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Iceland

“THE GOOD HEART” (2009 feature film directed by Dagur Kári)
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The Good Heart [2009]
Dagur Kári
A homeless boy Lucas (Paul Dano), meets Jacques (Brian Cox), a grumpy bar-owner, whose unhealthy lifestyle has brought him five heart attacks. J… 
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CastPaul Dano, Brian Cox, Damian Young, Isild Le…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIceland
SP$PG
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“THE SUNSHINE BOY” (2009 feature film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson)
Reviews ****½
The Sunshine Boy [2009]
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
This is a moving, compassionate portrayal of a mother’s desperate quest to understand autism, the perplexing condition that controls her son. By… 
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CastMargret Dagmar Ericsdottir
LanguageEnglish   CountryIceland
RTR$18 Video
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India

“THE MAN BEYOND THE BRIDGE” (2009 feature film directed by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar)
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The Man Beyond the Bridge [2009]
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
A lonely man finds a companion in a mad woman in a dense forest in the Western Ghats of India. When she becomes pregnant, a conflict arises betw… 
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CastChitranjan Giri, Veena Jomkar, Prasanthi Tal…
LanguageKonkani   CountryIndia
DISC$18
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“MY HEART GOES HADIPPA” (2009 feature film directed by Anurag Singh)
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My Heart Goes Hadippa [2009]
Anurag Singh
In a village where girls don’t play cricket, Veera (Rani Mukherjee) has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfill her dreams. Her… 
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CastRani Mukherjee, Shahid Kapoor, Rakhi Sawant,…
LanguageHindi   CountryIndia
GALA$$PG Video
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“ROAD, MOVIE” (2009 feature film directed by Dev Benegal)
Reviews ****
Road, Movie [2009]
Dev Benegal
Vishnu, a restless young man, rejects his father’s faltering hair oil business and hits the road with a travelling cinema. Colourful and full of… 
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CastAbhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Ka…
LanguageHindi | English   CountryIndia
SP$PG
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“WHAT'S YOUR RAASHEE?” (2009 feature film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker)
Reviews ****
What's Your Raashee? [2009]
Ashutosh Gowariker
What’s Your Raashee? is a romantic comedy about a young man who has always wanted to marry for love. When he suddenly is told that he must find … 
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CastHarman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra, Suzy Brack, …
LanguageHindi   CountryIndia
GALA$$PG Video
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“WINDOW” (2009 feature film directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta)
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Window [2009]
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
When Bimal decides to give something back to his alma mater, he chooses to replace the broken window of his favourite classroom. Plans to pay fo… 
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CastSwastika Mukherjee, Tapas Pal, Indraneil Sen…
LanguageBengali   CountryIndia
MAST$PG
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Iran

“BASSIDJI” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Mehran Tamadon)
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Bassidji [2009]
Mehran Tamadon
For three years, Mehran Tamadon immersed himself into the very heart of the most extremist supporters of the Islamic republic of Iran (the Bassi… 
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CastMehran Tamadon
LanguageUnknown   CountryIran
RTR$18
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“GREEN DAYS” (2009 feature film directed by Hana Makhmalbaf)
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Green Days [2009]
Hana Makhmalbaf
An Iranian playwright suffers a creative crisis as her country convulses on the eve of this year's election. Features never before seen footage … 
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CastUnknown
LanguagePersian   CountryIran
VAN$18
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“HEIRAN” (2009 feature film directed by Shalizeh Arefpour)
Reviews ****
Heiran [2009]
Shalizeh Arefpour
World Premiere A young Iranian girl falls in love with an immigrant student from Afghanistan, causing her family to react with anger. 
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CastBaran Kosari, Mehrdad Sedighian, Khosro Shak…
LanguagePersian   CountryIran
CWC$18 Video
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“MY TEHRAN FOR SALE” (2009 feature film directed by Granaz Moussavi)
Reviews ****
My Tehran for Sale [2009]
Granaz Moussavi
Shot underground on location in Tehran, the film tells the story of modern-day Iranian youth struggling for cultural freedom. 
