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Toronto unveils N. American premieres Films by Oliveira, Resnais in lineup
[Source: www.Variety.com/Story By JENNIE PUNTER]- Centenarian helmer Manoel de Oliveira's "Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl" is among 26 pics from the international circuit ...
'Creation' to open Toronto fest
Jon Amiel's biopic on Darwin kicks off event
[Source: www.Variety.com/Story By JENNIE PUNTER/TORONTO]- Jon Amiel's Charles Darwin biopic "Creation" will open the 34th Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10.
"This intimate look at Darwin puts a human face on a man whose theory remains controversial to this day," said...
TIFF List: Torontos Lineup Hits ...
"199" (with more to come)
The Toronto skyline [Photo by Peter Knegt]
Over the past month, the 34th Toronto International Film Festival has slowly but surely started announcing its lineup.
Six separate announcements have now totalled 199 films, 6 wavelengths programs, and a variety of Future Projections, which if ...
Masters
Air Doll
Dir. by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan - North American Premiere
This compelling tale of a blow-up doll that becomes a real person and abandons her status of mere sex object comes to life with the superb performance of Korean actress Bae Doo-na.
Antichrist
Dir. by Lars von Trier, Denmark/Sweden/France/Italy - North American Premiere...
A scene from Karyn Kusamas Jennifers Body.
[Image courtesy of Fox Searchlight]
Midnight Madness
Jennifers Body
Dir. by Karyn Kusama, USA - World Premiere
Jennifers Body tells the story of small-town high-school student Jennifer (Megan Fox) who is possessed by a hungry demon and transitions from being high school evilgorgeous (and ...
Contemporary World Cinema
25 Carat
Dir. by Patxi Amezcua, Spain - North American Premiere
From director Patxi Amezcua comes a fresh action film that delves into the world of thieves, go-getters, swindlers, thugs, mafia members and corrupt police officers in Barcelona.
Adrift
Dir. by Bui Thac Chuyen, Vietnam - North ...
A scene from Michael Moores Capitalism: A Love Story
[Image courtesy of Overture Films]
Special Presentations
Baaria
Dir. by Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy - International Premiere
From the acclaimed director of Cinema Paradiso comes an epic saga of life and death, love and hatred in a vibrant Sicilian town in the first half of the twentieth century. Following...
A scene from Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinsons The Invention of Lying
[Image courtesy of Warner Brothers Pictures]
Real to Reel
The Art of the Steal
Dir. by Don Argott, USA - World Premiere
This art-world whodunit investigates what happened to the Barnes collection of Post-Impressionist paintingsvalued in the billionsthat fell prey ...
City To City
Bena
Dir. by Niv Klainer, Israel/France - International Premiere
A Tel Aviv father tries to keep his schizophrenic son out of an institution, but when he takes in a Thai migrant worker, she disrupts the uneasy balance in their home.
Big Dig
Dir. by Efraim Kishon, Israel/USA/West Germany
One of the best-loved ...
A scene from Martin Pieter Zandvliet s Applause
[Image courtesy of the films website]
Discovery The Angel
Dir. by Margreth Olin, Norway/Sweden/Finland - World Premiere
A young mother (played brilliantly by Maria Bonnevie) struggles with a history of drug abuse in this exquisitely rendered and deeply compassionate piece, the first fiction ...
A scene from Valerij Todorovskis Hipsters
[Image courtesy of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]
Vanguard
Accident
Dir. by Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, China - North American Premiere
Gripping and smartly constructed, this unconventional crime thriller/psychological drama, revolves around assassins who commit murder by making ...
Crab Trap (Colombia-France) Directed, written by Oscar Ruiz Navia. With: Rodrigo Velez, Arnobio Salazar Rivas, & Jaime Andres Castano Moody, poetic and a cinch to draw moody, poetic people to the arthouse, "Crab Trap" is an impressive debut for tyro helmer Oscar Ruiz Navia, whose demi-mythic tale involves new and old worlds colliding on the coast of Colombia. Navia shows enormous control of his medium, and even...
Phobidilia (Israel) Directed by Yoav Paz, Doron Paz Screenplay, Doron Paz, Yoav Paz, Isher Har Lev, based on the book by Har Lev. With: Ofer Shechter A young computer programmer who suffered a nervous breakdown escapes from the real world by staying in his apartment in Phobidilia. Much like Piers-Paul Renders Thomas in Love, the feature debut of Israeli brothers Yoav and Doron Paz is a visually inventive look at the life of an...
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