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An annual celebration of labour, art and politics that usually includes a couple of thematically appropriate film screenings.
Venues:
Innis Town Hall,
United Steelworkers Hall,
Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space.
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Toronto Horror Film Festival | @ The Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Films that curdle blood and tingle the spine.
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Inside Out | @ Lightbox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The queer cinematic experience.
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Repertory, Series, One-Offs and Short Runs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tailor
A daughter of tailors obsessed with Western fashion reconsiders her opinions when she is spirited from her native 1960s to a time nearly 50 years later. |
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Paddling Film Festival
On the water, around the globe. |
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Montreal Girls
A medical student wishing to be a poet finds inspiration in the women of Montreal. |
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Fish Story
Punk rock saves the world. |
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The Stepford Wives
A new arrival in a suburban community finds its wives strangely soulless and compliant. Hosted by writer/podcaster Scaachi Koul, who took inspiration from the film in her essay collection Sucker Punch. |
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Imperial Green
An apprentice HVAC worker simmers with buried negative feelings about his romantic and business relationships. World premiere! Presented by Bleeding Edge. Writer/director in attendance. |
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Please, After You
A young immigrant's new life in Toronto is complicated by the arrival of a relative. Director in attendance! |
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The Elephant Man
Sideshow attraction John Merrick becomes a Victorian-era celebrity. 4K restoration! |
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Caddyshack
Talent and money butt heads at an exclusive golf club while its groundskeeper pursues a destructive gopher. |
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E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
Kids hide a friendly alien in their suburban enclave. |
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Days of Thunder
Tom Cruise rules the NASCAR circuit. |
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Get Shorty
Mobster John Travolta finds the movie business to be an appealing diversion when he arrives in Hollywood to collect on a debt. |
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The Way of the Dragon
Bruce Lee fights the Italian mob to save his cousins' restaurant. |
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28 Days Later
A man wakes from a coma into a deserted London infested by rage zombies. |
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Pavements
An imaginative portrait of 90s slacker rock icons Pavement. |
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Plastic
A musician finds a kindred soul when he decamps to a small town to busk. Plus: a virtual q&a with director Daisuke Miyazaki. |
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17 Again
A 30-something's mid-life-crisis wish lands him in the body of 17-year-old Zac Efron. |
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training as his fellow rebels are targeted by Darth Vader. A live orchestra provides the film's score while the film plays subtitled. |
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The Pack
Feral former pets attack vacationers. |
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Please, After You
A young immigrant's new life in Toronto is complicated by the arrival of a relative. Director in attendance! |
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Cyclo
A cyclo driver's need to provide for his extended family sees him wander into criminality. 35mm! May 23 6:30pm: w/ recorded Q&A. May 27 6:30pm |
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The Encampments
Students encounter intense, violent opposition when they occupy school property to pressure their university to divest from weapons manufacturing. Plus: a post-screening discussion with the filmmakers. |
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To Look, And To Look Again
The stories of migrant farmworkers intersect with images of the land. A work-in-progresss screening. Part of Mayworks. Plus: a discussion and excerpts from farmworkers union doc A Time To Rise. |
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Going In
Estranged party buddies return to the scene following a kidnapping in this throwback to Toronto-shot video thrillers of yore. On VHS! Plus: A VHS pre-show and a post-movie Q&A with writer/director/star Evan Rissi. |
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man
A salaryman transforms into a metal monster. An indescribable Midnight Madness classic! |
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Blade Runner
Harrison Ford is dispatched to find rogue androids in Ridley Scott's sci-fi landmark. 1992 Director's Cut. 35mm! |
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Charley Varrick
Bank robber Walter Matthau gets in over his head when he accidentally steals mob money. |
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Dressed to Kill
Call girl Nancy Allen becomes a target after she witnesses a murder. |
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Clueless
Jane Austen's Emma is filtered through the Beverly Hills high school experience. |
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eXistenZ
VR game designer Jennifer Jason Leigh enters her own creation after she is attacked by assassins. |
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Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage forges a connection with Las Vegas prostitute Elizabeth Shue as he plans to drink himself to death. |
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Animal House
Troublemaking frat boys take on the Dean. |
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Citizen Minutes
Ordinary Canadians do big things for their communities. No ticket required. Presented as part of Doors Open Toronto. |
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Returning to Zarnouqa
Professor Haidar Eid views footage of the village his parents were forced to flee due to the creation of Israel. Part of a larger Book Talk event presented by Mayworks. |
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Inay
Family separation caused by overseas work programs weighs heavily on the psyches of children. Presented by the Magkaisa Centre. Director in attendance! |
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Michelangelo: Love and Death
Traverse Europe to get the inside scoop on the great renaissance artist. |
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Casanova
A dashing womanizer synonymous with the moral decline of Venice becomes involved in a plot to overthrow the Russian Czar. Restored! |
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Now, Voyager
Psychiatry transforms Bette Davis from dowdy mama's girl to independent, elegantly costumed woman. 35mm! |
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The 48 Hour Fiim Project - Horror/Sci-Fi Edition
Two days to create an exciting science fiction or horror film, four screenings to showcase the results. |
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Castle in the Sky
