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FRI.11.SEP at 3:30pm [2009]

“PRESUMED GUILTY” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith)
Reviews ****½
Presumed Guilty [2009]
Roberto Hernández and Geoffr…
Two young Mexican attorneys attempt to exonerate a wrongly convicted man by making a documentary. In the process, they expose the contradictions… 
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CastJosé Antonio Zúñiga Rodriguez, Eva Gutiérrez…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
RTR$PG
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FRI.11.SEP at 6:30pm [2009]

“WAVELENGTHS 1: TITANS” (2009 presentation)
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Wavelengths 1: Titans [2009]
Klaus Lutz, Heinz Emigholz, …
George Méliès’ playful and eccentric spirit hovers throughout Wavelengths’s opening programme. Klaus Lutz’s Titan (USA), is a charming, artisan… 
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CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryUSA, Austria/Germany…
WL$18
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FRI.11.SEP at 9:00pm [2009]

“THE DAY GOD WALKED AWAY” (2009 feature film directed by Philippe van Leeuw)
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The Day God Walked Away [2009]
Philippe van Leeuw
Offering a new take on the Rwandan genocide, acclaimed cinematographer van Leeuw's directorial debut recreates the first-person experience of on… 
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CastRuth Nirere, Afazali Dewaele, Lola Tuyaerts
LanguageFrench   CountryBelgium
DISC$18A Video
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SAT.12.SEP at 1:00pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 1” (2009 short films directed by Ivan Grbovic, Min Sook Lee, Felix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphael, Chris Landreth, Caitriona Cantillon)
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Short Cuts Canada Programme 1 [2009]
Ivan Grbovic, Min Sook Lee,…
La Chute - Ivan Grbovic Marie, an elementary school teacher, suspects a student has been abused at home. Her judgment clouded by tensions in he… 
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CastMarie-Ève Bertrand, Uriel Isaac Emahel, Yves…
LanguageEnglish / French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A Video
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SAT.12.SEP at 3:45pm [2009]

“L' ENFER DE HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea)
Reviews ****
L' Enfer de Henri-Georges Clouzot [2009]
Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra …
Film archivist Serge Bromberg uncovers a treasure trove of imagery from an unfinished film called L’Enfer starring Romy Schneider and directed b… 
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CastRomy Schneider, Serge Reggiani, Bérénice Bej…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
RTR$PG Video
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SAT.12.SEP at 6:30pm [2009]

“WAVELENGTHS 2: PRO AGRI” (2009 presentation)
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Wavelengths 2: Pro Agri [2009]
Tomonari Nishikawa, Nicky Ha…
In a time of tampered food and farming, an appreciation for nature and its untold mysteries is as strong as ever. Tomonari Nishikawa’s Lumphini… 
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CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryThailand,United King…
WL$18
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SAT.12.SEP at 9:00pm [2009]

“WAVELENGTHS 3: LET EACH ONE GO WHERE HE MAY” (2009 presentation)
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Wavelengths 3: Let Each One Go Where He May [2009]
Ben Russell
Let Each One Go Where He May (USA) is the stunning feature debut of celebrated Chicago-based filmmaker Ben Russell. Having its world premiere in… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
WL$18
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SUN.13.SEP at 1:15pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 2” (2009 short films directed by Sami Khan, Sonya Di Rienzo, Kazik Radwanski, Guy Maddin, Ryan Mullins, Richard Kerr, Samer Najari)
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Short Cuts Canada Programme 2 [2009]
Sami Khan, Sonya Di Rienzo,…
75 El Camino - Sami Khan In Sarnia’s Chemical Valley, a red-hot Chevy El Camino is the last treasured possession that Travis and Marianne have … 
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CastEarl Pastko, Victoria Snow, Rachel Wilson, J…
LanguageEnglish/French/Ewe/A…   CountryCanada
SCC$PG Video
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SUN.13.SEP at 4:00pm [2009]

“WAVELENGTHS 4: IN COMPARISON” (2009 presentation)
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Wavelengths 4: In Comparison [2009]
Harun Farocki, Lisandro Alon…
Lisandro Alonso (Liverpool, Los Muertos) creates a face-to-face encounter with the wild in the beguiling and enigmatic S/T (Argentina), a moment… 
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CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryCzech Republic, Arge…
WL$18
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SUN.13.SEP at 6:30pm [2009]

