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“(RE)ASSIGNMENT” (2016 feature film directed by Walter Hill)
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(Re)ASSIGNMENT [2016]
Walter Hill
This jaw-droppingly audacious revenge thriller from the great Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hours) stars Michelle Rodriguez as a lowlife killer … 
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CastMichelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Anthon…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
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“150 MILLIGRAMS” (2016 feature film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot)
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150 Milligrams [2016]
Emmanuelle Bercot
Director, screenwriter and actor Emmanuelle Bercot (Mon roi) adapts Irène Frachon’s bestselling memoir for this story of a dedicated doctor whos… 
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CastSidse Babett Knudsen, Benoît Magimel, Emmanu…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
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“76” (2016 feature film directed by Izu Ojukwu)
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76 [2016]
Izu Ojukwu
Nollywood superstars Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, and Chidi Mokeme headline this gripping drama set against the backdrop of the attempted 1976 mi… 
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CastRamsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, Chidi Mokeme, Ib…
LanguageEnglish | Ibo   CountryNigeria
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“93 DAYS” (2016 feature film directed by Steve Gukas)
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93 Days [2016]
Steve Gukas
Bimbo Akintola, Danny Glover and TIFF Rising Star Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama star in director Steve Gukas’ riveting real-life thriller about courag… 
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CastDanny Glover, Bimbo Akintola, Somkele Idhala…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNigeria
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“AFTER LOVE” (2016 feature film directed by Joachim Lafosse)
Reviews ***½
After Love [2016]
Joachim Lafosse
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) and Cédric Kahn star in the new film from Joachim Lafosse (The White Knights), about a separating couple whose battle… 
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CastBérénice Bejo, Cédric Kahn
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance / Belgium
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“AFTER THE STORM” (2016 feature film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Reviews ****½
After the Storm [2016]
Hirokazu Kore-eda
A divorced man struggles to regain his estranged family’s trust while sheltering with them during a typhoon, in the latest film from celebrated … 
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CastHiroshi Abe, Yoko Maki, Taiyo Yoshizawa, Kir…
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
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“AFTERIMAGE” (2016 feature film directed by Andrzej Wajda)
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Afterimage [2016]
Andrzej Wajda
The great Polish director Andrzej Wajda returns with this passionate biopic about avant-garde artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski (brilliantly played b… 
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CastBoguslaw Linda, Bronislawa Zamachowska, Zofi…
LanguagePolish   CountryPoland
MAST$PG Video
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“ANA MENDIETA: SILUETAS” (2016 presentation)
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Ana Mendieta: Siluetas [2016]
Ana Mendieta
Presented in partnership with CONTACT Gallery, this rare exhibition of film and photographic work by the late, Cuban-born multidisciplinary arti… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageSpanish   CountryCuba
WLFree18
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“THE ANIMAL'S WIFE” (2016 feature film directed by Víctor Gaviria)
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The Animal's Wife [2016]
Víctor Gaviria
Colombian director Víctor Gaviria melds stark realism with nail-biting thrills in this story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and forced in… 
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CastNatalia Polo, Tito Alexander Gómez, Luis Fer…
LanguageSpanish   CountryColombia
CWS$18A Video
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“APPRENTICE” (2016 feature film directed by Junfeng Boo)
Reviews ***½
Apprentice [2016]
Junfeng Boo
This slow-burning drama set in a Singaporean prison explores the charged issue of the death penalty from the point of view of an aspiring execut… 
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CastFirdaus Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahma…
LanguageEnglish | Malay   CountrySingapore
CWC$14A Video
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“AQUARIUS” (2016 feature film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho)
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Aquarius [2016]
Kleber Mendonça Filho
The magnificent Sonia Braga stars in the new film by acclaimed Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighboring Sounds), about a retired mu… 
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CastSônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irhandir Santos…
LanguagePortuguese   CountryBrazil
CWC$18A Video
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“THE ARBITRATION” (2016 feature film directed by Niyi Akinmolayan)
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The Arbitration [2016]
Niyi Akinmolayan
TIFF Rising Stars OC Ukeje and Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama join a stellar cast of Nollywood heavyweights in this whip-smart courtroom drama about lu… 
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CastO.C Ukeje, Adesua Etomi, Iretiola Doyle, Som…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNigeria
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“AUSTERLITZ” (2016 presentation)
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Austerlitz [2016]
Sergei Loznitsa
The new film from Sergei Loznitsa (Maidan, The Event) is a stark yet rich and complex portrait of tourists visiting the grounds of former Nazi e… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageGerman, Spanish, Eng…   CountryGermany
