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		<title>In Conversation with…</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmakers, actors, producers, and film scholars will be in attendance for intimate discussions with audience. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Atom Egoyan and Arsinée Khanjian will share their CALENDAR with the audience. An on-stage interview and Q/A after the film screening. Monday, 5 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall, Free Event &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Cyrus Sundar Singh will be present after the screening of his film MASHALA for discussion. Sunday, 4 November 2012, 8:00 PM, Carlton Cinema, Free Event &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Elie Wajeman, the winner of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight 2012 prize for ALIYAH will attend the screening for a dialogue with the audience. Sunday, 4 November 2012, 6:00 PM, Innis Town Hall &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Elisa Paloschi, the director of EMBRACING VOICES will present her film about the luminary jazz musician Jane Bunnett. Sunday, 4 November 2012, 6:00 PM, Carlton Cinema &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Sergei Kapterev, is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of Cinema Art in Moscow. He will discuss the Soviet-Armenian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPENING NIGHT: Screening + Live Concert</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OPENING NIGHT: Screening + Live Concert Separate admission for each event In Collaboration with Ashkenaz Festival http://www.ashkenazfestival.com/ El Gusto Safinez Bousbia, Ireland/Algeria, 2011, 88 min In Arabic and French, with English Subtitles Winner, Arab-World Documentary’s Prize, Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 Canadian Premiere Opening Film, Thursday, 1 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Watch trailer here Chaabi is a genre of popular Algerian music that arose out of a felicitous melding of Berber melodies, religious chants and Andalusian tunes. Looked down upon for decades as an unworthy bastardization suited only to the lower classes, it began to find legitimacy in the 1930s under the inspired tutelage of El Hadj M&#8217;Hamed El Anka, who founded a conservatory to train young men (chaabi in its early days was performed exclusively by men) as professional musicians. Bousbia&#8217;s interest was sparked in 2004 when she went into Mohamed Ferkioui&#8217;s small antique shop in Algiers to buy a mirror, and came away with a wealth of stories about El Anka&#8217;s conservatory, which Ferkioui attended. Over the ensuing years, an architecture student in Ireland, traced all of El Anka&#8217;s students still alive, most scattered around Algiers or residing in Paris and Marseille. Their stories reflect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hatred</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Collaboration with Six Weeks of Iranian Arts Festival www.sixweeks.org Reza Dormishian, Iran, 2012, 84 min With: Baran Kosari, Babak Hamidian In Farsi and Turkish, with English Subtitles Toronto Premiere Watch trailer here Friday, 2 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Carlton Cinema Saturday, 3 November 2012, 9:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Zhaleh and Hamed are two youth of the “after-the-revolution” generation whose families had to leave Iran in the hope of having a peaceful life in Turkey. However, the new life is still not what the two are looking for. They are trying to leave Turkey illegally in order to settle in the West. The film follows two parallel stories of the happy days when the pair first met, and the hours when they are trying to escape the harsh realities of living in Istanbul. “Hatred” is the début feature by the new Iranian talent, Reza Dormishian, who has received international recognition for this masterfully made film.]]></description>
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		<title>El Gusto</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safinez Bousbia, Ireland/Algeria, 2011, 88 min. In Arabic and French, with English Subtitles Winner, Arab-World Documentary’s Prize, Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 Canadian Premiere Opening Film, Thursday, 1 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Chaabi is a genre of popular Algerian music that arose out of a felicitous melding of Berber melodies, religious chants and Andalusian tunes. Looked down upon for decades as an unworthy bastardization suited only to the lower classes, it began to find legitimacy in the 1930s under the inspired tutelage of El Hadj M&#8217;Hamed El Anka, who founded a conservatory to train young men (chaabi in its early days was performed exclusively by men) as professional musicians. Bousbia&#8217;s interest was sparked in 2004 when she went into Mohamed Ferkioui&#8217;s small antique shop in Algiers to buy a mirror, and