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“TO REPEL GHOSTS: URBAN TALES FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT” (2013 short films directed by Jim Chuchu, Vincent Moloi, Philippe Lacôte, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Mark Dornford-May)
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To Repel Ghosts: Urban Tales from the African Continent [2013]
Jim Chuchu, Vincent Moloi, P…
Beginning with an ambiguous science fiction in Nairobi and ending with a re-enactment of the myth of Noah’s ark in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha towns… 
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CastElsaphan Njora, Patricia Kihoro, Shiv Singh,…
LanguageSwahili, Nouchi, Fre…   CountryKenya, South Africa,…
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“A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM” (2013 feature documentary film directed by Mark Cousins)
Reviews ***½
A Story of Children and Film [2013]
Mark Cousins
Director Mark Cousins follows his epic documentary The Story of Film with this globe-spanning rumination on children in the cinema, surveying su… 
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CastMark Cousins
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
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“STORY OF MY DEATH” (2013 presentation)
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Story of My Death [2013]
Albert Serra
Following his radical (re-)interpretations of Cervantes' Don Quixote (Honor de Cavalleria) and the Biblical tale of the Three Kings (Birdsong), … 
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CastVincenç Altaió, Lluis Serrat, Xavier Pau, Cl…
LanguageCatalan   CountrySpain
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“CLOSED CURTAIN” (2013 feature film directed by Kambozia Partovi and Jafar Panahi)
Reviews ***½
Closed Curtain [2013]
Kambozia Partovi and Jafar P…
Politically persecuted Iranian master Jafar Panahi — still under house arrest and banned from filmmaking for twenty years for engaging in "propa… 
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CastMaryam Moghadam, Jafar Panahi, Kambozia Part…
LanguagePersian   CountryIran
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“WAVELENGTHS 1: VARIATIONS ON…” (2013 presentation)
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Wavelengths 1: Variations On… [2013]
David Rimmer, Luther Price, …
The Academy Film Archive's restoration of David Rimmer's Canadian avant-garde classic Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper anchors the first progr… 
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CastElliott Gould, Jim Bouton
LanguageSpanish   CountryCanada, USA
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“BLIND DATES” (2013 feature film directed by Levan Koguashvili)
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Blind Dates [2013]
Levan Koguashvili
Levan Koguashvili’s film — about a lonely 40-year-old schoolteacher who takes up with the wife of a soon-to-be-released convict — is a compassio… 
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CastAndro Sakhvarelidze, Ia Sukhitashvili, Archi…
LanguageGeorgian   CountryGeorgia
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“TO REPEL GHOSTS: URBAN TALES FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT” (2013 short films directed by Jim Chuchu, Vincent Moloi, Philippe Lacôte, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Mark Dornford-May)
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To Repel Ghosts: Urban Tales from the African Continent [2013]
Jim Chuchu, Vincent Moloi, P…
Beginning with an ambiguous science fiction in Nairobi and ending with a re-enactment of the myth of Noah’s ark in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha towns… 
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CastElsaphan Njora, Patricia Kihoro, Shiv Singh,…
LanguageSwahili, Nouchi, Fre…   CountryKenya, South Africa,…
CWC$PG Video
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“AT BERKELEY” (2013 feature documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman)
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At Berkeley [2013]
Frederick Wiseman
Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous … 
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CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
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“UNE JEUNE FILLE (A JOURNEY)” (2013 feature film directed by Catherine Martin)
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Une Jeune Fille (A Journey) [2013]
Catherine Martin
Two solitary people meet each other and form a bond in the back country of the Gaspe peninsula. Inspired by Robert Bresson’s classic Mouchette,… 
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CastAriane Legault, Sébastien Ricard, Hélène Flo…
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
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“WAVELENGTHS 2: NOW & THEN” (2013 presentation)
