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Launch event for Burgundy Jazz, June 19

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Tomorrow night, there will be a launch event for the interactive documentary Burgundy Jazz, a project I've been working on for the last two years (and why I haven't posted much in the last while).

Burgundy Jazz is about the rich history of jazz in Montreal from the perspective of the black community in Little Burgundy. It reaches back to Prohibition and earlier, and explores how Montreal became a jazz hotspot in the early years – how headquarters set up in Montreal by Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway attracted black workers at a time when train travel was luxurious and being a porter was the best job available to blacks; and how the rejection of Prohibition in Quebec led to Montreal being the only major city in Canada or the U.S. to legally drink, which attracted tourists for drinking, dancing, gambling, prostitution – and jazz.

It explores some of the great personalities of the local jazz scene such as Oscar Peterson, Louis Metcalf, the Sealey brothers, Charlie Biddle, Nelson Symonds and Oliver Jones. We also take a look at some of the legendary clubs such as Rockhead's Paradise and the Café St. Michel.

We've been working around the clock lately to prepare the project and to put together a fun event to kick things off. The launch event will begin at 5pm at the Centre culturel Georges-Vanier with a vernissage of a free gallery exhibit of photos we gathered as part of the project. There will be drinks and refreshments.

Afterwards, Dr. Oliver Jones will act as the honourary Grand Marshall of a New Orleans-style jazz parade from the CCGV to the Corona Theatre where the main event will take place. At 7:30, a show will take place which will screen the documentary episodes of Burgundy Jazz, interspersed with live entertainment by a variety of acts in the style of 1950s nightclubs, including singing, dancing, burlesque and jazz musicians. Some of the musicians include legends like Glenn Bradley, Billy Georgette and Norman Marshall Villeneuve who all played at places like Rockhead's.

In addition to being a great time, the event is a fundraiser with the proceeds going to the Little Burgundy Coalition. We hope you can join us!

Buy tickets: click here
http://cbcmusic.ca/burgundyjazz



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BURGUNDY JAZZ LAUNCH
June 19th 2013


5 p.m. - free
BURGUNDY JAZZ PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENING
Georges Vanier Cultural Centre - 2450 Workman St.

Music by the Mario Allard Quintet

Followed by a “New Orleans” style musical parade in Little Burgundy, led by honorary Grand Marshall Dr. Oliver Jones.

7 p.m. – $12 / $15 at the door*
BURGUNDY JAZZ CABARET
Corona Theatre - 2490 Notre-Dame St. West

Featuring vaudeville-style performances, including jazz legends Norman Marshall Villeneuve, Glenn Bradley and Billy Georgette, in addition to a projection of capsules from the web documentary, and DJ Andy Williams from Jazz Amnesty Sound System. Co-hosted by Stanley Péan, from the radio show Quand le jazz est là... (Espace musique) and Sonali Karnick of All in a Weekend (CBC Radio 1)

Buy your tickets at the Corona Theatre or online

* Plus service charges. A portion of ticket sale revenues will be donated to the Little Burgundy Coalition


Check-out full line-up of Burgundy Jazz events during summer 2013.

Burgundy Jazz is presented by Catbird Productions in association with Espace.mu and CBCMusic.ca, with the financial participation of Radio-Canada, the Canada Media Fund, the Mobile Media Lab at Concordia University; and with the collaboration of the Festival international de jazz de Montréal, the Arrondissement Sud-Ouest, the Georges Vanier Cultural Centre, the Corona Theatre, Quartier du Canal, L’Autre Montréal, and Véhicule Press.









  • The RIDM at Cinéma sous les étoiles: 5 parks, 7 free documentaries

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    Montreal – For a second summer, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is participating in the Cinéma sous les étoiles program organized by Funambules Médias. The RIDM will present a special summer program of seven films from the 2012 festival, for free in five different Montreal parks. All screenings will start just after sunset.

    Once again this year, the screenings will be followed by discussions with the directors (assistant director in the case of Ma vie réelle) and, in some cases, with experts in the social issues addressed by the films. The RIDM is proud to be part of this summer program, through which Funambules Médias seeks to highlight social documentaries made in Quebec and elsewhere as well as the work of community activists fighting for positive change. 


    Following are the RIDM’s Cinéma sous les étoiles films:

    ·      July 8Sur le rivage du monde (Sylvain L'Espérance) – Parc Toussaint-Louverture (Habitations Jeanne-Mance, downtown)In Bamako, Mali, exiles find their voice through art. A politically charged cri de coeur. In the original French version.

    ·      July 9Le Horse Palace (Nadine Gomez) - Parc Saint-Gabriel (Sud-Ouest) A touching, bittersweet portrait of Leo Leonard, the owner of one of Montreal’s last stables. In the original English and French, with English subtitles.

    ·      July 10The Carbon Rush (Amy Miller) - Parc Laurier (Plateau Mont-Royal) An ambitious, unsettling documentary about multinationals’ secretive efforts to benefit from carbon credits. In the original English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, with French subtitles.

    ·      July 11Ma vie réelle (Magnus Isacsson) - Cité Historia (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) One of Magnus Isacsson’s most memorable films is a sensitive portrait of four teenagers from Montréal-Nord. In the original French version.

    ·      July 23The People of the Kattawapiskak River (Alanis Obomsawin) – Parc Saint-Gabriel (Sud-Ouest)Life on the Attawapiskat reservation in northern Ontario, where a state of emergency was declared last October. In the original Cree, French and English, with French subtitles.

    ·      August 14Brave New River (Nicolas Renaud) - Parc Laurier (Plateau Mont-Royal) A beautiful film about the issues raised by a dam; a humane, sensitive and subtle reflection. In the original Cree, French and English, with French subtitles.

    ·      August 22Le prix des mots (Julien Fréchette): Parc Molson (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie) An engrossing legal thriller about the Noir Canada affair and the debate in Quebec over strategic lawsuits against public participation. In the original French version.

    Quebec’s only film festival dedicated to documentaries, the Montreal International Documentary Festival presents the best reality-based films, including the works of established directors and new talents.

    The 16th RIDM will take place from November 13 to 24, 2013
    Information: 
    www.ridm.qc.ca / info@ridm.qc.ca

    Call for submissions: RBC Tarragon Emerging Playwrights’ Competition 2013

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    Tarragon Theatre and the RBC Foundation are pleased to announce the fifth annual RBC Tarragon Emerging Playwrights’ Competition, one of Canada’s most prestigious contests for new artists. Since 2008, this national competition has received applications from every corner of the country. Tarragon and the RBC Foundation believe in investing in Canadian playwrights: through meaningful support we help them gain national recognition for their writing and look for the next Canadian voice to add to the national canon.

    Tarragon will consider full-length plays (min. 80 minutes) written in English by Canadian citizens or permanent residents. To qualify, a playwright must be emerging, which is defined as someone with less than five years of professional playwriting experience. See contest guidelines for details:
    http://tarragontheatre.com/playwrights/playwrightscompetition.php.

    The competition’s winner will receive a cash prize of $3,000, the opportunity to showcase their play in Tarragon Theatre’s Play Reading Week 2014, a year’s worth of mentorship from a Tarragon Theatre affiliated playwright, as well as dramaturgical support from Tarragon Theatre’s Literary Manager.

    The development of playwrights is one of the cornerstones of Tarragon’s operations, and this artistic practice has led to a 43 year legacy of over 180 world premieres. Playwrights such as Morwyn Brebner, David French, Brendan Gall, Michael Healey, Rosa Laborde, Daniel MacIvor, Joan MacLeod, Hannah Moscovitch, Morris Panych, James Reaney, Jason Sherman, Erin Shields and Judith Thompson, among many others, have debuted their work here. “Young playwrights need hope and a competition like this one gives them not just hope for their play, but recognition as a professional and for their artistry. The fiscal prize says to the emerging artist that they have value, that a theatre, a community and a financial institution like RBC says you are valued.” says Artistic Director Richard Rose.

    All application packages must arrive at Tarragon Theatre by Monday, August 19, 2013 at 5:00 pm.

    Please read the Contest Guidelines carefully. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

    http://tarragontheatre.com/


    Watch the interactive documentary Burgundy Jazz online for free

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    Today is the official opening day for the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, the world's largest jazz festival. To get into the spirit of things, check out the interactive documentary I directed called Burgundy Jazz that launched last week to great fanfare.

    Burgundy Jazz
    is an exploration of the rich history of jazz in Montreal in the decades before the festival, with a focus on the black community that was centred in the area now called Petite-Bourgogne or Little Burgundy. You'll discover many new things about Montreal and jazz, and hear about personalities such as Oliver Jones, Nelson Symonds, the International Band, the Sealey Brothers, Charlie Biddle and of course Montreal's most celebrated jazz star Oscar Peterson.

    Burgundy Jazz is fully bilingual in both English or French. The main feature of the doc is the series of fourteen videos 3-4 minutes each that can be watched individually or all in a row. Each segment explores a different aspect of the emergence of Montreal's black community, jazz and night life. There are additional features such as a Timeline of events and video and audio extras.

    For those coming to Montreal, it comes with an app that allows you to do a self-guided tour of the area. It comes with a companion album (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/burgundyjazz/id659705582) and also has an ebook that will launch next week on July 3.

    Burgundy Jazz will be hosting a number of events over the next couple of weeks, including co-hosting the shows at the CBC/Radio-Canada stage at the jazz fest (4pm, 7pm and 9pm); partnering with L'Autre Montréal for guided jazz tours; jazz trio concerts at Atwater Market on the next three Sundays at 3pm; and live broadcasts of Quand le jazz est là... by Stanley Péan. Events are free with the exception of the tours which are $20 and require signing up in advance.

    http://cbcmusic.ca/burgundyjazz


    Evening Schedule for Scène CBC/Radio-Canada

    Les Brunantes CBC Radio-Canada
    Scène CBC/Radio-Canada – 7pm

    June 28, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    EMIE R ROUSSEL TRIO

    June 29, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    RÉMI PANOSSIAN TRIO

    June 30, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    JÉRÔME BEAULIEU

    July 1, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    GUILLAUME BOUCHARD

    July 2, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    SIMON LEGAULT QUARTET

    July 3, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    PUGS & CROWS

    July 4, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    QUETANGO QUARTET

    July 5, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    JOHN RONEY

    July 6, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    RÉMI BOLDUC JAZZ ENSEMBLE

    July 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM
    BLUE GYPSY SWING


    Les Rendez-Vous CBC Radio-Canada
    Scène CBC/Radio-Canada – 9pm

    June 28, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    KEVIN WARREN

    June 29, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    RYAN OLIVER

    June 30, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    BECKY NOBLE

    July 1, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    OLIVIER BABAZ QUARTET

    July 2, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    SHIRANTHA BEDDAGE QUARTET

    July 3, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    TYSON NAYLOR TRIO

    July 4, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    NOBUKI TAKAMEN

    July 5, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    MARTIN ROUSSEL JAZZ QUARTET

    July 6, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    BOMATA. WITH GUEST JÉRÔME BEAULIEU.

    July 7, 2013 at 9:00 PM
    FRANCIS ET SES PEINTRES

    http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/

    AMPAS invites 276 to become new Academy members

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 276 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2013.

    "These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today," said Academy President Hawk Koch. "Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy."

    The 2013 invitees are:

    Actors
    Jason Bateman – Up in the Air, Juno
    Miriam Colon – City of Hope, Scarface
    Rosario Dawson – Rent, Frank Miller's Sin City
    Kimberly Elise – For Colored Girls, Beloved
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Lincoln, The Dark Knight Rises
    Charles Grodin – Midnight Run, The Heartbreak Kid
    Rebecca Hall – Iron Man 3, The Town
    Lance Henriksen – Aliens, The Terminator
    Jack Huston – Not Fade Away, Factory Girl
    Milla Jovovich – Resident Evil, Chaplin
    Lucy Liu – Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Chicago
    Jennifer Lopez – What to Expect When You're Expecting, Selena
    Alma Martinez – Born in East L.A., Under Fire
    Emily Mortimer – Hugo, Lars and the Real Girl
    Sandra Oh – Rabbit Hole, Sideways
    Paula Patton – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
    Michael Peña – End of Watch, Crash
    Emmanuelle Riva – Amour, Hiroshima, Mon Amour
    Jason Schwartzman – Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore
    Geno Silva – Mulholland Drive, Amistad
    Danny Trejo – Machete, Heat
    Chris Tucker – Silver Linings Playbook, Rush Hour

    Cinematographers
    Luca Bigazzi – This Must Be the Place, Certified Copy
    Benoît Delhomme – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Proposition
    Simon Duggan – The Great Gatsby, Killer Elite
    Greig Fraser – Zero Dark Thirty, Snow White and the Huntsman
    Jonathan Freeman – Remember Me, Fifty Dead Men Walking
    Greg Gardiner – Race to Witch Mountain, Elf
    Eric Gautier – Into the Wild, The Motorcycle Diaries
    Agnès Godard – Sister, Beau Travail
    Eduard Grau – Buried, A Single Man
    Jess Hall – The Spectacular Now, Brideshead Revisited
    Fred Kelemen – The Turin Horse, The Man from London
    Mark Lee Ping Bing – Norwegian Wood, In the Mood for Love
    Reed Morano – Little Birds, Frozen River
    Oleg Mutu – Beyond the Hills, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
    Alex Nepomniaschy – Narc, Safe
    Christian Sebaldt – Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Race to Space
    Ben Seresin – World War Z, Unstoppable
    Adam Stone – Mud, Take Shelter
    Checco Varese – Girl in Progress, The Aura
    Ken Zunder – Bending the Rules, That's What I Am

    Costume Designers
    Paco Delgado – Les Misérables, Biutiful
    Sophie de Rakoff – This Means War, Legally Blonde
    Carlo Poggioli – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Cold Mountain

    Designers
    Lori Balton – Argo, The Dark Knight Rises
    Judy Becker – Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter
    Simon Bright – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Avatar
    Martin T. Charles – Marvel's The Avengers, The Artist
    David M. Crank – The Master, Lincoln
    Stefan Paul Dechant – Oz The Great and Powerful, True Grit
    Tracey A. Doyle – The Muppets, 21
    Anna Lynch-Robinson – Les Misérables, An Education
    Maria Nay – Identity Thief, Ray
    David Smith – Crazy, Stupid, Love., The Holiday

    Directors
    Nikolaj Arcel – A Royal Affair, Truth about Men
    Ava DuVernay* – Middle of Nowhere, I Will Follow
    Paul Feig – The Heat, Bridesmaids
    Catherine Hardwicke – Twilight, Thirteen
    Kirk Jones – What to Expect When You're Expecting, Waking Ned Devine
    Ken Kwapis – Big Miracle, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
    Pablo Larraín – No, Tony Manero
    Steve McQueen – Shame, Hunger
    Kim Nguyen – War Witch (Rebelle), City of Shadows
    Jafar Panahi* – This Is Not a Film, The Circle
    Todd Phillips – The Hangover, Old School
    Joachim Rønning – Kon-Tiki, Max Manus
    Espen Sandberg – Kon-Tiki, Max Manus
    Tim Story – Think Like a Man, Fantastic Four
    Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild, Glory at Sea

    Documentary
    Orlando Bagwell – Citizen King, Malcolm X: Make It Plain
    Rebecca Cammisa – God Is the Bigger Elvis, Which Way Home
    Yung Chang – China Heavyweight, Up the Yangtze
    Michael Chin – Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, In the Shadow of the Stars
    Christine Choy – In the Name of the Emperor, Who Killed Vincent Chin?
    Bonni Cohen – The Island President, Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic
    Eduardo Coutinho – As Canções, Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (Twenty Years Later)
    Miriam Cutler – Kings Point, Ethel
    Andrea Nix Fine – Inocente, War/Dance
    Sean Fine – Inocente, War/Dance
    Robert Frank – Cocksucker Blues, Pull My Daisy
    William Greaves – Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
    Lauren Greenfield – The Queen of Versailles, Thin
    Patricio Guzmán – Nostalgia for the Light, The Battle of Chile
    Vivien Hillgrove – Symphony of the Soil, In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
    Heddy Honigmann – El Olvido (Oblivion), Crazy
    Vikram Jayanti – The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector, Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
    Peter Kinoy – Poverty Outlaw, When the Mountains Tremble
    Claude Lanzmann – Le Rapport Karski (The Karski Report), Shoah
    Kim Longinotto – Rough Aunties, Sisters in Law
    Stanley Nelson – Freedom Riders, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
    Jehane Noujaim – Control Room, Startup.com
    Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy – Transgenders: Pakistan's Open Secret, Saving Face
    Marcel Ophuls – Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, The Sorrow and the Pity
    José Padilha – Secrets of the Tribe, Bus 174 (Ônibus 174)
    Jafar Panahi* – This Is Not a Film, The Circle
    Elise Pearlstein – Last Call at the Oasis, Food, Inc.
    Raoul Peck – Fatal Assistance (Assistance Mortelle), Lumumba: La Mort du Prophète
    Kevin Rafferty – Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, The Atomic Cafe
    J. Ralph* – Chasing Ice, Man on Wire
    Bob Richman – Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Waiting for 'Superman'
    T. Woody Richman – How to Survive a Plague, Fahrenheit 9/11
    Veronica Selver – Berkeley in the Sixties, You Got to Move: Stories of Change in the South
    Jon Shenk – The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan
    Ricki Stern – Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, The Devil Came on Horseback
    Robert Stone – Earth Days, Radio Bikini
    Annie Sundberg – Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, The Devil Came on Horseback
    Renee Tajima-Pena – Who Killed Vincent Chin?, My America (Or Honk If You Love Buddha)
    Agnès Varda – The Beaches of Agnès, The Gleaners and I
    Roger Ross Williams – God Loves Uganda, Music by Prudence
    Pamela Yates – Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
    Amy Ziering – The Invisible War, Derrida

    Executives
    Holly Bario
    Jeb Brody
    Eric d'Arbeloff
    Dean C. Hallett
    Lynn Harris
    Jeff Ivers
    Jonathan King
    Robert Kirby
    Dylan Leiner
    Nick Meyer
    Andrew Millstein
    Hannah Minghella
    Angela Morrison
    Brian Roberts
    Mark Roybal
    Tucker Tooley
    Kevin Tsujihara

    Film Editors
    Michael Berenbaum – What to Expect When You're Expecting, Sex and the City
    Jeff Freeman – Ted, Cruel Intentions
    James Haygood – Where the Wild Things Are, Fight Club
    Stuart Levy – Savages, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
    Mary Jo Markey – Star Trek Into Darkness, Super 8

    Makeup Artists and Hairstylists
    Luisa Abel – The Dark Knight Rises, Inception
    Anne Aulenta-Spira – The Place beyond the Pines, Drive
    Terry Baliel – The Dark Knight Rises, J. Edgar
    Thomas Floutz – The Call, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    Kay Georgiou – Promised Land, Lincoln
    Bernadette Mazur – Men in Black 3, The Campaign
    Kim Santantonio – Gangster Squad, Frost/Nixon
    Lisa Tomblin – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    Kelvin R. Trahan – Argo, Memoirs of a Geisha
    Lisa Westcott – Les Misérables, Shakespeare in Love

    Members-at-Large
    Victoria Alonso
    Fred Baron
    Ben Bray
    Pieter Jan Brugge
    Jackie Burch
    Leo Davis
    Susie Figgis
    Lori Furie
    Glenn S. Gainor
    Joe Gareri
    Lance Gilbert
    Andy Gill
    Mindy Marin
    Laray Mayfield
    Jeanne McCarthy
    Neil Meron
    Gary Powell
    Ned Price
    Michelle Satter
    Stefan Sonnenfeld
    Cindy Tolan
    Brent Woolsey

    Music
    Ramiro Belgardt – Star Trek Into Darkness, Lincoln
    Ramin Djawadi – Safe House, Iron Man
    Jennifer Dunnington – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Hugo
    Siedah Garrett – Rio, Dreamgirls
    Joe Hisaishi – Ponyo, Spirited Away
    Henry Jackman – This Is the End, Wreck-It Ralph
    Cliff Martinez – Drive, Traffic
    Prince – Purple Rain, Happy Feet
    J. Ralph* – Chasing Ice, Man on Wire
    Aaron Lael Zigman – Peeples, Sex and the City

    Producers
    Stefan Arndt – Amour, The White Ribbon
    Jason Blum – The Purge, Paranormal Activity
    Finola Dwyer – Quartet, An Education
    Jack Giarraputo – Anger Management, The Wedding Singer
    Veit Heiduschka – Amour, The White Ribbon
    Lloyd Levin – Green Zone, Watchmen
    Julie Lynn – Albert Nobbs, Nine Lives
    Margaret Menegoz – Amour, The White Ribbon
    Andrea Sperling – Smashed, Like Crazy

    Public Relations
    Rachel Cadden
    Theresa Cross
    Jeff S. Elefterion
    Julie Fontaine
    Jackson George
    Anne Globe
    Michael Lawson
    Dennis O'Connor
    Blair Rich
    John G. Sabel

    Short Films and Feature Animation
    Marc Bertrand – Gloria Victoria, Hollow Land
    Bryan Buckley – Asad, The Wake-Up Caller
    Shawn Christensen – Curfew, Brink
    Eric Darnell – Madagascar, Shrek
    John C. Donkin – Ice Age Continental Drift, Gone Nutty
    Ken Duncan – 9, Shark Tale
    Danielle Feinberg – Brave, WALL-E
    Sam Fell – ParaNorman, The Tale of Despereaux
    Matt Groening – Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare', The Simpsons Movie
    Vicky Jenson – Shark Tale, Shrek
    Travis Knight – ParaNorman, Coraline
    Steve May – Brave, Up
    Rich Moore – Wreck-It Ralph, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
    Robert Neuman – Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled
    Brandon Oldenburg – Rise of the Guardians, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
    PES – Fresh Guacamole, Western Spaghetti
    Steve Pilcher – Brave, Shrek the Third
    Normand Roger – Hollow Land, The Banquet of the Concubine
    Clark Spencer – Wreck-It Ralph, Bolt

    Sound
    Bobbi Banks – The Call, Hustle & Flow
    Jose Antonio Garcia – Argo, Babel
    Simon Hayes – Les Misérables, X-Men: First Class
    Edward J. Hernandez – Real Steel, Basic Instinct
    Daniel S. Irwin – Prometheus, Little Children
    Drew Kunin – Life of Pi, Lost in Translation
    Michael W. Mitchell – The Dark Knight Rises, The Matrix Reloaded
    Tom Ozanich – Project X, Kill Bill: Vol. 2
    Mark Paterson – Les Misérables, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
    Richard Pryke – 127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire
    Erin Michael Rettig – A Good Day to Die Hard, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
    Ann Scibelli – Prometheus, Inglourious Basterds
    Brian T. Slack – Chéri, Crossover
    Bruce Tanis – Gangster Squad, X-Men: First Class
    F. Elmo Weber – Identity Thief, The Kids Are All Right
    Christopher T. Welch – Silver Linings Playbook, (500) Days of Summer
    Dave Whitehead – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, District 9
    Stuart Wilson – Skyfall, War Horse

    Visual Effects
    Jason Bayever – Life of Pi, The Wolfman
    Mark Breakspear – The Great Gatsby, Tropic Thunder
    Philip Brennan – Snow White and the Huntsman, Minority Report
    Tony Clark – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    David Clayton – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Avatar
    Michael Dawson – Snow White and the Huntsman, The Devil's Double
    Erik-Jan De Boer – Life of Pi, Night at the Museum
    Donald R. Elliott – Life of Pi, Seabiscuit
    John Goodson – Red Tails, Marvel's The Avengers
    Charley Henley – Prometheus, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    John McLeod – Django Unchained, The Aviator
    Mark Noel – Oz The Great and Powerful, Transformers
    David Prescott – Transformers, X-Men
    Guillaume Rocheron – Life of Pi, Sucker Punch
    Wendy Rogers – Puss in Boots, Shrek
    David Alexander Smith – The Amazing Spider-Man, The Matrix Reloaded
    Wayne Stables – The Adventures of Tintin, Avatar
    Richard Stammers – Prometheus, Angels & Demons
    Richard Stutsman – Zero Dark Thirty, Independence Day
    Christopher Townsend – Captain America: The First Avenger, The Day after Tomorrow
    Stephan Trojansky – Marvel's The Avengers, Hereafter
    David Watkins – Ali, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    Jeff White – Marvel's The Avengers, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    Trevor Wood – Prometheus, The Golden Compass

    Writers
    Jessica Bendinger – Aquamarine, Bring It On
    Reggie Rock Bythewood – Notorious, Get on the Bus
    Tina Gordon Chism – Peeples, Drumline
    Julie Delpy – Before Midnight, 2 Days in Paris
    Lena Dunham – Nobody Walks, Tiny Furniture
    Ava DuVernay* – Middle of Nowhere, I Will Follow
    John Gatins – Flight, Coach Carter
    John Hamburg – I Love You, Man, Meet the Parents
    John Lee Hancock – Snow White and the Huntsman, The Blind Side
    Rian Johnson – Looper, Brick
    Jeff Nichols – Mud, Take Shelter
    Sarah Polley – Take This Waltz, Away from Her
    Chris Terrio – Argo, Heights

    Associates
    Lorrie Bartlett
    Paul Bronfman
    Markham L. Goldstein
    Robert Harvey
    Gregory S. Laemmle
    Sandra Marsh
    Adam Schweitzer
    Kimberly Snyder
    Matthew L. Snyder
    Les Zellan

    Three individuals (noted above by an asterisk) have been invited to join the Academy by multiple branches. These individuals must select one branch upon accepting membership.

