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| AUSTRIA | | FOR A MOMENT FREEDOM // Ein Augenblick Freiheit 2008 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Arash T. Riahi
Cast: Navid Akhavan, Fares Fares, Behi Djanati Atai, Payam Madjlessi
Running Time: 110 min This action-packed, suspenseful story of three Iranian/Kurdish groups of refugees depicts the plight of asylum-seekers trying to flee their homeland. | 
| THE WHITE RIBBON // Das weiße Band 2009
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Chrisitan Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
Running time: 144 min
Strange events happen at a rural school in the north of Germany during the year 1913, which seem to be ritual punishment. Does this affect the school system, and how does the school have an influence on fascism? |  | | BELGIUM | | THE ALZHEIMER CASE // De Zaak Alzheimer 2003
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Erik Van Looy
Cast: Koen de Bouw, Werner Desmedt, Jan Decleir
Running Time: 123 min
Belgium's top box office hit, this complex tale centres around Antwerp's top crime investigators, who are investigating the murder of a top civil servant. Their efforts lead them to an almost-retired hitman, who is having problems carrying out his “assignments” due to symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. |  | | BULGARIA | | THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER //
Светът е голям и спасение дебне отвсякъде 2008
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Stephan Komandarev
Cast: Miki Manojlović, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev
Running Time: 108 min
Based on the autobiographical novel by Ilija Trojanow, this is the story of Alex, a young Bulgarian man who is involved in a tragic car accident in Germany. He and his charismatic grandfather embark on a very different type of road trip. Their return to Bulgaria will take Alex on a healing journey in search of his real self. |  | | CYPRUS | | THE LAST HOMECOMING // O teleftaios gyrismos 2008
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Corinna Avraamidou
Cast: Stavros Louras, Christopher Creco, Maria Kitsou
Running Time: 85 min
Set against the backdrop of the politically turbulent times of 1974, a seaside town and its inhabitants are examined; their stories, dreams and desires. During this summer, their world of beauty and innocence will be threatened, while loss and betrayal will change their way of life forever. |  | | CZECH REPUBLIC | | THE KARAMAZOVS // Karamazovi 2008
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 // 6:00 pm at THE BLOOR CINEMA
Director: Petr Zelenka
Cast: Ivan Trojan, Igor Chmela, David Novotny
Running Time: 100 min
A group of actors from Prague rehearse an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's famous novel “The Brothers Karamazov” in an unusual environment - a Polish steel mill. Soon the real world and the events on stage merge against the background of a factory maintenance man’s personal tragedy. | 
| | DENMARK | | WHITE NIGHT // Hvid Nat 2007
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Jannik Johansen
Cast: Lars Brygmann, Rikke Louise Andersson, Morten Grunwald
Running Time: 100 min
A psychological drama about Ulrich, a workaholic whose life takes a drastic turn when he is involved in a fatal accident. As his guilt grows, his life slowly crumbles around him. To make things worse, an event from his past rears its ugly head. |  | | ESTONIA | | GEORG // 2007
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Peeter Simm Cast: Marko Matvere, Anastasia Makeyeva, Renars Kaupers, Elle Kull
Running Time: 107 min Opera singer Georg Ots' captivating, rich baritone made him a household name throughout the Soviet Union. In this biographical drama, his story is seen through the eyes of his former wife and tells of the singer's stratospheric rise to fame, his turbulent marriages, as well as his dealings with the totalitarian Soviet state. |  | FINLAND
| | BLACK ICE // Musta jää 2007
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Petri Kotwica
Cast: Outi Mäenpää, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosalo
Running Time: 110 min
The lives of Saara and Leo, a middle-aged professional couple from Helsinki, are disrupted when Saara finds out about Leo’s infidelity. Bent on revenge, Saara pretends to befriend “the other woman”, which sets a complex chain of events in motion. | 
| | FRANCE | | A PROPHET // Un Prophète 2009
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Running Time: 150 min
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, the teenager appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans... |  | | GERMANY | | THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX // Der Baader Meinhof Komplex 2008
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl
Running time: 149 min
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism. Their aim is to create a more human society, but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. Second screening of THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX will take place at the Innis Town Hall on Tuesday, December 1 at 9 pm. Discussion with Stefan Aust - writer of the book of The Baader Meinhof Complex - will precede the film at 7 pm. If you wish to attend one or both of these events, please RSVP to
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Photographer: Juergen Olczyk
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| | GREECE | | EL GRECO // 2007
THURSDAY DECEMBER 3 // 6:00 pm at CINEPLEX ODEON VARSITY
Director: Iannis Smaragdis
Cast: Nick Ashdon, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull
Running Time: 118 min
Set in the 16th century, this is the epic tale of the artist known as “El Greco”. The film showcases his journey throughout Europe in his quest for freedom and love. Fighting the establishment and foes as strong as the Holy Inquisition, El Greco's story of heroism inspires us to this day. |  | IRELAND
| | A FILM WITH ME IN IT// 2008 MONDAY NOVEMBER 23 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Cast: Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Amy Huberman, Keith Allen, Aisling O’Sullivan
Running Time: 90 min Mark (Mark Doherty) is having a bad day. A struggling actor, he’s just been through the ordeal of yet another fruitless audition for a bit part in a movie. With his long-suffering girlfriend about to walk out and his landlord ready to evict him he’s only got his best mate Pierce (Dylan Moran) and their joint ambition of writing a career-breaking film to sustain him. Life’s not easy, but things are about to get worse - much worse. |  | | ITALY | | NIGHT BUS // Notturno Bus 2007 MONDAY NOVEMBER 30 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Davide Marengo
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Valerio Mastandrea, Ennio Fantastichini, Roberto Citran
Running Time: 104 min A bus driver with a penchant for gambling. A secret agent with a rebellious daughter.
