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1/2 the Rent (2003)
[Feature] - Cinema of Our Time
(Germany, 2002, 92 min)
Directed By: Marc Ottiker
Fugitive computer hacker Peter surreptitiously begins to inhabit the lives--and apartments--of the people he encounters in Marc Ottiker's unique and utterly charming first feature. As Peter starts to feel a bond with his unknowing "victims," the film evolves into a smart humanist comedy with a slightly menacing undertone. More»
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10 + 4 (2007)
[Feature] - Cinema of Our Time
(Iran, 2007, 77 min)
Directed By: Mania Akbari
Director Mania Akbari's sequel (of sorts) to Abbas Kiarostami's Ten, walks the delicate line between art and life. Mania is suffering from cancer and as her disease progresses, it ultimately dictates the nature of her journey. Moments of emotion are met and matched by hope in this remarkable film. More»
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10 Nights' Dreams (2004)
[Short] - Dragons and Tigers
(Japan, 2004, 7 min)
Directed By: Tana-Ami Keiichi, Aihara Nobuhiro
This Film Plays In:
Imagination Practice
and Imagine Nation
Latest in the series of "overlay" collaborations between the two artists. Ten tiny chapters, each representing a dream. More»
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10 on Ten (2004)
[Feature] - Nonfiction Features
(Iran, 2004, 83 min)
Directed By: Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami adds to 2002's Ten, about a woman who drives around talking with various passengers, with a digital documentary not only on the making of that masterpiece but on the digital revolution itself. In ten compelling lessons, Kiarostami outlines his anti-Hollywood methodology--no actors, no music, no crew--while navigating the outskirts of Tehran. More»
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100% Woman (2004)
[Mid-Length] - Canadian Images
(Canada, 2004, 59 min)
Directed By: Karen Duthie
This Film Plays In:
The Unsexing of Emma Edmonds
Michelle Dumaresq is one of B.C.'s top competitive downhill mountain bike racers. So why is there an effort afoot to oust her from the competition? Because Michelle used to be Michael and several of her competitors think that gives her an unfair advantage. 100% Woman follows Michelle from the 2002 B.C. Cup, her first pro race, to the World Championships in Austria. Reactions range from racing superstar Missy Giove's words of support to talk of a boycott from some of the other racers. Michelle's grace, humour and passion for racing hold steadfast in the face of lost friendships and an outspoken opposition to her presence in the competition. A thought-provoking film about what it means to be a "real" woman in the world of competitive sports. More»
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The 10th District Court--Moments of Trial (2004)
[Feature] - Spotlight on France
(France, 2004, 105 min)
Directed By: Raymond Depardon
Ten years after Caught in the Act, Raymond Depardon returns with another masterpiece about the French justice system. In his latest chronicle of the comedie humaine, Depardon puts his tripod right in the Parisian courtroom, capturing defendants and their lawyers as they amusingly attempt to weasel their way out of petty crimes and misdemeanours. Unmissable. More»
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12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
[Feature] - Cinema of Our Time
(Romania, 2006, 89 min)
Directed By: Corneliu Porumboiu
The winner of the Camera d'Or for best first feature at Cannes, Corneliu Porumboiu's hilarious movie wrings more mileage out of one joke than any other film of recent memory. A television newscaster in a small Romanian town has convened a panel to discuss their town's role in the overthrow of Ceausescu, but recollections of the revolution seem to differ... More»
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13 and a Half (2006)
[Mid-Length] - Canadian Images
(Canada, Iran, 2005, 60 min)
Directed By: Abbas Ahmadi, Nader Davoodi
Unprecedented, daring and set in Tehran, co-directors Abbas Ahmadi and Nader Davoodi's film shines a hopeful light on Iranian women and the conflict between traditionalism and modernism heightened by the Islamic Revolution. They document the all-female stage play 13--a hyperbolic enactment of a King’s harem--alongside breathtakingly honest interviews with the cast and director Banafsheh Tavanaee. More»
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13 Lakes (2005)
[Feature] - Vancouver Int'l Film Centre
(USA, 2004, 133 min)
Directed By: James Benning
A film of astonishing beauty, one-man filmmaker James Benning's
structural masterpiece is both a meditation on nature, and a radical
political statement. Thirteen lakes across the United States, each one
shot with one ten-minute take. But it's much, much more... More»
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15 (2003)
[Feature] - Dragons and Tigers
(Singapore, 2003, 94 min)
Directed By: Royston Tan
Dragons &Tigers Award Nominee.