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CastMarzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi
LanguageFarsi/Persian, Engli…   CountryIran
DISC$18
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Ireland

“CAIRO TIME” (2009 feature film directed by Ruba Nadda)
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Cairo Time [2009]
Ruba Nadda
World Premiere Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), a magazine editor, arrives in Cairo to meet her husband Mark (Tom McCamus), a UN official in Gaza. … 
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CastPatricia Clarkson, Tom McCamus, Alexander Si…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$14A Video
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“COLONY” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Carter Gunn and Ross McDonnell)
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Colony [2009]
Carter Gunn and Ross McDonne…
Several beekeepers around the U.S. cope with colony collapse disorder – the phenomenon that has caused millions of bees to mysteriously disappea… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
RTR$18 Video
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“CRACKS” (2009 feature film directed by Jordan Scott)
Reviews ****
Cracks [2009]
Jordan Scott
In an austere and remote girls’ boarding school, the most elite clique of girls are the illustrious members of the school’s diving team. As they… 
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CastEva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$14A
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“EAMON” (2009 feature film directed by Margaret Corkery)
Reviews ****
Eamon [2009]
Margaret Corkery
A family holiday brings to a head the destructive love triangle between Eamon, a little boy with behavioural problems, his selfish mother Grace … 
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CastMary Murray, Darren Healy, Phyllis MacMahon
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
DISC$18 Video
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“ONDINE” (2009 feature film directed by Neil Jordan)
Reviews ***
Ondine [2009]
Neil Jordan
A lyrical, modern fairy tale that tells the story of Syracuse (Colin Farrell), an Irish fisherman whose life is transformed when he catches a be… 
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CastColin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Alison Barry…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$PG Video
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“PERRIER'S BOUNTY” (2009 feature film directed by Ian Fitzgibbon)
Reviews ****½
Perrier's Bounty [2009]
Ian Fitzgibbon
When Michael’s (Cillian Murphy) debt to Dublin kingpin Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) is called in and one of Perrier’s goons accidentally end… 
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CastCillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbe…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$14A
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“A SHINE OF RAINBOWS” (2009 feature film directed by Vic Sarin)
Reviews ***½
A Shine of Rainbows [2009]
Vic Sarin
An extraordinary woman helps an orphan boy find self-acceptance and love through her unique gifts of colour and magic. Set in a small village on… 
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CastConnie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn, John Bell, Jack…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
KIDYouthPG Video
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“TRIAGE” (2009 feature film directed by Danis Tanovic)
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Triage [2009]
Danis Tanovic
Mark (Colin Farrell), a war photographer, returns home from Kurdistan without his friend and colleague David (Jamie Sives). As time goes on, it … 
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CastColin Farrell, Jamie Sives, Christopher Lee
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$14A Video
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Israel

“AJAMI” (2009 feature film directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani)
Reviews ****
Ajami [2009]
Scandar Copti and Yaron Shan…
An original, powerful film in which an accidental murder and a murky drug deal spur uncontrolled violence in a Palestinian community in Jaffa. 
