THE RIVER |
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A Film by Emir Baigazin
2018 - Drama - Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway - 2.39 - 108 min
with Zhalgas Klanov, Zhasulan Userbayev, Ruslan Userbayev, Eric Tazabekov
A family with five sons lives in a remote Kazakh village. In accordance with the Eastern tradition, the eldest son Aslan (13) becomes the Father's deputy, in charge of all the work, and delegating the tasks. One day Aslan takes his brothers to the River for a swim - a moment of deep happiness. From then on, life is different. And when Kanat, an unknown cousin, unexpectedly arrives at the village, the structured life of the family begins to fall apart for good.
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SCREENINGS VENICE
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SALA VOLPI Press & Industry
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SALA CASINO Press & Industry
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PALABIENNALE Official
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SCREENINGS TORONTO
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SCOTIABANK 11 Press & Industry
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TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 1 Public
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SCOTIABANK 6 Press & Industry
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1:45 PM |
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VENICE DAYS / TIFF MARKET |
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DOMINGO |
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A Film by Clara Linhart & Fellipe Barbosa (GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN, CASA GRANDE)
2018 - Drama - Brazil/France - 1.85 - 95 min
with Ítala Nandi, Augusto Madeira, lsmael Ganeppele
Sunday, January 1st, 2003. As Brazil celebrates President Lula's historic investiture, two middle-class provincial families gather in an old, poorly maintained house, around a champagne-fired barbecue, fueled by family secrets and frustrations. Domingo could be a day like any other, sweet and peaceful. But the changes promised to the Brazilian people by the new president deeply worry Laura, the matriarch, who fears for her authority and wealth.
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SCREENINGS VENICE
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31st |
11:30 AM |
SALA PERLA Press & Industry
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2nd |
5:00 PM |
SALA PERLA Official
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7th |
8:00 PM |
SALA PERLA Official
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SCREENING TORONTO
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10th |
3:30 PM |
TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 7 Private
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VENICE DAYS / TIFF MARKET |
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JOY |
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A Film by Sudabeh Mortezai (MACONDO)
2018 - Drama - Austria - 1.85 - 99 min
with Joy Alphonsus, Mariam Precious Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme
JOY tells the story of a young woman from Nigeria caught in the vicious cycle of trafficking and sexual exploitation. She is struggling to pay off her debts to the Madame (her pimp and exploiter) while supporting her family in Nigeria and trying to make a better life for herself and her little daughter in Vienna. On her journey to freedom, it's hard for Joy to find her role between victim and accomplice within a merciless system of exploitation. Especially when she is instructed by the Madame to control and supervise Precious, a teenage girl fresh from Nigeria who is not ready to accept her fate just yet.
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SCREENINGS VENICE
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SALA PERLA Press & Industry
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3rd |
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SALA PERLA Official
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5th |
10:15 PM |
SALA PERLA 2 Official
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SCREENING TORONTO
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9th |
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TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 6 Private
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TIFF DISCOVERY |
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FIG TREE |
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A Film by Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian
Produced by Black Sheep Film Productions (ONE WEEK AND A DAY)
2018 - Drama - Israel/Germany/France/Ethiopia - 2.39 - 93 min
with Betalehem Asmamawe, Yohanes Muse
The fourteen years old Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong.
Davidian’s coming of age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.
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SCREENINGS TORONTO
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SCOTIABANK 6 Press & Industry
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TIFF MARKET |
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ALICE T. |
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A Film by Radu Muntean (TUESDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, ONE FLOOR BELOW)
2018 - Drama - Romania, France, Sweden - 2.39 - 105 min
with Andra Guți, Mihaela Sîrbu, Cristine Hămbăşanu, Bogdan Dumitrache
Alice, a buoyant and impertinent red-hair teenager is far from the charming little girl her mother adopted as she was unable to have a child of her own. Being an endless source of problems and affected by the specter of her mother’s disappointments, Alice acts with her back against the wall, forging lies and blurring lines between the fiction she designs for herself and the reality of her existence. Until her mother discovers she is pregnant.
