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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*** The producers of AMAZING GRACE have withdrawn the film.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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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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Patricio Guzmán
The great Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia for the Light) chronicles the history of the indigenous peoples of C… 
CastGabriela Paterito, Cristina Calderon, Martin…
LanguageSpanish   CountryChile/Spain
MAST$14A

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Salem Brahimi
In Algeria in the late 1980s, a man who has been compelled to take a wife by his mother’s dying wish has his domestic dilemma placed in stark re… 
CastAmazigh Kateb, Rachida Brakni
LanguageFrench, Arabic   CountryFrance/Algeria
CWS$18A

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Shemi Zarhin
In the wake of their mother's death, three Jewish Israeli siblings discover that their biological father was a Muslim and set out on a journey a… 
CastRotem Zissman-Cohen, Roy Assaf, Assaf Ben-Sh…
LanguageFrench | Hebrew   CountryIsrael/Canada
CWS$14A

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Philippe Garrel
A Parisian documentary filmmaker becomes embroiled in a romantic triangle in this luminous love story from the great director Philippe Garrel (F… 
CastClotilde Courau, Stanislas Merhar, Léna Paug…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
MAST$14A

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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…
LanguagePortuguese, English…   CountryBrazil, Canada, Belg…
SC$14A

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Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
This feature-length documentary by filmmaker Geneviève Dulude-De Celles offers a candid portrait of the smart, passionate and reflective student… 
CastUnknown
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
DOC$PG

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Julio Hernández Cordón
The daring new feature from Mexico’s Julio Hernandez follows two teenage lovers in Mexico City who become embroiled in the city’s illegal, narco… 
CastDiego Calva, Eduardo Eliseo Martínez, Shvast…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
CWC$14A

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Pietra Brettkelly
As Afghanistan teeters on an unpredictable future, A Flickering Truth uncovers the world of three dreamers and cinephiles, the dust of 100 years… 
CastIbrahim Arify, Isaaq Yousif, Mahmoud Ghafour…
LanguageDari   CountryAfghanistan
DOC$PG

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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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Mika Taanila, Jussi Eerola
Finland was the first country in the West to give permission to build a new nuclear power plant after the Chernobyl disaster. The film portrays … 
CastUnknown
LanguageFinnish   CountryFinland
DOC$PG

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Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya
Looking to go straight, three coke-smuggling brothers are coerced by their crooked boss into a very dangerous last score, in this boldly comic f… 
CastAlain Saadeh, Fouad Yammine, Tarek Yaacoub, …
LanguageLebanese   CountryLebanon/Qatar
DISC$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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Alejandra Márquez Abella
Dali and her eight-year-old son Pepe take a vacation to Acapulco with Dali’s boyfriend, Chavez. Instead of bringing them closer, their beach hol… 
CastAnajose Aldrete, Tenoch Huerta, Esteban Avil…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
DISC$14A

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Álex de la Iglesia
The backstage preparations for a New Year’s Eve TV spectacular become a flashpoint for comic mayhem, in the audaciously inventive ensemble comed… 
CastRaphael, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Blanca Su…
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
VAN$14A

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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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Marko Skop
A fallen movie star fights hard to stay sober and make amends with her estranged son, in this compassionate feature debut from Slovakian directo… 
CastEmília Vásáryová, Milan Ondrík, Anikó Vargov…
LanguageSlovak   CountrySlovakia
DISC$14A

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Geeta Gandbhir, Sharmeen Oba…
Documentarians Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (the Academy Award-winning Saving Face) and Geeta Gandbhir follow the stories of three Bangledeshi policewo… 
CastUnknown
LanguageBengali   CountryPakistan
DOC$14A

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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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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, French   CountryUSA, France, Canada,…
SC$14A

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Barbara Eder
Austrian filmmaker Barbara Eder’s latest fiction feature looks at the behind-the-camera lives of three international war correspondents on assig… 
CastManon Kahle, Raphael von Bargen, Erwin Stein…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
CWC$14A

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Sebastian Ko
A husband and wife struggle with their consciences after they try to conceal a terrible crime committed by their teenage daughter, in this rivet… 
CastBritta Hammelstein, Mehdi Nebbou, Ulrike C. …
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
DISC$14A

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Ciro Guerra
A tale of the first encounter, approach, betrayal and life-transcending friendship between an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and… 
CastJan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Nilbio Torres, A…
LanguageSpanish, Amazonian   CountryColombia/Venezuela/A…
CWC$14A

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Sanna Lenken
Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence, she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. Th… 
CastRebecka Josephson, Amy Deasismont, Annika Ha…
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
KIDYouthPG

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Yuval Delshad
Chronicling the burgeoning conflict between father and son in a hard-working Iranian-Israeli family, Yuval Delshad’s fiction-feature debut is bo… 
CastNavid Negahban, Viss Elliot Safavi, Asher Av…
LanguageHebrew, Farsi   CountryIsrael
CWC$PG

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Baltasar Kormákur
A murder investigation and an impending snowstorm places a small-town Icelandic police chief in a dangerously unstable situation with internatio… 
CastÓlafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdottir…
LanguageIcelandic   CountryIceland
PRIME$14A

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Alexandra-Therese Keining
Three outcast teenage girls get a new perspective on high-school life when they are mysteriously transformed into boys, in this skillfully craft… 
CastTuva Jagell, Emrik Öhlander, Wilma Holmén, V…
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
CWC$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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Tolga Karaçelik
Trapped at anchor due to a legal dispute, the skeleton crew of a cargo ship come into potentially deadly conflict with one another, in this slow… 
CastHakan Karsak, Nadir Saribacak, Özgür Emre Yi…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
CWC$14A

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Christian Zübert
A nightmarish crisis occurs after a pregnant young Greek immigrant takes a job as a nanny to a young professional couple, in this stunning drama… 
CastJördis Triebel, Chara Mata Giannatou, Benjam…
LanguageGerman, Greek   CountryGermany
CWS$14A

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German Kral
Argentina’s María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes are the best-known couple in tango’s history and shaped the dance like no others. They danced pas… 
CastMaría Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes, Pablo…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
DOC$PG