came away with a wealth of stories about El Anka&#8217;s conservatory, which Ferkioui attended. Over the ensuing years, an architecture student in Ireland, traced all of El Anka&#8217;s students still alive, most scattered around Algiers or residing in Paris and Marseille. Their stories reflect the mid-20th-century history of Algiers&#8217; Casbah, a warren of alleyways that for centuries was home to the city&#8217;s working class, mainly Muslims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indignados (The Outraged)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Gatlif, France, 2012, 88 min. In French, Greek, Spanish, Wolof, with English Subtitles Canadian Premiere Friday, 2 November 2012, 9:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Saturday, 3 November 2012, 3:00 PM, carlton Cinema Watch trailer here In 2010, Stephane Hessel, a 93-year-old Frenchman, a resistance veteran and a former diplomat and author, published a lean 30-page essay titled “Indignes-Vous!”, calling on readers to get angry about the state of contemporary society and join the worldwide political movement he unwittingly christened. Thanks to him, the “Indignados” finally had a voice of their own! Using this text as a guide, Tony Gatliff documents the outrage of fed up nations, the despair of displaced immigrants, the deadlock every nameless person with no country to call his own is currently facing, in a film that merges documentary and fiction in a dramatically uneven but emotionally riveting experiment. “Revolution according to Tony Gatlif” Fabien Lemercier, Cineeuropa]]></description>
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		<title>Shanghai Gypsy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With: Visar Vishka, Asli Bayram Marko Naberšnik, Slovania, 2012, 124 min. In Slovanian, Romani, Italian, with English Subtitles Winner, Best Screen play, Montreal Film Festival 2012 Toronto Premiere Friday, 2 November 2012, 9:00 PM, Carlton Cinema Saturday, 3 November 2012, 3:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Watch trailer here The story of four generations of the gypsy family Mirga is told by Belmondo, a member of the family. Belmondo is a gypsy king who decides to establish his own village and name it Shanghai after a picture his father showed him of the city when he was a child. He developes his own mafia and becomes an untouchable through smuggling and corrupting the politicians and the police. By the fall of Yugoslavia he turns into smuggling weapons which brings him lucrative wealth, but threatens his personal life. He has to chose between his family and his business ambitions. Shanghai Gypsy is a story of longing, happiness, and greed. The story is set in times of downfall of Yugoslavia and is shot in Romani language.]]></description>
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		<title>Snackbar</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meral Uslu, The Netherlands, 2012, 83 min. With: Ali Cifteci, Nazmiye Oral In Dutch, Arabic, and Turkish, with English Subtitles Canadian Premiere Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Watch trailer here This snack bar, owned by Ali, in a suburb of Rotterdam, is a refuge for the local Moroccan youth. They are wild, violent and criminal. To them Ali is like an old, trustworthy Turkish uncle, understanding, funny but also strict. But what if Ali, with his addiction to gambling,  jeopardizes their habitat?]]></description>
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		<title>Diaspora in Short</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A collection of three multi-award winning shorts examine the experience of escaping the country, living in exile, and being deported back. Silent River Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Romania/Germany, 2011, 30 min With: Toma Cuzin, Andi Vasluianu In Romanian, German, and Serbian, with English Subtitles Winner, Golden Bear, Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival; Prix UIP Tampere, Tampere International Short Film Festival; Grand Prix, Brussels Short Film Festival Canadian Premiere Part of “Diaspora in Short”, Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:00 PM, Carlton Cinema, Free Admission Watch trailer here Gregor and Vali are two young Romanian men who want to escape to Germany. They come up with a plan to escape by way of the Danube although escape in this manner seems impossible: the river is surrounded by soldiers and filled with whirlpools and nets which will tangle unwary people attempting escape. Vali works in the post office and is therefore allowed to go to the border area, Gregor can get them through Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). They agree it is to be just the two of them who escape. However, at the last minute one of the men breaks his word and brings his pregnant wife with him. &#160; Keys to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crulic &#8211; The Path to Beyond</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anca