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Anna Paavilainen


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Zaida Bergroth
The Good Son is an unsettling, modern-domestic tragedy about the small gap between childhood and adulthood. After a scandalous premiere, an actr… 
CastAnna Paavilainen
LanguageFinnish   CountryFinland
DISC$18A

Mariana Padial


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Román Cárdenas
In a quiet interrupted only by the noise of boats, a couple lives without crossing each other’s paths. He is a writer waiting for the words; she… 
CastMariana Padial
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
CTC$PG

Eduardo Paes


Reviews
Gary Hustwit
A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost… 
CastEduardo Paes
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
RTR$PG

Ruslan Pak


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Ruslan Pak
Stas is third generation Korean-Uzbek, a people who were deported from the Far East of the Soviet Union under Stalin. He and his three friends t… 
CastRuslan Pak
LanguageRussian, Uzbek   CountrySouth Korea
DISC$14A

Bront Palarae


Reviews
Dain Said
Three estranged brothers return home, each with their own path and their own fate. Adil, a kickboxer, is on the run from an illegal fight while … 
CastBront Palarae
LanguageMalay   CountryMalaysia
DISC$14A

Sarah Palin


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Nick Broomfield, Joan Church…
Nick Broomfield's quest for the real Sarah Palin involves battling the icy snows of Alaska in mid-winter to speak to the school friends, family,… 
CastSarah Palin
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
RTR$G

Brooke Palsson


Reviews
Guy Maddin
Keyhole is a rousing gangsters-meet-ghosts sonata in which dream and waking life are deliriously blended to arouse the eerie lusts and sadness t… 
CastBrooke Palsson
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$18A

Jafar Panahi


Reviews
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Pa…
Sentenced to six years in prison and banned from writing and making films for 20 years by the Islamic Republic Court in Tehran, Iranian filmmake… 
CastJafar Panahi
LanguagePersian   CountryIran
MASTFree14A

François Papineau


Reviews
Guy Édoin
On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought, an accident will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Forced to band t… 
CastFrançois Papineau
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
CF$14A

Aggeliki Papoulia


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Yorgos Lanthimos
A mysterious underground outfit, going by the name of ALPS, offers bereaved individuals a very unusual service: they stand in for their dearly d… 
CastAggeliki Papoulia
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
VIS$14A

Vanessa Paradis


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Jean-Marc Vallée
Café de Flore is first and foremost an epic love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. Two people from two different … 
CastVanessa Paradis
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SP$14A

Reviews
Bibo Bergeron
A 3D-animated movie set in Paris in the year 1910 and centered on a monster who lives in a garden and his love for a beautiful, young singer. Pa… 
CastVanessa Paradis
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
KIDYouthPG

Jessica Pare


Reviews
Matthew Rankin, Ian Lagarde,…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 2: Tabula Rasa - A surrealist tale of loss and longing finds forlorn Fernand succumbing to the rising flood… 
CastJessica Pare
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Marisa Paredes


Reviews
Pedro Almodóvar
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a m… 
CastMarisa Paredes
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
SP$$18A

Kevin Parent


Reviews
Jean-Marc Vallée
Café de Flore is first and foremost an epic love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. Two people from two different … 
CastKevin Parent
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SP$14A

Judy Parfitt


Reviews
Mary Harron
Rebecca, haunted by her father's suicide, begins her junior year at an elite all-girls’ boarding school, hoping for a fresh start. Her friendshi… 
CastJudy Parfitt
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$14A

Carolyn Parker


Reviews
Jonathan Demme
Carolyn Parker was the last to leave her neighbourhood when a mandatory evacuation order was decreed as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans… 
CastCarolyn Parker
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
RTR$14A

Charles Parnell


Reviews
Dee Rees
Alike, a young African American teenager, juggles family and friendships in search of sexual expression. She yearns to embrace her identity as a… 
CastCharles Parnell
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$14A

Sergio Pasquin


Reviews
Alison Murray
A portrait of the working-class musicians and dancers of Buenos Aires’s San Telmo neighbourhood, who have channelled the city’s many cultural in… 
CastSergio Pasquin
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina, Canada
CTC$14A

Scott Patey


Reviews
Simon Davidson
In The Odds, a murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling, 17-year-old Desson Orr must find his best friend’s killer before the… 
CastScott Patey
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CF$14A

Jason Patric


Reviews
Guy Maddin
Keyhole is a rousing gangsters-meet-ghosts sonata in which dream and waking life are deliriously blended to arouse the eerie lusts and sadness t… 
CastJason Patric
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$18A

Miguel Forza de Paul


Reviews
Tamae Garateguy
A junior screenwriter is hired by an established film director to write his new film: a gangster movie set in Buenos Aires. In each meeting, the… 
CastMiguel Forza de Paul
LanguageSpanish, Russian, Ko…   CountryArgentina
CTC$18A

Romina Paula


Reviews
Santiago Mitre
The graffitied halls, run-down classrooms and surrounding streets of the University of Buenos Aires provide the ideal location for Santiago Mitr… 
CastRomina Paula
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
CTC$14A

