From executive producer Emma Thompson and director Felipe Bustos Sierra, Everybody To Kenmure Street was Opening Film at MSPIFF45 and tells a remarkable story of resistance, community care, and the power of everyday people coming together to fight injustice.

In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office dawn immigration raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighborhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbors. One man forces his way under the van to prevent it from leaving. Dozens, hundreds, and then thousands of people pour in, filming, chanting, and blockading the van in solidarity.

Celebrate International Apostrophe Day with REBEL WITH A CLAUSE filmmaker Brandt Johnson and the film's subject, Ellen Jovin! Starting at noon, you are invited to visit Ellen at her acclaimed grammar advice stand, where she will answer grammar questions, resolve family grammar disputes, and take complaints. After the screening, please stick around for a Q&A with Brandt and Ellen, followed by a book signing of Ellen’s national bestseller.

A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on an epic road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.

Directors Shiva Krish (Amma's Pride) and Matylda Kawka (My Sunnyside) attending.

The Transforming Family Cinema Series brings together three intimate independent films showcasing narratives about trans allyship within a family. In a moment when trans lives are too often reduced to political talking points or tragic headlines, these films offer a rare chance to see trans people falling in love, raising families, navigating faith and living their life.