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Wavelengths 2: Now & Then [2013]
Hannes Schüpbach, Stephen Br…
Proposing simplicity as a radical antidote to today’s fervent desire for intricacy, these films and videos draw upon either a collaborative proc… 
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CastVarious
LanguageVarious   CountryCanada, Switzerland,…
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“A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ***½
A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness [2013]
Ben Rivers, Ben Russell
A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS follows a single character at three disparate moments in his life: alone in the wilderness of Northern Finland,… 
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CastRobert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
LanguageUnknown   CountryFrance | Estonia
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“MANAKAMANA” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ****
Manakamana [2013]
Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez
The makers of last year’s Festival hit Leviathan served as producers on this astounding sensorial stunner that takes us on a state-of-the-art ca… 
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CastChabbi Lal Gandharba, Anish Gandharba, Bindu…
LanguageNepali   CountryNepal
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“THE LAST OF THE UNJUST” (2013 feature documentary film directed by Claude Lanzmann)
Reviews ***½
The Last of the Unjust [2013]
Claude Lanzmann
The 220-minute film looks at Benjamin Murmelstein, the last president of the Jewish Council in the Theresienstadt ghetto, the concentration camp… 
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CastBenjamin Murmelstein, Claude Lanzmann
LanguageGerman | French   CountryFrance | Austria
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“LITTLE FEET / OLD MOON” (2013 short films directed by Alexandre Rockwell, Raisa Bonnet)
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Little Feet / Old Moon [2013]
Alexandre Rockwell, Raisa Bo…
Determined to see "the river," two young children living in Los Angeles leave home to embark on a magical urban odyssey, in the marvelous new fi… 
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CastLana Rockwell, Nico Rockwell, Rene Cuante-Ba…
LanguageEnglish, Spanish   CountryUSA, Puerto Rico
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“WAVELENGTHS 3: FARTHER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE” (2013 presentation)
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Wavelengths 3: Farther Than the Eye Can See [2013]
Basma Alsharif, Philipp Flei…
A sense of geographic, spatial and historical freefall attends this programme of works. Farther Than the Eye Can See, Basma Alsharif (13 minute… 
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CastVarious
LanguageArabic, Polish, Span…   CountryUnited Arab Emirates…
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“LADDER TO DAMASCUS” (2013 feature film directed by Mohamad Malas)
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Ladder to Damascus [2013]
Mohamad Malas
Mohamad Malas, recognized widely as Syrian cinema’s first auteur, resurrects the ghosts of his country’s thirty-year-old dictatorship with this … 
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CastNajla el Wa'za, Lara Saade, Bilal Martini, G…
LanguageArabic   CountrySyria
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“‘TIL MADNESS DO US PART” (2013 presentation)
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‘Til Madness Do Us Part [2013]
Wang Bing
Director Wang Bing casts an understanding and non-judgmental eye on the inmates of a decrepit Chinese mental hospital in this eloquent and emoti… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
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“HI-HO MISTAHEY!” (2013 feature documentary film directed by Alanis Obomsawin)
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Hi-Ho Mistahey! [2013]
Alanis Obomsawin
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker and activist Alanis Obomsawin (Kahnesatake: 270 Years of Resistance) chronicles the Attawapiskat First Natio… 
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CastShannen Koostachin
LanguageEnglish, Cree   CountryCanada
DOC$PG Video
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“THE BATTLE OF TABATO / THE DISQUIET” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ***
The Battle of Tabato / The Disquiet [2013]
Joao Viana, Ali Cherri
The Battle of Tabatô Battle of Tabato, Joao Viana (83 minutes): After 30 years of exile, Baio is returning to Guinea-Bissau. His daughter Fatu … 
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CastFatu Djebaté, Mamadu Baio, Mutar Djebaté
LanguageMadinka   CountryGuinea-Bissau, Leban…
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“WAVELENGTHS 4: ELYSIUM” (2013 presentation)
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Wavelengths 4: Elysium [2013]
Nick Collins, Chris Kennedy,…