WL$18
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“AYITI MON AMOUR” (2016 feature film directed by Guetty Felin)
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Ayiti Mon Amour [2016]
Guetty Felin
A grieving young boy discovers he has a superpower, an old fisherman thinks the cure for his ailing wife can be found in the sea, and a muse str… 
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CastJoakim Cohen, Anisia Uzeyman, Jaures Andris,…
LanguageHaitian Creole, Fren…   CountryHaiti
CWC$PG Video
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“THE BAIT” (2016 feature film directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta)
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The Bait [2016]
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
The latest film from Buddhadeb Dasgupta, one of India’s most-celebrated directors, is a lyrical and at times comedic three-part portrait of rura… 
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CastSudipto Chatterjee, Kajal Kumari, Ananya Cha…
LanguageBengali, Hindi   CountryIndia
MAST$PG
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“THE BEAUTIFUL DAYS OF ARANJUEZ” (2016 feature film directed by Wim Wenders)
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The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez [2016]
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders adapts long-time collaborator Peter Handke’s play for this engrossing two-handed (and 3D) conversation piece, in which a dialogue be… 
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CastReda Kateb, Sophie Semin, Jens Harzer, Nick …
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance / Germany
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“THE BLEEDER” (2016 feature film directed by Philippe Falardeau)
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The Bleeder [2016]
Philippe Falardeau
The true story of Chuck Wepner, the man who inspired the billion-dollar film series Rocky — a liquor salesman from New Jersey who went 15 rounds… 
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CastNaomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, and Elisabeth M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
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“BRAIN ON FIRE” (2015 feature film directed by Gerard Barrett)
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Brain on Fire [2015]
Gerard Barrett
A New York Post journalist (Chloë Grace Moretz) suffering from a rare autoimmune disorder is repeatedly misdiagnosed following a series of viole… 
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CastChloë Grace Moretz, Thomas Mann, Richard Arm…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland / Canada
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“BROOKS, MEADOWS AND LOVELY FACES” (2016 feature film directed by Yousry Nasrallah)
Reviews ***½
Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces [2016]
Yousry Nasrallah
A family of caterers in a small Egyptian village prepares for a big wedding feast while balancing sibling rivalry, romantic entanglements, and c… 
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CastLaila Eloui, Menna Shalaby, Bassem Samra
LanguageArabic   CountryEgypt
CWC$PG Video
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“BURN YOUR MAPS” (2016 feature film directed by Jordan Roberts)
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Burn Your Maps [2016]
Jordan Roberts
In this charming and moving adventure story, an eight-year-old boy (Jacob Tremblay, Room) becomes convinced that he actually hails from the step… 
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CastJacob Tremblay, Vera Farmiga, Virginia Madse…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA / Mongolia
SP$PG
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“BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK” (2016 presentation)
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By the Time it Gets Dark [2016]
Anocha Suwichakornpong
The delicately poetic second feature by Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong weaves together multiple stories and characters to create a portrai… 
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CastArak Amornsupasiri, Atchara Suwan, Visra Vic…
LanguageThai   CountryThailand
WL$18A
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“CERTAIN WOMEN” (2015 feature film directed by Kelly Reichardt)
Reviews ****½
Certain Women [2015]
Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy, Night Moves) directs Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart and Lily Gladstone in this tripartite portr… 
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CastLaura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Willia…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
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“CHRISTINE” (2015 feature film directed by Antonio Campos)
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Christine [2015]
Antonio Campos
Antonio Campos (Afterschool, Simon Killer) directs this chilling character study of real-life Florida newscaster Christine Chubbuck (Rebecca Hal… 
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CastRebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
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“CLAIR OBSCUR” (2016 feature film directed by Yesim Ustaoglu)
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Clair Obscur [2016]
Yesim Ustaoglu
Turkish writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu offers a parallel study of two women -- a psychiatrist with a long-time live-in partner and a wife in a c… 
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CastFunda Eryigit, Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtulus, O…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
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“DEATH IN SARAJEVO” (2016 feature film directed by Danis Tanovic)
Reviews ***½
Death in Sarajevo [2016]
Danis Tanovic
An aging hotel becomes an ideological powder keg during centennial commemorations for the outbreak of the First World War, in this dazzling, Alt… 
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CastJacques Weber, Snezana Vidovic, Izudin Bajro…
LanguageBosnian | French   CountryBosnia and Herzegovi…
