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Danny Boyle
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to surviv… 
CastJames Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Amber…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$14A

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Douglas Gordon
A dual-channel video installation which consists of two side-by-side projections of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), film # 68 on The Essential… 
CastAnthony Perkins, Janet Leigh
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
FUTFreePG

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Emre Sahin
A bag full of money lands in front of you. Is it luck? The answer to your prayers? Part of a predetermined plan? Or all of the above? Set in the… 
CastKofi Siriboe, Ali Atay, Kwesi Boakye, Deniz …
LanguageEnglish   CountryTurkey
CTC$PG

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Atom Egoyan
A key scene from Fellini’s masterpiece 8½ and a reversal of the customary relationship between the projector, the audience and the screen are At… 
CastMarcello Mastroianni
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FUTFree18

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Debs Gardner-Paterson
'Africa United' is the extraordinary story of three Rwandan kids who walk 3000 miles to the Soccer World Cup in South Africa. Using a sack load … 
CastRoger Nsengiyumva, Sherrie Silver, Eriya Nda…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CWC$PG

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Katrin Bowen
Jana is a fading B-movie actress who was famous for her roles in Amazon movies playing a variety of pre-Xena warrior-princesses. Nearing 40 she… 
CastApril Telek, Anna Mae Routledge, William B. …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CF$14A

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Sam Mendes
Wednesday, September 15 at 5:30 pm Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect … 
CastKevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Peter Gallaghe…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
FREEFree14A

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John Sayles
Beginning of the 20th Century, during the Philippine-American War. A garrison under the command of US Lieutenant Compton is left to ‘protect’ Sa… 
CastGarret Dillahunt, Chris Cooper, DJ Qualls, Y…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$PG

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Mike Leigh
A deeply moving drama starring Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen as a married couple in their 60s whose highs and lows are charted over the course of… 
CastJim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Sarah Polley
Saturday, September 18 at 7pm Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. Now, in the oncoming twilight of t… 
CastGordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Olympia Duka…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FREEFreePG

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Steven Silver
A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa. 
CastMalin Åkerman, Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada | South Afric…
GALA$$14A

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Richard J. Lewis
Take a wild ride through the life and memories of Barney Panofsky, a hard-drinking, cigar smoking, foulmouthed, 65-year old hockeyfanatic and te… 
CastDustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada | Italy
GALA$$14A

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Shawn Ku
A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took hi… 
CastMichael Sheen, Maria Bello, Austin Nichols, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$14A

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Jonathan Sobol
Upon learning they only have a few days left to live, three brothers set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. 
CastHarvey Keitel, J.K. Simmons, Tricia Helfer, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$14A

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Mike Mills
When his 71-year-old father (Christopher Plummer) comes out of the closet, Oliver (Ewan McGregor) must explore the honesty of his own relationsh… 
CastChristopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor, Mélanie …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Lawrence Kasdan
Sunday, September 19 at 7 pm A group of friends who attended the University of Michigan together in the 1960's convene for the funeral of one f… 
CastGlenn Close, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, Ke…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
FREEFreeR

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Darren Aronofsky
A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, Black Swan stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself… 
CastNatalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Michael Henry
A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out, they find themselves on the dark s… 
CastSophie Lowe, Kestie Morassi, Ashley Zukerman…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
DISC$14A

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Derek Cianfrance
The film centers on a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods. 
CastRyan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Frederick Wiseman
The doc unfolds at Lord's Gym in Austin, Texas. 
CastRichard Lord
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$14A

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Rowan Joffe
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish. Based on Graham Greene's classic novel… 
CastSam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$14A

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Nanouk Leopold
Charlotte and Max live with their young son in Brussels. When Max finds out Charlotte has been taking some of her male patients to a rented apar… 
CastSandra Hüller, Dragan Bakema, Sabine Timoteo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNetherlands
VIS$14A

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Guy Moshe
A mysterious drifter (Josh Hartnett) and an ardent young Japanese warrior Yoshi (Gackt) both arrive in a town that is terrorized by outrageous a… 
CastJosh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$18A

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Rodrigo Cortés
Paul is a U.S. contractor working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a… 
CastRyan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis Ga…
LanguageEnglish   CountrySpain, USA
SP$14A