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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…
LanguageFrench, English, Gre…   CountryCanada, Cyprus/Greec…
SC$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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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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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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Erik Matti
A pair of married white-collar swindlers run afoul of their latest victims, in this suspenseful crime drama from celebrated Filipino director Er… 
CastJohn Lloyd Cruz, Meryll Soriano, Tirso Cruz …
LanguageFilipino, Kankanaey…   CountryPhilippines
CWC$14A

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Eva Neymann
Rooted in the Yiddish folklore of Sholem Aleichem’s short stories, Eva Neymann’s tender third feature is a delicate and affecting coming-of-age … 
CastMilena Tsibulskaya, Yevheniy Kogan, Arina Po…
LanguageRussian   CountryUkraine
CWC$PG

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Sebastian Ko
A husband and wife struggle with their consciences after they try to conceal a terrible crime committed by their teenage daughter, in this rivet… 
CastBritta Hammelstein, Mehdi Nebbou, Ulrike C. …
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
DISC$14A

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Mai Masri
Railroaded into an Israeli prison on a terrorism charge, a young Palestinian woman discovers that she is pregnant just as a group of her fellow … 
CastMaisa Abd Elhadi, Nadera Omran, Raida Adon, …
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine/Jordan/Leb…
CWC$14A

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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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Thomas Stuber
Director Thomas Stuber (winner of the Student Academy Award) tells the story of an aging boxer from the former East who learns he has limited ti… 
CastPeter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Lena Lauzemis, Edi…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
CWC$14A

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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, Swedish   CountryCanada, France, Swed…
SC$14A

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Can Evrenol
A squad of unsuspecting cops goes through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building. The nightmarish featu… 
CastGorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrahogl…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
MM$18A

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Marcin Wrona
A bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybb… 
CastItay Tiran, Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Grabo…
LanguagePolish/Yiddish   CountryPoland/Israel
VAN$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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Hanna Sköld
A young girl living under the heel of her tyrannical religious zealot father in the depths of the Swedish forests finds strength in the memory o… 
CastBlanca Engström, Lennart Jähkel
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
CWC$14A

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Álex de la Iglesia
The backstage preparations for a New Year’s Eve TV spectacular become a flashpoint for comic mayhem, in the audaciously inventive ensemble comed… 
CastRaphael, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Blanca Su…
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
VAN$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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Lucía Puenzo, Nicolás Puenzo
In this timely eco-thriller, a team of scientists set out to expose environmental crimes in the dangerous wetlands of northern Argentina. Direc… 
CastGermán Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilia …
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
PRIME$14A

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Lars Kraume
Top German actors Burghart Klaussner (The White Ribbon) and Ronald Zehrfeld (Barbara, Phoenix) star in this riveting historical thriller, which … 
CastBurghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith S…
LanguageGerman, Yiddish   CountryGermany
CWC$14A

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Geeta Gandbhir, Sharmeen Oba…
Documentarians Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (the Academy Award-winning Saving Face) and Geeta Gandbhir follow the stories of three Bangledeshi policewo… 
CastUnknown
LanguageBengali   CountryPakistan
DOC$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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Marko Skop
A fallen movie star fights hard to stay sober and make amends with her estranged son, in this compassionate feature debut from Slovakian directo… 
CastEmília Vásáryová, Milan Ondrík, Anikó Vargov…
LanguageSlovak   CountrySlovakia
DISC$14A

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Hermon Hailay
A cab driver and a beautiful young prostitute fall in love while struggling to survive on the mean streets of Addis Ababa, in this frank, gritty… 
CastEskindir Tameru, Fereweni Gebregergs
LanguageAmharic   CountryEthiopia
CWC$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…
LanguageAmharic, Anishinaabe…   CountryFrance/United Kingdo…
SC$14A

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Sandra Kogut
A wealthy middle-aged woman unexpectedly finds herself caring for two impoverished young siblings, in this subtle, touching and sincere study of… 
CastCarla Ribas, Ygor Manoel, Rayane do Amaral, …
LanguagePortuguese   CountryBrazil
CWC$14A

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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…
LanguageMuskogee, English   CountryUSA
CWC$14A

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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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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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Hou Hsiao-hsien
A beautiful assassin (Shu Qi) is sent to kill the powerful lord who was once her betrothed, in this sumptuous martial-arts epic from Taiwanese m… 
CastQi Shu, Chen Chang, Yun Zhou, Satoshi Tsumab…
LanguageMandarin   CountryTaiwan
MAST$14A

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Seung-wan Ryoo
A tough cop targets the tyrannical heir to a mega-corporation in this hard-hitting thriller from South Korean cult auteur Ryoo Seung-wan (Crying… 
CastJeong-min Hwang, Ah In Yoo, Hae-jin Yoo, Dal…
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
VAN$14A

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Joost van Ginkel
This dexterous tale of survival from director Joost van Ginkel traces the intersecting stories of six immigrants from very different backgrounds… 
CastAnjela Nedyalkova, Boris Isakovic, Magnus Kr…
LanguageFrench, Bosnian, Swe…   CountryNetherlands/Sweden/B…
DISC$14A

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Barbara Eder
Austrian filmmaker Barbara Eder’s latest fiction feature looks at the behind-the-camera lives of three international war correspondents on assig… 
CastManon Kahle, Raphael von Bargen, Erwin Stein…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
CWC$14A

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Florin Serban
A promising teenage boxer and a struggling thirtysomething actress become entangled in a daily ritual that walks the line between flirtation and… 
CastRafael Florea, Sorin Leoveanu, Nicolae Motro…
LanguageRomanian   CountryRomania
CWC$PG

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Halima Elkhatabi, Patrice La…
These startling and daring short films demonstrate the value of thinking way, way outside the box. NINA, Directed by Halima Elkhatabi, Canada |… 
CastElizabeth Tremblay Gagnon, Téo Vachon Sincen…
LanguageFrench, Spanish, Hun…   CountryCanada, Mexico, Irel…
SC$14A

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Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. Fiftee… 
CastMartha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Emm…
LanguageFrench, Arabic, Ling…   CountryBelgium
DISC$18A

