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In addition to our Opening and Closing Night Galas, four major premiere events will be held on each Saturday of the Festival. Gala screenings are attended by special guests and followed by exclusive post-screening receptions at different locations each week, featuring hors d’oeuvres, drinks and entertainment from the Festival’s fine food and libation sponsors. A limited number of tickets for the screenings and receptions are available.
France, 2006, 96 min.
Clashes of culture, volatile in-laws and flirtatious ex-boyfriends test the relationship of Marion and her American boyfriend Jack on a visit to Paris in this charming screwball comedy. Actress Julie Delpy not only directs and stars but also writes, produces, edits and composes the music for this sn …
Hong Kong, 2006, 131 min.
Set during China's Warring States period, this earthy historical epic pits the intimidating army of the Zhao Nation against the humble state of Liang. With the help of an unconventional military strategist, Liang will prove that might is no match for wits—at least until pride gets in the way. …
Denmark, 2006, 100 min.
Danish provocateur Lars von Trier returns with an unexpectedly breezy comedy about a company director who blames his office policies on an imaginary superior, but later must hire an actor to impersonate “the boss of it all.” Von Trier deviously pulls the strings for the unwitting marionettes in one …
USA, 2007, 113 min.
A truly extraordinary cast breathes glorious life into Susan Minot and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham's adaptation of Minot's beloved novel. The film is a timeless, universal, and deeply emotional story about the secrets we share and the defining moments of connection between mothers and d …
France, 2007, 120 min.
This sumptuous historical comedy speculates on the rampant possibilities of an early, mysteriously blank period in the life of the great French satirist Molière. Taken in by a rich Monsieur, the impoverished young playwright finds himself embroiled in a hotbed of romance and repartee, subterfuge and …
USA, 2006, 102 min.
John Jeffcoat and George Wing will be in attendance. After his entire Seattle call-center department is outsourced, Todd succeeds in hanging onto his job only by agreeing to go to India to train his own replacement. Culture-shocks and obvious stereotypes are wittily sidestepped in this warm and charming crowd-pleaser. …
France, 2006, 93 min.
Poltergeist meets Saturday Night Fever with a gay spin in this footloose horror spoof that tells the tale of a young couple who unassumingly buy a mansion haunted by disco dancing homosexuals. This breezy comedy is guilty pleasure fun, with a monstrous ’70s musical score. …
United Kingdom, 2007, 95 min.
This whimsical and visually striking valentine to the ’80s is a hysterically funny homage to childhood and the movies. Entranced by a pirated copy of First Blood, two extremely opposite kids set out to make the ultimate action prequel. Their innocent ambition to create their own epic leads to …