Guests
The following are the guests that made an appearance for the Maryland Film Festival 2000.

Liev Schreiber, (Spring Forward), actor, will host the closing night screening of Spring Forward, April 30, 7 PM at the Charles.

Stacy Valentine, (The Girl Next Door), adult film star, bears all in The Girl Next Door, which will screen twice at the Charles. Saturday, April 29 at midnight, and Sunday, April 30 at 12:30 PM.

Kathrine Narducci (King Gimp and Bronx Tale), Sopranos star, appears for opening night, April 27 at 7 PM at the Senator Theatre, and again in A Bronx Tale at the Charles on Friday, April 28 at 5:15 PM. Kathrine will also participate in the Maryland Film Festival's online chats.

Jad Fair (Scott and Gary Show) of 1/2 Japanese will perform after the screening of The Scott and Gary Show at 11:30 PM on Saturday, April 29 at the Charles.

Jill Hennessy (Acting Class), actress, returns to the festival with the World Premiere of her new film, The Acting Class.

Jonathan Richman (Cyrano de Bergerac and A Sign From God), musician, will share his thoughts on Cyrano de Bergerac. He also provided the soundtrack to A Sign from God. Finally, Jonathan will be performing live at the Closing Night Party, Sunday, April 30 at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

Michelle Banks (Compensation), who is deaf, will co-host the screening of Compensation with co-star John Jelks. The film is subtitled for the hearing inpaired--and the Q&A will be accompanied by ASL interpreters.

Scott Erickson (Predator), pitcher, will host the screening of his favorite film, the Arnold Schwartzenegger film, Predator.

Dan Keplinger (King Gimp), artist, will co-host the screening of King Gimp along with Susan Hadary and Bill Whiteford

John Waters (Clean Shaven), director, discusses what it is like to be Clean, Shaven.

Callie Thorne (Double Parked), star of Homicide, returns to Baltimore to host the screening of Double Parked.

The Kuchar Brothers (Brothers Kuchar), directors, will share a retrospective of their cutting-edge work--ranging from the '60s to the present.

Joyce Scott (Long Hot Summer), artist, discusses A Long, Hot Summer.

Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost 2), director of Blair Witch 2, hosts the follow-up to his real crime documentary Paradise Lost 2.

David Drake (Night Larry Kramer), performer, returns home to premiere the film adaptation of his one-man show, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me

Richard Elfman (Forbidden Zone), director, enters the Forbidden Zone

Marnie Nixon (My Fair Lady), singer, gives voice to Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady

Taylor Branch (One-Eyed Jacks), historian, deals One-Eyed Jacks