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“THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV” (2015 presentation)
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The Death of Louis XIV [2015]
Albert Serra
French cinema legend Jean-Pierre Léaud takes the title role as the expiring French monarch in the stylistically rigorous and strangely transcend… 
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CastJosé Wallenstein, Filipe Duarte, Jean-Pierre…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
WL$18
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“A DECENT WOMAN” (2016 feature film directed by Lukas Valenta Rinner)
Reviews ***½
A Decent Woman [2016]
Lukas Valenta Rinner
A Buenos Aires cleaning woman enters the strange world of upper-class nudism, in this wry, deadpan satire from Austro-Argentine writer-director … 
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CastMartin Shanly, Iride Mockert, Andrea Strenit…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
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“THE DREAMED ONES” (2016 presentation)
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The Dreamed Ones [2016]
Ruth Beckermann
Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann recreates the amorous correspondence between poets Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan through the voices and bo… 
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CastAnja Plaschg, Laurence Rupp
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
WL$18
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“THE DREAMED PATH” (2016 presentation)
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The Dreamed Path [2016]
Angela Schanelec
Two couples suffer the failure of their relationships 30 years apart. Director Angela Schanelec’s bisected narrative is a quietly beautiful medi… 
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CastMiriam Jakob, Thorbjörn Björnsson, Maren Egg…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
WL$18
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“THE DUELIST” (2016 feature film directed by Alexey Mizgirev)
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The Duelist [2016]
Alexey Mizgirev
A professional duellist in 19th-century Russia has second thoughts about his profession when he meets the beautiful sister of a future opponent,… 
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CastPetr Fedorov, Vladimir Mashkov, Martin Wuttk…
LanguageRussian, German   CountryRussia
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“EMBER” (2016 feature film directed by Zeki Demirkubuz)
Reviews ***½
Ember [2016]
Zeki Demirkubuz
In this slow-burning psychological drama from Turkish director Zeki Demirkubuz, an Istanbul seamstress struggling with the debts left behind by … 
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CastAslihan Gurbuz, Caner Cindoruk, Taner Birsel…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
CWC$18 Video
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“THE EXCEPTION” (2016 feature film directed by David Leveaux)
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The Exception [2016]
David Leveaux
Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer (Beginners, Remember) and Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Hannah Arendt) star in this adaptation of Alan Ju… 
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CastLily James, Christopher Plummer, Jai Courtne…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$PG
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“FIRE AT SEA” (2016 feature film directed by Gianfranco Rosi)
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Fire at Sea [2016]
Gianfranco Rosi
Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the new documentary from Gianfranco Rosi (El Sicario, Room 164) is a startling, on-the-sp… 
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CastSamuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Car…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
MAST$PG Video
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“THE FIXER” (2016 feature film directed by Adrian Sitaru)
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The Fixer [2016]
Adrian Sitaru
A headline-grabbing sex scandal gives a Romanian trainee at a French news network an opportunity for his big break, in this charged moral drama … 
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CastTudor Aaron Istodor, Mehdi Nebbou, Nicolas W…
LanguageRomanian   CountryRomania
CWC$18 Video
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“GENERAL REPORT II. THE NEW ABDUCTION OF EUROPE” (2016 presentation)
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General Report II. The New Abduction of Europe [2016]
Pere Portabella
Pere Portabella follows his masterful 1976 documentary General Report -- an epic survey of the Spanish social and political landscape in the wak… 
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CastQuim Arrufat, Zdenka Badovinac, Manuel Borja…
LanguageCatalan | Spanish   CountrySpain
WL$PG
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“GRADUATION” (2016 feature film directed by Cristian Mungiu)
Reviews ****½
Graduation [2016]
Cristian Mungiu
Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) won the Best Director prize at Cannes for this terse, percolating drama about a Cluj physician wh… 
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CastVlad Ivanov, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Adrian …
LanguageRomanian   CountryRomania
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“GREEN WHITE GREEN” (2016 feature film directed by Abba Makama)
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Green White Green [2016]
Abba Makama
A group of young bohemian artists hang out and search for direction in their lives in the stagnant months leading up to the beginning of their u… 
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CastIfeanyi Dike, Jamal Ibrahim, Samuel Robinson…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNigeria
CTC$PG Video
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“HANDSOME DEVIL” (2016 feature film directed by John Butler)
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Handsome Devil [2016]
John Butler
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate, in this funny and obser… 
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CastFionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Moe Dunfor…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