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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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Alejandra Márquez Abella
Dali and her eight-year-old son Pepe take a vacation to Acapulco with Dali’s boyfriend, Chavez. Instead of bringing them closer, their beach hol… 
CastAnajose Aldrete, Tenoch Huerta, Esteban Avil…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
DISC$14A

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Federico Veiroj
A young man finds himself navigating the baffling, labyrinthine bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he attempts to formally renounce his fai… 
CastAlvaro Ogalla, Marta Larralde, Bárbara Lenni…
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain/Uruguay
CWC$18A

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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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Danielle Arbid
The new film from Lebanese director Danielle Arbid follows a young Arab immigrant in Paris, whose encounters with three men reveal different fac… 
CastManal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Dami…
LanguageFrench, Arabic   CountryFrance
CWC$14A

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Thomas Stuber
Director Thomas Stuber (winner of the Student Academy Award) tells the story of an aging boxer from the former East who learns he has limited ti… 
CastPeter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Lena Lauzemis, Edi…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
CWC$14A

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Ciro Guerra
A tale of the first encounter, approach, betrayal and life-transcending friendship between an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and… 
CastJan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Nilbio Torres, A…
LanguageSpanish, Amazonian   CountryColombia/Venezuela/A…
CWC$14A

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Guy Édoin
An actress shooting a movie hopes to reconcile with her son. A paramedic haunted by his past tries to stay the course, while a caring nurse keep… 
CastMonica Bellucci, Patrick Hivon, Pascale Buss…
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SP$14A

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Athina Rachel Tsangari
In the middle of the Aegean Sea, on a luxury yacht, six men on a fishing trip have decided to play a game. Things will be measured, blood will b… 
CastYorgos Kentros, Panos Koronis, Vangelis Mour…
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
CWC$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, Zulu   CountrySouth Africa
CWC$18A

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Pablo Agü
One of Argentina’s most visionary and politically engaged cinematic voices, director Pablo Agüero takes the unbelievable story of the transport … 
CastGael García Bernal, Denis Lavant, Daniel Fan…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina/Spain
WL$14A

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Ilya Naishuller
A cybernetic super-soldier kicks, punches and parkours his way across Russia to save his wife from a psychotic paramilitary psychic bent on worl… 
CastSharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Benn…
LanguageRussian   CountryRussia
MM$18A

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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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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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Kwon Oh-kwang
A hapless mutant fish-man becomes a national celebrity, in this hilarious satire from South Korean director Kwon Oh-kwang. Young and unemployed… 
CastKwang-soo Lee, Chun-hee Lee, Bo-young Park
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
VAN$14A

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Thomas Bidegain
An Old-West enthusiast in modern-day France embarks on a 16-year odyssey to track down his daughter, who has run away and converted to Islam, in… 
CastFrançois Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe …
LanguageFrench/Arabic   CountryFrance/Belgium
DISC$14A

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Magnus von Horn
When John returns home to his father after serving time in prison, he is looking forward to starting his life afresh. However in the local commu… 
CastUlrik Munther, Loa Ek, Mats Blomgren, Wiesla…
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
DISC$14A

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Lawrence Fajardo
This stark and heart-wrenching film weaves together several narratives about undocumented Filipino workers trying to support themselves and thei… 
CastAllen Dizon, Ces Quesada, Bernardo Bernardo,…
LanguageFilipino, Tagalog, J…   CountryPhilippines/Japan
CWC$14A

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Robin Pront
Two bandit brothers, one fresh from prison, the other eager to escape their criminal past, form a potentially explosive love triangle with the e… 
CastJeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Kevin Janss…
LanguageDutch, French   CountryBelgium
DISC$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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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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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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Eva Neymann
Rooted in the Yiddish folklore of Sholem Aleichem’s short stories, Eva Neymann’s tender third feature is a delicate and affecting coming-of-age … 
CastMilena Tsibulskaya, Yevheniy Kogan, Arina Po…
LanguageRussian   CountryUkraine
CWC$PG

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Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Thirteen women find themselves trapped in a Gaza hair salon during a stand-off between police and a local gangster, in this audacious and incisi… 
CastHiam Abbass, Victoria Balitska, Manal Awad, …
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine/Qatar
DISC$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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Anders Thomas Jensen
Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) stars in this delirious comedy from Denmark's Anders Thomas Jensen (The Green Butchers), about two sadsack brothers wh… 
CastMads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Søren Malling,…
LanguageDanish   CountryDenmark
VAN$18A

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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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Lorenzo Vigas
Newcomer Lorenzo Vigas’ first feature explores issues of social stratification through the story of a wealthy man who pays young men to endure a… 
CastAlfredo Castro, Luis Silva
LanguageSpanish   CountryVenezuela
DISC$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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Alex van Warmerdam
Schneider, a hit-man, is given a task: before the night has passed he must kill the writer Ramon Bax. Dutch writer-director-actor Alex van Warm… 
CastAlex van Warmerdam, Tom Dewispelaere, Maria …
LanguageDutch   CountryNetherlands
CWC$14A

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Mai Masri
Railroaded into an Israeli prison on a terrorism charge, a young Palestinian woman discovers that she is pregnant just as a group of her fellow … 
CastMaisa Abd Elhadi, Nadera Omran, Raida Adon, …
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine/Jordan/Leb…
CWC$14A

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Emin Alper
In the new film from award-winning Turkish writer-director Emin Alper, an ex-con, just released after serving a 15-year sentence, is recruited a… 
CastMehmet Özgür, Berkay Ates, Tülin Özen, Müfit…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
CWS$14A

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German Kral
Argentina’s María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes are the best-known couple in tango’s history and shaped the dance like no others. They danced pas… 
CastMaría Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes, Pablo…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
DOC$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, Hebrew, Ara…   CountryCanada/Israel
DOC$PG

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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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Lucía Puenzo, Nicolás Puenzo
In this timely eco-thriller, a team of scientists set out to expose environmental crimes in the dangerous wetlands of northern Argentina. Direc… 
CastGermán Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilia …
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
PRIME$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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Seung-wan Ryoo
A tough cop targets the tyrannical heir to a mega-corporation in this hard-hitting thriller from South Korean cult auteur Ryoo Seung-wan (Crying… 
CastJeong-min Hwang, Ah In Yoo, Hae-jin Yoo, Dal…
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
VAN$14A