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LOCARNO 2018
BEST ACTRESS AWARD |
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SCREENING TORONTO
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8th |
9:30 PM |
TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 6 Private
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ALL GOOD |
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A Film by Eva Trobisch
2018 - Drama - Germany - 2.39 - 93 min
with Aenne Schwarz, Andreas Döhler, Hans Löw, Tilo Nest
"If you don't see any problems, you don't have any" is Janne's attitude regarding the fact
that her new boss's brother-in-law has slept with her against her will. She keeps the incident
under wraps and lets everything take its normal course. Her silence has consequences,
though, and not just for her relationship with Piet.
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LOCARNO 2018
FIRST FEATURE AWARD |
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FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2018
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FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2018
FIPRESCI AWARD |
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SCREENING TORONTO
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7th |
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TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 5 Private
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SHEHERAZADE |
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A Film by Jean-Bernard Marlin
2018 - Drama - France - 106 min
with Dylan Robert, Kenza Fortas, Idir Azougli
Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. This is where he meets Shéhérazade.
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11th |
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TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 7 Private
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TIFF CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA |
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BIRDS OF PASSAGE |
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A Film by Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra (EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT)
Written by Maria Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde
Produced by Ciudad Lunar, Blond Indian Films, Pimienta Films,
Films Boutique, Snowglobe
2018 - Drama - Colombia/Mexico/Denmark/France - 35mm - 120 min
with Carmiña Martínez, Jose Acosta, Jhon Narvaez, Natalia Reyes
In the 70s, as the american youth embraces hippie culture, marijuana bonanza hits Colombia, quickly turning farmers into seasoned businessmen.
In the Guajira desert, a Wayuu indigenous family takes a leading role in this new venture, and discovers the perks of wealth and power. But when greed, passion, and honour blend together, a fratricidal war breaks out and will soon put their family, their lives and their ancestral traditions at stake.
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SCOTIABANK 4 Press & Industry
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TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 2 Public
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11th |
3:30 PM |
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16th |
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TIFF CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA |
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BORDER |
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A Film by Ali Abbasi (SHELLEY)
Based on the novel Border by John Ajvide Lindqvist (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN)
Written by Ali Abbasi (SHELLEY), Isabella Eklöf (HOLIDAY),
John Ajvide Lindqvist (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN)
Produced by Meta Film, SPARK film & TV (THE WIFE), Kärnfilm (HOLY MESS), Elastic Film (WHAT WE BECOME)
VFX by Peter Hjorth (THE NEON DEMON, NYMPHOMANIAC)
2018 - Nordic Noir - Sweden/Denmark - 2.39 - 108 min
with Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Viktor Åkerblom
Border guard Tina is extraordinarily good at spotting smugglers. One day, a suspicious-looking man steps off the ferry. Unable to identify what he’s hiding, she becomes obsessed with him and the disturbing aura he exudes.
Her investigation reveals much more than expected, and she is soon forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
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CANNES 2018
PRIX UN CERTAIN REGARD |
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SCOTIABANK 14 Press & Industry
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10th |
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12th |
3:15 PM |
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ALSO AVAILABLE |
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ELDORADO |
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A Film by Markus Imhoof (MORE THAN HONEY)
2018 - Documentary - Switzerland/Germany - 1.85 - 92 min
In the lean years of World War II, the family of Swiss director Markus Imhoof took in Giovanna, an Italian refugee part of a limited-term program for children. When her stay ended, Giovanna was forced to return to Italy, where she died of illness soon after.
With this early experience as a point of entry to the ongoing refugee crisis, Imhoof takes us on a journey with extraordinary access through the Italian warships of Operation Mare Nostrum, refugee camps handled by the italian Mafia, asylum hearings with local authorities, all designed to turn back refugees at all levels.
What emerges is a stark picture of a human tragedy and the biggest mass displacement of people since World War II.
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