    Each year Academy members may sponsor one candidate for membership within their branch. New member application reviews take place in the spring. Applications for the coming year must be received by March 20, 2014.

    New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception in September.

    Review: Feist jazz fest opener an enjoyable but low-key affair

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    The 34th annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal got off to a bit of a soggy start with a cold and rainy day that threatened to put a damper on opening day festivities. Shows carried on in spite of it all during the day. And when it came time for Feist to put on her official festival-opener, the rain finally stopped and the the usual 100,000-plus crowd materialized.

    She gave a shout of appreciation for this fact, declaring near the start, "It stopped raining!" This was a great relief for her, no doubt, because she had to conduct her mid-afternoon sound check wearing rain-gear during a light shower.

    She opened with "A Commotion" from her latest album Metals, and "My Moon My Man" from Reminder. She drew mostly from Metals with songs like "How Come You Never Go There," "Comfort Me," "Graveyard" and "Anti-Pioneer" but also played hits such as "I'm Sorry," "Mushaboom" and "I Feel It All."

    The show itself was a very good but low-key affair that didn't really represent her at her best. But she did have a few things working against her. For one thing, even though the show was set to start at 9:30pm, she didn't come onstage until closer to 10:00pm. That wouldn't have been so bad except that even though it stopped raining, it was still on the chilly side for everyone still waiting.

    She also wasn't well-served by her trimmed-down band of just a drummer and a keyboardist. They were both adequate but not anything out of the ordinary. The keyboardist mostly just played pads that gave her sound an even greater sense of sameness. She herself flipped back and forth between electric and acoustic guitar, but the acoustic guitar was heavily distorted and so there wasn't all that much difference.

    But in spite of a few gripes, she did a fine job in trying circumstances. She had a good rapport with the crowd. And even though she may have lacked the energy that she has exhibited in the past, she nonetheless was charismatic and fun as always. By the time the show ended with a burst of fireworks, she had completely won the crowd over.

    TIFF in the Park 2013: A Summer of Romance, July 3-Aug 28

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    Tonight, the series of free screenings TIFF in the Park begins its 2013 season with a presentation of the 1942 film Casablanca by Michael Curtiz. Every Wednesday at sunset beginning in July, TIFF and the Toronto Entertainment District BIA present free outdoor screenings of romantic classics at David Pecaut Square, directly west of Roy Thomson Hall.

    The series continues in following weeks with a mix of classic films such as Charlie Chaplin's City Lights and William Wyler's Roman Holiday, along with some more contemporary films such as Norman Jewison's Moonstruck and Nick Cassavetes' The Notebook, which concludes the season on August 28.

    http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiffbelllightbox/2013/2440004272



    Films in TIFF in the Park 2013: A Summer of Romance

      • Casablanca
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are star-crossed lovers trapped between love and loyalty in the ultimate Hollywood romantic classic.
      • Wednesday July 3
        9:15 PM
      • Moonstruck
      • Norman Jewison
      • Cher took home a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance as a young Italian widow who falls for her fiancé's impulsive younger brother (Nicolas Cage) in Norman Jewison's beloved romantic comedy.
      • Wednesday July 10
        9:15 PM
      • City Lights
      • Charles Chaplin
      • Charlie Chaplin made his masterpiece with this tale of a lowly tramp who sets out on a quest to restore the sight of the blind flower seller whom he loves.
      • Wednesday July 17
        9:15 PM
      • Sleepless in Seattle
      • Nora Ephron
      • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan became the best-loved romantic screen team of their era in Nora Ephron's modern romance classic.
      • Wednesday July 24
        9:15 PM
      • The Way We Were
      • Sydney Pollack
      • A WASP lawyer (Robert Redford) and a Jewish activist (Barbra Streisand) come together and fall apart from the 1930s to the 1960s in this spectacularly successful romantic drama.
      • Wednesday July 31
        9:00 PM
      • Clueless
      • Amy Heckerling
      • Alicia Silverstone became the face of a teen generation as a Beverly Hills high-school matchmaker in Amy Heckerling's clever modern-day version of Jane Austen's Emma.
      • Wednesday August 7
        9:00 PM
      • Sense and Sensibility
      • Ang Lee
      • Emma Thompson adapted and stars in this elegantly mounted version of the classic Jane Austen novel.
      • Wednesday August 14
        9:00 PM
      • Roman Holiday
      • William Wyler
      • Audrey Hepburn won the Best Actress Academy Award as a runaway princess in Rome who is romanced by a suave American journalist (Gregory Peck).
      • Wednesday August 21
        8:30 PM
      • The Notebook
      • Nick Cassavetes
      • Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams play star-crossed sweethearts in this megahit version of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller.
      • Wednesday August 28
        8:30 PM
    http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiffbelllightbox/2013/2440004272

    Review: Oliver Jones sparkles in an intimate solo concert

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    Montreal's own jazz superstar Oliver Jones played the first of two sold-out shows last night and was quite brilliant as usual. However, this time he played the entire night unaccompanied and unamplified, a lovely and all-too-rare presentation. The entire experience was delightful and even thrilling, earning him fully-deserved standing ovations.

    He opened the show with "It Could Happen to You" and took us through a whirlwind of standards such as "Georgia On My Mind" and "All the Things You Are," his own "Something for Chuck," and compositions by his friend and mentor Oscar Peterson "Place St. Henri," "When Summer Comes" and "Hymn to Freedom." Interestingly, he included three medleys by audience favourites Nat King Cole, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. Each was very warmly received and had some in the audience humming along discreetly.

    After concluding the show with a rousing rendition of "Hymn to Freedom," his encore was a beautiful "What a Wonderful World" which he ended with an elegant glissando up to the final two notes.

    Throughout the evening, he addressed the audience very casually between numbers in both English and French. He got a lot of laughs with his jokes. After saying, "I'll do something different for you," he added a self-deprecating, "I won't sing" before explaining that he'd play a Nat King Cole medley. Curiously enough, I've been told by those who have heard Oliver sing that he does indeed have a singing voice like Nat King Cole.

    His playing was witty and charming as always. At age 79, perhaps he doesn't have the fiery intensity and fierce attack of decades past, but he more than makes up for it with lyricism and poetry. That is typical of great musicians, including classical musicians. His teacher Daisy Peterson Sweeney and his mentor Oscar Peterson both studied with Paul de Marky, who himself studied with a pupil of Franz Liszt. Thus Oliver's musical lineage goes back to Liszt, perhaps the greatest of all pianists, who himself became more noble and expansive with his playing in his later years.

    I was fortunate to get to know Oliver these last couple of years while directing the interactive documentary Burgundy Jazz (now online, free) and he is as great a person as he is a musician. He was very generous with his time and help, in spite of his busy schedule – he officially retired in 2000 but continues to record and perform. He had mentioned at a Toronto concert in November that he'd only keep playing until he turned 80 (in 2014) but I was glad to hear him say last night that he'd still be playing for a few years yet, "maybe not until I'm ninety, but we'll see."

    He performs again tonight at Place-des-Arts, Cinquième Salle.

    http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/
    http://cbcmusic.ca/burgundyjazz


    The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal wraps up its 34th edition

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    After all the dark clouds that have converged on Montreal recently, it was time for our city to hoist high its colours and reclaim its legendary joie de vivre! And without a sliver of doubt, that’s exactly what happened over the past 10 days and nights, thanks to the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan. Montreal once again showcased all of its characteristic splendour for the entire world, revealing its elemental nature: a welcoming, friendly city with an original, lively persona, where all live and share in harmony. Yes, Montreal once again had Planet Jazz talking about its finest, noblest qualities: its unique party spirit, its warmth and humanity, cultural curiosity and open mind, heart and soul.

    As a result, our city once again laid claim to its enviable position as the capital of peaceful, celebratory large-scale public gatherings, established 34 years ago by its renowned Jazz Festival, this massive, refreshing international breeding ground of musical genres and artists ranking among the most talented in the world. We witnessed a dazzling variety of concerts, from jazz to hip-hop, blues to country, intimate to wide-screen, performed by new discoveries and legends alike, all under the umbrella of a common denominator: quality. Let us offer a particular tip of the hat to the outdoor program: it was virtually impossible to stroll the site without happening upon some utterly surprising concert, leading us to forget our original destination in the face of so much talent at every stop! In short, we experienced a magical and enchanting 34th edition, which injected a healthy dose of optimism back into Montreal!

    Although the Festival did not break box office records this year, notably due to the cancellation of the Aretha Franklin concert, it nonetheless attained thebox-office targets established in order to balance its budget. The Festival also registered on-site sales equivalent to those of last year, and this, despite the appearance of a number of new restaurants and terrasses bordering its site. Festival organizers are therefore happy to announce that the non-profit organization will once again finish with an operating budget without a deficitfor the 2013 edition. We also registered a 33% increase in revenue generated by the sale of tourist packages and an equivalent increase in participation in such tourist activities as the Croisière Jazz, guided foot tours and culinary strolls. A number of major downtown hotels also reported an approximately 30% increase in American visitors for the Festival period in comparison with last year’s event.

    A festival that does a world of good

    But let us remember that the impact of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is not confined to box office or on-site sales. We’re well aware that the Festival is a magnet drawing tourists to Montreal and that it contributes up to 64 million dollars annually to the GDP, injecting over $15 into the economy for every dollar it receives in subsidies and returning almost 20 million dollars to state coffers in the form of tax revenue (for Quebec and Canada). But there’s more!

    Some may be less aware of the collateral benefits and indirect spinoffs generated by the event, whose quality and scale drew a tidal wave of positive reactions and ecstatic press coverage both abroad and at home, which engenders effects at many different levels. For example, it works as an unquestionable agent of social cohesion for Montrealers—anglophones, allophones and francophones—whether they hail from Westmount or Saint-Henri, Outremont or Montreal North, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Pointe-aux-Trembles or Pointe-Claire, Laval, Terrebonne, Longueuil or Saint-Bruno. It gathers them all and allows them to meet tourists from everywhere, all ages and all cultures, assembled in an atmosphere of harmony and joy. A little like Expo 67, it also means that, every year, some 1500 students earn their first work experience and are plunged into an extraordinary human experience. Beyond expanding the musical horizons of the greater public, the Festival also generates spinoffs for Montreal’s exciting music scene, now one of the most important in North America, a creative hub and home for young artists. It is a Festival that instills Montreal with its cachet, contributing to its enhanced global stature and drawing in the sea of visitors a plethora of creators, visionaries, managers and entrepreneurs motivated by the dynamism and creativity of this vibrant city.

    The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is proud to contribute to Montreal’s image as a cultural, economic, tourism and intellectual capital, which scored a ranking in the world’s Top 10 best cities to visit in Lonely Planet and was named the “Cultural Capital of Canada” in British publication Monocle. A wonderful musical gathering and celebration, the Festival is among the principal actors making our city attractive. And with its major free outdoor program, it enriches our cultural life, giving us all so much to see, hear and love, and thereby improving our very lives.

    A musical gold mine

    Bursting with jazz as well as every other musical style extant, the Festival offered its visitors an equally rich and eclectic program in an ideal ambience, every day and every night. Our three massive free outdoor events were the ultimate proof: assembling some 100,000 fans on the Place des Festivals, these three concerts and their astonishing power to unite people also stood out for their diversity. The incredible voice and magnetic folk-indie rock of national treasure Feist in the TD Grand Opening Event, the dance-mad music of French spinmaster Wax Tailor—what a discovery for Montreal!—in the mid-Festival Special Event, and the irresistibly funky rhythms of Malian duo Amadou & Mariam (the deserving recipients of our 2013 Antonio Carlos Jobim Award), in the Rio Tinto Alcan Special Closing Event all hit home runs, making the Place des Festivals sing with joy!

    Alongside those major events, the outdoor program also unveiled treasures. Let us simply name the astonishing performance by The Barr Brothers, the thrilling old-school R&B of Nick Waterhouse, the deep Indian Ocean blues of Christine Salem, and the amazing Carmen Souza! And let’s not forget another gift from the Festival to its fans, a last minute surprise concert by The Cat Empire who leapt back into the fray after two brilliant shows in Métropolis, lighting up the Place des Festivals, not once but twice!

    Indoors, Fest fans enjoyed an innumerable array of gems showcasing talent and creativity. There were some of Planet Jazz’s most high-profile current artists—Vijay Iyer and his incredible three-show run, Ravi Coltrane, Gregory Porter, Joshua Redman and Youn Sun Nah—living legends including Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis and Oliver Jones, as well as other delights from every conceivable genre: Caravan Palace in fine form, electrifying the crowd, Lyle Lovett, who transported fans to an alt-country Eden, Chris Isaak who delighted the crowd with his renowned talent and charisma, Mother Mother, taking over the indie-rock scene, and the magisterial Woodkid and his fab cinematographic pop. Among the panoply of veteran musicians, six artists or groups merited this year’s Festival honours. Aside from Amadou & Mariam, star bassist Alain Caron received the Oscar Peterson Award, velvet-voiced singer Holly Cole took home the Ella Fitzgerald Award and the immense Charles Lloyd was handed the prestigious Miles Davis Award. Among rising jazzmen, the Hutchinson Andrew Trio and Shirantha Beddage were respectively presented with the TD Grand Jazz Award and the Galaxie Rising Star Award. And still with the younger generation, we witnessed a collection of young talents come to the fore in the 8th edition of the Blues Camp, as illustrated by the quality of the graduating class! Meanwhile, the Bruce Lundvall Award, given to a person in the media or music industry who has contributed to the development of jazz, went to Tommy LiPuma, the American producer responsible for albums by George Benson (who presented him with the award), Diana Krall and Paul McCartney.

    Programming favourites chosen by our team

    André Ménard, co-founder and artistic director of the Festival, managed to capture the essence of his favourites in a handful of well-chosen words: the grace of Boz Scaggs; the talent and musical clarity of Gwilym Simcock; the fire of Trombone Shorty; the radiance of Holly Cole, the celebratory Cajun roots of the Lost Bayou Ramblers; the extraterrestrial quality of Youn Sun Nah; the brilliance of Phronesis; and Wax Tailor, mission accomplished!

    Laurent Saulnier, vice-president of programming and production, first salutes our Montreal musicians: Champion, for a peerless celebration of life itself; Alexandra Stréliski, for gentleness, melody and ethereal skill; The Barr Brothers, who triumphed on the Place des Festivals; Muse Hill—still the Barr Brothers, but in a very different jazz register, just as personal and daring; Jérôme Beaulieu, the best possible example of youth in love with jazz! Otherwise, he was also impressed by Woodkid’s music, projections, lighting—brilliant! Chassol, who reinvented the fusion of imagery, sound and music. Impressive. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: a jazz ensemble playing a Sunday evening on the Place des Festivals, offering Gershwin with a tremendous sensibility: unique to Montreal! Chrysta Bell, David Lynch’s muse, a wonderful singer with astonishing musical flair, but very Lynchian indeed! Vieux Farka Touré: probably the finest concert he’s ever played in Montreal. A true virtuoso who also knows how to move us. Chris Isaak/Lyle Lovett: simply put, classics and sheer happiness! Belle & Sebastian, pure pop sophistication, playful and fun! Laurent de Wilde: a jazz trio in all its splendour, with genuine personality!

    Caroline Johnson, director of programming, was inspired by the Woodkid show in Métropolis, “for his splendid visuals, with lighting and projections that were simply amazing! Métropolis was IN ECSTASY!” Likewise Champion, who delivered a “very personal show and took Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier to heaven: nothing like this had ever been seen before in the venue!” She also appreciated “the evening of drummers on July 1 with Phronesis, The Bad Plus and Harold López-Nussa: the three drummers I saw that evening just floored me!” Sticking with drums, she tips her hat to Guy Nadon, celebrating his 30th appearance at the Festival. Three concerts in L’Astral also dazzled her: the duo of Michel Donato and Pierre Tanguay—“pure charm and charisma!” Nicolas Repac—“such beauty… visually amazing!”—and Titi Robin— “we’ll definitely see him again. Magical!” On the outdoor site, she loved Misses Satchmo, “who charmed us all” and The Cat Empire and Fanfare Ciocarlia“who set fire to the Place des Festivals.” Finally, bravo to The Barr Brothers, The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer and Amadou & Mariam!

    The Festival: just as popular online!

    First, we remind you that our web team refined the web interface in order to make it more user-friendly. The MontrealJazzFest.TV section was bolstered by over 150 video clips, offering exclusive interviews and concert excerpts, along with a new addition: the “#SofaConfessions” video clips presented by Bell and created by Urbania allowing Fest fans to ask artists questions via Facebook and Twitter. As a result, our site was more popular than ever, with 228,734 unique visitors and 1,598,621 page views, a 10% increase over 2012!

    Our freemobile application was even more popular this year, thanks to the new version for Android created with Bell, now available alongside the IOS version. It was ranked in the Top 10 in the App Store in the music category and has now been installed on over 63,000 devices! In social media, the Festival Facebook page drew a record number of people, surpassing 1,400,000 visits! There was also a major increase in “Likes”, rising from 55,000 to over 78,000. The return of the J’aime le Festival de Jazz contest, with prizes totaling $40,000, was a big help, along with the fans who shared comments by the tens of thousands. The new photocontest, Zoom in on the Jazz Fest, in collaboration with Lozeau, also piqued the curiosity of thousands of internauts with its wonderful prizes: two Canon ensembles with a $7000 total value. Add the popularity of the Festival on Twitter, with almost 35,000 subscribers and a keyword, “#FIJM”, that shared Fest fans’ tweets with millions of subscribers.

    And the Festival’s visibility on social networks benefited from a huge boost when the co-founder and head of content for the Songza site—2012 App Store Best—offered to share our reading list… With thousands of listens less than 2 days after it went online, it was a smash hit!

    The Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan: the heart of the action

    Once again, the Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan was a hive of effervescent activity! Four years after its inauguration, it confirmed its importance as the nerve center of the Festival. The pressroom was understandably popular, but so were an array of other musical and cultural offerings… L’Astral featured three of its very own concert series every evening: two “courses” of jazz in the TD Jazz d’ici La Presse+ and Le Clubseries, along with the Open House series, conceived especially for party animals and nighthawks. The Bistro Le Balmoral was also a sensation, with its delicious menu and its Élixirs terrasse, of course, but also for the music: along with presenting theMusique au Balmoral series, the bistro offered live broadcasts of most of the evening shows from the TD Stage, allowing Fest fans to blend dinner and jazz. No doubt about it: the Maison was perfectly in tune with Festival fans—just think of the crowds that flocked through its doors every night!

    But the end of this 34th edition of the Festival is just the beginning of a new year of music! Indeed, while Montreal’s rich musical history never ceases to grow—hello, 35th anniversary of the Festival!—the Bell Exhibition of the Legends of the Festival opens its doors to jazz aficionados free of charge, showcasing the luminous figures who have left their mark on the Festival. The Médiathèque Jazz/La Presse+ remains a gold mine of archives, recordings and audiovisual treasures, open to all. And music fans won’t have long to wait for the thrill of exceptional new concerts, because the Jazz All-Year Round series is back starting tomorrow with a concert starring -M-!

    Art all year long in the Galerie Lounge TD

    During the Festival, the Galerie Lounge invited visitors to discover a panoply of wonderful artworks, beginning with the piece Bleu Blanc Rouge, by Serge Lemoyne, taken from his “bleu-blanc-rouge” period paying colourful tribute to the Montreal Canadiens. The Galerie showcased many other pieces created by artists from all spheres, sharing jazz as their common passion, including Crossroads, an original work inspired by the official poster, produced by Yves Archambault, the Festival’s artist in residence for the past 26 years. The Festival also renewed its collaboration with Diane Dufresne, whose exclusive silkscreen L’Effet papillonregistered an effect as impressive as LesTriplettes de Montréal two years ago. After moving into the Salle d’exposition of the Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme in Place des Arts throughout the duration of the Festival, the Galerie Lounge TDnow moves back onto the 2nd floor of the Maison du Festival with an enticing program, opening with an Alfred Pellan exhibition from September 12 to December 1, 2013.

    Journalists share their impressions

    We must occasionally rely on the words of others to truly understand what we have accomplished. It was therefore immensely gratifying to hear foreign journalists in the pressroom express how impressed they were by the work of the Festival team, and their amazement at how we could stage an event of this magnitude. We particularly salute the team from Canada AM (CTV), who witnessed the pre-assembly of the site and then broadcast live from it.

    This year, over 400 accredited journalists, including nearly 200 representatives of 135 media outlets from 16 countries converged on the event, ensuring the Festival had a pronounced international visibility. Here’s a glimpse of the foreign media who covered this 34th edition: from USA, Today Show, WBGO, Wall Street Journal, MTV Iggy, DownBeat Magazine, Time.com, Austin Chronicle, Huffington Post, Bloomberg News, Hollywood Reporter, All About Jazz, KKJZ, Under the Radar, Magnet Magazine, Jazz Times, CBS radio, Peter Greenberg, Getty Images; from France, Paris Match, Rolling Stone France, Le Point, Les Inrockuptibles, L’Express, AFP, France 24, France Musique, FIP, Open Jazz, Télérama, Radio Nova, TSF Jazz, Hit West, France Inter, RFI, Jazz Radio, Tsugi Magazine, RTL, Lonely Planet Magazine, Ouest France; from Mexico, OnceTV, STIR Radio, MVS Noticias, Nat Geo Traveler, El Informador; from ItalyCorriere della Sera; from Germany, Jazzthetik, Verlag J. Bauer KG; from the UK, Telegraph Media Group, Michelin Travel Guide, Monocle, Jazzwise, Bass Guitar Magazine, Drummer Magazine, Acoustic Magazine, LondonJazzNews.com); from Canada, MSN Travel, Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Reader’s Digest.ca, Vacay.ca, CTV – Canada AM, Toronto Star, Exclaim!, CBC Jazz, Hello! Canada, MacLean’s, Huffington Post Canada; from Peru, Orbita Popular; fromRussia, Zvuki.RU; from Bangladesh, bd24live.com; from Australia, Today Show, Herald Sun; fromChina, Voice of the Straits Radio Sunshine; from Hungary, Népszava ; from Cyprus, Radio Astra ; and from Colombia, El Tiempo.

    Thanks to our partners

    We can never offer enough thanks to our precious public and private partners, who defray more than half the costs of this event. Without their support, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, now an event of global renown and prestige—this big, beautiful non-profit musical celebration—could not exist in this famous format, offering large-scale urban entertainment free of charge and generating impressive tourism spinoffs. We thank the Gouvernement du Québec—Tourisme Québec, Secrétariat à la région métropolitaine, ministère de la Culture et des Communications, as well as the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)—, the Government of Canada— Canadian Heritage and Canada Economic Development—as well as the Ville de Montréal, Tourisme Montréal, the Fonds pour la création musicale and the British Council—Made in the UK program for their involvement. In terms of private sector support, we offer our warmest thanks to principal sponsor and official presenter TD as well as Rio Tinto Alcan, co-presenter of the Festival. Thanks also to Bell, Loto-Québec, the Société des Alcools du Québec, HeinekenSiriusXM, complexe Desjardins, Amarula, Astral, Hyatt Regency MontréalMeyer Sound, Naya, Jura, Porto Cabral, Élixirs, Fromages CDA inc., Häagen-DazsGalaxie and Pepsi-Cola. Thanks also to our media partners.

    Our team is already hard at work programming our 35th anniversary edition! So we’ll see you then, from Friday, June 27 to Sunday, July 6, 2014!

    M60 Montreal 60-Second Film Festival sign-up party and screening tonight

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    This year's M60 Montreal 60-Second Film Festival hosts its sign-up party tonight. It starts at 8:30pm and takes place at Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) at 1201 boulevard Saint-Laurent rather than at Casa del Popolo as in year's past.

    Every year, they have a free party for filmmakers to sign up to make a one-minute film on a given topic. The topic is usually bilingual so that filmmakers can adapt to it in both French and English. Last year's given topic was "faux pas." You will then have a month to make your film however you wish. All completed films will be screened over several nights at Cinéma Excentris in September.

    In addition to the sign-up and schmoozing, there will be live entertainment, prizes and screenings at the event tonight.

    m60.ca.


    M60 - Party d’inscription! Sign-up party! Free Screening! Présentation gratuite!

    [la version française suit]

    One last reminder about this year's M60 Sign-Up Party:

    Saturday, July 13
    8:30 pm                  
    FREE!

    Société des Arts Technologiques
    1201 boul. Saint-Laurent
    https://www.facebook.com/events/386919354746487/

    M60 is the Montreal 60 Second Film Festival - a festival of movies that are just one minute long, made by amateurs and professionals alike. While the festival screenings aren't until September, this week is your chance to register to make a movie for M60 2013. Every filmmaking team has one month to shoot their 60-second masterpiece, based on the theme we will unveil on Saturday. There are no submission fees, no jury, no prizes - every single film that's completed on time will be shown in September, on the big screen at Excentris. But you have to sign up!

