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Jerzy Skolimowski
Polish master Jerzy Skolimowski (Four Nights with Anna, Essential Killing) shuttles between the stories of several characters over the course of… 
CastRichard Dormer, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Andrz…
LanguageEnglish   CountryPoland, Ireland
MAST$14A

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Leanne Pooley
Director Leanne Pooley (The Topp Twins) fuses documentary, fiction, and state-of-the-art digital animation in this astonishing recreation of the… 
CastFraser Brown, Andrew Grainger, Chelsie Prest…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNew Zealand
CWC$14A

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Andrew Haigh
A retired English couple (played by screen legends Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) reflect on their lives after nearly a half-century toge… 
CastCharlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$PG

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Isiah Medina, Denis Côté
The debut feature by digital cinema incendiary Isiah Medina is preceded by Canadian auteur Denis Côté’s first short film in nearly a decade. A … 
CastAnne Valencia, Myles Taylor, Erik Berg, Eliz…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
WL$14A

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Gaby Dellal
Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon and Elle Fanning star in this funny and touching story about a NYC teenager struggling with gender identity. The to… 
CastElle Fanning, Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon, T…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Brian D. Johnson
By turns elegiac and celebratory, this documentary tribute to the late, great Canadian poet Al Purdy features readings, reminiscences and perfor… 
CastMargaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Leonard Cohe…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DOC$PG

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Sydney Pollack
*** The producers of AMAZING GRACE have withdrawn the film. *** Check ___ TIFF.net/festivals/festival15/changes ___ for latest screening update… 
CastAretha Franklin
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$G

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Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnso…
A man struggles with his inability to connect with other people. Charlie Kaufman, the celebrated screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adapt… 
CastJennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, David Thew…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18A

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Cary Fukunaga
After his parents are killed, a young African boy is forced to become a child soldier in a rebel army led by a brutal commandant (Idris Elba, Ma… 
CastIdris Elba, Ama Abebrese, Abraham Attah
LanguageEnglish   CountryGhana
SP$$14A

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Deepa Mehta
A ruthless Sikh mobster leads his soldiers into a turf war for control of the Vancouver drugs- and arms-trafficking rackets, in this based-on-fa… 
CastRandeep Hooda, Ali Momen, Sarah Allen, Waris…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$14A

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Anthony Wonke
An intimate documentary portrait of legendary British horse-racing jockey A.P. McCoy, who risks life and limb in his determination to place his … 
CastAnthony Peter McCoy
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
DOC$PG

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Rob Reiner
When his political-candidate father ships him off to a rehab facility, a reckless teenager finds love and danger with a fellow resident, in the … 
CastNick Robinson, Morgan Saylor, Devon Bostick,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Scott Cooper
Johnny Depp stars as notorious Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger, who spent thirty years as an FBI informant while rising to the top of the … 
CastJohnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberb…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Nick Read, Mark Franchetti
Director Nick Read gains remarkable access to the inner workings of Russia’s world-famous Bolshoi Ballet as the company weathers the fallout fro… 
CastAnatoliy Iksanov, Maria Alexandrova, Maria A…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
DOC$PG

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Robert Budreau
Ethan Hawke stars as Chet Baker in this remarkably creative reimagining of the legendary jazz trumpeter's struggle to overcome his drug addictio… 
CastEthan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Renn…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$14A

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Tammy Davis
A Maori teen faces parental and social pressure while leading his competitive hip-hop dance crew toward the regional championships, in this exhi… 
CastTia-Taharoa Maipi, Stan Walker, Kherington P…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNew Zealand
DISC$PG

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Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and…
Guided by the spirit of Maddin’s “Cuadecec Manifesto” (which calls for makings-of en masse), Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton is a strange and st… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
WLFreePG

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John Crowley
In the early 1950s, a young Irish woman (Saoirse Ronan) crosses the Atlantic to begin a new life in America, in this exquisitely crafted adaptat… 
CastSaoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$$14A

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Jason Reitman
Shifting to the episodic format after his acclaimed feature-film work, TIFF favourite Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) directs this hilarious… 
CastTara Lynne Barr, Patrick Heusinger, Alisha B…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
PRIME$18A

