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Which will include Coppola's Tetro which premiers at Cannes for a total of 392 films which includes 31 world premiers and 203 narrative features. Man, Siff always has good stuff, I wish I could go. Any writers in Seattle want to provide coverage for us?

Check out some of the premiers after the break.

World Premieres

Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle, directed by Kevin Tomlinson (USA, 2009)

Dancing Across Borders, directed by Anne H. Bass (USA/Cambodia, 2009)

Facing Ali, directed by Pete McCormack (Canada, 2009)

The Hills Run Red, directed by Dave Parker (USA, 2009)

Icons Among Us, directed by Michael Rivoira, Lars Larson, Peter J. Vogt (USA, 2009)

I’m No Dummy, directed by Bryan W. Simon (USA, 2009)

Pop Star On Ice, directed by David Barba (USA/Canada/Russia/Japan, 2009)

The Spy and the Sparrow, directed by Garrett Bennett (USA, 2009)

talhotblond, directed by Barbara Schroeder (USA, 2008)

The Whole Truth, directed by Colleen Patrick (USA,...

2009 Torino Glbt Film Festival: Catalonian filmmaker Ventura Pons (above right, with festival director Giovanni Minerba) presents his latest feature, Forasters / Strangers. Pons, among whose credits are Actresses (1997), Caresses (1998), Food of Love (2002), and Barcelona, a Map (2007), was also given a special award for his contributions to gay cinema. (Photo: M. Maldonado.) In Strangers, a traditional family goes through two traumatic experiences over the course of four decades. First, one family members passes away; later on, their apparent familial harmony is disrupted by the arrival of two neighbors, strangers. Directed and adapted by Ventura Pons from a play by Sergi Belbel, Strangers stars Anna Lizaran, Joan Pera, Manel Barceló, Aida Oset, Dafnis Balduz, and Nao Albet.  ...