July 26, 2011

Contemporary World Cinema (2011)

  • 388 Arletta Avenue -- Randall Cole, Canada
  • Always Brando -- Ridha Béhi
  • Azhagarsamy's Horse -- Suseendran, India
  • Beauty -- Oliver Hermanus, South Africa/France
  • Billy Bishop Goes to War -- Barbara Willis-Sweete, Canada
  • Blood of my Blood -- João Canijo, Portugal
  • Bonsái -- Cristián Jiménez, Chile/France/Argentina/Portugal
  • Colour of the Ocean -- Maggie Peren, Germany
  • Death for Sale -- Faouzi Bensaidi, Belgium/France/Morocco
  • Elena -- Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia
  • Extraterrestrial -- Nacho Vigalondo, Spain
  • Footnote -- Joseph Cedar, Israel
  • The Forgiveness of Blood -- Joshua Marston, USA/Albania/Denmark/Italy
  • Free Men -- Ismaël Ferroukhi, France
  • From Up on Poppy Hill -- Goro Miyazaki, Japan
  • A Funny Man -- Martin P. Zandvliet, Denmark
  • Future Lasts Forever -- Ozcan Alper, Turkey/France/Germany
  • Good Bye -- Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran
  • Goodbye First Love -- Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany
  • Guilty -- Vincent Garenq, France
  • Gypsy -- Martin Šulík, Slovakia
  • Heleno -- José Henrique Fonseca, Brazil
  • Himizu -- Sion Sono, Japan
  • Hotel Swooni -- Kaat Beels, Belgium
  • I’m Yours -- Leonard Farlinger, Canada
  • Islands -- Stefano Chiantini, Italy
  • Juan of the Dead -- Alejandro Brugués, Spain/Cuba
  • Land of Oblivion -- Michale Boganim, France/Germany/Poland/Ukraine
  • Last Days in Jerusalem -- Tawfik Abu Wael, France/Israel/Palestine/Germany
  • Last Winter -- John Shank, Belgium/France
  • Lena -- Christophe Van Rompaey, The Netherlands/Belgium
  • Lipstikka -- Jonathan Sagall, Israel/United Kingdom
  • Lucky -- Avie Luthra, South Africa/United Kingdom
  • Man on Ground -- Akin Omotoso, South Africa
  • Michael -- Ribhu Dasgupta, India
  • Michael -- Markus Schleinzer, Austria
  • Miss Bala -- Gerardo Naranjo, Mexico
  • Mr. Tree -- Han Jie, China
  • Omar Killed Me -- Roschdy Zem, France
  • Restoration -- Yossi Madmony, Israel
  • Rose -- Wojciech Smarzowski, Poland
  • Rough Hands -- Mohamed Asli, Morocco
  • A Separation -- Asghar Farhadi, Iran
  • The Silver Cliff -- Karim Aïnouz, Brazil
  • Sisters&Brothers -- Carl Bessai, Canada
  • Sons of Norway -- Jens Lien, Norway
  • Superclásico -- Ole Christian Madsen, Denmark
  • Think of Me -- Bryan Wizemann, USA
  • UFO in her Eyes -- Xiaolu Guo, Germany
  • Union Square -- Nancy Savoca, USA
  • Your Sister's Sister -- Lynn Shelton, USA

July 27, 2010

Contemporary World Cinema (2010)

