SCREENINGS
LIVID (France) 88mins. Dirs: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo. Key cast: Chloe Coulloud, Jeremy Kapone, Catherine Jacob A woman and her friends break into a run-down mansion and unlock a dark secret. Midnight Madness AMC 7
17:15
LENA (The Netherlands/ Belgium) 119mins. Dir: Christophe Van Rompaey. Key cast: Agata Buzek, Emma Levie, Jeroen Willems A woman has to contend with a bullying mother. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 4
17:30
ROSE (Poland) 90mins. Dir: Wojciech Smarzowski. Key cast: Agata Kulesza, Marcin Dorocinski A Polish woman is grateful for help from a former officer as the Second World War draws to a close. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 6
UNDEFEATED (US) 113mins. Dirs: Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin Documentary about student athletes from inner-city Memphis. Real to Reel AMC 2
18:00
AMY GEORGE (Canada) 95mins. Dir: Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas. Key cast: Gabriel del Castillo Mullally, Claudia Dey The story of the only child of intellectuals. Canada First! AMC 9
CRAZY HORSE (France/US) 134mins. Dir: Frederick Wiseman Documentary about The Crazy Horse club in Paris. Real to Reel Scotiabank Theatre 2
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (US) 97mins. Dir: Whit Stillman. Key cast: Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody,
Analeigh Tipton Exploration of the psyche of privileged US youth. Special Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
LIKE CRAZY (US) 89mins. Dir: Drake Doremus. Key cast: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence An English woman and an American man fall in love in the States before trouble arises when she is deported. Special Presentation Ryerson
NUIT #1 (Canada) 91mins. Dir: Anne Emond. Key cast: Catherine De Léan, Dimitri Storoge A one-night stand prompts a bout of self-examination. Canada First! TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
ROUGH HANDS (Morocco) 97mins. Dir: Mohamed Asli. Key cast: Mohamed Bastaoui, Houda Rihani A young woman dreams of emigrating to Spain. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 5
18:15
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina) 157mins. Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan A man confesses to murder but all is not as it seems. Masters TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
18:30
MUSHROOMS (India/France) 90mins. Dir: Vimukthi Jayasundara. Key cast: Paoli Dam, Sudip Mukherjee Twin tales exploring life in India. Visions AMC 3
PEACE, LOVE, & MISUNDERSTANDING (US) 96mins. Dir: Bruce Beresford. Key cast: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen A lawyer takes her children to meet their eccentric grandmother. Gala Roy Thomson Hall
n 12 Screen International at the Toronto Film Festival September 13, 2011 19:00
SUPERCLASICO (Denmark) 99mins. Dir: Ole Christian Madsen. Key cast: Anders W. Berthelsen, Paprika Steen, Jamie Morton Arom-com about the mercurial nature of love. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 1
TERRAFERMA (Italy) 88mins. Dir: Emanuele Crialese. Key cast: Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro A family’s life changes when illegal immigrants from Africa appear in their community. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
19:30
ALPS (Greece/France) 93mins. Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos. Key cast: Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis A mysterious company offers a very unusual service to the bereaved — to stand in for their departed loved ones. Visions Isabel Bader Theatre
19:45
HARD CORE LOGO (Canada) 92mins. Dir: Bruce McDonald. The disastrous reunion tour of a punk band. Canadian Open Vault Scotiabank Theatre 4
20:00
THEMOUNTAIN (Lebanon/Qatar) 84mins. Dir: Ghassan Salhab. Key cast: Fadi Abi Samra A man hides out in a deserted hotel, but what or who is he waiting for? Visions AMC 10
WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOWSEEDIQ BALE (Taiwan) 150mins. Dir: Wei Te-Sheng. Key cast: Lin Ching-Tai, Da-Ching,Vivian Hsu The story of the struggle of the Seediq people. Special Presentation Winter Garden Theatre
