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October 15 at 6pm
Walker Art Center · Calhoun Isles
Catch the premiere of bold new short films from four emerging Minnesota filmmakers exploring trans experience, Indigenous wisdom, Black youth culture, and queer grief. Mamá Papaya's year-long FilmSparks fellowship culminates in an evening of raw storytelling and community conversation you won't find at a typical screening.
November 7 at 7pm
Walker Art Center · Calhoun Isles
Eiko Ishibashi performs her haunting live score as Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's silent film GIFT unfolds on screen. No spoken dialogue, just English intertitles and music that blurs the line between sound and image.
November 19 at 7pm
Walker Art Center · Calhoun Isles
Experimental films meet atomic history in this screening and talk with Leslie Thornton, whose father and grandfather helped build the Hiroshima bomb. She unpacks it all with media historian Alice Lovejoy.
November 28 at 2pm
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Powderhorn • Free
A Navajo boy's summer on the reservation becomes a funny, moving journey of self-discovery in this acclaimed coming-of-age film. Catch it free at Mia's monthly matinee series.
December 4 at 11:30pm +9
Walker Art Center · Calhoun Isles • $20
Britain's best commercials get the big-screen treatment at the Walker's beloved annual blowout. Surreal, poignant, and weirdly moving ad reels, plus a Michel Gondry Chanel spot starring A$AP Rocky.
The Main Cinema · Saint Anthony Main
Kick off a celebration of Arab cinema at a charming indie theater by the river. The Main Cinema pairs festival buzz with old-school moviehouse warmth and famously great popcorn.
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