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.

“It’s a strange world,” muses Lumberton resident Jeffrey Beaumont, but he has no idea just how strange until he embarks on a twisted odyssey through his small town’s pitch-dark underworld to find the owner of a severed human ear. Two decades after it first stunned audiences, David Lynch’s signature work has lost none of its power. It remains as potently bizarre, violent and audacious today as it was then. Lynch will appear in person at this special screening honoring the 20th anniversary of his surreal American Gothic classic. 121 min.

Acclaimed documentarian Kirby Dick thrusts his head into the lion’s mouth with his latest work, an engrossing and witty investigation of the Motion Picture Association of America, its rating system and its shocking influence on American culture. Dick starts out asking a few simple questions and ends up spearheading a covert, private investiga-tion of the organization and its anonymous board members. Mingling the thoughts of the best indie filmmakers with the mounting investigation, Dick reveals the MPAA as an insidious censor with the unique power to control what American sees. 97 min.