Minnesota Native Lea Thompson Talks About Twin Cities Film Festival

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Independent films will take over movie screens beginning next Wednesday.

The Twin Cities Film Festival runs through Saturday, Oct. 29.

In the video above, WCCO's Mike Augustyniak sits down with executive director Jatin Setia and actress, director and Minnesota-native Lea Thompson -- from the "Back To The Future" series -- to preview the festival, and find out why film festivals are important.