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Acid Forest
An ancient pine forest, decimated by the toxic defecations of a booming cormorant population, is the backdrop of an uncanny commentary on environmental change and migration that swings between hilarious, horrifying and Hitchcockian.
| | Runtime: | 61 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Lithuania | | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Lithuanian | | English | | German | | French | | Spanish | | Finnish | | Japanese | | Russian | | Mandarand Estonian | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | The Changing Face of Europe | | Film Subjects: | Animals & Animal Rights | | Ecology & the Environment | | Northern Europe | | Website: | http://neonrealism.lt/acid-forest | | | Director(s): | Rugile Barzdžiukaite | | Producer(s): | Dovydas Korba | | Executive Producer(s): | Rugile Barzdžiukaite | | Dovydas Korba | | Editor(s): | Rugile Barzdžiukaite | | Writer(s): | Rugile Barzdžiukaite | | Cinematography: | Rugile Barzdžiukaite | | Composer: | Jonas Maksvytis | | Sound: | Dovydas Korba |
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Backstage Action
They don't have a name, a role or a voice, yet their onscreen presence is essential. In this insightful and skilfully crafted observational documentary, film extras finally come into focus to transcend their clichés.
| | Runtime: | 61 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Belgium | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | French | | English | | Luxemburgish | | German | | Persian | | Dutch | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Artscapes | | Film Subjects: | Filmmakers & Filmmaking | | Labour & Working People | | Performers & Performance | | Race & Racism | | Website: | http://www.iotaproduction.be/en/film/backstage-action | | | Director(s): | Sanaz Azari | | Producer(s): | Isabelle Truc | | Editor(s): | Simon Arazi | | Annick Ghijzelings | | Writer(s): | Sanaz Azari | | Cinematography: | Johan Legraie | | Pierre Choqueux | | Vincent Pinckaers | | Artur Castro Freire | | Composer: | Pierre Dozin | | Frederic Becker | | Sound: | Bruno Schweisguth | | Fred Meert | | Vincent Nouaille | | Zied Mokaddem | | Cosmas Antoniadis | | Fabrice Osinski | | Nicolas Dennefeld |
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Beauty and Decay
Famed for guarding the doors of legendary Berlin techno club Berghain, stone-faced bouncer Sven Marquardt is also a gifted and expressive photographer who captured East Berlin's '80s punk scene in striking black-and-white portraiture.
| | Runtime: | 79 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Artscapes | | Film Subjects: | Music & Musicians | | Popular Culture | | Visual Artists, Art & Photography | | Western & Central Europe | | | Director(s): | Annekatrin Hendel | | Producer(s): | Annekatrin Hendel | | Editor(s): | Gudrun Steinbrück | | Writer(s): | Annekatrin Hendel | | Cinematography: | Martin Farkas | | Thomas Plenert | | Johann Feindt | | Composer: | Robert Lippok | | Sound: | Nic Nagel |
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Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World
As governments grow unreliable and traditional news sources decline in relevance and reach, follow a vigilante investigative journalist collective that uses cutting-edge tech and crowdsourcing to expose the truth behind the stories flooding our newsfeeds.
| | Runtime: | 88 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Netherlands | | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Dutch | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Making Believe | | Film Subjects: | Journalism & The Media | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | Technology & Culture | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Website: | http://www.bellingcatfilm.com | | | Director(s): | Hans Pool | | Producer(s): | Bruno Felix | | Femke Wolting | | Editor(s): | Simon Barker | | Cinematography: | Hans Pool | | Composer: | Frank Wienk (Binkbeats) | | Sound: | Pepijn Aben |
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Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint
Over a century after her first boldly colourful painting, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint is finally taking her rightful place in history as a pioneer of abstract art—but why has the art world been so reluctant to recognize her?
| | Runtime: | 93 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Swedish | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Artscapes | | Film Subjects: | Visual Artists, Art & Photography | | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | Northern Europe | | | Director(s): | Halina Dyrschka | | Producer(s): | Eva Illmer | | Halina Dyrschka | | Executive Producer(s): | Alex Dewart | | Editor(s): | Antje Lass | | Mario Orias | | Writer(s): | Halina Dyrschka | | Cinematography: | Luana Knipfer | | Alicja Pahl | | Composer: | Damian Scholl | | Sound: | Niklas Kammertöns |
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Big Ideas presented by Scotia Wealth Management: The Rest
Ai Weiwei, celebrated contemporary artist, activist and director of The Rest, discusses the plight of refugees in Europe trapped between a disintegrating humanitarian aid system and intensifying nationalism, and his mission to ensure their stories be heard.