  • 22nd of May -- Koen Mortier, Belgium
  • Africa United -- Debs Gardner-Paterson, United Kingdom
  • Aftershock -- Feng Xiaogang, China
  • All About Love -- Ann Hui , Hong Kong, China
  • Anything You Want -- Achero Mañas, Spain
  • Bad Faith -- Kristian Petri, Sweden
  • Behind Blue Skies -- Hannes Holm, Sweden
  • Black Ocean -- Marion Hänsel, Belgium/France/Germany
  • Blessed Events -- Isabelle Stever, Germany
  • Break Up Club -- Barbara Wong, Hong Kong
  • Carancho -- Pablo Trapero, Argentina/South Korea/France/Chile
  • Chico & Rita -- Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando, Spain/United Kingdom
  • Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame -- Tsui Hark, China
  • The Edge -- Alexey Uchitel, Russia
  • Even the Rain -- Icíar Bollaín Spain/France/Mexico
  • The First Grader -- Justin Chadwick, United Kingdom
  • The Fourth Portrait -- Chung Mong-Hong, Taiwan
  • Home for Christmas -- Bent Hamer, Norway/Germany/Sweden
  • How I Ended This Summer -- Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia
  • The Human Resources Manager -- Eran Riklis, Israel/Germany/France/Romania
  • The Hunter -- Rafi Pitts, Iran
  • I Am Slave -- Gabriel Range, United Kingdom
  • Jucy -- Louise Alston, Australia
  • Lapland Odyssey -- Dome Karukoski, Finland
  • Late Autumn -- Kim Tae-Yong, South Korea
  • Leap Year -- Michael Rowe, Mexico
  • Life, Above All -- Oliver Schmitz, South Africa/Germany
  • The Light Thief -- Aktan Arym Kubat, Kyrgyzstan/Germany/France/Netherlands
  • Mamma Gógó Fridrik -- Thor Fridriksson, Iceland
  • Matariki -- Michael Bennett, New Zealand
  • The Matchmaker -- Avi Nesher, Israel
  • Meek's Cutoff -- Kelly Reichardt, USA
  • MODRA -- Ingrid Veninger, Canada
  • My Joy -- Sergei Loznitsa, Germany/Ukraine/The Netherlands
  • Neds -- Peter Mullan, United Kingdom/France/Italy
  • A Night for Dying Tigers -- Terry Miles, Canada
  • Of Gods and Men -- Xavier Beauvois, France
  • Oki's Movie -- Hong Sangsoo, South Korea
  • À l’origine d’un cri -- Robin Aubert, Canada
  • Outbound -- Bogdan George Apetri, Romania
  • Route 132 -- Louis Bélanger, Canada
  • Sensation -- Tom Hall, Ireland
  • The Solitude Of Prime Numbers -- Saverio Constanzo, Italy
  • Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project -- Kornél Mundruczó Hungary/Germany/Austria
  • Tracker -- Ian Sharp, United Kingdom/New Zealand
  • Three -- Tom Tykwer, Germany
  • Silent Souls -- Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia
  • Small Town Murder Songs -- Ed Gass-Donnelly, Canada
  • State of Violence -- Khalo Matabane, South Africa/France
  • White Irish Drinkers -- John Gray, USA
  • Womb -- Benedek Fliegauf, Germany/Hungary/France

June 23, 2009

Contemporary World Cinema (2009)

June 26, 2008

Contemporary World Cinema (2008)

View trailers and clips from films already announced for the Contemporary World Cinema Program.
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  • 33 Scenes from Life Malgosia Szumowska, Germany/Poland
  • $5 a Day Nigel Cole, USA
  • Acne Federico Veiroj, Uruguay/Argentina/Spain/Mexico
  • Adela Adolfo Alix Jr., Philippines
  • All Around Us Ryosuke Hashiguchi, Japan
  • Blind Sunflowers José Luis Cuerda, Spain
  • Cloud 9 Andreas Dresen, Germany
  • The Country Teacher Bohdan Sláma, Czech Republic/Germany/France
  • Country Wedding Valdís Óskarsdóttir, Iceland
  • Delta Kornél Mundruczó, Hungary/Germany
  • Dernier Maquis Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, France/Algeria
  • L’Empreinte de l’ange Safy Nebbou, France
  • Un Été sans point ni coup sûr Francis Leclerc, QC
  • Fear Me Not Kristian Levring, Denmark
  • A Film with Me in It Ian Fitzgibbon, Ireland
  • Firaaq Nandita Das, India
  • Flame & Citron Ole Christian Madsen, Denmark/Germany
  • The Ghost Karen Oganesyan, Russia
  • Goodbye Solo Ramin Bahrani, USA
  • El Greco Iannis Smaragdis, Greece/Spain/Hungary
  • L’Heure d’été Olivier Assayas, France
  • Horn of Plenty Juan Carlos Tabío, Spain/Cuba
  • In the Shadow of the Naga Phawat Panangkasiri, Thailand
  • Jerichow Christian Petzold, Germany
  • Katia’s Sister Mijke de Jong, The Netherlands
  • Khamsa Karim Dridi, France
  • Knitting Yin Lichuan, China
  • Laila’s Birthday Rashid Masharawi, Palestine/Tunisia/The Netherlands
  • Linha de Passe Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, Brazil
  • Lion’s Den Pablo Trapero, Argentina/South Korea/Brazil
  • Lost Song Rodrigue Jean, QC
  • Machan Uberto Pasolini, United Kingdom/Italy/Germany/Sri Lanka
  • Maman est chez le coiffeur Léa Pool, QC
  • Middle of Nowhere John Stockwell, USA
  • Mothers&Daughters Carl Bessai, BC
  • My Mother, My Bride and I Hans Steinbichler, Germany/Romania
  • The Narrows François A. Velle, USA
  • Native Dancer Guka Omarova, Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany
  • O’Horten Bent Hamer, Norway/Germany/France
  • Once Upon a Time in Rio Breno Silveira, Brazil
  • Pandora's Box Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey/France/Belgium/Germany
  • Patrik, Age 1.5 Ella Lemhagen, Sweden
  • Pedro Nicholas Oceano, USA
  • Radio Love Leonardo de Armas, Spain
  • Restless Amos Kollek, Israel/Germany/Canada/France/Belgium
  • The Rest of the Night Francesco Munzi, Italy
  • Return to Hansala Chus Gutiérrez, Spain
  • Revanche Götz Spielmann, Austria
  • Skin Anthony Fabian, United Kingdom/South Africa
  • Sugar Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, USA
  • Teza Haile Gerima, Germany/Ethiopia/France
  • Three Wise Men Mika Kaurismäki, Finland
  • Toronto Stories Sook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland, David Weaver and Aaron Woodley, ON
  • Treeless Mountain So Yong Kim, South Korea
  • Two-Legged Horse Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran
  • Under the Tree Garin Nugroho, Indonesia
  • Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt, USA
  • White Night Wedding Baltasar Kormakur, Iceland
  • The Window Carlos Sorin, Spain/Argentina