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Davy Force, Nick DenBoer
Things get seriously clucked up when a young boy accompanies his dad to his new job at Charbay’s Chicken World and Restaurant Resort, the world’… 
CastTim Beresford, Cad Gold Jr, Kenny Hotz, Nick…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
MM$18A

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Stephen Dunn
An East Coast teenager and aspiring special-effects makeup artist (Connor Jessup, Blackbird) struggles with both his sexuality and his fear of h… 
CastConnor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Joanne Kelly, A…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DISC$14A

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Florian Gallenberger
Two young lovers (Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl) find themselves trapped in the murderous crackdown following the 1973 coup against Chilean presi… 
CastEmma Watson , Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist
LanguageEnglish   CountryLuxembourg
SP$$14A

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Tom Geens
A middle class British couple end up living like feral creatures in a camouflaged hole in the middle of a vast forest in France. A young couple… 
CastPaul Higgins, Kate Dickie, Jerome Kircher, C…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Charlie Vundla
After being abandoned by his wife, a once-promising academic finds himself entangled in a very odd ménage à trois, in the second feature from So… 
CastCharlie Vundla, Terry Pheto, Louis Roux
LanguageEnglish   CountrySouth Africa
CWC$18A

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Tom Hooper
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) stars as Lili Elbe, the 1920s Danish artist who was one of the first recipients o… 
CastEddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$14A

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Louise Osmond
Set in a former mining village in Wales, Dark Horse is the inspirational true story of Jan Vokes and her group of local friends who decide to ta… 
CastJan Vokes, Brian Vokes, Howard Davies, Angel…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
DOC$G

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Simon Stone
The story follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret, and whose attempts to put things right threaten the lives of t… 
CastGeoffrey Rush, Paul Schneider, Miranda Otto,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
SP$14A

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Jean-Marc Vallée
In Demolition, a successful investment banker, Davis (Gyllenhaal), struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from… 
CastJake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Sean Byrne
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas, in this creepily op… 
CastEthan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vi…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Jacques Audiard
To escape the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former Tamil Tiger soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. These strangers try to bui… 
CastJesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Sriniva…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance
SP$14A

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Grant Scicluna
A young ex-con encounters secrets from the past and danger in the present when he returns to the rural Australian community to discover the trut… 
CastKerry Fox, Robert Taylor, Reef Ireland
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
DISC$14A

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Jocelyn Moorhouse
Academy Award winner Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, and Judy Davis star in this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, about a dres… 
CastKate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
GALA$$14A

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Oliver Hermanus
A fierce crime drama set against an unforgiving landscape, The Endless River is a story about morality, love, revenge and forgiveness. A young … 
CastNicolas Duvauchelle, Crystal-Donna Roberts, …
LanguageEnglish   CountrySouth Africa
CWC$18A

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Drake Doremus
In a futuristic, utopian society known as the Collective — where inhabitants have been bred to be peaceful and emotionless — a man and a woman d… 
CastKristen Stewart, Nicholas Hoult, Guy Pearce,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Wim Wenders
A tragic car accident links the lives of a struggling writer (James Franco), his long-suffering girlfriend (Rachel McAdams), a grieving mother (… 
CastJames Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada/Germany
MAST$14A

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Gavin Hood
Academy Award winner Helen Mirren stars alongside Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman and Iain Glen in this timely thriller about a terrorist-targeting dro… 
CastHelen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Iain…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$14A

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Jason Bateman
After an unlikely accident, a pair of grown siblings (Nicole Kidman and director-star Jason Bateman) are compelled to move back in with their ec… 
CastNicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Wa…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Oz Perkins
Two young students at a prestigious prep school for girls are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they are stranded at the school over win… 
CastEmma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
VAN$14A

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Todd Strauss-Schulson
A group of young friends is sucked into the onscreen world of a cult 1980s slasher flick, in this clever horror-comedy packed with real heart, g… 
CastTaissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam Devine, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Adam Garnet Jones
One of the first films by a First Nations director to deal with two-spirited people, the thoughtful and moving debut feature by Adam Garnet Jone… 
CastJennifer Podemski, Andrew Martin, Harley Leg…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DISC$14A

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Maris Curran
Reeling from the tragic, sudden death of his wife, a man travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself… 
CastDavid Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest, Rosie Perez
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$PG

