SCREENINGS P&I
Edited by Jamie McLeish
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THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY (UK-Ireland) 134mins. Dir: Sophie Fiennes. Cast: Slavoj Zizek. In this follow-up to The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema, Slavoj Zizek explores the overt and concealed meanings of various films. Mavericks Scotiabank 3
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BARBARA (Germany) 105mins. The Match Factory (Int). Dir: Christian Petzold. Cast: Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke, Nina Hoss, Rainer Bock.
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WHITE ELEPHANT (Argentina-Spain) 111mins. Wild Bunch (Int). Dir: Pablo Trapero. Cast: Jérémie Renier, Martina Gusman, Ricardo Darin.
Set in East Germany in the early 1980s, the film follows a woman torn between the promise of escape across the border and her growing love for a colleague, who may be planning to betray her. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
DREDD 3D (South Africa) 95mins. IM Global (Int). Dir: Pete Travis. Cast: Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Wood Harris . Judge Dredd takes on a vicious drug empress, in this dark version of the British comic-book icon. Midnight Madness Scotiabank 13
THREE WORLDS (France) 100mins. Pyramide International (Int). Dir: Catherine Corsini. Cast: Arta Dobroshi, Clotilde Hesme, Raphael Personnaz. The aftermath of a
Two priests must contend with drug lords, corrupt cops and their own demons as they seek to care for the residents of a Buenos Aires slum. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
hit-and-run accident is explored in this sharply etched thriller. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 8
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CLANDESTINE CHILDHOOD (Argentina-Spain-Brazil) 110mins. Pyramide International (Int). Dir: Benjamin Avila. Cast: Cesar Troncoso, Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Oreiro. Set in 1979 during Argentina’s dictatorship, a fifth-grader is forced to live under an assumed identity to protect his resistance-fighter parents. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 6
FILL THE VOID (Israel) 90mins. The Match Factory (Int). Dir: Rama Burshtein. Cast: Chaim Sharir, Hadas Yaron, Hila Feldman, Ido Samuel. A young Orthodox Hasidic girl is forced to choose between obedience to her family and her heart. Discovery Scotiabank 11
LORE (Australia-UK-Germany) 108mins. Memento Films International (Int). Dir: Cate Shortland. Cast: André Frid, Eva-Maria
Hagen, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Kai Malina, Mika Seidel, Nele Trebs. At the end of the second world war, a German girl must lead her siblings on a gruelling trek through the war-savaged countryside. Special Presentation Scotiabank 2
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LUNARCY! (Canada) 80mins. Global Screen (US/int). Dir: Simon Ennis. Cast: Alan Bean, Christopher Carson, Dennis Hope, Peter Kokh. Documentary following characters whose obsession with the moon has given birth to utopian dreams of truly galactic proportions. TIFF Docs Scotiabank 9
MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (Canada-UK) 148mins. FilmNation Entertainment (US/int). Dir: Deepa Mehta. Cast: Anita Majumdar, Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Rajat Kapoor. An adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel, in which children born on the cusp of India’s independence are endowed with magical abilities. Gala Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
SPRING BREAKERS (US) 92mins. Creative Artists Agency (CAA) (US). Kinology (Int). Dir: Harmony Korine. Cast: Ashley Benson, Heather Morris, James Franco, Rachel Korine, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens. Four co-eds find their spring fling in Florida turns into a drug and violence-fuelled bacchanal. Special Presentation Scotiabank 4
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GOD LOVES CAVIAR (Greece-Russia) 99mins. Sony Pictures — World Wide Distribution Company (Int). Dir: Iannis Smaragdi. Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Evgeny Stychkin, John Cleese, Juan Diego Botto. The true-life tale of an 18th-century Greek pirate- turned-merchant, who rose to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 5
STORIES WE TELL (Canada) 108mins. National Film Board of Canada (US/int). Dir: Sarah Polley. Sarah Polley makes her maiden voyage into documentary with this exploration of her own family’s secrets. Special Presentation Scotiabank 1
THERESE DESQUEYROUX (France) 110mins. TF1 International (Int). Dir: Claude Miller. Cast: Anais Demoustier, Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche. Audrey Tautou stars as a provincial housewife in 1920s France, whose suffocating marriage to a boorish landowner inspires her to make a fatal bid for freedom. Special Presentation Scotiabank 10
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JACKIE (The Netherlands) 100mins. Dir: Antoinette Beumer. Cast: Carice Van
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Houten, Holly Hunter, Jelka Van Houten. Twin sisters from the Netherlands travel to the US to help out the mother they have never met. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 7
PUSHER (UK) 87mins. Gaumont (Int). Dir: Luis Prieto. Cast: Agyness Deyn, Bronson Webb, Richard Coyle. An English-language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s cult crime film about a dealer whose life spins out of control. Vanguard Scotiabank 5
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THE INTERVAL (Italy) 80mins. Rai Trade (Int). Dir: Leonardo di Costanzo. Cast: Alessio Gallo, Antonio Buil, Carmine Paternoster, Francesca Riso, Jean Yves Morard. A teenager is forced by the Camorra to stand watch over a mysterious young woman — but as the hours go by, the dynamic between the captive and her jailer starts to alter. Discovery TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (US) 91mins. Sony Pictures Releasing (Int). Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky. Voice cast: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, CeeLo Green, David Spade, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi. A star-studded cast lend their voices to this spooky animated tale about Count Dracula’s efforts to keep his rebellious 118-year-old daughter from leaving home. TIFF Kids Scotiabank 13
POST TENEBRAS LUX (Mexico-France-The Netherlands-Germany) 120mins. NDM (Int). Dir: Carlos Reygadas. Cast: Adolfo Jimenez Castro, Eleazar Reygadas, Nathalia Acevedo. A kaleidoscopic vision of
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