Fall film festival: Twin Cities Film Festival

May 18, 2012 at 2:13PM
Lee Hirsch, director of "The Bully Project," spoke to audiences at the 2011 Twin Cities Film Festival.
Lee Hirsch, director of “The Bully Project,” spoke to audiences at the 2011 Twin Cities Film Festival. (Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A recent arrival on the local scene, this festival branches out beyond the expected range of docs, international offerings, new-media panels and Minnesota-made movies. It has also forged partnerships with Paramount, Fox, Magnolia Pictures, Summit Entertainment and other majors as a launching pad for such big-ticket studio features as "50/50," "Machine Gun Preacher" and "Like Crazy." That means a chance to meet the talent and to glimpse awards season hopefuls on the early side -- the festival gave Lee Hirsch's "The Bully Project" its Minnesota debut in 2011.

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