Minneapolis Film Festival 2010

Around this time last year, I had some bitter words for the travesty known as the Minneapolis Film Festival. This year was not without its grossly unfortunate moments either (i.e. showing up for a screening of Swedish drama The Girl only to learn that Sweden had sent the wrong tape; and worse, the head of the festival deciding against acquiring a copy of the awesomely wonderful film Dogtooth for fear of angering the Greek community---don't even get me started on bullshit censorship tactics). But all in all, this was a much less tumultuous year than the last, perhaps because the festival began during the two weeks I had to change addresses and I wisely decided to attend less screenings (last year I saw 17 films, this year I saw 14 films and one short, haha). Also, I only intensely disliked two of the films, while I quite liked the additional 13 (and the top 7 I would absolutely rave about). Without further ado, here's my list of screenings from this year's Minneapolis film festival:

15. Open (2009) Dir. Jake Yuzna - US 5/10

14. The Forbidden Door (2009) Dir. Joko Anwar - Indonesia 5/10

13. Mid-August Lunch (2008) Dir. Gianni Di Gregorio - Italy 8/10

12. Northless (2009) Dir. Rigoberto Perezcano - Mexico 8/10

11. Bluebeard (2009) Dir. Catherine Breillat - France 8/10

10. Shirley Adams (2009) Dir. Oliver Hermanus - South Africa 8/10

9. Night Catches Us (2010) Dir. Tanya Hamilton - US 8/10

8. The Square (2009) Dir. Nash Edgerton - Australia 8/10

7. Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008) Dir. Oskar Jonasson - Iceland 9/10

6. Spider (2007) Dir. Nash Edgerton - Australia (Short Film) 10/10

5. Leo's Room (2009) Dir. Enrique Buchichio - Uruguay 10/10
4. Letters to Father Jacob (2009) Dir. Klaus Haro - Finland 10/10

3. Home (2008) Dir. Ursula Meier - France/Switzerland 10/10

2. The Bone Man (2009) Dir. Wolfgang Murnberger - Austria 10/10

1. Air Doll (2009) Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda - Japan 10/10