The inaugural edition of the Cincinnati International Film Festival has added more films and workshops to the program for Oct. 19-21 at the Esquire Theatre and Cincinnati Museum Center.

        Tickets are on sale for the Oct. 19 black-tie gala at the Museum Center, featuring a salute to Cincinnati native Doris Day, hosted by Nick Clooney. Ms. Day will not be present, but is expected to appear in a video greeting shot from her California home.

        Tickets are $125 per person, and should be ordered no later thanWednesday by calling 683-8317.

        Still subject to revision, the program also includes:

Foreign films

        • The North American premier of The Inheritance (A Partilha), a bittersweet comedy about sisters coping with the death of their mother, from Brazilian TV actor/director Daniel Filho.

        • How Harry Became a Tree, director Goran Paskaljevic's entry from the Toronto Film Festival, about an Irishman who starts a feud to give his life meaning.

        • Winner of the best first feature at the Venice Film Festival, Thomas in Love, a French film from director Pierre-Paul Renders about an agoraphobic man who becomes obsessed with cybersex.

        • Marshal Tito's Spirit, director Vinko Bresan's tale of a Croatian village rumored to harbor the ghost of the former Yugoslavian dictator.

        • Bloody Angels, a controversial Norwegian film from director Karin Julsrud about a detective investigating the murder in a remote rural town of a girl with Down syndrome.

        Foreign films will be shown at the Esquire, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. Admission is $6. For dates and show times, call 281-8750 or visit www.esquiretheatre.com.

Workshops

        Workshops are scheduled for Oct. 20, on selling scripts with local writer/director Greg Newberry, on cinematography with Perfect Game director of photography John Gunselman, and on post-production tools. A free high-definition demonstration is also planned.

        Sessions are $25 each or all three for $55.

        Admission is free to a pair of Oct. 21 sessions, on production insurance, and reality TV with Kate Pahls of The Mole.

        To register, call 379-6462 or drop a line to info@CincinnatiFilm.com.

Family films

        Perfect Game, a baseball movie written and directed by TV veteran Dan Guntzelman and filmed by his cinematographer brother John Gunselman of Anderson Township (the brothers spell their last name differently), will get its first local theatrical screening at the festival.

        The live-action baseball movie will have multiple showings, as will previously announced children's films, Babar: King of the Elephants, Ra Tim Bum Castle, No More Baths, The Wind in the Willows and a collection of international short films.

        Family films will be shown at both the Esquire and Museum Center. Admission is $5 for children 12 and younger, $7 for adults.

Other projects

        Short films by Cincinnati filmmaker and actress Paula Price, former Cincinnatian Michael Spitz and Chicago filmmaker Samantha Sanders are scheduled to be shown. Other works by local filmmakers may be added.

        Contact Margaret A. McGurk by phone: 768-8517; fax: 768-8330; e-mail mmcgurk@enquirer.com.
       

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