Max Theoriot, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta. A young substitute teacher escapes from the drudgery of her everyday life by fantasising bizarre parallel realities. Special Presentation Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7
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THE ACT OF KILLING (Denmark-Norway- UK) 116mins. Cinephil (Int). Dirs: Anonymous, Christine Cynn, Joshua Oppenheimer. In this chilling documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris
THANKS FOR SHARING (US) 110mins. United Talent Agency (UTA), William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) (US). Voltage Pictures (Int). Dir: Stuart Blumberg. Cast: Alecia Moore, Carol Kane, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joely Richardson, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins. A comedy-drama about a group of people in a support group to overcome their sex addictions. Special Presentation Ryerson Theatre
THE ATTACK (Lebanon-France-Qatar- Egypt-Belgium) 102mins. Wild Bunch (Int). Dir: Ziad Doueiri. Cast: Ali Suliman, Evgenia Dodina, Karim Saleh, Reymonde Amsellem. An Israeli-Palestinian surgeon is shocked to discover his wife was involved in a suicide-bomb attack. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
and Werner Herzog, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads are challenged to re-enact some of their murders in the style of the American movies they love. TIFF Docs Scotiabank 4
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THE ACT OF KILLING See box, above.
THE CREMATOR (China) 90mins. PAD International (Int). Dir: Peng Tao. Cast: Wolf Girl, Zhengwu Cheng. An undertaker who sells ‘ghost wives’ to bereaved families wanting companions for their unwed, departed relatives resolves to take his own posthumous bride when he discovers he has a terminal illness. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
WASTELAND (UK) 106mins. Bankside Films (Int). Dir: Rowan Athale. Cast: Gerard Kearns, Iwan Rheon, Luke Treadaway, Matthew Lewis, Neil Maskell, Timothy Spall, Vanessa Kirby. Ocean’s Eleven meets The Usual Suspects in northern England, in this heist thriller about a man who
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hooks up with old mates to embark on the robbery of a local drug kingpin. Discovery Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9
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ONCE UPON A TIME WAS I, VERONICA (Brazil-France) 91mins. Urban Distribution International (Int). Dir: Marcelo Gomes. Cast: Hermila Guedes, WJ Solha. In the throes of an existential crisis, a medical student seeks meaning in bodily pleasures in this brooding and sensual study of modern-day alienation. Contemporary World Cinema Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 3
SHORES OF HOPE (Germany) 116mins. Beta Cinema (Int). Dir: Toke Constantin Hebbeln. Cast: Alexander Fehling, August Diehl, Ronald Zehrfeld. In the 1980s, two East German dockworkers who dream of escaping are forced to choose when the police promise them safe passage out of the country — if they inform on their co-workers. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 2
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST (India-Pakistan-US) 128mins. Cinetic Media
(US). K5 International (Int). Dir: Mira Nair. Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Martin Donovan, Nelsan Ellis, Om Puri, Riz Ahmed. An adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s bestselling novel, about a young Pakistani man whose pursuit of corporate success on Wall Street leads him on a strange path back to the world he had left behind. Gala Presentation Roy Thomson Hall
WATCHTOWER (Turkey-Germany- France) 100mins. Visit Films (Int). Dir: Pelin Esmer. Cast: Lacin Ceylan, Menderes Samancilar, Nilay Erdonmez, Olgun Simsek, Riza Akin. Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own. Contemporary World Cinema TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
YELLOW (US) 105mins. International Creative Management (ICM) (US). Dir: Nick Cassavetes. Cast: Daveigh Chase, David Morse, Gena Rowlands, Heather Wahlquist,
A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OFMONTY PYTHON’S GRAHAM CHAPMAN (UK) 82mins. Brainstorm Media (US). SC Films International (Int). Dir: Ben Timlett, Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson. Cast: 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 version of his life story. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
END OF WATCH (US) 109mins. Exclusive Media (Int). Dir: David Ayer. Cast: Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez, Michael Pena, Jake Gyllenhaal A found-footage crime flick about two up-and- coming Los Angeles cops who find themselves on the run from a ruthless drug cartel after making an unexpected discovery during a seemingly routine traffic stop. Special Presentation Princess of Wales
MUMBAI’S KING (India) 78mins. karmaPRO Entertainment Group (US/int). Dir: Manjeet Singh. Cast: Aftab Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Dhanshree Jain, Rahul Bairagi, Salman Khan, Tejas Parvatkar. A young boy comes of age in a Mumbai slum while dealing with his long-suffering mother and violent father, in this observational portrait. City to City Isabel Bader Theatre
TAI CHI 0 (China) 100mins. Huayi Brothers (Int). Dir:
Stephen Fung. Cast: Angelababy, Daniel Wu, Eddie Peng, Shu Qi, Tony Leung Kar-fai, William Feng, Yuan Xiaochao. Martial arts meets steampunk in Hong Kong actor-director Stephen Fung’s pop-art take on the life of Yang-lu Chan, founder of the Yang school of tai chi. Special Presentation Scotiabank 1
THE SECRET DISCO REVOLUTION (Canada) 84mins. The Film Sales Company (US). Entertainment One Films International (Int). Dir: Jamie Kastner. Cast: Alice Echols, Gloria Gaynor, Harry Wayne ‘KC’ Casey, Henri Belolo, Kool and the Gang, Nicky Siano, Peter Keleghan, Thelma Houston, Village People. Cheekily fun and intellectually absorbing, Jamie Kastner’s documentary casts new light on the much- maligned musical genre, contending that the disco era represented a moment of mass liberation for women, African- Americans and gay men. TIFF Docs Scotiabank 3
UNDERGROUND (Australia) 89mins. NBC Universal (US/int). Dir: Robert Connolly. Cast: Alex Williams, Anthony LaPaglia, Rachel Griffiths. A biopic about the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s formative years as a teenage hacker in Australia. Contemporary World Cinema Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 6
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NO ONE LIVES (US) 86mins. Pathé International (Int). Dir: Ryuhei Kitamura. Cast: Adelaide Clemens, America Olivo, Beau Knapp, Derek Magyar, Lee Tergesen. An exuberantly gory thriller about a clan of backwoods road bandits whose latest victims are far less helpless than they seem. Midnight Madness Ryerson Theatre
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