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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL 2014
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Richard Lormand (cell. +1-337-258-3957)
PHOENIX
CHRISTIAN
PETZOLD
(GERMANY)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - 98’
Disfigured Holocaust survivor Nina, now unrecognizable after facial reconstruction,
returns to find out if her husband really loves her or actually betrayed her...
Starring BARBARA leads Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld.
Romance and reconstruction in post World War II Germany from the critically
acclaimed director of BARBARA (Berlinale 2012 Best Director)
and YELLA (Berlinale 2007 Best Actress – Nina Hoss).
FRI 5 – 18:00 (Public 1 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
SAT 6 – 11:30 (Public 2 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
SAT 6 – 12:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 2)
TUE 9 - 14:00 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 14)
FRI 12 - 14:15 (Press/Industry 3 - Scotiabank 7)
Present: Christian PETZOLD (director), Nina HOSS (actress),
Florian Koerner VON GUSTORF (producer)
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CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA - 107’
ITSI BITSI
OLE
CHRISTIAN MADSEN
(DENMARK)
In the soul-searching psychedelic 60s, a rebellious young man desperately tries to
win a beautiful woman’s love by transforming from poet to writer, nomad to junkie
and eventually rock star...
The new film by Ole Christian Madsen, acclaimed director of SUPERCLASICO,
FLAME & CITRON and PRAGUE.
SAT 6 – 8:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 9)
SAT 6 – 17:15 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 4)
SUN 7 – 9:30 (Public 2 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)
TUE 9 - 17:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
FRI 12 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Isabel Bader)
Present: Ole Christian MADSEN (director), Joachim FJELSTRUP (actor),
Marie Tourell SODERBERG (actress), Lars Bredo RAHBEK (producer)
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1001 GRAMS
BENT
HAMER
(NORWAY)
MASTERS – 88’
Urbane urbanite Marie is a thirtysomething scientist whose life is rigorously
controlled. When she attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it
is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends
up on the scale. As she explores her new possibilities, everything seems to unfurl
magically, beautifully…
Featuring Ane Dahl Torp (Pioneer, Cold Lunch) in a charmingly offbeat comedy
from Norwegian master Bent Hamer (Kitchen Stories, O’ Horten).
A co-production: Norway (BulBul), France (Slot Machine), Germany (Pandora).
FRI 5 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 3)
SUN 7 – 19:15 (Public 1 – TIFF Bell Lightbox 1)
TUE 9 - 9:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 4)
TUE 9 – 14:45 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 2)
SUN 14 – 19:00 (Public 3 – TIFF Bell Lightbox 1)
Present: Bent HAMER (director), Ane DAHL TORP (actress),
Marianne SLOT (producer)
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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL 2014
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Richard Lormand (cell. +1-337-258-3957)
TIGERS
DANIS
TANOVIC
(INDIA)
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA - 107’
Devastated when he discovers the effects of the infant formula he’s peddling, a
young salesman takes on a multinational corporation, in this based-on-fact drama
from Academy Award-winning director Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land). Featuring Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon a Time in Mumbai)…
A co-production: India (Cinemorphic Pvt Ltd & Sikhya Entertainment), France (ASAP
Films).
SUN 7 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 10)
MON 8 – 21:45 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 1)
WED 10 - 21:15 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
WED 10 – 21:30 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 3)
SAT 13 – 17:00 (Public 3 – TIFF Bell Lightbox 1)
Present: Danis TANOVIC (director), Emraan HASHMI (actor), Geetanjali (actress),
Khalid ABDALLA (actor), Prashita CHAUDHARY (producer),
Guneet MONGA (producer), Cedomir KOLAR (producer),
Andy PATERSON (producer, co-writer), Achin JAIN (executive producer)
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NATURAL RESISTANCE
JONATHAN
NOSSITER
(USA)
TIFF DOCS - 86’
Four Italian winegrowers of a rapidly spreading European natural wine revolution
have encountered fierce resistance. Not everyone believes in their struggle for an
ecologically progressive, economically just and historically rich expression of Italian
agriculture… 10 years after MONDOVINO, world acclaimed director Jonathan Nossiter offers a
model of charmed and joyous ecological and cinematic resistance against the new
world economic order.
SAT 6 – 11:15 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 7),
MON 8 – 19:00 (Public 1 – TIFF Bell Lightbox 3)
TUE 9 – 19:00 (Public 2 – Jackman Hall)
THU 11 – 17:45 (Public 3 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)
Present: Jonathan NOSSITER (director)
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