Ciao Friends, We’re very happy to present our Fall Line Up 2021, with new films premiering in Venice and Toronto, as well as confirmed titles in San Sebastian. See you soon on the Lido!
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VENICE - ORIZZONTI COMPETITION / TIFF INDUSTRY SELECTS / SAN SEBASTIAN - ZABALTEGI
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107 MOTHERS
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by Peter Kerekes
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2021 - Slovakia/Czech Rep./Ukraine - Documentary/Drama - 93 min
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with Maryna Klimova, Iryna Kiryazeva, Lyubov Vasylyna
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Lesya has committed a crime of passion which brings her a seven-year sentence in one of Odessa’s women’s correctional facilities. She has just given birth to her first child, and now she is entering a world populated only by women: inmates, nurses and wardens, women of all ages, wives and widows, daughters, sisters, pregnant women, and women with children too. If not for the color of the uniform, it would sometimes be hard to tell who is who.
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Screenings Venice:
WED 1 SEP 19.45 SALA CASINO Press & Industry
WED 1 SEP 22.00 SALA VOLPI Press & Industry
THU 2 SEP 14.00 PALABIENNALE Public
THU 2 SEP 14.15 SALA DARSENA Premiere
FRI 3 SEP 9.15 SALA CASINO Press & Industry
FRI 3 SEP 11.00 SALA VOLPI Press & Industry
FRI 3 SEP 14.15 SALA CASINO Press & Industry
FRI 3 SEP 17.00 SALA VOLPI Press & Industry
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Screening TIFF:
SAT 11 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 10.00 (EDT)
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Screenings SSIFF:
SUN 19 SEP 19.00 TABAKALERA 1 Premiere
MON 20 SEP 22.00 PRINCIPE 3 Public
TUE 21 SEP 17.00 ANTIGUO BERRI 8 Public
TUE 21 SEP 22.00 ANTIGUO BERRI 8 Public
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VENICE - OUT OF COMPETITION / TIFF MARKET
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2021 - France - Documentary - 1.85 - 90 min
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In Donbas Ukraine, while precarious truces and ceasefires are negotiated far away by diplomats, Ukrainian soldiers fight against separatists supported by Russia.
At an age when some are experiencing the best years of their lives, in the frontline men and women are fighting, condemned to dig and dig up again the trenches, while bombs keep on falling on them.
French war journalist and first-time director Loup Bureau takes us on an immersive and stunning cinematic journey revealing the naked truth and roughness of survival, in what is called to be the last conflict on European soil.
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Screenings Venice:
THU 2 SEP 19.30 SALA PERLA Press & Industry
THU 2 SEP 22.00 SALA PERLA 2 Press & Industry
FRI 3 SEP 14.00 SALA GRANDE Premiere
SAT 4 SEP 8.45 ASTRA 1 Press & Industry
SAT 4 SEP 9.00 ASTRA 2 Press & Industry
SAT 4 SEP 13.45 SALA PASINETTI Press & Industry
SAT 4 SEP 14.15 ASTRA 1 Press & Industry
SAT 4 SEP 16.30 SALA PERLA 2 Press & Industry
SAT 4 SEP 16.45 SALA PASINETTI Press & Industry
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Screening TIFF:
SUN 12 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 13.00 (EDT)
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WILDHOOD
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by Bretten Hannam
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2021 - Canada - Drama - 2.39 - 108 min
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with Philip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick, Avery Winters-Anthony
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When Link discovers his Mi’kmaw mother is still alive, he runs away from home with his younger brother Travis, in a desperate gamble to start a new life. They’re soon joined by Pasmay, a pow wow dancer drawn to Links story. Together they embark on a Two-Spirit odyssey, reconnecting with culture and the territory of Mi’kma’ki in Nova Scotia, Canada, while trying to find Links mother, Sarah.