CWC$14A
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“HEAVEN WILL WAIT” (2015 feature film directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar)
Reviews ***½
Heaven Will Wait [2015]
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaa…
Director Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar parallels the stories of two teenage girls — one a would-be jihadist, the other a model student who strik… 
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CastNoémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Clotilde Cour…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
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“HERMIA & HELENA” (2016 presentation)
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Hermia & Helena [2016]
Matías Piñeiro
The prolific, cinephilic, and endlessly imaginative Matías Piñeiro (Viola, The Princess of France) continues his multi-film meditation on Shakes… 
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CastAgustina Muñoz, Maria Villar, Mati Diop, Jul…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
WL$18
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“HISSEIN HABRE, A CHADIAN TRAGEDY” (2015 feature film directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
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Hissein Habre, A Chadian Tragedy [2015]
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
One of the most important contemporary African filmmakers, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (A Screaming Man) makes his debut non-fiction feature with this … 
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CastClément Abaïfouta
LanguageFrench | Arabic   CountryFrance / Chad
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“THE HUMAN SURGE” (2016 presentation)
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The Human Surge [2016]
Eduardo Williams
An ingeniously shape-shifting debut from director Eduardo Williams, which follows the lives of mostly young men in disparate parts of the world … 
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CastSergio Morosini, Shine Marx, Domingos Mareng…
LanguageSpanish, Portuguese,…   CountryArgentina / Brazil /…
WL$18
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“I HAD NOWHERE TO GO” (2016 presentation)
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I Had Nowhere to Go [2016]
Douglas Gordon
Internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Douglas Gordon (24 Hour Psycho, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait) returns to the Festival with this i… 
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CastJonas Mekas
LanguageEnglish   CountryGermany
WL$18
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“I, DANIEL BLAKE” (2016 feature film directed by Ken Loach)
Reviews ****
I, Daniel Blake [2016]
Ken Loach
British master Ken Loach won his second Palme d’Or at Cannes for this timely drama about an aged, ailing handyman’s battle to survive after bein… 
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CastNatalie Ann Jamieson, Mark Burns, Colin Coom…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$PG Video
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“IN BETWEEN” (2016 feature film directed by Maysaloun Hamoud)
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In Between [2016]
Maysaloun Hamoud
In Between is a portrait of three Arab Israeli women, living and loving in Tel Aviv. It captures their complex daily duality, caught between hom… 
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CastMouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura,…
LanguageArabic, Hebrew   CountryIsrael
CWS$18A
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“IN CONVERSATION WITH... GENEVIEVE NNAJI & KUNLE AFOLAYAN” (2016 presentation)
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In Conversation With... Genevieve Nnaji & Kunle Afolayan [2016]
Kunle Afolayan
As we mark this year’s City to City: Lagos programme, we welcome director Kunle Afolayan and superstar actor-singer Genevieve Nnaji for a conver… 
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CastGenevieve Nnaji
LanguageEnglish   CountryNigeria
MAV$18
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“IN DUBIOUS BATTLE” (2016 feature film directed by James Franco)
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In Dubious Battle [2016]
James Franco
James Franco directs and stars alongside a fine cast -- including Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Selena Gomez and Nat Wolff -- in this adapta… 
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CastJames Franco, Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Vince…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A
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“INDIVISIBLE” (2016 feature film directed by Edoardo de Angelis)
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Indivisible [2016]
Edoardo de Angelis
Two teenage Siamese twins face an emotional decision when a doctor claims that he can separate them, in this stylized, offbeat drama from Neapol… 
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CastAngela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Tr…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
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“J: BEYOND FLAMENCO” (2016 feature film directed by Carlos Saura)
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J: Beyond Flamenco [2016]
Carlos Saura
The new film from legendary Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura (Carmen, Tango) captures the vivacity and charisma of the jota, a waltz-like castanet… 
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CastSara Baras, Miguel Ángel Berna, Carlos Núñez…
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
MAST$G Video
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“JULIETA” (2015 feature film directed by Pedro Almodóvar)
Reviews ***½
Julieta [2015]
Pedro Almodóvar
Spanish maestro Pedro Almodóvar adapts three stories from Canadian Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro for this time-tripping tale about the relation… 
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CastDario Grandinetti, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta,…
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
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“JUST NOT MARRIED” (2016 feature film directed by Uduak-Obong Patrick)