Sarah Paulson


Reviews
Sean Durkin
Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. … 
CastSarah Paulson
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18A

Juan Carlos Paz


Reviews
Hugo Santiago
Invasion is the legend of a city, imaginary or real, besieged by powerful enemies and defended by a handful of men who may not be heroes. In thi… 
CastJuan Carlos Paz
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
CTC$18A

Josh Peace


Reviews
Jeanne Leblanc, Hugh Dillon,…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 1: One Night With You - A fat young man's lustful fantasies are crushed by his insecure and immature realit… 
CastJosh Peace
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Christopher Pearce


Reviews
Matthew Rankin, Ian Lagarde,…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 2: Tabula Rasa - A surrealist tale of loss and longing finds forlorn Fernand succumbing to the rising flood… 
CastChristopher Pearce
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Alanis Peart


Reviews
Jeanne Leblanc, Hugh Dillon,…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 1: One Night With You - A fat young man's lustful fantasies are crushed by his insecure and immature realit… 
CastAlanis Peart
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Gabi Pereira


Reviews
Karim Ainouz
Follows a woman wandering around Rio de Janeiro after her husband leaves her. A phone message from her husband propels Violeta into the streets… 
CastGabi Pereira
LanguagePortuguese   CountryBrazil
CWC$18A

Ron Perlman


Reviews
Nicolas Winding Refn
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong. Ryan Gosling… 
CastRon Perlman
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

Michael Perry


Reviews
Werner Herzog
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about … 
CastMichael Perry
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada, Germany
RTR$14A

Andros Perugorría


Reviews
Alejandro Brugués
The zombie world has yet to witness one last stand – Cuba. An outbreak hits the island on the anniversary of the revolution, so Juan and his fri… 
CastAndros Perugorría
LanguageSpanish   CountryCuba
CWC$18A

Russell Peters


Reviews
Robert Lieberman
Breakaway is a cross-cultural hockey drama set in the Indo-Canadian community in suburban Toronto, Canada. It’s also a keenly observed cross-cul… 
CastRussell Peters
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$PG

Eric Peterson


Reviews
Barbara Willis-Sweete
In Billy Bishop Goes to War acting legend Eric Peterson and award-winning writer/composer John Gray reprise their iconic two-man play that has c… 
CastEric Peterson
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CWC$PG

River Phoenix


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James Franco, Gus Van Sant
In 1991, Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho and its central performance by River Phoenix had an enormous cultural impact, not least on a buddin… 
CastRiver Phoenix
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
FUTFree18

Cherry Pie Picache


Reviews
Adolfo Alix Jr.
A couple, Lina and Miguel, move into a dumpsite in Catmon, Malabon. As they adjust to their new abode and surroundings, Lina’s longing to have … 
CastCherry Pie Picache
LanguageFilipino, Tagalog   CountryPhilippines
VIS$14A

Luc Picard


Reviews
Guy Édoin
On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought, an accident will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Forced to band t… 
CastLuc Picard
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
CF$14A

Michel Piccoli


Reviews
Nanni Moretti
The great Italian comic filmmaker, Nanni Moretti turns his satirical eye on the nomination of a new Pope. When the man is chosen he freezes at t… 
CastMichel Piccoli
LanguageItalian | German | L…   CountryItaly / France
SP$14A

Marie-Claude Pietragalla


Reviews
Julien Maury, Alexandre Bust…
The directors of 2007’s Midnight Madness hit A L’Interieur (Inside) return with a twisted gothic nightmare. A young woman and her friends break … 
CastMarie-Claude Pietragalla
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
MM$18A

Alison Pill


Reviews
Michael Dowse
Goon is the story of Doug Glatt, a down-on-his-luck bouncer, who’s been touched by the fist of God. Upon discovering both his right hook and ska… 
CastAlison Pill
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$14A

Freida Pinto


Reviews
Michael Winterbottom
Self-effacing British auteur Michael Winterbottom sets his unique spin on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles against a contemporary Indian… 
CastFreida Pinto
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$18A

Pirabhakaran


Reviews
Susindran
In a small Tamil village, a ceremonial wooden-horse statue goes missing. With a crucial holy symbol suddenly gone, the village falls into recrim… 
CastPirabhakaran
LanguageTamil   CountryIndia
CWC$PG

Brad Pitt


Reviews
Bennett Miller
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-gene… 
CastBrad Pitt
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

Lucas Pittaway


Reviews
Justin Kurzel
When 16-year-old Jamie is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins. As the relationship grows so do Jamie’s suspicions, until he fin… 
CastLucas Pittaway
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
VAN$R

Oliver Platt


Reviews
Julian Farino
A guy falls for the daughter of a good friend, resulting in a massive upheaval for all the families involved. The Ostroff and Walling familie… 
CastOliver Platt
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

Kaily Bird Black Plume


Reviews
Cory Bowles, Yoakim Bélang…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 5: If I Can Fly - A stunning dance piece featuring a naked, solitary man through a visceral introspection i… 
CastKaily Bird Black Plume
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Christopher Plummer


Reviews
Erik Canuel
Barrymore brings Christopher Plummer’s Tony Award-winning tour-de-force stage performance to the screen in this film version of the Broadway hit… 
CastChristopher Plummer
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
MAV$14A