| | Runtime: | 78 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Turkish | | Arabic | | Kurdish | | Farsi | | Italian | | Greek | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Special Events & Big Ideas Series | | Film Subjects: | Immigration, Multiculturalism & Refugees | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Western & Central Europe | | | Director(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Producer(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Editor(s): | Fen Wang | | Cinematography: | Niels Benoist | | Christopher Doyle | | Wenhai Huang | | Konstantinos Koukoulis | | Renaat Lambeets | | Dongxu Li | | Hengzhong Lv | | Yan Ma | | Johannes Waltermann | | Zanbo Zhang | | Zhenwei Xie | | Composer: | Karsten Fundal | | Sound: | Srdjan Bajski | | Stelios Bouziotis | | Yves Goossens Bara | | Tasos Karededos | | Oguz Kaynak | | Zenon Panosiflis | | Kiriakos Poukamisas | | Lajos Wienkamp Marques |
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Born in Evin
After discovering she was born in one of Iran's most notorious torture prisons, and with her mother refusing to speak, the filmmaker sets off to find answers from anyone willing to break decades of silence.
| | Runtime: | 98 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Austria | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | Persian | | German | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Personal Histories | | Survivor Stories | | Middle East | | Women & Women's Stories | | Website: | http://syndicadofs.com/films/born-in-evin | | | Director(s): | Maryam Zaree | | Producer(s): | Alex Tondowski | | Ira Tondowski | | Editor(s): | Dieter Pichler | | Writer(s): | Maryam Zaree | | Cinematography: | Siri Klug | | Sound: | Rudolf Gottsberger |
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Dear Brother
After a tragic car crash leaves his brother catatonic, a man strives to tether his sibling to life through a one-sided dialogue of music, videos and touch that deepens their bond and reveals the profound mutual value of caregiving.
| | Runtime: | 106 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | World Showcase | | Film Subjects: | People with Disabilities & Disability Issues | | Families & Family Relationships | | Health & Healthcare | | | Director(s): | Julia Horn | | Producer(s): | Erik Winker | | Martin Roelly | | Editor(s): | Alexandra Karaoulis | | Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima | | Writer(s): | Julia Horn | | Cinematography: | Timm Lange | | Composer: | Jörg Follert | | Sound: | Filipp Forberg | | Michael Arens | | Michael Ciesla |
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Denoise
Step into a deserted oil field in Texas, the engine room of an ocean freighter and a massive anechoic chamber in Switzerland in an absorbing experience of the silent pockets of our industrial world.
| | Runtime: | 13 | | Copyright: | 2017 | | Country Listing: | Italy | | Premiere Status: | Toronto Premiere | | Rating: | Not rated | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Tagalog | | Italian | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | DocX | | Website: | http://www.beautifulthings.it/en/denoise | | | Director(s): | Georgio Ferrero | | Federico Biasin | | Producer(s): | Federico Biasin | | Executive Producer(s): | Federico Biasin | | Cast: | Van Quattro (USA) | | Danilo Tribunal (Philippines) | | Andrea Pavoni Belli (Italy) | | Vito Mirizzi (Switzerland) | | Editor(s): | Giorgio Ferrero | | Federico Biasin | | Filippo Vallegra | | Writer(s): | Giorgio Ferrero | | Cinematography: | Fabrizio Chyrek | | Matteo Ferrari | | Composer: | Giorgio Ferrero | | Rodolfo Mongitore | | Sound: | Giorgio Ferrero | | Rodolfo Mongitore |
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#Female Pleasure
In this rousing feminist primer, five women from around the world risk their lives to question the patriarchal barriers oppressing female sexual pleasure. From porn to art to advertising to religion, the true culprit of shame—misogyny—is exposed in all its forms.