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George Hickenlooper
A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder. 
CastRachelle Lefevre, Kevin Spacey, Kelly Presto…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$14A

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Werner Herzog
Herzog has apparently been given permission to film inside the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave, a site in the Ardèche department of southern France tha… 
CastWerner Herzog
LanguageEnglish   CountryGermany
RTR$G

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Max Winkler
This comedy follows a young man who falls hard for an older woman about to be married. The infatuation prompts him to take along his unwitting f… 
CastMichael Angarano, Uma Thurman, Lee Pace, Reb…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$$14A

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Alex Gibney
An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician. Alex Gi… 
CastEliot Spitzer
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$PG

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Robert Redford
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice-Pre… 
CastRobin Wright, James McAvoy, Justin Long, Eva…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$PG

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Tony Goldwyn
Conviction is the inspirational true story of a sister's unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters' (two-time Academy Award win… 
CastSam Rockwell, Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Ondi Timoner
A documentary that takes an alternative approach to dealing with the global warming crisis. Inspired by a book called Cool It by the economist … 
CastBjorn Lomborg
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$PG

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Paul Haggis
Saturday, September 18 at 10pm Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a … 
CastTerrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Don Cheadle…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
FREEFree14A

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Michael Goldbach
Daydream Nation is a provocative yet humorous romance about a rural community shaken by the arrival of an acerbic teenage girl. 
CastKat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Josh Lucas, An…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CF$14A

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John Madden
Remake of Israeli film "Ha-Hov" (2007). In 1965, three young Israeli Mossad agents on a secret mission capture and kill a notorious Nazi war cr… 
CastSam Worthington, Helen Mirren, Ciarán Hinds,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Kiran Rao
The film is set in Mumbai and revolves around the lives of four characters, whose paths criss-cross at Dhobi Ghat. Aamir Khan plays a painter i… 
CastAamir Khan, Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra, Kr…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIndia
SP$$PG

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Abe Sylvia
Follows the ten-year journey of a teenage runaway across the social and political landscape of America. Danielle is the dirty girl of Norman Hi… 
CastJuno Temple, Dwight Yoakam, Milla Jovovich, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$14A

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James Andean & François Xavi…
E-100 is a sound installation in which key samples of film dialogue culled from the films in the Essential 100 list are heard both clearly and o… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FUTFreePG

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Will Gluck
A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. 
CastEmma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Cam Gigandet, Stan…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Jerzy Skolimowski
A Taliban fighter is captured, interrogated, tortured and then transported to an unnamed snowy destination in Europe. He manages to escape and m… 
CastVincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, Stig Frod…
LanguageEnglish   CountryPoland, Norway, Irel…
MAST$18A

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Barr Gilmore
Essential Titles is a 5-minute looped motion graphic projection that isolates and recreates only the title and director's credit from the openin… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FUTFreeG

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Dan Rush
Re-make of Everything Goes (2004). Nick’s an alcoholic who loses his job and comes home to find his never-seen wife Catherine has put all of hi… 
CastWill Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Glenn Howerton,
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Justin Chadwick
In a remote Kenyan primary school hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government.… 
CastNaomie Harris, Oliver Musila Litondo
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CWC$PG

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Sturla Gunnarsson
At 75 years old, David Suzuki shows no signs of slowing down. In this captivating documentary portrait, the passionate environmentalist's legacy… 
CastDavid Suzuki
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$PG

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Michael Dowse
In Calgary, Terry (David Lawrence) and Dean (Paul Spence) are tired of barely scraping by. Their old buddy and "party leader", Troy (better know… 
CastDavid Lawrence, Paul Spence
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
MM$14A

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Justin Lerner
A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend. When an une… 
CastAmanda Plummer, Evan Sneider, Jackson Rathbo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$PG

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Jacob Tierney
Director Jacob Tierney (The Trotsky) returns with an innovative and unsettling thriller about some very strange people living in the same apartm… 
CastScott Speedman, Emily Hampshire, Jay Baruche…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$18

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Leon Ford
Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares h… 
CastRyan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Andy Minh Trieu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
DISC$PG

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José Luis Guerín
"Guest" is a travel diary following a director as he goes to international film festivals. Jose Luis Guerin muses on the themes of travel, cine… 
CastJosé Luis Guerín
LanguageEnglish   CountrySpain
RTR$G

