The Tucson Film Festival this weekend celebrates its 20th year with Arizona premieres of several films on a lineup that includes seven feature films.
The festival from Friday, Nov. 8 through Sunday, Nov. 10, also will feature 22 short films at The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress St. Films will be screened at 7:30 p.m. each night.
Harvey Keitel plays a mysterious preacher in “Laws of Man,” which will screen on the Tucson Film Festival preview night Thursday, Nov. 8, at The Roadhouse Cinema.
At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, the festival will host a preview night and awards ceremony with the Arizona premiere of “Laws of Man,” starring Harvey Keitel. The movie screens at The Roadhouse Cinema, 4811 E. Grant Road, and tickets are $12 through roadhousecinemas.com.
The festival, formerly known as the Tucson Film & Music Festival, opens on Friday with the Arizona premiere of “Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story,” the Andrew Reich (NBC’s “Friends”) documentary about the Hawthorne, California, pop-punk band considered one of the most influential bands to come out of the West Coast in the past 50 years. The band, which still performs today, influenced such bands as Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
Reich will be on hand to answer questions after the screening.
On Saturday, Tucson audiences will be the first in the state to see “Max Dagan,” written and directed by Terre Weisman. The film follows Max Dagan, who sets out to uncover the truth after his father is sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter. The film stars Rob Morrow (“Northern Exposure”), Zachary Gordon (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) and Michael Madsen (“Kill Bill Vol. 1”).
The filmmakers will hold a Q&A following the screening.
The festival concludes Sunday with Jeremy Power Regimbal’s documentary “Between the Mountains and the Sky,” which follows CNN Hero of the Year Maggie Doyne’s personal journey and work helping orphaned children in Nepal.
Maggie Doyne and the filmmaker will be available afterward to answer questions.
For a full schedule of the films, visit tucsonfilmfestival.net.
Tickets are $10 in advance at tucsonfilmfestival.eventbrite.com.
