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Your search by 'Drama' has identified 62 films.
A Prophet (Un Prophète )
France, 2009, 150 min.
A PROPHET debuted at Cannes in 2009, taking home the Grand Prix Prize.
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena, part Arab, part Corsican,...
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Accidents Happen
Australia, 2009, 92 min.
Set against the backdrop of 1980s New England suburbia, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN is a bittersweet drama that revolves around the Conways, a dysfunctional family trying to...
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American Express Opening Gala - Crackie
Canada, 2009, 94 min.
Director & Cast in attendance: Sherry White & Meghan Greeley
Seventeen-year-old Mitsy lives in a ramshackle house in a small town, with her grandmother, Bride, who...
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Amreeka
Canada, United States, 2009, 96 min.
AMREEKA chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future...
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An Education
United Kingdom, 2009, 95 min.
AN EDUCATION is the story of a teenage girl’s coming-of-age, set in Britain in the early 1960s on the cusp of the strait-laced, post-war period...
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Babin (Babine)
Canada, 2008, 102 min.
One stormy night, a long time ago, a woman known as The Witch gave birth to a child she named Babin. All of her village’s...
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Be Calm and Count to Seven (Aram Bash Va Ta Haft Beshmar)
Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2009, 89 min.
In Attendance: Ramtin Lavafipour (Director)
The sea and the beach in this film can make us think of LOST as well as the Italian coasts of...
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Be Good (Sois Sage)
France, 2009, 90 min.
In Attendance: Juliette Garcias (Director)
One of the most assured and disturbing debuts of this or any other year, Juliette Garcias’ BE GOOD (Sois Sage) is...
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Beeswax
United States, 2009, 100 min.
BEESWAX revolves around the personal and professional lives of twin sisters – Jeannie, who has been in a wheelchair since youth, and Lauren (same face,...
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Better Things
United Kingdom, 2008, 98 min.
A new voice in British cinema, Duane Hopkins’ powerful debut delivers a sharp insight into the lives of British youth. A multi-narrative drama depicting everyday...
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Breathless (Ddongpari )
Korea, Republic of, 2009, 130 min.
Gangster Soon-Hong’s life is a cycle of violence and self-loathing. When he meets schoolgirl Han Yeon-Heui, he not only meets his match, but his possible...
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Bright Star
Australia, United Kingdom, 2009, 120 min.
Three time Academy Award ® Winner Jane Campion’s new film BRIGHT STAR is a ballad, a song to the secret love affair of Fanny Brawne...
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Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)
Spain, 2009, 128 min.
Pedro Almodovar’s BROKEN EMBRACES is a restless, dark, and enjoyable genre juggler, combining melodrama and comedy, entirely submerged in Almodovar’s extraordinary cinematic style and personality....
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Cairo Time
Canada, 2009, 88 min.
He who hath not seen Cairo hath not seen the world. Her soil is gold; her Nile is a marvel; her women are like the...
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Call If You Need Me
Malaysia, 2009, 104 min.
Directed by James Lee, CALL IF YOU NEED ME won Silver digital prize in the Asian Digital Competition at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film...
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Can Go Through Skin (Kan door huid heen)
Netherlands, 2009, 94 min.
Award-winning director Esther Rots’ feature film debut CAN GO THROUGH SKIN is a taut psychological drama with light touches, telling the story of Marieke, a...
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Carcasses
Canada, 2009, 72 min.
The newest feature by Montreal filmmaker and critic Denis Côté, CARCASSES is a half-documentary exploring the life of Jean-Paul Colmor, a 74-year-old collector who has...
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Clone Returns Home, The (Kuron wa kokyo wo mezasu)
Japan, 2008, 110 min.
Kanji Nakajima’s quietly provocative film THE CLONE RETURNS HOME is a compelling meditation on the paradox of life and death and the meaning of love...
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Cole
Canada, 2009, 95 min.
COLE, the newest film from Canadian director Carl Bessai (NORMAL, MOTHERS&DAUGHTERS) tells the story of 22 year old Cole Chambers, a talented young writer with...
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Crackie (Encore Screening)
Canada, 2009, 94 min.
Seventeen-year-old Mitsy lives in a ramshackle house in a small town, with her grandmother, Bride, who has raised her since she was four. Bride spends...