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Galen Johnson
Initially designed to promote Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room, A Living Poster employs the same digital techniques used to crea… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
WLFreePG

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Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Winnipeg's wizard of the weird, Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World) and co-director Evan Johnson plunge us into celluloid d… 
CastJohn Ashberry, Mathieu Amalric, Udo Kier, Ch…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
WL$14A

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Jon Cassar
Tormented by a dark secret, an aging gunfighter abandons a life of killing and returns home, only to discover his mother has died. He’s forced t… 
CastKiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$14A

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Peter Sollett
Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell and Michael Shannon star in this true story about terminally ill New Jersey police officer Laurel Heste… 
CastJulianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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David Verbeek
A US soldier tries to deal with his guilt after a drone strike gone wrong, in this topical drama from Dutch director David Verbeek. A contempor… 
CastGrégoire Colin, Lizzie Brocheré, Slimane Daz…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNetherlands/Croatia…
PLAT$18A

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Nick Simon
Big-city glamour clashes with small-town values and a killer’s knife, in this bloody cocktail of terror from director Nick Simon and executive p… 
CastKal Penn, Claudia Lee, Kenny Wormald , Toby …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Corin Sworn, Tony Romano
The first major collaboration between Canadian artist Tony Romano and English-born, Toronto-raised Corin Sworn, La Giubba follows the intersecti… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada/United Kingdo…
WLFreePG

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Jeremy Saulnier
A punk band on the road find themselves besieged by neo-Nazi white supremacists in a backwoods Oregon club, in this nail-biting thriller from th… 
CastImogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$18A

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Michelle Shephard, Patrick R…
Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen who was captured by American forces in Afghanistan in 2002 and spent a decade imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, tel… 
CastOmar Khadr
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DOC$14A

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Meghna Gulzar
Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi, The Lunchbox) stars in this dramatization of the notorious “Noida Double Murder Case,” which set off a media frenzy aro… 
CastIrrfan Khan, Konkona Sensharma, Neeraj Kabi,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIndia
SP$14A

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George Amponsah
This timely documentary explores the life and death of Michael Duggan, whose killing at the hands of London's Metropolitan Police sparked the To… 
CastKurtis Henville, Marcus Knox
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Barbara Kopple
Screened at the first Festival in 1976, Barbara Kopple’s chronicle of a fierce standoff between striking workers and company thugs in Kentucky c… 
CastNorman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Spar…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CTQFreePG

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Davis Guggenheim
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) profiles Malala Yousafzai, the Afghan teenager who survived a Taliban a… 
CastMalala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$PG

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Laurie Anderson
Heart of a Dog is a personal essay film that explores themes of love, death, and language. The director’s voice is a constant presence as storie… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$PG

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Michael Mann
Hard-boiled ex-con Neil McCauley is the leader of a crew of seasoned thieves who operate with grim determination and military discipline. But wh… 
CastAl Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Jon Voight, Val Ki…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CTQFreeR

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Bruce McDonald
Seven years after his much-loved zombie thriller Pontypool, Canadian maverick Bruce McDonald returns to the horror genre with this deliciously c… 
CastChloe Rose, Robert Patrick, Rossif Sutherlan…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
VAN$18A

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Tim Kring
This new miniseries from Heroes creator Tim Kring brings together characters from the original series with a new group of superpowered individua… 
CastJack Coleman, Zachary Levi, Robbie Kay, Kiki…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
PRIME$14A

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Ben Wheatley
Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons star in the new film by cult British director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England), an ambitious adaptat… 
CastTom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
PLAT$18A

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Kent Jones
Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, James Gray, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and others discuss the importance of the epochal book that transcribed the week-lon… 
CastMartin Scorsese, David Fincher, Arnaud Despl…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$PG

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Kazik Radwanski
Toronto director Kazik Radwanski follows his internationall acclaimed, award-winning debut Tower with this empathetic yet clear-eyed character s… 
CastErwin Van Cotthem, Kate Ashley, Seth Kirsh, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CWC$14A

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Alan Zweig
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Allan Zweig (When Jews Were Funny) profiles one-time Canadian national hero Steve Fonyo, who raised millions of … 
CastSteve Fonyo
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
PLAT$14A