Beginning with the ruins of a Greek Byzantine church and ending with trance rituals in Burma, this programme sketches a trajectory of shifting p… 
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CastVarious
LanguageEnglish, French   CountryUnited Kingdom, Cana…
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“RAGS AND TATTERS” (2013 feature film directed by Ahmad Abdalla)
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Rags and Tatters [2013]
Ahmad Abdalla
In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering in t… 
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CastAsser Yassin, Atef Yousef, Amr Abed, Yara Go…
LanguageArabic   CountryEgypt
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“I'M THE SAME, I'M AN OTHER” (2013 presentation)
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I'm the Same, I'm An Other [2013]
Caroline Strubbe
A road movie. An unorthodox crime story. Portrait of an unlikely companionship. Belgian director Caroline Strubbe’s uniquely crafted second feat… 
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CastKimke Desart, Zoltan Miklos Hajdu
LanguageDutch   CountryNetherlands
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“IGNASI M.” (2013 feature documentary film directed by Ventura Pons)
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Ignasi M. [2013]
Ventura Pons
Spanish director Ventura Pons returns to documentary filmmaking with this study of world-renowned museum expert Ignasi Millet. HIV-positive yet … 
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CastIgnasi Millet
LanguageCatalan   CountrySpain
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“STRAY DOGS” (2013 presentation)
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Stray Dogs [2013]
Ming-liang Tsai
Imbued with mystery, sly humour, and an enormous heart, the latest film from visionary director Tsai Ming-liang (The Wayward Cloud) links togeth… 
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CastLee Kang Sheng, Lee Yi Cheng, Lee Yi Chieh, …
LanguageMandarin   CountryTaiwan
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“THE POLICE OFFICER’S WIFE” (2013 presentation)
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The Police Officer’s Wife [2013]
Philip Gröning
The latest fiction from acclaimed filmmaker Philipp Gröning (Into Great Silence) is a chilling account of a young family’s unraveling and the de… 
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CastAlexandra Finder, David Zimmerschied
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
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“LA ULTIMA PELICULA / RP31” (2013 presentation)
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La Ultima Pelicula / RP31 [2013]
Raya Martin, Mark Peranson, …
La última película, Raya Martin / Mark Peranson (88 minutes): A famous American filmmaker travels to the Yucatán to scout locations for his las… 
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CastAlex Ross Perry, Gabino Rodríguez, Iazua Lar…
LanguageSpanish, English   CountryMexico, USA
WL$PG
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“MISS VIOLENCE” (2013 feature film directed by Alexandros Avranas)
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Miss Violence [2013]
Alexandros Avranas
Greek director Alexandros Avranas’ chilling and incisive drama recounts an 11-year-old girl’s inexplicable suicide — and the family secrets that… 
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CastThemis Panou, Eleni Roussinou, Reni Pittaki,…
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
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“THE DAUGHTER” (2012 feature film directed by Thanos Anastopoulos)
Reviews ****
The Daughter [2012]
Thanos Anastopoulos
Taking inspiration from the financial crisis that continues to devastate Greece, the third feature from Thanos Anastopoulous is a taut and timel… 
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CastSavina Alimani, Aggelos Papadimas, Yorgos Sy…
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
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“BASTARDS” (2013 feature film directed by Claire Denis)
Reviews ***½
Bastards [2013]
Claire Denis
Supertanker captain Marco Silvestri is called back urgently to Paris. His sister Sandra is desperate; her husband has committed suicide, the fam… 
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CastVincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Lola Cré…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
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“PAYS BARBARE” (2013 presentation)
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Pays Barbare [2013]
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ri…
Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi’s PAYS BARBARE, an experimental, archival study of colonial Ethiopia. Milan-based duo Yervant Gianiki… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageFrench, Italian   CountryFrance
