2007 Festival Films and Events Guide

After tragedy disrupts the lives of an undocumented worker and his widowed daughter-in-law, the pair struggle to stay together, even as they come to realize the inevitability of growing apart. More...

Unfolding on the last day of school, 1999, this smart take on teenage suburbia avoids coming-of-age clichés to give an honest portrait of what it means to be a wised-up, plugged-in teenager today. More...

A heist film that gets everything right about a crime that goes all wrong, writer-director Andrews Jenkins's debut is a fresh, freewheeling take on a genre perennial. More...

Writer-director Scott Prendergast stars as oddball Salman, part-time corporate mascot and full-time live-in babysitter for his overwhelmed sister-in-law, played by Lisa Kudrow, in this visually inventive and touching comedy. More...

Two young men struggle to keep their lives on track when they are fired from the Statue of Liberty. With a street-level energy, Ilya Chaiken explores friendship at the fringes of the American Dream. More...

Ten-year-old Thuy escapes from her factory job and heads to Saigon, where she gradually assembles a makeshift family with two lonely strangers—a flight attendant and a zookeeper—in this romantic tale of love and loneliness. More...

In this stunning and inventive epic, two stranded Norsemen struggle to survive on the coast of North America in 1007 AD, contending with the elements, Irish monks, and pursuing natives. More...

Shane West gives a committed, all-in performance as Darby Crash, lead singer of seminal Los Angeles band The Germs and punk rock supernova, burning white-hot before fading into the darkness. More...