By Ryan O’Connor
Staff Writer

This year, the S.N.O.B. (Somewhat North of Boston) Film Festival will celebrate its fifth anniversary with five days of international, national, regional and local films ­ all in downtown Concord.

With more than 65 films including features, documentaries, animated, short and student works, the festival promises something for everyone.

From Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Saturday, Nov. 11, many filmmakers, cast and crew will be in Concord for their film screenings and will host discussions and question-and-answer sessions after. Events will be held at the Annicchiarico Theater, Holiday Inn, Concord City Auditorium, The Barley House and the New Hampshire State Library.

One of this year’s premier events takes place Friday, Nov. 10, with the screening of “Who Killed the Electric Car.”

A documentary narrated by Martin Sheen, it uncovers the story behind General Motors’ decision to destroy its promising line of electric-powered cars in the mid-’90s. The country’s largest auto manufacturer took back these cars from willing buyers and shredded its entire line of EV-1’s in the Arizona desert. The Seattle Times calls the film “the most troubling Big Biz documentary since ‘Enron ­ the Smartest Guys in the Room.’”

On Wednesday, Nov. 8, S.N.O.B. presents two films that will strike a chord with anyone who has ever hiked up a mountain in the Granite State. “Winter Walk” chronicles seven otherwise conventional people who spend 59 days snowshoeing along the wilderness of a frozen river in northern Quebec. “Southbounders” adds a touch of misfit romance to a fictional story of a woman who meets two men while hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia.

On Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 10:30 p.m., The Barley House will be a trip of a different sort … “American Beer” takes viewers to 38 micro-breweries across the country in a film that is more about beer lovers than beer.

Many films will engage younger audiences, such as “Binta and the Great Idea,” a film from Senegal about a 7-year-old girl, her fisherman father and a friend who isn’t allowed to go to school; and “Laundry Day,” written and directed by local filmmaker Travis Laughlin. This Chaplin-esque silent film offers up an amusing fairytale romance, captured, as if in a bygone era, in the alleyways of Concord.

And for the many who grew up watching Rex Trailer on television, S.N.O.B. is will present “Boomtown Gold,” the story of Trailer’s life, followed by a discussion with Rex Trailer himself on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 1:15 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium.

The full menu of films, information on tickets, up-to-date schedule of show times and locations, and the details on the 5x5 Filmmaker Challenge can be found at www.snobfilm festival.org. You may also call 225-0881.

Tickets are available at Cinema 93 and other Concord outlets at the following prices:

• Block Pass: $5 for individual film block events (1-1/2 to 2 hours of film)

• Day Pass: $20 for Friday or Saturday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., including the Barley House screenings. (Saves you $5 off the day if you paid for each block separately.)

• Festival Pass: $50 gets you a full pass to everything, including the three Annicchiarico Theater nights, all Barley House films, and a raffle ticket for each raffle you attend.

• Barley House Films: $3

For more ticket information, call 225-5650.