With each passing year, the Maryland Film Festival in Baltimore gets bigger and bigger. National filmmakers with Baltimore roots, like Barry Levinson and John Waters, usually take part, and the festival offers an eclectic mix of big-budget, high-profile films and smaller, independent projects. The 2009 Maryland Film Festival promises to be one of the most intriguing yet.
The majority of films are presented by their directors, although some are presented by guests, to whom the film has special meaning.
Lights, camera, action!
Tickets
Advanced tickets can be purchased online, or by calling 410-752-8083. Tickets also can be purchased at the door.
Prices
- Individual: $10
- Student/Senior: $8
- Opening night screening and party: $65
- Closing night screening and party: $25
- Alloy Orchestra, silent film: $15
- Three movie pass: $20
Venues
- Charles Theater, 1711 N. Charles St.
- Maryland Institute College of Art, Brown Center, 1301 Mount Royal Ave.
- University of Baltimore Student Center, 21 W. Mount Royal Ave.
2009 Schedule
May 7, 2009
Opening Night Shorts, hosted by Bobcat Goldthwait - 8:00 p.m., MICA Brown Center
May 8, 2009
SHORTS: Animated Shorts - 11:30 a.m., Charles Theater 3
Greek Pete - 11:30 a.m., MICA Brown Center
Modern Love Is Automatic - 12:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Garbage Dreams - 12:30 p.m., Charles Theater 2
St. Nick, 12:30 p.m. - Charles Theater 5
Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight - 1:30 p.m., MICA Brown Center
SHORTS: Avant-Garde Shorts - 1:30 p.m., Charles Theater 3
SHORTS: Worlds Past and Future Shorts - 2:00 p.m., UB Student Center
Agnès Varda's The Beaches of Agnès - 2:00 p.m., Charles Theater 1
Invisible Girlfriend - 2:30 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Rocaterrania - 3:00 p.m., Charles Theater 5
It was great, but I was ready to come home - 3:00 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Racing Dreams - 4:00 p.m., MICA Brown Center
Immokalee U.S.A. - 4:00 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Off-Center News: The work of Cinematographer/Producer Ray Farkas (guest-host Seth Goldman) - 4:30 p.m., UB Student Center
Overbrook Brothers, The - 4:30 p.m., Charles Theater 1
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo - 5:00 p.m., Charles Theater 2
SHORTS: Return to the Planet of WTF Shorts - 5:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Lightning Salad Moving Picture - 5:30 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Least of These, The. Screening with: Aliens Among Us - 6:30 p.m., MICA Brown Center
One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story - 6:30 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Bonecrusher - 7:00 p.m., UB Student Center
John Waters' 2009 pick - Love Songs - 7:00 p.m., Charles Theater 1
SHORTS: This Is Your Brain on Shorts - 7:30 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Make-Out with Violence - 7:30 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Punching the Clown - 8:00 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 - 9:00 p.m., MICA Brown Center
You Might As Well Live - 9:00 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Munyurangabo - 9:30 p.m., Charles Theater 1
SHORTS: These People Have Issues Shorts - 9:30 p.m., UB Student Center
Seventh Moon - 10:00 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Mock Up on Mu - 10:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Alexander the Last - 10:30 p.m., Charles Theater 5
May 9, 2009
You Wont Miss Me - 11:00 a.m., Charles Theater 2
Lake Tahoe - 11:00 a.m., Charles Theater 5
SHORTS: Mood and Movement Shorts - 11:00 a.m., Charles Theater 3
Inferno, presented in 3-D - 11:30 a.m., Charles Theater 1
Least of These, The. Screening with: Aliens Among Us - 11:30 a.m., MICA Brown Center
One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story - 12:00 p.m., UB Student Center
SHORTS: Documentary Shorts Program 1 - 12:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Homegrown - 1:30 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Stingray Sam - 1:30 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Blind Loves - 1:30 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Funny Bones (guest-hosted by Laura Lippman) - 2:00 p.m., Charles Theater 1
Garbage Dreams - 2:00 p.m., MICA Brown Center
SHORTS: Narrative Shorts Program 1 - 2:30 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Strongman - 3:30 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Eat, For This Is My Body - 4:00 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Nina Simone: La Légende (Guest-hosted by Ian MacKaye) - 4:00 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Alexander the Last - 4:30 p.m., MICA Brown Center
Somers Town - 5:00 p.m., Charles Theater 1
SHORTS: Narrative Shorts Program 2 - 5:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Daytime Drinking - 6:30 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love - 6:30 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Lightning Salad Moving Picture - 6:30 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Make-Out with Violence - 7:00 p.m., MICA Brown Center
World's Greatest Dad - 7:30 p.m., Charles Theater 1
SHORTS: Avant-Garde Shorts - 7:30 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Paranoids, The - 9:00 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Teplitz: The Tyranny of Paradox - 9:00 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Greek Pete - 9:30 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Modern Love Is Automatic - 9:30 p.m., MICA Brown Center
SHORTS: Animated Shorts - 10:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Not Quite Hollywood - 10:00 p.m., Charles Theater 1
May 10, 2009
Man With a Movie Camera (w/ live music from Alloy Orchestra) - 11:00 a.m., Charles Theater 1
St. Nick - 11:00 a.m., Charles Theater 5
SHORTS: Worlds Past and Future Shorts - 11:00 a.m., Charles Theater 4
SHORTS: Documentary Shorts Program 2 - 11:30 a.m., Charles Theater 3
Invisible Girlfriend - 11:30 a.m., UB Student Center
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo - 12:00 p.m., MICA Brown Center
It was great, but I was ready to come home. - 1:00 p.m., Charles Theater 2
SHORTS: These People Have Issues Shorts - 1:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Rocaterrania - 1:30 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Bonecrusher - 1:30 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Treeless Mountain - 2:00 p.m., Charles Theater 1
Stingray Sam - 2:00 p.m., UB Student Center
You Wont Miss Me - 2:30 p.m., MICA Brown Center
Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, The - 3:00 p.m., Charles Theater 2
SHORTS: Return to the Planet of WTF Shorts - 3:00 p.m., Charles Theater 4
You Might As Well Live - 3:30 p.m., Charles Theater 5
Immokalee U.S.A. - 3:30 p.m., Charles Theater 3
Punching the Clown - 4:00 p.m., UB Student Center
Overbrook Brothers, The - 4:30 p.m., Charles Theater 1
PoliWood - 5:00 p.m., MICA Brown Center - Nollywood Babylon - 5:30 p.m., Charles Theater 2
Agnès Varda's The Beaches of Agnès - 5:30 p.m., Charles Theater 4
Closing Night: The Hurt Locker - 7:30 p.m., Charles Theater 1
