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YOU ARE INVITED (VIRTUALLY) TO ATTEND!

50+ FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD plus: - Virtual Parties & Events -   - Virtual Live Q&A Panels & Discussions -  - Special Guests - - Special Movie Night Take-outs from Our Favorite Restaurants -

We’re Moving Full Stream Ahead!

We heard from so many of you mourning the loss of our collective annual Rite of Spring, that we’ve done an about-turn to come up with a virtual alternative to the in-theater 2020 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.    So, we’re back! To bring you MSPIFF39 Redefined – A Virtual Film Festival at mspfilm.org Thank you for joining us, and inviting your friends to join us too, as we Adjust our View.   Oh, and in great anticipation of being together again in person next year, mark your calendars for April 2021 when we celebrate the 40th anniversary of MSPIFF!  Stay tuned…

For now please enjoy this year’s Virtual Festival May 15-23rd!

An Exciting Line-up Many with Virtual Q&A Screenings! See Full 50+ Films Virtual Festival Line-up at:  mspfilm.org

Coup 53 Director: Taghi Amirani | United Kingdom, USA, Iran | English, Persian, Italian, French | Documentary Feature Celebrated documentarian Taghi Amirani turns his camera to the summer of 1953, when Britain and the United States participated in a coup d’etat, overthrowing the democratically elected leader of Iran, Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeg, and installing the despotic Shah of Iran    Available to Watch:  Sat, May 16: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Fri, May 22: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Live Q&A Saturday, May 16 @ 4:00pm Tuscaloosa Director: Philip Harder | USA, MN Made | English | Fiction Feature   In 1972, young Billy Mitchell is facing the draft, life after college, first love and a family mystery that may involve murder. A lush period piece from Minneapolis director Philip Harder.  Available to Watch:  May 15 at 11:00 AM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A Saturday, May 16 @ 7:00pm

The Voice (Glas) Director: Ognjen Svilicic | Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia | Croatian | Fiction Feature   When his mother accepts a job on a cruise ship, her teenage son Goran is forced to attend a Catholic boarding school in rural Croatia in order to get straightened out. But his rebelliousness is not contained, and the school will stop at nothing to iron out his wayward attitude.  Available to Watch:  May 15 at 11:00 AM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A Sunday, May 17 @ 1:00pm Stories I Didn’t Know Director: Rita Davern, Melody Gilbert | USA, MN Made | English | Documentary Feature   As a child from St. Paul, MN, Rita Davern was always told, with pride, how her family once owned Pike Island at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. While researching her ancestors’ immigration from Ireland, she begins to explore the complicated legacy of settling on Dakota land, and her quest for reconciliation begins in this eye-opening documentary.    Available to Watch:  May 17 at 2:00 PM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A w/Filmmakers & Film’s Subjects Sunday, May 17 @ 5:00pm

Raise Your Voice Director: Maribeth Romslo | USA, MN Made | English | Documentary Feature   This moving documentary follows the passionate reporters of The Eagle Eye (the student run newspaper at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School) and their fight to report freely on issues as diverse as gun culture, global warming, and civil rights. Available to Watch:  May 15 at 11:00 AM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A Sunday, May 17 @ 7:00pm Land of My Father Director: Matthew Koshmrl | USA, South Korea, MN Made | Japanese, Korean | Documentary Feature Byeong-man, a farmer whose father was enslaved during Japan’s occupation of Korea, protests the Japanese government’s claim over the disputed island territory of Dokdo. Kyeong Sook, a woman who lived on Dokdo with her father, struggles to keep his legacy alive after the Korean government mysteriously erased their history. A story about two lives that are intertwined with a remote disputed island. Available to Watch:  May 15 at 11:00 AM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A Monday, May 18 @ 7:00pm

Public Trust Director: David Garrett Byars | USA | English | Documentary Feature   There are 640 million acres of public land in the United States. But there are powerful forces, both in government and in corporate America, eager to plunder this bounty. David Garrett Byars’s eye-opening documentary travels to Alaska, into the red rock canyons of southern Utah, and to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, and exposes a land war going on under our very noses.   Available to Watch:  May 15 at 11:00 AM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A Tuesday, May 19 @ 7:00pm I Am Not Alone Director: Garin Hovannisian | Armenia | Armenian, English | Documentary Feature   In this stirring documentary, Nikol Pashinyan, journalist and politician, stands up against Armenia’s Republican Party as they try to keep their leader, Serzh Sargsyan in power through whatever means possible by trying to subvert term limits.   Available to Watch:  May 15 at 11:00 AM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A Wed, May 20 @ 7:00pm

Medicating Normal Director: Lynn Cunningham, Wendy Ractliffe | USA | English | Documentary Feature   Most people are aware of the nation’s opioid crisis, but there are millions of Americans who are also hooked on prescription drugs. From prescriptions to alleviate mental illness to pain relievers and other drugs, big pharma is working hard to make sure every citizen is hooked on some kind of pill. Available to Watch:  May 15 at 11:00 AM - May 23 11:59 PM Live Q&A and panel discussion Thursday, May 21 @ 7pm Women in Blue Director: Deirdre Fishel | USA, MN Made | English | Documentary Feature  SNEAK PREVIEW Following three female police officers in Minneapolis, Women in Blue charts their progress and efforts to remake the department to become more inclusive. When the killing of Justine Damond results in the resignation of Chief Harteau, it threatens the gains women have made in the department..   Available to Watch:  May 23 ONLY: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM CLOSING PRESENTATION Live Q&A Saturday, May 23 @ 7:00pm

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