    Even if you're simply curious, don't miss Saturday's launch for an amazing introduction to what the festival is about. We will be celebrating our new season with a screening of M60 2008-2012: Five Years of Favourites - a selection of our favourite one-minute movies from M60's first five years.Something to get everyone fired up for September's screenings, or to make a movie this summer.

    Besides that, the party at the SAT will have beautiful screenprinted door-prizes, amazing activities, good vibes, surprises and an incredible dance party courtesy of DJ Mitz Takahashi. What a Saturday! And it's all free!

    We hope to see you all at the SAT on Saturday. More information is - as always - on our website, m60.ca.

    Love,
    the M60 cabal

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    Un dernier rappel au sujet du party d’inscription M60 2013:

    Samedi, le 13 juillet
    20h30
    GRATUIT!

    Société des Arts Technologiques
    1201, boul. Saint-Laurent
    https://www.facebook.com/events/386919354746487/

    M60 est le festival de films de 60 secondes de Montréal, un festival regroupant des films qui ne durent qu’une minute chacun, réalisés tant par des amateurs que des pros. Bien que les présentations n’auront lieu qu’en septembre, cette semaine, vous aurez la chance de vous inscrire pour réaliser un film pour l’édition 2013 de M60. Chaque équipe de cinéastes aura un mois pour filmer leur chef-d’œuvre de 60 secondes, inspiré du thème que nous dévoilerons ce samedi. Il n’y a ni frais de soumission, ni juge, ni prix. Tous les films soumis dans les délais seront présentés sur le grand écran à l’Excentris. Mais avant, il faut s’inscrire!

    Même si ce n’est que pour satisfaire votre curiosité, ne manquez pas le party de lancement pour une bonne introduction au festival. Nous célébrons l’ouverture de cette nouvelle édition en présentantM60 2008-2012: cinq ans de coups de cœur, une sélection de nos films M60 préférés des cinq dernières années. Nous sommes certains que cette compilation vous donnera hâte au festival présenté en septembre, ou vous donnera envie de réaliser votre propre film cet été.

    D’autre part, le party à la SAT comprendra de superbes sérigraphies comme prix d’entrée, des activités amusantes, une belle ambiance, des surprises et une piste de danse incroyable animée par le DJ Mitz Takahashi. Quel samedi! Et tout est gratuit!

    Nous espérons vous voir en grand nombre à la SAT ce samedi. Comme d’habitude, pour plus de renseignements, consultez notre site Web m60.ca.
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    Bien à vous,

    La gang de M60

    Fantasia International Film Festival 2013, July 18-Aug 7

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    The 17th edition of the Fantasia Festival International de Films kicks off tonight in Montreal with a screening of Takashi Miike's Wara no Tate (Shield of Straw) at the Cinéma Impérial. The film which played at Cannes in Competition is about a police unit that has to bring a young girl's murder suspect to Tokyo after the girl's wealthy grandfather offers a billion yen for the head of the suspect.

    The second opening night film is The Conjuring by James Wan. The horror film stars Vera Farmiga, Joey King and Patrick Wilson, and is supposedly based on a true story of a couple who are asked to investigate the paranormal events at a farmhouse in Harrisville.

    In addition to 120 feature films, Fantasia also presents (in collaboration with Société des arts technologiques, Le Quartier des spectacles and 24Heures) the free screening series Fantasia Under the Stars on July 10-11 and 13-14. The free outdoor screenings take place at the Place the la Paix, on Boul. Saint-Laurent near the Monument-National and the S.A.T. (1201, Saint-Laurent). In case of rain, the screenings will be cancelled. From 7-9pm, there will be DJs and guest chefs, followed by the screening at 9pm.

    The Fantasia International Film Festival continues to August 7 at various locations.

    http://www.fantasiafestival.com/2013/en


    FANTASIA 2013 FILMS

    MINIACI: Dolby of the Image
    Adam Abouaccar
    Quebec20135 minsEnglish

    'X'
    Karl Armen
    Quebec20125 mins

    (Notes on) Biology
    Danny Madden
    USA20116 minsEnglish

    009 Re: Cyborg
    Kenji Kamiyama
    Japan2012104 minsJapanese

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    2013 Toronto International Film Festival announces first 75 films

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    The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first 75 titles for this year's festival this morning. The opening night film will be the world premiere of 12 Years a Slave by Steve McQueen and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano and Paul Giamatti, with Brad Pitt playing a Canadian.

    The closing night film will be the world premiere of Life of Crime by Daniel Schechter, based on the novel The Switch, by Elmore Leonard. The film stars John Hawkes, yasiin bey (Mos Def), Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Isla Fisher, Will Forte, and Mark Boone Jr.

    The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival takes place from September 5-15, 2013 in various locations in downtown Toronto.

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    GALAS

    American Dreams in China Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Hong Kong/China North American Premiere
    1985. In the midst of China’s economic reform period, three college students — an overzealous hillbilly who refuses to accept his destiny of being a farmer; a cynical intellectual with a superiority complex; and a romantic idealist who wants to be a movie star — bond through a shared fascination with Western literature, music and movies, and an ambition to live the American dream. This sets the three on a roundabout course toward the foundation of a wildly successful English-language tutorial institute — but sudden fame and fortune could tear the friends and their vision apart.

    The Art of the Steal Jonathan Sobol, Canada World Premiere
    Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well. Starring Jay Baruchel, Matt Dillon, Kurt Russell, Terence Stamp, Katheryn Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Kenneth Welsh and Jason Jones.

    August: Osage County John Wells, USA World Premiere
    August: Osage County tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize– and Tony Award–winning 2007 play of the same name. Starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Sam Shepard and Chris Cooper.

    Cold Eyes Cho Ui-seok and Kim Byung-seo, South Korea North American Premiere
    A veteran leader of the Special Crime Department Surveillance Team, and a rookie female detective with gifted powers of reasoning, keep a close watch over a vicious criminal organization. After continuous surveillance and pursuit, they come close to arresting the organization but commit a fatal mistake. Starring Seol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Jun-ho and Jin Gyeong.

    Opening Night Film
    The Fifth Estate Bill Condon, USA World Premiere
    Triggering an age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. This dramatic thriller based on real events reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of modern time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society — and what are the costs of exposing them? The film also stars David Thewlis, Stanley Tucci, Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie and Dan Stevens.

    The Grand Seduction Don McKellar, Canada World Premiere
    The tiny Newfoundland outport of Tickle Head is set for financial salvation if they can secure a petrochemical plant. Their odds are slim, as a town doctor is needed to land the contract. When one candidate, Dr. Paul Lewis, lands in their lap, the town rallies to seduce him to stay beyond his one-month trial. Paul’s fondness for the village grows as the month passes — though he’s clueless to the fact that everything he has grown to love is an elaborate web of lies. Starring Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch, Gordon Pinsent, Liane Balaban and Mark Critch.

    Kill Your Darlings John Krokidas, USA International Premiere
    Kill Your Darlings is the true story of friendship and murder that led to the birth of an entire generation. This is the previously untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), and William Burroughs (Ben Foster) at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that would lead to their Beat Revolution. Also stars Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyra Sedgwick and John Cullum.

    Closing Night Film
    Life of Crime Daniel Schechter, USA World Premiere
    Based on the novel The Switch, by Elmore Leonard, Louis (John Hawkes) and Ordell (yasiin bey, a.k.a. Mos Def) — two common criminals in 1970s Detroit — kidnap the housewife (Jennifer Aniston) of a corrupt real estate developer (Tim Robbins) and hold her for ransom. Also stars Isla Fisher, Will Forte, and Mark Boone Jr.

    The Love Punch Joel Hopkins, France World Premiere
    Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady businessman behind the fraud. Before they know it, Richard and Kate are caught up in a cat-and-mouse caper across Europe in a whirlwind of intrigue, mad chases and jewellery theft that could restore Richard’s future — and might just rekindle the couple’s romance. Starring Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan.

    The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra, India/France/Germany North American Premiere
    Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. Unbeknownst to her, the special lunchbox she prepared is mistakenly delivered to miserable office worker Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day’s lunchbox which sparks a series of exchanged notes between Saajan and Ila. Evolving into an unexpected friendship between anonymous strangers, they become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both of their realities.

    Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Justin Chadwick, South Africa World Premiere
    Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education, and 27 years in prison before working to rebuild his country’s once-segregated society. Starring Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela, and Naomie Harris as Winnie Mandela.

    Parkland Peter Landesman, USA North American Premiere
    November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital, the chief of the Dallas Secret Service, the unwitting cameraman who captured what has become the most watched and examined film in history, the FBI Agents who had gunman Lee Harvey Oswald within their grasp and Vice President Lyndon Johnson who had to take control of a country in a moment’s notice. Thrust into a scenario of unprecedented drama with unimaginable consequences, these key characters respond with shock, outrage, determination and courage. Woven together, their seemingly disparate perspectives make one of the most thrilling and powerful stories never told. Starring Paul Giamatti, Colin Hanks, Zac Efron, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Marcia Gay Harden.

    The Railway Man Jonathan Teplitzky, Australia/United Kingdom World Premiere
    Based on the bestselling novel, The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past. Starring Academy Award–winner Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine, and Academy Award–winner Nicole Kidman, the film is a powerful tale of survival, love and redemption.

    The Right Kind of Wrong Jeremiah Chechik, Canada World Premiere
    The Right Kind of Wrong is a romantic comedy about a failed-writer-turned-dishwasher and fearless dreamer who risks everything to show the girl of his dreams all that is right with the wrong guy. Starring Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning and Catherine O'Hara.

    Rush Ron Howard, United Kingdom/Germany International Premiere
    Two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) teams up once again with two-time Academy Award–nominated writer Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) on Rush— a spectacular big-screen re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Also features Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara and Pierfrancesco Favino.

    Shuddh Desi Romance Maneesh Sharma, India Canadian Premiere
    Shuddh Desi Romance follows a fresh and very real love story about the hair-raising minefield between love, attraction and commitment. A romantic comedy that tells it like it is, providing a candid look at the affairs of the heart in today's desi heartland. Starring Rishi Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra and Vaani Kapoor.

    Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon Mike Myers, USA World Premiere
    In 1991, music manager Shep Gordon held Mike Myers over a barrel a few weeks before shooting Wayne’s World regarding an Alice Cooper song Myers wanted to use in the film. They have been close friends ever since. Twenty-two years later, the story of Gordon’s legendary life in the über-fast lane is now told in Myers’ directorial debut. And this time it’s Myers who has Gordon over a barrel. Shep Gordon: capitalist, protector, hedonist, pioneer, showman, shaman… Supermensch!

    SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

    12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen, USA World Premiere
    12 Years a Slave tells the incredible true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 and finally freed in 1853. The story is a triumphant tale of one man’s courage and perseverance to reunite with his family that serves as an important historical and cultural marker in American history. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams and Alfre Woodard.

    All Is By My Side John Ridley, United Kingdom World Premiere
    Jimmy James, an unknown backup guitarist, left New York City for London, England in 1966. A year later he returned — as Jimi Hendrix. All Is By My Side brings authenticity and poignancy to the story of the man behind the legend, and of the people who loved and inspired him. Starring Imogen Poots, Hayley Atwell, André Benjamin, Ruth Negga and Adrian Lester.

    Attila Marcel Sylvain Chomet, France World Premiere
    Paul is in his 30s. An orphan since the age of two, he lives with his aunts in a Parisian apartment and leads a reclusive existence as a pianist. That is, until the day he meets Madame Proust.

    Bad Words Jason Bateman, USA World Premiere
    After discovering a loophole in the rules of the National Spelling Bee, a disruptive 40-year-old, Guy Trilby, dominates the pre-pubescent competition. An unlikely friendship occurs, however, when an awkward Indian boy is taken with Guy's rough edges. Meanwhile, a female reporter uncovers Guy's true motivation for competing. Starring Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Phillip Baker Hall, Kathryn Hahn and Rohan Chand.

    Belle Amma Asante, United Kingdom World Premiere
    Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate bi-racial daughter of an aristocratic Royal Navy Admiral. Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet also prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Against the ridged boundaries of proper society, Belle finds both her true self and true romance — and influences her uncle to take a role in bringing an end to slavery. Starring Gugu Mbatha Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode and Emily Watson.

    Blue Is The Warmest Color Abdellatif Kechiche, France North American Premiere
    At 15, Adèle doesn't question it: girls go out with boys. Her life is changed forever when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and finds herself. Starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

    Burning Bush Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic North American Premiere
    This epic, long-form docudrama chronicles the political, legal, and moral fallout that followed after Czech student protester Jan Palach set himself on fire in protest against government repression in 1969.

    Can a Song Save Your Life? John Carney, USA World Premiere
    Can a Song Save Your Life? finds Gretta (Keira Knightley) alone in New York City after being heartbroken by her musician boyfriend (Adam Levine). She finds laughter and rejuvenation with a down-on-his-luck record producer (Mark Ruffalo) who recognizes her musical talent and opens up an entire city of possibility for both of them.

    Cannibal (Caníbal) Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain/Romania/Russia/France World Premiere
    Carlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he’s also a murderer in the shadows. He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina appears in his life. She will make him realize the true nature of his actions and, for the first time, love awakens. Carlos is evil incarnate. Nina is pure innocence. And Cannibal is a demon’s love story.

    Dallas Buyers Club Jean-Marc Vallée, USA World Premiere
    In this fact-based drama, Matthew McConaughey portrays real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1985, Ron was blindsided with an HIV diagnosis and given 30 days to live. With medications still restricted in the US and the country still divided over how to combat the virus, Ron procured non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world through both legal and illegal means. To avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, Ron established a “buyers club” for fellow HIV-positive people, giving them access to his supplies. Also stars Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto.

    Devil's Knot Atom Egoyan, USA World Premiere
    A haunting true mystery about the infamous killing of three children in a small Arkansas town. The police charge and convict three teens, aka the West Memphis Three, for committing the murders during an alleged satanic ritual, but a mother and investigator suspect that the truth may be even worse. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Kevin Durand, Bruce Greenwood, Mireille Enos, Dane DeHaan and Stephen Moyer.

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her Ned Benson, USA
    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her is a two-part love story seen through the eyes of a New York couple trying to understand each other as they cope with personal hardship. The different perspectives of “Him” and “Her” result in two films with a unique look into one couple's attempt to reclaim the life and love they once had. Starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Nina Arianda, Viola Davis, Bill Hader, Ciarán Hinds, Isabelle Huppert, William Hurt, and Jess Weixler.

    Dom Hemingway Richard Shepard, United Kingdom World Premiere
    Dom Hemingway is a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse who is funny, profane, and dangerous. After 12 years in prison, looking to collect what he's owed for keeping his mouth shut for protecting his rich mobster boss, he finds himself drawn back to the perils and pleasures of his criminal lifestyle — while trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Starring Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Kerry Condon, Jumayn Hunter, Madalina Ghenea and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.

    Don Jon Joseph Gordon-Levitt, USA Canadian Premiere
    Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to "pull" a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn't compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good old fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she's determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy.

    The Double Richard Ayoade, United Kingdom World Premiere
    Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite — confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn and Noah Taylor.

    Enough Said Nicole Holofcener, USA World Premiere
    Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne (Catherine Keener), the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest Albert (James Gandolfini) — a sweet, funny and like-minded man. Things get complicated when Eva discovers that Albert is in fact the dreaded ex–husband of Marianne. This sharp insightful comedy follows Eva as she humorously tries to secretly juggle both relationships and wonders whether her new favourite friend's disastrous ex can be her cue for happiness. Also stars Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson and Tavi Gevinson.

    Exit Marrakech Caroline Link, Germany International Premiere
    When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and son will lose each other for good, or find one another again.

    Felony Matthew Saville, Australia World Premiere
    Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?

    For Those Who Can Tell No Tales Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina World Premiere
    Kym, an Australian tourist, decides to travel to Bosnia. Her guidebook leads her to Višegrad, a small town steeped in history, on the border of Bosnia and Serbia. After a night of insomnia in the 'romantic' Hotel Vilina Vlas, Kym discovers what happened there during the war. She can no longer be an ordinary tourist and her life will never be the same again.

    Gloria Sebastián Lelio, Chile/Spain North American Premiere
    Gloria is 58 years old and still feels young. Making a party out of her loneliness, she fills her nights seeking love in ballrooms for singles. This fragile happiness changes the day she meets Rodolfo. Their intense passion — to which Gloria gives everything, as she feels it may well be her last — leaves her dancing between hope and despair. Gloria will have to pull herself together and find a new strength to realize that in the last act of her life, she could burn brighter than ever.

    Going Away (Il est parti dimanche) Nicole Garcia, France World Premiere
    Two unlikely friends — a supply teacher and a lonely young boy suspended between two estranged parents — embark on a weekend motorcycle voyage full of surprises and unforeseen consequences in this surprisingly tough, unsentimental drama.

    Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, USA/United Kingdom North American Premiere
    Gravity is a heart-pounding thriller that pulls its audience into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer accompanied on her first shuttle mission by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney). On a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone — tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth… and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But their only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

    The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) Paolo Sorrentino, Italy North American Premiere
    Rome, in the splendour of summer. Jep Gambardella — a handsome man with irresistible charm despite his advancing age — enjoys the city’s social life to the fullest. He attends chic dinners and parties where his sparkling wit is always welcome. A successful journalist, in his youth he wrote a novel that earned him a literary award and a reputation as a frustrated writer. Weary of his lifestyle, Jep sometimes dreams of taking up his pen again, haunted by memories of a youthful love which he still hangs on to. But can he overcome his profound disgust for himself and others in a city whose dazzling beauty sometimes leads to creative paralysis?

    Half of a Yellow Sun Biyi Bandele, Nigeria/United Kingdom World Premiere
    An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.

    Hateship Loveship Liza Johnson, USA World Premiere
    Johanna Parry moves to a new town to work for Mr. McCauley and his granddaughter, Sabitha. Sabitha and her friend trick Johanna into a one-way epistolary romance with Sabitha’s father Ken. Johanna lights on fire, and commits a criminal act to get to her lover, who barely knows she exists. Starring Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Christine Lahti, Nick Nolte, Hailee Steinfeld, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sami Gayle.

    Ida Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland World Premiere
    Poland, 1962. Anna is a novice, an orphan brought up by nuns in a convent. Before she takes her vows, she is determined to see Wanda, her only living relative. Wanda tells Anna that Anna is Jewish. Both women embark on a journey not only to discover their tragic family story, but who they really are and where they belong, questioning their religions and beliefs.

    L'intrepido Gianni Amelio, Italy North American Premiere
    This film is an affecting and timely story about a middle-aged, precariously employed jack-of-all-trades in Milan who doggedly tries to get by in an unfeeling city while trying to retain his dignity and his passions.

    The Invisible Woman Ralph Fiennes, United Kingdom World Premiere
    Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, go back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes), with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity. Dickens — famous, controlling and emotionally isolated within his success — falls for Nelly, who comes from a family of actors. The theatre is a vital arena for Dickens, a brilliant amateur actor and a man more emotionally coherent on the page and on stage than in life. As Nelly becomes Dickens’ muse and the focus of his passion, for both of them secrecy is the price — and for Nelly a life of “invisibility”. Also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Joanna Scanlan, Perdita Weeks, Amanda Hale, Tom Burke, John Kavanagh and Michael Marcus.

    Joe David Gordon Green, USA North American Premiere
    A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary backwoods South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel, celebrated at once for its grit and its deeply moving core. Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage comes back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his own instinct for trouble until he meets a hard-luck kid (Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. Based on the novel Big Bad Love by the late Larry Brown.

    Labor Day Jason Reitman, USA World Premiere
    Labor Day centres on 13-year-old Henry Wheeler as he confronts the pangs of adolescence while struggling to be the man of the house and care for his reclusive mother, Adele. On a back-to-school shopping trip, Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, a man both intimidating and clearly in need of help, who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape all of them for the rest of their lives. Starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, JK Simmons, Brooke Smith and James Van Der Beek.

    Like Father, Like Son Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan North American Premiere
    Two families are forced to choose between nature and nurture — between their natural sons and the sons they have raised.

    Man of Tai Chi Keanu Reeves, USA/China North American Premiere
    A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club. Starring Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen.

    Mary Queen of Scots Thomas Imbach, France/Switzerland North American Premiere
    A queen who lost three kingdoms. A wife who lost three husbands. A woman who lost her head.

    Mystery Road Ivan Sen, Australia International Premiere
    Detective Jay Swan returns to his outback hometown to investigate the brutal murder of a teenage girl found in a drain under a highway outside of town. Starring Aaron Pedersen, Ryan Kwanten and Hugo Weaving.

    Night Moves Kelly Reichardt, USA North American Premiere
    When do legitimate convictions demand illegal behaviors? What happens to a person’s political principles when they find their back against the wall? Night Moves is the story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most spectacular direct action event of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard.

    Omar Hany Abu-Assad, Palestine North American Premiere
    Trust and identity are stretched like wire in an impossible West Bank love story. Desires for individual and collective freedom collide. Mere sacrifice isn’t enough; betrayal is the only way to survive.

    One Chance David Frankel, USA World Premiere
    This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night. Paul became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for Britain's Got Talent. Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win the competition and the hearts of millions. BAFTA winner James Corden stars as Paul Potts and is supported by an ensemble cast that includes Julie Walters, Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Jemima Rooper and Alexandra Roach.

    Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch, USA North American Premiere
    Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them? Starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt and Anton Yelchin.

    The Past (Le Passé) Asghar Farhadi, France/Italy North American Premiere
    Following a four year separation, Ahmad returns to Paris from Tehran, upon his French wife Marie's request, in order to finalize their divorce proceedings. During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie's relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad's efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past.

    Philomena Stephen Frears, United Kingdom North American Premiere
    Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, this film focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Judi Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock — something Philomena’s Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of — and given away for adoption in the United States. Following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into her son’s whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Philomena meets Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to track down her long-lost son.

    Pioneer (Pionér) Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway/Germany/Sweden/France/Finland International Premiere
    Pioneer is set in the early 80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian oil boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter is obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. Along with his brother Knut he has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who's pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.

    Prisoners Denis Villeneuve, USA World Premiere
    How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrests its driver, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads and pressure mounts, knowing his child’s life is at stake the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family? Also features Melissa Leo, Maria Bello, Viola Davis and Terrence Howard.

    Quai d'Orsay Bertrand Tavernier, France World Premiere
    Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.

    Real Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan North American Premiere
    Koichi and Atsumi are lovers who have known each other all their lives. A year ago, Atsumi apparently tried to commit suicide and has been in a coma since then. Through ‘sensing’, a type of neurological treatment allowing communication with a comatose patient, Koichi tries to find out why she tried to kill herself. Starring Takeru Satoh and Haruka Ayase.

    Starred Up David Mackenzie, United Kingdom World Premiere
    When troubled teenager Eric is transferred to an adult prison, the new environment serves only to amplify his ultra-violent behavior. He soon comes to the attention of the prison kingpin, who assigns his lieutenant Nev to keep the boy under control. The problem however is that Nev is Eric’s father. They have not seen each other for 12 years, and an uncomfortable stand-off begins as father and son battle to gain some kind of understanding after a decade of mistrust and separation.

    Third Person Paul Haggis, Belgium World Premiere
    Love, passion, mystery, betrayal and hope infuse Paul Haggis' new feature, which follows the interrelated stories of three couples in three cities, Rome, New York and Paris — each with its own secrets. Starring Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, Kim Basinger and Moran Atias.

    Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) Daniele Luchetti, Italy World Premiere
    Rome, 1974. Wannabe artist Guido feels trapped by his conventional life and beautiful, bourgeois wife, Serena. Their young sons, Dario and Paolo, are caught between their parents’ passion for each other, their rows and their infidelities. The film tells of those happy years, which seemed so unhappy at the time…

    Tracks John Curran, United Kingdom/Australia North American Premiere
    Tracks is the true story of Robyn Davidson who trekked from Alice Springs in Central Australia through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling desert to the Indian Ocean, accompanied only by her loyal dog and four unpredictable camels. This epic and remarkable journey into Australia’s last great frontier was captured by charismatic National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan. These challenging and emotional nine months in the desert marked a new beginning for Robyn that would change the rest of her life. Starring Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver.

    Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer, USA/United Kingdom North American Premiere
    The story of an alien in human form on a journey through Scotland. Part road movie, part science fiction, part real, it’s a film about seeing the world through alien eyes. Starring Scarlett Johansson.

    Violette Martin Provost, France/Belgium World Premiere
    Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.

    Visitors Godfrey Reggio, USA World Premiere
    Thirty years after Koyaanisqatsi, with support from Philip Glass and Jon Kane, Godfrey Reggio’s portrayal of modern life in Visitors leapfrogs beyond earth-bound filmmakers. Presented by Steven Soderbergh, Visitors offers an experience of technology and transcendental emotionality, taking viewers to the moon and back to confront them with themselves.

    Walesa. Man of Hope. (Walesa. Czlowiek z nadziei.) Andrzej Wajda, Poland North American Premiere
    How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

    We are the Best! (Vi är bäst!) Lukas Moodysson, Sweden North American Premiere
    Stockholm 1982. Bobo, Klara and Hedvig are three 13-year-old girls who roam the streets. Girls who are brave and tough and strong and weak and confused and weird. Girls who have to take care of themselves way too early. Girls who heat fish fingers in the toaster when mom is at the pub. Girls who start a punk band without any instruments, even though everybody says that punk is dead.