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Paul Gross
Paul Gross (Passchendaele) directs and co-stars in this taut war drama about Canadian troops in Afghanistan weathering Taliban attacks while str… 
CastPaul Gross, Rossif Sutherland
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$14A

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Marc Abraham
Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen star in this biopic of country-music legend Hank Williams. This film tells the story of legendary country we… 
CastTom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whi…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Adam Salky
Sarah Silverman gives an astonishing performance as a drug-addicted, self-destructive New Jersey housewife whose life begins to come apart at th… 
CastSarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Thomas Sadosk…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18A

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Unknown
Please join us for this onstage conversation in which Moore will discuss her various roles, her working methods, and some of her many fruitful c… 
CastJulianne Moore
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$$18

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Matthew Weiner
Following our onstage conversation, we are thrilled to present a special screening of the final episode of Mad Men Season 1, "The Wheel," with l… 
CastMatthew Weiner
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$18

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Salma Hayek
We are thrilled to have Hayek as our guest for this very special onstage conversation about her remarkable career. Salma Hayek is an icon of fe… 
CastSalma Hayek
LanguageEnglish   CountryMexico
MAV$$18

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Unknown
Sarah Silverman joins us for a far-ranging onstage conversation that will explore her inspiring and dizzyingly diverse career. Irreverent and i… 
CastSarah Silverman
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MAV$$18

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Frederick Wiseman
Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, N… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$PG

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Eric Khoo
The sensitive and sensual new film from Singaporean director Eric Khoo draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them t… 
CastChoi Woo Shik, Kim Khobbi, Koh Boon Pin, Dan…
LanguageEnglish   CountrySingapore
CWC$18A

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Patricia Rozema
Two teenage sisters (Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood) struggle to survive in a remote country house after a massive, continent-wide power outage… 
CastEllen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$14A

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Brad Bird
Remastered and enhanced with two new scenes, the modern animated classic about a young boy befriending a gigantic space robot returns to enchant… 
CastJennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr, Vin Dies…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
KIDYouthPG

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Josh Mond
An excess-prone twentysomething deadbeat must get his act together for his ailing mother — so he does that to excess too — in this funny, angry … 
CastChristopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott 'Ki…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DISC$14A

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Amy Berg
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil) delves into the life of late rock legend Janis Joplin. Academy Award-nominate… 
CastChan Marshall, Janis Joplin
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$14A

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Jason Reitman
"In 1987, Princess Bride won Toronto Film Festival. On Sep 12th, we're going to pay tribute to that perfect script." @JasonReitman The Princess… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SE$$18

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Morgan Neville
Academy Award-winning director Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom) follows Keith Richards on the road as the legendary Rolling Stones guit… 
CastKeith Richards, Tom Waits, Steve Jordan, Wad…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
PRIME$14A

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Owen Harris
In this deliriously funny comic romp set in 1990s London, a young record label A&R rep (Nicholas Hoult) does anything and everything to get ahea… 
CastNicholas Hoult, James Corden, Georgia King, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Paul Katis
A patrol of British paratroopers in Afghanistan find themselves caught in the middle of a deathtrap in this remarkable, fact-based war drama fro… 
CastDavid Elliot, Mark Stanley, Scott Kyle, Benj…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Harrison Atkins
An awkward twentysomething begins to undergo some strange physical changes after a weekend tryst — with a ghost — in this charmingly lo-fi, supe… 
CastLindsay Burdge, Peter Vack, Jen Kim, Andrew …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
VAN$14A

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Nicholas Hytner
The legendary Maggie Smith stars in this adaptation of the based-on-fact play by acclaimed author Alan Bennett (The Madness of King George), abo… 
CastMaggie Smith, Dominic Cooper, James Corden
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$PG

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Jeremy Sims
Rex drives a cab and has never left Broken Hill in his life. When he discovers he doesn’t have long to live, he decides to drive across the hear… 
CastJacki Weaver, Michael Caton, Ningali Lawford…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
CWS$PG

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Brian Helgeland
Tom Hardy gives a bravura double performance as Reggie and Ronnie Kray, the identical twin brothers who became the rulers of the London underwor… 
CastTom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Ch…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$14A

