SCREENINGS
FESTIVAL 23:59
LIVID (France) 88mins. Dirs: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo. Key cast: Chloe Coulloud, Jeremy Kapone, Catherine Jacob A young woman and
LAST DAYS IN JERUSALEM (France/Israel/Palestine/ Germany) 80mins. Dir: Tawfik Abu Wael. Key cast: Ali Badarni, Kais Nashif, Lana Haj Yahia A Palestinian couple in East Jerusalem prepare to move to Paris. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 9
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY (US) 106mins. Dir: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky revisit the case of the West Memphis 3, imprisoned for murder despite evidence pointing to their innocence. AMC 2
21:15
MISS BALA (Mexico) 108mins. Dir: Gerardo Naranjo
her friends break into a run-down mansion looking for treasure, only to unlock a dark secret of unspeakable horror and face punishment for their greed. Midnight Madness Ryerson
A young Mexican beauty queen inadvertently gets involved with a group of drug traffickers after witnessing a massacre. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 4
HEADHUNTERS (Norway) 101mins. Dir: Morten Tyldum. Key cast: Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau An elite headhunter finances his lavish lifestyle by stealing art from his own clients. Special Presentation AMC 4
THE DEEP BLUE SEA (UK) 98mins. Dir: Terence Davies. Key cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale A woman’s overpowering, obsessive love alienates
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the men around her and destroys her well-being. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
UFO IN HER EYES (Germany) 110mins. Dir: Xiaolu Guo. Key cast: Shi Ke, Udo Kier, Mandy Zhang Has a flying saucer come to disrupt life in a Chinese village or is it simply the fantasy of an illiterate single woman? Contemporary World Cinema Isabel Bader Theatre
21:30
AFGHAN LUKE (Canada) 97mins. Dir: Mike Clattenburg. Key cast: Nick Stahl, Nicolas Wright, Stephen Lobo Drama about a journalist who discovers a Canadian sniper has been taking trophies from his victims in Afghanistan. Special Presentation Scotiabank Theatre 1
ALBERT NOBBS (Ireland) 114mins. Dir: Rodrigo Garcia. Key cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Janet Mcteer An Irishwoman in the 19th century disguises herself as a man to work
as a butler, keeping up the pretence for 20 years. Gala Roy Thomson Hall
PORFIRIO (Colombia/Spain/ Uruguay/Argentina/ France) 106mins. Dir: Alejandro Landes. Key cast: Porfirio Ramirez Aldana, Jarlinsson Ramirez Reinoso A Colombian man confined to a wheelchair hijacks a plane with the help of his teenage son. Visions AMC 5
THE SWORD IDENTITY (China) 108mins. Dir: Haofeng Xu. Key cast: Yu Chenghui, Song Yang, Zhao Yuanyuan In ancient China four families are the faithful keepers of martial arts and anyone who wants to establish a new sect, or a new form of kung fu, must fight through the family’s gates. Discovery AMC 10
21:45
FAUST (Russia) 134mins. Dir: Alexander Sokurov. Key cast: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinskiy,
Isolda Dychauk A scholar, impatient with the religious limitations imposed on scientific knowledge, sells his soul to the devil to gain enlightenment. Masters Scotiabank Theatre 3
GUILTY (France) 101mins. Dir: Vincent Garenq. Key cast: Philippe Torreton, Wladimir Yordanoff, Noémie Lvovsky Drama about a real-life couple who were wrongly arrested for paedophilia. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 3
MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Canada) 94mins. Dir: Philippe Falardeau. Key cast: Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron, Danielle Proulx A middle-aged Algerian immigrant takes the place of a Montreal elementary school teacher who has committed suicide. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
22:00
ARIRANG (South Korea) 100mins. Dir: Kim Ki-duk. A self-made ‘documentary’
about a man who is regarded as one of the greatest Korean directors working today. Real to Reel AMC 7
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain) 117mins. Dir: Pedro Almodovar. Key cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes Antonio Banderas plays an accomplished plastic surgeon who is in mourning for his wife and daughter. He creates a new kind of synthetic skin and uses his worst enemy as a guinea pig. Special Presentation Princess of Wales
22:15
CUT (Japan) 132mins. Dir: Amir Naderi. Key cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takako Tokiwa, Takashi Sasano An unsuccessful film- maker starts earning money as a human punch bag to work off his brother’s debts to the mob. Visions AMC 6
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