John Plumpis


Reviews
Erik Canuel
Barrymore brings Christopher Plummer’s Tony Award-winning tour-de-force stage performance to the screen in this film version of the Broadway hit… 
CastJohn Plumpis
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
MAV$14A

Denis Podalydes


Reviews
Gianni Amelio
An adaptation of Albert Camus’ autobiographical last novel. Part childhood memoir, part epic narrative of Camus’ beloved Algeria and its struggl… 
CastDenis Podalydes
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Algeria
SP$14A

Reviews
Roschdy Zem
What if you woke up one day and found the police at your door? What if they told you that the woman you had always thought of as a mother was mu… 
CastDenis Podalydes
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
CWC$14A

Benoît Poelvoorde


Reviews
Anne Fontaine
Agathe doesn’t realize to what extent her life is going to be turned upside down when she takes in Tony, the best friend of her son Adrien. Tony… 
CastBenoît Poelvoorde
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Belgium
SP$18A

Jennifer Polansky


Reviews
Matthew Rankin, Ian Lagarde,…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 2: Tabula Rasa - A surrealist tale of loss and longing finds forlorn Fernand succumbing to the rising flood… 
CastJennifer Polansky
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Paul Popplewell


Reviews
Paddy Considine
The story of Joseph a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance… 
CastPaul Popplewell
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$18A

Tony Porfilio


Reviews
Philippe Baylaucq, Stephanie…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 6: ORA - An unprecedented, game-changing 3D visual art trip uses infrared technology to capture contemporar… 
CastTony Porfilio
LanguageEnglish, Gaelic, Ita…   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Adina Porter


Reviews
Bryan Wizemann
Angela, a single mother, struggles to make ends meet for her daughter. Beneath the Las Vegas neon glow, her life hits a breaking point, presenti… 
CastAdina Porter
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CWC$14A

Brigitte Poupart


Reviews
Philippe Falardeau
Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long … 
CastBrigitte Poupart
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SP$PG

Hassan Pourshirazi


Reviews
Mohammad Rasoulof
This is a story of a young lawyer in Tehran and her pursuit of a visa to leave the country. 
CastHassan Pourshirazi
LanguagePersian, Farsi   CountryIran
CWC$14A

Nathalie Poza


Reviews
Maggie Peren
A Spanish border patrolman of Grand Canary Island, José, decides the fate of hundreds of African boat people. When Nathalie, a German tourist, g… 
CastNathalie Poza
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
CWC$14A

Sue Prado


Reviews
Joseph Israel Laban
Based on a true story, Cuchera examines the grim fate of Filipino drug mules, drug couriers and their recruiters. It follows Isabel, a veteran d… 
CastSue Prado
LanguageFilipino   CountryPhilippines
DISC$18A

Chris Pratt


Reviews
Jamie Linden
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation. Ten Year focuses on a group of friends – married and unmarried, succ… 
CastChris Pratt
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

Éliane Préfontaine


Reviews
Sophie Goyette, Mathieu Trem…
Screening as part of SCC: Programme 4: Mandeep - Mandeep lives with Tourette's syndrome and other behavioral disorders that make everyday tasks… 
CastÉliane Préfontaine
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryCanada
SCC$14A

Kinga Preis


Reviews
Agnieszka Holland
In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Nazi-occupied Lvov, Poland. Stumbling upon a group of Jews … 
CastKinga Preis
LanguagePolish | German   CountryGermany | Poland
SP$14A

Reviews
Wojciech Smarzowski
Summertime 1945: the end of the war brings continued chaos and violence for Polish inhabitants of the former East Prussia. Rose is Polish and he… 
CastKinga Preis
LanguagePolish   CountryPoland
CWC$14A

Danielle Proulx


Reviews
Philippe Falardeau
Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long … 
CastDanielle Proulx
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SP$PG

Jonathan Pryce


Reviews
Tanya Wexler
A romantic comedy based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world's first electro-mechanical vibrator in the name… 
CastJonathan Pryce
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$14A

Filippo Pucillo


Reviews
Emanuele Crialese
Terraferma is the story of an uncontaminated Sicilian island inhabited by fisherman. Still barely touched by tourism, the islanders have begun t… 
CastFilippo Pucillo
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
SP$14A

Ella Purnell


Reviews
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Juan and Mia, two children who live in different countries, are visited every night by a faceless intruder – a terrifying being that wants to ge… 
CastElla Purnell
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$14A

Missi Pyle


Reviews
Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks… 
CastMissi Pyle
LanguageEnglish | French   CountryFrance
SP$14A

John Pyper-Ferguson


Reviews
Bruce McDonald
Bruce McDonald's classic film is being re-struck in conjunction with the monograph on the film, co-published by the University of Toronto Press … 
CastJohn Pyper-Ferguson
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
COV$14A

Pyuupiru


Reviews
Toshiaki Toyoda
Having abandoned modern civilization, Ryoichi lives an isolated, self-sufficient life on a snow-covered mountain and passes the time by sending … 
CastPyuupiru
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
VIS$14A

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