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Just Not Married [2016]
Uduak-Obong Patrick
In this charming caper comedy, a bright but broke undergrad striving to escape the slums gets in over his head when his modest criminal enterpri… 
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CastJudith Audu, Stan Nze, Rotimi Salami, Roland…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNigeria
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“KÉKSZAKÁLLÚ” (2016 presentation)
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Kékszakállú [2016]
Gastón Solnicki
The beguiling third feature from Argentine writer-director Gastón Solnicki (Papirosen) takes inspiration from Béla Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Ca… 
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CastLaila Maltz, Katia Szechtman, Lara Tarlowski…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
WL$18
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“LAND OF THE GODS” (2016 feature film directed by Goran Paskaljevic)
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Land of the Gods [2016]
Goran Paskaljevic
The latest from Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic (Cabaret Balkan) is a visually stunning fable set in a remote Himalayan village, where the re… 
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CastVictor Banerjee, Geetanjali Thapa, Uttara Ba…
LanguageHindi   CountryIndia / Serbia
MAST$18 Video
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“THE LONG EXCUSE” (2016 feature film directed by Miwa Nishikawa)
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The Long Excuse [2016]
Miwa Nishikawa
A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash (Masahiro Motoki, Departures) impulsively offers to care for the children of a working … 
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CastMasahiro Motoki, Pistol Takehara, Sousuke Ik…
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
SP$14A
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“MA' ROSA” (2016 feature film directed by Brillante Mendoza)
Reviews ***½
Ma' Rosa [2016]
Brillante Mendoza
Filipino firebrand Brillante Mendoza (Slingshot, Kinatay) incisively explores the street-level corruption of the Duterte-era Philippines with th… 
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CastJaclyn Jose, Julio Diaz, Andi Eigenmann, Fel…
LanguageFilipino   CountryPhilippines
MAST$14A Video
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“MARIE CURIE, THE COURAGE OF KNOWLEDGE” (2016 feature film directed by Marie Noëlle)
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Marie Curie, The Courage of Knowledge [2016]
Marie Noëlle
Polish actress Karolina Gruszka stars in this sweeping biography of the legendary, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist, who courted contro… 
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CastKarolina Gruszka, Arieh Worthalter, Charles …
LanguageFrench   CountryGermany / France / P…
CWC$14A
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“MIMOSAS” (2016 presentation)
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Mimosas [2016]
Oliver Laxe
Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique, French filmmaker Oliver Laxe’s mesmerizing, minimalist “Eastern western” follows a … 
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CastAhmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Aagli, …
LanguageArabic / Galician   CountryMorocco / Qatar
WL$18
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“MISTER UNIVERSO” (2016 feature film directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel)
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Mister Universo [2016]
Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
After a superstitious lion tamer loses his good-luck charm, he sets out on a magical, picaresque odyssey across Italy to find "Mister Universo,"… 
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CastTairo Caroli, Wendy Weber, Arthur Robin
LanguageItalian   CountryAustria / Italy
CWC$18 Video
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“THE NET” (2016 feature film directed by Ki-duk KIM)
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The Net [2016]
Ki-duk KIM
In the new film from provocative Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk (Pieta), a poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is gr… 
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CastSeung-bum RYOO, Lee Won GUN, Young-min KIM, …
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
MAST$14A
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“NEVER EVER” (2016 feature film directed by Benoit Jacquot)
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Never Ever [2016]
Benoit Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot (The School of Flesh, L’Intouchable) adapts a novella by Don DeLillo for this tale of amour fou between a self-centred filmmaker … 
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CastMathieu Amalric, Julia Roy, Jeanne Balibar, …
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance / Portugal
MAST$14A
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“NIGHTLIFE” (2016 presentation)
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Nightlife [2016]
Cyprien Gaillard
Presented in a free special screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox (Cinema 2), this immersive, psychedelic work, whose sculptural properties are enhanc… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
WLFree18
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“NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER” (2016 feature film directed by Joseph Cedar)
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Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer [2016]
Joseph Cedar
Richard Gere headlines a marvellous cast (including Michael Sheen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Steve Buscemi, Hank Azaria and Isaach De Bankolé) in th… 
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CastRichard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Hank Azaria, S…
LanguageEnglish | Hebrew   CountryUSA / Israel
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“OKAFOR'S LAW” (2016 feature film directed by Omoni Oboli)
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Okafor's Law [2016]
Omoni Oboli
A slick serial seducer bets his friends that he can bed three old flames in six weeks, in this risqué comedy from the director of the smash hit … 