“WAVELENGTHS 5: UNE CATASTROPHE” (2009 presentation)
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Wavelengths 5: Une Catastrophe [2009]
Marina Gioti, Jean-Luc Godar…
Personal expressions of historical and collective memory confront spectres from the past throughout this programme. With The Secret School (Gre… 
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CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryGreece, Austria, Fra…
WL$18
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SUN.13.SEP at 9:00pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 3” (2009 short films directed by Cordell Barker, Peter Wellington, Spencer Maybee, Dusty Mancinelli, Isaac Cravit, Trevor Anderson, Chelsea McMullan)
Reviews ~
Short Cuts Canada Programme 3 [2009]
Cordell Barker, Peter Welli…
Runaway - Cordell Barker Award-winning animator Cordell Barker brings us this zany and sumptuously animated tale about a reckless train ride. G… 
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CastOliver Dennis, Noam Jenkins Marc Bendavid, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$14A Video
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MON.14.SEP at 3:00pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 3” (2009 short films directed by Cordell Barker, Peter Wellington, Spencer Maybee, Dusty Mancinelli, Isaac Cravit, Trevor Anderson, Chelsea McMullan)
Reviews ~
Short Cuts Canada Programme 3 [2009]
Cordell Barker, Peter Welli…
Runaway - Cordell Barker Award-winning animator Cordell Barker brings us this zany and sumptuously animated tale about a reckless train ride. G… 
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CastOliver Dennis, Noam Jenkins Marc Bendavid, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$14A Video
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MON.14.SEP at 6:00pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 4” (2009 short films directed by Anne Emond, Nicolas Pereda, Nikos Theodosakis and Linda, Ed Gass-Donnelly, Felix Dufour-Laperriere, Pedro Pires, Jamie Travis)
Reviews ~
Short Cuts Canada Programme 4 [2009]
Anne Emond, Nicolas Pereda,…
Naissances - Anne Emond Naissances examines an ephemeral connection between strangers and the false hope borne of living in a moment that both … 
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CastJolianne L'Allier, Nico Gagnon Amalio Miran…
LanguageEnglish/French/Spani…   CountryCanada
SCC$14A Video
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MON.14.SEP at 9:00pm [2009]

“WAVELENGTHS 6: FLASH POINT CAMERA” (2009 presentation)
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Wavelengths 6: Flash Point Camera [2009]
Ute Aurand, Friedl vom Gröll…
Wavelengths 2009 concludes on a ruminative note, with art and experience partaking in time’s inevitable passage. Ute Aurand’s Snowing Chestnut … 
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CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryCanada, Austria, USA…
WL$18
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TUE.15.SEP at 9:00am [2009]

“THE DAY WILL COME” (2009 feature film directed by Susanne Schneider)
Reviews ***
The Day Will Come [2009]
Susanne Schneider
Thirty years after giving her daughter up for adoption to join the terrorist underground in Germany, Judith is tracked down by her now adult dau… 
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CastKatharina Schüttler, Iris Berben, Jacques Fr…
LanguageGerman | French   CountryGermany/France
DISC$14A
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TUE.15.SEP at 12:00pm [2009]

“JOE DANTE INTRODUCES IT'S A GIFT” (1934 feature film directed by Norman Z. McLeod)
Reviews ****
Joe Dante introduces It's a Gift [1934]
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman McLeod’s It’s a Gift, considered by critics and fans to be one of W.C. Fields’s finest films. The film showcases Fields’s adroitness as … 
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CastW.C. Fields
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DIAL$PG Video
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TUE.15.SEP at 3:00pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 4” (2009 short films directed by Anne Emond, Nicolas Pereda, Nikos Theodosakis and Linda, Ed Gass-Donnelly, Felix Dufour-Laperriere, Pedro Pires, Jamie Travis)
Reviews ~
Short Cuts Canada Programme 4 [2009]
Anne Emond, Nicolas Pereda,…
Naissances - Anne Emond Naissances examines an ephemeral connection between strangers and the false hope borne of living in a moment that both … 
more
CastJolianne L'Allier, Nico Gagnon Amalio Miran…
LanguageEnglish/French/Spani…   CountryCanada
SCC$14A Video
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TUE.15.SEP at 6:00pm [2009]

