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What?s most important in your life?

Recipient of the Audience Award, Special Grand Prize of the Jury and Public Prize for the Best Canadian Film at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival, The Necessities of Life tells the moving story of Tivii, an Inuit hunter diagnosed with a lung condition, uprooted from the warmth and familiarity of his family and confined to a sanitarium in a strange, foreign civilization. Stripped of his ability to communicate and disoriented by isolation, his will to live is slowly weakened.

Season:
2009
Director:
Benoit Pilon
Cinematography:
Michel La Veaux
Cast:
Natar Ungalaaq, Eveline Gelinas, Paul-Andre Brasseur, Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Antoine Bertrand, Denis Bernard, Louise Marleau, Guy Thauvette, Luc Proulx
Editor:
Richard Corneau
Producer:
Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier
Executive Producer:
René Chénier
Language:
French (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Robert Marcel Lepage

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Summer of 1966 - a teenage girl?s time of innocence is about to change.

Elise is having a wonderful summer, lazily lounging around in her idyllic surroundings, carefree to the world. When her mother decides it is time for a change, Elise is forced to confront not only her own dreams and sorrows, but also those of the people she loves.

Season:
2009
Director:
Léa Pool
Cinematography:
Laurent Eyquem
Cast:
Marianne Fortier, Céline Bonnier, Laurent Lucas, Gabriel Arcand, Hugo St-Onge-Paquin, Elie Dupuis
Editor:
Dominique Fortin
Producer:
Lyse Lafontaine, Michael Mosca
Language:
French (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Laurent Eyquem

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Scathingly honest and hilarious?four couples, and one threesome, ?do the nasty? with highly unexpected results.

Season:
2008
Director:
Martin Gero
Cinematography:
Arthur E. Cooper
Cast:
Carly Pope, Callum Blue, Diora Baird, Aaron Abrams, Sonja Bennett
Editor:
Mike Banas
Producer:
Steven Hoban, Tracey Boulton
Executive Producer:
Martin Gero, Aaron Abrams, Michael Baker, Jeff Sackman, Lorne Abrams, Glenn Cockburn
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Todor Kobakov

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Graceful and incisive, Amal cuts a unique path between sentiment and suspense.

Season:
2008
Director:
Richie Mehta
Cinematography:
Mitch Ness
Cast:
Rupinder Nagra, Koel Purie, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Vik Sahay, Roshan Seth, Tanisha Chatterjee
Editor:
Stuart A. McIntyre
Producer:
David Miller, Steven Bray
Executive Producer:
Peter Starr, Robin Cass
Language:
English and Hindi w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Dr. Shiva

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Rock-bottom becomes the talk of the town.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely
Cinematography:
Bobby Shore
Cast:
Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely, Matt Silver, Kristin Adams, Dan Haber, Paul Spence, Claire Brosseau, Paul Mattsson, Etan Muskat, Brent Skagford
Editor:
Jared Curtis
Producer:
Kieran Crilly, Brandi-Ann Milbradt, Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely; Writers: Matt Silver, Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely
Executive Producer:
Paul Renaud, Jade Healy, John Lameray, David Fruchter, Charles D'Angelo, Jon Webb, Katye Stevens, Trevor Barnes
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Vincent Lefebvre

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Joseph could see what no one else could.

If Woody Allen, David Lynch and M. Night Shyamalan ever had a forbidden love child, it may look something like The End?a wolf in sheep?s clothing that looks and feels like a modern noir, but unleashes surprises which burns in flames any conventional relationship an audience has with fictional cinema.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Jeremy Thomas
Cinematography:
Dan Dumouchel, Colin Sheldon
Cast:
Jeremy Thomas, Ella B. May, Katie Webber, Darren MacDonald
Executive Producer:
Charlie Ross
Language:
English
Genre:
Thriller, Dark Comedy
Music:
Christiaan Venter, Nova Pon

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Warren Sonoda's Ham & Cheese enters the world of unknown actors looking to make it big, following the ups, downs and real, real lows of two struggling actors, Richard and Barry, as they try to make it in the cruel world of showbiz. Without an ounce of talent between the two of them and their only strength being persistence, they'll do almost anything to attain their dream, except let it go.

Season:
2004
Director:
Warren P. Sonoda
Cast:
Mike Beaver, Jason Jones, Jennifer Baxter, Samantha Bee, Boyd Banks, Von Flores, Dwayne Hill, Christian Potenza, Polly Shannon, Rob Tinkler, Victoria Pratt, Scott Thompson, Dave Foley
Editor:
Warren P. Sonoda, James Villeneuve, Andrew Kowalchuk
Producer:
Mihkel Harilaid
Co-Producer:
Mike Beaver, Jason Jones
Executive Producer:
Mihkel Harilaid
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Steve Matylewicz

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Combining the powers of observance and understatement, director Matt Bissonnette renders a thoughtful and evocative portrayal of three friends who struggle to find meaning in their lives.

Season:
2007
Director:
Matt Bissonnette
Cinematography:
Arthur E. Cooper
Cast:
Lukas Haas, Molly Parker, Adam Scott, R.H. Thomson, Wendy Crewson
Editor:
Michele Conroy
Producer:
Corey Marr
Composer:
Mac McCaughan
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned

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Super-activism is alive and well on the streets of Mexico City, where masked men with a cause hit the sidewalks to raise awareness, using their offbeat disguises to solicit public interest.
 

Season:
2007
Director:
Arturo Perez Torres
Cinematography:
Mario Gallegos, Jose Luis Aranda
Editor:
Cameron Esler
Producer:
Heather Haynes
Composer:
Roko Citroen
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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A pitch-black comedy and a condemning view of how documentary filmmaking can easily turn into ghoulish exploitation; Chris Power and Nathan Hynes?s Long Pigs is a cheerfully grotesque provocation that might challenge your stomach as well as your mind.

Season:
2007
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Chris Power, Nathan Hynes
Cinematography:
Chris Power, Nathan Hynes
Cast:
Anthony Alviano, Barbara Walsh, Shane Harbinson, John Terranova, Paul Fowles, Roger King
Editor:
Chris Power
Producer:
Chris Power, Nathan Hynes
Genre:
Unassigned
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