*Ballots for ranking the films will be distributed and collected after each screening. Audience favorites will be announced after the festival.*

Opening Night
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​Thursday, April 9th, 7:00pm

"100 Liters of Gold"

Sponsored by Gerrard Corporation, Beau Hebert, Regional Manager
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In this raucous black comedy, middle-aged sisters Taina and Pirkko are famous sahti-makers from Sysmä. Sahti is a strong beer made the same way as 500 years ago. When their younger sister plans her wedding and asks them to provide the traditional beverage, the batch they create is so good, they drink it all themselves. With the wedding day approaching, they have only 24 hours to find 100 liters of good sahti. 

Film Type: Fiction Feature
Release Year: 2024
Runtime: 88 min
Country/Region: Finland, Italy, Denmark
Language: Finnish

Director: Teemu Nikki
Producer: Jani Pösö
Cinematographer: Jarmo Kiuru
Screenwriter: Teemu Nikki
Editor: Jussi Sandhu
Composer: Marco Biscarini
Principal Cast: Elina Knihtilä, Pirjo Lonka, Ville Tiihonen

Friday, April 10th, 7:00 PM

"The Last Viking"

Sponsored by The Judy and Jim Sloan Foundation
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Anker is a robber, freshly out of the slammer. And he’s got a secret: he gave the loot to his brother, Manfred, to hide. Turns out Manfred buried it in a very secret place. One problem: Manfred has dissociative identity disorder, thinks he’s John Lennon, and doesn’t have a clue what Anker is talking about. Oscar-winning director Anders Thomas Jensen’s newest black comedy features Mads Mikkelsen in a tour-de-force comic performance as Manfred.

Film Type: Fiction Feature
Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 116 min
Country/Region: Denmark, Sweden
Language: Danish, Swedish

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Sidsel Hybschmann
Cinematographer: Sebastian Blenkov
Screenwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen
Editor: Anders Albjerg Kristiansen, Nicolaj Monberg
Composer: Jeppe Kaas, (or Sound, Eddie Simonsen)
Principal Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Sofie Gråbøl

​Saturday, April 11th, 2:00 PM

"Calle Málaga"

Sponsored by Cathy and Bob Ashton in memory of Pat and Ed Walsh, RIFG founders and volunteers
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María Ángeles, a 79-year-old woman, happily lives alone in Tangier, enjoying her sunny city on the Mediterranean. When her newly divorced daughter arrives from Madrid to sell her apartment, María finds a way to stay in her community, and in the process, she re-examines her life and falls in love.

Director Maryam Touzani‘s film is a warm, wonderful story, anchored by Carmen Maura’s spellbinding performance. The Spanish-speaking community in Tangier is itself a character, the film inspired by director Touzani’s own grandmother.

Film Type: Fiction Feature
Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 116 min
Country/Region: Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium
Language: Spanish, Arabic

Director: Maryam Touzani
Producer: Nabil Ayouch
Cinematographer: Virginie Surdej
Screenwriter: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
Editor: Virginie Surdej
Composer: Freya Arde
Principal Cast: Carmen Maura, Marta Etura, Ahmed Boulane, María Alfonsa Rosso

​​Saturday, April 11th, 4:30 PM

"The Soundman"

Sponsored by Judy and Alan Hoffman
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Known for directing quirky dramedies such as Mannekin Pis and Villa des Roses and producing The Brand New Testament, writer-director Frank Van Passel brings his unique sensibility to portray the team at a Brussels radio station on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. This tragi-comic look at the crossed destinies of a youthful sound engineer and a talented Jewish actress affirms the human capacity for invention. –Alissa Simon

Film Type: Fiction Feature
Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 118 min
Country/Region: Belgium
Language: Dutch

Director: Frank Van Passel
Producer: Helena Vlogaert, Bert Hamelinck
Cinematographer: Laurens De Geyter
Screenwriter: Frank Van Passel
Editor: Karin Vaerenberg
Composer: Wim De Wilde
Principal Cast: Jef Hellemans, Femke Vanhove

​​Saturday, April 11th, 7:00 PM

"Everybody To Kenmure Street"

Sponsored by The Judy and Jim Sloan Foundation
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In May 2021 in Glasgow, on the first morning of Eid, Scottish immigration enforcement detained two men in the largely Muslim neighborhood of Pollokshields. Through an incredible communication network in the city, neighbors and concerned residents flood Kenmure Street to surround the vehicle and face off against authoritarianism. One protester even crawled beneath the detaining vehicle to prevent it from departing, and remained there for over 8 hours. Over 2,000 people showed up over the course of the day to record and disrupt the proceedings, sending a message to the very conservative U.K. Home Office. A stark reminder of the horrors that a government can inflict on the most vulnerable and an uplifting look at exactly what people can do to stop it, Everybody to Kenmure Street is a stunning documentary, not without humor, in the great tradition of anti-fascist filmmaking.