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Malcolm Venville
After serving three years in prison for a bank robbery he did not commit, an amiable but aimless man decides to rob the bank for real. His plan … 
CastKeanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, Judy Greer, Jame…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Clint Eastwood
The story of three people haunted by mortality in different ways, Hereafter stars Matt Damon as a blue-collar American who has a special connect… 
CastMatt Damon, Jay Mohr, Bryce Dallas Howard, M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Deborah Chow
The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels,Nathalie f… 
CastZach Braff, Kyle Switzer, Paula Jean Hixson,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CF$14A

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Adam Wingard
An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town. 
CastAJ Bowen, Brandon Carroll, Joe Swanberg, Amy…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA, Japan
VAN$14A

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Jody Shapiro
Shapiro's documentary about micro-nations, tiny countries seldom recognized by the outside world, mixes comedy and compassion with a serious ana… 
CastKevin Baugh, Gregory Green, Patri Friedman
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
RTR$PG

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Gabriel Range
From the award winning team behind Death of a President and The Last King of Scotland, and inspired by real life events, I Am Slave is a controv… 
CastIsaach De Bankolé, Yigal Naor, Nonso Anozie,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CWC$PG

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Casey Affleck
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the documentary follows the Osc… 
CastJoaquin Phoenix
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Sylvain Chomet
The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder, he is forced to accept increasingl… 
CastJean-Claude Donda, Edith Rankin, Jil Aigrot,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$PG

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
Well-known for his roles in Charlie Wilson’s War, Doubt and Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman makes his directorial debut with Jack Goes Boating, a… 
CastPhilip Seymour Hoffman, Seamus O’Regan
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$18

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Barbara Eder
A portrait of teenagers during their last year at Hanna Highschool in Brownsville, Texas. A feature film taking a tougher look on reality than a… 
CastPatty Barrera, Carlos Benavides, Edward K. B…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustria
DISC$14A

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Charles Ferguson
'Inside Job' is the first film to provide a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, ca… 
CastMatt Damon
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$PG

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James Wan
A young family discover that the body of their comatose boy attracts evil entities, while the boy's mind is trapped in a dark realm known as The… 
CastPatrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Steve Nash, Ezra Holland
In 1980, Terry Fox continued to fight bone cancer and deep despair in pursuit of a singular, motivating vision-to run across Canada. Three years… 
CastTerry Fox, Steve Nash
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$G

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Reha Erdem, Pelin Esmer, Ser…
This panel will be open to the public and will take place on Thursday, September 16 at 7 p.m. at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall, 317 … 
CastRichard Florida, Reha Erdem, Pelin Esmer, Se…
LanguageEnglish   CountryTurkey
CTCFreePG

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Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward. 
CastEmma Roberts, Zach Galifianakis, Lauren Grah…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples. 'Phi… 
CastPhilip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, Lola Glaud…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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David M. Rosenthal
A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter. 
CastElisabeth Shue, Abigail Breslin, Brittany Sn…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$PG

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William Kentridge
Using Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon (1902) as a point of departure, Kentridge masterfully combines live action and stop motion in homage to… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountrySouth Africa
FUTFreeG

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Louise Alston
Jackie and Lucy - Jucy - are twenty-something girls who aren't doing too much too fast. They're best friends who enjoy smoking pot and video gam… 
CastRyan Johnson, Charlotte Gregg, Andrew Ryan, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
CWC$14A

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Douglas Gordon
Following on from Douglas Gordon’s collaboration with Philippe Parreno, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, the film k.364 is an exercise in portra… 
CastAvri Levitan, Roi Shiloah
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
VIS$G

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Gregg Araki
A sci-fi story centered on the sexual awakening of a group of college students. Smith’s everyday life in the dorm – hanging out with his arty, … 
CastHaley Bennett, Thomas Dekker, Andy Fischer-P…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
VAN$18

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Tom Hooper
Starring Colin Firth, the film focuses on how the current Queen’s father overcame his nervous stammer, with the assistance of speech therapist, … 
CastColin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Ca…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom, Aust…
GALA$$14A

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Stan Douglas, Steffen Mennek…
Klatsassin refashions Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950), a tale of murder with a narrative told from four different viewpoints, as a western root… 
CastMichael Eklund, Steffen Mennekes, Yee Jee Ts…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FUTFreePG

