SCREENINGS
INVASION (Argentina) 123mins. Dir: Hugo Santiago. Key cast: Lautaro Murua, Olga Zubarry, Juan Carlos Paz A group of men and one woman plot against an invading force. City to City TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
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AMONG US (The Netherlands) 84mins. Dir: Marco van Geffen. Key cast: Dagmara Bak, Guy Clemens, Natalia Rybicka Thriller focusing on the lives of immigrant workers in Europe. Discovery AMC 5
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CARRE BLANC (France/Luxembourg/ Belgium/Switzerland) 80mins. Dir: Jean- Baptiste Leonetti. Key cast: Sami Bouajila, Julie Gayet, Jean-Pierre Andreani
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LUCKY (South Africa) 100mins. Dir: Avie Luthra. Key cast: Jayashree Basavra, Sihle Dlamini An AIDS orphan strikes up an unexpected relationship with an elderly Indian neighbour. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 4
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BURNING MAN (Australia) 109mins. Dir: Jonathan Teplitzky. Key cast: Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis The moving story of a father and son’s journey back to happiness. Special Presentation Scotiabank Theatre 2
DEATH FOR SALE (Belgium/France/ Morocco) 117mins. Dir: Faouzi Bensaidi. Key cast: Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouhcine Malzi Three men in Morocco, decide to rob a jewellery
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A suicide survivor works for a nameless corporation, where he puts other employees through a series of bizarre tests in this dark, dystopian fantasy. Vanguard AMC 9
store but then the heist goes awry. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
LENA (The Netherlands/ Belgium) 119mins. Dir: Christophe Van Rompaey. Key cast: Agata Buzek, Emma Levie, Jeroen Willems A young woman struggles to find a place in the world in the face of a bullying mother. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 6
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 AMC 1
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JUAN OF THE DEAD (Spain/Cuba) 96mins. Dir: Alejandro Brugues. Key cast: Alexis Dias de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro Juan and his friends are determined to conquer the undead when a zombie outbreak hits Cuba on the anniversary of the revolution, something the government blames on unruly Americans. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 3
THE ODDS (Canada) 94mins. Dir: Simon Davidson. Key cast: Tyler Johnston, Jaren Brandt-Bartlett, Calum Worthy A teenager discovers the body of his best friend hanging from his garage ceiling but does not believe it was suicide. Canada First! AMC 10
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BELOVED (France) 135mins. Dir: Christophe Honoré. Key cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier Takes us from Paris in the 1960s to 21st century London as it follows a mother and daughter’s twin adventures in love. Gala Scotiabank Theatre 4
CARRE BLANC See box, left.
LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (Hong Kong) 107mins. Dir: Johnnie To. Key cast: Lau Ching Wan, Richie Jen, Denise Ho A gangster trying to raise bail for a friend decides to bet on the financial markets run by mainland Chinese mobsters. Special Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
TEN YEAR (US) 100mins. Dir: Jamie Linden. Key cast: Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Justin Long A group of friends meet at their high school reunion and discover that the passing of time changes some things —and others not at all. Special Presentation Ryerson
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DOPPELGANGER PAUL (Canada) 81mins. Dirs: Dylan Akio Smith, Kris Elgstrand. Key cast: Tygh Runyan, Brad Dryborough, Ben Cotton A lonely writer is convinced that the last man he saw before he had a near-death experience, is his doppelganger — even though the pair could hardly be more dissimilar. Vanguard AMC 2
BONSAI (Chile/France/ Argentina/Portugal) 95mins. Dir: Cristian Jimenez. Key cast: Diego Noguera, Natalia Galgani, Gabriela Arancibia A struggling author writes a book about his first experience of love in order to keep a lie from being exposed. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 7
THE LADY (France/UK) 145mins. Dir: Luc Besson. Key cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis The inspiring true story of Burmese pro-democracy activist and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi and the long-distance bond she maintained with her British husband, Michael Aris while under house arrest. Gala Roy Thomson Hall
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ALMAYER’S FOLLY (Belgium/France) 127mins. Dir: Chantal Akerman. Key cast: Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion The story of a European trader in 1950s Malaysia whose dreams of a Western life for his Malay daughter lead to destruction. Masters Isabel Bader Theatre
CAFE DE FLORE (Canada) 120mins. Dir: Jean-Marc Vallée. Key cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Helene Florent Twin tales of a mother whose son has Down syndrome, and a DJ who is going through an emotional divorce. Special Presentation Princess of Wales
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A FUNNY MAN (Denmark) 109mins. Dir: Martin P Zandvliet. Key cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Ranthe, Lars Brygmann Examines the career of one of Denmark’s most successful comics, Dirch Passer. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 1
HELENO (Brazil) 116mins. Dir: Jose Henrique Fonseca. Key cast: Rodrigo Santoro, Alinne Moraes, Angie Cepeda The story of Brazilian footballer Heleno de Freitas, from his days as the king of Rio to his lonely death in a sanatorium. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (US) 101mins. Dir: Sean Durkin. Key cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet A damaged woman struggles to reassimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. Special Presentation Scotiabank Theatre 3
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THE INCIDENT (France) 85mins. Dir: Alexandre Courtes. Key cast: Rupert Evans, Kenny Doughty, Joseph Kennedy When a power outage hits a high-security mental institution, three cooks working in the kitchen endure a cat and mouse chase with the maniacs on the loose. Midnight Madness Ryerson
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