Damian, Romania/Poland, 2011, 73 min. With: Sandrine Bonnaire, Vlad Ivanov In Romanian with English Subtitles Winner, Don Quixote Award, Locarno International Film Festival; Special Jury Prize, Polish Film Festival; FACE Award, Istanbul International Film Festival; Grand Prix, Annecy International Animated Film Festival Canadian Premiere Saturday, 3 November 2012, 5:15 PM, Innis Town Hall Watch trailer Crulic The Path to Beyond is an animated documentary feature-length film that tells the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 years old Romanian accused of having stolen a wallet from the important Polish Judge. Crulic is brought to the Krakow Detention Center Custody prison where he starts a hunger strike. He requests a meeting with somebody from the Romanian Consulate and a change of the attorney. In exchange, the Consul writes reply, in which he advises Crulic to put his trust in Polish justice. Crulic claims he was in Italy at the day of the theft, that his bus ticket and the record containing the passengers’ names confirm his innocence. His detention is lengthened by 3 months. Eventually the Court agrees to release him so he can be treated in a civilian hospital. He dies after 16 hours. Press investigation starts in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generation Kunduz: The War of the Others</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Gerner, Germany, 2011, 80 min. In Farsi Dari, with English Subtitles Winner, Golden Dove, Leipzig DOK Festival 2012 Toronto Premiere Saturday, 3 November 2012, 5:00 PM, Carlton Cinema Watch trailer here: http://www.generation-kunduz.de/Trailer-e.html In Sept. 2009 a German military officer ordered an attack on two fuel trucks, resulting in 90 deaths, mostly civilian. The film focuses not on policy or destabilizing events, but rather on the lives of the five protagonists. Youngest among these is Mirwais, an energetic lad of 12 at most, who largely supports his family shining shoes for an average daily wage of $1.30. Nazanin likewise provides a major chunk of her family&#8217;s earnings working for a women&#8217;s radio station that resists fundamentalist ideology. Agricultural science student Hasib is a democracy activist seen training official observers for elections where votes are still often rigged. Dandyish Ghulam and his female producing partner Khatera are making an independent feature film, a difficult endeavor given Afghanistan&#8217;s near-nonexistent movie industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Kuma</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Umut Dag, Austria, 2012, 93 min. With: Nihal G. Koldas, Begüm Akkaya In German and Turkish, with English Subtitles Winner, Best Film, Salerno Shadowline Film Festival; Audience Award, Lecce Festival of European Cinema Canadian Premiere Saturday, 3 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Watch trailer here: http://www.kuma-film.com/en/trailer In her small Turkish village, everyone believes Ayse is traveling to Austria to marry Hasan, a young man her age. But, in fact,  the innocent nineteen-year-old girl is being sent to Vienna to become the second wife of Mustafa, Hasan’s father. The hostile reception of her new family is softened by Fatma, the first and devoted wife to Mustafa. Fatma, dying of cancer, is filled with a sort of happiness for the woman who will care for her husband. While it appears the film will turn around small daily dramas, the plot takes an unexpected turn and exposes new issues and repressed emotions. This is the first film by Umut Dağ, the Vienna-born son of Kurdish immigrants. With a talented ensemble of actors, we enter closed rooms, primarily a world of women. Kuma, which means “second wife” in Turkish, presents an authentic portrait of the life of an immigrant family that came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Material</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig Freimond, South Africa, 2012, 93 min. With: Vincent Ebrahim, Riaad Moosa In English Official Selection, London Film Festival 2012, Busan Film Festival 2012, Montreal Film Festival 2012 Toronto Premiere Saturday, 3 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Carlton Cinema Sunday, 4 November 2012, 8:00 PM, Innis Town Hall, Vincent Ebrahim in attendance Watch trailer here Cassim Kaif is a young Muslim man with a talent for stand-up comedy, but his father dreams he will take over the family-run fabric shop. Cassim is pursuing his dream of being on the big stage by performing at comedy clubs at night. The problem is he hasn’t told his family. Trouble begins when the father discovers Cassim’s other life. Cassim finds himself in direct conflict with his father, his family and his community. Material is a warm, funny and emotional look at the struggles of a Muslim family facing the modern world and what family really means. The film is entirely set in the Indian enclave of Forsdburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Shun Li and the Poet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrea Serge, Italy/France, 2011, 100 min. With: Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija In Italian, with English Subtitles Winner, FEDIC Award, Laterna Magica Prize &#38; Lina Mangiacapre Award, Venice Film Festival; Satyajit Ray Award, London Film Festival Canadian Premiere Saturday, 3 November 2012, 9:00 PM, Carlton Cinema Sunday, 4 November 2012, 2:00 PM, Innis Tawn Hall Watch trailer here Shun Li works in a textile factory in the outskirts of Rome. She left her family behind in China and moved to Italy in the hope she would be able to grant her son a brighter future. To do so, she became indebted and has a large sum to pay back.  