SCREENINGS
An idealistic Democratic press spokesman falls prey to backroom politics, the treacherous manipulations of seasoned veterans and the seduction of a young intern. Gala Roy Thomson Hall
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SONS OF NORWAY (Norway) 88mins. Dir: Jens Lien. Key cast: Asmund Hoeg, Camilla Frisk, Sonja Richter Nikolaj gets into punk as an act of rebellion, only to find his depressed father starts to encourage him. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 3
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VOLCANO (Denmark/Iceland) 95mins. Dir: Runar Runarsson. Key cast: Margret Helga Johannsdottir, Theodor Juliusson.
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (UK) 112mins. Dir: Lynne Ramsay. Key cast: Tilda Swinton, John C Reilly, Ezra Miller. An adaptation of the bestselling novel about the repercussions on the family of a teenager who commits an act of evil. Special Presentation Winter Garden Theatre
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GOOD BYE (Iran) 104mins Dir: Mohammad Rasoulof. Key cast: Leila Zare The story of a young lawyer in Tehran trying to get a visa to leave the country so that she can have her baby abroad. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 6
Volcano focuses on the twilight years of Hannes, a school janitor whose world is violently disrupted when his long- suffering wife falls ill. Discovery TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
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SUMMER GAMES (Italy/Switzerland) 101mins. Dir: Rolando Colla. Key cast: Armando Condolucci, Fiorella Campanella, Alessia Barela. A beach holiday in Tuscany draws families and their children together. Discovery AMC 3
TWIGGY (France) 82mins. Dir: Emmanuelle Millet. Key cast: Anne Le Ny, Christa Théret, Johan Libéreau When a young teenager becomes pregnant she is determined to give the child up for adoption. Struggling with her situation, she both withdraws into herself,
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and reaches out to a young man. Discovery TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
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360 (UK/Austria/France/ Brazil) 115mins. Dir: Fernando Meirelles. Key cast: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins Linking stories of chance, temptation and unexpected friendship, 360 takes us around the world, surveying the breadth of human experience at every stop. Special Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
THE HUNTER (Australia) 100mins. Dir: Daniel Nettheim. Key cast: Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe One man’s search for the last Tasmanian tiger becomes a deeper journey into the core of his own existence. Special Presentation Ryerson
THE LAST GLADIATORS (US) 94mins. Dir: Alex Gibney Looks at the world of the
NHL enforcers and the career of Chris “Knuckles” Nilan who helped the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup. Real to Reel AMC 2
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THE FIRSTMAN (France/Algeria/ Italy) 100mins. Dir: Gianni Amelio. Key cast: Jacques Gamblin, Catherine Sola, Denis Podalydes Based on a semi- autobiographical novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. Special Presentation Scotiabank Theatre 1
THE LOVE WEMAKE (US) 94mins. Dirs: Bradley Kaplan, Albert Maysles Documentary following Paul McCartney in New York in October 2001 as he prepares for a 9/11 memorial concert. Mavericks AMC 7
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CHICKENWITH PLUMS (France/Germany/ Belgium) 91mins. Dirs: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud. Key cast: Mathieu Amalric, Maria De Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani Follows the last days of a talented musician’s life as he seeks to replace his beloved violin. Special Presentation Isabel Bader Theatre
OSLO, AUGUST 31ST (Norway) 96mins. Dir: Joachim Trier. Key cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olaf Brenner, Ingrid Olava. After failing to return to his drug rehabilitation programme, Anders wanders the city. During the night, the ghosts of past mistakes will wrestle with the chance of love and a new life. Vanguard Scotiabank Theatre 2
THE IDES OFMARCH (Us) 98mins. Dir: George Clooney. Key cast: Evan Rachel Wood, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei
THE BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST (US) 97mins. Dir: Ryan O’Nan. Key cast: Ryan O’Nan, Michael Weston, Arielle Kebbel A failing singer- songwriter decides to hit the road and rediscovers his love for life and music. Discovery Scotiabank Theatre 4
TRISHNA (UK) 117mins. Dir: Michael Winterbottom Key cast: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles is retold in contemporary India, as it follows Trishna, a young woman who is seduced by the son of a wealthy property developer. Special Presentation Princess of Wales
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VOLCANO See box, left.
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GOD BLESS AMERICA (US) 99mins Dir: Bobcat Goldthwait. Key cast: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Larry Miller A Bonnie and Clyde for the 21st century as a 45-year-old man and a teenage girl go on a killing spree in comedian Bobcat Goldthwait’s angry and bloody black comedy. Midnight Madness Ryerson
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