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Arturo Ripstein
Mexican maestro Arturo Ripstein (Deep Crimson) directs this true-crime story about the bizarre 2009 murders of midget-wrestling brothers Alberto… 
CastPatricia Reyes Spíndola, Nora Velázquez, Syl…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
MAST$14A

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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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Philippe Falardeau
In this satirical look at the vagaries of Canadian politics from Oscar-nominated director Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar), an independent M… 
CastPatrick Huard, Suzanne Clément, Irdens Exant…
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
CWC$PG

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Zahidur Rahim Anjan
A case of mistaken identity throws an apolitical chemistry teacher into the maelstrom of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, in the striking deb… 
CastShahiduzzaman Selim, Aparna Jara, Joyonto Ch…
LanguageBengali   CountryBangladesh
DISC$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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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
LanguageArabic, English   CountrySouth Africa
DOC$PG

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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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Marco Bellocchio
Italian master Marco Bellocchio (Fists in the Pocket, Vincere) returns with this haunting, enigmatic tale that takes us from the 17th century to… 
CastRoberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, …
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
MAST$14A

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Elisabeth Scharang
A riveting biopic of notorious Austrian convict Jack Unterweger, who became a literary superstar while serving a 15-year sentence for murder. O… 
CastJohannes Krisch, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Mi…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
CWC$14A

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Guillaume Senez
Two love-struck teens grow up fast in the wake of an unexpected pregnancy, in this gently realistic debut feature from Belgian director Guillaum… 
CastKacey Mottet Klein, Galatea Bellugi, Catheri…
LanguageFrench   CountryBelgium/Switzerland/…
DISC$14A

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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…
LanguageMuskogee, English   CountryUSA
CWC$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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Leyla Bouzid
Set on the eve of the Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, the first feature from director Leyla Bouzid follows an up-and-coming underground band as th… 
CastBaya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Aya…
LanguageArabic/French   CountryTunisia/France/Belgi…
CWC$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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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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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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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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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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Salvador del Solar
An aged Peruvian taxi driver, formerly an aide to a feared military officer in the bloodiest days of government repression during the Shining Pa… 
CastDamián Alcázar, Magaly Solier, Federico Lupp…
LanguageSpanish   CountryPeru/Argentina/Colom…
CWC$14A

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Catherine Corsini
In 1971 France, a young girl from a rural family moves to Paris and begins a life-changing affair with a feminist activist. Delphine, the daugh… 
CastCécile De France, Izia Higelin, Noémie Lvovs…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$14A

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Evgeny Afineevsky
Filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky offers a visceral, in-depth look at the bloody Ukrainian uprising in Kiev’s Maidan Square in the winter of 2013-14 t… 
CastUnknown
LanguageRussian, Ukrainian   CountryUkraine
DOC$14A

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Anne Sewitsky
Bedevilled by shared demons, a young woman and her half-brother find comfort with each other, in this brooding, sharply detailed study of incest… 
CastIne Wilmann, Simon J. Berger, Silje Storstei…
LanguageNorwegian/Swedish   CountryNorway
CWC$R

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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, Portuguese…   CountryCanada/Brazil
VAN$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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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, Hebrew, Ara…   CountryCanada/Israel
DOC$PG

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Anne Émond
The second film from award-winning writer-director Anne Émond (Nuit #1) is a decade-spanning family epic that chronicles the fortunes of a Québé… 
CastMaxim Gaudette, Karelle Tremblay, Valerie Ca…
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
CWC$14A

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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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Nabil Ayouch
Four sex workers turn to each other for support as they struggle to survive the corrupt and dangerous flesh markets of Marrakesh, in this hard-h… 
CastLoubna Abidar, Asmaa Lazrak, Halima Karaouan…
LanguageArabic   CountryMorocco
CWS$R

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Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith
Deep in the slums of Manila, a young boxer's life is changed forever when his father pressures him to cheat in a fight. After accidentally kill… 
CastGarret Dillahunt, Chad McKinney, Angeli Baya…
LanguageFilipino, Tagalog   CountryPhilippines
DISC$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, French   CountryCanada/Laos
DISC$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, Tsilhqot’in…   CountryCanada, Australia, F…
SC$14A

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Sion Sono
A humanoid robot deliverywoman muses on the mystery of human nature as she drops off parcels around the galaxy, in this playful sci-fi fable fro… 
CastMegumi Kagurazaka
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
CWC$PG

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Du Haibin
This intimate documentary chronicles five years in the life of a young Chinese student, whose fervent idealism and dedication to Mao’s legacy st… 
CastUnknown
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
DOC$PG

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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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Nitzan Gilady
Fixated on romantic fantasies, a kindly and strong-willed young woman with a mild mental disability embarks on a relationship — much to the conc… 
CastAsi Levi, Moran Rosenblatt, Roy Assaf, Arie …
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
DISC$PG

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Hong Sang-soo
The delightful new film from Festival favourite Hong Sang-soo (In Another Country) presents two variations on a potentially fateful romantic enc… 
CastJaeyoung Jung, Minhee Kim
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
MAST$14A

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Yaelle Kayam
An Orthodox Jewish woman, living at the edge of the cemetery on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, becomes fascinated by a nocturnal community of pros… 
CastShani Klein, Avshalom Pollak, Haitham Ibrahe…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
DISC$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,…
LanguageHindi, English   CountryIndia
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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Ermek Tursunov
Orphaned by the brutal Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1930s, a young Kazakh boy takes to the mountains and lives amongst a pack of wolv… 
CastKuandyk Kystykbayev, Elina Abay Kyzy, Yerzha…
LanguageKazakh   CountryKazakhstan
CWC$14A

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A young widow undertakes an elegiac voyage with the spectre of her dead husband, in this delicate, touching ghost story from Japanese master Kiy… 
CastEri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu, …
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
CWC$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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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, Portuguese…   CountryCanada/Brazil
VAN$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…
LanguageFrench, Spanish, Eng…   CountryFrance, Canada, Arge…
SC$18A

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Grímur Hákonarson
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them … 
CastSigurõur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Ch…
LanguageIcelandic   CountryIceland
CWC$14A