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Massy Tadjedin
The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he'… 
CastSam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Eva Mendes…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Tae-Yong Kim
The story is about two Asian foreigners (Korean and Chinese) in Seattle, Wasington. The two people,who share dark pasts, have their 3 day love s… 
CastWei Tang, Bin Hyeon, James C. Burns, John Wu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA, South Korea
CWC$PG

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Jerome Sable
This musical horror comedy follows an unlikely hero – nerdy Danny Zigwitz – at a summer camp listening to fireside stories. Have you heard of S… 
CastL.J. Benet, Sean Cullen, Rick Miller, Kailey…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

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Matt Reeves
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. Remake of "Let the Right One In" (2008). 
CastChloe Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenk…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Oliver Schmitz
In the dusty small town of Elandsdoorn, a South African township not far from Johannesburg, life is simple and serene. A prevailing sense of dee… 
CastKhomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harrie…
LanguageEnglish   CountryGermany, South Afric…
CWC$PG

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Richard Bowen
Based on one of the earliest versions of the beloved Cinderella tale comes a magical film that reveals the Chinese origins of this widely known … 
CastXiao Min, Zhang Jie, Caiping Wang, Hu Yinzi,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryChina, USA
KIDYouthPG

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Arielle Javitch
Look, Stranger is an elegant, spare and powerful telling of one young woman's journey through a war-torn landscape in an effort to get back home… 
CastAnnamaria Marinca, Tom Burke, Nenad Ciric, M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$14A

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Mark Hartley
From cult cinema documentary director Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood) comes this account of the wild and unruly world of genre filmmaking in … 
CastJoe Dante, John Landis, Colleen Camp, Steve …
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
RTR$PG

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Nigel Cole
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. 
CastRosamund Pike, Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoski…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$PG

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J. Clay Tweel
Every year in Las Vegas, aspiring young magicians travel from around the globe to compete for the title of Teen World Champion at the World Magi… 
CastEd Alonzo, Albert M. Belmont Jr., Joan Caes…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
KIDYouthG

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William D. MacGillivray
A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the crea… 
CastRon Hynes, Joel Hynes
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
RTR$14A

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Perry Bard
Man With a Movie Camera: The Global Remake is a participatory video shot by people around the world who are invited to record images that re-int… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada / USA
FUTFreePG

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Allan King
A restruck and restored version of master filmmaker Allan King's classic cinema-verité film, one of the most influential and celebrated Canadian… 
CastBogart Edwards, Antoinette Edwards, Billy Ed…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
COV$R

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Michael Bennett
A violent tragedy has a harrowing impact on eight different lives in a diverse South Auckland community. A random act of violence leaves eight … 
CastAlix Bushnell, Sara Wiseman, Camille Keenan,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNew Zealand
CWC$14A

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul is considered a cinematic treasure by art house aficionados. To get over his intimidating Thai name, he encourages wes… 
CastApichatpong Weerasethakul, Dennis Lim
LanguageEnglish   CountryThailand
MAV$18

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Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen visits Toronto for the World Premiere of The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (playing separately at the Fe… 
CastBruce Springsteen, Edward Norton
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$$18

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Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in American cinema with films such as Old Joy and Wendy & Lucy. Her latest fil… 
CastKelly Reichardt, Lisa Schwarzbaum
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$18

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Ken Loach
Director Ken Loach joined forces with writer Paul Laverty in the mid-1990s, and together they’ve injected their political passions into a dozen … 
CastKen Loach, Paul Laverty, Michael Moore
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
MAV$18

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Kelly Reichardt
It's 1845 and a wagon team of three families have hired a guide to take them on the Oregon Trail and over the Cascade Mountains. They become los… 
CastBruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson, Paul Dan…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CWC$14A

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Julian Schnabel
The story of a woman who grew up in an orphanage for Palestinian children founded just after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. … 
CastFreida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Willem Dafoe, Van…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom | Isr…
SP$$14A

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Ingrid Veninger
The story of two teenagers who discover themselves - and one another - on a week long summer trip to Slovakia. Lina is seventeen years old and … 
CastCyril Dugovic, Alexander Gammal, Hallie Swit…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada | Slovakia
CWC$14A