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Damned United, The
United Kingdom, 2009, 97 min.
Set in 1960’s and 1970’s England, and filmed on location throughout Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Majorca, THE DAMNED UNITED tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story...
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Daytime Drinking (Not sool)
Korea, Republic of, 2008, 116 min.
Shot on HD for $10,000 DAYTIME DRINKING is proof that a good script, great direction, and strong performances are the keys to making a superb...
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Eastern Plays
Bulgaria, Sweden, 2009, 89 min.
Based on real life events, Kamen Kalev’s first feature film EASTERN PLAYS is a shocking look into the depths of human despair and suffering, and...
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Everyone Else (Alle Anderen)
Germany, 2009, 119 min.
In Attendance: Maren Ade (Director)
Young love seems to know no bounds: on the surface, Chris and Gitti are lost in perfect amorous bliss during their...
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Exploding Girl, The
United States, 2009, 79 min.
EXPLODING GIRL is the story of twenty-year old college student Ivy who, with a fresh romance in her heart, heads home to New York for...
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Fish Eyes (Yu Yan)
China, Korea, Republic of, 2009, 75 min.
In Attendance: Zheng Wei (Director)
Like Jia Zhang Ke’s UNKNOWN PLEASURES, Zhang Wei’s FISH EYES is a bleak and brilliant portrait of life on the fringes...
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Gigante
Argentina, Uruguay, 2009, 84 min.
Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance...
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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
United States, 2009, 82 min.
In Attendance: Damien Chazelle (Director)
Set against the gritty realism of Boston, GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH is a jazzy Cassavetes-type riff on old-fashioned...
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Handsome Harry
United States, 2009, 94 min.
They call him “Handsome” Harry Sweeney (Jamey Sheridan). At 52, the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by...
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Happiest Girl In The World, The (Cea mai fericita fata din lume )
France, Japan, Netherlands, Romania, 2009, 100 min.
After winning a free car in an advertising campaign, Delia travels with her family to Bucharest to shoot a beverage commercial and claim her prize....
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I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)
Canada, 2009, 96 min.
In Attendance: Carole Mondello (Executive Producer)
In this semi-autobiographical story, first time writer, producer and director Xavier Dolan explores with exactness and depth the intense relationship...
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Karaoke
Malaysia, 2009, 75 min.
In Attendance: Chris Chong Chan Fui (Director)
Set in a karaoke bar, against the backdrop of a Malaysian palm oil plantation, Chris Chong Chan Fui’s remarkable...
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Katalin Varga
United Kingdom, Hungary, Romania, 2009, 84 min.
Banished by her husband and her village, Katalin Varga is left with no other choice than to set out on a quest to find the...
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Last Lullaby, The
United States, 2008, 93 min.
Tom Sizemore (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) and Sasha Alexander (NCIS) star in this beautifully shot contemporary film noir, co-written by the creator of THE ROAD TO...
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Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Canada, 2009, 85 min.
In Attendance: Reg Harkema (Director)
As the 60s rolled to a close, the United States was at the threshold of a turbulent time in history. President...
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Love Exposure (Ai No Mukidashi)
Japan, 2008, 237 min.
Yu lives with his father, a devout Catholic priest. Father and son have a happy and harmonious life but their serenity is shattered when Kaori...
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Mary and Max
Australia, 2009, 92 min.
The opening night selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and in competition at the 2009 Berlin Generation 14plus, MARY AND MAX is a clayography...
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Miao Miao
Hong Kong, 2008, 83 min.
Miao Miao is a shy exchange student from Japan struggling to adjust to her new life in Taipei. Lonely and needing a friend, she finally...
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Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di ferragosto)
Italy, 2008, 75 min.
Gianni is a middle-aged man who lives with his widowed mother in an old condominium in central Rome. Living under the tyranny of this impoverished...
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Mississippi Damned
United States, 2009, 120 min.
Based on a true story, MISSISSIPPI DAMNED is a heart-wrenching tale of three poor, Black kids in rural Mississippi who struggle to confront the cycle...
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My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru)
Korea, Republic of, 2008, 123 min.
Jobless and single in her thirties, Hee-soo is miserable. One day, she sets out to find her ex-boyfriend Byoung-woon. It is not love that she...
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My Dog Tulip
United States, 2009, 83 min.
