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Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival | @ The Royal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ukrainian culture in Toronto.
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Toronto's annual celebration of reality-based cinema.
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Hot Docs Cinema,
Lightbox.
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Repertory, Series, One-Offs and Short Runs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mountain Adventure: Out of Bounds
Olympic snowboarder Torah Bright conquers mountain terrain while protecting their ecosystems. In 3D! Presented by STEM on IMAX. |
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Miss Congeniality
Undercover agent Sandra Bullock enters a beauty pageant to neutralize a bomb threat. |
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Phonetic Philmmaking
Rennie Taylor previews a new Super 8 short and launches an accompanying zine featuring writers Milada Kovacova, Mark Loeser, John Porter and Daniel Brlas. |
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Metallica Saved My Life
Rock band Metallica's fans form a tight-knit, supportive community. Screening as part of Metallica's Toronto Takeover. |
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UHF
'Weird Al' Yankovic takes over the high-frequency airwaves. |
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Terminator Genisys
The leader of humanity's war against machines is attacked from both the past and the future. 35mm! |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
A couple of squares experience sexual liberation (in song!) at the creepy old house they take shelter in during a storm. Plus: live shadowcast by Excited Mental State! |
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Cisco Pike
Former rocker Kris Kristofferson is blackmailed into selling confiscated marijuana by corrupt cop Gene Hackman. 35mm! |
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Blue Velvet
"I can't figure out if you're a detective or a pervert." Kyle McLachlan's curiosity leads him into the nightmarish side of small town America. |
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Dune
"The spice must flow." Internecine clan warfare breaks out over the desire to control the very substance that makes space travel possible. |
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Eraserhead
"They're not even sure it is a baby!" Lynch's startling, unsettling, surreal debut. |
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
"The tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy." Lynch follows up his cult favourite television series with a darker, weirder prequel. |
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Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
The saga before the saga concludes. |
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Sachien
A college student uses an unorthodox method to attract the attention of the woman he desires. |
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Sachien
A college student uses an unorthodox method to attract the attention of the woman he desires. |
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Being John Malkovich
A puppeteer (John Cusack) finds a portal into the body of actor John Malkovich. |
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In the Mood for Love
Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung bond over the affair their respective spouses are having. |
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Wedding Crashers
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan look for random hook-ups at wedding receptions. |
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Alien
Aliens A single-ticket Alien Day double-feature! 1) The crew of a spaceship are attacked by a dangerous creature when they respond to a distress call. 2) The survivor of an alien attack accompanies a crew of space marines looking for the alien queen. |
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White Line Fever
Black Dog Truckers x 2! 1) New driver Jan-Michael Vincent runs afoul of crooked interests in the trucking industry. 2) Truck driver Patrick Swayze discovers his vehicle has been loaded with illegal weapons. |
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Days of Heaven
A farm worker and his girlfriend scheme to grab of piece of a dying landowner's fortune. |
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Tommy
A deaf, dumb and blind kid plays a mean game of pinball in The Who's rock opera. |
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Can't Stop the Music
The Village People distill their essence into "the perfect camp artifact". Plus: live performance, video preshow and an intro from series host Anthony Oliveira. |
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The Room
The infamy. |
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Lost Highway
"I like to remember things my own way." Bill Pullman escapes a murder rap and begins a new life when he changes appearance during his stint in jail. |
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Mulholland Drive
Hollywood dreams take a detour in Lynch's TV pilot turned cinematic treasure. |
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Wild at Heart
Cage makes Dern "hotter than Georgia asphalt" in Lynch's celebration of youth, romance and rebellion. |
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The Lorax
A young boy learns the story of the titular protector of Tuffaluff trees in order to impress a girl. At most Cineplex locations. |
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Extraordinary Women Celebrates Our Neighbours
Brick Lane Studios' senior video-making program captures the stories of Toronto women. |
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A Night at the Opera
"Well, you should have come to the first party. We didn't get home 'til around four in the morning. I was blind for three days!" The Marx Brothers upend high culture. |
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Final Destination 5
The Final Destination Final Destination 3 Final Destination 2 Final Destination A Final Destination Death-o-thon! 1) Relentless death stalks bridge accident survivors who have evaded its embrace. 2) Relentless death stalks racetrack accident survivors who have evaded its embrace. 3) Relentless death stalks roller coaster accident survivors who have evaded its embrace. 4) Relentless death stalks highway accident survivors who have evaded its embrace. 5) Relentless death stalks plane crash survivors who have evaded its embrace. Come and leave anytime. |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The famed sleuth investigates a case involving legendary supernatural beast. With live musical accompaniment by Marilyn Lerner. |
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Certain Women
Three women experience the awkwardness of expectations in this adaptation of Maile Meloy's short stories. With Kristin Stewart, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern and Lily Gladstone. |
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Mo' Better Blues
Jazz trumpeter Denzel Washington's self-centered and competitive nature threatens his relationships both on and off stage. |
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Memories of Murder
A big-city detective and his small-town counterparts become obsessed with tracking down a serial killer targeting young women. A political discussion precedes the film. |
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At the Top of the Stairs
20 years later, a woman revisits the place her Nazi-collaborating husband was murdered. DM on Instagram for the address. |
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
Rock band Pink Floyd rock the ruins of Pompeii. 4K restoration! Also screening some days in IMAX. |
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Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Urban activist Jane Jacobs fights NYC expressways that endanger vibrant urban neighbourhoods. Presented by Jane's Walk and U of T's Urban Studies Program. |
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Red Rooms
A young woman follows her obsession with a serial killer on trial into the courtoom and onto the dark web. Plus: a post-screening q&a with director Pascal Plante moderated by Corey Atad! |
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Know Her Name
Cultural amnesia erases filmmakers of underrepresented communities from the historical record. |
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Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother
Today's culture of artificial intelligence, social media and digital surveillance affects the human psyche. World premiere! Presented by Rotman Documentary Insights. |
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Hookers on Davie
Prostitutes discuss their profession while working Vancouver's Davie Street. 4K restoration! Filmmakers in attendance! |
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Riot at the Movies Mystery Movie
A mystery .... |
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Birdy
Nicolas Cage tries to help his bird-obsessed best friend Matthew Modine recover mentally after both return from fighting in the Vietnam War. 35mm! |
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Soldiers of Song
Ukrainian musicians contend with war. |
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To Build Law
A German architecture collective proposes legislation and attempts to shift norms regarding renovation versus demolition. A panel discussion follows the screening. |
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The Great Gatsby
Sam Waterston enters the orbit of idly rich Robert Redford and his circle of friends (Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern). |
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Mountains on Stage
High-climbin' cinema! |
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D.E.B.S.
High school girls are recruited for high energy espionage. Plus: a preview of this year's Inside Out festival. |
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Drift Away
A man's response to a farmer's attempted suicide interrupts his life plans, including his impending wedding. |
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Baadasssss!
Mario Van Peebles' chronicles the creation of his father's seminal Black film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. |
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