17/08/2011

Writer-director David Hare’s British spy thriller Page Eight [+see also:
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TIFF also announced selections to its Contemporary World Cinema programme that is dominated by European films. These include:
Beauty [+see also:
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Blood of my Blood [+see also:
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film profile] - João Canijo (Portugal)
Bonsái [+see also:
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film profile] - Cristián Jiménez (Chile/France/Argentina/Portugal)
Colour of the Ocean [+see also:
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film profile] Maggie Peren (Germany)
Death for Sale [+see also:
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interview: Faouzi Bensaïdi
film profile] - Faouzi Bensaidi (Belgium/France/Morocco)
Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia)
Extraterrestrial [+see also:
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interview: Nacho Vigalondo
film profile] - Nacho Vigalondo (Spain)
The Forgiveness of Blood [+see also:
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film profile] - Joshua Marston (USA/Albania/Denmark/Italy)
Free Men [+see also:
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film profile] - Ismaël Ferroukhi (France)
A Funny Man [+see also:
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film profile] - Martin P. Zandvliet (Denmark)
Future Lasts Forever [+see also:
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film profile] - Ozcan Alper (Turkey/France/Germany)
Goodbye First Love [+see also:
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interview: Mia Hansen-Love
film profile] - Mia Hansen-Løve (France/Germany)
Guilty [+see also:
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interview: Vincent Garenq
film profile] - Vincent Garenq (France)
Gypsy [+see also:
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film profile] - Martin Šulík (Slovakia)
Hotel Swooni - Kaat Beels (Belgium)
Islands [+see also:
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film profile] - Stefano Chiantini (Italy)
Juan of the Dead [+see also:
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film profile] - Alejandro Brugués (Spain/Cuba)
Land of Oblivion [+see also:
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film profile] - Michale Boganim (France/Germany/Poland/Ukraine)
Last Days in Jerusalem [+see also:
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film profile] - Tawfik Abu Wael (France/Israel/Palestine/Germany)
Last Winter [+see also:
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interview: John Shank
film profile] - John Shank (Belgium/France)
Lena [+see also:
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film profile] - Christophe Van Rompaey (The Netherlands/Belgium)
Lipstikka - Jonathan Sagall (Israel/United Kingdom)
Lucky - Avie Luthra (South Africa/UK)
Michael [+see also:
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Omar Killed Me [+see also:
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film profile] - Roschdy Zem (France)
Rose [+see also:
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film profile] - Wojciech Smarzowski (Poland)
Sons of Norway [+see also:
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Superclásico [+see also:
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European titles in TIFF’s Visions strand include:
ALPS [+see also:
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film profile] - Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece/France)
Three Lives - Christian Petzold, Dominik Graf and Christoph Hochhäusler, (Germany)
House of Tolerance [+see also:
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interview: Adèle Haenel
film profile] - Bertrand Bonello (France)
The Last Christeros - Matias Meyer (Mexico/The Netherlands)
Mushrooms [+see also:
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film profile] - Vimukthi Jayasundara (India/France)
Play [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
interview: Ruben Ostlund
film profile] - Ruben Östlund (Sweden/France)
In competition for the LUX Prize of the European Parliament 2011
Porfirio [+see also:
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film profile] - Alejandro Landes (Colombia/Spain/Uruguay/Argentina/France)
Random - Debbie Tucker Green (UK)
The River Used to be A Man - Jan Zabeil (Germany) and
This Side of Resurrection - Joaquim Sapinho (Portugal)

The festival has also added galas and special presentations. European selections from these include:
The Awakening [+see also:
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Beloved [+see also:
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interview: Christophe Honoré
film profile] - Christophe Honoré (France)
Hysteria [+see also:
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film profile] - Tanya Wexler (USA/UK)
The Cardboard Village [+see also:
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film profile] - Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
Death of a Superhero [+see also:
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film profile] - Ian FitzGibbon (Germany/Ireland)
The First Man [+see also:
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film profile] - Gianni Amelio (France/Algeria/Italy)
In Darkness - Agnieszka Holland (Canada/Germany/Poland)
Intruders [+see also:
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interview: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
film profile] - Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Spain)
Low Life - Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval (France)
My Worst Nightmare [+see also:
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film profile] - Anne Fontaine (France/Belgium)
Rebellion [+see also:
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film profile] - Mathieu Kassovitz (France)
Terraferma [+see also:
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interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Emanuele Crialese
film profile] - Emanuele Crialese (Italy)
That Summer [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Garrel
film profile] - Philippe Garrel (France/Italy/Switzerland)
Wuthering Heights [+see also:
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interview: Andrea Arnold
film profile]- Andrea Arnold (United Kingdom)