But among the 120 films screening at this year's festival are a number that are suitable for nearly any audience.

"We want people to know there are films that are appropriate for all ages," said festival spokesman Patrick Hubley.

This list was provided by festival organizers but with a caveat: "Programmers are not involved or educated in the MPAA [Motion Picture Association of America] rating process. [They] are using ther best judgment in recommending these films."

FOR ALL AUDIENCES

"Away From Her" - Canada (director and screenwriter: Sarah Polley) - Married for almost 50 years, Grant and Fiona's serenity is interrupted by Fiona's increasingly frequent memory lapses. When it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that she is being consumed by Alzheimer's disease, the limits of love and loyalty are wrenchingly redefined. (U.S. Premiere)

"Banished" - (director: Marco Williams) - This story of three U.S. towns which, in the early 20th century, forced their entire African American populations to leave, explores what-if anything-can be done to repair past racial injustice. (World Premiere)

"Enemies Of Happiness" - Denmark (director: Eva Mulvad and Anja Al Erhayem )-Malalai Joya, a 28-year-old Afghani woman, redefines the role of women and elected officials in her county with her historic 2005 victory in Afghanistan's first democratic parliamentary election in over 30 years. North American Premiere.

"Ezra" - France/Nigeria (Director: Newton I. Aduaka; Screenwriters: Newton I. Aduaka, Alain-Michel Blanc) - A young ex-child soldier in Sierra Leone attempts to return to a normal life after the civil war which devastated his country. (World Premiere)

"For The Bible Tells Me So" - U.S.A. (Director: Daniel Karslake) - Grounded by the stories of five conservative Christian families, the film explores how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to support its agenda of stigmatizing the gay community and eroding the separation between church and state. (World Premiere)

"Hot House" - Canada/Israel (Director: Shimon Dotan) - At once chilling and humanizing, thisis an unprecedented look at how Israeli prisons have become the breeding ground for the next generation of Palestinian leaders as well as the birth place of future terrorist threats. (North American Premiere)

"How Is Your Fish Today?" - UK (Director: Xiaolu Guo; Screenwriter: Rao Hui, Xiaolu Guo) - Blurring boundaries between reality and fiction, this film traces a Chinese writer's inner journey through his fictional characters. (North American Premiere)

"In The Shadow Of The Moon" - UK (Director: David Sington) - One of the defining passages of American history, the Apollo Space Program literally brought the aspirations of a nation to another world. Awe-inspiring footage and candid interviews with the astronauts who visited the moon provide an unparalleled perspective on the precious state of our planet. (World Premiere)

"La Misma Luna" (The Same Moon) - U.S.A. (Director: Patricia Riggen; Screenwriter: Ligiah Villalobos)-When his grandmother dies a young Mexican boy struggles to cross the border to reunite with his beloved mother, who is working hard in Los Angeles to create a better life for the family. (World Premiere)

"The Legacy" - France (Directors and Screenwriters: Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani) - Three French hipsters and their translator travel through rural Georgia to claim a remote, ruined castle that one of them has inherited. En route, they encounter an old man and his grandchild who are on a journey to carry out a mysterious, morbid ritual designed to end a conflict between warring clans. (North American Premiere)

"Manufactured Landscapes" - Canada (Director: Jennifer Baichwal) - This stunningly visual work provides the unique perspective of photographer Edward Burtynsky, who chronicles the transforming landscape of the world due to industrial work and manufacturing. U.S. (Premiere)

"Miss Navajo" - U.S.A. (Director: Billy Luther) - A documentary that explores the role of women and tradition in Navajo culture by following one young woman as she prepares for and competes in the Miss Navajo Nation Pageant. (World Premiere)

"The Unforeseen" - U.S.A. (Director: Laura Dunn) - When a west Texas farm boy develops pristine hill country into large-scale subdivisions, threatening a fragile limestone aquifer, an environmental movement rises up and fights back. This documentary takes a hard look at the American dream and asks, "What does it mean to grow?" (World Premiere)

"War/Dance" (Director: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine) U.S.A. - Set against the backdrop of Uganda's 20 year civil war and its devastating affects on two generations of Ugandans, this film tells the story of Dominic, Rose and Nancy and their school in the Patongo IDP camp as they take an historic journey to compete in Uganda's national music and dance festival. (World Premiere)

SOME LANGUAGE

"Everything's Cool" -U.S.A. (Directors: Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand)-A group of self-appointed global warming messengers are on a high stakes quest to find the iconic image, proper language, and points of leverage to help the public go from embracing the urgency of the problem to creating the political will necessary to move to an alternative energy economy. (World Premiere)

Hear And Now /U.S.A. (Director: Irene Taylor Brodsky)-Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky tells a deeply personal story about her deaf parents, and their radical decision-after 65 years of silence-to undergo cochlear implant surgery, a complex procedure that could give them the ability to hear. World Premiere.

Son Of Rambow / U.K. (Director and Screenwriter: Garth Jennings)- Will is the eldest son in a family with a strict moral and religious view and has never been allowed to mix with other people, listen to music or watch TV. That is until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies.

World Premiere.

SLIGHT VIOLENCE OR GRAPHIC PHOTOS

Fido / Canada (Director: Andrew Currie; Screenwriters: Dennis Heaton, Robert Chomiak & Andrew Currie)-Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido in the family. (U.S. Premiere)

"The Devil Came On Horseback" - U.S.A. (Directors: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern) - A documentary that exposes the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan as seen through the eyes of a former U.S. marine who returns home to make the story public. (World Premiere)

"White Light/Black Rain" - U.S.A. (Director: Steven Okazaki) Offers a visceral, topical and moving portrait of the human cost of atomic warfare. (World Premiere)

DISCUSSION OF SEX WITH SOME LANGUAGE

"Grace Is Gone" - U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: James C. Strouse) - A young father learns that his wife has been killed in Iraq and must find the courage to tell his two young daughters the news. (World Premiere)