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Lyra
Lezama Canadian Premiere
Director’s Choice
Clayton Haskell
SF 00:17:38
Havana, Cuba/Brooklyn U S A
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young woman living in Havana Cuba wins a special
US visa lottery. Based on a true story, Lyra
explores her inherited culture of post revolution
Havana while trying to understand what the win
means to her and those she love. First time actress,
Anabel Bouza who plays Lyra Lezama will be immigrating
to New York this year... |
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The
Letter Writer Canadian Premiere
Christian Vuissa
SF 00:12:00
Austria/Utah USA |
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| "The
Letter Writer" is about habits – the
lovely habits some people can have, by capturing
the beauty of selfless service and love when
Sam writes a warm and compassionate letter with
the fervor of a true master craftsman… |
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Anna
und der Soldat [Anna and The Soldier]
Toronto
Premiere
Christian Prettin
SF 00:10:07
Hamburg, Germany |
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1950. An 18-year-old Italian girl, Anna is haunted
by her past. Six years prior she lost her whole
family in a massacre by the German Wehrmacht.
Now she is living a hard and lonely life in her
small village. The moment of revenge has come.
But is she really able to bring it to the deadly
end? |
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Inshallah
Europa
North American Premiere
David Fontseca
SD 00:42:00
Morocco/Barcelona, Spain
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| Inshallah
Europa explains the life of sub-Saharan immigrants
that try to reach Spain jumping the fence around
the autonomous city of Melilla in the North of
Morocco. Those who do not succeed go back to
the camp, where they clean their injuries and
get ready for a new attempt. |
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The
Endless Rayce Canadian Premiere
Founder’s Favorite
Brett Darken
FD 01:25:00
Nashville, U S A
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two years, the American Solar Challenge gives
the world one of its greatest car races while
at the same time, challenging the future reliance
on cars, cash, oil and energy. The Endless Rayce
captures the drama of the America Solar Challenge,
following twenty American and Canadian colleges
racing from Chicago to Los Angeles along Route
66, in custom-built, solar powered cars across
the American West without burning one drop of
gas!
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Ten
Souls Rising Canadian Premiere
Programmers Pick
Emily Rosdeitcher
SF 00:19:15
Brooklyn, U S A
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| Ten
Souls Rising tells a story of eight New
Yorkers and two French tourists who get stuck
in an elevator in a New York City skyscraper.
Mayhem ensues as the passengers have trouble
dealing with each other and with their own
anxieties. When the electricians’ union
and the mechanics’ union reach an impasse
over who has authority to fix the elevator,
the passengers take matters into their own
hands… |
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Return
to Florence Canadian Premiere
Director’s Choice
Nick Brandestini
LD 00:50:00
Italy/Zurich, Switzerland |
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| "Return
to Florence" takes a humorous look at Anglo-American
art students in romantic Florence, Italy. In
an intimate school setting, they learn the painting
techniques of the Renaissance period, while being
isolated from modern influences. The documentary
compares the students' expectations with what
they actually experience, exploring as well,
their love affairs and conflicts. |
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LUCKY Canadian
Premiere
Avie Luthra
SF 00:20:00
S. Africa, London, United Kingdom
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| Upon
the death of his mother, Lucky is forced to move
from rural Zululand to Durban to live with his
uncle who refuses to send him to school, but
instead gives Lucky a tape of his mother’s
last message made just before she died. Lucky
struggles in his new environment searching for
love and acceptance, the hardest lesson for anyone
to learn… |
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Last
Stop for Paul Canadian Premiere
Sponsored by Toronto
Tours
Founder’s Favorite
Neil Mandt
FF 01:20:00
Los Angeles, U S A
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| Cliff
and Charlie work together selling bathroom
supplies. Charlie’s the seasoned traveler,
having been to over 50 countries before his
30th birthday. Cliff dreams of traveling, but,
always find an excuse not to go. Things suddenly
change when Cliff gets a phone call informing
him that his childhood friend Paul has suddenly
died. At the funeral, Cliff learns his friend
Paul had been planning a trip around the world.
Cliff takes Charlie up on his offer to travel
and, with Paul’s ashes in tow; all three
embark on a trip of a lifetime. |
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High
Infidelity World Premiere
David Hansen
SD 00:10:00
Melbourne, Australia
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| High
Infidelity is a precise, distinct and conclusive
short documentary where the filmmaker examines
his own ideas about sex and love. Hansen ventures
into the world of swingers; where sexual
partners are interchangeable and have nothing to hide literally. A swingers world is where
ones deepest sexual desires can be fulfilled
without concern of committing adultery, a world
where polygamy reins supreme and its lonesome
counterpart, monogamy is taboo.