In Attendance: Norman Twain
MY DOG TULIP, the animated feature debut by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger (both recipients of the prestigious Peabody Award, and both closely...
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My Only Sunshine (Hayat var)
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, 2008, 121 min.
Set in the Turkish city of Istanbul, MY ONLY SUNSHINE tells the tragic coming-of-age story of fourteen-year-old Hayat, who lives with her father and her...
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My Suicide
United States, 2009, 105 min.
In Attendance: David Lee Miller (Director)
“My name is Archibald Williams and I’m going to kill myself.” Archie, a 17-year-old media student announces that his...
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No Heart Feelings
Canada, 2009, 82 min.
In Attendance: Geoff Morrisson & Sarah Lazarovic (Directors)
29 year-old Melanie (Rebecca Kohler) is in love with her life in Toronto, but out of love...
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Nonko 36-sai (Kaji-Tetsudai)
Japan, 2008, 105 min.
Prolific, director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri has received international attention for his string of award-winning films, including: BANQUET OF THE BEAST, A HOLE IN THE SKY (both...
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Paris 1919 (Paris 1919: Un traité pour la paix)
In Attendance: Paul Cowan (Director)
Two months after the end of the Great War, kings, queens, presidents, and diplomats descended on Paris to craft a peace...
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Passenger Side
Canada, 2009, 85 min.
PASSENGER SIDE is a story about brothers, and the strange, complex bonds that are created when opposites are bound together by life, family and blood.Michael...
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Police, Adjective (Politist, adj.)
Romania, 2009, 115 min.
A cinematically sophisticated, witty police drama from Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, Winner of Cannes Camera d’Or in 2006), POLICE, ADJECTIF is...
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Revanche
Austria, 2008, 121 min.
At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, REVANCHE is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz...
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Robe, The
United States, 1953, 135 min.
Richard Burton stars as Marcellus Gallio, the Roman centurion charged with overseeing the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. While drinking, he wins Christ's robe in a...
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Seven Minutes in Heaven (Sheva dakot be gan eden)
Israel, 2008, 94 min.
One morning, like any other in Jerusalem, Galia and her boyfriend, Oren, board a local bus packed with passengers. Tragically, a suicide bomber on board...
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St. Nick
United States, 2009, 86 min.
St. Nick is the story of a brother and sister on the run. They've left their home for some unknown reason and are living in...
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Summerhood
Canada, 2008, 101 min.
“I found my diary from when I was 10, a bible of embarrassment, and I thought, wouldn’t it be fun to hear kids act this...
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Tetro
United States, 2009, 127 min.
TETRO is the first original screenplay from the legendary Francis Ford Coppola in more than 30 years. Going back to his filmic roots, TETRO is...
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The 'Thank You' Girls
Philippines, United States, 2008, 110 min.
Tired of losing beauty competitions in their hometown of Davao City, six dysfunctional gay beauty pageant veterans travel north to Cagayan de Oro with a...
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Unmade Beds
United Kingdom, 2009, 93 min.
In Attendance Thursday October 1, 2009: Alexis Dos Santos (Director)
UNMADE BEDS follows Axl and Vera, two young Londoners, as they embark on separate journeys to...
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Victoria Day
Canada, 2009, 82 min.
Toronto writer David Bezmozgis made the transition from short stories to movies with his first feature film, VICTORIA DAY. Premiering at this year’s Sundance, the...
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White Ribbon, The (Das Weisse Band)
Austria, Germany, France, Italy, 2009, 144 min.
The latest film by the provocative Austrian director Michael Haneke (FUNNY GAMES, CACHÉ, THE PIANO TEACHER) is THE WHITE RIBBON, which won the Palme d’Or...
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Wrong Rosary (Uzak ihtimal)
Turkey, 2009, 90 min.
In Attendance: Mahmut Coskun (Director)
The bashful Musa, a muezzin, feels a bit out of place in Istanbul, even more so when he lays eyes on...
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Year of the Carnivore
Canada, 2009, 88 min.
YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE is the directorial debut of CBC personality and renaissance-woman-about-town Sook-yin Lee. Lee has created a sweet and hilarious romantic-comedy-drama, telling...
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Zooey & Adam
Canada, 2009, 83 min.
Adam and Zooey have been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant for seven months. At wit’s end, they decide to detoxify, de-stress and go to the...
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