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2016 TOfilmfest Top 10 Now that #TIFF16 has wrapped up, it's time to pick our top-ten of the 2016 Toronto International… Sep.22/2016

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2016 TOfilmfest: complete festival line-up released! This week the Toronto International Film Festival released it's final film title announcements,… Aug.26/2016

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Amazonian

“EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT” (2015 feature film directed by Ciro Guerra)
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Embrace of the Serpent [2015]
Ciro Guerra
A tale of the first encounter, approach, betrayal and life-transcending friendship between an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and… 
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CastJan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Nilbio Torres, A…
LanguageAmazonian   CountryColombia/Venezuela/A…
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Amharic

“LAMB” (2015 feature film directed by Yared Zeleke)
Reviews ***½
Lamb [2015]
Yared Zeleke
Living in a foster home after his mother's death, a 9-year-old Ethiopian boy risks all to save his only friend — his mother's pet lamb — in this… 
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CastRediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Welela Assefa, S…
LanguageAmharic   CountryEthiopia
CWC$PG Video
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“PRICE OF LOVE” (2015 feature film directed by Hermon Hailay)
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Price of Love [2015]
Hermon Hailay
A cab driver and a beautiful young prostitute fall in love while struggling to survive on the mean streets of Addis Ababa, in this frank, gritty… 
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CastEskindir Tameru, Fereweni Gebregergs
LanguageAmharic   CountryEthiopia
CWC$14A Video
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“SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 5” (2015 short films directed by Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Kevin Papatie, Joël Vaudreuil, Osama Rasheed, Zack Russell, Luiza Cocora, Clara Roquet)
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Short Cuts Programme 5 [2015]
Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Kevin …
While some of the unforgettable outsiders in this programme of seven riveting shorts crave acceptance, others find the courage to defy society’s… 
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CastSelam Fikadu, Berite Eshetu, Surafel Tsegaye…
LanguageAmharic   CountryFrance/United Kingdo…
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Anishinaabe

“SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 5” (2015 short films directed by Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Kevin Papatie, Joël Vaudreuil, Osama Rasheed, Zack Russell, Luiza Cocora, Clara Roquet)
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Short Cuts Programme 5 [2015]
Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Kevin …
While some of the unforgettable outsiders in this programme of seven riveting shorts crave acceptance, others find the courage to defy society’s… 
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CastSelam Fikadu, Berite Eshetu, Surafel Tsegaye…
LanguageAnishinaabe   CountryFrance/United Kingdo…
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Anmatyerre

“SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 10” (2015 short films directed by David Bryant, Trevor Mack, Matthew Taylor Blais, Dylan River, Kimie Tanaka, Ziya Demirel, Mijael Bustos Gutiérrez, Sporadic Film Collective)
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Short Cuts Programme 10 [2015]
David Bryant, Trevor Mack, M…
From a rookie cop in the Australian Outback to a troubled family in Chile, this programme features a cast of characters who find themselves (com… 
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CastElias Louie, Trinity Stump, Quelemia Sparrow…
LanguageAnmatyerre   CountryCanada, Australia, F…
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Arabic