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Tim Godsall
A legendary, reclusive music producer (Rhys Ifans) has his shut-in routine disturbed by the unexpected arrival of his aspiring musician son (Jac… 
CastRhys Ifans, Juno Temple, Jack Kilmer, Keir G…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Yorgos Lanthimos
In a dystopian near future, single people are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days or are transformed into animals and released into the w… 
CastColin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) writes, directs and stars in this satirical comedy about fortysomething workaholic Violette, who finds romance whi… 
CastJulie Delpy
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance
GALA$$14A

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Matthew Cullen
*** The festival has removed LONDON FIELDS from the festival. *** Check ___ TIFF.net/festivals/festival15/changes ___ for latest screening upda… 
CastAmber Heard, Cara Delevigne, Theo James, Bil…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Rufus Norris
Tom Hardy and Olivia Colman headline this big-screen adaptation of the stage musical by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork, about the “Suffolk Strangle… 
CastOlivia Colman, Anita Dobson, Tom Hardy
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Sue Brooks
A married couple (Richard Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell) embark on a road trip across West Australia in pursuit of their runaway teenage daughter,… 
CastRichard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa You…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
PLAT$14A

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Joachim Trier
An aging schoolteacher (Gabriel Byrne) grappling with the recent death of his photojournalist wife (Isabelle Huppert) attempts to reconcile with… 
CastIsabelle Huppert, Gabriel Byrne, Jesse Eisen…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNorway
SP$14A

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Rebecca Miller
Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the bri… 
CastGreta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader, Maya …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Dito Montiel
Shia LaBoeuf, Kate Mara and Gary Oldman star in this dystopian thriller about a former Marine desperately searching for his wife and son in a po… 
CastShia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Gary Oldman, Jai Co…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Matthew Brown
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) and Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons star in this inspirational biopic about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the early-20t… 
CastStephen Fry, Devika Bhise, Toby Jones, Dev P…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$PG

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Ridley Scott
Stranded on Mars, a NASA astronaut (Matt Damon) struggles to survive on the arid planet while his ground crew races to mount a rescue mission, i… 
CastMatt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Julian Roffman
A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide… 
CastPaul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Bill Walker
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CTQFreePG

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Lorene Scafaria
Marnie Minervini, recent widow and eternal optimist, moves from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be closer to her daughter. Armed with an iPhone and… 
CastSusan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Sterlin Harjo
A Muscogee ex-con living on the streets of Tulsa becomes embroiled in a fateful conflict with a local thug, in director Sterlin Harjo’s intrigui… 
CastRod Rondeaux, Zahn McClarnon, Wotko Long, Sa…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CWC$14A

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Marcel Ophüls
This epic documentary by Marcel Ophüls (The Sorrow and the Pity) meditates on Western society's concepts of justice through comparisons of war c… 
CastJoan Baez, Karl Dönitz, Edgar Faure
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom/USA/G…
CTQFree14A

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Joe Begos
A drifter with psychic powers takes on an evil doctor and his crew of telekinetic assassins. Joe Begos returns with a psychokinetic thriller ab… 
CastGraham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John S…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Barbara Kopple
Two-time Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple follows R&B queen Sharon Jones over the course of an eventful year, as she battles a cancer diagnos… 
CastSharon Jones, The Dap-Kings
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$PG

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Catherine Hardwicke
Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore star in this touching comedy-drama about two childhood friends whose relationship is put to the test when one b… 
CastToni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Dominic Coope…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$PG

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A.D. Calvo
The Missing Girl tells the story of Mort, the lonely and disillusioned owner of a comic book shop, and Ellen, the emotionally disruptive, aspiri… 
CastRobert Longstreet, Alexia Rasmussen, Eric La…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
VAN$14A

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Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
Ryan Reynolds, Ben Mendelsohn and Sienna Miller star in this footloose tale about two itinerant gamblers aiming to buy their way into a legendar… 
CastBen Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Matthew Saville
A wrong number leads to an unlikely friendship between a middle-aged Adelaide realtor (Anthony LaPaglia) and an elderly woman (Julia Blake), in … 
CastAnthony LaPaglia, Julia Blake, John Clarke, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
CWC$PG

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Paco Cabezas
Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell and Tim Roth star in this wild action-comedy about a young woman who falls in love with a sweet-natured hitman. Mar… 
CastSam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth, James…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Morgan Neville
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) profiles celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, whi… 
CastYo-Yo Ma, Cristina Pato, Wu Man, Kinan Azmeh…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
DOC$G