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Gareth Edwards
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in… 
CastWhitney Able, Scoot McNairy
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
VAN$18A

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Michael Nyman
in this short film, when legendary composer Michael Nyman fails to answer an interview question, music takes over. 
CastMichael Nyman
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
VIS$G

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Paul Clarke
In New York City in 1968 a revolution was under way in a tiny club called Max’s Kansas City. When Andy Warhol’s Factory superstars collided with… 
CastLillian Roxon, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Germa…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
RTR$14A

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Reha Erdem
Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosph… 
CastÖnder K. Açikbas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Halim E…
LanguageEnglish   CountryTurkey
CTC$14A

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Peter Mullan
Set in 1970s Glasgow, this film tells the story of a shy and intelligent young boy who, through a series of circumstances, turns into a NED – a … 
CastMarianna Palka, David McKay, Douglas Russell…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CWC$18

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Mark Romanek
As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they f… 
CastCharlotte Rampling, Keira Knightley, Carey M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom | USA…
SP$$14A

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Terry Miles
There's no place like home. Thank god. A Night for Dying Tigers is a dark, heartfelt and ultimately revealing portrait of a family on the edge o… 
CastJennifer Beals, Kathleen Robertson, Lauren L…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CWC$14A

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Michael Nyman
In NYman With A Movie Camera, Michael Nyman revisits one of the high-points of his career: the composition of his now-famous score for Dziga Ver… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
FUTFreePG

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Ryan Redford
Feeling lost and disconnected, with no family of his own, veteran Sherman Oliver sets out to the countryside in search of the soldier who saved … 
CastGarret Dillahunt, Donal Logue, Molly Parker,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CF$14A

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Otolith Group
A 48-minute single-screen projection, Otolith III takes as its point of departure The Alien (1967), the unrealized sci-fi screenplay by the lege… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
FUTFreePG

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Richard Benner
Tuesday, September 14 at 7pm A story about a female impersonator who rooms with a pregnant schizophrenic. 
CastCraig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Richert Easle…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FREEFree14A

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Sophie Fiennes
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow profiles major contemporary artist Anselm Keifer in the style of his work. The film bears witness to German ar… 
CastAnselm Kiefer, Klaus Dermutz
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance | Netherlands…
VIS$14A

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John Turturro
A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world. Passion journeys through Napoli… 
CastMassimo Ranieri, Lina Sastri, Fiorello, Pepp…
LanguageEnglish   CountryItaly
SP$18

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Mitch Glazer
An angel, under the thumb of a ruthless gangster, is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck. 
CastMegan Fox, Mickey Rourke, Bill Murray, Rhys …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Barry W. Blaustein
On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, t… 
CastKate Mara, Michael C. Hall, Judy Greer, Rain…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Kim Longinotto
India is the setting for the documentary Pink Saris, which is being made for UK Channel 4 and continues the theme of strong women fighting again… 
CastSampat Pal
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
RTR$PG

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Wi Ding Ho
The discovery of a discarded sofa, in Taipei city, transforms a routine Sunday into a capricious adventure of perseverance and self-discovery fo… 
CastJeffrey Quizon, Bayani Agbayani, Alessandra …
LanguageEnglish   CountryTaiwan
DISC$PG

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Risteard O'Domhnaill
In a remote corner of the west of Ireland sits Broadhaven Bay. It is the perfect picture postcard, where the high cliffs of Erris Head and the S… 
CastWillie Corduff, Monica Muller, Pat O‘Donnell
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
RTR$14A

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Shlomi Eldar
A desperately ill Palestinian baby, his militant mother, an Israeli doctor and a Channel 10 reporter star in Shlomi Eldar's moving documentary, … 
CastMohammed Abu Mustafa, Raida Abu Mustafa, Dr.…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIsrael
RTR$14A

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Rob Reiner
Sunday, September 19 at 10pm When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought… 
CastBilly Crystal, Christopher Guest, Fred Savag…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
FREEFreePG

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Thom Zimny
The recodring of Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album from 1978. 
CastBruce Springsteen
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$PG

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Vincent Gallo
Shot in black and white, this fiercely independent film traces the steps a young photographer takes to fulfill the dying wishes of a beautiful y… 
CastDelfine Bafort, Lisa Love, Vincent Gallo
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
VIS$14A

