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“MIMOSAS” (2016 presentation)
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Mimosas [2016]
Oliver Laxe
Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique, French filmmaker Oliver Laxe’s mesmerizing, minimalist “Eastern western” follows a … 
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CastAhmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Aagli, …
LanguageGalician   CountryMorocco / Qatar
WL$18
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“AUSTERLITZ” (2016 presentation)
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Austerlitz [2016]
Sergei Loznitsa
The new film from Sergei Loznitsa (Maidan, The Event) is a stark yet rich and complex portrait of tourists visiting the grounds of former Nazi e… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
WL$18
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“THE DREAMED ONES” (2016 presentation)
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The Dreamed Ones [2016]
Ruth Beckermann
Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann recreates the amorous correspondence between poets Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan through the voices and bo… 
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CastAnja Plaschg, Laurence Rupp
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
WL$18
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“THE DREAMED PATH” (2016 presentation)
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The Dreamed Path [2016]
Angela Schanelec
Two couples suffer the failure of their relationships 30 years apart. Director Angela Schanelec’s bisected narrative is a quietly beautiful medi… 
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CastMiriam Jakob, Thorbjörn Björnsson, Maren Egg…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
WL$18
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“THE DUELIST” (2016 feature film directed by Alexey Mizgirev)
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The Duelist [2016]
Alexey Mizgirev
A professional duellist in 19th-century Russia has second thoughts about his profession when he meets the beautiful sister of a future opponent,… 
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CastPetr Fedorov, Vladimir Mashkov, Martin Wuttk…
LanguageGerman   CountryRussia
SP$14A Video
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“FRANTZ” (2016 feature film directed by François Ozon)
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Frantz [2016]
François Ozon
Set in a small German town in the aftermath of World War I, this elegiac tale of love and remembrance follows a young woman mourning the death o… 
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CastPaula Beer, Pierre Niney, Marie Gruber, Erns…
LanguageGerman   CountryFrance/Germany
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“KARL MARX CITY” (2016 feature film directed by Petra Epperlein,  Michael Tucker)
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Karl Marx City [2016]
Petra Epperlein, Michael Tu…
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker (Gunner Palace, The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair) take a powerfully personal journey through… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageGerman   CountryUSA / Germany
DOC$PG
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“MARIJA” (2016 feature film directed by Michael Koch)
Reviews ***½
Marija [2016]
Michael Koch
A young Ukrainian woman dreams of owning a hair salon as she spends her days endlessly cleaning hotel rooms in Germany. Determined to achieve he… 
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CastMargarita Breitkreiz, Georg Friedrich, Olga …
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
DISC$18A Video
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“NIGHTLIFE” (2016 presentation)
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Nightlife [2016]
Cyprien Gaillard
Presented in a free special screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox (Cinema 2), this immersive, psychedelic work, whose sculptural properties are enhanc… 
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CastUnknown
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
WLFree18
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“SAFARI” (2016 feature film directed by Ulrich Seidl)
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Safari [2016]
Ulrich Seidl
Austrian provocateur Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days) returns to Africa for this raw, grimly humourous portrait of European tourists hunting animals for … 
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CastGerald Eichinger, Eva Hofmann, Manuel Eichin…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
MAST$18 Video
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“SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 01” (2016 short films directed by Mamadou Dia, Sanja Zivkovic, Molly McGlynn, Joe Cobden, Alisi Telengut, Barney Cokeliss, Mateusz Rakowicz, Jan Koester)
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Short Cuts Programme 01 [2016]
Mamadou Dia, Sanja Zivkovic,…
Samedi Cinema - In northern Senegal, a couple of resourceful young cinephiles hatch a plan to raise the cash for a couple of movie tickets befor… 
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CastFallou Keita, Assane Lo, Saikou Lo, Cheikh A…
LanguageGerman   CountrySenegal / USA, Canad…
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“THINGS TO COME” (2016 feature film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve)
Reviews ****½
Things to Come [2016]
Mia Hansen-Løve
A delicate and affecting tale about a middle-aged professor whose carefully structured life is thrown into disarray when her husband leaves her … 
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CastIsabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolink…
LanguageGerman   CountryFrance | Germany
SP$14A Video
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“TONI ERDMANN” (2014 feature film directed by Maren Ade)
Reviews ****½
Toni Erdmann [2014]
Maren Ade
An alternately hilarious and mortifying comedy about the fraught relationship between a repressed corporate consultant and her incessantly prank… 
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CastPeter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wi…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
SP$14A Video
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“BLIND SUN” (2015 feature film directed by Joyce A. Nashawati)
Reviews ***½
Blind Sun [2015]
Joyce A. Nashawati
During a scorching Greek summer, a stranded foreigner finds himself in a bureaucratic purgatory as he tries to retrieve his residence permit, wh… 
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CastZiad Bakri, Mimi Denissi, Louis-Do de Lencqu…
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
VAN$14A Video
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“PARK” (2016 feature film directed by Sofia Exarchou)
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Park [2016]
Sofia Exarchou
Young love blossoms among a group of Athenian teenagers during a boisterous summer season, in the raw, romantic and anarchic feature debut from … 
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CastDimitris Kitsos, Dimitra Valgkopoulou, Enuki…
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
DISC$18
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“SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 03” (2016 short films directed by Pooja Gurung and Bibhusan Basnet, Jonathan Tremblay, Thanos Papastergiou, Elena Brodach, Vincent Gallagher, Matteo Gentiloni, Patrice Laliberté, Emily Kai Bock)
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Short Cuts Programme 03 [2016]
Pooja Gurung and Bibhusan Ba…
Dadyaa - In their remote village, haunted by memories, Atimaley and Devi find themselves faced with a dilemma when a dear friend leaves without … 
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CastParimal Damai, Chham Kala Damai, Mara Joly, …
LanguageGreek   CountryNepal, Canada, Greec…
SC$18
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