Until the debt is extinguished, she will not be able to obtain the required papers allowing her small child to join her. One day Shun Li is transferred to Chioggia, a small insular city in the North of the country. Here she is employed as a barmaid and as such she gets acquainted with the bar’s regulars, a strange and somewhat colorful collection of characters. Among them is Bepi AKA “the Poet”, a former fisherman of Slavic origins. As they spend time together, Shun Li and Bepi find they have many points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>York U Student Showcase</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In collaboration with the Department of Film, York University A selection of best shorts made by film students Sunday, 4 November 2012, 2:00 PM, Carlton Cinema, Free Admission, Filmmakers in attendance The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar – Igor Drljaca, Canada, 2012, 9 min The beginning of the conflict in Sarajevo from the eyes of a young boy. The narrative is creative, tightly woven and heartfelt. I Live Here – Windows – Adanay Guerrero, Canada, 2012, 6 min The impact of immigration on the different levels of the filmmaker’s psyche, from the more obvious external reality of moving from Mexico to the more intimate depths of his being. Salsiccia – Vincenzo Bertillio, Canada, 2012, 14 min The annual preparation of an elaborate Italian meal over the years allows a young boy and his grandfather to bridge the generational and bicultural differences. Far Away – Janice Lee, Canada, 2012, 15 min The dynamics of three generations of Chinese women is explored at the time of preparation for the New Year. Language is the main challenge. The Way of the Drum – Nikita Mor, Canada, 2012, 13 min The healing energy of a drum circle in empowering a group of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beauty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniela Seggiaro, Argentina, 2012, 83 min. With: Rosmeri Segundo Daniela Seggiaro, Argentina, 2012, 83 min With: Rosmeri Segundo In Spanish and Wichi Lhämtes, with English Subtitles Official Selection, Berlin Film Festival 2012, Seattle International Film Festival 2012 Canadian Premiere Sunday 4 November 2012, 4:00 PM, Innis Town Hall &#160; Watch trailer here Delicately observed, Beauty tells the story of Yolanda, a Wichí native girl who works as a housemaid for a large Criollo family in northern Argentina. The head of the household lives and works in another village, and his four sons are a constant nuisance. Though money is scarce, the whole family is busy preparing for the “Quinceañera,” or 15th birthday, of the eldest daughter, Antonella. While the family is not rude to Yolanda, they have little interest in her. Antonella considers Yolanda both a confidante and a fascinating oddity, especially because of her beautiful long hair, a mark of pride in the Wichí tribe. As the celebration approaches, Antonella and her overwhelmed mother strive to make every detail perfect, including the appearance of Yolanda, who often takes refuge from her situation by daydreaming of her childhood back in the Wichí culture. Her ability to separate herself from the reality of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>De President (The President)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erik de Bruyn, The Netherlands, 2011, 90 min. With: Achmed Akkabi, Najib Amhali In Dutch with English Subtitles Canadian Premiere Sunday, 4 November 2012, 4:00 PM, Carlton Cinema Watch trailer here Heroes are born every day, but then again, so are goats. When Joes and his Cousin Hamid leave the goat herding of their native Morocco for the asparagus farming of Holland, they soon find themselves in the national spotlight. Joes becomes a hero after saving the lives of the woman he has fallen for and a policeman in a building fire. His new popularity has him in the center of Holland&#8217;s first ever campaign for President, but his heart aches for Mila, the woman of his dreams. After a forced separation Joes is reunited with his love, and it seems he will either become the President he initially envisioned, or continue to be the partying President his friends expect of him. With enemies and temptation on all sides, Joes faces his toughest choice: continue taking the office lightly, or do the right