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CastOmoni Oboli, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Ufuoma McD…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNigeria
CTC$14A Video
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“OKO ASHEWO” (2015 feature film directed by Daniel Oriahi)
Reviews ***½
Oko Ashewo [2015]
Daniel Oriahi
A small-town mechanic turned chauffeur for the mob gets caught up in the troubles of a beautiful sex worker, in this Scorsese-meets-Nollywood cr… 
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CastFemi Jacobs, Ijeoma Grace Agu, Odunlade Adek…
LanguageYoruba | English   CountryNigeria
CTC$14A Video
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“ONCE AGAIN” (2016 feature film directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan)
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Once Again [2016]
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
After years spent living off the modest wealth of his in-laws, a man hatches a desperate plan that draws his respectable middle-class family int… 
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CastDileep, Kavya Madhavan, Subodh Bhave
LanguageMalayalam   CountryIndia
MAST$PG Video
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“THE ORNITHOLOGIST” (2016 presentation)
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The Ornithologist [2016]
João Pedro Rodrigues
Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, a hunky ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-C… 
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CastPaul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, João Pedro Rodrigues…
LanguagePortuguese, Mirandes…   CountryPortugal / Brazil
WL$18
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“PAST LIFE” (2016 feature film directed by Avi Nesher)
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Past Life [2016]
Avi Nesher
Based on a true story, Past Life tracks the daring late 1970s odyssey of two sisters — an introverted aspiring classical musician and a rambunct… 
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CastJoy Rieger, Nelly Tagar, Doron Tavory, Evgen…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael | Poland
CWS$PG
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“THE PATRIARCH” (2016 feature film directed by Lee Tamahori)
Reviews ***½
The Patriarch [2016]
Lee Tamahori
On the east coast of New Zealand in the 1960s, two M?ori sheep-shearing families — the Mahanas and the Poatas — are sworn enemies and commercial… 
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CastTemuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunn…
LanguageEnglish | Maori   CountryNew Zealand
CWS$PG Video
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“PERSONAL SHOPPER” (2016 feature film directed by Olivier Assayas)
Reviews ***½
Personal Shopper [2016]
Olivier Assayas
Kristen Stewart reunites with director Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria) for this artful ghost story about a young woman trying to reconnec… 
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CastKristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaz…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance
MAST$14A Video
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“THE PROMISE” (2016 feature film directed by Terry George)
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The Promise [2016]
Terry George
An Armenian medical student (Oscar Isaac), an artist (Charlotte Le Bon), and a worldly American journalist (Christian Bale) form a love triangle… 
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CastOscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bal…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
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“PYROMANIAC” (2016 feature film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg)
Reviews ***½
Pyromaniac [2016]
Erik Skjoldbjærg
Norwegian director Erik Skjoldbjærg (Insomnia) returns with this slow-burning psychological study about a young arsonist terrorizing a rural com… 
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CastTrond Hjort Nilssen, Per Frisch, Liv Bernhof…
LanguageNorwegian   CountryNorway
CWC$14A Video
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“A QUIET PASSION” (2016 feature film directed by Terence Davies)
Reviews ****
A Quiet Passion [2016]
Terence Davies
Cynthia Nixon stars as the legendary poet Emily Dickinson in this luminous biopic from director Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song). 
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CastCynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradin…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
MAST$PG Video
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“RAGE” (2016 feature film directed by Sang-il Lee)
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Rage [2016]
Sang-il Lee
A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities, in this arresting ensemble thriller from di… 
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CastKen Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Kenichi Matsuy…
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
SP$$18A Video
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“THE REHEARSAL” (2016 feature film directed by Alison Maclean)
Reviews ***½
The Rehearsal [2016]
Alison Maclean
A young student at a drama school faces a moral conundrum when his budding romance becomes fodder for a final-year performance, in director Alis… 
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CastKerry Fox, James Rolleston, Alice Englert, E…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNew Zealand
CWC$14A Video
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“THE ROAD TO MANDALAY” (2016 feature film directed by Midi Z)
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The Road to Mandalay [2016]
Midi Z
Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of T… 
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CastKo Kai, Wu Ke-Xi
LanguageEnglish, Chinese, Th…   CountryTaiwan / Myanmar
CWC$14A
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“RUDZIENKO” (2016 presentation)
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Rudzienko [2016]
Sharon Lockhart
Presented in partnership with Gallery TPW, this major new film installation by American artist and filmmaker Sharon Lockhart is a deeply affecti… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
