Big night opens big filmfest

Article by: COLIN COVERT , Star Tribune
Updated: April 15, 2011 - 9:06 AM

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Journalist David Carr was back in the Twin Cities in conjunction with the documentary “Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times.” Other opening-night films included “The Troll Hunter” and “Score,” a hockey movie from Canada.

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The curtains parted Thursday on the most ambitious Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival to date. The 22-day gala at the five-screen St. Anthony Main Theater complex will show some 240 features and shorts over the course of its run.

The opening night triple feature of Scandinavian horror (Norway's giant- beast extravaganza "The Troll Hunter"), substantive social-issues documentary ("Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times"), and an all-singing-all-skating hockey musical (Canada's "Score") offered options for every taste.

Fest officials and a few filmmakers gathered to greet opening-night guests at a reception and post-movie tent party on a chilly Mississippi riverfront. Among them were "Page One" director Andrew Rossi, and David Carr, the New York Times media columnist (and one-time Twin Cities journalist) who is at the center of the newspaper documentary.

"We're excited to broaden our view of the world and see viewpoints we have not encountered before," said Steve Smith, an emergency room physician at Hennepin County Medical Center.

"I'm most interested in seeing films about places I've never been and never will be," added Smith's wife, Deborah Zvosec.

The festival runs through May 5. For further information, call the festival offices at 612-331-7563.

See complete Star Tribune festival coverage at www.vita.mn/mspiff.