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Roar Uthaug
In this pulse-pounding thriller, a geologist tries to prevent a cataclysm when a mountain overlooking a popular Norwegian tourist destination be… 
CastKristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff …
LanguageNorwegian   CountryNorway
SP$14A

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Can Evrenol
A squad of unsuspecting cops goes through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building. The nightmarish featu… 
CastGorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrahogl…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
MM$18A

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Hermon Hailay
A cab driver and a beautiful young prostitute fall in love while struggling to survive on the mean streets of Addis Ababa, in this frank, gritty… 
CastEskindir Tameru, Fereweni Gebregergs
LanguageAmharic   CountryEthiopia
CWC$14A

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Salvador del Solar
An aged Peruvian taxi driver, formerly an aide to a feared military officer in the bloodiest days of government repression during the Shining Pa… 
CastDamián Alcázar, Magaly Solier, Federico Lupp…
LanguageSpanish   CountryPeru/Argentina/Colom…
CWC$14A

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Anne Sewitsky
Bedevilled by shared demons, a young woman and her half-brother find comfort with each other, in this brooding, sharply detailed study of incest… 
CastIne Wilmann, Simon J. Berger, Silje Storstei…
LanguageNorwegian/Swedish   CountryNorway
CWC$R

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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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Johnnie To
Hong Kong master Johnnie To (Drug War, Mad Detective) directs superstars Chow Yun-Fat and Sylvia Chang in this spectacular movie musical about h… 
CastSylvia Chang, Yun Fat Chow, Eason Chan, Wei …
LanguageCantonese, Mandarin…   CountryChina, Hong Kong
SP$PG

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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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Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Director and star Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche reimagines the tale of the Biblical traitor in this stunningly shot historical drama. Rabah Ameur-Zaimec… 
CastRabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Nabil Djedouani, Moham…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
CWC$14A

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Yuval Delshad
Chronicling the burgeoning conflict between father and son in a hard-working Iranian-Israeli family, Yuval Delshad’s fiction-feature debut is bo… 
CastNavid Negahban, Viss Elliot Safavi, Asher Av…
LanguageHebrew, Farsi   CountryIsrael
CWC$PG

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Elisabeth Scharang
A riveting biopic of notorious Austrian convict Jack Unterweger, who became a literary superstar while serving a 15-year sentence for murder. O… 
CastJohannes Krisch, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Mi…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
CWC$14A

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Emmanuel Leconte, Daniel Lec…
This new documentary by the father-and-son directing team of Daniel and Emmanuel Leconte pays tribute to the 11 journalists of the French satiri… 
CastElisabeth Badinter, Gérard Biard, Charb , Ca…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
DOC$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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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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Yared Zeleke
Living in a foster home after his mother's death, a 9-year-old Ethiopian boy risks all to save his only friend — his mother's pet lamb — in this… 
CastRediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Welela Assefa, S…
LanguageAmharic   CountryEthiopia
CWC$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
LanguageArabic, English   CountrySouth Africa
DOC$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

Reviews
Du Haibin
This intimate documentary chronicles five years in the life of a young Chinese student, whose fervent idealism and dedication to Mao’s legacy st… 
CastUnknown
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
DOC$PG

Reviews
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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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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Sylvia Chang
An artist reunites with her brother after the two were separated years ago when she left Liudau, an island off of Taiwan. Legendary Taiwanese a… 
CastIsabella Leong, Chang Hsiao Chuan, Lawrence …
LanguageMandarin   CountryTaiwan
CWC$14A

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Ermek Tursunov
Orphaned by the brutal Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1930s, a young Kazakh boy takes to the mountains and lives amongst a pack of wolv… 
CastKuandyk Kystykbayev, Elina Abay Kyzy, Yerzha…
LanguageKazakh   CountryKazakhstan
CWC$14A

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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…
LanguagePortuguese, English…   CountryBrazil, Canada, Belg…
SC$14A

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Akiz Ikon / Achim Bornhak
After a wild night out, a Berlin party girl finds herself haunted by a twisted, repellent litte creature that no one else can see. When 17-year… 
CastCarolyn Genzkow, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknech…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
VAN$14A

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Hermon Hailay
A cab driver and a beautiful young prostitute fall in love while struggling to survive on the mean streets of Addis Ababa, in this frank, gritty… 
CastEskindir Tameru, Fereweni Gebregergs
LanguageAmharic   CountryEthiopia
CWC$14A

Reviews
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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Hanna Sköld
A young girl living under the heel of her tyrannical religious zealot father in the depths of the Swedish forests finds strength in the memory o… 
CastBlanca Engström, Lennart Jähkel
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
CWC$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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Ilya Naishuller
A cybernetic super-soldier kicks, punches and parkours his way across Russia to save his wife from a psychotic paramilitary psychic bent on worl… 
CastSharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Benn…
LanguageRussian   CountryRussia
MM$18A

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Nitzan Gilady
Fixated on romantic fantasies, a kindly and strong-willed young woman with a mild mental disability embarks on a relationship — much to the conc… 
CastAsi Levi, Moran Rosenblatt, Roy Assaf, Arie …
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
DISC$PG

Reviews
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, French   CountryUSA, France, Canada,…
SC$14A

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Thomas Stuber
Director Thomas Stuber (winner of the Student Academy Award) tells the story of an aging boxer from the former East who learns he has limited ti… 
CastPeter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Lena Lauzemis, Edi…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
CWC$14A

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Salvador del Solar
An aged Peruvian taxi driver, formerly an aide to a feared military officer in the bloodiest days of government repression during the Shining Pa… 
CastDamián Alcázar, Magaly Solier, Federico Lupp…
LanguageSpanish   CountryPeru/Argentina/Colom…
CWC$14A

Reviews
Hong Sang-soo
The delightful new film from Festival favourite Hong Sang-soo (In Another Country) presents two variations on a potentially fateful romantic enc… 
CastJaeyoung Jung, Minhee Kim
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
MAST$14A

Reviews
Barbara Eder
Austrian filmmaker Barbara Eder’s latest fiction feature looks at the behind-the-camera lives of three international war correspondents on assig… 
CastManon Kahle, Raphael von Bargen, Erwin Stein…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
CWC$14A

