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Film/Video AFRICA CROSSING APRIL 6-19, 2002 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, TICKETS TO INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS ARE $8 ($7 SENIORS/ STUDENTS WITH CURRENT ID; $6 WALKER AND UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY [UFS] MEMBERS WITH MEMBERSHIP CARD). AFRICA CROSSING TICKETS AND FESTIVAL PASSES: 612.375.7622  |
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE 20TH ANNUAL MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The 20th Annual Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival (April 5-20) includes more than 120 films from some 50 countries. The films selected for Africa Crossing combine the strengths of the oral tradition of storytelling with a global cinematic vision. The program--part travelogue spanning the African continent, part cultural exchange or spiritual meeting--offers a starting point for an enriching palaver about the world we inhabit and the similarities and differences between "here" and "there." Featured are films from Morocco, Algeria, South Africa, Chad, Rwanda, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Egypt.
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The Walker box office will handle ticketing for Walker screenings and festival passes only. Tickets for Walker screenings can be purchased in advance. Tickets to screenings at all other venues are available at each site's box office, Ruminator Books, and Dinkytown News. Off-site box offices open 45 minutes before each show time. Members must show membership card to receive discount.
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PASSES Gold Pass (valid for all films and events): $120 ($100)* |
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| Green Pass (valid for all films, except opening and closing nights): $105 ($75)* | |
| Cheaper-by-the-Dozen (valid for 12 films): $72 ($60)* | |
| Five-Film Discount Pass (valid for 5 films): $32 ($25)* | |
| * ($) = price for Walker and UFS members with membership card | |
| Note: Festival passes allow priority access to screenings but do
not guarantee seating. Pass holders may reserve tickets for Walker
screenings in advance by calling the Walker box office. Seating is
on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early. All festival passes
and tickets are nonrefundable. Passes will be valid for "Best of Fest"
program (April 21-25). SPECIAL EVENTS Opening-Night Gala at the Historic State Theatre on Friday, April 5: cocktails in the lobby, 6:30 pm; screenings, 7:30 pm: $12 ($10)* Closing Night on Saturday, April 20: $9 ($8)* Ticket prices for off-site festival programs more than 3 1/2 hours in length are $10 ($9 seniors/students with current ID; $8 Walker and UFS members with membership card). Off-site programs of less than 1 hour are $6 ($5 seniors/students with current ID; $4 Walker and UFS members with membership card). |
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FESTIVAL OFF-SITE SCREENING LOCATIONS BELL AUDITORIUM 612.627.4430 Corner of 17th and University Avenues S.E., U of M East Bank campus, Minneapolis |
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| HEIGHTS
THEATRE
763.788.9079 2951 Central Avenue N.E., Columbia Heights |
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| HISTORIC
STATE THEATRE
612.339.7007 805 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis |
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| LAGOON
CINEMA
612.825.6006 1320 Lagoon Avenue, Minneapolis |
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| METROPOLITAN
STATE UNIVERSITY--ASIAN MEDIA ACCESS
612.376.7715 St. Paul campus, 700 East 7th Street |
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| OAK
STREET CINEMA
612.331.3134 209 Oak Street S.E., Minneapolis |
FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Festival catalogues will be available at each venue the first week of April. For an online schedule, visit www.ufilm.org. For more information, call the 24-hour festival hotline at 612.627.4430. See the pull-out festival section in the April 3 issue of City Pages.
AFRICA CROSSING IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE BUSH FOUNDATION. SPECIAL THANKS TO MAHEN BONETTI (AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK), SIMON FIELD AND SANDRA DEN HAMER (INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM), MARIANNE BHALOTTA (HUBERT BALS FUND), DESIREE MARKGRAAF (BOMB, JOHANNESBURG), AND MARTIAL KNAEBEL (FRIBOURG FILM FESTIVAL).