A girl and her companion search for a floating island in the sky. Dubbed. |
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Ran
Kurosawa transplants Shakespeare's King Lear to Japan's 16th century civil wars. 4K restoration! |
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Wayne’s World 2
Hard-rockin' cable tv hosts Wayne and Garth attempt to put on a concert. |
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A State of Passion
Doctor Ghassan Abu Sittah works around the clock in Palestinian hospitals while under threat of bombardment. Presented by East End Acts and Doctors Against Genocide. |
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The Producers
Broadway producer Zero Mostel and accountant Gene Wilder his upon a scheme to make money by producing a surefire flop. |
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Boat People
A Japanese photojournalist has his illusions about Communist Vietnam shattered when he probes farther than his handlers would like him to see. 35mm! |
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Becoming Led Zeppelin
Musicians from the 1960s UK music scene come together to form one of the greatest bands of all time. |
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Dressed to Kill
Call girl Nancy Allen becomes a target after she witnesses a murder. |
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Ocean with David Attenborough
Broadcaster/biologist David Attenborough showcases the spectacle of ocean life. |
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Trolls Band Together
Colorful ugly-cute creatures try to rescue their friend and reunite his old boy band. At most Cineplex locations. |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
A fox endangers his family when he falls back into his old chicken-thieving ways. |
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Madam Phung’s Last Journey
A troupe of gay and trans performers tour their country. Intro by U of T professor Thy Phu. |
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The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Three sisters question their romantic relationships when they gather to mark the anniversary of their mother's death. 35mm! Plus: a recorded Q&A with director Trần Anh Hùng. |
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Coffy
Pam Grier wreaks vengeance on the drug dealers who hooked her sister. |
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WarGames
Teen hacker Matthew Broderick unwittingly tells NORAD's computer to play Global Thermonuclear War. A political discussion precedes the film. |
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The Birds
Tippi Hedren chases a man into a storm of sexual tension and unexplained bird attacks. |
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Weird Comedic Shorts
Shorts by Shelby Wilson, Eli Spiegel, Liv Berkowitz and Molly Cole lunge for the absurd. |
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Simone Barbès or Virtue
An usherette at a porn theatre goes about her job before leaving for a night on the town. DM on Instagram for the address. |
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
"Revenge is a dish that is best served cold ... it is very cold in space!" Shatner's toupee battles Montalban's prosthetic chest in outer space. A memorial screening for Toronto After Dark founder Adam Lopez. |
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Maya and the Wave
Surfer Maya Gabeira overcomes male derision and a near-drowning to surf the biggest waves. |
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Two Women
Unsatisfied women find happiness through infidelity. Previewing tonight in advance of its upcoming release. Director Chloé Robichaud in attendance! |
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2046
A science-fiction author encounters a variety of women after he loses his true love. |
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Lil Bastard
Bastardry spans time and size. |
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The Queen of My Dreams
A Canadian grad student's return to her native Pakistan requires her to adopt a more traditional role. Plus: a post-film Q&A with writer/director Fawzia Mirza and producer Andria Wilson Mirza. |
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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
A dead woman's family transport her body from the city to her rural hometown. Intro by Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker Carol Nguyen. |
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Sudan, Remember Us
Young Sudanese people recount growing up in a time of war. Part of Mayworks. A discussion follows the film. |
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It Feeds
A girl insists an entity is feeding on her. Cast & crew in attenance! |
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Ask Dr. Ruth
Get the lowdown on the life of the noted sex therapist. Plus: a Q&A with Dr. Ruth's son Joel Westheimer. |
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Trainwreck
Tenants, businesses and activists resist new transit projects. Crew in attendance. |
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Blue Sun Palace
Chinese migrants working in New York massage parlour find a shared connection in grief. |
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Exclusion: Beyond the Silence
Granddaughters discover their grandmothers' fight for family reunification by opposing the discriminatory Chinese Immigration Act. Presented by Reelworld. A Q&A follows the screening. |
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Holy Spider
A journalist tracks a religiously-motivated serial killer of sex workers in Iranian holy city Mashhad. |
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Finding Me
A woman embarks upon a journey of self-discovery through dance. A discussion follows the screening. |
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The Great Canadian Shorts Contest
In the spirit of the First Choice/SuperChannel's contest from decades past, the With Original Commercials Archive selects shorts from the archive for the audience to vote on. |
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The Rubber Gun
Montreal druggies are observed by a university student. New restoration by Canadian International Pictures! |
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Millennium Actress
A one-time actress' memories and movies intertwine in a dreamlike quest for love. |
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Movies Men Ruined for Me
A launch event for a new zine that looks askance at the film bro canon and its champions. |
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Sabbath Queen
The son of a long line of Orthodox rabbis becomes a drag queen. Plus: a post-screening Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski. |
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The Strike
Prisoners undertake a massive hunger strike to protest the indignity of long-term solitary confinement. Part of Mayworks. A discussion follows the film. |
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Analogue Revolution: How Feminist Media Changed the World
Feminists from the 1970s to the 1990s embrace new media as a conduit for information sharing and activism. A q&a with the filmmakers follows the screening. |
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Big Black: The Last Blast
Steve Albini's band Big Black play their final show in 1987 Seattle. |
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Back to the Future
Time-traveling Marty McFly tries to get out of the past without erasing his present self. |
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