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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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Joko Anwar
A beauty-salon worker and pirate-DVD enthusiast accidentally comes into possession of incriminating evidence of high-level political corruption,… 
CastTara Basro, Chicco Jerikho
LanguageIndonesian   CountryIndonesia
CWC$14A

Reviews
Erik Matti
A pair of married white-collar swindlers run afoul of their latest victims, in this suspenseful crime drama from celebrated Filipino director Er… 
CastJohn Lloyd Cruz, Meryll Soriano, Tirso Cruz …
LanguageFilipino, Kankanaey…   CountryPhilippines
CWC$14A

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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, Swedish   CountryCanada, France, Swed…
SC$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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Mika Taanila, Jussi Eerola
Finland was the first country in the West to give permission to build a new nuclear power plant after the Chernobyl disaster. The film portrays … 
CastUnknown
LanguageFinnish   CountryFinland
DOC$PG

Reviews
Pietra Brettkelly
As Afghanistan teeters on an unpredictable future, A Flickering Truth uncovers the world of three dreamers and cinephiles, the dust of 100 years… 
CastIbrahim Arify, Isaaq Yousif, Mahmoud Ghafour…
LanguageDari   CountryAfghanistan
DOC$PG

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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

Reviews
Lars Kraume
Top German actors Burghart Klaussner (The White Ribbon) and Ronald Zehrfeld (Barbara, Phoenix) star in this riveting historical thriller, which … 
CastBurghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith S…
LanguageGerman, Yiddish   CountryGermany
CWC$14A

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Lucía Puenzo, Nicolás Puenzo
In this timely eco-thriller, a team of scientists set out to expose environmental crimes in the dangerous wetlands of northern Argentina. Direc… 
CastGermán Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilia …
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
PRIME$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…
LanguageFrench, English, Gre…   CountryCanada, Cyprus/Greec…
SC$PG

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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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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

Reviews
Nabil Ayouch
Four sex workers turn to each other for support as they struggle to survive the corrupt and dangerous flesh markets of Marrakesh, in this hard-h… 
CastLoubna Abidar, Asmaa Lazrak, Halima Karaouan…
LanguageArabic   CountryMorocco
CWS$R

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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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German Kral
Argentina’s María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes are the best-known couple in tango’s history and shaped the dance like no others. They danced pas… 
CastMaría Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes, Pablo…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
DOC$PG

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Christian Zübert
A nightmarish crisis occurs after a pregnant young Greek immigrant takes a job as a nanny to a young professional couple, in this stunning drama… 
CastJördis Triebel, Chara Mata Giannatou, Benjam…
LanguageGerman, Greek   CountryGermany
CWS$14A

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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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Marko Skop
A fallen movie star fights hard to stay sober and make amends with her estranged son, in this compassionate feature debut from Slovakian directo… 
CastEmília Vásáryová, Milan Ondrík, Anikó Vargov…
LanguageSlovak   CountrySlovakia
DISC$14A

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Alex van Warmerdam
Schneider, a hit-man, is given a task: before the night has passed he must kill the writer Ramon Bax. Dutch writer-director-actor Alex van Warm… 
CastAlex van Warmerdam, Tom Dewispelaere, Maria …
LanguageDutch   CountryNetherlands
CWC$14A

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Kwon Oh-kwang
A hapless mutant fish-man becomes a national celebrity, in this hilarious satire from South Korean director Kwon Oh-kwang. Young and unemployed… 
CastKwang-soo Lee, Chun-hee Lee, Bo-young Park
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
VAN$14A

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Alejandra Márquez Abella
Dali and her eight-year-old son Pepe take a vacation to Acapulco with Dali’s boyfriend, Chavez. Instead of bringing them closer, their beach hol… 
CastAnajose Aldrete, Tenoch Huerta, Esteban Avil…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
DISC$14A

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Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Director and star Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche reimagines the tale of the Biblical traitor in this stunningly shot historical drama. Rabah Ameur-Zaimec… 
CastRabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Nabil Djedouani, Moham…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
CWC$14A

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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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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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Ermek Tursunov
Orphaned by the brutal Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1930s, a young Kazakh boy takes to the mountains and lives amongst a pack of wolv… 
CastKuandyk Kystykbayev, Elina Abay Kyzy, Yerzha…
LanguageKazakh   CountryKazakhstan
CWC$14A

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Hany Abu-Assad
Acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now, Omar) directs this biopic about Mohammad Assaf, the Gazan wedding singer who becam… 
CastKais Attalah, Hiba Attalah, Ahmad Qasem, Abd…
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine
SP$PG

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Lawrence Fajardo
This stark and heart-wrenching film weaves together several narratives about undocumented Filipino workers trying to support themselves and thei… 
CastAllen Dizon, Ces Quesada, Bernardo Bernardo,…
LanguageFilipino, Tagalog, J…   CountryPhilippines/Japan
CWC$14A

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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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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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Sebastian Ko
A husband and wife struggle with their consciences after they try to conceal a terrible crime committed by their teenage daughter, in this rivet… 
CastBritta Hammelstein, Mehdi Nebbou, Ulrike C. …
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
DISC$14A

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Lorenzo Vigas
Newcomer Lorenzo Vigas’ first feature explores issues of social stratification through the story of a wealthy man who pays young men to endure a… 
CastAlfredo Castro, Luis Silva
LanguageSpanish   CountryVenezuela
DISC$14A

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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, Hebrew, Ara…   CountryCanada/Israel
DOC$PG

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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…
LanguageAmharic, Anishinaabe…   CountryFrance/United Kingdo…
SC$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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Magnus von Horn
When John returns home to his father after serving time in prison, he is looking forward to starting his life afresh. However in the local commu… 
CastUlrik Munther, Loa Ek, Mats Blomgren, Wiesla…
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
DISC$14A

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Pan Nalin
On the eve of their friend’s wedding in Goa, a group of women discuss everything under the sun — from their careers, sex lives, and secrets to n… 
CastTannishtha Chatterjee, Sandhya Mridul, Sarah…
LanguageHindi   CountryIndia
SP$14A