A mysterious con artist. By a twist of fate, all are engaged in a struggle to find a microchip worth millions. Based on the novel of the same name by Gianpiero Rigos. | 
| A WHOLE LIFE AHEAD // Tutta la vita davanti 2008
SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Paolo Virzì
Cast: Isabella Ragonese, Sabrina Ferilli, Elio Germano, Valerio Mastandrea
Running Time: 117 min
A comic look at the trials and tribulations of a recent university graduate in the world of temporary employment. A delightfully biting, comic look at contemporary society, seen through the eyes of a philosophical young woman. |  | | LATVIA | | LITTLE ROBBERS // Mazie laupītāji 2009
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Armands Zvirbulis
Cast: Zane Leimane, Gustavs Vilsons, Artūrs Skrastiņš, Juris Žagars
Running Time: 80 min
Can you honestly swear that at least once in your life you have not thought that robbing a bank would be a good idea? Five-year-old Robis is no Zorro, but he’d like to be. His older sister Louisa thinks he’s too childish, but can’t resist the fun of planning the heist. |  | | LITHUANIA | | 5 DAY SCAM // 5 dienu avantiura 2008
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Zeraldas Povilaitis
Cast: Arvydas Dapsys, Judita Urnikyte, Dominas Vaitiekunas, Kristina Zaldokaite
Running Time: 97 min
This zany comedy features a rich and famous producer who falls for a contestant on a European music reality TV show. His love for her is complicated by her jealous boyfriend,
conniving local TV producers and his temperamental wife. | 
| | NETHERLANDS | | WINTER IN WARTIME // Oorlogswinter 2008
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL Director: Martin Koolhoven
Cast: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry
Running Time: 103 min WINTER IN WARTIME, which is based on the famous Dutch novel by Jan Terlouw, tells the story of adolescent Michiel, who becomes involved in the resistance during the last winter of WWII. He soon learns there’s a fine line between good and evil - and in order to become an adult, it’s necessary to experience the loss of innocence. | 
| | POLAND | | TIME TO DIE // Pora umierac 2007
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Dorota Kędzierzawska
Cast: Danuta Szaflarska, Krzysztof Globisz, Patrycja Szewczy, Kamil Bitau
Running time: 104 min
The script was written especially for the actress Danuta Szaflarska, who was 91 years old at the time of filming. It is the story of elderly Aniela, the owner of a once beautiful, now run-down villa. In the twilight of her days, she must not only face the present, but also the past and come to terms with the life she has lived. | 
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| | THE LOVEBIRDS // 2008
MONDAY NOVEMBER 23 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Bruno de Almeida
Cast: Michael Imperioli, John Ventimiglia, Drena De Niro, Joaquim de Almeida
Running Time: 84 min
Set in the old Romanesque city of Lisbon over the course of a single night, THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. | 
| | ROMANIA | | POLICE, ADJECTIVE // Politist, Adjectiv 2009
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Cast: Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Ion Stoica, Irina Saulescu, Cerasela Trandifir
Running time: 113 min A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends. For his boss, however, the word conscience has a totally different meaning. |  | WEEKEND WITH MY MOTHER // Weekend cu Mama 2009
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 // 8:30 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Stere Gulea
Cast: Medeea Marinescu, Adela Popescu, Tudor Istodor
Running Time: 90 min Fifteen years ago, Luiza abandoned her daughter to make a fresh start in Spain. Returning to her homeland of Romania, she discovers her daughter is in crisis –a drug addict with a daughter of her own. Can Luiza atone for her mistakes and save her daughter... all in one weekend? |  | | SLOVAKIA | | HALF-LIFE // Polčas rozpadu 2007
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL Director: Vlado Fischer
Cast: Ján Kroner, Tatiana Pauhofová, Klára Trojanová Pollertová
Running Time: 100 min A black comedy set in a modern city, HALF-LIFE examines the insecurities of modern life and the disintegration of relationships. |  | | SLOVENIA | | ROOSTER'S BREAKFAST // Petelinji zajtrk 2007
MONDAY NOVEMBER 30 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Marko Naberšnik
Cast: Primož Bezjak, Vlado Novak, Pia Zemljič, Dario Varga, Janez Škof
Running Time: 125 min
Rooster's Breakfast explores the hidden passions and complex situations in a small town. The arrival of a new couple leads to a dangerous love triangle. Meanwhile, the concert tour of a well-known pop star could be the answer to a lonely man's dreams. |  | | SPAIN | | UNDER THE STARS // Bajo las Estrellas 2007
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Director: Félix Bizcarte
Cast: Alberto San Juan, Emma Suárez, Julián Villagrán, Violeta Rodríguez
Running time: 108 minutes
When Benito Lacunza learns that his brother is planning to marry a woman from Benito's sordid past, he sets out to prevent him from making a fateful mistake. His plans are thwarted by her precocious, rebellious daughter Ainara. Through his friendship with Ainara, Benito finally learns how to take control and help the ones he loves.
Second screening by Toronto French School on Monday November 23 // 7:00 pm
|  | | SWEDEN | | THE KING OF PING PONG // Ping-pongkingen 2008
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL Director: Jens Jonsson
Cast: Jerry Johansson, Hampus Johansson, Ann-Sofie Nurmi, Georgi Staykov, Fredrik Nilsson
Running time: 107 minutes
A warm and humorous drama full of depth and originality set in the far north. Sixteen-year-old Rille is ostracized and bullied; a nobody. Everywhere, that is, except in the ping pong room. There he rules as the King of Ping Pong. |  |
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