SCREENINGS FESTIVAL
Edited by JamieMcLeish
jamiescreen@gmail.com
SCREENINGS 09:00
OUT IN THE DARK (Israel-US) 96mins. m-appeal (Int). Dir: Michael Mayer. Cast: Michael Aloni, Nicholas Jacob. Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love. Discovery Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 6
REINCARNATED (US) 98mins. Paradigm (US). Dir: Andy Capper. Cast: Snoop Dogg . This documentary portrait follows rapper Snoop Dogg as he undergoes a spiritual odyssey/career reinvention in Jamaica. TIFF Docs The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
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PARADISE: LOVE (Austria-Germany- France) 120mins.
FESTIVAL 09:30
SHANGHAI (India) 110mins. Dir: Dibakar Banerjee. Cast: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin. A thriller set in the dark underbelly of India’s
Strand Releasing (US). Coproduction Office (Int). Dir: Ulrich Seidl. Cast: Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu. Ulrich Seidl explores the politically charged issue of sex tourism in the sun-kissed ‘paradise’ of Kenya, where a middle- aged Austrian voraciously samples the wares of the local meat market while searching for true love. Contemporary World Cinema Isabel Bader Theatre
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FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY (US) 98mins. Le Pacte (Int). Dir: Brad Bernstein. Cast: Jules Feiffer, Maurice Sendak, Michael Patrick Hearn, Steven Heller, Tomi Ungerer. An examination of the multiple careers of artist Tomi Ungerer. TIFF Docs Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9
ME AND YOU (Italy) 103mins. HanWay
Films (Int). Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci. Cast: Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Tea Falco. Bernardo Bertolucci’s first feature in 10 years is an intimate study of two troubled siblings grappling with the weight of their family demons. Masters Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2
SHANGHAI See box, below.
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CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO (Bosnia-Herzegovina- Germany-France-Turkey) 90mins. Pyramide International (Int). Dir: Aida Begic. Cast: Ismir Gagula, Marija Pikic, Nikola Duricko, Velibor Topic. A young girl struggles to keep her younger brother on the right side of the tracks and out of the hands of social services in this drama set against the war-scarred landscape of Sarajevo. Contemporary World Cinema Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 3
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new economy. Abhay Deol plays a civil servant whose investigation into the death of a political activist uncovers a murky game of revenge and profit. City to City Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7
ARGO (US) 120mins. Warner Bros. Pictures (Int). Dir: Ben Affleck. Cast: Alan Arkin, Barry Livingston, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Chris Messina, Christopher Denham, Scoot McNairy. Ben Affleck directs and
stars in this thriller about a CIA ‘exfiltration’ expert who concocts an outlandish plan to get six stranded Americans out of Tehran after the 1979 invasion of the US embassy, by getting them to pose as a film crew. Gala Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (US) 140mins. Creative Artists Agency (CAA), William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) (US). Sierra/ Affinity (Int). Dir: Derek Cianfrance. Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne, Ryan Gosling. A multi-generational crime drama about a motorcycle stunt rider whose moonlighting as a bank robber brings him into conflict with an ambitious young cop. Special Presentation Ryerson Theatre
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STORIES WE TELL (Canada) 108mins. National Film Board of Canada (US). National Film Board of Canada (Int). Dir: Sarah Polley. Sarah Polley makes her maiden voyage into documentary with this exploration of her own family secrets. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
THE WE AND THE I (US) 103mins. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) (US). Kinology (Int). Dir: Michel Gondry. Cast: Alex Barrios, Jonathan Ortiz, Jonathan Worrell, Laidychen Carrasco. On the last day of school, a group of teenagers on a Bronx bus head towards an uncertain future in Michel Gondry’s new film. Vanguard Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 6
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9.79* (UK) 77mins. ESPN Films (Int). Dir: Daniel Gordon. Cast: Ben Johnson, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis, Dennis Mitchell, Desai Williams, Linford Christie. Film-maker Daniel Gordon investigates the 1988 Olympic race that resulted in disgrace for Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson and a gold medal for the USA’s Carl Lewis. TIFF Docs The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
FRANCES HA (US) 86mins. United Talent Agency (UTA) (US/int). Dir: Noah Baumbach. Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner. Greta Gerwig stars as Frances, an apprentice in a dance company who wants so much more than she has but still lives life with unaccountable joy. Special Presentation Winter Garden Theatre
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ANNA KARENINA (UK) 130mins. Universal Pictures International (US). Dir: Joe Wright. Cast: Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Jude Law, Keira Knightley. Keira Knightley re-teams with director Joe Wright for this adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel. Special Presentation Isabel Bader Theatre
THE END OF TIME (Canada-Switzerland) 114mins. National Film Board of Canada (US). maximage (Int). Dir:
n 20 Screen International at Toronto September 8, 2012
Peter Mettler. Cast: George Mikenberg, Jack Thompson, Julia Mettler, Rajeev Agrawal, Richie Hawtin. Film-maker Peter Mettler traverses the globe to explore our conceptions of time, in this combination of documentary and philosophical speculation. Masters Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2
THE GREAT KILAPY (Angola-Brazil-Portugal) 100mins. David & Golias (Int). Dir: Zézé Gamboa. Cast: Adriana Rabelo, Alberto Magassela, Hermila Guedes, Joao Lagarto, Jose Pedro Gomes, Lazaro Ramos, Patricia Bull. Zézé Gamboa’s historical drama follows a good- hearted con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and finds himself hailed as a hero. Contemporary World Cinema Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 10
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ALL THATMATTERS IS PAST (Norway) 105mins. TrustNordisk (Int). Dir: Sara Johnsen. Cast: David Dencik, Kristoffer Joner, Maria Bonnevie, Maria Heiskanen. Reunited after years, a pair of childhood sweethearts are forced to confront the dark secrets of their past — and the menacing presence of William’s pathologically jealous brother. Contemporary World Cinema Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9
DREDD 3D (South Africa) 95mins. IM Global (Int). Dir: Pete Travis. Cast: Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Wood Harris . In a grim, dystopian future, ultimate lawman Judge Dredd takes on a vicious drug empress in this dark, visceral version of the legendary British comic-book icon. Midnight Madness Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7
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