    Le Week-End Roger Michell, United Kingdom World Premiere
    Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways. Starring Jeff Goldblum, Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan.

    You Are Here Matthew Weiner, USA World Premiere
    When Steve Dallas (Owen Wilson), a womanizing local weatherman, hears that his off-the-grid best friend Ben Baker (Zach Galifianakis) has lost his estranged father, the two return to Ben's childhood home. Once there, they discover Ben has inherited the family fortune, and the ill-equipped duo must battle Ben's formidable sister (Amy Poehler) and deal with his father's gorgeous 25-year old widow (Laura Ramsey). You Are Here is a contemporary adult comedy about family, friendship, money, and the people who keep it all afloat.

    Young and Beautiful (Jeune & jolie) François Ozon, France/Belgium North American Premiere
    A coming-of-age portrait of a 17-year-old French girl over four seasons and four songs — from her sexual awakening to her first time; from her exploration of love to her search for her identity.



    Toronto International Film Festival announces 2013 Midnight Madness lineup

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    FESTIVAL SALUTES 25 CHILLING YEARS OF MIDNIGHT MADNESS: ROCKING, SHOCKING AND SAVAGING THE SENSES

    TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival® celebrates 25 years of Midnight Madness with a murderers’ row of wild cinematic thrills. Programmed by Colin Geddes, the international lineup aims right for the jugular with everything froman extraterrestrial gore-thriller and sinister sex-comedy, to an Asian exotic horror film and a visually-stunning reinvention of the Italian cannibal genre.

    “Since its 1988 launch, the Midnight Madness programme emerged as a touchstone of cinematic shock, satiating the adventurous palate of bloodthirsty cinephiles from all over the world,” said Geddes, International Programmer for the Festival. “When the witching hour strikes and the human brain starts slipping into dream mode, the Ryerson Theatre will once again serve up a feast of phantasmagorical characters and jaw-dropping scenes, playing host to bizarre biological monstrosities, ruthless dominatrix gangs, paranormal mirrors, and the hijinks of supernatural cheerleaders.”

    The programme presents films from Midnight Madness alumni Hitoshi Matsumoto, Eli Roth and Sion Sono, as well as the debut feature of Hong Kong pop singer Juno Mak.

    The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5 to 15, 2013.


    Afflicted Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, Canada/USA World Premiere
    Best friends Derek and Clif set out on a trip of a lifetime. Their plan: travel to the ends of the earth, see the world, and live life to the fullest. But the trip soon takes a dark and bloody turn. Just days in, one of the men shows signs of a mysterious affliction which gradually takes over his entire body and being. Now, thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land, they must race to uncover the source of his illness before it consumes him completely. Footage of their travels meant to document pleasant memories may now become evidence of one of the most shocking discoveries ever captured on film…and may be their only postcard home.

    Midnight Madness Opening Night Film
    All Cheerleaders Die Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson, USA World Premiere
    When tragedy rocks Blackfoot High, rebellious outsider Mäddy Killian shocks the student body by joining the cheerleading squad. This decision drives a rift between Mäddy and her ex-girlfriend Leena Miller — a loner who claims to practice the dark arts. After a confrontation with the football team, Mäddy and her new cheerleader friends are sent on a supernatural roller coaster ride which leaves a path of destruction none of them may be able to escape.

    Almost Human Joe Begos, USA World Premiere
    Mark Fisher disappeared from his home in a brilliant flash of blue light almost two years ago. His friend Seth Hampton was the last to see him alive. Now a string of grisly, violent murders leads Seth to believe that Mark is back, and something evil is living inside of him.

    The Green Inferno Eli Roth, USA World Premiere
    How far would you go for a cause you believe in? In horrormaster Eli Roth’s terrifying new film, a group of college students take their humanitarian protest from New York to the Amazon jungle, only to get kidnapped by the native tribe they came to save: a tribe that still practices the ancient rite of cannibalism, and has a healthy appetite for intruders.

    Oculus Mike Flanagan, USA World Premiere
    Oculus is a spine-chilling supernatural tale of two damaged siblings (Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites) who, as children, witnessed their parents' harrowing descent into madness and murder. At long last, brother and sister reunite as adults to expose and destroy the paranormal entity they believe is responsible: the Lasser Glass — a legendary mirror their family once owned.

    R100 Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japan World Premiere
    An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. The man enters into an entirely new and exciting world which he has never before experienced.

    Rigor Mortis Juno Mak, Hong Kong North American Premiere
    Juno Mak’s debut feature Rigor Mortis is an eerie and chilling, contemporary action- and special effects-laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980s. Starring Chin Siu-Ho, Kara Hui, Anthony Chan, Lo Hoi Pang and Richard Ng.

    The Station (Blutgletscher) Marvin Kren, Austria World Premiere
    At a climate research station in the Alps, the scientists are stunned as the nearby melting glacier is leaking a red liquid. It quickly turns to be very special juice — with unexpected genetic effects on the local wildlife.

    Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de Naze Warui) Sion Sono, Japan North American Premiere
    Two men, Muto and Ikegami, hate each other. Muto desperately wants to help his daughter Mitsuko star in a movie. Meanwhile, Ikegami falls in love with Mitsuko, knowing that she's the daughter of his foe. Hirata, a filmmaker, and Koji, a young movie-lover, get dragged into this complicated situation that heads into an unexpected direction.

    Tickets to screenings for this programme will be available for individual purchase as well as through the Midnight Madness Pack, which includes all 10 screenings for $176, or $113 for students and seniors. Purchase Festival ticket packages online 24 hours a day at tiff.net/festival, by phone Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET at 416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433, or visit the box office in person from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, until August 19.


    MIDNIGHT MADNESS MILESTONES
    1988: The Toronto International Film Festival, headed by Programme Director Piers Handling, launches the Midnight Madness programme at The Bloor Cinema — the first all-midnight series hosted by a major film festival.

    1989: Noah Cowan is named Midnight Madness programmer.

    1990: Shinya Tsukamoto makes his feature film debut with Tetsuo a.k.a Iron Man. Legendary Italian horror film director Dario Argento makes his first North American film festival appearance when Two Evil Eyes plays Midnight Madness.

    1992: Quentin Tarantino attends the Festival to present the indie cult hit Reservoir Dogs (in the First Cinema programme) and brings the film’s esteemed cast to several of that year’s midnight screenings, including Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, and Michael Madsen. Madsen’s sister, Virginia Madsen, was the star of Candyman, one of the films in the Midnight Madness lineup.

    1993: Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused debuts to an enthusiastic rock 'n' roll audience, garnering great success for the film’s future.

    1995: Popularity of the programme grows, demanding a bigger theatre capacity. Midnight Madness screenings move from The Bloor Cinema to the Uptown Theatre, a 900-seat venue with state of the art AV capability.

    1997: Colin Geddes gets tapped to co-programme the year’s lineup. He would take over programmer duties in 1998. Orgazmo, the first feature film by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, screens in Midnight Madness — the duo’s cartoon series South Park had just debuted on television. Takashi Miike makes his first ever international festival appearance with Fudoh: The New Generation, which Time magazine cites as one of their top 10 films of 1997.

    2002: Eli Roth premieres his first feature Cabin Fever and sells the United Kingdom rights to the film 10 minutes into the first press and industry screening, drawing in eight offers from studios by the end of it. Roth secures a deal with Lionsgate, making it one of the top sales of the Festival. Cult actor Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) introduces the Bubba Ho-Tep screening to a packed and pumped-up audience, and delivers a memorably hilarious Q&A session.

    2003: Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior screens to an overwhelming audience response, launching Tony Jaa, martial arts actor into internationally-recognized territory — a first for a Thai film star. Haute Tension makes its North American premiere and starts the wave of transgressive French horror films. Midnight Madness’s closing night film, the Australian zombie-horror comedy Undead, marks the last ever film to play at the Uptown Theatre before closing its doors.

    2004: The programme finds a new home at the Ryerson Theatre. James Wan’s Saw gets a taste of the Midnight Madness magic as its closing night film, going on to make it as a huge horror franchise.

    2005: Eli Roth returns to shock audiences once again with the world premiere of his notorious horror film Hostel. Hong Kong action superstar Sammo Hung receives a standing ovation as he walks onstage at the Ryerson Theatre to introduce the film SPL.

    2006: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has its world premiere and goes on to be the first Academy Award-nominated film in the history of Midnight Madness. Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) arrives on a donkey-drawn cart to rapturous crowd applause. The New Zealand horror comedy Black Sheep brings a memorable herd of sheep in bow ties and tiaras to walk the red carpet.

    2007: George A. Romero attends the world premiere for Diary of the Dead accompanied by 50 zombies.

    2009: The first People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award is presented to Sean Byrne’s The Loved Ones. Subsequent winners include Jim Mickle’s Stake Land (2010), Gareth Evans’ The Raid (2011), and Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths (2012).

    2011: Director/actor/comedian Bobcat Goldthwait hops onstage to entertain the audience with an impromptu stand-up comedy routine before the premiere of Smuggler. He was presenting his film God Bless America that year.

    2012: Midnight Madness sees the highest number of directors on stage to present a single film — seven out of the 26 directors for the world premiere of The ABCs of Death.

    Over its 25-year history the Midnight Madness programme has presented films from 23 countries: Thailand, Japan, China, Hungary, United Kingdom,Canada, Finland, Spain, South Korea, Luxembourg, Indonesia, Denmark, Mexico, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Hong Kong, USA and Germany.

    Notable directors who have introduced their screenings at Midnight Madness include: George A. Romero, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Carpenter, Tony Jaa, J.T. Petty, Takeshi Miike, Dario Argento, James Wan, Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, Don Coscarelli, Bruce LaBruce, Richard Linklater, Peter Jackson, Barry Levinson, Ben Wheatley, James Gunn, Stuart Gordon, Bong Joon-ho, Jonathan Levine, Christophe Gans, Kim Jee-Woon, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Johnnie To Kei-fung, Cindy Sherman, Bill Plympton, Shinya Tsukamoto and Alex Winter. Tickets to screenings for this programme will be available for individual purchase as well as through the Midnight Madness Pack, which includes all 10 screenings for $176, or $113 for students and seniors. Purchase Festival ticket packages online 24 hours a day at tiff.net/festival, by phone Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET at 416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433, or visit the box office in person from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, until August 19.

    About TIFF
    TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net.

    Toronto International Film Festival announces 2013 City to City lineup

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    THE CITY TO CITY PROGRAMME BRINGS 10 BOLD FILMS FROM ATHENS TO THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    TORONTO — The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival® shines its spotlight on 10 daring feature films from the city of Athens, Greece for the fifth edition of the City to City programme. The lineup showcases adventurous new works by contemporary directors living and working in this ancient metropolis, and will expose audiences to the fearless cinema emerging from the region.

    This year’s lineup was programmed by Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Dimitri Eipides, International Programmer for the Festival. The City to City series focuses on the films and filmmakers from a selected international hot spot breaking new ground in cinema, regardless of where the films are set.

    The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5 to 15, 2013.


    The Daughter (I Kori) Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece North American Premiere
    A 14-year-old girl, an eight-year-old boy, and a bankrupt lumber yard in contemporary Athens. Starring Savina Alimani.

    The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi tou Antoni Paraskeua) Elina Psykou, Greece North American Premiere
    Antonis arrives at a hotel resort by the sea. It is wintertime, the hotel is closed and Antonis drifts around alone. He has a lot of time to kill...until the news announces the disappearance of the famous TV host Antonis Paraskevas. Starring Christos Stergioglou and Maria Kallimani.

    J.A.C.E. – Just Another Confused Elephant Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Greece/FYROM/Portugal/Turkey North American Premiere
    Twice-orphaned J.a.c.e. — a Greek-Albanian child — witnesses a massacre that wipes out his foster family. He then falls into the hands of the predators, ruthless gangsters who traffic children abroad for various reasons, frompanhandling to the organ trade. J.a.c.e. ends up in Athens, begging at street corners, exploring the horrors of institutions for young offenders, or serving obscure patrons in a world where violent loss seems to be his only destiny. The movie follows J.a.c.e.’s odyssey into a dark universe of abuse, murder and fear, as he desperately seeks a family and a sense of belonging. Starring Alban Ukaj, Stefania Goulioti, Argiris Xafis, Ieronymos Kaletsanos, Kora Karvouni, Akyllas Karazissis, Yiannis Tsortekis, Soma Badekas, Diogo Infante, Christos Loulis, Franco Trevisi and Refet Abazi.

    Miss Violence Alexandros Avranas, Greece North American Premiere
    On the day of her birthday, 11-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and social services investigate this apparent suicide, Angeliki’s family insists that it was an accident. What is the secret that young Angeliki took with her? Why does her family persist in trying to forget her and move on with their lives? These are the answers that social services seekwhen they visit the family’s clean and orderly home. The father has made sure nothing is missing and that everything is where it belongs. It seems as if nothing can betray them. But Angeliki’s younger brother unintentionally reveals clues that will gradually shatter the family’s well polished-world, forcing them to come face to face with what they have been hiding for so many years. Starring Themis Panou, Eleni Roussinou, Reni Pittaki and Sissy Toumasi.

    September Penny Panayotopoulou, Germany/Greece North American Premiere
    Anna lives with her dog Manu. She thinks they will live together forever. When he dies, she buries him in a family’s garden across the street. But unlike Manu, the happy, bustling family does not need her love and affection. September recalls that ambivalent mood between endings and beginnings, and the struggle to find meaning in and happiness out of life's ordinariness. Starring Kora Karvouni, Maria Skoula andNikos Diamantis.

    City to City Opening Night Film
    Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese ke na Kitas) Yorgos Servetas, Greece World Premiere
    Antigone moves to a quiet town in search of an unassuming life, unaware of the silent violence that lurks underneath the peaceful surface. Soon, situations around her will force her to decide whether she should take action or stand aside and watch. Standing Aside, Watching is ameta-Western film about indifference, violence and involvement. Starring Marina Symeou, Nikos Yorgakis, Yorgos Kafetzopoulos, Kostis Siradakis, Yorgos Ziovas and Marianthi Pantelopoulou.

    To the Wolf (Sto Lyko) Aran Hughes and Christina Koutsospyrou, Greece/United Kingdom North American Premiere
    To the Wolf is a stark exploration of two shepherd families struggling to survive in the wilderness of the Greek mountains at a time of deep national crisis.With Ilias Katsaros, Spiridoula Katsarou, Adam Paxnis, Kiki Paxni, Vasiliki Spiropoulou and Giorgos Katsaros.

    Unfair World (Adikos Kosmos) Filippos Tsitos, Greece/Germany Toronto Premiere
    Sotiris is a police interrogator. One day he decides to be fair with people. He is determined to exonerate every single poor guy who committed a small crime because life was cruel. In an effort to save an innocent man, Sotiris kills someone. Dora, a lonely cleaning lady, is the only witness to the crime. Sotiris needs Dora’s help, and even though she lacks compassion, he feels she is his only ally. Will the unrighteous Dora save the virtuous Sotiris? And what about love? Starring Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Theodora Tzimou and Christos Stergioglou.

    Wasted Youth Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel, Greece Toronto Premiere
    Summer in Athens: a heatwave blasts the city. A teenage skateboarder sets out for a normal day with his friends. A middle-aged man struggles with raising his family — stuck at a job he dislikes and facing an impending nervous breakdown. Inspired by true events, this is a portrait of Athens. Starring Harris Markou and Ieronymos Kaletsanos.

    Wild Duck Yannis Sakaridis, Greece World Premiere
    Dimitris, an indebted telecommunications engineer, shuts down his business and gets involved in a phone-hacking investigation with an ex-colleague. Their rigorous search on mobile phone antennas leads them to a suspicious flat in a tower block. Dimitris’ attention is caught instantly by an ill woman who lives above this flat. Starring Alexandros Logothetis, Themis Bazaka and George Pyrpasopoulos.

    Tickets to screenings for this programme will be available for individual purchase as well as through the City to City Pack, which includes all 10 screenings for $113, or $100 for students and seniors. Purchase Festival ticket packages online 24 hours a day at tiff.net/festival, by phone Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET at 416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433, or visit the box office in person from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, until August 19.

    About TIFF
    TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation andRBC. For more information, visit tiff.net.

    Toronto International Film Festival announces 2013 Vanguard and – TIFF Cinematheque lineup

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    VANGUARD PROGRAMME ENTICES FESTIVAL-GOERS WITH SEDUCTIVE, PROVOCATIVE CINEMA THAT DEFIES CONVENTION

    TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival® Vanguard programme takes audiences on a sensory rollercoaster ride with boundary-pushing international works that are bold and bodacious. Curated by international programmer Colin Geddes, this lineup brings the best in genre and arthouse together for a cinematic odyssey that eludes conventional definition.

    “From revenge and ruin to sex, drugs and taxation, this programme challenges audiences to go places that no audience has gone before,” said Geddes. “Where Midnight Madness opens up audiences to a world of fear and fantasy, Vanguard plunges them into a confrontational and unnerving one that sometimes comes a bit too close to reality for comfort.”

    The Vanguard roster features a provocative partnership between Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) and Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), the darkly comic and esoteric Jeremy Saulnier (Murder Party), the ironic social commentary of Alex van Warmerdam (The Last Days of Emma Blank, Ober), the daring French duo of Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani (Amer), and horror master Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension, Piranha 3D, The Hills Have Eyes).


    Blue Ruin Jeremy Saulnier, USA North American Premiere
    A classic American revenge story, Blue Ruin follows a mysterious outsider whose quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Finding himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family, he proves to be an amateur assassin. Starring Macon Blair.

    Borgman Alex van Warmerdam, The Netherlands/Belgium/Denmark North American Premiere
    Borgman is the central character in Alex van Warmerdam’s dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny. Starring Jan Bijoet, Jeroen Perceval and Hadewych Minis.

    Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari Alexey Fedorchenko, Russia Canadian Premiere
    Comprised of 23 vignettes illuminating the pagan-influenced mores of western Russia’s Meadow Mari, the latest film from director Alexey Fedorchenko (Silent Souls) is a beguiling, painterly portrait of a culture driven by a ritualistic appreciation of female beauty and feminine sexuality.

    The Fake Yeon Sang-ho, Korea World Premiere
    A rural village is determined to be submerged and its residents are compensated for relocation. A swindler named Choi deceives the poor villagers with false religion to make them give up their compensations as church offerings. Min-chul, an infamous local good-fornothing waster, discovers the truth, but he is unable to convince anyone; especially against Reverend Sung, who is revered by the people, but who in fact is someone Choi scouted to serve his purpose. When Min-chul’s own faithful daughter is forced into prostitution by these fakes, he sets out to get even.

    Horns Alexandre Aja, USA World Premiere
    Horns, a supernatural thriller driven by dark comedy, mystery and romance follows Ignatius Perrish as he awakens after a hard night of drinking to find he has grown a pair of horns. In addition to his devilish appearance, the horns cause people to fall into a trance and voice their most unspeakable thoughts, an effective tool in Ig’s quest to discover the truth of his girlfriend's murder. Starring Juno Temple and Daniel Radcliffe.

    People In Places (Gente En Sitios) Juan Cavestany, Spain World Premiere
    This kaleidoscopic film weaves together approximately 20 fragmented scenarios that offer a view of contemporary Spain, drawing conclusions about the persistence of the human condition, strangeness, and the chaos within relationships. Starring Raul Arevalo, Eduard Fernandez and Santiago Segura.

    Proxy Zack Parker, USA World Premiere
    While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.

    The Sacrament Ti West, USA North American Premiere
    From acclaimed writer/director Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) and horror master Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever, The Last Exorcism), The Sacrament follows two Vice media correspondents as they set out to document their friend's search to find his missing sister. They travel outside of the United States to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the world of "Eden Parish," a self-sustained rural utopia comprised of nearly 200 members. At the centre of this small, religious, socialist community is a mysterious leader known only as "Father." As their friend reunites with his sister, it becomes apparent to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a race to escape with their lives. Starring Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz and Gene Jones.

    Sapi Brillante Mendoza, Philippines World Premiere
    With the rival station Philippine Broadcasting Channel (PBC) eating up the TV audiences' major share, Sarimanok Broadcasting Network (SBN) needs a miracle to stay alive in the competition. In these mad and fearful times, SBN's news team finds that documenting an actual spiritual possession would be their only hope.

    Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies & Glistrup) Christoffer Boe, Denmark International Premiere
    Sex, Drugs & Taxation is based on the true story about the spectacular friendship between two of the most notorious and provocative men in 1960s Denmark: the eccentric lawyer-turned-politician, Mogens Glistrup, and the 'travel king', millionaire, womanizer and public provocateur, Simon Spies. Starring Pilou Asbæk, Nicolas Bro and Jesper Christensen.

    Soul Chung Mong-Hong, Taiwan International Premiere
    A-Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is rushed to a hospital. His colleagues send him to his father,who resides in the mountains. While there, A-Chuan becomes immobile: he won’t speak, eat or even go to the toilet on his own. One day his father returns from work only to find A-Chuan sitting in the corner with his daughter lying dead in a pool of blood. In an unfamiliar, eerily calm voice, A-Chuan says, “I saw this body was empty, so I moved in.”

    The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Belgium/France/Luxembourg North American Premiere
    A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he continues his search, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence... Starring Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, Sam Louwyck and Anna D’Annunzio.

    Thou Gild’st the Even Onur Ünlü, Turkey North American Premiere
    Man is created of anxiety. —Euripides
    In a small Anatolian town, life goes on: Cemal is an assistant referee in football matches; Yasemin works on a farm; and Defne is a street vendor who sells books. In this town with two suns and three full moons in the sky, Cemal — who has the ability to see through the walls — has no expectations out of life, and looks for a way out with Yasemin — who can move objects with her fingers. However, Defne, who can freeze time, will muddle things up, and Yasemin's immoral boss' actions will contradict the invisible elementary school teacher's advice, who is trying to eliminate the worries of Cemal. Thou Gild'st the Even is a black andwhite film about the ordinary sorrows, worries and troubles of townspeople with extraordinary abilities.

    We Gotta Get Out of This Place Simon Hawkins and Zeke Hawkins, USA World Premiere
    With only three weeks left until his two best friends leave for college, Billy Joe robs his cotton farmer boss, Giff, in order to pay for one last blow-out weekend in Corpus Christi, Texas. Arriving home from the weekend, the teens find the consequences of Billy Joe’s actions brutal. Now Billy Joe, Bobby, and Sue will be taken on a ride that will test love, heartbreak, trust, and crossing that permanent line from adolescence into adulthood.


    TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES DIVERSE LINEUP FOR WORLD-RENOWNED TIFF CINEMATHEQUE PROGRAMME

    TORONTO – TIFF Cinematheque, a screening programme devoted to the presentation, understanding and appreciation of Canadian and international cinema, will present a collection of seven restored classics at the Toronto International Film Festival®.

    A new digital restoration of David Cronenberg’s controversial 1975 feature film, Shivers, will make its world premiere at the Festival. The restoration of Shivers was commissioned by TIFF in celebration of the comprehensive film exhibition of the director, titled David Cronenberg: Evolution, coming to TIFF Bell Lightbox November 1. Cronenberg will be making a special appearance to introduce the film to Festival audiences. Other TIFF Cinematheque special guest introductions will be announced soon.

    Other works include a rare preservation print of Joseph H. Lewis’ film noir classic Gun Crazy; Yasujiro Ozu’s final film An Autumn Afternoon; a special screening of Lino Brocka’s Manila in the Claws of Light— considered by many critics to be the best Philippine film ever made; Roberto Rossellini’s 1945 film about the Nazi occupation of Rome, Rome Open City; Alain Resnais’ epochal masterpiece that has been hailed as “the first modern film of sound cinema,” Hiroshima mon amour; and finally Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme’s penetrating portrait of Paris and Parisians during the month of May in 1962, Le Joli Mai (The Lovely Month of May).

    Led by Brad Deane, Manager of Film Programmes, the lineup includes selections by the TIFF Cinematheque programming team of James Quandt, Noah Cowan and Jesse Wente. TIFF Cinematheque is now in its 23rd year.

    “We are thrilled to present some of the great masterpieces in the history of world cinema in wonderful new restorations at this year's Toronto International Film Festival,” said Deane. “Seeing these films alongside the rest of the Festival selection not only reaffirms their important influence but also proves Jean-Luc Godard's adage that classic = modern.”

    Tickets to all TIFF Cinematheque screenings during the Festival are complimentary and will be distributed at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office on a first-come, first-served basis two hours before each film screening.

    The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5 to 15, 2013.


    An Autumn Afternoon Yasujiro Ozu, Japan
    Yasujiro Ozu's final film is the gentle, heartbreaking story of a man's dignified resignation to life's ever-shifting currents. Though widower Shuhei Hirayama (Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events leads him to accept and encourage her marriage and departure.
    Digital restoration by Shochiku Co. Ltd., the National Film Center and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Special thanks to Janus Films.

    Gun Crazy Joseph H. Lewis, USA
    This stylistically audacious, seminal “rural noir” from director Joseph H. Lewis placed American reverence for firearms in its crosshairs, unloading a sociopathic-erotic crime spree — and setting the template for subsequent lovers-on-the-run thrillers like Bonnie and Clyde.