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Simon Fitzmaurice
Packed off to a foster home after her father is institutionalized, a rebellious young Irish girl resolves to bust her dad out of the hospital wh… 
CastEvanna Lynch, Michael Smiley, George Webster
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
DISC$PG

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Jihan El-Tahri
Filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri explores the history of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the revolutionary army officer whose decade-long reign as president of Egyp… 
CastGamal Abdel Nasser
LanguageEnglish   CountrySouth Africa
DOC$PG

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Mina Shum
In her first feature-length documentary, director Mina Shum (Double Happiness) takes a penetrating look at the Sir George Williams University ri… 
CastRobert Hubsher, Rosie Douglas, Anne Cools, R…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DOC$PG

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Mark Sawers
This hysterical mockumentary from Vancouver director Mark Sawers envisions a world where virgin births have taken men out of the procreation equ… 
CastKristine Cofsky, Patrick Gilmore, Rekha Shar…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
VAN$14A

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Elaine Constantine
World-renowned photographer Elaine Constantine makes her feature directorial debut with this invigorating coming-of-age film about a working-cla… 
CastElliot James Langridge, Joshua Whitehouse, A…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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David Farr
Eagerly awaiting their first child, a young couple in a tony London suburb become involved in a psychological battle of wills with the tenants i… 
CastClémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Cam…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Roberto Minervini
In turns tender and disturbing, Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini produces a powerful hybrid docu-fiction film, profiling drug addicts and pri… 
CastMark Kelley, Lisa Allen, James Lee Miller
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA/Italy
WL$18A

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David Gordon Green
Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton star in this based-on-fact story about rival American political strategists working … 
CastSandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Danae Elon
Returning to her hometown of Jerusalem with her young family after several years abroad, documentarian Danae Elon offers an intimate, ground’s-e… 
CastLuai Musa Hatib, Philip Touitou, Amos Touito…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada/Israel
DOC$PG

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Michael Lennox
A celebrated novelist and TV personality finds his reputation on the line when he is caught shoplifting by a lonely security guard, intent on be… 
CastStephen Graham, Conleth Hill, Lara Pulver, A…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
DISC$14A

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Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) directs Ben Foster in this docudrama about disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal and… 
CastBen Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet, D…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$14A

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Kire Paputts
The touching debut feature by writer-director Kire Paputts adopts the form of a classic picaresque as it follows a young man with Downs Syndrome… 
CastDylan Harman, Krystal Nausbaum, Nicholas Cam…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DISC$14A

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Kahlil Joseph
The Reflektor Tapes is a fascinating insight into the making of Arcade Fire's international #1 album Reflektor. The film recontextualizes the al… 
CastRégine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Win Bu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
DOC$$PG

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Atom Egoyan
An elderly Holocaust survivor (Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer) sets out to exact vengeance on the former concentration camp guard who … 
CastChristopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Dean Nor…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$14A

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Jamie M. Dagg
Accused of murder after intervening in the sexual assault of a young woman, an American volunteer doctor in Laos is forced to go on the run. In… 
CastRossif Sutherland
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada/Laos
DISC$14A

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Kelly Reichardt
A brand new digital restoration of the rarely seen debut feature by American indie auteur Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff), about… 
CastLisa Bowman, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CTQFree14A

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Lenny Abrahamson
Escaping from the captivity in which they have been held for half a decade, a young woman and her five-year-old son struggle to adjust to the st… 
CastBrie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Sea…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$$14A

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Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Yt…
Inspired by the 1930s Dakar-Djibouti mission — the ambitious French ethnographic expedition — the first narrative feature by French artist and f… 
CastBetty Tchomanga, Rachel Kahn, Eriq Ebouaney
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance/Senegal, Moro…
WL$PG

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Wayne Blair
Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek star in this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, about a sec… 
CastSalma Hayek, Adrien Brody, Shohreh Aghdashlo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Jennifer Peedom
This stunningly shot and nail-bitingly suspenseful documentary follows Phurba Tashi Sherpa as he undertakes his world-record-setting 22nd ascent… 
CastPhurba Tashi Sherpa, Russell Brice, Ed Dougl…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia/United Kin…
DOC$PG