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Mai Masri
Railroaded into an Israeli prison on a terrorism charge, a young Palestinian woman discovers that she is pregnant just as a group of her fellow … 
CastMaisa Abd Elhadi, Nadera Omran, Raida Adon, …
LanguageArabic   CountryPalestine/Jordan/Leb…
CWC$14A

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Takashi Miike
Japanese cinematic extremist Takashi Miike returns to his gonzo roots with this mind-melter that finds room for vampires, gangsters, monsters, m… 
CastHayato Ichihara, Yayan Ruhian
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
MM$14A

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Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. Fiftee… 
CastMartha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Emm…
LanguageFrench, Arabic, Ling…   CountryBelgium
DISC$18A

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Eva Neymann
Rooted in the Yiddish folklore of Sholem Aleichem’s short stories, Eva Neymann’s tender third feature is a delicate and affecting coming-of-age … 
CastMilena Tsibulskaya, Yevheniy Kogan, Arina Po…
LanguageRussian   CountryUkraine
CWC$PG

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Guillaume Senez
Two love-struck teens grow up fast in the wake of an unexpected pregnancy, in this gently realistic debut feature from Belgian director Guillaum… 
CastKacey Mottet Klein, Galatea Bellugi, Catheri…
LanguageFrench   CountryBelgium/Switzerland/…
DISC$14A

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Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Feli…
An 11-year-old boy named Leo, becomes an unlikely superhero when he discovers that he has the ability to leave his body and fly through walls. W… 
CastAudrey Tautou, Édouard Baer, Jean-Pierre Mar…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Belgium
KIDYouthPG

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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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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, Arabic   CountryCanada
DOC$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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Diastème / Alain Dias
A racist thug in the army of Jean-Mare Le Pen’s Front National battles his way from the streets to the backrooms of political power, in this har… 
CastAlban Lenoir, Paul Hamy, Samuel Jouy, Patric…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
PLAT$18A

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Arturo Ripstein
Mexican maestro Arturo Ripstein (Deep Crimson) directs this true-crime story about the bizarre 2009 murders of midget-wrestling brothers Alberto… 
CastPatricia Reyes Spíndola, Nora Velázquez, Syl…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
MAST$14A

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Salem Brahimi
In Algeria in the late 1980s, a man who has been compelled to take a wife by his mother’s dying wish has his domestic dilemma placed in stark re… 
CastAmazigh Kateb, Rachida Brakni
LanguageFrench, Arabic   CountryFrance/Algeria
CWS$18A

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Cesc Gay
A humourous and honest portrait of the courage it takes to accept that death is just another part of life. After being diagnosed with terminal … 
CastRicardo Darín, Javier Cámara
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain/Argentina
CWC$14A

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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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Seung-wan Ryoo
A tough cop targets the tyrannical heir to a mega-corporation in this hard-hitting thriller from South Korean cult auteur Ryoo Seung-wan (Crying… 
CastJeong-min Hwang, Ah In Yoo, Hae-jin Yoo, Dal…
LanguageKorean   CountrySouth Korea
VAN$14A

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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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Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
This feature-length documentary by filmmaker Geneviève Dulude-De Celles offers a candid portrait of the smart, passionate and reflective student… 
CastUnknown
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
DOC$PG

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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…
LanguageZulu, English, Farsi…   CountrySouth Africa, Canada…
SC$14A

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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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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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Marco Bellocchio
Italian master Marco Bellocchio (Fists in the Pocket, Vincere) returns with this haunting, enigmatic tale that takes us from the 17th century to… 
CastRoberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, …
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
MAST$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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Emin Alper
In the new film from award-winning Turkish writer-director Emin Alper, an ex-con, just released after serving a 15-year sentence, is recruited a… 
CastMehmet Özgür, Berkay Ates, Tülin Özen, Müfit…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
CWS$14A

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Marcin Wrona
A bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybb… 
CastItay Tiran, Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Grabo…
LanguagePolish/Yiddish   CountryPoland/Israel
VAN$14A

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Alexander Sokurov
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the Louvre museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on… 
CastLouis-Do de Lencquesaing, Vincent Nemeth, Be…
LanguageFrench, German, Russ…   CountryGermany/France
MAST$PG

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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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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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Halima Elkhatabi, Patrice La…
These startling and daring short films demonstrate the value of thinking way, way outside the box. NINA, Directed by Halima Elkhatabi, Canada |… 
CastElizabeth Tremblay Gagnon, Téo Vachon Sincen…
LanguageFrench, Spanish, Hun…   CountryCanada, Mexico, Irel…
SC$14A

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Elisabeth Scharang
A riveting biopic of notorious Austrian convict Jack Unterweger, who became a literary superstar while serving a 15-year sentence for murder. O… 
CastJohannes Krisch, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Mi…
LanguageGerman   CountryAustria
CWC$14A

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Guan Hu
A former Beijing crime boss swings back into action when his son is kidnapped by thugs. With his son captured, Mr. Six and his old pals stand u… 
CastFeng Xiaogang, Hanyu Zhang, Li Yifeng, Kris …
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
SP$14A

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Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya
Looking to go straight, three coke-smuggling brothers are coerced by their crooked boss into a very dangerous last score, in this boldly comic f… 
CastAlain Saadeh, Fouad Yammine, Tarek Yaacoub, …
LanguageLebanese   CountryLebanon/Qatar
DISC$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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Joost van Ginkel
This dexterous tale of survival from director Joost van Ginkel traces the intersecting stories of six immigrants from very different backgrounds… 
CastAnjela Nedyalkova, Boris Isakovic, Magnus Kr…
LanguageFrench, Bosnian, Swe…   CountryNetherlands/Sweden/B…
DISC$14A

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Damien Odoul
A young French infantry volunteer is plunged into the maelstrom of trench warfare on the Western Front, in this startlingly subjective vision of… 
CastNino Rocher, Pierre Martial Gaillard, Theo C…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
CWC$14A

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Nitzan Gilady
Fixated on romantic fantasies, a kindly and strong-willed young woman with a mild mental disability embarks on a relationship — much to the conc… 
CastAsi Levi, Moran Rosenblatt, Roy Assaf, Arie …
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
DISC$PG