WLFree18
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“SAFARI” (2016 feature film directed by Ulrich Seidl)
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Safari [2016]
Ulrich Seidl
Austrian provocateur Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days) returns to Africa for this raw, grimly humourous portrait of European tourists hunting animals for … 
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CastGerald Eichinger, Eva Hofmann, Manuel Eichin…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
MAST$18 Video
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“SANTA & ANDRES” (2016 feature film directed by Carlos Lechuga)
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Santa & Andres [2016]
Carlos Lechuga
A dissident, homosexual Cuban novelist strikes up an unlikely rapport with the government watcher assigned to keep him from speaking during an u… 
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CastLola Amores, Eduardo Martinez, George Abreu,…
LanguageSpanish   CountryCuba / Colombia
CWC$14A Video
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“SIERANEVADA” (2016 feature film directed by Cristi Puiu)
Reviews ****
Sieranevada [2016]
Cristi Puiu
A patriarch’s wake turns into a full-on familial tempest, in the brilliant new film from uncompromising Romanian auteur Cristi Puiu (The Death o… 
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CastMimi Branescu, Judith State, Bogdan Dumitrac…
LanguageRomanian   CountryRomania
MAST$18 Video
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“SINGULARITY” (2016 presentation)
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Singularity [2016]
Albert Serra
Commissioned for “Catalonia in Venice” at last year’s Venice Biennale by curator Chus Martínez, Albert Serra’s monumental five-screen film insta… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
WLFree18
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“SOUL ON A STRING” (2016 feature film directed by Yang ZHANG)
Reviews ***
Soul on a String [2016]
Yang ZHANG
Zhang Yang (Shower, Quitting) adapts two novels by Tibetan writer Tashi Dawa for this stunning mystical epic about a killer on the run who is en… 
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CastKimba, Quni Ciren, Siano Dudiom Zahi, Solang…
LanguageTibetan   CountryChina
CWC$14A
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“SWEET DREAMS” (2016 feature film directed by Marco Bellocchio)
Reviews ***½
Sweet Dreams [2016]
Marco Bellocchio
Italian master Marco Bellocchio (Vincere, Blood of My Blood) adapts the popular biographical novel by Massimo Gramellini, about a journalist who… 
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CastBérénice Bejo, Emmanuelle Devos, Valerio Mas…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
MAST$PG Video
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“TA'ANG” (2016 presentation)
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Ta'ang [2016]
Bing Wang
The urgent new documentary from acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing (West of the Tracks, Three Sisters) takes us into the refugee camps on the… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageTa'ang | Burmese | M…   CountryHong Kong
WL$PG
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“TAMARA AND THE LADYBUG” (2016 feature film directed by Lucía Carreras)
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Tamara and the Ladybug [2016]
Lucía Carreras
Two women, living on the margins of their society, become the unlikely caretakers for a lost baby, in director Lucía Carreras’ compelling and he… 
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CastÁngeles Cruz, Angelina Peláez, Mercedes Pasc…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico / Spain
CWC$PG Video
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“TRAMPS” (2016 feature film directed by Adam Leon)
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Tramps [2016]
Adam Leon
A young man finds love in an unlikely place when he subs in for his brother on a shady deal, in this charming romantic caper comedy from writer-… 
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CastCallum Turner, Grace Van Patten, Mike Birbig…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CWC$14A
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“THE UNKNOWN GIRL” (2015 feature film directed by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne)
Reviews ***
The Unknown Girl [2015]
Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre D…
After refusing to answer a late-night knock on her clinic door, a doctor seeks to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of her unidentif… 
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CastAdèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renie…
LanguageFrench   CountryBelgium / France
MAST$18 Video
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“VAYA” (2016 feature film directed by Akin Omotoso)
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Vaya [2016]
Akin Omotoso
Director Akin Omotoso weaves together three separate stories to create a gripping yet compassionate portrait of small-town characters immersed i… 
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CastMncedisi Shabangu, Zimkhitha Nyoka, Nomonde …
LanguageZulu   CountrySouth Africa
CWC$14A Video
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“VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE'S JOURNEY” (2015 feature film directed by Terrence Malick)
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Voyage of Time: Life's Journey [2015]
Terrence Malick
The debut documentary from visionary filmmaker Terrence Malick (The New World, The Tree of Life) chronicles nothing less than the history of the… 
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CastCate Blanchett
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$PG Video
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“WAKEFIELD” (2016 feature film directed by Robin Swicord)
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Wakefield [2016]
Robin Swicord
Bryan Cranston stars as a successful lawyer and family man who disappears from his own life and observes his baffled loved ones from a hiding pl… 
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CastBryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A
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“WAVELENGTHS 1: THE FIRE WITHIN” (2016 presentation)
