Crocodiles without Saddles
Britta Wandaogo, Germany/Burkina Faso, 2013, 15 min, in German with English Subtitles ‘The day you don’t know where to go – remember where you came from’ Crocodiles without Saddles is a documentary road movie about the luck of being oneself. In the cosmos of Kaddi, there are no ‘correct’ explanations – Why, how come, how!...
GLAUBER ROCHA discussion panel
In Praise of a Legend! Cinema of Glauber Rocha “I am Cinema Novo!” said Glauber Rocha the legendary Brazilian filmmaker and one of the most influential cineastes of Latin America. Cinema Novo was created to oppose the Hollywood-style filmmaking of 1960s Brazil. Influenced by Italian Neo Realism and French New Wave, it quickly spread across...
Sathima’s Windsong
Toronto Premier Daniel Yon, Canada/South Africa, 2010, 54 min, in English Saturday, 2 November 2013, 1:00 PM, Carlton Cinema A portrait of South African jazz vocalist, Sathima Bea Benjamin, shot in New York, Cape Town, St. Helena and on the Atlantic Ocean. In her Chelsea Hotel apartment, home for over thirty years, Sathima patches together...
Antonio das Mortes
Glauber Rocha, Brazil, 1969, 100 min, in Portuguese with English Subtitles Winner, Best Director, and nominated for Palm d’Or, Cannes FF 1969 A part of Tribute to Glauber Rocha. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the Cinema of Glauber Rocha. Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall, FREE ADMISSION...
Entranced Earth
Glauber Rocha, Brazil, 1967, 111 min, In Portuguese with English Subtitles Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, Nominates for Palm d’Or, Cannes FF 1967; Golden Leopard, Locarno FF 1967 A part of Tribute to Glauber Rocha...
The New World
North American Premiere Jaap van Heusden, The Netherlands, 2013, 83 min, in Dutch, English, and Dioula with English Subtitles Saturday, 2 November 2013, 2:00 pm, Carlton Cinema Mirte is the grumpiest cleaner in the airport immigration centre, a single mother who cannot take care of her 9-year old son, just managing to keep a grip...
AMANDA MARTINEZ MAÑANA
Festival Passes not valid for this event. No discount available for this event Sunday, 3 November 2013, 8:30 pm, Innis Town Hall Legendary Canadian singer and songwriter Amanda Martínez celebrates hope, possibility and persistence in her new album MAÑANA. After the premiere screening of CICLO, directed by her cousin Andrea Martínez and about her father...
They Were Promised the Sea
Kathy Wazana, Canada, 2012, 74 min, in Arabic, French, and English with English Subtitles Sunday, 3 November 2013, 3:00 pm, Innis Town Hall Followed by a Panel Discussion They Were Promised the Sea is the story of a people whose identity as Arab Jews challenges the very notion of enemy. Informed by the director’s family...
Resilience
Dordaneh Dadui, Canada, 2013, 13 min, in Farsi and English with English subtitles Precedes MARGINAL ROAD, Saturday, 2 November 2013, 4:00 pm, Carlton Cinema Yeganeh and her parents fled Iran years ago. Just because she’s safe from the country’s oppressive regime, doesn’t mean she’s forgotten the hardships she endured there. But you would never know...
Clandestine Childhood
Benjamín Ãvila, Argentina/Spain/Brazil, 2012, 110 min, in Spanish with English Subtitles Winner, 10 Argentina’s Oscars 2012; Casa de America, San Sebastian FF 2012; Coral Award, Havana FF 2012; Official Selection Cannes FF 2012 Saturday, 2 November, 9:00 pm, Carlton Cinema Sunday, 3 November, 3:00 pm, Carlton Cinema Argentina, 1979. After years of exile, Juan (12)...
Water
A Feature Film Born Out of a Unique Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation Nir Sa’ar & Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal Haring, Israel/Palestine, 2013, 110 min, in Arabic, Hebrew, English with English Subtitles, Canadian Premiere The project WATER is a cinematic cooperation created in 2012 by a small group of...
Parviz
Majid Barzegar, Iran, 2012, 107 min, in Farsi with English Subtitles, Canadian Premiere Winner, Jury’s Special Mention, San Sebastian IFF 2012; NETPAC Award, Asiatec FF, Rome 2012; Silver Apricot, Yerevan FF, Armenia 2012 Saturday, 2 November , Innis Town Hall At age 50, Parviz still lives off his father. The two men don’t get on very...
