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

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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 ov

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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,

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                                            Glauber Rocha, Brazil, 1967, 111 min, In Portuguese with English Subtitles Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, Nominates for Palm d’Or, Cannes FF 1967; Gold

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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 so

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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, dir

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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

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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&#

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Benjamín Ávila, 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,

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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 proje

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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 hi

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Toronto Premiere   Andrea Martínez Crowther, Mexico, 2012, 91 min, In Spanish and English with English subtitles Andrea Martínez Crowther, Gustavo Martínez, and Amanda Martínez in attendance The screening of CICLO will be followed by a performance by Amanda Martínez May 1, 1956. Two brothe

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Canadian Premiere Rachid Bouchareb, USA/France, 2012, 90 min With: Golshifteh Farahani, Sienna Miller Mona, a young North African immigrant living in Chicago is treated badly by her mother-in-law because she has not gotten pregnant after five years of marriage. When she meets Marilyn she finds out t

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