June 26, 2007

Contemporary World Cinema (2007)

  • ALL HAT Leonard Farlinger, Canada
  • AMERICAN VENUS Bruce Sweeney, Canada
  • AND ALONG COME TOURISTS Robert Thalheim, Germany
  • AVANT QUE J’OUBLIE Jacques Nolot, France
  • THE BAND’S VISIT Eran Kolirin, Israel/France
  • THE BANISHMENT AndreI Zviaguintsev, Russia
  • BARCELONA (A MAP) Ventura Pons, Spain
  • BATTLE FOR HADITHA Nick Broomfield, UK
  • BREAKFAST WITH SCOT Laurie Lynd, Canada
  • BRICK LANE Sarah Gavron, UK
  • CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ (ENDLESS) Cristian Nemescu, Romania
  • CARAMEL Nadine Labaki, Lebanon/France
  • CHOP SHOP Ramin Bahrani, USA
  • CONTRE TOUTE ESPÉRANCE Bernard Émond, Canada
  • THE COUNTERFEITERS Stefan Ruzowitzky, Austria/Germany
  • DANS LA VIE Philippe Faucon, France
  • DAYS AND CLOUDS Silvio Soldini, Italy/Switzerland
  • THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey
  • EMPTIES Jan Sverák, Czech Republic
  • L’ENNEMI INTIME Florent Siri, France
  • ERIK NIETZSCHE THE EARLY YEARS Jacob Thuesen, Denmark
  • FARO – LA REINE DES EAUX Salif Traoré, Mali/France/Canada/Germany/Burkina Faso
  • FOREVER NEVER ANYWHERE Antonin Svoboda, Austria
  • GARAGE Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland
  • A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE Nobuhiro Yamashita, Japan
  • GONE WITH THE WOMAN Petter Næss, Norway
  • HAPPINESS Hur Jin-ho, South Korea
  • HAPPY NEW LIFE Árpád Bogdán, Hungary
  • HOME SONG STORIES Tony Ayres, Australia
  • IN MEMORY OF MYSELF Saverio Costanzo, Italy
  • ISKA’S JOURNEY Csaba Bollók, Hungary
  • JAR CITY Baltasar Kormákur, Iceland/Germany
  • JELLYFISH Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, Israel/France
  • JUST LIKE HOME Lone Scherfig, Denmark
  • KING OF CALIFORNIA Mike Cahill, USA
  • KINGS Tom Collins, Ireland/UK
  • THE MOURNING FOREST Naomi Kawase, Japan/France
  • MUNYURANGABO Lee Isaac Chung, USA
  • MUTUM Sandra Kogut, Brazil/France
  • MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD Daniele Luchetti, Italy/France
  • NEW YORK CITY SERENADE Frank Whaley, USA
  • NORMAL Carl Bessai, Canada
  • NOS VIES PRIVÉES Denis Côté, Canada
  • ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS Golam Rabbany Biplob, Bangladesh
  • L’ORA DI PUNTA Vincenzo Marra, Italy
  • PHILIPPINE SCIENCE Auraeus Solito, Philippines
  • THE POPE’S TOILET Enrique Fernandes and César Charlone, Uruguay
  • RUN, FAT BOY, RUN David Schwimmer, UK
  • THE SECRETS Avi Nesher, Israel/France
  • SECRET SUNSHINE Chang-dong Lee, South Korea
  • SLINGSHOT Brillante Mendoza, Philippines
  • SON OF RAMBOW Garth Jennings, France/UK
  • STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING Andrew Wagner, USA
  • THE STONE ANGEL Kari Skogland, Canada
  • TO LOVE SOMEONE Åke Sandgren, Sweden
  • THE TRAP Srdan Golubovic, Serbia/Germany/Hungary
  • UNDER THE SAME MOON Patricia Riggen, Mexico/USA
  • UNFINISHED SKY Peter Duncan, Australia
  • UNFINISHED STORIES Pourya Azarbayjani, Iran
  • UNE VIEILLE MAÎTRESSE Catherine Breillat, France
  • WEIRDSVILLE Allan Moyle, Canada
  • WOLFSBERGEN Nanouk Leopold, Netherlands