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John Cameron Mitchell
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. A family navigates the deepest form of loss in John Ca… 
CastNicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Sandra Oh, Dia…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Jalmari Helander
"A Finnish horror comedy about a very bad Santa." - Jason Anderson, Moviefone.ca In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 metres deep, … 
CastPer Christian Ellefsen, Tommi Korpela, Jorma…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFinland
DISC$14A

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Julien Carbon, Laurent Court…
“Red Nights” is a thriller in which women rule, especially Carrie Ng, who gives one of her best performances in a long long time. There are som… 
CastFrédérique Bel, Carrie Ng, Carole Brana, Ste…
LanguageEnglish   CountryHong Kong, France
MM$14A

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Carl Bessai
Three young drug addicts who, while stuck in rehab, begin experiencing strange and inexplicable phenomenon that change their lives forever. 
CastDustin Milligan, Amanda Crew, Richard de Kle…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$14A

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Jonathan Nossiter
Rio Sex Comedy charts the misadventures of expatriates in Rio in their search for both personal pleasures and social justice. Charlotte Rampling… 
CastCharlotte Rampling, Irène Jacob, Bill Pullma…
LanguageEnglish   CountryBrazil
SP$R

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Bruce McDonald
Thursday, September 16 at 10pm This is an early film by Bruce McDonald filmed on a tiny budget over a few weeks traveling the wilds in Canada. … 
CastBruce McDonald, Don McKellar, Valerie Buhagi…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FREEFreePG

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Ken Loach
The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the trut… 
CastStephen Lord, John Bishop, Najwa Nimri, Mark…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
MAST$18

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Ben Stassen
A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming. Wonderfully craf… 
CastMelanie Griffith, Ed Begley Jr., Jenny McCar…
LanguageEnglish   CountryBelgium
KIDYouthPG

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Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel, Sarah’s Key tells the story of an American journalist on the brink of making big life decisions… 
CastKristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Aid…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance
GALA$$14A

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Michael McGowan
The Toronto International Film Festival opens September 9 with the world premiere Gala Presentation of Score: A Hockey Musical, written and dire… 
CastOlivia Newton-John, Nelly Furtado, George St…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$PG

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Tom Hall
Sensation details the relationship between Tipperary farmer Donal Duggan and a veteran Kiwi escort. They begin as client and call girl, evolve i… 
CastLuanne Gordon, Kelly Campbell, Domhnall Glee…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
CWC$18A

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Michael Snow
Michael Snow’s projection-based work comprises eighty 35mm colour slides projected at 15-second intervals. This project is related to Snow’s ow… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
FUTFreeG

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Ed Gass-Donnelly
A police officer in a small Mennonite town struggles to make amends for his violent past when a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reform… 
CastPeter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, Jackie Burro…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CWC$14A

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Jennifer McCoy, Kevin McCoy
The Soft Rains series consist of miniature robotic film sets that recreate familiar cinema archetypes and genres. For this work, the McCoys cre… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
FUTFreePG

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Sarah McCarthy
This film follows three children from the slums of Mumbai as they prepare for a once in a lifetime concert. The head of the Bombay Chamber Orche… 
CastJini Dinshaw
LanguageEnglish   CountryIndia
RTR$PG

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Jim Mickle
"It’s an apocalyptic vampire Western. It’s told through the eyes of a young boy who is taken under the wing of Nick, who plays a brutal, solitar… 
CastDanielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, Connor Paol…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$18A

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Khalo Matabane
In his follow-up to Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon, Matabane delivers a potent drama about a South African corporate leader whose past as a… 
CastMary Twala, Fana Mokoena, Presley Chweneyaga…
LanguageEnglish   CountrySouth Africa
CWC$14A

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John Curran
A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path. … 
CastRobert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovic…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Richard Ayoade
A comedy which follows a 15-year-old boy with two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to stop his mother from leavin… 
CastSally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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James Gunn
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best inten… 
CastRainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin B…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Errol Morris
Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming, who, in the late seventies, abducted Kirk Anderson, a Mormon missionary in England, chained him to a bed … 
CastJoyce McKinney, Kirk Anderson
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$14A