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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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Alexandra-Therese Keining
Three outcast teenage girls get a new perspective on high-school life when they are mysteriously transformed into boys, in this skillfully craft… 
CastTuva Jagell, Emrik Öhlander, Wilma Holmén, V…
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
CWC$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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Pan Nalin
On the eve of their friend’s wedding in Goa, a group of women discuss everything under the sun — from their careers, sex lives, and secrets to n… 
CastTannishtha Chatterjee, Sandhya Mridul, Sarah…
LanguageHindi   CountryIndia
SP$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…
LanguageFrench, Hebrew, Arab…   CountryCanada, Israel, Leba…
SC$14A

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Geeta Gandbhir, Sharmeen Oba…
Documentarians Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (the Academy Award-winning Saving Face) and Geeta Gandbhir follow the stories of three Bangledeshi policewo… 
CastUnknown
LanguageBengali   CountryPakistan
DOC$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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Baltasar Kormákur
A murder investigation and an impending snowstorm places a small-town Icelandic police chief in a dangerously unstable situation with internatio… 
CastÓlafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdottir…
LanguageIcelandic   CountryIceland
PRIME$14A

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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…
LanguageMuskogee, English   CountryUSA
CWC$14A

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Emmanuel Leconte, Daniel Lec…
This new documentary by the father-and-son directing team of Daniel and Emmanuel Leconte pays tribute to the 11 journalists of the French satiri… 
CastElisabeth Badinter, Gérard Biard, Charb , Ca…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
DOC$14A

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Zahidur Rahim Anjan
A case of mistaken identity throws an apolitical chemistry teacher into the maelstrom of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, in the striking deb… 
CastShahiduzzaman Selim, Aparna Jara, Joyonto Ch…
LanguageBengali   CountryBangladesh
DISC$14A

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Mamoru Hosoda
A young boy in modern-day Tokyo stumbles into an alternate dimension and becomes the apprentice to a bearlike warrior, in this stunning animated… 
CastKoji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shota Sometani, …
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
KIDYouthPG

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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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Du Haibin
This intimate documentary chronicles five years in the life of a young Chinese student, whose fervent idealism and dedication to Mao’s legacy st… 
CastUnknown
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
DOC$PG

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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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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, Tsilhqot’in…   CountryCanada, Australia, F…
SC$14A

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Mabel Cheung
Based on the miraculous true story of Jackie Chan’s parents, this film is about the unbreakable bond of love between an opiumpeddling widow and … 
CastTang Wei, Sean Lau
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
SP$14A

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Anne Sewitsky
Bedevilled by shared demons, a young woman and her half-brother find comfort with each other, in this brooding, sharply detailed study of incest… 
CastIne Wilmann, Simon J. Berger, Silje Storstei…
LanguageNorwegian/Swedish   CountryNorway
CWC$R

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Anders Thomas Jensen
Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) stars in this delirious comedy from Denmark's Anders Thomas Jensen (The Green Butchers), about two sadsack brothers wh… 
CastMads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Søren Malling,…
LanguageDanish   CountryDenmark
VAN$18A

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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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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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Julio Hernández Cordón
The daring new feature from Mexico’s Julio Hernandez follows two teenage lovers in Mexico City who become embroiled in the city’s illegal, narco… 
CastDiego Calva, Eduardo Eliseo Martínez, Shvast…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
CWC$14A

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Joko Anwar
A beauty-salon worker and pirate-DVD enthusiast accidentally comes into possession of incriminating evidence of high-level political corruption,… 
CastTara Basro, Chicco Jerikho
LanguageIndonesian   CountryIndonesia
CWC$14A

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Akiz Ikon / Achim Bornhak
After a wild night out, a Berlin party girl finds herself haunted by a twisted, repellent litte creature that no one else can see. When 17-year… 
CastCarolyn Genzkow, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknech…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
VAN$14A

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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, Malay, Kore…   CountrySingapore
CWC$18A

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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…
LanguageFrench, Spanish, Eng…   CountryFrance, Canada, Arge…
SC$18A

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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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Leena Yadav
Three ordinary women dare to break free from the century old patriarchal ways of their village in the desert heartland of rural India. In a rur… 
CastTannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen…
LanguageHindi   CountryIndia
SP$14A

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Zhang Yang
Director Zhang Yang blurs documentary and fiction in this account of a band of pilgrims who make a 2,000-kilometre journey on foot to Lhasa, the… 
CastUnknown
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
CWC$14A

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Soi Cheang
Martial-arts greats Tony Jaa (Ong-bak) and Wu Jing team up in this bone-crunching action epic. The anticipated follow-up to the bone-cracking m… 
CastJing Wu, Simon Yam, Jin Zhang, Louis Koo, To…
LanguageCantonese   CountryHong Kong
MM$14A

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Tolga Karaçelik
Trapped at anchor due to a legal dispute, the skeleton crew of a cargo ship come into potentially deadly conflict with one another, in this slow… 
CastHakan Karsak, Nadir Saribacak, Özgür Emre Yi…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
CWC$14A

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Robin Pront
Two bandit brothers, one fresh from prison, the other eager to escape their criminal past, form a potentially explosive love triangle with the e… 
CastJeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Kevin Janss…
LanguageDutch, French   CountryBelgium
DISC$14A

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Ciro Guerra
A tale of the first encounter, approach, betrayal and life-transcending friendship between an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and… 
CastJan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Nilbio Torres, A…
LanguageSpanish, Amazonian   CountryColombia/Venezuela/A…
CWC$14A

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Álex de la Iglesia
The backstage preparations for a New Year’s Eve TV spectacular become a flashpoint for comic mayhem, in the audaciously inventive ensemble comed… 
CastRaphael, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Blanca Su…
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
VAN$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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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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Jayro Bustamante
In this dreamlike fusion of documentary and fable, two young, impoverished Mayan lovers escape from their servitude on a remote Guatemalan coffe… 
CastMaría Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel An…
LanguageKaqchikel   CountryGuatemala
DISC$14A

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A young widow undertakes an elegiac voyage with the spectre of her dead husband, in this delicate, touching ghost story from Japanese master Kiy… 
CastEri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu, …
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
CWC$PG

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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…
LanguageFrench, English   CountryFrance
PLAT$14A