An all-star ensemble cast shines in this comical and poignant look at breakups, breakdowns and breakthroughs. Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), to get the same treatment. But as his memories of Clementine begin to fade, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her. Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood co-star in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - a memorable film that The Wall Street Journal calls "a romantic comedy unlike any other!"

Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Jane Adams, David Cross, Deirdre O'Connell, Debbon Ayer

Directed by Michel Gondry

Written by Charlie Kaufman

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A man is sent on a clandestine business trip by a shadowy executive. The details of the journey withheld even from him, the man must follow a series of mysterious clues to uncover the true nature of his mission.

Directed by Paul Osborne.

Q&A with Producer Melanie Starks (a Mt. Pleasant native and CMU grad) after the film.

HELL WEEK, a short film written by and starring CMU grad Mirejah Cruz, will screen immediately before FLUORESCENT BEAST. Nikki's dark secret quickly unravels when her monthly monster comes knocking at her door. Cruz, who also stars in the short, will be on hand for the Q&A after the show, as well.

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From Award Winning director Matthew Wagner comes When Hope Breaks Through, the inspiring story of Mike Shoreman, a disabled paddleboarder who attempts to become the first person with disabilities to cross all five Great Lakes. In 2018 Mike was diagnosed with a neurological condition that left him paralyzed, with vertigo, hearing and vision loss, ultimately leading to depression and a mental health breakdown. This riveting documentary explores the current state of the mental health crisis in Canada and our relationships with our own mental health. The film immerses the audience in Mike's epic five crossings, encompassing over 300 kilometers of open water paddling with his dedicated crossings team. Together these strangers come together and form an inseparable bond as they face and conquer obstacles from boats breaking down, medical emergencies to hallucinations and everything in between.

Directed by: Matthew Wagner.

Preceded by the short documentary FUNCTIONAL ART from the same Director.

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**Michigan Premiere**

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself. Shuchi Talati’s debut film offers a sensitive and distinctive take on the fraught dynamics between mothers and daughters.  Fresh off it’s premiere at Sundance, this is GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS first screenings in Michigan.

In English and Hindi with subtitles.

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**This film is sponsored by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Land Grant office. Saginaw Chippewa Tribal members and SCTC students will be admitted to this screening free of charge.**

By fusing journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late. Appearances by Woody Harrelson, Jason Momoa, Laura Dern, Rosario Dawson, and Donald Glover.

Directed by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell

LA VOIX DES AUTRES - Fatima Kaci

AFTER THE STORM - Brice Veneziano

BAZIGAGA - Jo Ingabire Moys

WET POWDER - Eli Garcia

INDIAN SUMMERS - Nicolas Houver

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Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.

Directed by Robert Kolodny.

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Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.

Directed by Julio Torres.

Rated R

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Due to the travel ban imposed in Iran in 2017, immigrants were forced to cross the border illegally into the United States. This is the story of an Iranian man’s multiple attempts to cross over the border from Mexico to the U.S. in pursuit of a better life.

Directed by Ali Atshani.

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GIFT - Yuichiro Nakada

SWIMIMING IN THE DARK - Pin Ru Chen

THE AFTERLIFE PHOTO - Tatsuaki Mizoi

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Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.

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Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past.

PERFECT DAYS was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, and for the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Kôji Yakusho (Named Best Actor at Cannes)

In Japanese with English subtitles

Rated PG

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Short fictional films that tell fictional stories that focus on World War II and it’s aftermath.

WARPIGS - Giacomo Pellegrini

HOMEFRONT - Brandon Brefka

JUST A FRIDAY - Jacqueline May

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Student-made shorts from Central Michigan University. This is a FREE event.

GNOSIS - Peaches Wilczak

REVERIE - Alexander Maxwell Adam

MIMEO - Mike Horbatiuk

ENTITY UNKNOWN - Ryan Glant

VIRUS.EXE - Brandon Cliburn

UNMASKED - John Joseph Criger

FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF - Jake Swope

Destined to be remembered as one of the great films about the meaning, texture, and experience of food, this sumptuous, exceptionally well-crafted work, set in late 19th-century France, stars Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel (married, decades ago, in real life) as Eugénie, a cook, and Dodin, the gourmet chef she has been working with for 20 years. As they reach middle age, they can no longer deny their mutual romantic feelings, which have so long been concentrated in their passionate professionalism. This simple narrative—based upon Marcel Rouff’s 1924 novel La passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet—sets the table for a sublime, sense-heightening exploration of pleasure, in which the play of sunlight across a late-afternoon kitchen is as meaningful as the image of a perfectly poached pear or the crisp of a buoyant vol-au-vent. Director Trân Anh Hùng won the Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for his bravura, scrupulously deployed feat of epicurean cinema.

Directed by Anh Hung Tran.

In French with English subtitles

Rated PG-13

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**Michigan Premiere**

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself. Shuchi Talati’s debut film offers a sensitive and distinctive take on the fraught dynamics between mothers and daughters.  Fresh off it’s premiere at Sundance, this is GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS first screenings in Michigan.

In English and Hindi with subtitles.

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Short films showcasing varieties of dances.

FROTH - Elias Djemil

MOTEUR SYNCHRONE - Jamie Lee

CATS. WHY DO WE NEED THEM? - Liumila Komrakova

CORE OF A NATURE - Felix Nguyen

SOLSTICE - Zachary Chant