.S., 2006
The Lather Effect Sarah Kelly, U.S., 2006
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) Florian Henckel-Donnersmarck, Germany, 2006
Looking For Cheyene (Oublier Cheyenne) Valerie Minetto, France, 2005
Man Push Cart Ramin Bahrani, U.S., 2005
Max and Mona Teddy Mattera, South Africa, 2004
The Naked Ape Daniel Mellitz, U.S., 2006
The Night of Truth (La Nuit de la vérité) Fanta Régina Nacro, Burkina Faso, 2004
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes Quay Brothers, U.K., 2005
Requiem Hans-Christian Schmid, Germany, 2006
Rescue Dawn Werner Herzog, U.S., 2006
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Dong-Wook Lee, Tommy Yune, U.S., 2006
Severance Christopher Smith, U.K., 2006
Shoot the Messenger Ngozi Onwurah, U.K., 2006
Show People King Vidor, U.S., 1928
Skies Above the Landscape (Nebo iznad krajolika) Nenad Djuric, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2006
Son of Man Mark Dornford-May, South Africa, 2006
Starter for Ten Tom Vaughan, U.K., 2006
Steel City Brian Jun, U.S., 2006
Stolen Life (Sheng si jie) Shaohong Li, China, 2005
Story of Pao (Chuyện của Pao) Hai Ngo Quang, Vietnam, 2005
Summer Palace (Yihe yuan) Lou Ye, China, 2006
Tapestry of Shadows David Conley, U.S., 2006
Ten Canoes Rolf de Heer, Australia, 2006
These Foolish Things Julia Taylor-Stanley, U.K., 2006
Thirst (Atash) Tawfik Abu Wael, Israel/Palestine, 2004
This Is a Business Daniel Stern, U.S., 2006 (with Where Is My Wife?)
Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang) Hou Hsao-hsien, Taiwan, 2005
Through the Eyes of Another (Occhi dell'altro, Gli) Gianpaolo Tescari, Italy, 2005
Tideland Terry Gilliam, Canada/U.K., 2005
The Trouble With Dee Dee Mike Meiners, U.S., 2005
U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha Mark Dornford-May, South Africa, 2005
Venus Roger Michell, U.K., 2006
Ways of the Flesh Dennis Cooper, U.S., 2006
What Means Motley? John Ketchum, Ireland, 2006

Documentaries
Always for Pleasure Les Blank, U.S., 1978
Beautiful Daughters Josh Aronson, U.S., 2006 (with Engendered Species)
Beyond the Call Adrian Belic, U.S., 2006
Charles Guggenheim Oscar-Nominated Short Documentaries (with A City Decides, Nine From Little Rock, Robert Kennedy Remembered, Johnstown Flood, and A Time for Justice)

Cocaine Cowboys Billy Corben, U.S., 2006
East of Havana Jauretsi Saizabitoria and Emilia Menocal, U.S., 2006
F**K Steve Anderson, U.S., 2005
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America Bob Miano and Scott Huegerich, U.S., 2006
Ghosts of Cite Soleil Asger Leth, Denmark, 2006
Gimme Truth Documentary Contest program
Hand of God Joe Cultrera, U.S., 2006
Iraq in Fragments James Longley, U.S., 2006
Lover Other (with Ryan and The Tribe, and Women in Film Award to Barbara Hammer) Barbara Hammer, U.S., 2005
Maquilapolis Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre, U.S., 2006 (with ¿Qué Será, Será?)
Mr. Mayor: The Life of A.J. Cervantes Michael Barnard, U.S., 2006
The O Tapes Chris Arnold, U.S., 2006
Rain in a Dry Land Anne Makepeace, U.S., 2006
Riverboat Dreams Jay Kanzler, U.S., 2005
Silver Spurs Doug Whyte, U.S., 2006
Small Town Gay Bar Malcolm Ingram, U.S., 2006
Sound of the Soul Stephen Olsson, U.S., 2005
Thin Lauren Greenfield, U.S., 2006
The Trials of Darryl Hunt Ricki Stern, U.S., 2006
Tribute to Albert Maysles (with excerpts from work-in-progress The Gates and Lifetime Achievement Award in Documentary to Maysles) U.S., 2006

Tribute to Charles Guggenheim (with Cinema St. Louis Award to Guggenheim family)
Tribute to Les Blank (with excerpts from work-in-progress Tea and Lifetime Achievement Award in Documentary to Blank) U.S., 2006

Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 2005
Welcome to Soul City: A Hip-Hop Odyssey Dante Hinkle, U.S., 2006 (with Katrina)

Short Subjects
Global Lens Short Subject Program
Wholphin Short Subject Program
1. 50 Miles to Vegas
2. Across the Hall
3. Antonio's Breakfast
4. Apple Pie
5. Approve
6. Arrest Assured
7. Bawke
8. Beautiful Hands
9. Before Dawn
10. Checkpoint
11. Chicxulub
12. Chronicles of a Professional Eulogist
13. The Country
14. The Daily Planner
15. The Danish Poet
16. Dealership
17. Dirty Mary
18. Dive: True Dumpster Tales
19. DVD
20. Earthman
21. Engendered Species
22. Euthanasia
23. Everything Will Be Ok
24. The Fan and the Flower
25. Film Noir
26. First Date
27. First Flight
28. Frog
29. Full Disclosure
30. Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
31. Guide Dog
32. Gustavo
33. Habitat
34. A Half Man
35. Hiro
36. Hold Up
37. Hombre Kabuki
38. Hooked
39. K-7
40. Katrina
41. Kind of a Blur
42. Knife Girls
43. Leap of Faith
44. Life in Transition
45. Linerboard
46. The Little Matchgirl
47. Live From Death Row
48. Look for Me
49. Los Tabaqueros
50. Lullaby
51. Magda
52. Man Seeking Man
53. Marion
54. Maybe It's in the Water
55. McLaren's Negatives
56. Meaning of Life, The
57. Monday Night
58. Monster
59. Moongirl
60. Mother
61. Nevel Is the Devil
62. Never Like the First Time!
63. The Nightly Potato, Episode 2
64. The Nightly Potato, Episode 3
65. Noodle Soup
66. Oh My God
67. One Rat Short
68. Pilgrims Progress
69. Pressure Point
70. Pretty Kitty
71. Puppet
73. ¿Qué Será, Será?
73. Raindrops Keep Falling On The Dead
74. Return I Will to Old Brazil
75. Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher
76. Ride of the Mergansers
77. Robot-ussin
78. Ryan
79. Second Banana
80. She She She She's a Bombshell
81. Silence Is Golden
82. Siniestro
83. spam letter + google image search = video entertainment
84. Spin
85. Stalk
86. Stealing Home
87. Stealth Lunch
88. Super
89. Tall Tales & Other Big Lies
90. Timeline
91. Times Flies When You're Having Fun
92. Tree Robo
93. The Tribe
94. True Story
95. Unanimous Decision
96. Unfair
97. Up on the Rope
98. A Very Small Trilogy of Loneliness
99. Victoria
100. When Elvis Came To Visit
101. Where Is My Wife?
102. The Whistler
103. Who I Am and What I Want
104. The Wraith of Cobble Hill
105. Zombie-American