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Claire Denis
The celebrated French filmmaker Claire Denis returns with 35 Rhums, exploring the working underclass of French society. Lionel, a widower, has r… 
CastUnknown
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$PG

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Atom Egoyan
The twelfth feature film from celebrated Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan. High school student Simon (Devon Bostick) is caught up in family histor… 
CastDevon Bostick, Scott Speedman, Arsinée Khanj…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$18

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François Dupeyron
In his latest film, François Dupeyron (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, TIFF 2003) again turns his attention to an underprivileged secto… 
CastFélicité Wouassi
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$14A

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Ed Harris
Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger and Jeremy Irons star in the Western Appaloosa, adapted from the Robert B. Parker novel. Set in the … 
CastEd Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18

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Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai works his magic in this long-planned "reworking" of his legendary, romantic and one and only martial arts film, previously unreleas… 
CastLeslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Ch…
LanguageMandarin   CountryHong Kong, China
SP$18

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Rithy Panh
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras, Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique is directed by Rithy Panh (S21, La Machine de mort K… 
CastIsabelle Huppert
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Cambodia/Belg…
SP$$14A

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Fernando Meirelles
It begins in a flash, as one man is instantaneously struck blind while driving home from work, his whole world suddenly turned to an eerie, milk… 
CastJulianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Y…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada/Brazil/Japan…
SP$$18

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Rian Johnson
The brothers Bloom (Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo) are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and int… 
CastAdrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Ri…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Guillermo Arriaga
Guillermo Arriaga’s directorial debut, a romantic mystery about a one woman’s emotional journey to uncover the secret of a past love. Theron pla… 
CastCharlize Theron and Kim Basinger
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18

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Philippe Falardeau
In the summer of ’68, Léon Doré comes close to hanging himself accidentally. His mother Madeleine saves him at the last minute, just like last s… 
CastAntoine L'Écuyer, Gabriel Maillé, Catherine …
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SP$PG

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Steven Soderbergh
The film is divided into two parts, mirroring two phases of Che's life: the first half covers the years from 1955 to 1962, the second from 1966 … 
CastBenicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Rodrigo San…
LanguageSpanish   CountryUSA/Spain
SP$14A

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Steven Soderbergh
On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an Argentine doctor who share… 
CastBenicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Rodrigo San…
LanguageSpanish   CountryUSA/Spain
SP$$18

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Steven Soderbergh
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes… 
CastBenicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Rodrigo San…
LanguageSpanish   CountryUSA/Spain
SP$$18

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Arnaud Desplechin
A dysfunctional family, torn apart by illness, death and loss, come together for Christmas in the North of France. Exploring the relationships a… 
CastCatherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mat…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$14A

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Steve Jacobs, Anna-Maria Mon…
Professor David Lurie's (John Malkovich) life falls apart after he has an impulsive affair with one of his students. Forced to resign from Cape … 
CastJohn Malkovich, Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Haine…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia/South Afri…
SP$18

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Paolo Sorrentino
Giulio Andreotti (Toni Servillo) has been the alpha and omega of Italian politics. Unreachable and enigmatic, he hides behind a calculated sembl… 
CastToni Servillo
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly/France
SP$18

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Stephan Elliott
An adaptation by Stephan Elliott (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) of Noel Coward’s wickedly witty play. A young Englishman (John Whittaker), fal… 
CastColin Firth, Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Tho…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom/USA
SP$$18

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Daniel Burman
Superbly imaginative and entertaining, Empty Nest offers a heartfelt look at the marital tensions between Martha (Cecilia Roth, All About My Mot… 
CastCecilia Roth, Oscar Martinez
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina/Spain/Fran…
SP$$14A

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Laurent Cantet
NOTE: SCHEDULE CHANGE / ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS) BY LAURENT CANTET WILL HAVE IT'S NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AS THE OPENING FILM FOR THE NEW YOR… 
CastFrançois Bégaudeau
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$18

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James Stern, Adam Del Deo
Every Little Step is a theatrical documentary on the making of Broadway's greatest hit and current revival of "A Chorus Line." The film culls be… 
CastMarvin Hamlisch, Donna McKechnie, Michael Be…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Christophe Barratier
A dazzling musical from the director of Les Choristes (TIFF 2004), Faubourg 36 is set between December 1935 and July 1936 in a working-class nei… 
CastGérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, …
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$$18

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Marc Abraham
Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' (Greg Kinnear) long battle with the American automobile indus… 
CastGreg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18

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Michael Winterbottom
Seeking a new life after the sudden death of his wife, Joe (Colin Firth) moves his family to the Italian town of Genova, hoping for a fresh star… 
CastColin Firth, Catherine Keener and Hope Davis
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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David Koepp
Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived… 
CastRicky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Bill…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18

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Matteo Garrone
Power, money and blood - these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly eve… 
CastUnknown
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
SP$18

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Vicente Amorim
John Halder (Viggo Mortensen) is a good, decent individual with family problems: a neurotic wife, two demanding children and a mother suffering … 
CastViggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittak…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom/Germa…
SP$18

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Mike Leigh
Poppy (Sally Hawkins), is an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to ev… 
CastSally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$PG

