SCREENINGS
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UNDERGROUND See box, right.
VIRGIN MARGARIDA (Mozambique) 90mins. Marfilmes (US/int). Dir: Licinio Azevedo. Cast: Ana Maria Albino, Eleuterio Alex, Ermelinda Cimela, Ilda Gonzales, Iva Mugalela, Rosa Mario, Sumeia Maculuva. Drama exploring the grim life endured by women after independence in Mozambique’s ‘re-education camps’. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 5
12:00
MISS LOVELY (India) 115mins. Cinetic Media (US). Fortissimo Films (Int). Dir: Ashim Ahluwalia. Cast: Anil George, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh. Miss Lovely follows two brothers who hit it big producing sex-horror films in mid-1980s Bombay. City to City Scotiabank 10
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 newly graduated medical student seeks meaning in bodily pleasures in this brooding and sensual study of modern-day alienation. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 8
THE COWARDS WHO LOOKED TO THE SKY (Japan) 142mins. Toei Company (Int). Dir: Yuki Tanada. Cast: Aki Kajiwara, Ena Koshino, Hiroshi Yamamoto. A tender portrait of a group of vulnerable people whose lives yield both sorrow and hope. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 4
12:30
THE BRASS TEAPOT (US) 100mins. The Gersh Agency (US). TFI International (Int). Dir: Ramaa Mosley. Cast: Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat, Billy Magnussen. An impoverished young couple stumble upon an antique teapot that
magically dispenses cash whenever either of them feels pain. Discovery Scotiabank 7
13:30
PENANCE (Japan) 270mins. Free Stone Productions (Int). Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Cast: Kyoko Koizumi. A vengeful mother tries to discover the truth behind her daughter’s murder. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 9
THE IMPOSSIBLE (Spain-US) 107mins. Summit Entertainment (Int). Dir: JA Bayona. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Oaklee Pendergast. A couple search for their
children after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Special Presentation Scotiabank 1
13:45
KEY OF LIFE (Japan) 128mins. Dir:. Cast: Masato Sakai, Ryoko Hirosue, Teruyuki Kagawa. A tale about a failed actor who switches identities with a stranger at a bath house — only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 5
14:00
FREE ANGELA & ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS (US-France) 101mins. Elle Driver (US). Elle Driver (Int). Dir: Shola
PRESS AND INDUSTRY 11:30
UNDERGROUND (Australia) 89mins. NBC Universal (US/ int). Dir: Robert Connolly. Cast: Alex Williams, Anthony LaPaglia, Rachel Griffiths.
Lynch. Cast: Angela Davis. A portrait of the 1970s revolutionary icon. Gala Presentation Scotiabank 3
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK) 128mins. HanWay Films (Int). Dir: Mike Newell. Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Jeremy Irvine, Ralph Fiennes.
A biopic about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s formative years as a teenage hacker in Australia. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank 3
A new version of the Charles Dickens classic. Gala Presentation Scotiabank 11
HELLBENDERS (US) 85mins. Preferred Content (US/int). Dir: JT Petty. Cast: Andre Royo, Clancy Brown, Clifton Collins Jr., Dan Fogler, Robyn Rikoon. A team of foul-mouthed and lecherous priests
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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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