Sarasota Film Festival | Today's best bets (April 14)

Sarasota Film Festival | Today's best bets

Films

"Paradise Garden." Howard Finster, the grandfather of the Southern Folk Art movement, was a pioneer that showed the world that Art can thrive outside of museums and galleries, in ordinary places and in everyday objects. He took what others might deem trash and turned it into something contemplative. He opened Paradise Garden for the world to enjoy, a true testament that Art comes to life when people are able to interact with it. 12:45 p.m. April 14.

"Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing." Part of the new series Exhibition on Screen, which brings five of the world's greatest art exhibitions to movie theaters. From Matisse in London and New York to Van Gogh in Amsterdam, this series mixes a guided art tour with expert interviews and behind the scenes exclusives, and gives audiences everywhere the opportunity to see artworks and exhibitions they would have to travel all over the globe to see in person. 2:15 p.m. April 14.

"From This Day Forward." When director Sharon Shattuck's father came out as transgender, Sharon was in the awkward throes of middle school. Her father's transition to female was difficult for her straight-identified mother to accept, but her parents remained married. As Sharon approaches her own wedding day, she returns home to Michigan to ask her parents how their love survived against all odds. 3 p.m. April 14.

"Western." For generations, all that distinguished Eagle Pass, TX, from Piedras Negras, MX, was the Rio Grande. But when darkness descends upon these harmonious border towns, a cowboy and lawman face a new reality that threatens their way of life. 8:30 p.m. April 14.

Box office

The festival's box office is open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. through April 19 at Regal Hollywood 20, 1993 Main St., Sarasota. Single film tickets are $14 general admission, $10 students with ID. Spotlight or Centerpiece film tickets are $20. Matinee tickets: $10. Packages are available. Tickets are available at sarasotafilmfestival.com or by calling 941-366-6200.

This story was originally published April 14, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Sarasota Film Festival | Today's best bets (April 14)."