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Daniel Augusto, Caroline Mon…
"Home" has many meanings in this globe-spanning selection of short films. THE SIGNALMAN/O SINALEIRO, Directed by Daniel Augusto, Brazil | 15 mi… 
CastFernando Teixeira, Steven McCarthy, Alyx Mel…
LanguageEnglish   CountryBrazil, Canada, Belg…
SC$14A

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Marc Katz, Cécile Paysant, C…
The protagonists in these films long for connection, but their efforts to achieve it are complicated by mixed messages, communication breakdowns… 
CastLibby Woodbridge, David Ross, Sean Cullen, A…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA, France, Canada,…
SC$14A

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Marie-Ève Juste, Grayson Moo…
Change is the only constant in this programme's compelling stories of changing circumstances, transformative realizations and many other moments… 
CastFlorence Blain Mbaye, Marie-Emmanuelle Boile…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada, Cyprus/Greec…
SC$PG

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Kent Monkman, Chelsea McMull…
These otherworldly shorts take you to places you’ve never been as you descend to the watery Arctic depths, travel between dimensions, and go run… 
CastKent Monkman, Quinton Neufeldt, Gillian Edwa…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada, France, Swed…
SC$14A

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Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Kevin …
While some of the unforgettable outsiders in this programme of seven riveting shorts crave acceptance, others find the courage to defy society’s… 
CastSelam Fikadu, Berite Eshetu, Surafel Tsegaye…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance/United Kingdo…
SC$14A

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Mark Slutsky, Sherren Lee, J…
The protagonists in this programme are forced to contend with transitions large and small, some reflecting on the lives they leave behind while … 
CastMia Kirshner, Aaron Abrams, Anna Hopkins, Jo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada, Italy, Austr…
SC$14A

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Zamo Mkhwanazi, Bahar Nooriz…
The characters in these arresting and evocative shorts face many challenges — some easier than others. THE CALL, Directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi, So… 
CastFana Mokoena, MoMo Matsunyane, Ronnie Nyakal…
LanguageEnglish   CountrySouth Africa, Canada…
SC$14A

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Olivia Boudreau, Elad Goldma…
Outside forces and long-building pressures create dramatic circumstances in these six short films that depict hard realities, fantastical vision… 
CastJasmine Lemée, Marilyn Castonguay, Yoav Rott…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada, Israel, Leba…
SC$14A

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David Bryant, Trevor Mack, M…
From a rookie cop in the Australian Outback to a troubled family in Chile, this programme features a cast of characters who find themselves (com… 
CastElias Louie, Trinity Stump, Quelemia Sparrow…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada, Australia, F…
SC$14A

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Nora El Hourch, Howie Shia, …
A collection of moving and refreshingly candid shorts about identity. A FEW SECONDS, Directed by Nora El Hourch, France | 16 minutes BAM, Dire… 
CastMarie Tirmont, Charlotte Bartocci, Camille L…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance, Canada, Arge…
SC$18A

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Denis Villeneuve
An idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) joins two shadowy government operatives (Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro) in a high-risk, cross-border st… 
CastEmily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Fabienne Berthaud
Fleeing from the scene of a terrible crime, a young woman embarks on a life-changing road trip across California and Nevada. Romy is on holiday… 
CastDiane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouch…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance
PLAT$14A

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Ben Rivers
Partially inspired by Paul Bowles’ short story A Distant Episode, the latest feature by British filmmaker Ben Rivers (Two Years at Sea, A Spell … 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
WL$14A

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Andrew Cividino
The first feature from Canadian writer-director Andrew Cividino is set in an isolated Ontario cottage community during a bleak midsummer, where … 
CastJackson Martin, Nick Serino, Reece Moffett
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DISC$14A

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Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruc…
From the makers of the horror anthology V/?H/?S, these five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who con… 
CastKate Beahan, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Susan Bu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

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Stephen Page
Djali, a young Aboriginal man, sets off on a journey of initiation to understand what it means to be a man in a modern day world. He sees the pr… 
CastHunter Page-Lochard, Aaron Pedersen, Djakapu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
DISC$PG