“NEIL JORDAN INTRODUCES: LO SCEICCO BIANCO” (1952 feature film directed by Federico Fellini)
Reviews ***½
Neil Jordan introduces: Lo sceicco bianco [1952]
Federico Fellini
Featuring a wonderful score by Nino Rota, this charming and farcical romantic comedy by Fellini offers an affectionate and satirical look at rom… 
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CastAlberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
DIAL$18 Video
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TUE.15.SEP at 9:30pm [2009]

“LA DONATION” (2009 feature film directed by Bernard Émond)
Reviews ***
La Donation [2009]
Bernard Émond
Dr. Rainville, an aging country doctor with a deep attachment to his patients, is about to retire and is looking for a successor. Jeanne Dion, a… 
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CastJacques Godin, Elise Guilbault
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
MAST$14A Video
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WED.16.SEP at 1:30pm [2009]

“AHEAD OF TIME” (2009 feature film directed by Bob Richman)
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Ahead of Time [2009]
Bob Richman
This directorial debut from acclaimed cinematographer Bob Richman (The September Issue, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) creates a vivid portrai… 
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CastRuth Gruber
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$14A Video
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WED.16.SEP at 4:00pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 5” (2009 short films directed by Randall Okita, Mio Adilman, Caroline Monnet, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Lea Nakonechny, Dylan Reibling, Ben Bruhmuller)
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Short Cuts Canada Programme 5 [2009]
Randall Okita, Mio Adilman, …
fish in barrel - Randall Okita Following the intricate and ethereal dream landscape he created in Machine with Wishbone, Randall Okita continue… 
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CastLeif Nygaard, Roberta Cenedese, Brendan McLe…
LanguageEnglish, Bosnian, Cr…   CountryCanada
SCC$14A Video
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WED.16.SEP at 7:00pm [2009]

“THE ADJUSTER” (1991 feature film directed by Atom Egoyan)
Reviews ***½
The Adjuster [1991]
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan’s The Adjuster is one of the filmmaker’s most acclaimed works, and remains one of the most significant contributions to what became … 
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CastElias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chayki…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
COV$R Video
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WED.16.SEP at 10:00pm [2009]

“PETROPOLIS: AERIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Peter Mettler)
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Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands [2009]
Peter Mettler
Filmmaker and visual artist Peter Mettler takes audiences on an eye-opening aerial tour of Alberta’s tar sands in this beautiful, haunting and v… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
RTR$G Video
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THU.17.SEP at 4:00pm [2009]

“HIROSHIMA” (2009 feature film directed by Pablo Stoll)
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Hiroshima [2009]
Pablo Stoll
World Premiere Juan sings in a rock band, but he doesn’t talk much. He also works at a bakery during the night and sleeps most of the day. This … 
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CastJuan Andrés Stoll, Guillermo Stoll, Mario St…
LanguageSpanish   CountryUruguay
VIS$PG
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THU.17.SEP at 6:30pm [2009]

“SOOK-YIN LEE INTRODUCES SWEETIE” (1989 feature film directed by Jane Campion)
Reviews ***½
Sook-Yin Lee Introduces SWEETIE [1989]
Jane Campion
A strikingly original and darkly comic work that centres on a dysfunctional pair of contrasting sisters. Using unusual colour, framing, angles a… 
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CastGeneviève Lemon, Karen Colston
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
DIAL$14A Video
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THU.17.SEP at 10:00pm [2009]

“SHOULD I REALLY DO IT?” (2009 feature film directed by Ismail Necmi)
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Should I Really Do It? [2009]
Ismail Necmi
The concepts of real life and fiction, documentary and drama, are explored in this real-life feature which follows the unbelievable life of Petr… 
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CastPetra Woschniak
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
DISC$14A Video
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FRI.18.SEP at 10:00am [2009]