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“THE BATTLE OF TABATO / THE DISQUIET” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ***
The Battle of Tabato / The Disquiet [2013]
Joao Viana, Ali Cherri
The Battle of Tabatô Battle of Tabato, Joao Viana (83 minutes): After 30 years of exile, Baio is returning to Guinea-Bissau. His daughter Fatu … 
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CastFatu Djebaté, Mamadu Baio, Mutar Djebaté
LanguageMadinka   CountryGuinea-Bissau, Leban…
WL$PG Video
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“THE MISSING PICTURE” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ****
The Missing Picture [2013]
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1… 
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CastRandal Douc
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance, Cambodia
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“MIRACLE” (2013 feature film directed by Juraj Lehotsky)
Reviews ***½
Miracle [2013]
Juraj Lehotsky
Miracle is the story of 15-year-old Ela who is sent to a re-education centre. She yearns for love, but is not allowed to love. Despite all the r… 
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CastRobert Roth, Michaela Bendulová, Venusa Kale…
LanguageSlovak   CountrySlovakia, Czech Repu…
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“A THOUSAND SUNS / LETTER TO A REFUSING PILOT” (2013 presentation)
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A Thousand Suns / Letter to a Refusing Pilot [2013]
Mati Diop, Akram Zaatari
Though an unlikely pairing on the surface, Mati Diop’s award-winning A Thousand Suns (Mille Soleils) and Akram Zaatari’s Venice Biennale commiss… 
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CastLouay Hanafi
LanguageArabic, Wolof   CountrySenegal, Lebanon
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“WASTED YOUTH” (2011 feature film directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Jan Vogel)
Reviews ***
Wasted Youth [2011]
Argyris Papadimitropoulos, J…
Based on a violent real-life event that shook Athens, this drama about a frustrated policeman and a teenage skateboarder set to cross paths duri… 
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CastHarris Markou, Leronymos Kaletsanos
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
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“THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ***½
The Strange Little Cat [2013]
Ramon Zürcher
Loosely inspired by Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, this enchanting, minimalist gem by first-time feature director Ramon Zurcher has won admiring com… 
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CastJenny Schily, Mia Kasalo, Anjorka Strechel, …
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
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“HOW STRANGE TO BE NAMED FEDERICO: SCOLA NARRATES FELLINI” (2013 feature film directed by Ettore Scola)
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How Strange to be Named Federico: Scola Narrates Fellini [2013]
Ettore Scola
On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known … 
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CastVittorio Viviani, Sergio Rubini, Antonella A…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
MAST$PG
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“TO THE WOLF” (2013 feature film directed by Aran Hughes, Christina Koutsospyrou)
Reviews ***½
To the Wolf [2013]
Aran Hughes, Christina Kouts…
Set over four days of unrelenting wind and rain in a remote village high up in the Nafpaktia Mountains in the west of Greece, the film follows t… 
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CastIlias Katsaros, Spiridoula Katsarou, Adam Pa…
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
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“BLIND DATES” (2013 feature film directed by Levan Koguashvili)
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Blind Dates [2013]
Levan Koguashvili
Levan Koguashvili’s film — about a lonely 40-year-old schoolteacher who takes up with the wife of a soon-to-be-released convict — is a compassio… 
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CastAndro Sakhvarelidze, Ia Sukhitashvili, Archi…
LanguageGeorgian   CountryGeorgia
CWC$14A
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“THREE INTERPRETATION EXERCISES” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ***½
Three Interpretation Exercises [2013]
Cristi Puiu
Acclaimed Romanian director Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Aurora) transforms what began as an intensive three-week acting workshop in… 
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CastLudivine Anbérrée, Marion Bottollier, Ugo Br…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
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“THE MILITANT” (2013 feature film directed by Manolo Nieto)
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The Militant [2013]
Manolo Nieto