    35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preserved in cooperation with Warner Bros. from the original 35mm picture and track negatives.

    Hiroshima mon amour Alain Resnais, France/Japan
    Alain Resnais’ epochal masterpiece Hiroshima mon amour stars Emmanuelle Riva as a French woman visiting post-war Hiroshima, who has an affair with a local architect (Eiji Okada) that evokes painful memories of her first love, a German soldier, in Nazi-occupied France.
    The restoration in 4K was carried out from the original negative by Argos Films, the Technicolor Foundation, the Groupama Gan Foundation and the Cineteca di Bologna, with the support of the CNC. It was supervised by the director of photography Renato Berta. The work was done by L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Special thanks to Argos Films and Tamasa Distribution.

    The Lovely Month of May (Le Joli Mai) Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme, France
    Long unavailable in the U.S. and a major work in the oeuvre of filmmaker Chris Marker (1921–2012), this restoration of Le Joli Mai (The Lovely Month of May) debuted at the Cannes film festival, 50 years after the film first premiered there. It was created according to the wishes of Marker, supervised by the film's cinematographer and co-director, Pierre Lhomme. Le Joli Mai is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria and the first time in 23 years that France was not involved in any war.
    Restoration and digitization made possible by the Center national du cinéma et de l’image animée and the Archives françaises du film. Special thanks to Icarus Films.

    Manila in the Claws of Light (Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag) Lino Brocka, Philippines
    A brilliant fusion of florid melodrama and gritty realism, Lino Brocka’s story of a country boy traversing the myriad pitfalls of Manila’s urban jungle — presented here in a dazzling 4K restoration — is widely considered to be the greatest Philippine film of all time.
    Restored in 2013 by the World Cinema Foundation and the Film Development Council of the Philippines at Cineteca di Bologna / L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines and Mike de Leon.

    Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta) Roberto Rossellini, Italy
    One of the most powerful and influential films ever made, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City focuses on a resistance leader who, fleeing the Gestapo, takes refuge with an ally and his pregnant fiancée (Anna Magnani). Shot in the streets of Rome during the last days of the war, this legendary film ushered in Italian neorealism, a key development in the history of cinema.
    Restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, CSC - Cineteca Nazionale, Coproduction Office and Istituto Luce Cinecittà. Special thanks to Janus Films.

    Shivers David Cronenberg, Canada
    David Cronenberg’s third feature film announced him as the master of “body horror” and features a fast spreading parasite that quickly overruns a Montreal apartment complex, turning its residents into sex-crazed zombies.
    A TIFF digital restoration in partnership with Technicolor Creative Services Toronto. Colour correction was supervised by David Cronenberg.

    Purchase Festival ticket packages online 24 hours a day at tiff.net/festival, by phone Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET at 416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433, or visit the box office in person from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, until August 21.

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    Toronto International Film Festival announces 2013 Documentary lineup

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    TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY LINEUP REVEALS OBSESSIVE, IMPASSIONED & CONTROVERSIAL CHARACTERS
    TIFF Docs world premieres include works by Penn & Teller, artist Chris Jordan, Jehane Noujaim, Alanis Obomsawin and Leanne Pooley; North American premieres by renowned directors Errol Morris, Frederick Wiseman, Marcel Ophüls and Claude Lanzmann

    TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced its 2013 programme of documentaries. The TIFF Docs lineup offers a world of discovery through a mix of veteran filmmakers and newcomers, including two first-time feature documentary directors — Chris Jordan and Teller — who achieved notoriety in areas outside of film, as well as a quartet of Canadian entries.

    "This year's documentaries are rich with obsessive and impassioned characters — in pursuit of art, democracy and insatiable appetites — both on screen and behind the camera," said TIFF documentary programmer Thom Powers. "They inspire a range of emotions from awe-stricken to angry and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny."

    The mystery of the unexplored is an underlying theme of several world premieres, including internationally acclaimed artist and cultural activist Chris Jordan’s directorial debut Midway, a visually stunning work on albatrosses; Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren’s The Dog, the story of the real life bank robber who inspired Dog Day Afternoon; illusionists Penn & Teller on an inventor’s far-fetched ambition with their debut Tim’s Vermeer (produced by Penn Jillette, directed by Teller); John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier, on the hidden legacy of a street photographer; and Beyond the Edge, Leanne Pooley’s 3D, suspenseful retracing of the first climb to the world’s highest peak.

    Veteran documentary filmmakers at this year’s Festival include Errol Morris with The Unknown Known, a portrayal of Donald Rumsfeld; Frederick Wiseman with At Berkeley, a film about the University of California; Marcel Ophüls, who revisits his cinematic family history in Ain’t Misbehavin’; and Claude Lanzmann, who reveals a never-before-seen Shoah interview in The Last of the Unjust.

    A strong contingent of Canadian documentaries in the TIFF Docs programme include world premieres of Jody Shapiro’s Burt’s Buzz, a look into the life of the man behind the Burt’s Bees natural product brand; Barry Avrich’s Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story, a peek at the founder of Penthouse magazine; Alan Zweig’s exploration into 20th century humour, When Jews Were Funny; and the latest feature by one of Canada’s most important filmmakers, Alanis Obomsawin, Hi-Ho Mistahey!— a film about those advocating First Nations protests against the Canadian government.

    Several world premieres delve deeper into news headlines, including Mission Congo— David Turner and Lara Zizic’s investigation into death, diamonds and greed — which focuses on a US businessman’s pursuit of an irresistible opportunity during one of the worst humanitarian crises of modern times; Madeleine Sackler’s Unstable Elements, which follows members of an underground theatre group as they flee the dictatorship in Belarus; and Jehane Noujaim’s account of Egypt’s political uprising — including the recent ousting of President Mohamed Morsi — with The Square (Al Midan).

    Documentaries will also be featured in other Toronto International Film Festival programmes, still to be announced.

    The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5 to 15, 2013.


    A Story of Children and Film Mark Cousins, United Kingdom North American Premiere
    A Story of Children and Film is the world's first movie about kids in global cinema. A passionate, poetic portrait of the adventures of childhood — its surrealism, loneliness, fun, destructiveness and vitality — as seen through 53 great films from 25 countries, director Mark Cousins’ landmark film is an eye opener and a celebration of both childhood and the movies.

    Ain't Misbehavin' Marcel Ophüls, France North American Premiere
    The director of The Sorrow and the Pity shares his memories with us, stories both incredibly rich and fascinating, making Ain't Misbehavin’ a cheerful and bittersweet trip through cinema history. Son of the great director Max Ophüls, Marcel can be a generous man and an admirer. Marcel talks with and about personalities like Jeanne Moreau, Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick and, of course, his friend François Truffaut.

    At Berkeley Frederick Wiseman, USA North American Premiere
    At Berkeley is a documentary film about the University of California at Berkeley. The film explores the major aspects of university life of America’s premier public university with particular emphasis on the administrative efforts to maintain the academic excellence, public role, and the economic, racial and social diversity of the student body in the face of severe budgetary cuts imposed by the California legislature.

    Beyond the Edge Leanne Pooley, New Zealand World Premiere
    It was an event that stunned the world and defined an era. Sir Edmund Hillary’s incredible achievement remains one of the greatest adventure stories of all time: the epic journey of a man from modest beginnings who overcame adversity to reach the highest point on Earth. Screening in 3D.

    Burt's Buzz Jody Shapiro, Canada World Premiere
    Burt's Buzz is an in-depth and personal look at the life of Burt Shavitz, known to millions around the world as the 'Burt' of the Burt’s Bees natural product brand. The documentary explores what it means to be marketed as an icon, and how that life differs from the one of the man behind the logo.

    The Dark Matter of Love Sarah McCarthy, UK North American Premiere
    The Dark Matter of Love follows three Russian children learning to love their adoptive American family through a scientific programme. From the director of The Sound Of Mumbai: A Musical.

    The Dog Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, USA World Premiere
    In 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover’s sex-change operation. The story was the basis for the film Dog Day Afternoon. The Dog captures John, who shares his story for the first time in his own unique, offensive, hilarious and heartbreaking way.

    Faith Connections Pan Nalin, France/India World Premiere
    Filmmaker Pan Nalin travels to Kumbh Mela, one of the world's most extraordinary religious events. There, he encounters remarkable men of mind and meditation, some facing an inextricable dilemma; to embrace the world or to renounce it. Faith Connections explores such diverse and deeply moving stories as a young runaway kid, a Sadhu, a mother desperately looking for her lost son, a yogi who is raising an abandoned baby, and an ascetic who keeps his calm by smoking cannabis — all connected by one faith against the spectacular display of devotion.

    Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story Barry Avrich, Canada World Premiere Through his lens, Bob Guccione witnessed, influenced and played a starring role in easily one of the most controversial and socially and sexually revolutionary eras in modern history. Reclusive, yet outspoken, Guccione used his art, his fortune and his outspoken views on sexuality and politics to create scandal, change and debate. Unlike his publishing rivals, Hefner and Flynt, there is more to Guccione than meets the eye.

    Finding Vivian Maier John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, USA World Premiere
    A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later, is now considered among the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never before seen photographs, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her.

    Hi-Ho Mistahey! Alanis Obomsawin, Canada World Premiere
    Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Shannen’s Dream, a national campaign to provide equitable access to education for First Nations children, in safe and suitable schools. She brings together the voices of those who have successfully brought the Dream all the way to the United Nations in Geneva.

    Ignasi M. Ventura Pons, Spain World Premiere
    Ignasi M., a world renowned museologist, is living a dramatic moment, but has the capacity to turn any situation into an edifying one and any discomfort into a hilarious series of facts.

    Jodorowsky's Dune Frank Pavich, USA North American Premiere
    The story of legendary cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s staggeringly ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science-fiction novel Dune.

    The Last of the Unjust Claude Lanzmann, France/Austria North American Premiere
    Through an interview with Benjamin Murmelstein, from Nisko in Poland to Theresienstadt, and from Vienna to Rome, Claude Lanzmann provides an unprecedented insight into the genesis of the Final Solution. It reveals the true face of Eichmann, and exposes without artifice the savage contradictions of the Jewish Councils.

    The Mayor Emiliano Altuna Fistolera, Mexico Canadian Premiere
    Mauricio Fernandez is the polemical mayor of San Pedro Garza García, the wealthiest and safest municipality in Latin America. He presents himself as an active ruler who is capable of cleaning his municipality of drug cartels without questioning the methods he uses to achieve this. The Mayor describes the wild times of a country that is marked by violence and the complete discredit of the ruling class.

    Midway Chris Jordan, USA World Premiere
    In the middle of the Pacific Ocean lies a tiny unincorporated territory belonging to the United States called Midway — the site of one of greatest naval battles of all time. Before the navy set up station, this island served for centuries as a breeding ground for hundreds of species of seabird — most notably the Albatross. Midway lies at the center of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where the seabirds’ feeding grounds are teeming with plastic waste. Unknowingly, the Albatross feed their chicks our refuse and so the very waters that once sustained them, now threaten their lives. Through stunning imagery and narration, the voice of the island tells their epic tale of survival. Both elegy and warning, the film explores the interconnectedness of species, with the Albatross on Midway as mirror of our humanity. This is their story and ours, an inspiring tale of how life and love endure despite incredible odds.

    Mission Congo David Turner and Lara Zizic, USA World Premiere
    Death, diamonds and greed — a story of a US businessman’s pursuit of an irresistible opportunity during one of the worst humanitarian crises of modern times.

    The Square (Al Midan) Jehane Noujaim, Egypt/USA World Premiere
    The story of revolution — behind the headlines. From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013 — follow a group of Egyptian revolutionaries as they battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a society of conscience.

    Tim’s Vermeer Teller, USA World Premiere
    Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) manages to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

    The Unknown Known Errol Morris, USA North American Premiere
    Errol Morris offers a mesmerizing portrait of Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of the Iraq War. Although Rumsfeld has held lofty positions of American political power for half a century, most people know little about him. When Rumsfeld wrote, as part of his most famous meditation, that an “unknown known” refers to “things you think you know that it turns out you do not,” he could have been speaking about himself. The Unknown Known is not intended as yet another postmortem on the Iraq War, but rather an illumination of a mystery.

    Unstable Elements Madeleine Sackler, USA World Premiere
    Comprised of smuggled footage and uncensored interviews, Unstable Elements introduces viewers to artists struggling under Europe’s last dictatorship. When the KGB targets dissenters, the members of the Free Theater find themselves torn between their art and safety. This compelling documentary showcases the power of art to change the world.

    When Jews Were Funny Alan Zweig, Canada World Premiere
    When Jews Were Funny is director Alan Zweig’s personal exploration into the roots and the manifestations of his Jewish identity, and particularly the question of how this Jewishness of his has persisted, though he’s done nothing to maintain it. He begins his exploration by trying to answer a question that’s intrigued him since childhood. Why were all the comedians he watched on TV in the fifties and sixties, Jewish? At first he doesn’t get the answers he was hoping for, but he trusts in the old saying, “two Jews, three opinions” and eventually some answers start to form.

    Purchase Festival ticket packages online 24 hours a day at tiff.net/festival, by phone Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET at 416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433, or visit the box office in person from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, until August 19.

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    Asian Film Summit returns to 2013 Toronto International Film Festival

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    Keanu Reeves, Johnnie To among the first round of announced guests

    TORONTO—The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced the first round of details for the Asian Film Summit, which takes place during the 2013 Festival, on Tuesday, September 10 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto. The Summit, now in its second year, is a key element of TIFF’s ongoing commitment to build bridges between Asia and the West, and features an international guest list of industry experts and programming that explores the East-West relationship. Highlights include actor-director Keanu Reeves discussing the making of Man of Tai Chi, which will receive its North American premiere at the Festival, as well as appearances by legendary industry veteran Tatsumi “Tom” Yoda, Hong Kong director Johnnie To and more.

    “The Asian Film Summit is the product of many years’ work and a natural outgrowth of the Festival’s role showcasing the best of global cinema,” said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF. “Building on the momentum and excitement of our own recent Japanese and Chinese film retrospectives, and the global attention focused on the region, the Summit will continue to grow and develop. We’re looking forward to even more exchanges of the type that made the inaugural event such a success.”

    “The immediate future of the global film industry will be defined by its ability to bring East and West together. TIFF’s Asian Film Summit is our effort to aid that dialogue,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Festival. “This year’s Summit will offer practical opportunities for producers to meet counterparts from the other side of the world, as well as the chance to learn from industry leaders who’ve made pioneering strides towards bridge-building.”

    The 2013 Asian Film Summit will include panel discussions, in-depth working sessions and a gala banquet, offering a platform for industry leaders to connect, generate ideas, collaborate and find new business opportunities. This year’s event will feature a Case Study: Man of Tai Chi panel, with director and star Keanu Reeves, producer Lemore Syvan and RADiUS-TWC co-president Tom Quinn sharing insight into the process of bringing the US-China co-production to fruition. Michael Lake, CEO of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, Reliance Big Pictures (Mumbai) CEO Sanjeev Lamba and Canadian producer Shan Tam (Finding Mr. Right) discuss their experiences working cross-culturally and the challenges and opportunities of global storytelling. Marco Mueller, producer and the Artistic Director of the Rome Film Festival, and director Johnnie To engage in a one-on-one discussion on issues of international filmmaking, global audiences and more. Other confirmed panelists include influential Japanese film figure Tatsumi “Tom” Yoda and Canadian producer Niv Fichman (Blindness).

    Further information on Asian Film Summit guests and programming will be announced in the coming weeks.

    The TIFF Industry Office will be selling a limited number of passes to industry professionals who are registered with the Festival. Visit tiff.net/industry for more details.

    About TIFF
    TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net.

    2013 Festival des Films du Monde announces 432 films in lineup

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    THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
    August 22 – Septembre 2, 2013
    The World is Yours!

    Around the world in 432 films

    218 feature films (113 world and international premieres)
    14 medium length films (13 world and international premieres)
    200 short films (147 world and international premieres)

    World Competition : 20 feature films and 11 short films

    First Films World Competition : 20 feature films

    Hors Concours / World Greats : 13 feature films

    Korean Cinema of Today : 8 feature films, 1 medium length, 9 short films

    Focus on World Cinema : 105 feature films, 1 medium length, 110 short films

    Documentaries of the World : 26 feature films, 12 medium length, 3 shorts films

    INIS Productions : 10 short films (4 fiction films and 6 documentaries)

    Canadian Student Film Festival : 1 feature film and 42 short films

    Best Student Films of the World : 15 short films

    Hommage : 1 feature film

    Our Cinema – Review of a Year of Hits : 13 feature films

    Cinema Under the Stars Loto-Québec : 12 feature films

    THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
    August 22 – September 2, 2013

    The world is yours!

    The slogan of the World Film Festival this year is "The world is yours." With its legendary openness to the world, the Festival offers a tantalizing and diverse menu of 432 films (218 feature films, 14 medium-length films and 200 short films).

    The principal way for an international festival to distinguish itself is to present premieres. Besides its renowned openness, one of the important features of the Montreal World Film Festival is its hosting of a large number of world and international premieres. This year, of the 218 feature films programmed, 113 will be presented as world or international premieres, along with 39 North American premieres and 41 Canadian premieres.

    Our new all-digital environment, which has become the norm in 2013, has relegated 35mm prints to antiques shops and has completely changed the selection process of films. Not a single 35mm print was submitted to us this year. During the selection process, we were sent a large number of "links" that allowed us to view, under excellent conditions, films for which we had no physical media. And if we were slow to screen a film, because in the profusion of submissions it happened that some had to wait a few weeks to be seen, we would receive frantic follow-ups from producers or directors who had noticed that their works hadn’t yet been viewed...

    The dematerialization of audiovisual works has many advantages, especially during the process of creation and filming, making possible more low-budget productions and giving documentaries a spontaneity that would have been difficult to achieve with bulkier equipment. However, this dematerialization also poses a serious problem for creators because it encourages piracy which has become the bane of cinema artists and businessmen. Intellectual property, which creators have long fought to have regulated and protected, might be rendered obsolete. If the profitability of films is in doubt, who would want to invest in the cinema? More than ever it has become important to combat this scourge, and this can only be achieved by a transnational effort to eliminate pirates who profit at the expense of artists and creators.






    THE WORLD COMPETITION

    If there is a dominant theme in the films of the competition this year, it is that of human beings caught a changing world, facing new realities.

    In SPIELTRIEB (Gaming Instinct) by Gregor Schnitzler (Germany), Ada, an intelligent but fiercely independent 14-year-old, has trouble adjusting to her school environment. Then she meets Alev and recognizes a kindred soul. Their friendship sets off sparks.

    WESTEN (West) by Christian Schwochow (Germany). We are in East Berlin, 1978. It’s summer, three years after Wassilly’s death. Nelly’s boyfriend and Alexei’s father died in a car accident in Russia. Since he is dead, Nelly wants to leave too. Away from the GDR, to leave the grief and the memories behind. To get a fresh start. That should be possible in the West, or so Nelly believes.

    HET VONNIS (The Verdict) by Jan Verheyen (Belgium). When his wife's murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc Segers will do everything in his power to stop it from happening. Devastated by grief, Luc becomes obsessed with seeking justice. He neglects his work and starts following the man who ruined his life. He also begins collecting information on the Internet regarding miscarriages of justice and revenge killings. But this is going to be about more than revenge; it will be Luc Segers vs. the state.

    LA MAISON DU PÊCHEUR by Alain Chartrand (Canada).In the summer of 1969, Bernard Lortie,19, a Gaspé fisherman’s son, arrives in Percé to find work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec separatist activists who have come to open the “Fisherman’s House”. They aim to offer lodgings to young travellers and politicize them during their stay. Won over by the trio's ideas, Bernard gets increasingly involved in their project, even participating in the occupation of a local radio station to defend Gaspé fishermen. Relations between the activists and local authorities degenerate and the "Fisherman's House" is attacked by the town's fire truck. Bernard and his new friends return to Montreal where, the following year, they join the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the October Crisis.

    L’AUTRE MAISON (Another House) by Mathieu Roy (Canada). Henri, 86 (Marcel Sabourin), has begun to suffer from dementia and keeps wandering away from his country house to find a more "comfortable" one. His two sons, Gabriel (Roy Dupuis), a star reporter who travels around the world covering wars and political hotspots, and Eric (Émile Proulx-Cloutier), a pilot-in-training, disagree about what to do with their increasingly erratic and forgetful father. But they eventually realize that they must overcome their differences so that they are together when they accompany their father to the enigmatic place that he keeps seeking, the place he calls "the other home".

    THE FERRY by Shi Wei (China). Deep in the Enshi mountains, the Tian family live near an old ferry. To keep a commitment made by their forebears, the Tian family have helped people cross the river without collecting a penny for the ride. A widower in his 60s, his son away outside the village, Tian Huai’en is the third generation of the family to work the ferry. When his son returns for a visit, he begins questioning his father’s commitment. It will take him a summer of filling for his ailing dad for the son to appreciate what is at stake.

    FEED ME by Yazhou Yang and Bo Yang (China). On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. Wang Wang attends the local school, but, in the absence of maternal authority, with great reluctance. Then, one night, a young pregnant woman is discovered hiding on the boat, ready to give birth. With the arrival of her little baby girl, the young mother, already used to her river accommodations, opts to stay with them. Life on the barge will never be the same.

    HITAC (One Shot) by Robert Orhel (Croatia). One accidental gun shot links the destinies of two young women – Anita, an inspector who gets along very well in her professional life and quite well in her private life as well, and Petra, a young woman whose everyday life would surely be simpler if she did not have to take care of her alcoholic mother. The investigation of the accidental shot will bring them together at crucial turning points in their lives.

    THE MIRACLE by Simon Staho (Denmark). When Jakob returns for the first time in years to his childhood village to attend his mother's funeral, he discovers that the love of his youth still lives there, trapped in an unhappy marriage with the town priest. Johanna loved dancing but she wanted desperately to win the regional dance competition and Jakob was an inept partner. Now she is confined to a wheelchair and her pastor husband is praying for a miracle. Can dancing provide what God can't?

    JAPPELOUP by Christian Duguay (France - Canada). At the start of the 1980s, Pierre Durand abandons a promising legal career and throws himself into his true passion, show jumping. With his father's backing, he gambles everything on a young horse in whom no one else had any faith: Jappeloup. Too small, too stubborn, too impetuous, he has many faults, but also a remarkable jumping ability. From competition to competition, the pair improve and begin to make their mark on the showjumping world. But the Los Angeles Olympic Games are a disaster for them. Can the rider-horse partnership be repaired in time for the next Olympics?

    LANDES by François-Xavier Vives (France). The 1920s, in Landes, in south-western France. In the middle of an immense forest a social crisis is brewing. Liéna, just 35, just widowed, has inherited her husband's his vast properties and his crazy dream to have electricity throughout his lands. Liéna wants to make this electrical dream come true, no matter the cost. But no one else seems to be interested, neither her family nor her associates, nor even the unions. So she fights, ever more stubborn and determined, only to finally understand that another dream exists, a social and emotional realm beyond the country's stalled and suffocating reality.

    THE WEDLOCK by Rouhollah Hejazi (Iran). The Mahmoudis live in an old large house. They are a traditional couple with traditional values and beliefs. When they decide to renovate the building they call on the architect husband of Mrs. Mahmoudi's niece. But when the architect arrives it quickly becomes apparent that not everyone is on the same page regarding the renovations. Conflicts arise about the house and about related matters. Indeed, even unrelated matters. Slowly we begin to understand that the people in the house, residents and guests, are all torn between modern and traditional lifestyles.

    CHA CHA CHA by Marco Risi (Italy). Outside a Rome nightclub, a teenage boy dies in a car accident. Nothing suggests that this is anything more than a simple collision, but Corso, a former cop turned private detective, is convinced otherwise. Michelle, the mother of the young man and Corso's former mistress, is now the partner of Argento, a powerful and well-connected lawyer. During the investigation a body is discovered, that of an engineer who was apparently close to the lawyer. Bribery, wiretapping, espionage, a mob settling of accounts; Corso’s plate is full.

    ITAKER – ITALIANS NOT ALLOWED by Toni Trupia (Italy).The tale of a journey from Italy to Germany, in 1962. It's the peculiar journey of Pietro, a 9-year-old whose mother has died and who sets out on a quest to find his long lost father who disappeared after migrating to another country. He is accompanied by a self-described friend of his father's, Benito, a young man with a dubious past who is looking for personal redemption and is willing to do anything to get it.

    ASK THIS OF RIKYU by Mitsutoshi Tanaka (Japan). As thunder crashes and rain pours down, 3000 soldiers surround the home of tea master Rikyu. Chancellor Toyotomi Hideyoshi has ordered him to commit suicide. As he sits and contemplates his death, his wife So-on speaks to him: "There is one who is always in your thoughts." Old memories are revived...

    A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT by Erik Poppe (Norway). Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber group, she gets too near and is badly hurt in an explosion. Back home in Norway, another bomb drops. Her husband and daughters can no longer bear the thought of her dying on assignment in some faraway land. She is given an ultimatum: choose between your work or your family. The choice seems obvious...