“THE SEARCH” (2009 feature film directed by Wan Ma Cai Dan, Pema Tseden)
Reviews ***½
The Search [2009]
Wan Ma Cai Dan, Pema Tseden
This peacefully charming second feature by Pema Tseden (Wan Ma Cai Dan) is the first ever to be shot entirely in Tibet and in the Tibetan langua… 
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CastManla Kyab, Tsondrey, Lumo Tso
LanguageTibetan   CountryChina/Tibet
CWC$PG Video
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FRI.18.SEP at 1:00pm [2009]

“FOUND” (2009 short film directed by Paramita Nath)
Reviews ****
Found [2009]
Paramita Nath
In 1978, Toronto poet Souvankham Thammavongsa was born in a Lao refugee camp in Thailand. Based on her book of poems inspired by her father’s di… 
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CastSouvankham Thammavongsa, Kevin Au
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$18 Video
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“REEL INJUN” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Neil Diamond)
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Reel Injun [2009]
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond’s documentary Reel Injun is a long-needed corrective to the wildly inaccurate portrayals of native peoples in Hollywood films and f… 
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CastWes Studi, Adam Beach and Sacheen Littlefeat…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
RTR$PG Video
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FRI.18.SEP at 4:00pm [2009]

“STOLEN” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Violeta Ayala, Dan Fallshaw)
Reviews ****
Stolen [2009]
Violeta Ayala, Dan Fallshaw
Filmmakers Fallshaw and Ayala's journey of discovery among Saharawi refugees turns into a political thriller. 
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CastUnknown
LanguageHassanya | Spanish …   CountryAustralia
RTR$PG Video
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FRI.18.SEP at 7:00pm [2009]

“SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME 3” (2009 short films directed by Cordell Barker, Peter Wellington, Spencer Maybee, Dusty Mancinelli, Isaac Cravit, Trevor Anderson, Chelsea McMullan)
Reviews ~
Short Cuts Canada Programme 3 [2009]
Cordell Barker, Peter Welli…
Runaway - Cordell Barker Award-winning animator Cordell Barker brings us this zany and sumptuously animated tale about a reckless train ride. G… 
more
CastOliver Dennis, Noam Jenkins Marc Bendavid, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$14A Video
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FRI.18.SEP at 10:00pm [2009]

“TRASH HUMPERS” (2009 feature film directed by Harmony Korine)
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Trash Humpers [2009]
Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine returns to Gummo territory in this handheld video of a loser-gang cult-freak collective who do antisocial things in a nonnarrativ… 
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CastCharles Ezell, Chris Gantry, Harmony Korine,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA/United Kingdom
VIS$18
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SAT.19.SEP at 10:00am [2009]

“MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE” (2009 feature film directed by Werner Herzog)
Reviews ***
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done [2009]
Werner Herzog
Inspired by true events, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, is a story of ancient myth and modern madness. Brad Macallam, an aspiring actor perf… 
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CastWillem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny, Michael Peña, M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA, Germany
SP$PG Video
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SAT.19.SEP at 1:00pm [2009]

“GAIA” (2009 feature film directed by Jason Lehel)
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Gaia [2009]
Jason Lehel
A group of Native Americans discover a young woman, left for dead, in the Arizona desert and take her to their reservation. Through her relation… 
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CastCynthia Adkisson, Deswood Etsitty, Emily Lap…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
VIS$18 Video
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SAT.19.SEP at 4:00pm [2009]

“PRESUMED GUILTY” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith)
Reviews ****½
Presumed Guilty [2009]
Roberto Hernández and Geoffr…
Two young Mexican attorneys attempt to exonerate a wrongly convicted man by making a documentary. In the process, they expose the contradictions… 
more
CastJosé Antonio Zúñiga Rodriguez, Eva Gutiérrez…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
RTR$PG
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SAT.19.SEP at 6:30pm [2009]

“KARAOKE” (2009 feature film directed by Chris Chong Chan Fui)
Reviews ***
Karaoke [2009]
Chris Chong Chan Fui
Poetic, observant and allegorical, Karaoke juxtaposes a young man's idealism with the reality of a changing Malaysia through karaoke videos. 
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CastZahiril Adzim, Amerul Affendi, Hariry Jalil,…
LanguageMalay   CountryMalaysia
VIS$PG Video
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