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Welcome to Industry and Premium Pass holder ticket selection!

You can use your pass to get one ticket to as many non-concurrent screenings as you like. A block a tickets for each screening is held for pass holders.

Pass holder tickets are available on the day of the screening in two ways:
  • Online, beginning at 8:00 a.m. until one hour before the screening - log in below
  • At the venue, beginning 90 minutes before the first screening of the day at that venue
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Because We Are Girls

Haunted by a childhood secret, courageous Indo-Canadian sisters from small-town British Columbia finally face their abuser in court, exposing how their rigidly sexist upbringing—reinforced even by the Bollywood films they loved as girls—conditioned them as victims.
Film Info
Runtime:85
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Canada
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:English
Punjabi
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Canada
Children & Youth
Families & Family Relationships
Gender & Sexuality
Survivor Stories
South & Central Asia
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Baljit Sangra
Producer(s):Selwyn Jacob
Executive Producer(s):Shirley Vercruysse
Writer(s):Baljit Sangra
Cinematography:Grant Baldwin
Composer:Genevieve Vincent
Sound:Eva Madden
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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.
Film Info
Runtime:98
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Germany
Austria
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
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
Cast/Crew Info
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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Haydee and the Flying Fish

Forty years later, a Chilean woman who was obscenely tortured under Pinochet's regime awaits a potentially historic court verdict and a chance to begin healing unimaginable wounds.
Film Info
Runtime:73
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Chile
Brazil
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Rating:14A
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:Spanish
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Crime & Justice
Politics & Political Intrigue
Survivor Stories
Women & Women's Stories
Latin America
By Program - Sort:Closed Captions & Full Subtitles
Formally Adventurous
Website:http://errante.cl/haydee-y-el-pez-volador
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Pachi Bustos
Producer(s):Paola Castillo
Executive Producer(s):Belisario Franca
Editor(s):Titi Viera-Gallo
Writer(s):Pachi Bustos
Paola Castillo
Cinematography:Pablo Valdés
Composer:Juan Antonio Leyva
Magda Rosa Galbán
Sound:Romina Núñez
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"I Told My Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip…"

Fusing tough subject matter with wicked humour and inventive spoken word, this thought-provoking performative doc stages four young actresses playing interchangeable roles to recount real-life abortion experiences.
Film Info
Runtime:42
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:UK
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Rating:14A
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:English
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers
Health & Healthcare
By Program - Sort:Formally Adventurous
Closed Captions & Full Subtitles
Website:http://www.20storieshigh.org.uk/show/i-told-my-mum-i-was-going-on-an-r-e-trip-television-broadcast
Highlight:Highlight
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Lindy Heymann
Producer(s):Julia Samuels
Justine Potter
Roxanne Moores
Editor(s):Mark Elliott
Writer(s):Julia Samuels
Cinematography:Deepa Keshvala
Composer:Keith Saha
Sound:Keith Saha
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Khartoum Offside

Fighting for their right to play soccer and one day compete at the FIFA Women's World Cup, a team of fearless Sudanese heroines clash with tradition, politics and religion on the field of their dreams.
Film Info
Runtime:75
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Sudan
Denmark
Norway
France
Premiere Status:North American Premiere
Rating:14A
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:Arabic
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Africa
Religion & Spirituality
Sports & Recreation
Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers
By Program - Sort:Closed Captions & Full Subtitles
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Marwa Zein
Producer(s):Henrik Underbjerg
Marwa Zein
Jihan El Tahri
Editor(s):Mohammed Emad Rizq
Writer(s):Marwa Zein
Cinematography:Marwa Zein
Composer:Tunde Jegede
Sound:Sara Kaddouri
Marcel Knuth
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Leftover Women

Fearful of being labelled "leftover"—a term for an urban, educated and unmarried woman in her late 20s—women in China must find a partner before they turn 27, or risk rejection from their own families.
Film Info
Runtime:82
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:Israel
Premiere Status:Canadian Premiere
Rating:G
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:Mandarin
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Families & Family Relationships
Love & Relationships
Women & Women's Stories
Asia
By Program - Sort:Closed Captions & Full Subtitles
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Shosh Shlam
Hilla Medalia
Producer(s):Hilla Medalia
Shosh Shlam
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Maxima

A multi-billion-dollar mining corporation would never suspect that one Peruvian subsistence farmer could bring them to their knees, but they meet their match in a fearless Indigenous woman who remains uncowed after years of violent intimidation.
Film Info
Runtime:88
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:English
Spanish
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Advocacy & Activism
Agriculture & Fishing
Capitalism & Big Business
Ecology & the Environment
Indigenous Cultures & Issues
Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers
Latin America
Poverty
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Claudia Sparrow
Producer(s):Ryan Schwartz
Claudia Sparrow
Executive Producer(s):Lesley Chilcott
Leandro Marini
Louise Runge
Steven J. Berger
Scott Dixon
Susan Bay Nimoy
Editor(s):Alejandro Valdes-Rochin
Composer:Mauricio Yazigi
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Persister Panel Discussion

Women's voices and stories from all over the world take centre stage in the Persister film program. What are they saying about the cultural, political and economic forces that undermine or uphold women's fight for equal rights and against gender-based violence? Where is Canada situated within the conversation?
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Program Category:Persister
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Persister Shorts Program

Women speak out from both sides of the camera against a culture that accepts men's abuse of power, patriarchy's control over female bodies, and the racist, sexist, sizeist and ableist beauty standards imposed on them.
Film Info
Runtime:77
Country Listing:Various
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:Various Languages
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Women & Women's Stories
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Various
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Red Moon

At the age of nine, the director's aunt was abruptly whisked from Turkey to Belgium, and became a child bride just four years later. Now, both women trace the timeline of her shattered childhood to reclaim her stolen life.
Film Info
Runtime:95
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Belgium
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:Turkish
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Personal Histories
Religion & Spirituality
Survivor Stories
Women & Women's Stories
Western & Central Europe
Middle East
By Program - Sort:Closed Captions & Full Subtitles
Website:http://www.cobra-films.be/fecdetails.php?lang=en&id=340
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Tülin Özdemir
Producer(s):Gilles De Valck
Editor(s):Fanny Roussel
Writer(s):Tülin Ozdemir
Cinematography:Helene Moteau
Composer:Shadi Fathi
Gulay Hacer Toruk
Sound:Marie Paulus
Loic Villiot
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A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem

Football and feminism collide as former cheerleaders file class-action lawsuits and face off with the multi-billion-dollar NFL corporation, alleging rampant wage theft, sexism and labour violations.
Film Info
Runtime:85
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:English
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:America
Labour & Working People
Popular Culture
Sports & Recreation
Women & Women's Stories
By Program - Sort:Closed Captions & Full Subtitles
Website:http://www.awomansworkdoc.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Yu Gu
Producer(s):Elizabeth Ai
Yu Gu
Co-Producer(s):Jin Yoo-Kim
Editor(s):Victoria Chalk
Writer(s):Elizabeth Ai
Cinematography:Yu Gu
Composer:Allyson Newman
Sound:Sung Rok Choi
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