Occupied Territories Program – January 18 16h30 – Fujiyama Cotton 18h30 – Mémoire fertile 20h30 – Spiders Web Individual ticket (one ticket per film) Written in 1978, Fertile Memory is the first film shot by a Palestinian director within the borders of the West Bank. Neither documentary nor fiction, Michel Khleifi instead films the lives […]
Family Albums program – January 15 19h00 – Lost Chapters 20h20 – Merman 21h45 – UNDR (short film) A ticket gives access to the 3 films in the program North American premiere A female voice haunts a male gaze in this archival documentary about three men who capture images of women, in Romania, from WWII […]
Occupied Territories Program – January 18 16h30 – Fujiyama Cotton 18h30 – Mémoire fertile 20h30 – Spiders Web Individual ticket (one ticket per film) Quebec Premiere Spider, a 56-year-old man from Toronto, faces new jail time for an assault he committed during a drunken night out. His last hope is to locate Cougar, the woman […]
At Dusk Program – January 17 19h00 – Taman-Taman (Park) 20h40 – Let the Red Moon Burn (short film) 21h00 – Eephus A ticket gives access to the 3 films in the program North American Premiere Two Indonesian poets meet at Tainan Park and take advantage of the day to write poetry. Inspired by their […]
Family Albums program – January 15 19h00 – Lost Chapters 20h20 – Merman 21h45 – UNDR (short film) A ticket gives access to the 3 films in the program Canadian premiere In Kamal Aljafari’s companion piece to A Fidai Film, archival footage show a landscape at once modern and ancient, imagined but painfully real, where […]
Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie’s own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.
Joey, Kathy, Sylvia and Maritess are not only classmates – they are the best of friends. Joey is a drug user who sleeps around. Kathy is a mediocre singer who will stop at nothing to fulfill her dreams of going big-time. Sylvia is a liberated woman who finds security in the love of her ex-husband […]
Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded twenty-seven-year-old son, Do-joon. Often a source of anxiety to his mother, Do-joon behaves in foolish or simply dangerous ways. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a school girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, […]
New 4K Restoration When her parents split and her father Kenichi moves out of their family home, Renko (Tomoko Tabata), a bright and energetic 6th grade girl, is left alone with her mother, Nazuna, in Kyoto. As Nazuna sets out new rules for their life together, Renko makes plans of her own, and sees to […]
October 22: VOSTA Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija and her oppressive father Ante when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island home. As Ante attempts to broker a life-changing deal, their tranquil yet isolated existence leaves Julija wanting more from this influential visitor, who provides a taste of liberation over a weekend […]