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TIFF 2015
German Films Booth @ The Hyatt
Attending from 10th to 16th
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TORONTO - MARKET
THE VIOLIN TEACHER
From the producers of “THE SECOND MOTHER”
Closing Film
A Film by SÉRGIO MACHADO
2015 - Drama - Brazil - DCP - 2.35 - 100 min
with Lázaro
Ramos, Kaique Jesus, Elzio Vieira
SYNOPSIS
After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo
Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced
to give music clases to teenagers in a public school in
Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of
difficulties but the transforming power of music and the
friendship arising between the professor and his students
open the doors into a new world.
Based on a true story.
MARKET PREMIERE
SCREENINGS
10/09/2015 3:30pm Lightbox Cinema 7
12/09/2015 3:30pm Lightbox Cinema 6
Market/Industry
Market/Industry
13/09 /2015 6pm
Camera Bar (1028 Queen St West)
Market/Industry
TORONTO - OFFICIAL SELECTION
FRANCOFONIA
From the director of “FAUST”
A Film by ALEXANDER SOKUROV
2015 - Fiction/Documentary - Germany/France/Netherlands
DCP - 1.66 - 87 min
with Louis-Do
de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath
SYNOPSIS
FRANCOFONIA is the story of two remarkable men, Louvre
director Jacques Jaujard and Nazi Occupation officer
Count Wolff-Metternich - enemies then collaborators
- whose alliance would be the driving force behind the
preservation of museum treasures. FRANCOFONIA
explores the relationship between art and power, the
Louvre museum as a living example of civilization, and
what art tells us about ourselves even in the midst of one
of the bloodiest conflicts the world has ever seen.
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
SCREENINGS
12/09/2015 10:00pm Scotiabank 9 P&I
13/09/2015 12:30pm Lightbox Cinema 7 Market/Industry
16/09/2015 10:15pm Isabel Bader Theatre Public
19/09/2015 9:15pm Scotiabank 2
17/09/2015 11:30am Scotiabank 8
Public
P&I
TORONTO - OFFICIAL SELECTION
VILLE-MARIE
From the director of “WETLANDS”
A Film by GUY EDOIN
2015 - Drama - Canada - DCP - 1.85 - 101min
with Monica
Bellucci, Pascale Bussières,
Aliocha Schneider, Patrick Hivon
SYNOPSIS
While shooting a film in Montréal, a French actress tries to
mend relations with her son, who has been living there for
several years. Having witnessed a disturbing event that
reawakened in him the desire to discover who his father
is, he is determined to confront his mother to learn the
answer. Elsewhere in the city, an ambulance driver tries to
keep a hold on his life while a kind-hearted nurse watches
over him, in the chaos of the emergency room. The
collision of these four leaves their lives changed forever.
WORLD PREMIERE
SCREENINGS
11/09/2015 11:45am Scotiabank 13 P&I
12/09/2015 1:15pm Winter Garden Theatre
14/09/2015 3:45pm Scotiabank 2 Public
Public
15/09/2015 8:30am Scotiabank 10 P&I
19/09/2015 9:45am Isabel Bader Theatre
Public
TORONTO - OFFICIAL SELECTION
PARISIENNE
From the director of “IN THE BATTLEFIELDS”
A Film by DANIELLE ARBID
2015 - Drama - France - DCP - 1.85 - 119 min
with Manal
Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy,
Damien Chapelle, Dominique Blanc
SYNOPSIS
The 90’s.
Lina, 18, arrives to Paris for her studies. She is looking
for what she can’t find in her home country Lebanon: a
taste of freedom. Lead by her natural instinct for selfpreservation, she experiences different sides of the
Parisian jungle and becomes conscious of her own place.
Because when you are 18, your dream is to embrace
the world - not just one boy...
WORLD PREMIERE
SCREENINGS
11/09/2015 8:45am Scotiabank 14 P&I
12/09/2015 7:30pm Lightbox Cinema 2 Public
14/09/2015 3:00pm Scotiabank 13 Public
15/09/2015 2:00pm Scotiabank 10 P&I
19/09/2015 9:30pm Isabel Bader Theatre
Public
TORONTO - MARKET
THE NEW CLASSMATE
BFI LONDON
FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2015
A Film by ASHWINY IYER TIWARI
2015 - Drama - India - DCP - 2.35 - 96 min
with Swara
Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathi,
Riya Shukla
SYNOPSIS
Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy
homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her
14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams
that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate.
When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become
a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will
herself go back to school, and even join the class of her
daughter.
MARKET PREMIERE
SCREENING
15/09/2015 9am Lightbox, Cinema 6
Market/Industry
TORONTO - OFFICIAL SELECTION
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
Directors’ Fortnight’s
MAIN AWARD
A Film by CIRO GUERRA
2015 - Adventure/Drama - Colombia - DCP - 2.35 - 122
with Nilbio
Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Yauenkü Miguee,
Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis
SYNOPSIS
A tale of the first encounter, approach, betrayal and lifetranscending friendship between an Amazonian shaman,
last survivor of his people, and two explorers that become
the first men to travel the Northwest Amazon in search of
ancestral knowledge.
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
SCREENINGS
10/09 /2015 2:00pm Scotiabank 13 P&I
12/09 /2015 4:00pm Scotiabank 3 Public
14/09 /2015 3:45pm Scotiabank 3 Public
20/09 /2015 9:00pm Scotiabank 10 Public
TORONTO - OFFICIAL SELECTION
ONE FLOOR BELOW
From the director of
“TUESDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS”
A Film by RADU MUNTEAN
2015 - Drama - Romania - DCP - 2.35 - 93 min
with Teo
Corban, Iulian Postelnicu, Oxana Moravec,
Ionut Bora
SYNOPSIS
After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic
quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself
at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre
murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
SCREENINGS
10/09/2015 12:30pm Scotiabank 7 P&I
12/09/2015 7:45pm Lightbox Cinema 3
Public
14/09/2015 8:45am Jackman Hall
Public
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