Selection of the three can't-miss films to see each day of the festival. Choose any day of the festival above to view our choices.

While Brad waits for the cable guy and his wife Lexi heads off to work, the unimaginable happens: Los Angeles is hit with a series of dirty bombs, and the city descends into chaos. Alone, with no clear information or help forthcoming, Brad is forced to make a series of difficult choices, often between his better impulses and his own survival. Re-imagining the disaster genre with low-budget ingenuity, writer/director Chris Gorak keeps a tight focus on the panicked and isolated Brad, drawing the audience into tense complicity. 96 min.

Everyday before sunrise, Ahmad stocks his silver vending cart with bagels and coffee and heads out into the grey morning. A widower trying to eke out a living and re-establish contact with his es-tranged young son, he is just another anonymous working New Yorker until a chance meeting with a Pakistani businessman seems to offer a chance for change. Director Ramin Bahrani subtly cap-tures the intimate details of Ahmad’s working day and the murky hours between midnight and dawn when he might begin to dream of better times. 87 min.