SCREENINGS
Julia wake up together, groggy and hungover, the last thing they expect to discover is that an alien invasion has taken place. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 2
IN DARKNESS (Canada/Germany/ Poland) 144mins. Dir: Agnieszka Holland. Key cast: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska Focuses on a little-known phenomenon in Poland in the Second World War: Jews hiding in the sewer systems of the major cities to escape deportation. Special Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
FESTIVAL 18.15
BEHOLD THE LAMB (UK) 83mins. Dir: John McIlduff. Key cast: Aoife Duffin, Nigel ONeill Lodged between slapstick and tragedy, Behold
16:30
GIRL MODEL (US) 77mins. Dirs: Ashley Sabin, David Redmon. Key cast: Nadya, Madlen, Ashley Arbaugh, Rachel Blais Young Russian girls join a modelling agency but get caught up in an unregulated system that
The Lamb follows a pregnant junkie and a middle-aged loser on a journey through Ireland to the weirdest score of their lives. Discovery AMC 9
reveals an unseemly side of the fashion industry. Real to Reel AMC 6
HICK (US) 95mins. Dir: Derick Martini. Key cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Blake Lively A Nebraska teen gets
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much more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of the big city Special Presentation Scotiabank Theatre 3
THE EYE OF THE STORM (Australia) 114mins. Dir: Fred Schepisi. Key cast: Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis An ageing matriarch controls everything in her life — including the exact moment of her death. Special Presentation Winter Garden Theatre
17:45
ROUGH HANDS (Morocco) 97mins.
Dir: Mohamed Asli. Key cast: Mohamed Bastaoui, Houda Rihani, Abdessamad Miftahakhair A young woman dreams of emigrating to Spain, but when her plans fall through another destiny reveals itself to her. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
18:00
EXTRATERRESTRIAL (Spain) 90mins. Dir: Nacho Vigalondo. Key cast: Julian Villagran, Michelle Jenner, Raul Cimas When strangers Julio and
SISTERS&BROTHERS (Canada) 90mins. Dir: Carl Bessai. Key cast: Cory Monteith, Dustin Milligan, Amanda Crew A comic look into the lives of four sets of siblings. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 2
YOUR SISTER’S SISTER (US) 90mins. Dir: Lynn Shelton. Key cast: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass While mourning the death of his brother, a confused man finds love in an unexpected place. Contemporary World Cinema Ryerson
18:15
11 FLOWERS (China/France) 110mins.
Dir: Wang Xiaoshuai. Key cast: Liu Wenqing, Wang Jinchun, Yen Ni A young child encounters an outlaw in this vivid portrait of China during the Cultural Revolution. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
BEHOLD THE LAMB See box, left.
CRAZY HORSE (France/US) 134mins. Dir: Frederick Wiseman Documentary about The Crazy Horse club in Paris, which claims to have the greatest nude dancing in the world. Real to Reel AMC 3
18:30
I’MYOURS (Canada) 79mins. Dir: Leonard Farlinger. Key cast: Rossif Sutherland, Karine Vanasse, Don McKellar A disenchanted trader has a wild one-night stand and wakes up in his car, heading to a town he’s never heard of. Contemporary World Cinema Isabel Bader Theatre
MACHINE GUN PREACHER (US) 123mins. Dir: Marc Forster. Key cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon The true story of a drug- dealing biker who turned his life around to become a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese child soldiers. Gala Roy Thomson Hall
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