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Art Gallery of Ontario

FRI.05.SEP at 6:30pm [2008]


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Nathaniel Dorsky and Jean-Ma…
This year's Wavelengths begins with a programme of avant-garde masters. One of the most gifted 16mm filmmakers of our time, Nathaniel Dorsky has… 
CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryUSA/Italy/France
WL$18

FRI.05.SEP at 9:00pm [2008]


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Fien Troch
Five years ago, 14-year-old Lisa disappeared from the lives of her parents Lukas and Grace, with no clear reason, no goodbye. Her parents have m… 
CastUnknown
LanguageFrench   CountryBelgium
VIS$18

SAT.06.SEP at 6:30pm [2008]


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Hannes Schüpbach, Charlotte …
Hannes Schüpbach's L'Atelier (Switzerland) is a 16mm homage to artistic creation; Charlotte Pryce's The Parable of the Tulip Painter and the Fly… 
CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountrySwitzerland/Austria/…
WL$18

SAT.06.SEP at 9:00pm [2008]


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Pat O'Neill, Rebecca Baron a…
Eminent multi-disciplinary artist Pat O'Neill, whose work has been exhibited at The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) and Le Centre Pomp… 
CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryUSA/Canada/Japan
WL$18

SUN.07.SEP at 12:00pm [2008]


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Joe Balass
Director Balass combines archival images, home movies and family photographs as well as an interview with his mother to explore the once-thrivin… 
CastUnknown
LanguageUnknown   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Elizabeth Lazebnik
In this slice-of-life documentary, two women share a house, a child and a life full of belongings that each has brought to their relationship. A… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Mike Maryniuk and Matthew Ra…
Auctioneers and animation collide in this fast-paced and explosive introduction to the Winnipeg stockyards. Reflecting an unabashed prairie pers… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Nicholas Pye and Sheila Pye
A woman gives another an earring before they embark on an adventure through the forest. They journey together toward their fateful destinations … 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Nicolas Brault
This beautiful mixed-media animated film shares the tale of a young son who must leave his mother’s side as she lies dying in the heat of the Af… 
CastUnknown
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Denis Villeneuve
This Cannes International Critics Week award-winning short approaches surrealism at an aristocratic affair with minimal dialogue and maximum imp… 
CastSimone Chevalot, Luc-Martial Dagenais, Kenne…
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Unknown
Hungu, Nicolas Brault, No dialogue Next Floor, Denis Villeneuve, English Cattle Call, Matthew Rankin Mike Maryniuk, English Us Chickens, Mark… 
CastUnknown
LanguageUnknown   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Mark Van de Ven
Five-year-old Claire refuses to let anything interrupt her playtime, even when she sees more than she is supposed to of her family’s complex wor… 
CastBrittany Allen, London Angelis, Marc Bendavi…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18

SUN.07.SEP at 6:30pm [2008]


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James Benning
An abbreviation for "railroad", RR (USA) is the latest (and possibly the last) 16mm work by the great American independent filmmaker James Benni… 
CastKaren Carpenter, Woody Guthrie and Gregory P…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
WL$18

SUN.07.SEP at 9:30pm [2008]


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Olaf Nicolai, Chris Chong Ch…
German art star Olaf Nicolai makes his film debut with Rodakis (Germany), a fictitious biography of Greek craftsman Alekos Rodakis; Chris Chong … 
CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryGermany/Malaysia/Can…
WL$18

MON.08.SEP at 9:00pm [2008]


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Vanessa O'Neill, Jennifer Re…
This year's edition of Wavelengths wraps up in pairs: two double 16mm overlapping projections united in their study of colour, subject and form.… 
CastSkúli Sverrisson
LanguageVarious   CountryUSA/Iceland
WL$18

TUE.09.SEP at 6:30pm [2008]


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Agnès Varda
La Pointe courte (1956) introduced the world to Agnès Varda, one of the most unique directors of French cinema. She will be at TIFF08 to present… 
CastSilvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
DIAL$PG

TUE.09.SEP at 9:30pm [2008]


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Lino Brocka
In 1981, Joan Dupont did an exclusive interview for Le Monde with director Lino Brocka in Manila, the Philippines, thanks to assistance from his… 
CastPhillip Salvador, Gino Alajar, Paquito Diaz,…
LanguageFilipino   CountryPhilippines
DIAL$14A

WED.10.SEP at 7:00pm [2008]


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Candice Day
For centenarian Wilma Harrington, birthdays lack a certain pizzazz. She plans on getting older or will die trying in this comedic short that sho… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Guy Édoin
In this haunting finale to the Les Affluents trilogy, Sarah confronts her mother with her wishes to leave the farm during an autumn day of hunti… 
CastUnknown
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Randall Okita
Randall Okita’s inventive and exquisitely choreographed short film integrates sculptor Arthur Ganson’s whimsical machines into an imaginative dr… 
CastUnknown
LanguageUnknown   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Susan Turcot
This architecturally-textured experimental meditation examines the effects of deforestation on animals, humans and climate. Using digital animat… 
CastUnknown
LanguageUnknown   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Unknown
A Small Thing, Adam Garnet Jones, English 106, Candice Day, English Machine with Wishbone, Randall Okita, No dialogue Pierce, Crush, Escape, … 
CastUnknown
LanguageUnknown   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Adam Garnet Jones
An emotionally stunted young woman throws herself a birthday party in the hopes of recalling something that happened on her tenth birthday. Invi… 
CastMeredith Cheesbrough, Pamela Farrauto
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Chris McCarroll
This intimately dramatic portrait follows a Romanian middle-aged man as he methodically prepares for his first day at a new job. The transformat… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish/Romanian   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Patrick Gazé
Third-grade student Victor Gazon makes a video presentation, listing his likes and dislikes, in order to determine whether life is worth living.… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish/French   CountryCanada
SCC$18

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Brian Stockton
Brian Stockton moves from broad sketches of Saskatchewan to a personal view of his suburban neighbourhood and formative years in his continuing … 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18

WED.10.SEP at 9:30pm [2008]


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Lisandro Alonso
During an Atlantic crossing, Farrel asks the captain of the freighter he is sailing for permission to go ashore at the next port. He wants to vi… 
CastJuan Fernandez
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina/France/Net…
VIS$18

THU.11.SEP at 7:00pm [2008]


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Deepa Mehta
Among the major talent that former programmer David Overbey is credited with discovering is Deepa Mehta, who presents a screening of her 1991 fi… 
CastRanjit Chowdhry, Peter Boretski, Om Puri, Ku…
LanguageEnglish/Hindi   CountryCanada
DIAL$14A

THU.11.SEP at 10:00pm [2008]


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Pablo Agüero
In the valley of El Bolson in Patagonia - a haven for renegades from all over the world - Alba and Inti try to build a normal life as mother and… 
CastDolores Fonzi
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina/France/Ger…
VIS$18

FRI.12.SEP at 7:00pm [2008]


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Ing K, Kraisak Choonhavan an…
A powerfully humanistic documentary that examines the issue of Islamic insurgency in Southern Thailand within the context of the country’s unsta… 
CastJuling Panganmoon
LanguageThai   CountryThailand
RTR$18

SAT.13.SEP at 7:00pm [2008]


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Werner Schroeter
This powerful and provocative film follows Ossorio Vignale as he arrives in his hometown in search of Clara, the woman he loves. Much to his hor… 
CastPascal Greggory, Elsa Zylberstein, Amira Cas…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Germany/Portu…
MAST$18

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