SCREENINGS
and sent to Vietnam to entertain the troops. Special Presentation Scotiabank 3
16:45
A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY PYTHON’S GRAHAM CHAPMAN (UK) 82mins. Brainstorm Media (US). SC Films International (Int). Dir: Ben Timlett, Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson. Cast: Carol Cleveland, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. Former Monty Python colleagues pay tribute to Graham Chapman in this 3D-animated adaptation of his brazenly fictionalised life story. Special Presentation Scotiabank 2
THE SUICIDE SHOP (France-Belgium- Canada) 79mins. Wild Bunch (Int). Dir: Patrice Leconte. Cast: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Giami, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein. A family in the business of helping people to end it all are faced with a dreadful problem: their son and heir is incurably cheerful. Special Presentation Scotiabank 1
17:00
DORMANT BEAUTY (Italy-France) 115mins. Celluloid Dreams (Int). Dir: Marco Bellocchio. Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Brenno Placido, Fabrizio Falco, Gian Marco Tognazzi.
A multi-faceted exploration of the thorny issue of euthanasia. Special Presentation Scotiabank 4
JOHN DIES AT THE END (US) 99mins. Magnolia Pictures (Int). Dir: Don Coscarelli. Cast: Chase Williamson, Clancy Brown, Daniel Roebuck, Doug Jones, Fabianne Therese, Paul Giamatti. A phantasmagorical mindbender featuring ancient evils, trans- dimensional bugs, meat monsters and Clancy Brown. Midnight Madness Scotiabank 11
MUSHROOMING (Estonia) 93mins. Botnia Film (Int). Dir: Toomas Hussar. Cast: Elina Reinold, Juhan Ulfsak, Raivo E Tamm, Ullar Saaremae. A demeaning gameshow appearance, an ill-advised mushroom-picking outing, inquiries from a cynical reporter — things just keep getting worse for the politician at the centre of this Estonian satire. Discovery TIFF Bell Lightbox 5
17:15
STUDENT (Kazakhstan) 90mins. Media Luna New Films (US/int). Dir: Darezhan Omirbayev. Cast: Edige Bolysbayev, Maya Serikbayeva, Nurlan Baitasov. Dostoyevsky’s Crime And Punishment is
transposed to modern-day Kazakhstan. Masters Scotiabank 7
18:45
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (UK) 92mins. The Match Factory (Int). Dir: Peter Strickland. Cast: Antonio Mancino, Chiara D’Anna, Cosimo Fusco, Fatma Mohamed, Salvatore Li Causi, Toby Jones. A timid British sound engineer begins to lose his grip on reality when he is hired to work for an Italian horror director. Vanguard Scotiabank 9
19:00
REALITY (Italy-France) 115mins. Fandango Portobello (Int). Dir: Matteo Garrone. Cast: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Nello Iorio, Nunzia Schiano. A family man overhauls
his life under the deluded belief that he is destined for TV stardom. Special Presentation Scotiabank 3
19:15
ROAD NORTH (Finland) 110mins. The Yellow Affair (Int). Dir: Mika Kaurismaki. Cast: Elina Knihtila, Irina Björklund, Mari Perankoski, Peter Franzen. A joyless concert pianist ends up on a wild ride with his long-lost rapscallion father. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 5
19:30
MUMBAI’S KING (India) 82mins. karmaPRO Entertainment Group (US/int). Dir: Manjeet Singh. Cast: Aftab Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Dhanshree Jain, Rahul Bairagi, Salman Khan, Tejas Parvatkar.
PRESS AND INDUSTRY 21:30
BLONDIE (Sweden) 88mins. TrustNordisk (Int). Dir: Jesper Ganslandt. Cast: Alexandra Dahlström, Carolina Gynning, Helena af Sandeberg, Marie Göranzon. When three estranged
A young boy comes of age in a Mumbai slum while dealing with his long-suffering mother and violent father. City to City Scotiabank 11
21:30
BLONDIE See box, above.
21:45
PERRET IN FRANCE AND ALGERIA (Germany) 110mins. Filmgalerie 451 (Int). Dir: Heinz Emigholz. Heinz Emigholz explores the work of French
sisters reunite for their domineering mother’s birthday bash, old wounds open and conflicts rise to the surface, in this powerful new film from The Ape director Jesper Ganslandt. Vanguard Scotiabank 11
architect Auguste Perret. Combined P&I and public Wavelengths TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
SHAHID (India) 123mins. Dir: Hansal Mehta. Cast: Prabhleen Sandhu, Rajkumar Yadav. The film tells the true story of slain human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who became a powerful voice against the intercommunal violence that has engulfed Mumbai since the early 1990s. City to City TIFF Bell Lightbox 5
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The UK FILM CENTRE at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival brings together the UK’s film commissions, national agencies, producers and sales companies to provide the latest information about the UK's locations and services, films and talent. Visit
www.ukfilmcentre.org.uk and
www.filmexportuk.comfor the very latest updates.
Supporting film-making at the UK Film Centre:
British Council British Film Commission British Film Institute Creative England Creative Scotland Film London Northern Ireland Screen
Sales companies at the UK Film Centre:
Bankside Films Content Media Corporation Genesis Film Sales Kaleidoscope Film Distribution Moviehouse Entertainment Stealth Media Group
Other sales companies with UK offices attending TIFF include:
Altitude Film Sales AV Pictures Celsius Entertainment Ealing Metro International Embankment Films Exclusive Media Fandango Portobello Focus Features
Fortissimo Films Goalpost Film Hanway Films Independent Intandem Films K5 International Mister Smith Entertainment Pathe International Protagonist Pictures
Salt SC Films International Studiocanal UK The Works International Timeless Films Westend Films
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