thing and give Holland the President the country needs. Erik de Bruyn wrote and directed this timely comedy, which runs the gamut of political issues, from Illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aliyah</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Elie Wajeman, France, 2012, 90 min With: Pio Marmaï, Cédric Kahn, Adèle Haenel In French and Hebrew, with English Subtitles Winner, Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2012 Canadian Premiere Sunday, 4 November 2012, 6:00 PM, Innis Town Hall Watch trailer here Paris. Alex is twenty-seven. He makes a living selling hash and pays off the debts of his brother Isaac. So when his cousin tells him that he is opening a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex imagines joining him to start a new life at last. Determined to leave, Alex has to find money. But he also has to say goodbye to Paris, a city that he loves, Esther his ex, Mathias, his old friend and Jeanne whom he has just met. Torn between aliyah, his drug deals, his complex love life and a destructive brother, Alex has to find his own path. &#8220;A subtly effective drama-cum-thriller from budding auteur Elie Wajeman!&#8221; – Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter &#8220;Beautifully conceived and executed!&#8221; – Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily &#8220;Cleverly cinematic! Intimate and dexterous debut feature.&#8221; – Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Voices: The Woman Behind the Music of Jane Bunnett</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elisa Paloschi, Canada/Cuba, 2011, 70 min. With: Jane Bunnett, Larry Cramer, Kellylee Evans, Creole Choir of Cuba In English and Spanish with English Subtitles Sunday, 4 November 2012, 6:00 PM, Carlton Cinema Canadian jazz luminary Jane Bunnett, Juno award winner, Grammy nominee, recipient of the Order of Canada, came back from the brink as she struggled with depression and a creative block to win the 2009 Juno for best contemporary Jazz record. From Toronto to Cuba to northern Ontario to the Canadian Rockies, this personal journey intimately follows Jane as she faces the prospect of never making music again. She contemplates growing old as an artist and as a woman, while retaining a childlike curiosity for life.]]></description>
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		<title>Mashalá</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyrus Sundar Singh, Canada, 2008, 45 min In English, Spanish, Hebrew, with English Subtitles Sunday, 4 November 2012, 8:00 PM, Carlton Cinema, Free Admission, Director and Producer in attendance Watch trailer here http://www.salaamshalom.org/mashala.shtml Shot on location in Barcelona, Spain, this film depicts the music of MASHALÁ, a superb collection of world music players with Ellen Gould Ventura at its helm. All immigrants, this &#8220;band nation&#8221; forms a veritable stew of cultures, faiths and languages to play &#8211; Jewish music! Barcelonan street life, its glorious architecture and colourful denizens are interwoven with the band&#8217;s rehearsals, live concerts and backstage antics. As Ellen struggles with her &#8220;newly minted&#8221; Jewishness, she discovers that music is her muse, a revelation that allows her to resuscitate an almost forgotten musical form and her own spirituality.]]></description>
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		<title>Batman at Checkpoint</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rafael Balulu, Germany/Israel, 2012, 10 min. In Hebrew and Arabic with English Subtitles Winner, Berlin Today Award, Berlin International Film Festival 2012 Canadian Premier Sunday 4 November 2012, 8:00 PM, Carlton Cinema, Free Admission Precedes MASHALA, Sunday 4 November 2012, 8:00 PM, Carlton Cinema, Free Admission An Israeli car and a Palestinian car are stuck in traffic in front of a barricade at the entrance of Jerusalem, coming from the Dead Sea.  Yuval and Mahmoud, both seven years old boys, discover  it’s much more fun to pass the time playing with one another. But when Mahmoud&#8217;s father tries to cut into the other&#8217;s lane, Yuval&#8217;s father bumps into his car in an attempt to prevent him, and things get complicated. What began as a game becomes an outright battle over a plastic Batman doll.]]></description>
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		<title>An Evening with Atom Egoyan and Arsinée Khanjian</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Calendar Atom Egoyan, Canada, 1993, 74 min. With: Arsinée Khanjian, Atom Egoyan In English, Armenian, Hebrew, Spanish, German, Arabic, Greek, Italian, Russian Monday, 5 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall, Free Admission A photographer travels across Armenia to take photos of Armenian churches for a calendar. His wife is accompanying him as a translator. He becomes jealous when he observes a growing bond between his wife and their driver/guide. Crosscutting between Toronto and Armenia, the story examines the relationship between the photographer and his wife. Following the screening of CALENDAR, the director Atom Egoyan, and actress Arsinée Khanjian will be interviewed about the film. The audience will have an opportunity to dialogue with the two.]]></description>