A university student involved in militant leftist activism is faced with some difficult decisions when his father suddenly dies, leaving him in … 
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CastFelipe Dieste
LanguageSpanish   CountryUruguay
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“THREE INTERPRETATION EXERCISES” (2013 presentation)
Reviews ***½
Three Interpretation Exercises [2013]
Cristi Puiu
Acclaimed Romanian director Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Aurora) transforms what began as an intensive three-week acting workshop in… 
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CastLudivine Anbérrée, Marion Bottollier, Ugo Br…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
WL$PG Video
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“UNE JEUNE FILLE (A JOURNEY)” (2013 feature film directed by Catherine Martin)
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Une Jeune Fille (A Journey) [2013]
Catherine Martin
Two solitary people meet each other and form a bond in the back country of the Gaspe peninsula. Inspired by Robert Bresson’s classic Mouchette,… 
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CastAriane Legault, Sébastien Ricard, Hélène Flo…
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
CWC$PG Video
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“SALVATION ARMY” (2013 feature film directed by Abdellah Taia)
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Salvation Army [2013]
Abdellah Taia
The story of Abdellah’s coming of age in two parts — first as a teenager in Morocco, the second as a university student in Geneva. Inspired by t… 
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CastRaphael Bonacchi
LanguageFrench | Arabic   CountryFrance | Morocco
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“HI-HO MISTAHEY!” (2013 feature documentary film directed by Alanis Obomsawin)
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Hi-Ho Mistahey! [2013]
Alanis Obomsawin
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker and activist Alanis Obomsawin (Kahnesatake: 270 Years of Resistance) chronicles the Attawapiskat First Natio… 
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CastShannen Koostachin
LanguageEnglish, Cree   CountryCanada
DOC$PG Video
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“STRAY DOGS” (2013 presentation)
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Stray Dogs [2013]
Ming-liang Tsai
Imbued with mystery, sly humour, and an enormous heart, the latest film from visionary director Tsai Ming-liang (The Wayward Cloud) links togeth… 
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CastLee Kang Sheng, Lee Yi Cheng, Lee Yi Chieh, …
LanguageMandarin   CountryTaiwan
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“NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY” (2013 feature film directed by Lav Diaz)
Reviews ***½
Norte, The End of History [2013]
Lav Diaz
Philippine cinematic luminary Lav Diaz draws inspiration from Dostoevsky and iconic compatriot José Rizal in this mature and boldly literate and… 
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CastSid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, …
LanguageFilipino   CountryPhilippines
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“MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN” (2013 feature film directed by Mohammad Rasoulof)
Reviews ***½
Manuscripts Don't Burn [2013]
Mohammad Rasoulof
Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they … 
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CastUnknown
LanguagePersian   CountryIran
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“LADDER TO DAMASCUS” (2013 feature film directed by Mohamad Malas)
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Ladder to Damascus [2013]
Mohamad Malas
Mohamad Malas, recognized widely as Syrian cinema’s first auteur, resurrects the ghosts of his country’s thirty-year-old dictatorship with this … 
more
CastNajla el Wa'za, Lara Saade, Bilal Martini, G…
LanguageArabic   CountrySyria
CWC$14A Video
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“AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'” (2013 feature documentary film directed by Marcel Ophuls)
Reviews ***½
Ain't Misbehavin' [2013]
Marcel Ophuls
Master documentarian Marcel Ophüls (The Sorrow and the Pity) turns his gaze back on his own extraordinary life with this memoir, both rigorous a… 
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CastElliott Erwitt, Jeanne Moreau, Costa-Gavras,…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
DOC$PG Video
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“CLOSED CURTAIN” (2013 feature film directed by Kambozia Partovi and Jafar Panahi)
Reviews ***½
Closed Curtain [2013]
Kambozia Partovi and Jafar P…
Politically persecuted Iranian master Jafar Panahi — still under house arrest and banned from filmmaking for twenty years for engaging in "propa… 
more
CastMaryam Moghadam, Jafar Panahi, Kambozia Part…
LanguagePersian   CountryIran
MAST$14A Video
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