The Festival includes narrative and documentary features and shorts, animation, midnight movies, and educational forums, parties, and other events.The festival has also included highly experimental new media works. Past guests include Susan Sarandon, Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson, Emma Stone, Paul Sorvino, Tippi Hedren, Cloris Leachman, Gabriel Byrne, Famke Janssen, Jason Lee, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Buscemi, Campbell Scott, and William H. Macy.