    LIFE FEELS GOOD by Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland). Mateusz has cerebral palsy. In addition to his obvious physical handicap, he was diagnosed at a very early age as a mentally disabled person with no communicative ability. After twenty five years, however, it turned out that apart from his physical problems, he was a perfectly normal, even quite intelligent person. We get to know Mateusz now, at 30, institutionalized, about to be examined by a committee which will decide whether he is normal or not…

    IVAN, SON OF AMIR by Maksim Paniflov (Russia). A Russian woman from Sevastopol flees with her two children during the Second World War. Amir, an Uzbek with two wives, gives her shelter in a remote village. The Uzbek has not gone to the front to fight, because he, as he explains, he does not like to kill people. Nevertheless, Amir believes that he is "defending the motherland" by looking after and feeding his own family along with the Russian, now his third wife, her two children and little Ivan, his new son from the Russian woman. When the war ends, the woman's husband, who was assumed to be dead, shows up looking for his wife and children. He finds them and returns with them to Sevastopol. But he has difficulty accepting that his wife was third wife of a Muslim man who wouldn't fight in the war and the product of their union, Ivan, who is named after him, is now playing host to Amir's visiting family.

    MONICA Z (Waltz for Monica) by Per Fly (Sweden).Monica Zetterlund, a young, rebellious small town girl is determined to make it as a singer in the vibrant jazz clubs of Stockholm, and even New York City, in the Sixties. She embarks on the singing career of her dreams, and an exquisite singer and actress evolves in the golden era of jazz. But behind all the glamour, Monica struggles to face the dark side of fame and success. As late nights of working and partying keep playing a bigger part in her life, the walls around her begin to shrink and shake. With a string of broken love affairs, a father she can never please, and a daughter to whom she’ll never be the perfect mother, Monica finds herself feeling more lost than ever…

    THE RED ROBIN by Michael Weschler (USA). Dr. Nathaniel Shellner, 75, has led an extraordinary life as a psychiatrist working with traumatized patients fleeing war zones in refugee camps, earning a Nobel Prize for his work. After having one child, Leonard, with his wife, Lillian, the Shellners adopt the remainder of their family from the camps where Dr. Shellner worked. Ultimately the Shellners incorporated five children from all over the world into their family: Tommy, Julie, Harry, and twins, Sylvia and Sasha. As Dr. Shellner succumbs to cancer on a frigid, icy day, the family convenes at the house where the couple raised the children for a final, bittersweet farewell. Or, that’s the idea until all hell breaks loose after Tommy arrives and accuses his father of adopting his children not out of concern for their future well-being, but to use them for some warped psychological experiment…






    FIRST FILMS WORLD COMPETITION

    For its 2013 edition, the Montreal World Film Festival selected a total of 71 first features, including 20 first fiction features that will compete in the FIRST FILMS WORLD COMPETITION. When these are added to the 67 short films made by students (the Canadian Student Film Festival, the INIS productions and the Best Student Films of the World), it becomes manifest that the Montreal World Film Festival is not only open to the world, it is a veritable nursery for new world talent.

    Among the 20 films competing in this section:

    ANTON’S FEST (PARTY OF EIGHT) by John Kolya Reichart (Germany). Eight people come together on a farm in the middle of nowhere. All of them are related by blood, friendship or love to Anton, who escaped his old life and disappeared some years ago and who has now reappeared and invited them to celebrate his 30th birthday. Anticipating the reunion, they put old grievances and injuries aside at first. However, as time passes without Anton showing up, frustration and anger begin to surface among the impatient guests. With old conflicts rising from the past at every turn, the eagerly awaited party turns into a ferocious family feud...

    FINSTERWORLD by Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany). Pedicurist Claude Petersdorf harbours a special fondness for the feet of his female clients and reveals himself to Ms. Sandberg who lives in an old people's home. Documentary filmmaker Franziska Feldenhoven wants to make a film about the realities of German council housing. She is so focused on her project that she completely overlooks her partner, policeman Tom, and his fascinating secret. During a school trip to the memorial site of a concentration camp, popular student Maximilian humiliates outsiders Dominik and Natalie and sets up a cruel trap for his teacher, Mr. Nickel...

    FROM TWO WORLDS AS A KEEPSAKE (YERKU ASHKHARHIC I HISHATAK) by Nika Shek. (Armenia).1988, a multi-ethnic town in Soviet Azerbaijan. Eight-year-old Ashen's parents, both Armenian, are divorced, live in different parts of town and are forever in a tug-of-war over the girl. Ashen's father has remarried and his new Russian wife has become a second mother for Ashen. In fact everyone is kind to the girl. But when the conflict breaks out between Armenia and Azerbaijan, where Ashen lives becomes a far more serious matter. Ashen's mother has to give her over to her father to keep her safe…

    82 DAYS IN APRIL (82 DAGEN IN APRIL) by Bart Van den Bempt (Belgium). A Belgian man and a woman, Herman and Marie, arrive in Istanbul. They don’t seem to be the usual tourists on a holiday trip. A bitter task awaits them: to retrieve the backpack of their deceased son. When they go through his belongings, the remainders of a lost life, they discover some undeveloped film rolls and a detailed notebook of their son’s last trip. This discovery gives Herman an idea. Although the original goal of their trip to Istanbul had been accomplished, he can’t let go. He is determined to reconstruct his son’s last journey, to see what his son has seen… Each of the conversations they have with the people they encounter, is a possible fitting puzzle piece in their shattered world, bringing them closer to their son and their acceptance of the frailty of life.

    YAM DAM by Vivian Goffette (Belgium). Christian lives a largely featureless life as a country veterinarian. He and his wife have set up a small aid-to-Africa organization and he serves as its president. But that isn't enough to fill the monotony of his existence. So Christian spends his idle hours surfing the web. On the Internet he invents a second persona and flirts with a young African woman in search of a better life. Just idle flirting. Then, one day, Faustine, a 26-year-old from Burkina Faso, shows up at his office. "I have no papers," she tells him. "But you promised to marry me."

    LA FILLE DU MARTIN (THE MARTIN GIRL) by Samuel Thivierge (Canada). Sara works at her mother's pet supplies store in Montreal. She is finally going spend a fishing weekend with her dad in Lac-St-Jean. That's when the phone rings at the pet shop; her dad's cancer took a sudden turn for the worse and he died in a hospital. She is determined to go fishing in his memory. That's when Sara runs into an old elementary school classmate, Dan, a surly young man who works with his brother at their father's fishing lodge. A romance is kindled. A perilous adventure, too. There are poachers at the lodge and they play for keeps...

    RESSAC (RIPTIDE) by Pascale Ferland (Canada). After searching in vain for a job in the small seaside town where he was born, Édouard is forced to head off to the big city. He reluctantly leaves behind his mother-in-law, his wife Gemma and his beloved daughter Chloé. The weight of his absence is felt by all three women. Soon the news arrives of his unexplained death. Beyond the confusion, guilt and anger that accompany such an event, there is the love, hope and idealism of youth, unfulfilled desires and the dreams they share of a better future. When Gemma discovers the unusual legacy left by her late husband, she thinks she’s finally found the key to happiness…

    THE FALLING FEATHER by Wang Yi (China). When internationally acclaimed artist Mo Ke announces that he is selling his prized painting, "The Falling Feather", and that he will donate all the proceeds from its sale to a small Yunnan town, everyone in the art world is puzzled and intrigued. Why is he doing this? To answer this question we are transported 20 years into the past, to when a young unknown painter visited Yunnan and was captivated and inspired not only by the beauty of the location, but by a young woman... with a feather in her hair.

    PUERTO PADRE (PORT FATHER) by Gustavo Fallas (Costa Rica – Mexico). Daniel, 16, an orphan, lives with his grandmother on Chira Island, in Costa Rica. Seeing no future in this poor and isolated place and curious about his origins, Daniel decides to find his godfather, Miguel Angel, in Puntarenas, the country's main city. Daniel begins his quest at the hotel where his mother used to work, but he is received coldly by the owner of the place, Chico, who informs him that his godfather had died a while back. After an initial refusal, Chico offers Daniel a job along with strict marching orders. At the hotel, Daniel meets Soledad, a 17-year-old single mother who maintains the hotel's kitchen, and before long the two have begun a relationship.

    SOMOS GENTE HONRADA (HERE'S THE DEAL) by Alejandro Marzoa (Spain). Portly Suso, a newspaper vendor fallen on hard times, now depends on loans from his father-in-law, and is largely supported by his long-suffering spouse Carmen. Out fishing one evening with his friend, widowed, struggling real estate salesman Manuel, the pair find a substantial stash of cocaine bobbing in the waves. Manuel recruits a corrupt young cop to help him cash in on the bonanza…

    TAJ MAHAL by Danesh Eghba Shavi (Iran). On several occasions, on instructions from the shipbuilding company where he works, Hossein Moradi, a 60-year-old clerk from Abadan, has had to fire some of his colleagues. When he gets his latest downsizing order, however, Hossein tries to make the process fairer. He decides to have the workers themselves pick who is to be laid off by drawing lots. But one of the workers objects and gets into a fight with Hossein…

    SNAILS IN THE RAIN (SHABLULIM BA'GESHEM) by Yariv Mozer (Israël). Boaz, 25, is a handsome linguistics student. Nearly every day he comes to the post office to find out about his scholarship. But instead he receives anonymous love letters. Their author is a deeply closeted homosexual. The persistent letters make Boaz uncomfortable. Every man is a potential suspect — but it is his own heterosexuality that Boaz really doubts. He’s now haunted by memories from his past... In his next letter, the secret admirer gives Boaz an ultimatum…

    L'AMORE È IMPERFETTO (LOVE IS NOT PERFECT) by Francesca Muci (Italy). Elena,35, a reader and part-time editor in a publishing company, lives on her own. Seven years earlier, she found out her partner Marco, a dashingly handsome young photographer,. was having a relationship with a man. Elena had no wish to understand or even to try and salvage the relationship. She had no desire either for Marco or the baby she was expecting. Marco, however, implored her not to get rid of the child. She agreed to have the baby only on condition that she would never see the two of them again. However the psychological wound remained unhealed. Now, years later, Elena meets Adriana, an 18-year-old girl who is unpredictable and passionate, and Ettore, a fascinating 60-year-old who works in music production…

    THE WHIRLPOOL (VIR) by Bojan Vuk Kosovcevic (Serbia). As former Yugoslavia was falling apart, the economic and social stability of Serbia was collapsing as well. Social extremes were apparent everywhere, especially among the youth. War, inflation, physical isolation and sanctions all contributed to Serbia becoming a kind of closed society. The film follows the three main characters in three separate but interlinked stories: Bogdan, leader of a skinhead group; Kale, last living member of a famous gangster clan; and Count, a graffiti artist who left fine arts school to join the army and ended up with a serious trauma

    IN TEN DAYS I'LL BE DEAD (IN ZEHN TAGEN BIN ICH TOT) by Aurelio Galfetti. (Switzerland).Raoul is sentenced to death. However, he has not given up hope, as his clemency petition is pending. Contact with the outside world consists only of two people who have remained loyal to him over the years. Then word arrives that Raoul's clemency petition has been rejected. Preparations for his execution begin. Raoul tries to live his last days in dignity. Faced with imminent death, he wants to be fair with his main caregiver. Ten more days to remain alive. But he must cooperate. So that his execution will proceed without incident. There are formalities. The menu of his last meal and whatever final words he would like to set down in writing...

    LEFT FOOT RIGHT FOOT by Germinal Roaux (Switzerland – France). Marie, 19, is drawn to the glitter of nightclubs, she trusts an ill-intentioned former friend and is hired as a hostess. Before long, lured by the glamour as much as the easy money, she has slipped into prostitution. But she doesn't dare admit it to her boyfriend Vincent, a carefree 21-year-old skateboarder who owes everyone money and has more trouble adjusting to adulthood than Marie. Mika, the autistic and mute brother in Vincent's care, witnesses their secrets and lies and eventually he too gets caught up in their problems.

    THE LONG WAY HOME (EVE DÖNÜS SARIKAMIS 1915) by Alphan Eseli (Turkey). The Battle of Sarikamis was an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman empires during World War I. It took place from December 22, 1914 to January 17, 1915 as part of the Caucasus Campaign. The outcome was a Russian victory with the Ottomans losing territory and over 90,000 soldiers. A disparate group of people are seeking to escape the war zone and find a safe path back home. All seven converge on an abandoned Armenian village in the face of a particularly harsh winter. Food is scarce and as days pass and the conditions get worse, conflicts escalate within the group. This is the other face of war, neither the glory of battle nor its horror, but the struggle of civilians to survive its consequences, the indomitable human will to survive.

    TIME OF THE LAKE (GÖL ZAMANI) by Cafer Özgül (Turkey). Turkey in 1930. The entire country is in a state of transition following the Atatürk reforms. Two close friends, Ahmet and Refik, recent medical school graduates, decide to explore Anatolia, emulating the romantics of the 19th century. They arrive at a small town and are lodged by Mr. Hasim who is an old member of the Party of Union and Progress. His daughter Elif is a shy and a melancholy girl. One night, she and Refik meet by the lakeside and a romance between them is kindled. Ahmet also is smitten by Elif. His attraction unrequited, Ahmet remains in the town just to be near her. As the years go by, Elif continues to wait for Refik.

    AT MIDDLETON by Adam Rodgers (USA). It's not only teenagers who find themselves when they go off to college. Disillusioned Edith meets stick-in-the-mud George while they are taking their children to visit the campus of prestigious Middleton College. Edith's daughter Audrey is aggravated by her mom's jokes. George's son Conrad would rather be somewhere else. Annoyed with their kids, Edith and George end up abandoning the official tour to explore the campus on their own. During the course of the day, they get to know each other and rediscover their inner children, embracing the sunshine and a moment in time where they are freed from their normal lives.

    LA DISTANCIA MAS LARGA (THE LONGEST DISTANCE) by Claudia Pinto Emperador. (Venezuela – Spain). Two faces of the same country: a chaotic and violent city and a rural paradise containing some of the oldest mountains on the planet. Sixtyish Martina arrives from Spain toLa Gran Sabana in southeastern Venezuela: she intends to die atop Mount Roraima. These plans are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of her 12-year-old grandson Lucas. Destiny will bond them. Without knowing it, they are part of an unbreakable family circle.




    FESTIVAL DES FILMS DU MONDE - 22 août au 2 septembre 2013
    WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – August 22 to September 2, 2013


    COMPÉTITION MONDIALE – Longs métrages
    WORLD COMPETITION – Feature films

    SPIELTRIEB / L'INSTINCT DU JEU / GAMING INSTINCT - Gregor Schnitzler. (Allemagne / Germany)
    WESTEN / OUEST / WEST - Christian Schwochow. Allemagne / Germany)
    HET VONNIS / LE VERDICT / THE VERDICT - Jan Verheyen. (Belgique / Belgium)
    LA MAISON DU PÊCHEUR/ SUMMER CRISIS – Chartrand (Canada)
    L'AUTRE MAISON / ANOTHER HOUSE - Mathieu Roy (Canada)
    THE FERRY / LE FERRY - Shi Wei (Chine / China)
    FEED ME / NOURRIS-MOI - Yazhou Yang, Bo Yang (Chine / China)
    HITAC / ONE SHOT - Robert Orhel (Croatie / Croatia)
    MIRAKLET / LE MIRACLE / THE MIRACLE - Simon Staho (Danemark - Irlande / Denmark – Ireland)
    LANDES - François-Xavier Vives (France - Belgique / France – Belgium)
    JAPPELOUP - Christian Duguay (France – Canada)
    THE WEDLOCK /LES LIENS DU MARIAGE - Rouhollah Hejazi (Iran)
    CHA CHA CHA - Marco Risi ( Italie - France / Italy – France)
    ITAKER - VIETATO AGLI ITALIANI / ITAKER - INTERDIT AUX ITALIENS / ITAKER - ITALIANS NOT ALLOWED - Toni Trupia (Italie / Italy)
    RIKYU NI TAZUNEYO / DEMANDE À RIKYU / ASK THIS OF RIKYU - Mitsutoshi Tanaka (Japon / Japan)
    A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT / MILLE FOIS BONNE NUIT / A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT - Erik Poppe (Norvège / Norway)
    CHCE SIE ZYC /LA VIE EST BELLE/ LIFE FEELS GOOD - Maciej Pieprzyca (Pologne / Poland)
    IVAN SYN AMIRA / IVAN/ FILS D'AMIR / IVAN SON OF AMIR - Maksim Panfilov (Russie / Russia)
    MONICA Z / VALSE POUR MONICA / WALTZ FOR MONICA - Per Fly (Suède / Sweden)
    THE RED ROBIN / LE ROUGE-GORGE / THE RED ROBIN - Michael Z. Wechsler (USA)


    COMPÉTITION MONDIALE – Courts métrages
    WORLD COMPETITION – Short films

    Wolfsmelk / Lait de loup / Wolf's Milk - Hans Vercauter (Belgique / Belgium)
    Panic / Panique - Miz Monday (Canada)
    Rue de l'inspecteur / Inspector Street - Emmanuelle Loslier (Canada)
    Animal - Joon-sang Lee (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    L'Aurore boréale / Northern Lights - Keren Ben Rafael (France)
    Help! Jean Marboeuf (France)
    Blink - Conor Maloney.(Irlande / Ireland)
    Drone - Daniel Jewel (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)
    Color Separation - Yoav Parish (Suisse / Switzerland)
    Mirage at Zabul Province - Nathan Bettisworth (USA)
    For the Birds / Pour les oiseaux - Tara Atashgah (USA)


    COMPÉTITION MONDIALES DES PREMIÈRES ŒUVRES – Longs métrages
    FIRST FILMS WORLD COMPETITION – Feature films

    ANTONS FEST /LA FÊTE D'ANTON/ PARTY OF EIGHT - John Kolya Reichart (Allemagne / Germany)
    FINSTERWORLD - Frauke Finsterwalder (Allemagne / Germany)
    YERKU ASHKHARHIC I HISHATAK / FROM TWO WORLDS AS A KEEPSAKE - Nika Shek. (Arménie / Armenia)
    82 DAGEN IN APRIL / 82 JOURS EN AVRIL / 82 DAYS IN APRIL - Bart Van den Bempt (Belgique / Belgium)
    YAM DAM - Vivian Goffette (Belgique / Belgium)
    LA FILLE DU MARTIN/ THE MARTIN GIRL - Samuel Thivierge (Canada)
    RESSAC / RIPTIDE - Pascale Ferland (Canada)
    THE FALLING FEATHER /LA PLUME QUI TOMBE- Wang Yi (Chine / China)
    PUERTO PADRE / PORT FATHER - Gustavo Fallas (Costa Rica - Mexique / Costa Rica – Mexico)
    SOMOS GENTE HONRADA / HERE'S THE DEAL - Alejandro Marzoa (Espagne / Spain)
    TAJ MAHAL - Danesh Eghba Shavi (Iran)
    SHABLULIM BA'GESHEM / LE JARDIN DES ARBRES MORTS / SNAILS IN THE RAIN - Yariv Mozer (Israël)
    L'AMORE È IMPERFETTO / L'AMOUR EST IMPARFAIT / LOVE IS NOT PERFECT - Francesca Muci (Italie / Italy)
    VIR / TOURBILLON / THE WHIRLPOOL - Bojan Vuk Kosovcevic (Serbie / Serbia)
    IN ZEHN TAGEN BIN ICH TOT / DANS DIX JOURS/ JE SERAI MORT / IN TEN DAYS I'LL BE DEAD - Aurelio Galfetti. (Suisse / Switzerland)
    LEFT FOOT RIGHT FOOT - Germinal Roaux (Suisse - France / Switzerland – France)
    EVE DÖNÜS SARIKAMIS 1915 / LE LONG CHEMIN VERS LA MAISON / THE LONG WAY HOME - Alphan Eseli (Turquie / Turkey)
    GÖL ZAMANI / LE TEMPS DU LAC / TIME OF THE LAKE - Cafer Özgül (Turquie / Turkey)
    AT MIDDLETON - Adam Rodgers (USA)
    LA DISTANCIA MAS LARGA/ LE CHEMIN LE PLUS LONG / THE LONGEST DISTANCE - Claudia Pinto Emperador. (Venezuela - Espagne / Venezuela – Spain)


    HORS CONCOURS – Longs métrages
    WORLD GREATS – Feature films

    LUDWIG II - Peter Sehr & Marie Noelle. (Allemagne / Germany)
    MARINA - Stijn Coninx (Belgique / Belgium)
    FALL OF MING /LA CHUTE DE LADYNASTIE MING - Wang Jing (Chine / China)
    AVALOKITESVARA - Zhang Xin. (Chine / China)
    CI YE /LA BALLE FATALE/ THE DEADLY BULLET - Ren Pengyuan (Chine / China)
    ADORE - Anne Fontaine (France - Australie / France – Australia)
    LA RELIGIEUSE / THE NUN - Guillaume Nicloux (France - Allemagne - Belgique / France - Germany – Belgium)
    CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 - Bruno Dumont (France)
    KIYOSU KAIGI /LA CONFÉRENCE DE KIYOSU/ THE KIYOSU CONFERENCE - Koki Mitani (Japon / Japan)
    UROKI GARMONII / LEÇONS D'HARMONIE / HARMONY LESSONS - Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan - Allemagne / Kazakhstan – Germany)
    DARK BLOOD - George Sluizer (Pays-Bas / Netherlands)
    3x3D - Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard, Edgar Pêra (Portugal)
    DONŠAJNI / DON JUAN / THE DON JUANS - Jirí Menzel (République tchèque / Czech Republic)


    CINÉMA CORÉEN D’AUJOURD.HUI – Longs métrages
    KOREAN CINEMA OF TODAY – Feature films

    MAI RATIMA - Ji-Tae Yoo. (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    BUN-NO-UI YUL-LI-HAK / UNE LEÇON D'ÉTHIQUE / AN ETHICS LESSON - Myung-rang Park (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    JISEUL - O Muel (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    NUNA / A BOY'S SISTER - Won-sik Lee (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    NAMYEONG-DONG 1985 / SÉCURITÉ NATIONALE / NATIONAL SECURITY - Ji-young Chung (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    KASHI-GGOT / FATAL - Don-ku Lee (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    DON KUERAI MAMI / NE PLEURE PAS/ MAMAN / DON'T CRY/ MOMMY - Yong-han Kim (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    SUM-BA-GGOK-JIL / CACHE-CACHE / HIDE N SEEK - Han-uk Lee (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    MY PAPAROTTI - Jong-chan Yoon (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    Jury - Dong-ho Kim (Corée du Sud / South Korea)


    CINÉMA CORÉEN D’AUJOURD.HUI – Courts métrages
    KOREAN CINEMA OF TODAY – Short films

    Suddenly Last Summer - Hee-il Leesong (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    Sa-rang-eui Myo-yak / Love Potion - Hyun-kyu Kim (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    It's Okay! Kyi-il Hwang (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    Oneul-ui-jeon-yeok / Dinner - Hyun-seok Shim (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    Creative Masturbation - Jung-soo Kang (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    Choongshim/ Soso - Jung-in Kim (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    Big Daddy - Sang-hyun Moon (Corée du Sud / South Korea)
    Toh-ki Ga-Bang / A Rabbit Bag - Jae-ick So (Corée du Sud / South Korea)


    REGARDS SUR LES CINÉMAS DU MONDE – Longs métrages
    FOCUS ON WORLD CINEMA – Feature films

