An account of explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s dramatic 1947 voyage across the Pacific on a fragile wooden raft. Special Presentation Scotiabank 10
THE LEBANESE ROCKET SOCIETY (France-Lebanon- UAE-Qatar) 93mins. Urban Distribution International (Int). Dir: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige. Lebanon’s brief flirtation with space travel in the 1960s becomes a poignant metaphor for the Arab world’s utopian dreams, in this documentary. Wavelengths TIFF Bell Lightbox 5
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PRESS AND INDUSTRY 11.15
THE COLOR OF THE CHAMELEON (Bulgaria) 114mins. Dir: Emil Christov. Cast: Deyan Donkov, Irena Milyankova, Rousy Chanev, Ruscen Vidinliev, Samuel Finzi. A charismatic schemer
09:45
CAPITAL (France) 114mins. Elle Driver (Int). Dir: Costa- Gavras. Cast: Bernard Le Coq, Céline Sallette, Daniel Mesguich, Gabriel Byrne. Costa-Gavras tackles the world of international high finance. Special Presentation Scotiabank 11
11:00
SATELLITE BOY (Australia) 90mins. Celluloid Dreams (Int). Dir: Catriona McKenzie. Cast: Cameron Wallaby, David Gulpilil, Dean Daley-Jones, Joseph Pedley, Rohanna Angus. An Aboriginal boy has to fight the developers to save his home. Discovery TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
11:15
A ROYALAFFAIR (Denmark-Sweden-Czech Republic-Germany) 132mins. TrustNordisk (Int). Dir: Nikolaj Arcel.
who is fired from his job as an informant in a police state, conjures up his own imaginary spy network and builds an archive that he turns against his former masters. Discovery Scotiabank 6
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen. A historical drama about the love triangle between a queen, her German doctor and the mad King of Denmark. Gala Presentation Scotiabank 4
BEIJING FLICKERS (China) 96mins. Fortissimo Films (Int). Dir: Yuan Zhang. Cast: Duan Bowen, Han Wenwen, Li Xinyun, Lv Yulai, Shi Shi . A down-on-his-luck man in Beijing finds solace with a circle of equally ill- fated friends. Vanguard Scotiabank 9
THE COLOR OF THE CHAMELEON See box, above.
11:30
LOIN DU VIETNAM (France) 115mins. Dirs: Agnes Varda, Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, Claude Lelouch, Jean- Luc Godard, Joris Ivens,
n 28 Screen International at Toronto September 9, 2012
William Klein. A restoration of the 1967 agit-prop classic. Combined public and P&I TIFF Cinematheque TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
LIVERPOOL (Canada) 113mins. Dir: Manon Briand. Cast: Charles-Alexandre Dubé, Louis Morissette, Stéphanie Lapointe. A coat-check attendant decides to take an unclaimed coat back to its owner, but finds herself in the middle of criminal intrigue. Special Presentation Scotiabank 7
ROOM 237 (US) 104mins. The Film Sales Company (US/ int). Dir: Rodney Ascher. Cast: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Jay Weidner, John Fell Ryan. Obsessive cineastes detail their outlandish theories about the themes and messages hidden within Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining. Vanguard Scotiabank 5
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (US) 125mins. Creative Artists Agency (CAA) (US). Voltage Pictures (Int). Dir: Robert Redford. Cast: Chris Cooper, Julie Christie, Nick Nolte, Robert Redford, Sam Elliott, Shia LaBeouf.
A journalist uncovers the identity of a wanted political activist who has been living underground for five decades. Gala Presentation Scotiabank 2
11:45
THE ACT OF KILLING (Denmark-Norway- UK) 116mins. Cinephil (Int). Dirs: Anonymous, Christine Cynn, Joshua Oppenheimer. A documentary in which 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 3
THE PATIENCE STONE (France-Germany- Afghanistan) 98mins. Le Pacte (Int). Dir: Atiq Rahimi. Cast: Golshifteh Farahani. A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an emotional monologue to her comatose husband. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 8
12:00
KON-TIKI (Norway-Denmark- UK) 119mins. HanWay Films (Int). Dir: Espen Sandberg, Joachim Roenning. Cast: Agnes Kittelsen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen.
SMASHED (US) 85mins. Sony Pictures Classics (Int). Dir: James Ponsoldt. Cast: Aaron Paul, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mary Kay Place. Drama followng a teacher’s struggle to sober up and remake her life. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 13
12:30
IMOGENE (US) 103mins. United Talent Agency (UTA) (US). Voltage Pictures (Int). Dirs: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman. Cast: Annette Bening, Kristen Wiig, Matt Dillon. A washed-up playwright fakes her own suicide to get her ex-boyfriend’s attention, and winds up remanded to the custody of her dysfunctional family. Special Presentation Scotiabank 1
PAINLESS (Spain-France-Portugal) 100mins. Elle Driver (Int). Dir: Juan Carlos Medina. Cast: Alex Brendemuhl, Derek De Lint, Juan Diego, Silvia Bel, Tomas Lemarquis. A neurosurgeon discovers a dark secret about his true origins. Vanguard Scotiabank 11
13:45
A HIJACKING (Denmark) 99mins.
TrustNordisk (Int). Dir: Tobias Lindholm. Cast: Pilou Asbæk, Soren Malling. Thriller in which a Danish freighter is held for ransom by Somali pirates. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 5
14:00
INCH’ALLAH (Canada) 101mins. Entertainment One Films International (Int). Dir: Anais Barbeau-Lavalette. Cast: Evelyne Brochu, Sabrina Ouazani, Sivan Levy, Yousef Sweid. A Quebec doctor discovers the heartbreaking absurdity of life in the divided West Bank. Special Presentation Scotiabank 8
PASSION (France-Germany) 98mins. SBS Productions (US). SBS Productions, Wild Bunch (Int). Dir: Brian De Palma. Cast: Noomi Rapace, Paul Anderson, Rachel McAdams. A new erotic thriller from Brian De Palma. Special Presentation Scotiabank 4
THE TORTOISE,AN INCARNATION (India) 125mins. Dir:. Cast: Jayanthi, Krishna murthy Shikeripura. A humble civil servant finds uncanny echoes between his own life and that of Mahatma Gandhi. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 6
TOWER (Canada) 78mins. Dir: Kazik Radwanski. Cast: Derek Bogart, Nicole Fairbairn. A slyly funny character study about a thirty- something loner who tries to keep the world at arm’s length. Discovery Scotiabank 7
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HERE COMES THE DEVIL (Mexico-US) 97mins. MPI Media Group (Int). Dir: Adrian Garcia Bogliano. Cast: Alan Martinez, Francisco Barreiro, Laura Caro, Michele Garcia. A couple is relieved when
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