The funniest opening night film -- "The Politics of Preschool" -- won't be screened at the festival any more, but you can see it on director Heidi Van Lier's myspace page. I'm providing the link at left. I met Heidi and her husband/filmmaking partner Joe Kraemer last night. Their daughter, Maisy, stars in the film, but this is not like watching home videos of someone else's kid. It's really hilarious, and a little scary. Van Lier said she made the film when her daughter started preschool, and she (Van Lier) witnessed the emergence of personalities. You could see, she told the opening night audience, just where each of these kids was headed when they grew up. Her myspace page has a couple of other films, which I haven't had time to see. While Politics of Preschool is a G, however, Kraemer warns that "Chi Girl" is a "definite R." If you get there before me, tell the rest of us about her other movies.
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