Attend this film fest: newportFILM's May Mini Fest @ the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport

As the recent film festival surge starts to settle down here in Boston, it picks up south of the border. In Newport, where newportFILM's May Mini Fest gets underway with Matthew Akers's Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012 ), a portrait of the artist as a brilliant, feminist provocateur. It screens on Friday, May 11 at 7 pm, preceded by a wine reception at 6 pm. Saturday will start out at 1 pm with Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol's charming, inventive A Cat in Paris (2011), a nominee for last year's Best Animated Film Oscar.

Both are at the Jane Pickens Theater and Events Center, 49 Touro St, Newport, Rhode Island | $12; screening with reception $20 | 401.846.5474 or newportfilm.com.