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"With more than 130 films to choose from, deciding which ones to catch at the Connecticut Film Festival this week is no easy task. The films range from artistic foreign films, to low-budget gross-out comedies, to documentaries and family movies. There's almost guaranteed to be something for everyone -- you just have to know how to find it. One way is to search the Film Festival Web site ( www.ctfilmfest.com), but just in case you don't have time, here are some films that caught our eye. \"August Rush\" Thursday, 7 p.m., Palace TheaterYes, you can rent this family film about an orphan searching for his parents from Netflix, but you can't sit down with one of its writers afterward and ask him questions. Following the screening of \"August Rush,\" writer James V. Hart will be doing a Q&A session. He's also the writer for \"Hook\" and \"Contact\" so get your questions ready. \"The Baker\" Thursday, 8:30 p.m., Ives Manor; Friday, 8:15 p.m., WCSU Student Center Theater If mafia action-comedies are your thing, then you'll definitely want to check out \"The Baker,\" the story of a hit man on the lam who goes to a small Irish village to hide out. Once in the village, he's mistaken for the new town baker, only he doesn't know how to bake. That turns out to be the least of his problems. The film stars Damian Lewis (NBC's \"Life\" ) and Michael Gambon (Dumbledore from the \" Harry Potter\" movies). \"Queer Duck\" Friday, 3:15 p.m., Palace Theater \" Simpsons\" writer Mike Reiss penned this feature-length animated musical about Queer Duck and his gay animal pals, Openly Gator and Bi Polar Bear. This cartoon was named by British TV viewers as \"One of the 100 Greatest Cartoons of All Time.\" Reiss will be hand for the screening and Q&A afterward. \"Fados\" Friday, 8:30 p.m., Palace Theater Director Carlos Saura brings the music of Portugal to the screen in this experimental musical. Using Lisbon as a backdrop, Portugal's most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy) is explored. Tracing its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern faudistas, each song is framed by a dramatic scene, ranging from a campfire ringed by sinuous dancers to a balletic cat fight between two jealous women. \"Tulpan\" Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Palace Theater If you're not put off by slow-paced films and are impressed by beautiful landscapes and cinematography, then \"Tulpan\" might be up your alley. Winner of the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes (France) Film Festival and the best film and best director winner at the Tokyo Film Festival, \"Tulpan\" tells the story of a young man who goes to the inhospitable landscape of the Hunger Steppe in Southern Kazakhstan to become a shepherd. But before he can become a shepherd, he must win the hand of the only eligible bachelorette for miles -- his alluringly mysterious neighbor, Tulpan. \"Children of Invention\" Saturday, 8 p.m., Palace Theater Directed by Tzu Chen, \"Children of Invention\" tells the story of two young children who live outside Boston and must fend for themselves after their mother gets embroiled in a pyramid scheme and disappears. The film premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival; it also won special jury prizes at the 2009 San Francisco International Asian American and Sarasota (Fla.) film festivals. \"The Magistical\" Sunday, 1 p.m., Palace Theater If you're looking for family fare, then this animated adventure might be the answer. The Magistical was chosen to watch over all living things. When the evil Draken uses a spell the Magistical created for evil and the Magistical dies, the fate of the world rests on the small apprentice Foible. But in order to win, Foible first has to learn to trust himself. DOCUMENTARIES \"Pitching Man\" Thursday, 5:45 p.m., City Hall Meeting Room, third floor Satchel Paige was born with an overpowering fastball, plus wit and charm that infused his larger-than-life personality. The baseball legend battled racism and played in the Negro Leagues when baseball was segregated, before entering the Major Leagues as a 42-year-old rookie in 1948. Filmmaker and baseball historian Craig Davidson of Westport brings Paige's remarkable story to life in \"Pitching Man.\" \"Throw It Down\" Thursday, 8:30 p.m., City Hall Meeting Room, third floor Think a film about a drum and bugle corps sounds boring, think again. Director John Maher of Redding takes viewers inside the high-octane world of competitive drum corps and gives viewers insight into the dedication, hardships, triumphs and failures of a group of people who have sacrificed so much in the pursuit of a common goal. \"Garbage Dreams\" Friday, 8:15 p.m., Ives Manor; Saturday, 1 p.m., Heirloom Arts Theater The recent winner of the Al Gore Reel Current Award at the Nashville (Tenn.) Film Festival, \"Garbage Dreams,\" follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade in the world's largest garbage village on the rarely seen outskirts of Cairo, home to 60,000 Zaballeen, which is Arabic for \"garbage people.\" The people survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect, but today they are being challenged by foreign garbage companies."
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