“3000 NIGHTS” (2015 feature film directed by Mai Masri)
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3000 Nights [2015]
Mai Masri
Railroaded into an Israeli prison on a terrorism charge, a young Palestinian woman discovers that she is pregnant just as a group of her fellow … 
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CastMaisa Abd Elhadi, Nadera Omran, Raida Adon, …
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine/Jordan/Leb…
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“AS I OPEN MY EYES” (2015 feature film directed by Leyla Bouzid)
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As I Open My Eyes [2015]
Leyla Bouzid
Set on the eve of the Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, the first feature from director Leyla Bouzid follows an up-and-coming underground band as th… 
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CastBaya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Aya…
LanguageArabic   CountryTunisia/France/Belgi…
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“BLACK” (2015 feature film directed by Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah)
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Black [2015]
Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. Fiftee… 
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CastMartha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Emm…
LanguageArabic   CountryBelgium
DISC$18A Video
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“LES COWBOYS” (2015 feature film directed by Thomas Bidegain)
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Les Cowboys [2015]
Thomas Bidegain
An Old-West enthusiast in modern-day France embarks on a 16-year odyssey to track down his daughter, who has run away and converted to Islam, in… 
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CastFrançois Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe …
LanguageArabic   CountryFrance/Belgium
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“DÉGRADÉ” (2015 feature film directed by Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser)
Reviews ***½
Dégradé [2015]
Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Thirteen women find themselves trapped in a Gaza hair salon during a stand-off between police and a local gangster, in this audacious and incisi… 
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CastHiam Abbass, Victoria Balitska, Manal Awad, …
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine/Qatar
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“GUANTANAMO'S CHILD: OMAR KHADR” (2015 feature film directed by Michelle Shephard, Patrick Reed)
Reviews ****
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr [2015]
Michelle Shephard, Patrick R…
Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen who was captured by American forces in Afghanistan in 2002 and spent a decade imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, tel… 
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CastOmar Khadr
LanguageArabic   CountryCanada
DOC$14A Video
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“THE IDOL” (2015 feature film directed by Hany Abu-Assad)
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The Idol [2015]
Hany Abu-Assad
Acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now, Omar) directs this biopic about Mohammad Assaf, the Gazan wedding singer who becam… 
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CastKais Attalah, Hiba Attalah, Ahmad Qasem, Abd…
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine
SP$PG
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“IN JACKSON HEIGHTS” (2015 feature film directed by Frederick Wiseman)
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In Jackson Heights [2015]
Frederick Wiseman
Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, N… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageArabic   CountryUSA
DOC$PG Video
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“LET THEM COME” (2015 feature film directed by Salem Brahimi)
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Let Them Come [2015]
Salem Brahimi
In Algeria in the late 1980s, a man who has been compelled to take a wife by his mother’s dying wish has his domestic dilemma placed in stark re… 
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CastAmazigh Kateb, Rachida Brakni
LanguageArabic   CountryFrance/Algeria
CWS$18A Video
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“MUCH LOVED” (2015 feature film directed by Nabil Ayouch)
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Much Loved [2015]
Nabil Ayouch
Four sex workers turn to each other for support as they struggle to survive the corrupt and dangerous flesh markets of Marrakesh, in this hard-h… 
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CastLoubna Abidar, Asmaa Lazrak, Halima Karaouan…
LanguageArabic   CountryMorocco
CWS$R Video
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“THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE” (2015 feature film directed by Morgan Neville)
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble [2015]
Morgan Neville
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) profiles celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, whi… 
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CastYo-Yo Ma, Cristina Pato, Wu Man, Kinan Azmeh…
LanguageArabic   CountryUSA
DOC$G
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“NASSER” (2015 feature film directed by Jihan El-Tahri)
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Nasser [2015]
Jihan El-Tahri
Filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri explores the history of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the revolutionary army officer whose decade-long reign as president of Egyp… 
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CastGamal Abdel Nasser
LanguageArabic   CountrySouth Africa
DOC$PG
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“P.S. JERUSALEM” (2015 feature film directed by Danae Elon)
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P.S. Jerusalem [2015]
Danae Elon
Returning to her hometown of Jerusalem with her young family after several years abroad, documentarian Danae Elon offers an intimate, ground’s-e… 
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CastLuai Musa Hatib, Philip Touitou, Amos Touito…
LanguageArabic   CountryCanada/Israel
DOC$PG Video
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“PARISIENNE” (2015 feature film directed by Danielle Arbid)
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Parisienne [2015]
Danielle Arbid
The new film from Lebanese director Danielle Arbid follows a young Arab immigrant in Paris, whose encounters with three men reveal different fac… 
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CastManal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Dami…
LanguageArabic   CountryFrance
CWC$14A
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“SECTOR IX B PRECEDED BY FAUX DÉPART” (2015 presentation)
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Sector IX B preceded by Faux Départ [2015]
Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Yt…
Inspired by the 1930s Dakar-Djibouti mission — the ambitious French ethnographic expedition — the first narrative feature by French artist and f… 
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CastBetty Tchomanga, Rachel Kahn, Eriq Ebouaney
LanguageArabic   CountryFrance/Senegal, Moro…
WL$PG Video
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“SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 5” (2015 short films directed by Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Kevin Papatie, Joël Vaudreuil, Osama Rasheed, Zack Russell, Luiza Cocora, Clara Roquet)
Reviews ~
Short Cuts Programme 5 [2015]
Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Kevin …
While some of the unforgettable outsiders in this programme of seven riveting shorts crave acceptance, others find the courage to defy society’s… 
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CastSelam Fikadu, Berite Eshetu, Surafel Tsegaye…
LanguageArabic   CountryFrance/United Kingdo…
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“SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 9” (2015 short films directed by Olivia Boudreau, Elad Goldman, Ely Dagher, Elie Bassila, Clemens Roth, Ondrej Hudecek)
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Short Cuts Programme 9 [2015]
Olivia Boudreau, Elad Goldma…
Outside forces and long-building pressures create dramatic circumstances in these six short films that depict hard realities, fantastical vision… 
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CastJasmine Lemée, Marilyn Castonguay, Yoav Rott…
LanguageArabic   CountryCanada, Israel, Leba…
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“THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS” (2015 presentation)
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The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers [2015]
Ben Rivers
Partially inspired by Paul Bowles’ short story A Distant Episode, the latest feature by British filmmaker Ben Rivers (Two Years at Sea, A Spell … 
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CastUnknown
LanguageArabic   CountryUnited Kingdom
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“STARVE YOUR DOG” (2015 feature film directed by Hicham Lasri)
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Starve Your Dog [2015]
Hicham Lasri
In the audacious new feature from Morocco’s Hicham Lasri, a once-famous journalist desperate to make a comeback lands a major interview with the… 
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CastLatefa Ahrrare, Jirari Ben Aissa, Fehd Bench…
LanguageArabic   CountryMorocco
CWC$18A Video
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