    WAJMA/ AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY - Barmak Akram (Afghanistan - France / Afghanistan – France)
    ADIEU PARIS - Franziska Buch (Allemagne - Luxembourg - France / Germany - Luxembourg – France)
    45 MINUTES TO RAMALLAH / 45 MINUTES POUR RAMALLAH - Ali Samadi Ahadi (Allemagne / Germany)
    FRÄULEIN ELSE / ELSE - Anna Martinetz (Allemagne - Autriche - Inde / Germany - Austria – India)
    LOVE STEAKS - Jakob Lass (Allemagne / Germany)
    HANNAS REISE / LE VOYAGE D'HANNA / HANNA'S JOURNEY - Julia von Heinz (Allemagne - Israël / Germany – Israel)
    MEINE SCHWESTERN / MES SOEURS / MY SISTERS - Lars Kraume (Allemagne / Germany)
    NORA - Curtis Burz (Allemagne / Germany)
    NORDSTRAND - Florian Eichinger (Allemagne / Germany)
    SILVI - MAYBE LOVE - Nico Sommer (Allemagne / Germany)
    UMMAH - UNTER FREUNDEN / UMMAH - ENTRE AMIS / UMMAH - AMONG FRIENDS - Cüneyt Kaya (Allemagne / Germany)
    STAUDAMM / LE BARRAGE / THE DAM - Thomas Sieben (Allemagne / Germany
    WOYZECK / THE TRAGEDY OF A SIMPLE MAN - Nuran David Calis (Allemagne / Germany)
    WAKOLDA - Lucía Puenzo (Argentine / Argentina)
    LOS DUEÑOS / LES PROPRIÉTAIRES / THE OWNERS - Agustin Toscano, Ezequiel Radusky(Argentine / Argentina)
    LA BOMBA / LA BOMBE / THE BOMB - Sergio Bizzio (Argentine / Argentina)
    SOLA CONTIGO / SEULE AVEC TOI / ALONE WITH YOU - Alberto Lecchi (Argentine - Espagne / Argentina – Spain)
    BRASSERIE ROMANTIEK / BRASSERIE ROMANTIQUE - Joël Vanhoebrouck (Belgique / Belgium)
    A MEMORIA QUE ME CONTAM / A MEMORIA QUE ME CONTAM / MEMORIES THEY TOLD ME - Lucia Murat (Brésil - Chili - Argentine / Brazil - Chile – Argentina)
    MUNDO INVISÍVEL / LE MONDE INVISIBLE / INVISIBLE WORLD - Theo Angelopoulos, Guy Maddin, Marco Bechis, Manoel de Oliveira, Laís Bodanzky, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Maria de Medeiros, Beto Brant, Cisco Vásquez, Jerzy Stuhr, Wim Wenders, Atom Egoyan (Brésil / Brazil)
    LA VOIX DE L'OMBRE/ THE VOICE OF THE SHADOW - Annie Molin Vasseur (Canada)
    A FISH STORY / ENTRE DEUX EAUX - Matt Birman (Canada)
    TWICE / DEUX FOIS - Simon Winterson (Canada)
    A GUN & A RING / UN PISTOLET ET UNE BAGUE - Lenin M. Sivam (Canada - Sri Lanka)
    LONG GONE DAY - Jon Dietcher (Canada)
    RÉDEMPTION - Joel Gauthier (Canada)
    ALGONQUIN - Jonathan Hayes (Canada)
    SOLO - Isaac Cravit (Canada)
    L'EFFET - Jocelyn Langlois (Canada)
    LOOKING IS THE ORIGINAL SIN - Gail Harvey (Canada)
    STANDSTILL / IMPASSE - Majdi El-Omari (Canada)
    LA PASIÓN DE MICHELANGELO/ THE PASSION OF MICHELANGELO - Esteban Larrain (Chili / Chile)
    DEAD SIGN /LA MAUDITE DE MORT- Hui Liu (Chine / China)
    HUSHED ROAR - Xiao Feng (Chine / China)
    THE BLINDING SUNLIGHT / L'ÉBLOUISSEMENT DU SOLEIL - Yu Lui (Chine / China)
    A LIFE FULL OF LOVE / UNE VIE D'AMOUR - ZhanJun An (Chine / China)
    PHILOMIRROPHOBIA II - Yuke Qin (Chine / China)
    FALLEN CITY - Huang Hong (Chine / China)
    ROA - Andrés Baiz (Colombie - Argentine / Colombia – Argentina)
    EL EFECTO K. EL MONTADOR DE STALIN / L'EFFET K. LE MONTEUR DE STALINE / THE K EFFECT. STALIN'S EDITOR - Valenti Figueres (Espagne / Spain)
    15 AÑOS Y UN DIA / 15 ANS + 1 JOUR / 15 YEARS + 1 DAY - Gracia Querejeta (Espagne / Spain)
    DIAMANTES NEGROS / DIAMANTS NOIRS / BLACK DIAMONDS - Miguel Alcantud (Espagne - Portugal - Mali / Spain - Portugal – Mali)
    STOCKHOLM - Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Espagne / Spain)
    FILL DE CAIN / FILS DE CAÏN / SON OF CAIN - Jesus Monllao Plana (Espagne / Spain)
    FÉNIX 11.23 - Joel Joan, Sergi Lara (Espagne / Spain)
    TODAS LA MUJERES / TOUTES LES FEMMES / ALL THE WOMEN - Mariano Barroso (Espagne / Spain)
    LÄRJUNGEN / LE DISCIPLE / THE DISCIPLE - Ulrika Bengts (Finlande / Finland)
    12 ANS D'ÂGE / 60 GOING ON 12 - Frédéric Proust (France)
    L'ÉTOILE DU JOUR / MORNING STAR - Sophie Blondy (France)
    LA BRACONNE - Samuel Rondiere (France)
    LA VIE DOMESTIQUE/ DOMESTIC LIFE - Isabelle Czajka (France)
    LE BONHEUR / HAPPINESS - Fabrice Grange (France)
    EN RETARD POUR L'ENTERREMENT DE MA MÈRE / LATE FOR MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL - Penny Allen (France - Algérie / France – Algeria)
    JEUNESSE / YOUTH - Justine Malle (France)
    LE SENS DE L'HUMOUR / SENSE OF HUMOUR - Marilyne Canto (France)
    COMA / BESPREDEL / DÉSORDRE / DISORDER - Archil Kavtaradze (Géorgie / Georgia)
    TO DENTRO KAI I KOUNIA / L'ARBRE ET LA BALANÇOIRE / THE TREE AND THE SWING - Maria Douza( Grèce - Serbie / Greece – Serbia)
    O EHTHROS MOU / L'ENNEMI INTÉRIEUR / THE ENEMY WITHIN - Yorgos Tsemberopoulos )Grèce / Greece)
    PAPILIO BUDDHA / BOUDDHA PAPILIO - Jayan Cherian (Inde - USA / India – USA)
    FILMISTAN - Nitin Kakkar (Inde / India)
    CHITTAGONG - Bedabrata Pain (Inde / India)
    MONSOON SHOOTOUT - Amit Kumar (Inde / India)
    SOMETHING IN THE WAY - Teddy Soeriaatmadja (Indonésie / Indonesia)
    BARG RIZAN / FALLING LEAVES / FALLING LEAVES - Ali Jaberansari (Iran - Royaume-Uni / Iran - United Kingdom)
    INJA HAME CHIZ KHOOB AST/ ICI TOUT EST BON / EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE - Pourya Azarbayjan (Iran)
    AZ TEHRAN TA BEHESHT / DE TÉHÉRAN AU CIEL / FROM TEHRAN TO HEAVEN - Abolfazl Saffary (Iran - Allemagne / Iran – Germany)
    RUN & JUMP - Steph Green (Irlande - Allemagne / Ireland – Germany)
    PLASTALINA / FRAGILE / FRAGILE - Vidi Bilu (Israël)
    PANTER LAVAN / PANTHÈRE BLANCHE / WHITE PANTHER - Danni Reisfeld (Israël)

    ELA CHIAMANO ESTATE/ AND THEY CALL IT SUMMER - Paolo Franchi (Italie / Italy)
    AMOREODIO / LOVEHATE - Cristian Scardigno (Italie / Italy)
    ANGELO BIANCO - IL RAGIONIERE DELLA MAFIA / LES MESSIEURS / THE MAFIA ACCOUNTANT - Federico Rizzo (Italie / Italy)
    BIANCA COME IL LATTE/ ROSSA COME IL SANGUE / BLANCHE COMME LE LAIT/ ROUGE COMME LE SANG / AS WHITE AS MILK/ AS RED AS BLOOD - Giacomo Campiotti (Italie / Italy)
    CI VEDIAMO DOMANI / ON SE VOIT DEMAIN / SEE YOU TOMORROW - Andrea Zaccariello (Italie / Italy)
    LOST IN LAOS - Alessandro Zunino (Italie / Italy)
    VIAGGIO SOLA / A FIVE STAR LIFE - Maria Sole Tognazzi (Italie / Italy)
    UN GIORNO DEVI ANDARE / UN JOUR VIENDRA / THERE WILL COME A DAY - Giorgio Diritti (Italie / Italy)
    BOTCHAN / BOZO - Tatsushi Omori (Japon / Japan)
    HAKO IRI MUSUKO NO KOI / L'AMOUR AVEUGLE / BLINDLY IN LOVE - Masahide Ichii (Japon / Japan)
    JUDAS - Izumi Ohtomi (Japon / Japan)
    CASE OF KYOKO CASE OF SHUICHI / KYOKO SHUICHI: DEUX HISTOIRES - Eiji Okuda (Japon / Japan)
    SHANIDAR NO HANA /LA FLEUR DE SHANIDAR/ THE FLOWER OF SHANIDAR - Gakuryu Ishii (Japon / Japan)
    KYOAKU /LA VOIE DU DIABLE/ THE DEVIL'S PATH - Kazuya Shiraishi (Japon / Japan)
    SHIJUKUNICHI NO RECIPE / RECETTE DE DEUIL / MOURNING RECIPE - Yuki Tanada (Japon / Japan)
    ASFOURI - Fouad Alaywan (Liban - UAE / Lebanon – UAE)
    APASIONADO PANCHO VILLA / PASSIONNÉ PANCHO VILLA / AMOROUS PANCHO VILLA - Juan Andres Bueno, Lourdes Deschamps (Mexique / Mexico)
    WORKERS - José Luis Valle (Mexique - Allemagne / Mexico – Germany)
    INERCIA / INERTIE - Isabel Muñoz Cota Callejas (Mexique / Mexico)
    LEVANTAMUERTOS / DEBOUT LES MORTS / DEATH STROKES - Miguel Nuñez (Mexique / Mexico)
    NOSOTROS LOS NOBLES / NOUS LES NOBLES / THE NOBLE FAMILY - Gaz Alazraki (Mexique / Mexico)
    EVENTYRLAND / IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE - Arild Østin Ommundsen (Norvège / Norway)
    NUWEBE / TERMITARIA - Joseph Israel Laban (Philippines)
    GABRIEL - Mikolaj Haremski (Pologne / Poland)
    QUARTA DIVISAO / FOURTH PRECINCT - Joaquim Leitão (Portugal)
    LE WEEKEND / DIRTY WEEKEND - Christopher Granier-Deferre (Royaume-Uni - France / United Kingdom – France)
    SOMMARSTÄLLET /LA MAISON D'ÉTÉ/ THE SUMMER HOUSE - Marcus Werner Hed (Suède - Royaume-Uni / Sweden - United Kingdom)
    DEN SOM SÖKER / CRESTFALLEN - Johan Lundh (Suède / Sweden)
    SHÉHÉRAZADE - Nacer Khemir (Tunisie)
    SOGUK / FROID / COLD - Ugur Yücel (Turquie / Turkey)
    ACLIGA DOYMAK / FULL OF HUNGER - Zubeyr Sasmaz (Turquie / Turkey)
    LUBY MENE / SEV BENI / AIME-MOI / LOVE ME - Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er (Ukraine - Turquie / Ukraine – Turkey)
    TANTA AGUA / TANT D'EAU / SO MUCH WATER - Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge (Uruguay - Mexique - Allemagne - Pays-Bas / Uruguay - Mexico - Germany – Netherlands)
    STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS - Sam Fleischner (USA)
    LILY - Matt Creed (USA)
    AZUL Y NO TAN ROSA / BLUE AND NOT SO PINK - Miguel Ferrari (Venezuela - Espagne / Venezuela – Spain)


    REGARDS SUR LES CINÉMAS DU MONDE – Courts métrages
    FOCUS ON WORLD CINEMA – Short films

    Die Toteninsel - La Isla de los muertos / L'Ile des morts / Isle of the Dead - Vuk Jevremovic (Allemagne - Espagne / Germany – Spain)
    The Little Red Paper Ship - Aleksandra Zareba (Allemagne - Pologne / Germany – Poland)
    Hiob - Marco Gadge (Allemagne / Germany)
    Sein Kampf - Jakob Zapf (Allemagne / Germany)
    Bahar im Wunderland / Bahar au pays des merveilles / Bahar in Wonderland - Behrooz Karamizade (Allemagne / Germany)
    The Firebird/ L'Oiseau de feu - Antonis Tsonis (Australie / Australia)
    Pablo's Villa / La Villa de Pablo - Matthew Salleh (Australie / Australia)
    Tau Seru / Petit champ jaune / Small Yellow Field - Rodd Rathjen (Australie - Inde / Australia – India)
    Norman - Robbe Vervaeke (Belgique / Belgium)
    Perfect Drug - Toon Aerts (Belgique / Belgium)
    Xe tai cua bo / Le Camion de mon père / My Father's Truck - Mauricio Osaki (Brésil - Vietnam / Brazil – Vietnam)
    Hold My Breath / Retiens mon souffle - Alexandre Da Sylva (Canada)
    Lemon / Citron - Mark Korven (Canada)
    The Last Round - Ted Atherton (Canada)
    Béatrice Coron's Daily Battles - James Stewart (Canada)
    Foxed! James Stewart (Canada)
    Ruta 66 - Roger Otis (Canada)
    Little Brother - Cyrus Saidi, Gautam Pinto (Canada)
    Another Man - Leah Johnston (Canada)
    XircaNoX - Iriz Pääbo (Canada)
    Cinephile - Mark Wihak (Canada)
    Kimchi Fried Dumplings - Jason Karman (Canada)
    Home - Paul Hasick (Canada)
    Every Door, Every Floor - Stash Capar (Canada)
    9 Types of Ice - Simon Winterson, Michael Ripley (Canada)
    Jason's Dad / Le Père de Jason - Matthew Campea (Canada)
    House of the Gathering - James Anthony Usas (Canada)
    Il fait beau aujourd'hui / It's Beautiful Today - Junna Chif (Canada)
    30-Love - RichardStark. (Canada)
    The Marvelous Girl - Johnny Vong (Canada)
    Mr. Spontaneous / Monsieur Spontané - Steven Cerritos (Canada)
    Side Effects - Roberto Pires (Canada)
    Momsters Playground - Stephen Roscoe (Canada_
    Bar None / / / Clé Bennett. / Canada
    Cell From Hell episode 1 One Helluva Night - Tristan Tondino, Joséanne Brunelle (Canada)
    Truths and Liars - Anne Kmetyko (Canada)
    Norma Jeane & the Tropic of Cancer - Joshua Demers (Canada)
    Brunch Bitch - Hannah Cheesman (Canada)
    Leave Us Alone - Nicholas Treeshin (Canada)
    Gingerbread House - Mathieu Charest (Canada)
    Ondek - Louis-Martin Charest (Canada)
    Elevator - Kim Barr (Canada)
    Soup of the Day / La soupe du jour - Lynn Smith (Canada)
    The Count's Mabel - Dale Wolfe (Canada)
    Honeymoon Suite / Suite lune de miel - Zao Wang (Chine / China)
    Ljepotan / Prettyboy - Sasa Ban (Croatie / Croatia)
    I Love YU - Irena Skoric (Croatie / Croatia)
    Though I Know the River is Dry - Omar Robert Hamilton (Égypte - Territoires palestiniens - Qatar / Egypt - Palestinian Territories – Qatar)
    Pequeño bloque de cemento con pelo alborotado conteniendo el mar / Petit bloc de ciment avec cheveux ébouriffés contenant la mer / Little Block of Cement With Disheveled Hair Containing the Sea - Jorge López Navarrete (Espagne - Équateur / Spain – Ecuador)
    You Are A Terrorist - Antoni Solé (Espagne / Spain)
    El Paraguas de colores / Le Parapluie arc-en-ciel / The Colored Umbrella - Edu Cardoso (Espagne / Spain)
    Aniversari / Anniversaire / Anniversary - Anna Petrus (Espagne / Spain)
    Au-delà de l'hiver / After the Winter - Jow Zhi Wei (France - Singapour - Taïwan / France - Singapore – Taiwan)
    En Équipe / As a Team - Steve Achiepo (France)
    Entre lui et moi / Betweem Him and I - Olivier Dujols (France)
    À pas de loup / On Tiptoe - Vanessa Santullo (France)
    37°4 S - Adriano Valerio (France)
    Suzanne - Wilfried Méance (France)
    Ceteris Paribus - Jean-Baptiste Dusséaux (France)
    Last Call - Camille Delamarre (France)
    Trois petits dés / Three Small Dice - Quentin Montant (France)
    La Lampe au beurre de yak / Butter Lamp - Hu Wei (France - Chine / France – China)
    Le Maillot de bain / The Swimming Trunks - Mathilde Bayle (France)
    Újratervezés / Mon guide / My Guide - Barnabás Tóth (Hongrie / Hungary)
    Shri Hanuman Chalisa / Forty Hymns of Faith - Charuvi Agrawal (Inde / India)
    Bishtar az do saat / Plus de deux heures / More Than Two Hours - Ali Asgari (Iran)
    Hvalfjörður / Le Fjorddes baleines / Whale Valley - Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Islande - Danemark / Iceland – Denmark)
    Ein Rehov Kaze / Cette rue n'existe pas / No Such Street - Yonatan Peretz (Israël)
    Rhizome - Masahiro Ohsuka (Japon / Japan)
    Horizon - Zain Duraie (Jordanie / Jordan)
    Le Projectionniste - Najat Jellab ( Maroc - Canada / Morocco – Canada)
    Hermanas / Soeurs / Sisters - Cristina Kotz Cornejo (Mexique - USA / Mexico – USA)
    Electrodoméstico / Home Appliance - Erik de Luna (Mexique / Mexico)
    Blankets - Louise Leitch (Nouvelle-Zélande / New Zealand)
    Planète rouge / Red Planet - Carlos Ciurlizza (Pérou - USA / Peru – USA)
    Pagpag / The Refuse - John Paul Su (Philippines – USA)
    The Big Leap - Kristoffer Rus (Pologne - Suède / Poland – Sweden)
    Mi Corazón - Marielle Woods (Porto Rico - USA / Puerto Rico – USA)
    Tuns Ras si Frezat / À demi-rasé / Half Shaved - Bogdan Muresanu (Roumanie / Romania)
    The Equestrian / Le Cavalier - Sybil H. Mair (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)
    Cold Warrior - Emily Greenwood (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)
    Penelope - Dan Susman (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)
    Are You Proud of Me? Shadab Omar (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)
    The Other Man -David Raymond (Royaume-Uni - USA / United Kingdom – USA)
    Say Nothing - Roland Kennedy (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)
    I Missed My Mother's Funeral - Ben Quinn (Royaume-Uni - Australie - Nouvelle-Zélande / United Kingdom - Australia - New Zealand)
    Detour - Michael Kam (Singapour / Singapore)
    Spel / Jeux / Gaming - Ylva Forner (Suède / Sweden)
    Hunters - Michaël Rué (Suisse / Switzerland)
    The Smortlybacks - Ted Sieger, Wouter Dierickx (Suisse - Chine / Switzerland – China)
    Un Sospiro Enchanted - Kris Wang (Taïwan)
    Pepûk - Özkan Küçük (Turquie / Turkey)
    Mobile Homes - Vladimir de Fontenay (USA)
    Common - Nicholas Ryan Campbell (USA)
    The Pick Up - Isa Totah (USA)
    Alaska is a Drag - Shaz Bennett (USA)
    Let It Ring - Aleksandra Szczepanowska. Jean Luc Ormieres (USA)
    Neitzsche Ate Here - Matt Starr (USA)
    Ouverture - Bracey Smith (USA)
    Love and Skin - Virginia Cassavetes (USA)
    Red Light & Green Wine - Vasco Xu (USA - Chine / USA – China)
    The Prisoner - Mahmoud Shoolizadeh (USA)
    The Painter - Kevin Cooper (USA)
    In the Shadow of the Water Tower - Lewis Smithingham (USA – Canada)
    Riddle of the Black Cat - Jonathan Rinzler (USA)
    Ta - Kunlakan Mamber (USA - Thaïlande / USA – Thailand)
    Ash / Cendre - Yasmina Hatem (USA - Liban / USA – Lebanon)
    Disgrace - J. Casey Modderno (USA)
    Tempo Adagio - Alcione Guerrero (Venezuela)
    Flamingo - Carl Zitelmann (Venezuela)

    DOCUMENTAIRES DU MONDE (longs et moyens métrages)
    DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WORLD (feature and medium-length films)

    OUTSIDER - Sean Drummond (Afrique du Sud / South Africa)
    LIGHT AND DARK - Paulene Abrey (Afrique du Sud / South Africa)
    CAFÉ TA'AMON, KING-GEORGE-STREET, JERUSALEM - Michael Teutsch (Allemagne / Germany)
    DIE FAMILIE / LA FAMILLE / THE FAMILY - Stefan Weinert (Allemagne / Germany)
    WAGNERWAHN /LA FOLIE WAGNER/ THE WAGNER FILES - Ralf Pleger (Allemagne / Germany)
    DER COLÓN RING - WAGNER IN BUENOS AIRES / LE THÉÂTRE COLÓN - WAGNER À BUENOS AIRES / THE COLÓN RING - WAGNER IN BUENOS AIRES - Hans Christoph von Bock. (Allemagne - Autriche - Argentine / Germany - Austria – Argentina)
    DER BAUER UN SEIN PRINZ / LE PAYSAN ET SON PRINCE / THE FARMER AND HIS PRINCE - Bertram Verhaag. (Allemagne / Germany)
    MEIN WEG NACH OLYMPIA / MEIN WEG NACH OLYMPIA / MY WAY TO OLYMPIA - Niko von Glasow (Allemagne / Germany)
    SEX - MADE IN GERMANY - Sonia Kennebeck. Tina Soliman (Allemagne / Germany)
    ZUM SCHWEIGEN GEBRACHT - GEORGI MARKOV UND DER REGENSCHIRM-MORD / SILENCED - GEORGI MARKOV AND THE UMBRELLA MURDER - Klaus Dexel. (Allemagne - Bulgarie / Germany – Bulgaria)
    HAPPY EVERYDAY: PARK LIFE IN CHINA - Peter O'Donoghue (Australie - Chine / Australia – China)
    KINSHASA MBOKA TÉ / KINSHASA, SACRÉ PAYS / KINSHASA, WICKED LAND - Douglas Ntimasiemi (Belgique - République démocratique du Congo / Belgium - Democratic Republic of Congo)
    CIDADE CINZA /LA CITÉ GRISE/ GREY CITY - Marcelo Mesquita, Guilherme Valiengo (Brésil / Brazil)
    MABINA MABOKO -LA DANSE DES MAINS/ MABINA MABOKO - DANCE OF HANDS - André St-Pierre (Canada - République démocratique du Congo / Canada - Democratic Republic of Congo)
    YIDDISH: A TALE OF SURVIVAL / YIDDISH/ UNE HISTOIRE DE SURVIE - Abigail Hirsch (Canada)
    WHATEVER YOU WISH - Siu Ta (Canada)
    ABSENCES - Carole Laganière (Canada)
    LA LANGUE À TERRE - Jean-Pierre Roy, Michel Breton (Canada)
    THE TALE OF AN PHUC HOUSE - Ivan Tankushev (Canada - Vietnam / Canada – Vietnam)
    CITIZEN MARC - Roger Evan Larry (Canada)
    AN YAHOUD MASR / LES JUIFS D'ÉGYPTE / JEWS OF EGYPT - Amir Ramses (Égypte / Egypt)
    BAJARI, GYPSY BARCELONA - Eva Vila Puntí (Espagne / Spain)
    A COMMON ENEMY / UN ENNEMI COMMUN - Jaime Otero (Espagne - Tunisie / Spain – Tunisia)
    LA JEUNESSE A-T-ELLE UNE HISTOIRE? Jacques Royer (France)
    ENFANTS DE SOURDS / CHILDREN OF THE DEAF - Marie-Eve Nadeau (France)
    DE CHAIR ET DE LAIT / MEAT AND MILK - BernardBloch (France)
    STOP ÀLA GRÈCE EN SLIP- Brigitte Roüan (France)
    L'EXCELLENCE ET LE DOUTE / EXCELLENCE AND DOUBT - Paule Muxel, Bertrand de Solliers (France)
    AKHARIN KOUCH /LA DERNIÈRE MIGRATION/ THE LAST MIGRATION - Fereydoun Najafi (Iran)
    CELLO TALES - Anne Schiltz (Luxembourg)
    BAJO TORTURA / SOUS LA TORTURE / UNDER TORTURE - Cristina Juárez Zepeda (Mexique / Mexico)
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    TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL’S SHORT CUTS CANADA PROGRAMME OFFERS A VARIETY OF WORLD-CLASS SHORT FILMS

    TORONTO – Short Cuts Canada programmers Magali Simard and Alex Rogalski today announced the lineup of 39 outstanding shorts at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival®. Dedicated to presenting the best short films from emerging and established Canadian filmmakers, the lineup includes 15 returning filmmakers and a host of 3D and animated films. New this year, 24 hours after their Festival premiere, films will be available to screen at YouTube.com/TIFF until September 19.

    “This year’s short films really showcase the vanguard of filmmaking styles and new uses for cinema technologies,” said Rogalski. “Canadian short films continue to gain international accolades and this is the premiere showcase of them in Canada.”

    “As with everyone involved in the Short Cuts Canada programme, I am thrilled at the prospect of hosting Festival shorts on the TIFF YouTube channel,” said Simard. “It's a major opportunity for the filmmakers to bank on this kind of wide exposure and to reach as large an audience as possible.”

    The Festival also announced the YouTube Award for Best Canadian Short Film, which includes a $10,000 cash prize. This year’s Canadian Short Film Jury is comprised of Rafael Katigbak, a Montreal-born writer and Canadian editor of Vice magazine; writer, director and co-founder of Euclid 431 Pictures Nathan Morlando, whose debut feature Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster won the Festival’s Best Canadian First Feature Award in 2011; and Nisha Pahuja, a documentary filmmaker whose latest film, 2012’s award-winning The World Before Her, screened at the Tribeca, Hot Docs, Zurich and Palo Alto film festivals and was selected as one of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten.

    The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5 to 15, 2013.