20:30
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 6
THE LAST CHRISTEROS (Mexico/Netherlands) 90mins. Dir: Matias Meyer. Key cast: Alejandro Limon, Antonio Garcia A band of men in Mexico in the 1930s fight against religious persecution. Visions AMC 4
20:45
THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD (US/Albania/Denmark/ Italy) 108mins. Dir: Joshua Marston. Key cast: Tristan Halilaj, Sindi Lacej, Refet Abazi An Albanian family is drawn into a blood feud. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
21:00
AVALON (Sweden) 76mins. Dir: Axel Petersen. Key cast: Johannes Brost, Peter Carlberg A group of hedonists who came of age in the 1980s realise one day the party has to stop. Discovery AMC 9
COUNTDOWN (South Korea) 120mins. Dir: Huh Jong-ho. Key cast: Jung Jae-young, Jeon Do-youn A man is told he has liver cancer and decides to take radical action. Special Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
FATHERLAND (Argentina) 100mins. Dir: Nicolas Prividera. Key cast: Maricel Alvarez, Emilio Garcia Wehbi, Alejandro Tantanian Exploration of Argentina’s fractious modern history. City to City TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
GUILTY (France) 101mins. Dir: Vincent Garenq. Key cast: Philippe Torreton, Wladimir Yordanoff
Drama about a real-life couple who were wrongly arrested for paedophilia. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 5
SNOWTOWN (Australia) 120mins. Dir: Justin Kurzel. Key cast: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris A young teen is befriended by a serial killer. Vanguard Ryerson
21:15
A BETTER LIFE (France/Canada) 110mins. Dir: Cedric Kahn. Key cast: Guillaume Canet, Leila Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi An ambitious chef tries to make it in Paris. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
PINK RIBBONS, INC. (Canada) 98mins. Dir: Lea Pool A documentary about the issue of breast cancer. Real to Reel AMC 2
21:30
BUTTER (US) 90mins. Dir: Jim Field Smith. Key cast: Olivia Wilde, Ashley Greene, Hugh Jackman A comedy about the ferocious, high-stakes world of competitive butter carving. Gala Roy Thomson Hall
GOON (Canada) 90mins. Dir: Michael Dowse. Key cast: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel A comic tale about ice hockey —and the divisive topic of violence within the game. Special Presentation AMC 7
I’M CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THEMAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL (US) 90mins. Dir: Jonathan Demme. Key cast: Carolyn Parker, Kyrah Julian A woman struggles to rebuild her home in the years following Hurricane Katrina. Real to Reel TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
THE CARDBOARD VILLAGE (Italy) 87mins. Dir: Ermanno Olmi. Key cast: Michael Lonsdale, Rutger Hauer A group of immigrants seek refuge in a church, offering the priest a new lease of life. Special Presentation Scotiabank Theatre 2
THE INVADER (Belgium) 95mins. Dir: Nicolas Provost. Key cast: Issaka Sawadogo, Stefania Rocca An illegal immigrant seduces a wealthy woman. Discovery AMC 3
22:00
HIMIZU (Japan) 129mins. Dir: Sion Sono. Key cast: Shota Sometani, Fumi Nikaidou Two children struggle against the odds in Japan. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 1
RESTORATION (Israel) 105mins. Dir: Yossi Madmony. Key cast: Sasson Gabai, Henri David A family fights to save their antiques business. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 3
THEMOTH DIARIES (Canada/Ireland) 85mins. Dir: Mary Harron. Key cast: Lily Cole, Sarah Gadon A vampire tale set at an all-girl boarding school Special Presentation Isabel Bader Theatre
22:15
HARD CORE LOGO II (Canada) 94mins. Dir: Bruce McDonald. Follow-up to a celebrated documentary about a fabled punk band. Masters Scotiabank Theatre 4
23:59
SLEEPLESS NIGHT (France/Belgium/ Luxembourg) 98mins. Dir: Frederic Jardin. Key cast: Tomer Sisley A cop races against time to rescue his son. Midnight Madness Ryerson
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