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CastShahir Kabaha, Ibrahim Frege, Fouad Habash, …
LanguageArabic, Hebrew   CountryIsrael
CWC$18 Video
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“BENA” (2009 feature film directed by Niv Klainer)
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Bena [2009]
Niv Klainer
A Tel Aviv father tries to keep his schizophrenic son out of an institution, but when he takes in a Thai migrant worker, she disrupts the uneasy… 
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CastDafna Armoni, Aryeh Cherner, Michael Moshono…
LanguageHebrew | English   CountryIsrael
CTC$18
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“BIG DIG” (1969 feature film directed by Efraim Kishon)
Reviews ****
Big Dig [1969]
Efraim Kishon
One of the best-loved Israeli comedies of its era, Big Dig is a dizzying 1969 farce in which an inspired madman brings Tel Aviv to a halt with a… 
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CastBomba Tzur, Nissim Azikri, Shraga Friedman, …
LanguageHebrew | German   CountryIsrael
CTC$PG Video
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“BIG EYES” (1974 feature film directed by Uri Zohar)
Reviews ****½
Big Eyes [1974]
Uri Zohar
From one of Israel’s most influential filmmakers, this classic depicts a Tel Aviv counterculture that is progressive and blessed with many delig… 
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CastAlona Einstein, Arik Einstein, Sima Eliyahu,…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
CTC$18 Video
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“THE BUBBLE” (2006 feature film directed by Eytan Fox)
Reviews ****
The Bubble [2006]
Eytan Fox
A defining work of recent Tel Aviv cinema, this multi-character story shows the city’s free-thinking liberals confronted with harsh political te… 
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CastOhad Knoller, Yousef Sweid, Daniela Virtzer
LanguageHebrew, Arabic   CountryIsrael
CTC$18A Video
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“CARMEL” (2009 feature film directed by Amos Gitaï)
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Carmel [2009]
Amos Gitaï
History in the Middle East is a complex mix of the present and the past. Then, there is also the personal and Gitaï is uniquely placed to reflec… 
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CastAmitai Ashkenazi, Amos Lavie, Amos Lavie, B…
LanguageFrench   CountryIsrael
MAST$18
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“EYES WIDE OPEN” (2009 feature film directed by Haim Tabakman)
Reviews ***½
Eyes Wide Open [2009]
Haim Tabakman
A gay love story set in the heart of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, where the belief that love conquers all results in societa… 
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CastZohar Strauss, Ran Danker,Tzahi Grad, Ravit …
LanguageHebrew, Yiddish   CountryIsrael
CWC$18 Video
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“FIVE HOURS FROM PARIS” (2009 feature film directed by Leon Prudovsky)
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Five Hours from Paris [2009]
Leon Prudovsky
In a suburb of Tel Aviv, an Israeli cab driver who longs to fly and a Russian music teacher who is soon to board a plane find out that romance i… 
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CastDror Keren, Vladimir Friedman, Helena Yaralo…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
DISC$18
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“GOOGLE BABY” (2009 feature documentary film directed by Zippi Brand Frank)
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Google Baby [2009]
Zippi Brand Frank
In India, the latest form of outsourcing is surrogate mothers who carry embryos for couples who can’t have a child. Director Zippi Brand Frank f… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish, Hebrew, Hin…   CountryIsrael
RTR$18
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“A HISTORY OF ISRAELI CINEMA PART 1” (2009 feature film directed by Raphaël Nadjari)
Reviews ****
A History of Israeli Cinema Part 1 [2009]
Raphaël Nadjari
This invigorating exploration of Israeli cinema draws upon numerous clips and engrossing interviews with filmmakers and historians. Part 1 cover… 
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CastNaftali Alter, Mohammed Bakri, Haim Bouzaglo…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
CTC$18 Video
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“A HISTORY OF ISRAELI CINEMA PART 2” (2009 feature film directed by Raphaël Nadjari)
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A History of Israeli Cinema Part 2 [2009]
Raphaël Nadjari
In the second of this two-part documentary, filmmakers and scholars explore the development of Israel’s film culture from 1978 to the present. 