| | Runtime: | 97 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Switzerland | | Germany | | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | Japanese | | German | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | The Changing Face of Europe | | Film Subjects: | Gender & Sexuality | | Love & Relationships | | Religion & Spirituality | | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | Website: | http://www.femalepleasure.org | | | Director(s): | Barbara Miller | | Producer(s): | Philip Delaquis | | Editor(s): | Isabel Meier | | Cinematography: | Anne Misselwitz | | Gabriela Betschart | | Akiba Jiro | | Composer: | Peter Scherer |
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Hi, AI
With artificial intelligence already in our homes and androids at our doorsteps, this poetic contemplation offers a challenging look at the new normal: robots that transcend gadgetry to assume intimate and indispensable roles in the everyday.
| | Runtime: | 85 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Japanese | | Italian | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | World Showcase | | Film Subjects: | Technology & Culture | | Science & Technology | | | Director(s): | Isa Willinger | | Producer(s): | Stefan Kloos | | Editor(s): | Stephan Krumbiegel | | Olaf Voigtlaender | | Writer(s): | Isa Willinger | | Cinematography: | Julian Krubasik | | Composer: | Ralf Pilgram | | Sound: | Clemens Becker | | Tim Hofer | | Philipp Sellier | | Yoshitake Hashimoto |
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Hunting for Hedonia
This fascinating doc follows the historic controversy and renewed enthusiasm over the burgeoning medical practice of deep brain stimulation, where tiny implanted electrodes have a remarkable effect on depression, addiction, stress disorders and more.
| | Runtime: | 90 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Denmark | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Nightvision | | Film Subjects: | Science & Technology | | Health & Healthcare | | | Director(s): | Pernille Rose Grønkjær | | Producer(s): | Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær | | Editor(s): | Claudio Huges | | Writer(s): | Lone Frank | | Cinematography: | Ben Bernhard | | Composer: | Jonas Struck | | Sound: | Peter Albrechtsen |
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Lord of the Toys
A 20-year-old in Germany collects hundreds of thousands of YouTube followers by way of cracking offensive jokes, getting drunk and humiliating others on video in this dystopian sketch of a generation who never knew the world without social media.
| | Runtime: | 95 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | The Changing Face of Europe | | Film Subjects: | Children & Youth | | Technology & Culture | | Western & Central Europe | | Website: | http://www.lordofthetoys.com | | | Director(s): | Pablo Ben Yakov | | Producer(s): | Pablo Ben Yakov | | Editor(s): | Pablo Ben Yakov | | André Krummel | | Writer(s): | André Krummel | | Pablo Ben Yakov | | Cinematography: | André Krummel | | Composer: | Kat Kaufmann | | Sound: | Tobias Adam | | Simon Peter |
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Pipe Dreams
Converging on Montreal for the prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition, five talented young musicians from around the globe face off to master "the king of instruments," with their determination proving to be as moving as their artistry and skill.
| | Runtime: | 78 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Mandarin | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Artscapes | | Film Subjects: | Music & Musicians | | Canada | | Website: | http://www.pipedreamsdoc.ca | | | Director(s): | Stacey Tenenbaum | | Producer(s): | Stacey Tenenbaum | | Editor(s): | Howard Goldberg | | Writer(s): | Stacey Tenenbaum | | Cinematography: | Pierre-Etienne Bordeleau | | Composer: | Tim Rideout | | Sound: | Michel Gauvin |
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Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
Artists Kent Monkman, Shepard Fairey and Ai Weiwei highlight this cautionary tale about the power of persuasion. As the roots of indoctrination are traced from cave drawings through to presidential tweets, potent lies have never been better disguised.
| | Runtime: | 90 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Germany | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Italian | | Chinese | | Rohingya | | Korean | | Arabic | | Russian | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Making Believe | | Film Subjects: | Journalism & The Media | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | Technology & Culture | | | Director(s): | Larry Weinstein | | Producer(s): | Aeschylus Poulos | | Bernd Wilting | | Sonya Di Rienzo | | Mathias von der Heide | | Executive Producer(s): | Jane Jankovic | | Wolfgang Bergmann | | Natasha Negrea | | Martin Pieper | | Michael Robson | | Neil Tabatznik | | Editor(s): | David New | | Writer(s): | David Mortin | | Andrew Edmonds | | Cinematography: | John Minh Tran | | Composer: | Raffael Seyfried | | Andreas Schäfer | | Sound: | Adam Burke | | Sanjay Mehta | | David McCallum | | Ian Rankin | | Jane Tattersall | | David Caporale | | David Rose |
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Push
As skyrocketing housing prices and stagnant incomes squeeze families out of cities worldwide, a newly appointed UN specialist from Ottawa travels from Toronto to Barcelona to London and beyond, fighting to have affordable housing recognized as a human right.