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Le
Chase Canadian Premiere
Scott Teems & Charlie Shanian
Programmers Pick Founders Favorite
SF 00:19:58
Los Angeles, U S A
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| Shot
in the cinematic style of French New Wave Film,
Le Chase takes a comic look at the unlikely
romance between Hero, an ordinary man trying
to bring beauty to the world, and Francie, a
street tough trapped in a life of vandalism and
petty thievery. With the help of a kindly French
whore and an extreme make over, Hero is able
to face his fears and convince Francie’s
band of hoods, “Les Punks,” to give
up their hooliganism and allow Francie to unlock
the heart that beats beneath her bad-girl shell. |
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Photomateurs Canadian
Premiere
Programmers Pick
Pascal Tosi
SF 00:18:48
Paris, France
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you thought the ‘talking pictures’ from
Harry Potter was inventive, you’ve yet
to see Photomateurs. Set in 1952, an odd
twist of a tale that’s part “The
Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” with hints
of “The Projectionist”. Hen-pecked
and underappreciated Marcel daydreams of a much
different life, which inadvertently begins to
happen every time he takes a picture with his
very new, very strange camera… |
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Fudge
44 Canadian Premiere
Programmers Pick
Graham Jones
EXP 01:10:50
Dublin, Ireland
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| In
this Roswell New Mexico-type backwards spoof,
the mockumentary, Fudge 44 recounts a
series of events, which occurred in Tokyo last
spring when hundreds of Japanese people claiming
to have bizarre encounters with eccentric, three-foot
tall creatures. Many now believe they were puppets
from an old children's puppet theatre threatened
with closure, pulling off a heist in a last ditch
attempt to save their beloved home. |
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Know
Your Nothing #2
Ted Lee Canadian Premiere
MV 00:01:17
Amherst, MA/U S A
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| This
is an extremely fast, extremely FUN, nerdy, kooky,
weird, music video from Ted Lee.
Just remember to know your nothing. So, enjoy.... |
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Night
Out World Premiere
Wei Chen
SF 00:20:00
Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Night
Out focuses on the myth behind the Ku-Nian
Temple “A holy land for no man” for
girls who die young and whose spirits contact
young male travelers, while villagers pray for
their souls. One traveler falls in love with
a ghost and tries to create a dialogue between
the real and illusion, hunting for "touchable"
reality. |
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Missing
Pages (Amended Version)
Director’s Choice Canadian
Premiere
Jerome Olivier
AN 00:24:02
Tokyo, Japan
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| Kiyoshi
Tanokura [played by the commanding Hasegawa
Hatsunori], is the head engineer of a large
research firm. After developing a time
machine, Tanokura learns how his invention
is twisted to serve the purposes of an elite
few. Along with a group of rebels, Tanokura
must find a way to save himself and humanity
from absolute tyranny. Missing Pages
(Amended Version) is an animation created entirely
with still photos manipulated in an original,
award winning technique dubbed Fotomation, a
truly unique visual experience. |
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Divide Canadian
Premiere
Programmers Pick
Masato Tsujioka
LF 01:00:00
Tokyo, Japan
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| “Youth
is not inability, it’s a condition”. Divide,
by popular Japanese actor, Masato Tsujioka, is
the story of unknowingly separated sisters; Saki an over-achieving
high school senior and Yuki, the leader of a
"girls for sex and crime gang" in Tokyo. Both girls are forced to mature
through circumstances of their very different
lives. Both share the experience of
heartache and pain such as the death of a parent
and the unwitting search to connect the bonds
of sisterhood. |
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| FF |
Feature Film [80+ Minutes] |
| LF |
Long Form Film [-80 Minutes] |
| SF |
Short Film [-40 Minutes] |
| FF |
Feature Documentary [80+ Minutes] |
| LF |
Long Form Documentary [-80 Minutes] |
| SD |
Short Documentary [-40 Minutes] |
| AN |
Animation [Any Length] |
| MV |
Music Video [Any Length] |
| D/M |
Dance or Music Related [Any Length] |
| EXP |
Experimental [Any Length] |
| RHF |
ReelHeART Films [-4 Minutes] |
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Tuesday,
JUNE 20th 