Film Type: Documentary Feature
Release Year: 2026
Runtime: 98 min
Country/Region: United Kingdom
Language: English, Urdu, Punjabi

Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra
Executive Producer: Emma Thompson, Mark Thomas, Kevin McGrath, Susan Simnett
Producer: Ciara Barry, Felipe Bustos Sierra
Cinematographer: Kirstin McMahon
Editor: Colin Monie
Composer: Barry Burns
Principal Cast: Emma Thompson, Kate Dickie, Keira Lucchesi

Sunday, April 12th, 2:00 PM

*The short film "Zastava Brothers" (22 min) will screen with "Source To Sea"
A documentary about the cars of former Yugoslavia and a group of immigrants now living in America who transcend their different backgrounds to form a bond over their love for those cars. As night falls on their first ever Sunday drive, they must spring to action when one of the cars begins to smoke. Directed by Pep Stojanovic.
​https://www.zastavabrothers.com/

"Source To Sea: A Winter Migration"

There will be a Q&A following both screenings with directors Maribeth Romslo and Pep Stojanovic.
Sponsored by The Judy and Jim Sloan Foundation
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Cory Maria Dack, an Indigenous Latina wilderness guide, paddles the entire length of the Mississippi River, from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico, over 134 days. Born in Quito, Ecuador and raised in northern Minnesota, Cory approaches the river not as something to be conquered, but as a living, relational being.

​Guided by Indigenous teachings, ceremony, and song, the film reframes wilderness adventure through a decolonized lens, centering humility, reciprocity, and listening. Along the river’s shifting landscapes, Cory reflects on identity, belonging, and environmental justice, challenging stereotypes about who belongs in nature.

Film Type: Documentary Feature
Release Year: 2026
Runtime: 55 min
Country/Region: USA
Language: English

Director: Cory Maria Dack, Maribeth Romslo
Producer: Maribeth Romslo, Jesse Roesler
*No trailer at this time.

Sunday, April 12th, 4:00 PM

"Colors of Time"

Sponsored by John and Virginia Woodruff
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When four distant cousins inherit a 19th Century home in Normandy, they decide to visit the place and examine their family history. No one has lived in the place since the 1940s, and the cousins are intrigued by all of the items they find there, little things that help them to understand their ancestor, Adèle Vermillard. Jumping back and forth in time, they meet the mysterious Adèle, whose bohemian lifestyle, and her friendship with the leading artists of the time, changes their lives. Cédric Klapisch‘s endearing new comedy is nothing less than a soul-stirring, time-traveling – at times, hallucinogenic – trip for lovers of the arts everywhere.

Film Type: Fiction Feature
Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 124 min
Country/Region: France
Language: French

Director: Cédric Klapisch
Producer: Bruno Levy
Cinematographer: Alexis Kavyrchine
Screenwriter: Cédric Klapisch, Santiago Amigorena
Editor: Anne-Sophie Bion
Composer: Rob
Principal Cast: Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul Kircher, Vassili Schneider, Sara Giraudeau, Cécile de France

Sunday, April 12th, 6:30 PM

"The Cycle of Love"

Sponsored by The Judy and Jim Sloan Foundation
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Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, or P.K., is a portraitist in Delhi. Growing up in a small town, he left for the big city to follow his dreams. Anne-Charlotte von Schedvin, Lotta, is from Borås, Sweden and has come to India on vacation. They fall in love, but she has to return home.
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That’s the usual story, but PK has believed, from a young age, that he was destined to meet his life partner, and Lotta is the one–their very short time together made them fall deeply in love. Lotte promised to return soon, but as the time stretches on, PK decides to bike to Sweden, over 6,000 miles, to be with the woman he loves. Orlando von Einsiedel’s astonishing documentary seems like the stuff of frankly unbelievable fiction, but it’s all true, and it will melt your heart.

Film Type: Documentary Feature
Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 98 min
Country/Region: United Kingdom, India, Sweden
Language: English, Hindi

Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Executive Producer: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Anne Carey, Adriana Banta, Jorge Villon, Abhijeet Chhabra
Producer: Harri Grace, Chloe Leland
Cinematographer: Franklin Dow
Editor: Katie Bryer
Composer: Patrick Jonsson
Principal Cast: Chirag Benedict Lobo, Mina Dale
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