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Deepa Mehta
Bollywood superstar Preity Zinta plays Chand, a vibrant young woman who travels from India to Canada where her new husband Rocky (Vansh Bhardwaj… 
CastPreity Zinta, Vansh Bhardwaj, Yanna McIntosh…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$PG

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Kathryn Bigelo
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of the current Iraq war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a cit… 
CastRalph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse, Jere…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Barbet Schroeder
Barbet Schroeder directs this thriller starring Benoît Magimel (La Pianiste) as Fayard, a successful crime novelist. Invited to Japan for the re… 
CastBenoît Magimel
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$$18A

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John Crowley
From the director of Boy A, comes a wise and charming story of an unlikely friendship between a scruffy former magician and a little boy with a … 
CastBill Milner, Michael Caine
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$18

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Priyadarshan
Vengadam is a born optimist and weaver of saris, but his lowly status means he can never afford the fashions he creates. At the birth of his dau… 
CastPrakash Raj, Sreya Reddy
LanguageTamil   CountryIndia
SP$$14A

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Bruno Barreto
Director Bruno Barreto expands on the true event at the centre of José Padilha and Felipe Lacerda’s hard-hitting documentary Bus 174 (TIFF 2003)… 
CastUnknown
LanguagePortuguese   CountryBrazil
SP$14A

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Stephen Belber
Management is a romantic comedy that chronicles a chance meeting between Mike Cranshaw (Steve Zahn) and Sue Claussen (Jennifer Aniston). When Su… 
CastSteve Zahn, Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelso…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Richard Linklater
An entertaining ode to Orson Welles from the director of The School of Rock (TIFF 2003) and Before Sunrise. Seventeen-year-old Richard Samuels (… 
CastZac Efron, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin and Chr…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$18

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Spike Lee
Directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay written by James McBride, the author of the acclaimed novel of the same name, the film chronicles the st… 
CastDerek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar B…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18

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Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Rand…
Short films from twelve international filmmakers are woven together in an homage to The Big Apple. Revolving around the theme of encountering l… 
CastOrlando Bloom, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Peter Sollett
A comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living and live, l… 
CastMichael Cera, Kat Dennings, Cassidy Gard, Ma…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Ferzan Ozpetek
One year after their separation, the violence that defined Emma and Antonio’s marriage returns with ferocious consequences. Meanwhile, Antonio’s… 
CastValerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco, Nicole …
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
SP$14A

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Yu Lik-wai
In the São Paulo neighbourhood of Liberdade – home to one of world’s largest populations of Japanese immigrants – Yuda, a feared Chinese outlaw,… 
CastJoe Odagiri, Antonio Petrin, Taina Muller, M…
LanguagePortuguese | Japane…   CountryBrazil/China
SP$18

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Amos Gitaï
A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. 
CastJeanne Moreau, Hippolyte Girardot, Emmanuell…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Germany
SP$14A

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Larry Charles
Religulous follows political humorist and author Bill Maher (Real Time with Bill Maher, Politically Incorrect) as he travels around the globe in… 
CastBill Maher
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Guy Ritchie
When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, and all of London's criminal underworld wants in … 
CastGerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$18

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Martin Provost
Based on a true story, Séraphine delves into the relationship between naïve painter Séraphine Louis (1864–1942) and art collector Wilhelm Uhde. … 
CastUlrich Tukur, Yolande Moreau, Françoise Lebr…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Belgium
SP$18

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Danny Boyle
From acclaimed director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) comes a story about a kid with nothing, who has everything to lose. Jamal Mal… 
CastIrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor, Dev Patel, Mia Drak…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Hirokazu Kore-eda
A son and daughter return to the family home where their parents have lived for decades, bringing their own young families along with them. They… 
CastUnknown
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
SP$14A

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Charlie Kaufman
Worried about the transience of his life, theatre director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) leaves his home behind and sets out to construc… 
CastPhilip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Matt Tyrnauer
Filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer (Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine) gains unprecedented access to the renowned fashion designer and his ent… 
CastValentino Garavani, Giancarlo Giammetti
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Ari Folman
One night in a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their… 
CastAri Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner
LanguageHebrew | German   CountryIsrael/France/German…
SP$14A

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Max Färberböck
Adapted from the international bestseller based on a true story, A Woman in Berlin is directed by Golden Globe nominee Max Färberböck (Aimée & J… 
CastAugust Diehl, Juliane Köhler, Nina Hoss, Seb…
LanguageGerman | Russian   CountryGermany/Poland
SP$$18A

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Darren Aronofsky
Back in the late ‘80s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a l… 
CastMickey Rourke, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tome…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18A

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Philippe Claudel
Coming off a hugely successful run in France, I've Loved You So Long is written and directed by acclaimed novelist/filmmaker Philippe Claudel. I… 
CastKristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Laur…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$18

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Chai Vasarhelyi
One of Africa’s most prominent musical exports, Youssou Ndour’s distinctive tenor voice became internationally known through a string of popular… 
CastYoussou Ndour
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18

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Kevin Smith
A bawdy tale of love and friendship from Kevin Smith. Lifelong friends and roommates Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) are facing hard times and a m… 
CastSeth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$18A