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Tom McCarthy
Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael Keaton star in this true story about a team of Boston Globe reporters who uncovered a massive scandal o… 
CastMark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Andrew Currie
A dysfunctional family's reunion at a lake house in Northern Ontario descends into chaos in this ensemble comedy-drama from Canadian director An… 
CastJason Ritter, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James Brol…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CWC$14A

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Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich (Anonymous) directs this docudrama about the 1969 Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village, which became a milestone in the LGBT rig… 
CastJeremy Irvine, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Per…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Annie MacDonell, Maïder Fort…
One-hour live in-cinema reading with sound and film projection at TIFF Bell Lightbox performed by Canadian artist Annie MacDonnell and French ar… 
CastAnnie MacDonell, Maïder Fortuné
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada/France
WLFreePG

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Terence Davies
Celebrated director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, The Long Day Closes) returns with this adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic nove… 
CastAgyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Natalie Portman
Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman makes her debut as writer and director with this adaptation of the best-selling memoir by celebrat… 
CastNatalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA/Israel
SP$PG

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Avi Lewis
Directed by journalist and filmmaker Avi Lewis (The Take) and produced in conjunction with Naomi Klein's best-selling book of the same name, thi… 
CastNaomi Klein
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DOC$PG

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Ido Haar
Documentarian Ido Haar traces the internet-assisted, cross-continental collaboration between two very different musicians: Princess Shaw, a youn… 
CastPrincess Shaw, Kutiman
LanguageEnglish   CountryIsrael
DOC$PG

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Frederick Wiseman
Titicut Follies is a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Ma… 
CastUnknown
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CTQFree14A

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Jay Roach
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) stars as the famous screenwriter and Hollywood blacklist victim Dalton Trumbo, in this engrossing biopic. 
CastBryan Cranston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Lo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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James Vanderbilt
Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford star as 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes and anchor Dan Rather, in this gripping docudrama about the newsmagazin… 
CastCate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, Robert Redfo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Michael Caton-Jones
The North London riots of 2011 serve as the backdrop for director Michael Caton-Jones’ gritty and moving portrait of a pair of disenfranchised t… 
CastLetitia Wright, Isabella Laughland, Shirley …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Alfred Hitchcock
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming … 
CastKim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SEFreePG

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Igor Drljaca
Once a celebrated actor in pre-war Yugoslavia, a Sarajevo-born immigrant struggles to find work in his new life in Toronto, in the second feat… 
CastJasmin Geljo, Masa Lizdek, Filip Geljo, Ma-…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CWC$14A

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Paul Sharits, Kerstin Schro…
Like a fire in the brain that lights up perceptive powers, this programme is a seductively surreal visual exploration of the relationship betwee… 
CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA, Canada, Germany…
WL$18A

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Ben Rivers, Shai Heredia and…
Subjective experience is channeled through artistic collaborations in this programme, which offers YOLO-infused reflections on identity and cont… 
CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom, Indi…
WL$PG

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Björn Kämmerer, David K. Ros…
This programme explores ways of recording and reshaping space with light, of measuring and mapping our bodily presence and impact vis-à-vis regi… 
CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustria/Germany, Can…
WL$G

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Philippe Garrel, Friedl vom …
Is now a time for outrage? This programme of political statements and personal inquiries breathes new life into the politics of the image. Actu… 
CastVarious
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustria, Usa, Brazil…
WL$14A

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Michael Moore
Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore returns with what may be his most provocative and hilarious film yet: Moore tells the Pentagon to "… 
CastMichael Moore
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$PG

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Robert Eggers
The astonishing feature debut by director Robert Eggers evokes Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining in its tale of a family of settlers in 17th-century… 
CastAnya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$14A

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Gillian Armstrong
Australian filmmaker Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Little Women) directs this documentary tribute to legendary Hollywood costume desig… 
CastDarren Gilshenan, Deborah Kennedy
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
DOC$PG

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Paolo Sorrentino
Two old friends (Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel) reflect on their past, present, and the beauty and absurdity of the world during a vacation in… 
CastMichael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$14A

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Pedro Morelli
Animated and live-action worlds intersect as a filmmaker, a comic-book artist and a novelist tell each others' stories, in this Canadian-Brazili… 
CastGael García Bernal, Mariana Ximenes, Alison …
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada/Brazil
VAN$14A