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CastNaftali Alter, Mohammed Bakri, Haim Bouzaglo…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
CTC$18
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“JAFFA” (2009 feature film directed by Keren Yedaya)
Reviews ***
Jaffa [2009]
Keren Yedaya
In this contemporary Romeo and Juliet story from Tel Aviv’s fabled sister city, a young Jewish woman and her Arab childhood sweetheart grow up s… 
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CastDana Ivgy, Moni Moshonov, Ronit Elkabetz, Ma…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
CTC$18 Video
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“KIROT” (2009 feature film directed by Danny Lerner)
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Kirot [2009]
Danny Lerner
James Bond heroine Olga Kurylenko stars in this taut drama about a Russian illegal immigrant in Tel Aviv forced into violence even as she befrie… 
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CastOlga Kurylenko, Ninette Tayeb, Henry David, …
LanguageEnglish | Hebrew |…   CountryIsrael
CTC$14A Video
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“LEBANON” (2009 feature film directed by Samuel Maoz)
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Lebanon [2009]
Samuel Maoz
Set in June 1982 during the Israel-Lebanon War, the film follows a young and heroic tank crew that finds itself in a situation that cannot be co… 
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CastRaymonde Amsalem, Oshri Cohen, Yoav Donat, M…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
VIS$18
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“LIFE ACCORDING TO AGFA” (1992 feature film directed by Assi Dayan)
Reviews ****½
Life According to Agfa [1992]
Assi Dayan
Gila Almagor stars as the owner of a bar which sees its regulars suffer highs and lows as they come to reflect a microcosm of Tel Aviv. 
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CastSharon Alexander, Shmil Ben Ari, Avital Dick…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
CTC$18 Video
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“PHOBIDILIA” (2009 feature film directed by Yoav Paz and Doron Paz)
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Phobidilia [2009]
Yoav Paz and Doron Paz
This is a sharp, stylish debut feature about a young man hunkering down in his Tel Aviv apartment with a steady diet of TV and internet for comp… 
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CastOfer Shechter, Efrat Boimold, Efrat Dor, Tza…
LanguageHebrew | English   CountryIsrael
CTC$18 Video
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Italy

“ANTICHRIST” (2009 feature film directed by Lars von Trier)
Reviews ****
Antichrist [2009]
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier's controversial movie was the talk of Cannes this year with its groundbreaking, deeply disturbing and graphic nightmare vision ab… 
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CastCharlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe
LanguageEnglish   CountryItaly
MAST$18 Video
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“FREE ANTICHRIST VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH LARS VON TRIER” (2009 presentation)
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Free Antichrist Video Conference with Lars von Trier [2009]
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier rarely travels to film festivals, and will not be coming to Toronto, but he has agreed to participate in a 90-minute video news c… 
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CastLars von Trier
LanguageEnglish   CountryItaly
MAST$18
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“BAARÌA” (2009 feature film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore)
Reviews ***
Baarìa [2009]
Giuseppe Tornatore
From the acclaimed director of Cinema Paradiso comes an epic saga of life and death, love and hatred in a vibrant Sicilian town in the first hal… 
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CastFrancesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Monica Be…
LanguageItalian | Sicilian…   CountryItaly
SP$PG Video
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“CARMEL” (2009 feature film directed by Amos Gitaï)
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Carmel [2009]
Amos Gitaï
History in the Middle East is a complex mix of the present and the past. Then, there is also the personal and Gitaï is uniquely placed to reflec… 
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CastAmitai Ashkenazi, Amos Lavie, Amos Lavie, B…
LanguageFrench   CountryItaly
MAST$18
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“THE SHAPE OF THINGS / CIVILIZATION / THIS TRANSITION…” (2009 short film directed by Marco Brambilla)
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The Shape of Things / CIVILIZATION / This Transition… [2009]
Marco Brambilla
Artist and filmmaker Marco Brambilla presents Civilization, a CGI pastiche of film and pop culture moments. Brambilla invites the viewer on a jo… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryItaly
FUTFreePG Video
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“THE DOUBLE HOUR” (2009 feature film directed by Giuseppe Capotondi)
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The Double Hour [2009]
Giuseppe Capotondi
When an attractive young Slovenian girl moves to Italy and meets an eligible young man, both of their lives are set to change. They become the v… 
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CastKsenia Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Trup…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
CWC$14A Video
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“ENTER THE VOID” (2009 feature film directed by Gaspar Noé)
Reviews ***½