| | Runtime: | 92 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Sweden | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | Spanish | | Italian | | Korean | | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Special Presentations | | Film Subjects: | Canada | | Urban Cultures & Issues | | America | | Latin America | | Asia | | Southern Europe | | Northern Europe | | Western & Central Europe | | Website: | http://www.pushthefilm.com | | | Director(s): | Fredrik Gertten | | Producer(s): | Margarete Jangård | | Executive Producer(s): | Fredrik Gertten | | Editor(s): | Erik Bäfving | | Writer(s): | Fredrik Gertten | | Cinematography: | Janice d'Avila | | Iris Ng | | Composer: | Florencia Di Concilio | | Sound: | Martin Hennel |
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The Reformist – A Female Imam
In Denmark, a strong-willed Muslim woman opens one of Europe's first mosques run by female imams, challenging both fundamentalism and Islamophobia with a staunch belief that only the wisest and most knowledgeable—regardless of gender—should be religious leaders.
| | Runtime: | 90 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Denmark | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Danish | | English | | Arabic | | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | The Changing Face of Europe | | Film Subjects: | Race & Racism | | Religion & Spirituality | | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | Northern Europe | | | Director(s): | Marie Skovgaard | | Producer(s): | Jesper Jack | | Editor(s): | Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt | | Cinematography: | Marie Skovgaard | | Mathias Nyholm Schmidt | | Sun Hee Engelstoft | | Composer: | Philippe Boix-Vives | | Sound: | Peter Schultz |
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The Rest
From Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei comes a powerful work that follows the daily lives of refugees in Europe as they hang in limbo between a disintegrating humanitarian aid system and intensifying nationalism.
| | Runtime: | 78 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Turkish | | Arabic | | Kurdish | | Farsi | | Italian | | Greek | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Special Presentations | | Film Subjects: | Immigration, Multiculturalism & Refugees | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Western & Central Europe | | | Director(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Producer(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Editor(s): | Fen Wang | | Cinematography: | Niels Benoist | | Christopher Doyle | | Wenhai Huang | | Konstantinos Koukoulis | | Renaat Lambeets | | Dongxu Li | | Hengzhong Lv | | Yan Ma | | Johannes Waltermann | | Zanbo Zhang | | Zhenwei Xie | | Composer: | Karsten Fundal | | Sound: | Srdjan Bajski | | Stelios Bouziotis | | Yves Goossens Bara | | Tasos Karededos | | Oguz Kaynak | | Zenon Panosiflis | | Kiriakos Poukamisas | | Lajos Wienkamp Marques |
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RIOT NOT DIET
Outdated patriarchal notions of beauty, size and conformity are overthrown by a group of women who present a new and inclusive paradigm, embodied by the rallying cry "RIOT NOT DIET." Shame is shunned, and instead, size, feminism and queer modalities are celebrated and unleashed. Coming soon to a public space near you!
| | Runtime: | 17 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://juliafuhrmann.com/portfolio_page/riotnotdiet/ | | | Director(s): | Julia Fuhr Mann | | Producer(s): | Andreas Günther | | Editor(s): | Andi Pek | | Writer(s): | Julia Fuhr Mann | | Anna Christ | | Cinematography: | Julia Swoboda | | Composer: | Zdrada Palki | | Sound: | Cornelia Böhm |
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Searching Eva
Refusing to fix her own identity and career in permanence, the enigmatic protagonist of this thoroughly millennial character study proves through selfies, sex scenes and social media that online, you can be everything and nothing at once.
| | Runtime: | 84 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | R | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Italian | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | World Showcase | | Film Subjects: | Gender & Sexuality | | Technology & Culture | | Women & Women's Stories | | Website: | http://syndicadofs.com/films/searching-eva | | | Director(s): | Pia Hellenthal | | Producer(s): | Daniela Dieterich | | Erik Winker | | Editor(s): | Yana Höhnerbach | | Writer(s): | Giorgia Malatrasi | | Pia Hellenthal | | Cinematography: | Janis Mazuch | | Sound: | Marcus Zilz |
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