THE ISLAND PRESIDENT (US) 101mins. Dir: Jon Shenk. Key cast: President Mohamed Nasheed, Aminath Shauna, Mohamed Aslam A portrait of the president of the Maldives and his fight against climate change. Mavericks TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
TWENTY CIGARETTES (US) 99mins. Dir: James Benning. A Warhol-style study of 20 people smoking cigarettes. Wavelengths Jackman Hall — AGO
WHERE DOWE GO NOW? (France/Lebanon/Italy/ Egypt) 100mins. Dir: Nadine Labaki. Key cast: Claude Msawbaa, Leyla Fouad, Antoinette El Noufaily A group of women band together to save their Lebanese community from violence. Special Presentation Isabel Bader Theatre
18:45
AZHAGARSAMY’S HORSE (India) 99mins. Dir: Suseendran. Key cast: Appukutty, Sharnya Mohan A satire on the hypocrisies of Indian village life. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 3
19:00
SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (UK) 112mins. Dir:
Lasse Hallström. Key cast: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas A fisheries scientist finds himself saddled with the task of introducing salmon fishing to the highlands of Yemen. Special Presentation Princess of Wales
19:15
COMIC-CON: EPISODE IV — A FAN’S HOPE (US) 88mins. Dir: Morgan Spurlock Morgan Spurlock follows fans to the San Diego Comic-Con to talk to the people who have made their passion their life’s work, with interviews with Stan Lee, Joss Whedon, Frank Miller and Matt Groening. Real to Reel Scotiabank Theatre 1
I AM A GOOD PERSON I AM A BAD PERSON (Canada) 82mins. Dir: Ingrid Veninger. Key cast: Hallie Switzer, Ingrid Veninger, Jacob Switzer A mother and daughter take a road trip — with devastating results. Vanguard AMC 6
LASTWINTER (Belgium/France) 103mins. Dir: John Shank. Key cast: Anais Demoustier, Florence Loiret Caille, Vincent Rottiers In France’s remote countryside, a young farmer is solemnly determined to keep his
heritage alive against the odds. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 4
19:30
THE CAT VANISHES (Argentina) 89mins. Dir: Carlos Sorin. Key cast: Beatriz Spelzini, Luis Luque, Maria Abadi When Beatriz picks up her husband Luis from the sanatorium, she is not quite sure if she should believe his psychiatrist’s pronouncement that he is fully cured. City to City Scotiabank Theatre 3
THE YEAR OF THE TIGER (Chile) 82mins. Dir: Sebastian Lelio. Key cast: Luis Dubo, Sergio Hernandez, Viviana Herrera A devastating earthquake in Chile inadvertently frees prisoner Manuel, and as he futilely searches for loved ones, he encounters a caged tiger washed up on shore. Vanguard TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
20:00
ALOIS NEBEL (Czech Republic/ Germany/Slovakia) 84mins. Dir: Tomas
FESTIVAL 18.15
MONSTERS CLUB (Japan) 72mins. Dir: Toshiaki Toyoda. Key cast: Eita, Yousuke Kubozuka, KenKen A man abandons the city to begin a new life of isolation in a secluded cabin on a mountain,
Lunak. Key cast: Karel Roden, Marie Ludvikova, Miroslav Krobot The past and present converge in Tomas Lunak’s tale of a train dispatcher haunted by memories at the close
where his outrage with the modern world reveals itself through the mail bombs he sends to the CEOs of various corporations. One day, a mysterious creature appears before him… Visions AMC 2
of the Cold War, which uses rotoscope animation in black and white to look back on resonant moments in Eastern European history. Discovery AMC 1
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