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Screenings TIFF:
SAT 11 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 13.00 (EDT)
SAT 11 SEP 14.30 (EDT) Scotiabank 4 Press & Industry
SAT 11 SEP 15.15 (EDT) IMAX THEATRE Premiere
SAT 18 SEP 10.00(EDT) CINEMA 3 PIERS HANDLING CINEMA Public
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THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS
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by Daniel Carsenty & Mohammed Abugeth
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2021 - Germany - Documentary - 2.39 - 90 min
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In the southern West Bank, Hamouda and his cousin Ismail are among the Bedouin drivers who risk their lives smuggling illegal workers over the border. Between them and the destination, there is the desert - of which they know every inch - and the heavy presence of the Israeli military patrols. If they are caught, they go to jail. Yet only those fares can help them provide for their families, so they keep on driving and enjoying each day of freedom as it might just be the last.
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Screenings TIFF:
SUN 12 SEP 17.30 (EDT) SCOTIABANK 13 Premiere
MON 13 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 13.00 (EDT)
MON 13 SEP 14.30 (EDT) SCOTIABANK 4 Public
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TIFF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
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THE STORY OF MY WIFE
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by Ildiko Enyedi (ON BODY AND SOUL, MY 20TH CENTURY)
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2021 - Hungary/Germany/France/Italy - Drama - 1.85 - 169 min - In English Language
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with Lea Seydoux (FRENCH DISPATCH, SPECTRE, BLUE IS THE
WARMEST COLOUR), Gijs Naber (BLACK BOOK), Louis Garrel (LITTLE
WOMEN, AN OFFICER AND A SPY)
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Jakob Störr, a Dutch seasoned sea captain, makes a
bet in a café to marry the first woman who enters the
place. And then in walks Lizzy...
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Screenings TIFF:
THU 9 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 13.00 (EDT)
THU 9 SEP 13.00 (EDT) TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 3 Premiere
SAT 11 SEP 19.30 (EDT) SCOTIABANK 2 Public
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TIFF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
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LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS
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by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (A SCREAMING MAN, GRIGRIS)
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2021 - Chad/France/Germany/Belgium - Drama - 2.39 - 87 min
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with Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio,
Youssouf Djaoro
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On the outskirts of N'djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance...
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Screenings TIFF:
SAT 11 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 13.00 (EDT)
SAT 11 SEP 19.30 (EDT) SCOTIABANK 2 Premiere
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SAN SEBASTIAN - ZABALTEGI / TIFF MARKET
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MI IUBITA, MON AMOUR
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by Noemie Merlant (PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE)
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2021 - France - Drama - 2.39 - 95 min
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with Noemie Merlant (PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON
FIRE), Gimi Covaci, Clara Lama-Schmit
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Jeanne is traveling to Romania to celebrate her
bachelorette party with her friends when she meets
Nino. She is 27, he is 17, and they are worlds away
from one another, yet for the two of them it is the
beginning of a passionate and timeless summer.
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Screening TIFF:
SAT 11 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 13.00 (EDT)
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Screenings SSIFF:
SAT 18 SEP 22.30 TABAKALERA 1 Premiere
SUN 19 SEP 12.00 TABAKALERA 1 Public
SUN 19 SEP 19.30 ANTIGUO BERRI 8 Public
MON 20 SEP 19.00 ANTIGUO BERRI 8 Public
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COMMITMENT HASAN
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by Semih Kaplanoglu (MILK, HONEY, GRAIN)
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2021 - Turkey - Drama - 1.85 - 147 min
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with Umut Karadag, Filiz Bozok , Gökhan Azlag
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Making his living from gardening and farming in the
land he inherited from his father, Hasan tries to get
rid of the power pole that is going to be installed in
the midst of his land. In the meantime, his impending
voyage to Mecca for pilgrimage leads to soul searching
into his past.
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Screening TIFF:
SAT 11 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 10.00 (EDT)
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MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS
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by Maria Speth (THE DAYS BETWEEN, MADONNAS, 9
LIVES)
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2021 - Germany - Documentary - 2.39 - 217
min
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with Dieter Bachmann and the pupils of grade
6B
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MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS is an intimate documentary
portraying the bond between an elementary school teacher and
his students. His unconventional methods clash with the complex
social and cultural realities of the provincial German industrial town
they live in.
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Screening TIFF:
MON 9 SEP TIFF DIGITAL CINEMA PRO (48h online) starting 13.00 (EDT)
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