12 great movies this Sat. only at KIFF film fest--from aliens to evil Monsanto to sneak peek six weeks early of the Churchill movie: Darkest Hour. Free ticket offer!!

No need to go to KCI--travel the world from your seat at the Glenwood Arts, 95th & Mission (lower level of Ranchmart).  190 films, between Fri. Nov 3 and Thurs. Nov. 9. This weekend will be wild, like Sundance, see www.kansasfilm.com for schedule.  If you'd like two free tickets for a movie Mon-Thursday, email JocoPost@gmail.com and I will email you a confirmation with ticket numbers to be held in your name at Will Call at the Glenwood Arts.  (Offer expires when I give away a bunch of tickets.)  Include your name and phone or text number. Come “Around the World in Seven Days”. The 17th annual Kansas International Film Festival glides into the weekend with provocative shorts, soul-stirring documentaries, hearty features, cultural performances, gritty panels, you name it. Eager filmmakers are stewards through their films with Q&A sessions as we celebrate the rising artist. They are integral to our flourishing film community. Visit us at kansasfilm.com for departure times and thank you for soaring with air KIFF 2017.

The Aliens * Saturday 12:15 PM   Nov 4 * Talent to attend Jacob waits every Saturday night in the desert waiting for extra-terrestrials to arrive. One night, a Mexican coyote, Maria, walks into his campsite leading a group of travelers across the desert. As their unlikely relationship develops, Jacob must choose whether to continue to believe in the aliens above he has never seen or to pursue the illegal alien that keeps walking into his campsite week after week.  Director: Byron Yee  Rating: N/A  Running Time:01:45:00  Country: USA Tickets The Leisure Seeker Saturday 2:40 PM Nov 4 Leisure Seeker stars Academy Award-Winner Helen Mirren and two-time Golden Globe-winner Donald Sutherland as a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful, old RV they call The Leisure Seeker. This voyage from Boston to The Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, is full of surprises, including recapturing a passion for life and a rekindling of their love for one another. Director: Paolo Virzi  Rating: R  Running Time: 02:32:00  Country: Italy/France Tickets International Shorts #1 * Saturday 5:15 PM Nov 4 * Talent to attend Black Cat (Australia) (13:43 min), Forgive Me Father (Canada) (13 min), Love Her (Israel) (19:15 min), OFlag (Canada) (15 min), The Angry Men (Italy) (18 min), The Rifle, The Jackal, The Wolf And The Boy (Lebanon) (19 min) Tickets D-Love * Saturday 7:15 PM Nov 4 * Talent to attend A couple with longstanding marital issues lands at LAX after a getaway in Europe. For a few years now, Stefania has been working a job she detests and Dan hasn’t worked at all. Their palpable strain is only made worse when a Danish vagabond, asks for a ride to the busiest freeway in Los Angeles. Stefania doesn’t want to have anything to do with the wanderer, but her husband Dan, much to his wife’s horror, offers to bring this total stranger to their home. How will this affect the couple?  The director invites you on a 3 day journey, seen through Stefania’s eyes, to view and discover that desired change doesn’t always come in the package that we want or expect.  Director: Elena Beuca  Rating: N/A  Running Time: 01:36:49 Country: USA/Romania Tickets Opening Night Party Saturday 9:30-12 Grünauer Restaurant | 101 W. 22nd St. |  KCMO  64108 Travel with us to kick off our 17th year supporting independent films in the Kansas City area. Code Of Survival-or the End Of Genetic Engineering Saturday 12:25 PM Nov 4 Code of Survival” documents three sustainable agriculture projects in India, Egypt and Germany that confront the global standard of using “Roundup” with its active and deadly crop desiccant glyphosate. Be stirred as the soil transforms from poison-addicted to organic and alive. Director: Bertram Verhaag  Rating: N/A  Running Time:1:37:42  Country: Germany Tickets KIFF Local Shorts #1 * Saturday 2:50 PM Nov 4 * Talent to attend “Forgotten Farms” turns a lens on the beloved dairy farm as it’s replaced by the trendy farm-to-table, farmer’s market and CSA models. “Forgotten Farms” examines this transition, illuminating the need to preserve the declining dairy farm— the backbone of the New England region— and rely on all farms for food production and, ultimately, population survival.  Director:Dave Simonds  Rating: N/A  Running Time: 01:15:00  Country: USA Tickets Mommy's Land * Saturday 5:20 PM Nov 4 * Talent to attend Mommy’s Land documents Cambodia’s strongman government stealing land from the poor, pocketing U.S. money meant for development, and getting away with millions. That is, until they find themselves up against a poor, elderly grandmother who will fight to the death to save her home… and her country.  Director: Garret Atlakson  Rating: N/A  Running Time: 01:03:20  Country: Cambodia Tickets Darkest Hour Saturday 7:25 PM Nov 4 Starring Academy Award Nominee Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, The Darkest Hour takes place during the four weeks in 1940 when, with Nazi forces advancing and the Allied Army trapped on the beaches at Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe is tied to the leadership of newly-appointed British Prime Minister Churchill. To try to save the British people, the fabled British leader must either negotiate with Hitler or rally the nation against incredible odds, and fight.  Director: Joe Wright  Rating: PG-13  Running Time: 02:05:00 Country: UK Tickets Relationship Shorts * Saturday 12:30 PM  Nov 4 * Talent to attend A Couple (France) (2:57 min), A Lotta Life (USA) (14:03min), Aftermath (Germany) (10:15min), Congratulations(USA) (6 min), F**k You Very Much (Germany) (13:25min), Once Upon a Dream (Belgium/France) (13:25 min), The Light in the Afternoon (France) (15 min), Timeless Charms(United Kingdom) (1:47 min), Whoever Was Using This Bed(Australia) (20 min) Tickets Forgotten Farms Saturday 3:00 PM Nov 4 “Forgotten Farms” turns a lens on the beloved dairy farm as it’s replaced by the trendy farm-to-table, farmer’s market and CSA models. “Forgotten Farms” examines this transition, illuminating the need to preserve the declining dairy farm— the backbone of the New England region— and rely on all farms for food production and, ultimately, population survival.  Director:Dave Simonds  Rating: N/A  Running Time: 01:15:00  Country: USA Tickets The Weight of Honor * Saturday 5:25 PM Nov 4 * Talent to attend THE WEIGHT OF HONOR follows the lives of the caregivers of veterans who have been catastrophically wounded in America’s longest war. We see how their lives are transformed overnight to 24/7 caregivers tasked with caring for their war-wounded. Filmed over five years, the documentary reveals the family dynamic, their relationships before the wounds of war, and now, the uncertainties that lie ahead.  Director: Stephanie Seldin Howard  Rating: N/A  Running Time: 00:56:00  Country: USA Tickets Animation Shorts #1 Saturday 7:30 PM Nov 4 Adija (USA) (4:08min), Back in Fashion (Spain) (8:23 min), Change (Singapore) (5:15 min), Citipati (Germany) (6:50 min), First Bloom (China) (4:37 min), Hope (Switzerland) (6:02min), In Exile(Republic of Moldova) (11 min), Karma (USA) (3:48 min), Pittari (USA) (4 min), Ragnarok (Lithuania) (7:48 min), Red Fat Cat (Germany) (9:44min), The Art of Aping (India) (4:49min) Tickets