Forget Larry Clark's cute Californians, the "problem" boys in Royston Tan's movie are the real deal: the pierced, tattooed products of broken homes, involved with rap, dope and prostitution, cavalier about suicide but determined to leave conformist Singapore with a bloody nose. More»
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16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
[Feature] - Cinema of Our Time
(Great Britain, Scotland, 2003, 102 min)
Directed By: Richard Jobson
Told largely in flashback, seminal Scottish punk Richard Jobson's semi-autobiographical saga of thwarted ambitions and misdirected lives is tinged with regret for wasted youth and the ravages of drink. Packed with ravishing visual images and haunted by its melancholy narration, it's like a three-day bender jammed into one woozily ambitious debut. More»
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18 Pictures from the Life of a Conserve Factory Girl (2004)
[Short] - Cinema of Our Time
(Hungary, 2004, 22 min)
Directed By: Ágnes Kocsis
This Film Plays In:
Missed Connections...
A 27-year-old female factory worker longs for new life in Ágnes Kocsis' expresssionistic short. More»
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18 Years Later (2003)
[Feature] - Spotlight on France
(France, 2003, 89 min)
Directed By: Coline Serreau
Coline Serreau's sequel to her 1985 monster hit, Three Men and a Cradle, is not just a funny and lilting multi-generational comedy about the transformative power of love. It's also a charmingly barbed critique of American-style competitiveness versus French-style savoir-vivre. More»
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1st Bite (2006)
[Feature] - Canadian Images
(Canada, 2006, 117 min)
Directed By: Hunt Hoe
This Film Plays In:
First Love
and The First Saturday in May
A journey to Thailand to learn the Zen of cooking propels a Montreal chef (David LaHaye) into a world containing a mermaid, a guru and a woman made of stone. Hunt Hoe’s (Seducing Maarya, VIFF 99) latest is an intriguing and enigmatic culinary drama. More»
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20 Fingers (2004)
[Feature] - Cinema of Our Time
(Iran, 2004, 72 min)
Directed By: Mania Akbari
Actress and filmmaker Mania Akbari's important and powerful look at gender relations in Islamic Iran is structured as a set of seven conversations--all save one conducted in a moving vehicle--between a progressive woman (Akbari herself) and a traditional man (Bijan Daneshmand). Fluid and fluent, very smart, and beautifully filmed. More»
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24 City (2008)
[Feature] - Dragons and Tigers
(China, 2008, 107 min)
Jia Zhangke's most daring combination of documentary and fiction yet. The old socialist Factory 420 in Chengdu, Sichuan, is being replaced by ultra-capitalist luxury residences. Interviews with former workers recreate an entire lost world; appearances by famous actors (including Joan Chen) lace realism with poetry. More»
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3 Days to Forever (2007)
[Feature] - Dragons and Tigers
(Indonesia, 2006, 104 min)
Directed By: Riri Riza
This Film Plays In:
Three
and Three Times
A one-day drive to Yogjakarta turns into a three-day plunge into hedonism when nice, middle-class boy Suf (Nicholas Saputra) is joined by his liberated cousin Ambar. Riri Riza breaks every taboo in the Indonesian book as he argues for tolerance and a pluralist Islamic society. More»
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3 Needles (2005)
[Feature] - Canadian Images
(Canada, 2005, 124 min)
Directed By: Thom Fitzgerald
Thom Fitzgerald's visually stunning and emotionally powerful look at the global reach of the AIDS pandemic features a star-studded ensemble cast including Chloë Sevigny, Lucy Liu and Stockard Channing. Unfolding across three continents, this is the unforgettable experience of three women thrust into crisis. More»
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Les 3 P'tits Cochons (2007)
[Feature] - Canadian Images
(Canada, 2007, 124 min)
Directed By: Patrick Huard
In his feature directorial debut, actor Patrick Huard (Bon Cop, Bad Cop) shows remarkable assurance in this very funny story about three brothers, their dying mother, and their look at the merits of fidelity and the joys of infidelity. More»
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3 Women (2008)
[Feature] - Cinema of Our Time
(Iran, 2008, 94 min)
Three generations of Iranian women--a recalcitrant daughter chafing at the boundaries of contemporary middle-class society, her mother who came of age during the Islamic revolution, and her grandmother, steeped in traditional ways--serve as the focus of Manijeh Hekmat's powerful realist drama. A compelling sociological portrait.--Variety More»
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