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Stephen Frears
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale. 
CastGemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Noah Cowan
It’s finally here. But what is it? What will it be? Who’s it for? -- Noah Cowan, Shane Smith and Jesse Wente talk about the exciting plans for T… 
CastJesse Wente, Shane Smith, Guy Maddin
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
INDFreePG

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Piers Handling, Noah Cowan
This summer’s coolest party requires no ticket. A free block party to celebrate the opening of TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 12, 2010. From 1… 
Cast100 Monkeys, Karkwa, The Sadies, Radio Radio…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
INDFreePG

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Noah Cowan
Following the official ribbon cutting on September 12, TIFF will offer free admission to the building, welcoming visitors to enjoy the spectacul… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
INDFreePG

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Ben Affleck
As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as t… 
CastBlake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite, Jon Hamm, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Ian Sharp
A former Boer War guerrilla in New Zealand is sent to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier 
CastRay Winstone, Temuera Morrison, Gareth Reeve…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom/New Z…
CWC$PG

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Bruce McDonald
Trigger is the story of two rock n' roll women who once shared a friendship, a band and a whole lot of chaos. Now a dozen years later they meet … 
CastSarah Polley, Molly Parker, Callum Keith Ren…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$14A

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Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play two friends ("loose versions of ourselves," according to Brydon) who embark on a restaurant tour of the Lake Di… 
CastSteve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Pau…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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David Schwimmer
David Schwimmer departs from his comedic roots in this harrowing drama that examines the build-up and aftermath of a teenager's (Liana Liberato)… 
CastClive Owen, Catherine Keener, Viola Davis, B…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Brad Anderson
In the film a mysterious and seemingly global blackout causes countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions… 
CastHayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leg…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Davis Guggenheim
For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and … 
CastMichelle Rhee, Bill Strickland, Randi Weinga…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$PG

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John Carpenter
In John Carpenter's The Ward, Kristen, a beautiful but troubled young woman, finds herself bruised, cut, drugged, and held against her will in a… 
CastLyndsy Fonseca, Amber Heard, Danielle Panaba…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$PG

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Ben C. Lucas
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away. Wasted on the Young is … 
CastOliver Ackland, Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russe…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
DISC$18A

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Nathaniel Dorsky, T. Marie
Nathaniel Dorsky is one of the most gifted 16mm filmmakers of our time and was recently voted “The Best Experimental filmmaker of the Decade” by… 
CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
WL$PG

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Emilio Estevez
An American father travels to France to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the Route Napoleon. 
CastEmilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara U…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$PG

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Andy DeEmmony
Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for s… 
CastOm Puri, Vanessa Hehir, Jimi Mistry, Linda B…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$PG

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Dustin Lance Black
Jennifer Connelly stars as Virginia, a charming yet mentally ill mother whose greatest love is her protector and illegitimate son, Emmett (Harri… 
CastJennifer Connelly, Harrison Gilbertson, Ed H…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Larysa Kondracki
A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for cover… 
CastRachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgr…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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John Gray
In this coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but… 
CastGeoffrey Wigdor, Karen Allen, Peter Riegert,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CWC$14A

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Laura Israel
A documentary that tells the story of one small town in upstate New York and its struggle to decide whether or not to accept industrial wind tur… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$G

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Victor Fleming
Celebrate one of the Essential 100 films, The Wizard of Oz, as TIFF recreates the movie’s magic with fun family activities. A free block party … 
CastDorothy, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
INDFreeG

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Benedek Fliegauf
Rebecca has waited 12 long years to be reunited with her childhood sweetheart, only to lose him again in a fatal accident. The only difference i… 
CastEva Green, Lesley Manville, Matt Smith, Pete…
LanguageEnglish   CountryGermany/Hungary/Fran…
CWC$14A

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Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Through intimate interviews, art, and rarely seen archival film and video footage, !Women Art Revolution reveals how the Feminist Art Movement f… 
CastEleanor Antin, Judith Baca, Tammy Rae Carlan…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$PG

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Daniel Cockburn
A meta-detective story about a reclusive woman who searches for meaning in the mysterious documents that keep appearing to her. Her investigatio… 
CastTracy Wright, Shannon Beckner, Richard Clark…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CF$PG

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Woody Allen
After Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) leaves Helena (Gemma Jones) to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine (Lucy Punch), H… 
CastAntonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopki…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18A