cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave Coriolanus’s contempt for the ordinary citizens of Rome leads to trouble in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. Special Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
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 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 Scotiabank Theatre 4
18:15
THE STUDENT (Argentina) 110mins. Dir: Santiago Mitre. Key cast: Esteban Lamothe, Romina Paula, Ricardo Felix A young man starts to show an interest in politics in a bid to seduce his professor but soon finds it can be a demoralising business. City to City TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
18:30
MAN ON GROUND (South Africa) 90mins. Dir: Akin Omotoso. Key cast: Hakeem Kae- Kazim, Fana Mokoena An exacting portrayal of rising xenophobia in South Africa. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 9
W.E. (UK) 114mins. Dir: Madonna. Key cast: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D’Arcy Traces two separate love stories — the first, one of England’s most infamous romances, the second a more contemporary courtship. Gala Roy Thomson Hall
YOU’RE NEXT See box, right.
19:00
NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS (US) 87mins. Dir: Jonathan Demme. Key cast: Neil Young Jonathan Demme captures two nights of live performance from the ageing rocker. Mavericks Princess of Wales
REBELLION (France) 135mins. Dir: Mathieu Kassovitz. Key cast: Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi A fictionalised account of an incident in 1988 in New Caledonia, a French colony, when Kanak separatists killed
three gendarmes and took another group hostage. Special Presentation Scotiabank Theatre 3
19:15
THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH (France/Poland/UK) 83mins. Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski. Key cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ethan Hawke, Joanna Kulig A struggling writer in Paris becomes involved with a beguiling woman. Special Presentation Isabel Bader Theatre
19:30
KILLER ELITE (US/Australia) 105mins.
Dir: Gary McKendry. Key cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro A former Navy Seal Black Ops agent must hunt down and destroy a group of former SAS assassins. Gala Scotiabank Theatre 1
PARIAH (US) 86mins. Dir: Dee Rees. Key cast: Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Discovery TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
FESTIVAL 18.30
YOU’RE NEXT (US) 95mins. Dir: Adam Wingard. Key cast: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Nicholas Tucci A family reunion
20:00
MY WORST NIGHTMARE (France/Belgium) Dir: Anne Fontaine. Key cast: Isabelle Huppert, Benoit Poelvoorde Agathe’s life is turned upside when she takes in the best friend of her son. Special Presentation Winter Garden Theatre
spirals into a night of terror when mysterious assailants armed with machetes and axes and wearing animal masks lay siege to the clan. Midnight Madness AMC 7
THE LONELIEST PLANET (US/Germany) 113mins. Dir: Julia Loktev. Key cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, Bidzina Gujabidze A guide takes a couple on a backpacking trip across the Georgian wilderness. Visions TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
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