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@wifilmfest I'm having a problem buying individual tickets after I've used to my Holiday 10 Pack. Please advise?

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While I can appreciate the subtlety of this year's trailer, I really feel that @wifilmfest missed a trick by not "sticking a fork in it" for the Day Eight cake image. #wifilmfest

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SANCTUARY: I really regret having seen the trailer before watching this, so all I'll say is: if you liked both SECRETARY and KNIVES OUT, you will probably like this movie. 4/5. #wifilmfest

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CHOP AND STEELE: Hilarious documentary following the creators of @foundfootage and the lawsuit against them for pranking morning news shows around the country with their comedy strongmen characters. 5/5. #wifilmfest

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STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF: A dramatic reenactment of a retired man who lost everything to phone scammers, with the victim and his family playing themselves. Touching and engaging. 4/5. #wifilmfest

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If you do have a dark sense of humor suited to the Scandinavian style, I highly recommend AALTRA or IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE, both amazing #wifilmfest selections from years past.

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SICK OF MYSELF: When Scandinavians do black comedy, they go black as PITCH. Spotlight-seeking woman graduates from attention-seeking lies to Munchausen syndrome, destroying her health in pursuit of attention. 3/5. #wifilmfest

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A WORLD FOR JULIUS: The classic struggle between Upstairs and Downstairs, and a little boy growing up between them. Set in 1950s Peru, the art direction is gorgeous, but the story overwrought. 3/5. #wifilmfest

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WITHOUT HER: Taut, Hitchcockian story of an Iranian woman who thinks an amnesiac stranger is trying to steal her life. Is it gaslighting or psychosis? If you watch this on a double feature with BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, you'll never trust anyone again. 3/5. #wifilmfest

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Note: This comes from the maker of STRAWBERRY MANSION, a great selection from WFF last year, which I highly recommend checking out of you missed it. #wifilmfest

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MARGIE SOUDEK'S SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS: A documentary short centered around the director's grandmother's collection, but also starring the modern filmmaking process, which was a great contrast to that of 50 years ago, seen in HOLLYWOOD 90028. 4/5. #wifilmfest

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ZOO LOCKDOWN: A look at the animals of the Salzburg Zoo (and a skeleton crew of zookeepers) at the beginning of the pandemic. Gentle but entertaining. 3/5. #wifilmfest

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HOLLYWOOD 90028: This vintage 1974 exploitation film written and directed by a woman focuses on the city, the film industry and, incidentally, a serial strangler in the porn industry. 3/5. #wifilmfest

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VIKING: A dark comedy about a simulated mission to Mars, with volunteers playing the real astronauts currently on planet, designed to help solve interpersonal issues during the mission. 4/5. #wifilmfest

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CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN: Documentary about a filmmaker who decides to give a kidney to a stranger. A decent watch, and an interesting concept, but I prefer her work on HAIL SATAN? 3/5 #wifilmfest

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BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN: Several short stories by Haruki Murakami were squished together to make this dream-like full-length animated feature. It is no coincidence that pot is super legal in the Netherlands, where this was animated. 4/5. #wifilmfest

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Hey, Parents! Don't forget: just because a film is animated does not mean it's suited to kids! #wifilmfest

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THE NIGHT OF THE TWELFTH: A French police procedural about the investigation of a grisly murder, and how cold cases can haunt the people trying to solve them. 4/5. #wifilmfest

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THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH: Don't be fooled; the title is super ironic. A Sarajevo speed dating event becomes the scene for trauma processing and forgiveness between a child soldier and the girl he shot in the war 30 years earlier. 4/5. #wifilmfest