    A Grand Canal Johnny Ma, 19’ World Premiere
    A Greek tragedy told in a Chinese pop song. Tragic events of a boat captain trying to collect a debt to save his fleet of boats, as remembered by his 10-year-old son.

    A Time is a Terrible Thing to Waste Leslie Supnet, 3’ Toronto Premiere
    An animated squirrel ponders the essence of time.

    An Extraordinary Person (Une Personne extraordinaire) Monia Chokri, 30’ North American Premiere
    A 30-year-old scholar, intelligent and beautiful yet socially crippled, is forced to attend a bachelorette party where her quest for authenticity leads to an unavoidable confrontation with old acquaintances.

    Anatomy of Assistance Cory Bowles, 13’ World Premiere
    15-year-old Talia is defiant, refuses the system and thinks she’s got it all figured out. When she challenges the assistance envelope given to her by her school, she’s suddenly thrust into a daisy chain of errors that lead her to face a larger system: growing up.

    Beasts in the Real World Sol Friedman, 8’ World Premiere
    An experimental mixed-media short that explores the tenuous connections between a naturalist, a rare land mammal, and a pair of sushi chefs.

    Candy Cassandra Cronenberg, 8’ World Premiere
    Cassandra Cronenberg’s experimental short is a convention-busting portrait of human transactions — love, sex, money, art — that takes place over one beautiful, intoxicating night. As Candy wanders through it all, the audience is immersed in a visual poem in which an ocean of light is found in the dark.

    The Chaperone 3D Fraser Munden and Neil Rathbone, 11’ World Premiere
    The Chaperone tells the true story of a lone teacher who fought off an entire motorcycle gang while chaperoning a middle school dance in 1970s Montreal. This film recreates the scene using hand-drawn animation, miniature sets, puppets, live action Kung Fu and explosions all done in stereoscopic 3D.

    Cochemare Maciek Szczerbowski and Chris Lavis, 12’ North American Premiere
    Blending animation, live action, and stereoscopic 3D, Cochemare is an immersive, tactile, and sensory experience. As the viewer journeys from the mystical Forest of Storms to the orbiting International Space Station, the film forces the audience to confront notions of voyeurism, femininity, and the separation of body and mind.

    CRIME: Joe Loya - The Beirut Bandit Alix Lambert and Sam Chou, 2’ World Premiere
    In his 20s, Loya achieved notoriety as the smooth-talking Beirut Bandit, who robbed dozens of Southern California banks. When the police caught up with him in 1989, they discovered a Mexican-American from East Los Angeles who had once been a promising student. Imprisoned for seven years, he grew more violent until two years of solitary confinement prompted a remarkable selftransformation.

    Daybreak (Éclat du jour) Ian Lagarde, 11’ World Premiere
    In a wealthy Montreal suburb, Xavier and his friends are dealing with pre-teen boredom. They hang out at the park, ride their bikes, and mess with each other; it's yet another suburban summer afternoon. But beneath the smiles lies a growing tension, a certain violence which leads the group to a collective release of unexpected intensity; a ritualistic initiation into adolescence.

    Der Untermensch Kays Mejri, 9’ World Premiere
    Der Untermensch depicts the treatment of homosexuals in concentration camps during the Second World War, through aesthetic contemporary movement. The dancer portrays the work, growth and rebirth of those incarcerated souls by embodying a gay Aryan during the Nazi reign.

    Drop Chris Goldade, 12’ World Premiere
    A World War II paratrooper lands in enemy territory — and right onto a modern-day suburban driveway — where he is confronted by an unemployed freeloader who’s still living in his parent’s house. This dark comedy with an original premise and deadpan performances makes the perils of war uncomfortably funny.

    The End of Pinky Claire Blanchet, 8’ World Premiere
    The End of Pinky revolves around three fallen angels seeking companionship and humanity in the shadows of the red-light district, in a mythic, magically realized Montreal. The film’s hand-drawn pencil and pastel animation, rendered in stereoscopic 3D, conjures a seedy world whose sepia-toned palette evokes cheap whiskey and nicotine stains.

    Firecrackers Jasmin Mozaffari, 15’ World Premiere
    Lou and Chantal are two shit-disturbers from a town whose only remaining attraction is truck-stop prostitution. Their dreams of escaping are shattered when Lou's savings are stolen by her mom's alcoholic boyfriend. With nowhere left to go and nothing left to lose, Lou heads into the night, with a bottle of whiskey in hand and no regrets.

    Foreclosure Wayne Robinson, 13’ World Premiere
    Sigmund is a docile and obedient worker who is given an opportunity of a lifetime when his manager, Mr. Wolfman, assigns him the task of completing a dossier on their company's profit margin. Upon sitting down to start working however, Sigmund is confronted with his worst nightmare: naked people.

    Gloria Victoria Theodore Ushev, 7’ North American Premiere
    Gloria Victoria, the third film in a trilogy on the relationship between art and power, unfolds on the still-smouldering rubble of a furious 20th century. From the Russian front to the Chinese Revolution, from Dresden to Guernica, giant black birds circle above mass graves while vampires and reapers move forward to the sounds of an exalting bolero from Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony.

    Impromptu Bruce Alcock, 10’ World Premiere
    When Chuck’s wife spontaneously invites her co-workers home for dinner, the last-minute gathering seems to have all the makings of a disaster — but it leads instead to a quiet epiphany about embracing the chaos of life’s rich pageantry. Impromptu reminds the audience of the redemptive power of food, wine, music and love, as seen through the eyes of a modern man.

    In Guns We Trust Nicolas Lévesque, 12’ North American Premiere
    In Kennesaw, a small American town in the state of Georgia, a good citizen is an armed citizen. By law, since 1982, each head of household must own at least one working firearm with ammunition.

    Jimbo Ryan Flowers, 25’ World Premiere
    Stricken, but not struck down, by a slew of mental illnesses, Jimmy Leung's drive to become an action movie star becomes something of a reality as he and director Ryan Flowers train to become healthy and stable, and make a movie together.

    Lay Over Jordan Hayes, 13’ World Premiere
    A girl meets a boy on an eight-hour layover.

    Method Gregory Smith, 8’ World Premiere
    Officer Daniel O'Shea must go to extraordinary lengths to get a confession.

    Noah Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg, 17’ World Premiere
    In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse.

    Nous Avions Stéphane Moukarzel, 18’ World Premiere
    Montreal, 1999. Like every Sunday, a modest Pakistani immigrant family picnics in a dead end next to the airport, closely watching planes land. On this special day where the Legendary Concord is expected — a rare treat in town — 17-year-old Akram, the eldest son of three kids, who is in his teenage crisis, creates a family commotion when he decides to take off to live his own life.

    Numbers & Friends Alexander Carson, 7’ World Premiere
    In his search for happiness in North America, a European man discovers the pleasures of fantasy baseball. Using his new appreciation for sports as a metaphor to re-imagine his life choices, he begins to find new meaning in the world around him.

    Out Jeremy Lalonde, 9’ World Premiere
    A young man comes out to his family. But is he coming out of the closet, or out of the coffin?

    Paradise Falls Fantavious Fritz, 17’ World Premiere
    Two adventurous youths explore a haunted mansion and fall in love with its ghost, deep in the heart of suburban hell.

    Paradiso Devan Scott, 13’ World Premiere
    After being sent to heaven as the result of the biblical Armageddon, Cain Tibbons meets Saint Peter, whom he must persuade to help him rescue his brother from hell. However, Cain's story might not be all it seems.

    Pilgrims Marie Clements, 8’ World Premiere
    Robbe, a German tourist, is partaking on a life-long dream of visiting the west coast of Canada. His fantasy of the great Indian culture is one thing, but to be a part of it requires Robbe to undergo a dangerous rite of passage: a journey of self-evaluation.

    Portrait as a Random Act of Violence Randall Okita, 4’ Toronto Premiere
    Portrait as a Random Act of Violence is a piece that incorporates performance and sculpture to examine themes of harm, protest, and destructive and restorative transformations.

    Relax, I’m From the Future Luke Higginson, 5’ World Premiere
    Percy Sullivan's suicide attempt gets interrupted by a man claiming to be from the future.

    Remember Me (Mémorable moi) Jean-Francois Asselin, 15’ Canadian Premiere
    Mathieu seeks any (and every) way to attract attention to himself.

    Roland Trevor Cornish, 11’ World Premiere
    Roland, an employee at Crafty’s Art and Supply, must deal with an irrational man who needs to use the washroom and is confused by the store’s strict employee-only washroom policy. A full bladder and some company red tape has Roland’s day take a dire turn.

    Sam’s Formalwear Yael Staav, 15’ World Premiere
    Sam Parish, once the high-school prom king, is now the former king of formalwear and ex-husband to his then-prom queen. On the eve of his daughter's prom, Sam grasps at an opportunity to feel like the king once more, oblivious to the consequences.

    Seasick Eva Cvijanovic, 3’ World Premiere
    Seasick is a meditative exploration of one's love of the sea to the soundtrack of traditional Croatian music.

    The Sparkling River Felix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël, 18’ World Premiere
    A group of Chinese travellers have appeared on an alpaca farm, seemingly by accident. A young woman who is among them tries to connect with the farm's proprietor. The Sparkling River uses 3D-stereoscopy to lure the viewer into a contemplative and dreamlike state. The film explores enduring themes of memory, migration and place.

    Subconscious Password Chris Landreth, 11’ Canadian Premiere
    Subconscious Password uses a common social gaffe — forgetting somebody’s name — as the starting point for a mindbending romp through the unconscious. Inspired by the classic American TV game show Password, the film features a wealth of animated celebrity guests who try to prompt Charles to remember the name.

    We Wanted More Stephen Dunn, 15’ World Premiere
    A psychological thriller about a singer who loses her voice on the precipice of her first world tour, We Wanted More is a hypnotic fever dream about the sacrifices a young artist makes for her career.

    Yellowhead Kevan Funk, 19’ World Premiere
    A middle-aged worksite safety inspector defiantly maintains a tireless occupational routine, traversing across Canada's lonely northern landscape from one expansive industrial operation to the next. As the cracks in his crumbling personal life become more and more apparent, he slips deeper into willful ignorance and denial, providing a striking parallel to the altered physical landscape and exploitative industry that surrounds him.

    Young Wonder James Wilkes, 6’ World Premiere
    Armed with only the sword of Evil’s Bane, automatic weapons and a bazooka, 8-year-old Sebastian and his 11-year-old brother Chris battle their way through a legion of pop culture menaces en route to getting snacks. Young Wonder combines kinetic and visually stunning storytelling with sincere observations on the nature of boys and play.

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    About TIFF
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    Toronto International Film Festival announces 2013 Rising Stars, Talent Lab, Producers Lab, Pitch This!

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    EVELYNE BROCHU, CARA GEE, MEGAN PARK AND JOHNATHAN SOUSA NAMED 2013 TIFF RISING STARS

    TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced the four actors named the 2013 TIFF Rising Stars — Evelyne Brochu, Cara Gee, Megan Park and Johnathan Sousa. Now in its third year, the professional development programme immerses participants in a series of public events and industry meetings during the Festival. This year, the TIFF Rising Stars will be taken through an intensive professional “boot camp” with international casting directors, agents, managers, producers, filmmakers and development executives who will help them prepare for success in the film industry both on and off the screen.

    “The Toronto International Film Festival draws industry, press and audiences from around the world and we feel privileged to be able to offer this global stage and these valuable connections to Evelyne, Cara, Megan and Johnathan — the 2013 TIFF Rising Stars,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. “We have no doubt that this year’s unstoppable quartet of emerging artists is on the rise to enjoy sizzling careers like the stellar Rising Stars alumni before them.”

    Evelyne Brochu
    Evelyne can currently be seen at the Festival in Xavier Dolan’s Tom à la ferme. Her major film break came when she had a supporting role in Denis Villeneuve’s 2009 drama Polytechnique. She has garnered critical acclaim, and a Canadian Screen Award nomination, for her role in the 2012 Festival selection Inch’Allah. She starred in Jean-Marc Vallée’s Café de Flore, an Official Selection at the 2011 Festival. Evelyne garnered three Gémeaux Award nominations for her roles in the popular Quebec television series Aveux, Mirador and La Promesse. In 2012, she won a Gemini Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Series. Evelyne made her English language television debut in 2013 on the hit BBC America show Orphan Black.

    Cara Gee
    Cara has landed a leading role in her first feature film — the 2013 Festival selection Empire of Dirt, directed by Peter Stebbings. She made her first television appearance as a guest star in the Showcase police drama King. Cara has a roster of outstanding theatre performances under her belt: starring roles in Daniel MacIvor’s Arigato, Tokyo (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre) and Cliff Cardinal’s Stitch (SummerWorks Festival), which landed her the festival’s top acting award, and a role in the remount of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad (Nightwood Theatre), which won the Dora Award for Best Ensemble. Cara was named a Top Ten Theatre Artist by NOW magazine in 2011, and she topped both Torontoist’s People to Watch list in 2012 and The Toronto Star’s 13 People to Watch in 2013. Cara is an ensemble member of the independent theatre company Bird Town and Swanville whose show Family Story opens in August 2013.

    Megan Park
    Megan stars opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Karan in the 2013 Festival selection The F Word directed by Michael Dowse. Megan recently completed Demonic, directed by Will Canon and produced by James Wan. Megan made her feature film debut in 2007 with a role in the indie comedy Charlie Bartlett. She next appeared in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song, followed by the crime thriller Girls, Guns and Gambling with Christian Slater and Dane Cook, and, most recently, starred in So Undercover alongside Miley Cyrus. After appearing in the Lifetime series Angela’s Eyes and the Family Channel show Life with Derek, Megan Park landed the role of Grace Bowman in the award-winning ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Additional roles in HBO’s Entourage and The Newsroom have followed.

    Johnathan Sousa
    Johnathan Sousa can next be seen on the big screen in the 2013 Festival selection The Animal Project, directed by Ingrid Veninger, and in Maxime Desmons’ highly anticipated What We Have. In 2011, Johnathan was chosen to participate in the inaugural Actors Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre, where he starred in numerous short films, including Rattan and The Haymaker, which travelled to 35 festivals. While at the CFC, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in his first short film, Home. Johnathan landed his most significant role to date with a principal part in the upcoming season of Global Television’s hit show Rookie Blue. He graduated from the Ryerson Theatre School where he was the recipient of the Louis Taube Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement and Dedication.

    TIFF Rising Stars alumni continue their trajectory with career highlights at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and beyond. Highlights include:
    Sarah Allen plays the lead female role in the 2013 Festival selection The Husband, directed by Bruce McDonald.
    Katie Boland stars in the 2013 Festival selection Gerontophilia, directed by Bruce LaBruce.
    Charlie Carrick stars in the 2013 release Molly Maxwell, directed by Sara St. Onge.
    Sarah Gadon stars in Amma Asante's Belle, Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy and Michael Dowse’s The F Word at the 2013 Festival.
    Tatiana Maslany was awarded the 2013 Critics Choice Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Orphan Black as well as a Young Hollywood Award for Breakout Performance.
    Charlotte Sullivan stars in Jeff Renfroe’s 2013 release The Colony alongside Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton.


    TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF TALENT LAB

    TORONTO — Talent Lab proudly marks a decade of offering artistic development opportunities with emerging artists from around the world. Celebrating its 10th anniversary during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival®, the comprehensive four-day programme returns to give participants the opportunity and access to learn from the world’s leading film artists.

    The 2013 Canadian Talent Lab participants are: Juan Andres Arango, Alexandre Auger, Annick Blanc, Valerie Buhagiar, Naomi Jaye, Jason Lepeyre, Shannon Masters, Evan Morgan, Carlo Guillermo Proto and Grace Wang. The 2013 international Talent Lab participants are: Jens Assur (Sweden), Aristotelis Maragkos (Greece), Catriona MacInnes (Scotland), Byoung-Gon Moon (Korea), Kareem Mortimer (Bahamas), Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal), Marialy Rivas (Chile), Anocha Suwichakornpong (Thailand), Musa Syeed (USA) and Bassam Tariq (USA/Pakistan).

    “A decade ago we dreamt up a programme that would pair emerging filmmakers embarking on pivotal moments in their careers withdistinguished names in the industry,” said Piers Handling, Director and CEO, TIFF. “This was an opportunity to share knowledge, provide guidance, and really tear down the divide between emerging and established — even master — filmmakers. The results are impressive, the success stories inspiring and make us proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Talent Lab.”

    The 2013 Talent Lab is led by esteemed governors who guide 20 emerging filmmakers in group discussions that focus on creativity, the artistic process and independent voices. Two of this year's governors, who will mentor the participants, include filmmaker Danis Tanović (No Man’s Land) and Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park). Guests who will share their experience and insight with participants include Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas), Jason Reitman (Labor Day), Deepa Mehta (Midnight’s Children), and Jennifer Baichwal (Watermark). Additional governors and guests will be announced in the coming weeks. Talent Lab runs fromSeptember 4 to 7, 2013. Talent Lab is produced by Helen du Toit (co-producer, The Story of Film: An Odyssey).

    Since its inception, Talent Lab has welcomed acclaimed governors including Olivier Assayas, Jennifer Baichwal, Danny Boyle, John Collee, Lee Daniels, Miranda July, Don McKellar, Deepa Mehta, Bingham Ray, Jason Reitman, Gus Van Sant and Stephen Woolley. Special guests visiting the Lab over the past decade include: Niki Caro, Laurent Cantet, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Terence Davies, Brian De Palma, Christopher Doyle, Stephen Frears, Kevin Spacey, Sally Potter, Frederick Wiseman, Paul Haggis, Michael Haneke, Nadine Labaki, Samira Makhmalbaf, Fernando Meirelles, Sarah Polley, Gasper Noé, James Schamus, Tilda Swinton, Christine Vachon and Michael Winterbottom along with creative partners: Jane Campion with Jan Chapman, Terry Gilliam with Tony Grisoni, and John Sayles with Maggie Renzi.

    Five 2012 Talent Lab participants have been named finalists in the 2013 RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition. Now in its fourth year, the competition asked filmmakers to develop a one to five minute short film on the topic of memory. Selected by a panel of esteemed experts, the finalists include Dan Popa, Christoph Rainer, Kevan Funk, Rafael Balulu andMako Kamitsuna. The winner and honourable mention will be announced September 4, 2013 at a news conference prior to the start of the Festival. The winner will receive $20,000 while the honourable mention will receive $10,000. Fourteen Talent Lab alumni have directed, produced or edited films in the Festival’s Official 2013 Selection:
    Jeff Barnaby — writer, director, Rhymes for Young Ghouls (Discovery)
    Dan Bekerman — producer, The Husband (Special Presentations)
    A.J. Bond — writer, We Wanted More (Short Cuts Canada)
    John Christou — producer, Rhymes for Young Ghouls (Discovery)
    Heather Dahlstrom — co-producer, Empire of Dirt (Contemporary World Cinema)
    Stephen Dunn — writer, director, We Wanted More (Short Cuts Canada), 2011 RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition Grand Prize Winner
    Sol Friedman — writer, director, Beasts in the Real World (Short Cuts Canada)
    Kevan Funk — director, Yellowhead (Short Cuts Canada), 2013 RBC Emerging Filmmaker Competition Finalist
    Matt Hannam — editor, Enemy (Special Presentations)
    Johnny Ma — writer, director, A Grand Canal (Short Cuts Canada), 2012 RBC Emerging Filmmaker Competition Honourable Mention
    Elan Mastai — writer, The F Word (Special Presentations)
    Richie Mehta — writer, director, Siddharth (Contemporary World Cinema)
    Ingrid Veninger — producer, writer, director, The Animal Project (Contemporary World Cinema)
    Wiebke von Carolsfeld — writer, director, Stay (Contemporary World Cinema)

    2013 Talent Lab participant Shannon Masters is the writer of the 2013 Festival selection Empire of Dirt from director Peter Stebbings.

    Additional Talent Lab alumni success stories include:

    Screenwriter Semi Chellas, co-producer on Mad Men, has received two Emmy nominations and won a Writer’s Guild Award for dramatic teleplay (with Matthew Weiner).

    Ed Gass-Donnelly, writer/director of Small Town Murder Songs, was named on Variety's Ten Directors to Watch in 2012 and won the FIPRESCI prize at the Torino International Film Festival of Young Cinema.

    Screenwriter David F. Shamoon penned In Darkness, directed by Agnieszka Holland, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

    Screenwriter Elan Mastai's The F Word will have its world premiere at the 2013 Festival. Mastai has two features in development, including a collaboration with Academy Award– and Emmy Award–winner Alan Ball.

    Writer Sean Garrity and co-writer and star Jonas Chernick’s feature My Awkward Sexual Adventure, which launched at the 2012 Festival, was selected as one of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten films, nominated for Best Feature Film by the Directors Guild of Canada, and is being distributed in 24 counties and translated into 15 different languages.

    Ingrid Veninger and Charles Officer’s film Nurse. Fighter. Boy. was named to TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten list and nominated for 10 Genie Awards including Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Achievement in Direction.


    PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO AND TELEFILM CANADA PITCH THIS!
    RETURN FOR 2013 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Finalists unveiled for feature film pitching competition
    24 Producers Lab Toronto participants announced from Canada,
    Europe and, new in 2013, Australia and New Zealand

    Toronto — The Toronto International Film Festival® continues to support and champion Canada’s film industry with the return of its highly-regarded industry programmes, revealing participants for the 2013 editions of Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS! and Producers Lab Toronto. Now in its 14th year, Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS! is a competition that gives six teams six minutes each to pitch their dramatic or documentary feature film idea to a jury of experts, in front of a live audience comprising over 200 industry professionals.

    Producers Lab Toronto, created in partnership with European Film Promotion and in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation, returns for its fourth year of galvanizing international collaborations. This year’s event expands beyond Canada and Europe to include producers from Australia and New Zealand among the chosen 24 participants, and welcomes new partners Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission.

    TELEFILM CANADA PITCH THIS!

    Participating Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS! teams have six minutes to convince a jury of international industry experts — and an audience of over 200 industry pros — that their feature film idea is worthy of a development award from Telefilm Canada. This year the award has increased from $10,000 to $15,000. The pitching challenge takes place on Monday, September 9 at 1 p.m. and is open to all Festival Industry and Press delegates.

    The 2013 Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS! finalists are:

    Rumba Kaveh Nabatian
    A Cuban man who desperately wants to leave the island believes he must first seduce a foreigner in order to be with the woman he loves. Rumba is a fictional film about identity, power and prophecy as seen through the eyes of a black immigrant to Montreal.

    Stay Girl John Christou, Daniel Beirne, Aisling Chin-Yee and Jacob Tierney
    Exploring grand themes of identity, technology and family, Stay Girl is a comic drama about a family. When their beloved dog becomes terminally ill, the Isaac family begins to unravel as they each undergo a journey to discover themselves.

    Tempest Storm: Burlesque Queen Nimisha Mukerji
    Tempest Storm, the undisputed queen of burlesque, was a mistress to both Elvis and John F. Kennedy, a friend to Bettie Paige, and, more recently, a collaborator of musician Jack White. In this documentary, one of America's greatest sex icons bares all and takes the audience into her private life.

    The Engineers Daniel Cockburn and Daniel Bekerman
    A crime novelist, desperate to understand his characters inside and out, hires actors to go to therapy in character and report their insights and epiphanies to him — but soon enough his experiment turns into a Dr. Frankenstein’s creation with a life of its own.

    Window Watching Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, Svjetlana Jaklenec and Laura Perlmutter
    Window Watching tells the story of the sexual liberation of an illegal immigrant who is captive to her emotionally abusive mother-in-law, and fascinated by the sexuality of the younger woman who moves in next door.

    You Can Live Forever in a Paradise on Earth Mark Slutsky and Sarah Fobes
    When a gay teenage girl is sent to live with her Jehovah's Witness relatives in small-town Alberta, she finds herself drawn into a passionate secret romance with the daughter of the community's most prominent elder.

    PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO

    Running September 4 to 7, Producers Lab Toronto takes advantage of the global film industry presence in the city during the Festival to create a platform for the promotion of participants and their projects. Through pitching sessions, roundtable meetings and case studies, 24 producers from Europe, Canada and — new this year — Australia and New Zealand, will develop relationships, exchange ideas, and discuss co-production opportunities.

    European participants are selected by the European Film Promotion (EFP) network from the alumni of the prestigious Cannes-based networking platform Producers on the Move; Canadian producers are chosen by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)and TIFF from an open call across Canada; Screen Australia (SA) and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) select the participants from their countries.


    Several dozen ongoing projects are the fruits of previous years’ events, while this year’s Festival will feature world premieres by Producers Lab Toronto alumni: The Animal Project, written, directed and produced by 2000 alum Ingrid Veninger — also featuring one of this year's TIFF Rising Stars, Johnathan Sousa — and Stay, directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld and produced by 2010 alum Martin Paul Hus. Producers Lab Toronto is a Canada-Europe co-production and forum delivered through a partnership between the OMDC, EFP, TIFF, SA and NZFC. Financial support for Producers Lab Toronto is provided by the MEDIA Mundus programme of the European Union and from EFP and its associated member organizations, from the OMDC, TIFF, SA, NFFC, Eurimages and Telefilm Canada.

    About TIFF
    TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net.
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