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		<title>Khaz-Push, Screening and Talk</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khaz-push: Screening and Lecture Sergei Kapterev will discuss the Soviet-Armenian epic film on the 1891 revolt of Iranian peasants and craftsmen. In partnership with the Foundation for Iranian Studies &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Khaz-Push Amo Bek-Nazarian, Soviet Union (Armenia), 1928, 75 min Silent Tuesday, 6 November 2012, at 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall In 1891, the revolt of the Khaz-push people – Iranian peasants and craftsmen – was suppressed. A few decades later, and a few years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet Armenian Film Studio reconstructed the event in an epic that was one of the early major productions in Armenia. The film offers a non-exotic, non-orientalist, Marxist view of class struggle in West Asia. After the screening, Sergei Kapterev, Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of Cinema Art in Moscow, will review the film in the context of early Soviet cinema&#8217;s attempts to include in its narratives and images the political debate about the Soviet&#8217;s relation with the &#8216;East&#8217;.]]></description>
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		<title>Calendar</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atom Egoyan, Canada, 1993, 75 min. With: Arsinée Khanjain, Atom Egoyan In English, Armenian, Hebrew, with English Subtitles Monday, 5 November 2012, 7:00 PM, Innis Town Hall A photographer travels across Armenia to take photos of Armenian churches for a calendar. His wife is accompanying him as a translator. He becomes jealous when he observes a growing bond between his wife and their driver/guide. Crosscutting between Toronto and Armenia, the story examines the relationship between the photographer and his wife. &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Silent River</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Romania/Germany, 2011, 30 min. With: Toma Cuzin, Andi Vasluianu In Romanian, German, and Serbian, with English Subtitles Winner, Golden Bear, Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival; Prix UIP Tampere, Tampere International Short Film Festival; Grand Prix, Brussels Short Film Festival Canadian Premiere Part of “Diaspora in Short”, Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:00 PM, carlton Cinema, Free Admission  Gregor and Vali are two young Romanian men who want to escape to Germany. They come up with a plan to escape by way of the Danube although escape in this manner seems impossible: the river is surrounded by soldiers and filled with whirlpools and nets which will tangle unwary people attempting escape. Vali works in the post office and is therefore allowed to go to the border area, Gregor can get them through Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). They agree it is to be just the two of them who escape. However, at the last minute one of the men breaks his word and brings his pregnant wife with him.]]></description>
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		<title>Journey of No Return – Last Stop Frankfurt Airport</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Güclü Yaman, Germany/Turkey, 2011, 25 min. In German with English Subtitles Winner, Best Film, Milan International Film Festival; Best Short Film, Warsaw International Film Festival; Best Script, Telluride Indie Festival Canadian Premiere Part of “Diaspora in Short”, Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:00 PM, Free Admission  Based on the true story of a Sudanese refugee, Aamir Ageeb. He wanted to report the theft of his jacket to the police, but at the police station everything goes completely in a different direction from what he had imagined. His journey has already begun.]]></description>
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		<title>IDFF-2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IDFF12 - 12th International Diaspora Film Festival _________________________________ Toronto, 1 to 6 November 2012 - IDFF provides Toronto audiences with an opportunity to experience the cultural mosaic of the present world through the medium of cinema 2012 Venues: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto, M5S 1J5 (off St. George Street, Subway: St. George) Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton St., Toronto, M5B 2H5 (Subway: College) &#160; Online tickets will be available starting Monday, 22 November 2012 Regular: $10 online, $12 at the door Students and seniors: $8 online, $9 at the door Festival pass: $100 online, $110 at the door]]></description>
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