Spring International Film Festival

Winner of the Golden Palm at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, this beautifully acted historical drama from director Ken Loach concerns two Irish brothers who find themselves on opposing sides of the country’s battle for independence from Britain. Powerful, moving and beautifully acted with an outstanding performance by Cillian Murphy. Ireland/UK 2006. 127 mins. In English and Gaelic.

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23 Feb 2008 - 7:30pm

24 Feb 2008 - 2:30pm

26 Feb 2008 - 7:30pm

Francois Pignon, a valet for a fancy Parisian hotel restaurant, is photographed standing outside the hotel next to two strangers – the wealthy businessman Pierre and his supermodel mistress Elena – by a paparazzo. Desperately trying to prevent a scandalous divorce between Pierre and his wife Christine, his scheming lawyer pays Francois a large sum of money to live with the mistress. With it’s lively plot and witty dialogue, The Valet is a hilarious comedy of intricate deceptions, misunderstandings, and machinations. (France) 85 mins. In French with English subtitles.

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22 Feb 2007 - 7:30pm

23 Feb 2007 - 9:45pm

26 Feb 2007 - 5:30pm

28 Feb 2007 - 7:30pm

This provocative documentary gives an unprecedented close-up look at the chimères (ghosts), gangs of gun-toting, doped up, nothing-to-lose thugs in Haiti’s ultra-violent slum Cité Soleil, designated by the United Nations as the most dangerous place in the world. A tough, shocking film, but also a hauntingly intimate and truthful one. (Haiti) 85 Mins. in English, Creole and French, with English subtitles.

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22 Feb 2007 - 9:45pm

24 Feb 2007 - 5:30pm

25 Feb 2007 - 7:30pm

"Away From Her" is the lyrical screenplay adaptation of celebrated author Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain." A beautifully moving love story that deals with memory and the circuitous, unnamable paths of a long marriage. Married for almost 50 years, Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona's (Julie Christie) commitment to each other appears unwavering, and their everyday life is full of tenderness and humor. This serenity is broken only by the occasional, carefully restrained reference to the past, giving a sense that this marriage may not always have been such a fairy tale. This tendency of Fiona's to make such references, along with her increasingly evident memory loss, creates a tension that is usually brushed off casually by both of them. As the lapses become more obvious and dramatic, it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that Fiona is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.(Canada) 110 Minutes. In English.

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23 Feb 2007 - 2:30pm

24 Feb 2007 - 9:45pm

28 Feb 2007 - 5:30pm

Director Andrei Kravchuk addresses with intelligence and poignancy the urgent issue of illegal adoption in Russia, which has become a well-documented international crisis. The Italian is based on the true story of a small Russian boy abandoned in a rundown orphanage who is adopted by an Italian family and then goes in search of his borth mother. Russia 2007. 97 mins. In Russian with English subtitles.

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22 Feb 2007 - 5:30pm

24 Feb 2007 - 7:30pm

27 Feb 2007 - 5:30pm

A heist movie in the classic Hollywood tradition, Ladron Que Roba a Ladron follows two crack thieves, Emilio and Alejandro, who reunite to rob the biggest thief they know – Moctesuma Valdez, a TV infomercial guru who’s made millions selling worthless health products to poor Latino immigrants. Valdez’s empire is next to impossible to infiltrate. But Emilio and Alejandro know if they go undercover as day laborers – chauffeurs, gardeners, maids, and repairmen – they can rob Valdez blind right under his nose. It’s a perfect plan…except that no one on their team wants the job. Refusing to give up, Emilio and Alejandro come up with a solution so insane it might just work – use real day laborers. Within days, they form a team of criminal amateurs with just the right skills. There’s Julio, a TV repair shop employee who’s also an electronics expert, Rafa and Rafaela, a valet and his mechanic daughter in charge of transportation, Miguelito, a Cuban refugee actor and master of disguises, and the metro-sexual ditch digger, Anival, who plays the token heavy. None of them has ever committed a crime in their lives, but this motley crew of underdogs – so often taken for granted – is ready to face impossible odds and “receive 100 years of forgiveness.” Full of humor and heart, Ladron Que Roba a Ladron proves that being underestimated is sometimes your best advantage.

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23 Feb 2007 - 5:30pm

25 Feb 2007 - 5:30pm

27 Feb 2007 - 7:30pm