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Thursday, September 10, 2009
tiff09: My Russian Film List + FREE programming!
Being a bit under time pressure at this busiest season of the year: jaf, tuf, ctf, vff, bcf, bmf, it is difficult to find time for the tiff.
Here is My Film List of the movies, projections, and events (compare with last year):
Antichrist
Lars von Trier
Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland
[dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky]
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Werner Herzog
USA/Germany
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Werner Herzog
USA
The Sunshine Boy (Sólskinsdrengurinn)
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Iceland
The Good Heart
Dagur Kári
Iceland/France/Denmark/Germany
Kelin
Ermek Tursunov
Kazakhstan
[No dialogue]
Melody for a Street Organ (Melodiya Dlya Sharmanki)
Kira Muratova
Ukraine
Help Gone Mad (Sumashedshaya Pomosh)
Boris Khlebnikov
Russia
Hipsters (Stilyagi)
Valery Todorovsky
Russia
+ In celebration of Hipsters, the Festival presents free swing lessons and a live performance by Aelita with the Galaxy All-Star Orchestra on Tuesday, September 15, in Yonge-Dundas Square
7:00 p.m. - Hipsters Spotlight: swing-dance lessons followed by a concert at 9 p.m. featuring Aelita with the Galaxy All-Star Orchestra in honour of the Russian musical screening as part of the Festival’s Vanguard programme
Wavelengths 5: Une Catastrophe
Une Catastrophe
Jean-Luc Godard
Switzerland/Italy
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont
Canada
Creation
Jon Amiel
United Kingdom
Kamui (Kamui Gaiden)
Yoichi Sai
Japan
Moloch Tropical
Raoul Peck
France/Haiti
L' Affaire Farewell (Farewell)
Christian Carion
France
Irène
Alain Cavalier
France
Frederick Wiseman Presents La Danse – Le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris (La Danse – The Paris Opera Ballet)
Frederick Wiseman
France/USA
Mao's Last Dancer
Bruce Beresford
Australia
+ Wednesday, Sept. 16 9:00PM - The National Ballet of Canada’s preview presentation of the latest production from Aszure Barton in celebration of the Festival’s screening of Mao’s Last Dancer
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Jan Kounen
France
+ Future Projections is a far-reaching programme of installations, interactive film projects and other film-related art work presented outside of the cinema space and throughout the city of Toronto.
+ Free outdoor programming on the Young-Dundas Square (YDS)
+ Friday, Sept. 18 6:00PM - TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: world premiere of American Masters featuring Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound, followed by an appearance and short concert by Joan Baez herself
Plus, check out for Cameron Bailey's daily highlights about Festival films you may not have heard about.
links:
girish's TIFF 2009 Films
TIFF08: My Russian Film List
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from latest TIFF's News:
Free Screening: Cadillac People's Choice Award Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire:
"The winner of the 2009 Cadillac People's Choice Award is "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire".
Please join us on September 19 at 9pm at the Elgin Theatre for a free screening of this film. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis (maximum one ticket per person) and will be distributed starting at 7pm at the Elgin Theatre."
tiff.net
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