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Wavelengths 1: The Fire Within [2016]
Ana Mendieta, Ana Vaz, Antoi…
Bookended by two seminal films from the extraordinary multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta, this programme excavates political and personal his… 
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CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA, France/Brazil, …
WL$18
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“WAVELENGTHS 2: INCANTATI” (2016 presentation)
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Wavelengths 2: Incantati [2016]
Danièle Huillet and Jean-Mar…
A recently rediscovered Straub-Huillet fragment lends its name to the title of this programme that oscillates between adversity and emancipation… 
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CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance, Portugal/USA…
WL$18
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“WAVELENGTHS 3: POST-PERFORMANCE” (2016 presentation)
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Wavelengths 3: Post-performance [2016]
Björn Kämmerer, Nina Könnema…
In this programme, the idea of "performance" adopts many shapes and guises, and recasts the present through a prism of encounters. Untitled - B… 
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CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustria, Germany, Fr…
WL$18
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“WAVELENGTHS 4: INDEFINITE” (2016 presentation)
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Wavelengths 4: Indefinite [2016]
Janie Geiser, belit sag, Man…
Flush with shifting, indefinite and highly suggestive interpretations, this programme presents works which investigate and slyly circumvent pres… 
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CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA, Netherlands, Me…
WL$18
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“WE ARE NEVER ALONE” (2016 feature film directed by Petr Václav)
Reviews ***½
We Are Never Alone [2016]
Petr Václav
The unhappy lives of a shop clerk, a bouncer, a stripper, and a prison guard intersect in this nihilistic black comedy set in an isolated centra… 
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CastKarel Roden, Lenka Vlasakova, Miroslav Hanus…
LanguageCzech | Romany   CountryCzech Republic
CWC$18 Video
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“THE WEDDING PARTY” (2016 feature film directed by Kemi Adetiba)
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The Wedding Party [2016]
Kemi Adetiba
A lavish wedding escalates into pure Lagosian chaos, in this wild romcom produced by media mogul Mo Abudu. Everyone knows that there ain't no p… 
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CastBanky Wellington, Adesua Etomi, Richard Mofe…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNigeria
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“THE WEDDING RING” (2016 feature film directed by Rahmatou Keïta)
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The Wedding Ring [2016]
Rahmatou Keïta
Recently returned to her home in rural Niger after completing her degree abroad, a young woman suffering from the pain of a lost love finds rene… 
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CastMagaajyia Silberfeld, Aïchatou Moussa, Aïcha…
LanguageSonghoy, Zarma, Haus…   CountryNiger / Burkina Faso…
CWC$PG
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“WHITE SUN” (2016 feature film directed by Deepak Rauniyar)
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White Sun [2016]
Deepak Rauniyar
A former Maoist rebel struggles to reintegrate with his unwelcoming community and move beyond a painful past, in this beautiful social drama fro… 
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CastDayahang Rai, Asha Magrati, Rabindra Singh B…
LanguageNepali   CountryNepal
CWC$PG
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“THE WOMAN WHO LEFT” (2016 presentation)
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The Woman Who Left [2016]
Lav Diaz
Director Lav Diaz's drama examines economic disparity in modern Filipino society through the eyes of a woman released from prison 30 years after… 
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CastCharo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz, Michae…
LanguageTagalog   CountryPhilippines
WL$14A
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“THE WOMEN'S BALCONY” (2016 feature film directed by Emil Ben-Shimon)
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The Women's Balcony [2016]
Emil Ben-Shimon
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted… 
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CastEvelin Hagoel, Igal Naor, Orna Banay, Einat …
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
CWC$PG
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“YOURSELF AND YOURS” (2016 feature film directed by Sang-soo Hong)
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Yourself and Yours [2016]
Sang-soo Hong
Korean maestro and Festival favourite Hong Sang-soo (Right Now, Wrong Then) embarks on an intriguing foray into the uncanny with this ingenious … 
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CastJoo-hyuck Kim, Youyoung Lee
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
MAST$14A Video
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“ZACMA: BLINDNESS” (2016 feature film directed by Ryszard Bugajski)
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Zacma: Blindness [2016]
Ryszard Bugajski
Haunted by her ruthless past, a former high-ranking security officer in Poland’s communist government seeks an audience with the Primate of the … 
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CastMaria Mamona, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Janus…
LanguagePolish   CountryPoland
CWC$18 Video
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“ZOOLOGY” (2016 feature film directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky)
Reviews ****
Zoology [2016]
Ivan I. Tverdovsky
A lonely and seemingly unremarkable middle-aged zoo worker redefines her life after discovering she has grown a tail, in a film that is part com… 
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CastNatalia Pavlenkova, Dmitry Groshev, Irina Ch…
LanguageRussian   CountryRussia
CWS$18 Video
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