Enter the Void [2009]
Gaspar Noé
Controversial filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Irreversible) is back with a mind-bending journey that transcends life and death as he follows the exploits … 
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CastNathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy
LanguageEnglish, Japanese   CountryItaly
VAN$18 Video
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“THE FRONT LINE” (2009 feature film directed by Renato De Maria)
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The Front Line [2009]
Renato De Maria
Set during a turbulent period in 1970-80s Italy, the plot centres on passionate couple Sergio and Susanna, who have been living as fugitives. Pu… 
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CastGiovanna Mezzogiorno, Riccardo Scamarcio, Lu…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
SP$14A
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“GIULIA DOESN'T DATE AT NIGHT” (2009 feature film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni)
Reviews ****
Giulia Doesn't Date at Night [2009]
Giuseppe Piccioni
A young novelist is intrigued by his daughter’s swimming instructor. When he asks her out, he learns that she doesn’t date at night and discover… 
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CastValerio Mastandrea, Valeria Golino, Sonia Be…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
CWC$18 Video
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“HONEYMOONS” (2009 feature film directed by Goran Paskaljevic)
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Honeymoons [2009]
Goran Paskaljevic
Two young married couples take off and travel abroad to the promised lands of better opportunities, but hope collapses when their expectations d… 
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CastLazar Ristovski, Petar Bozovic, Mira Banjac
LanguageItalian | Albanian …   CountryItaly
MAST$18 Video
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“I AM LOVE” (2009 feature film directed by Luca Guadagnino)
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I Am Love [2009]
Luca Guadagnino
Academy Award®-winner Tilda Swinton stars in this drama about the devastating effects of a forbidden passion between a woman who belongs to a ri… 
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CastTilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbr…
LanguageItalian, English   CountryItaly
VIS$18
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“I, DON GIOVANNI” (2009 feature film directed by Carlos Saura)
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I, Don Giovanni [2009]
Carlos Saura
Venice 1763 – writer Lorenzo da Ponte is leading a pleasure-seeking life. He was originally a priest but his numerous affairs force him to be ex… 
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CastLorenzo Balducci, Lino Guanciale, Emilia Ver…
LanguageGerman | Italian   CountryItaly
GALA$$14A
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“LA PIVELLINA” (2009 feature film directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel)
Reviews ***½
La Pivellina [2009]
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimme…
A small abandoned girl is sheltered by a circus woman in this tale of courage, loss and togetherness. 
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CastAsia Crippa, Patrizia Gerardi
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
DISC$18 Video
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“THE TIME THAT REMAINS” (2009 feature film directed by Elia Suleiman)
Reviews ***½
The Time that Remains [2009]
Elia Suleiman
This semi-biographic film, divided into four historical episodes, portrays the daily life of Palestinians in 1948 who were considered a minority… 
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CastAli Suliman, Elia Suleiman
LanguageHebrew | Arabic   CountryItaly
CWC$PG Video
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“THE TRAVELLER” (2009 feature film directed by Ahmed Maher)
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The Traveller [2009]
Ahmed Maher
[Ahmed Maher's The Traveller, was pulled from TIFF. According to TIFF organizers, the reason was a legal dispute between the film's Italian and … 
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CastOmar Sharif, Khaled Nabawy, Sherif Ramzzy, A…
LanguageArabic   CountryItaly
SP$PG
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“VINCERE” (2009 feature film directed by Marco Bellocchio)
Reviews ****
Vincere [2009]
Marco Bellocchio
This fictionalized portrait of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini concentrates on his youthful years before he rose to power in Italy. It uncover… 
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CastGiovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Corrado …
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
MAST$14A Video
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“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   CountryItaly
WL$18
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“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   CountryItaly
WL$18
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“THE WHITE RIBBON” (2009 feature film directed by Michael Haneke)
Reviews ****
The White Ribbon [2009]
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or for best film at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his film set in Protestant Northern Germany on the eve o… 
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CastUlrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbich…
LanguageGerman   CountryItaly
MAST$18 Video
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“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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