THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
8PM
OPENING NIGHT GALA
The Riveters, directed by Kate Felix. Fed up with her “lame duck” status, The Upstart decides to face The Patriarch in a 1940s feminist throw-down. (WP, Comedy, 2018, 2:40, Toronto)
FEATURE PRESENTATION
Murmur, written and directed by Heather Young. In this bold debut feature, an aging, isolated woman ordered to perform community service after a DUI charge discovers that adopting ailing pets to fill the void in her life can be its own obsession. (Docufiction, 2019, 84:00, Dartmouth) Winner of the 2019 FIPRESCI Discovery Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Total running time: 87 minutes. Audience Q & A with filmmakers.
DAY TWO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
10AM NORTH AMERICAN DOCUMENTARIES
Going to Beyond, directed by Kalli Paakspuu (5:00)
Great! Lakes, directed by Tess Wagman (18:00)
El Toro, directed by Danielle Sturk (44:00)
Total run time: 67 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
12PM FOREIGN SHORT AND CANADIAN FEATURE
Deep Storage, directed by Susan Earl (14:23)
FEATURE PRESENTATION
Hopeless Romantic, directed by Latonia Hartery, Martine Blue, Deanne Foley, Megan Wennberg, Ruth Lawrence and Stephanie Clattenburg (85:00)
Total run time: 99 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
2:45PM FOREIGN SHORT AND AMERICAN FEATURE
Pack It Up, directed by Kitjan Lau (4:05)
Lilac Ocean Pumpkin Pine, directed by Sarah Phillips (13:40)
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
The In-Between, directed by Mindy Bledsoe (77:26)
Total run time: 95 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
5:15PM INTERNATIONAL SEXY SHORTS
The Vanishing Princess, directed by Makenzie Leigh (14:57)
Body Untitled, directed by Luciana Baseggio (9:18)
Coco Dreams of Blue, directed by Caoimhe Clancy (16:04)
The Love Letter, directed by Atara Frish (19:35)
Skip Girl, directed by Annabel Vine (17:48)
G[r]o[w]ing Up, directed by Annabelle K. Frost (9:55)
Micro Love, directed by Annaliese Eisenstadt (18:59)
Sexo y Tortillas, directed by Priscilla Alvarez (11:57)
Total run time: 119 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
8PM FOREIGN SHORT AND FEATURE
Paparazza, directed by Aurora Fearnley (17:52)
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Julia Blue, directed by Roxy Toporowych (89:00)
Total run time: 107 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
11PM INTERNATIONAL LATE-NIGHT THRILLS & CHILLS
Jack The Ripper: Then and Now, directed by Haemin Ko (2:23)
The Devil’s Touch, directed by Tirath Kaur Sandhu (3:49)
Flicker, directed by Julia Barnett (6:02)
The Hoaxing, directed by Bevin McNamara (25:00)
Maggie May, directed by Mia Kate Russell (14:00)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, directed by Lyn Chick (7.11)
You’ll Only Have Each Other, directed by Alison-Eve Hammersley (17:10)
Nine Letters, directed by Linda Kash (12:00)
La Ciega, directed by Susannah Greenblatt and Raphael Linden (15:19)
The Whistler, directed by Jennifer Nicole Stang (11:11)
Woman in Stall, directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli (10:00)
Total run time: 117 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
DAY THREE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
9AM FOREIGN SHORT AND FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
El Río de los Kukamas (The River of the Kukamas), directed by Nika Belianina (7:15)
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Sea Change, directed by Dana Schwartz (75:00)
Total run time: 82 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
11:15AM INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARIES
Svet, directed by Kartika Pratiwi (9:00)
Exile and Belonging: Stories of Migrants from Around the World, directed by Christina MacGillivray (15:07)
Uncanny: The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo, directed by Elaine Minionis (28:32)
Gloria’s Call, directed by Cheri Gaulke (16:47)
Total run time: 69 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
1PM CANADIAN SHORT AND FEATURE
You, Me & Gasoline, directed by Jenna Rice (18:54)
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Catch and Release, directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert (80:00)
Total run time: 99 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers and talent.
3:30PM INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Advent Calendar, directed by Taylor Bakken (4:24)
Romeo and Juliette16, directed by Eva Ziemsen (17:39)
Happy People Anonymous, directed by Gabrielle Adkins (4:21)
Space Flower, directed by Pam Covington (12:51)
Everything’s Great!, directed by Linnea Ritland (14:44)
The Intern, directed by Precious Chong (10:00)
Friendly Neighborhood Coven, directed by Michelle Bossy (12:55)
Lost Cat, directed by Laura Bergeron (15:00)
Total run time: 92 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
6PM FOREIGN FEATURE
All I Never Wanted, directed by Annika Blendl (85:00)
8PM INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Double, directed by Ronak Jafari (26:18)
The Visit, directed by Roxy Shih (15:00)
Skin, directed by Inaam Attar (16:51)
St. Bernie, directed by Elise Tyson (14:30)
Strangers’ Reunion, directed by Liz Sargent (13:49)
The Winds, directed by Rae Farrer (9:50)
Turning Ten, directed by Jaylan Auf (12:38)
Total run time: 109 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
10:45PM LATE-NIGHT THRILLS & CHILLS
Kalopsia, directed by Sierra Parr (10:48)
I Killed Alex, directed by Galiya Fatkhutdinova (19:29)
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Frances, directed by Nida Vohra (61:00)
Total run time: 90 minutes. Q & A with directors.
DAY FOUR, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10
11AM–12:30PM FOREIGN SHORT DOCUMENTARIES
I’m Victor, directed by Inna Tsgoeva (10:53)
Woman of Steppe, directed by Zhannet Abish (13:55)
Motherland, directed by Emily Mkrtichian and Jesse Soursourian (19:00)
Maxima: This Land of Mine, directed by Mariel Sosa (15:50)
a land shaped by women, directed by Anne-Flore Marxer (25:00)
Total run time: 84 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
1PM FOREIGN FEATURE
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Cadavre Exquis – Fly in Fly out, directed by Viola von Scarpatetti (65:00)
3:15PM CANADIAN SHORT AND FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
Decay Nation, Part 1, directed by Vanessa Shah (12:03)
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
selfless, directed by Kim Laureen (90:54)
Total run time: 102 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
5:15PM INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
What Do You Know About the Water and the Moon, directed by Layla Jian Luo (16:20)
Aji, directed by Anastasia Berezovsky (10:00)
Angel & Alien (Ange & Ovni), directed by Sandrine Béchade (19:45)
Her No. 2: Hush Little Baby, directed by Camille Hollett-French (14:47)
Lifelines, directed by Catharine Parke (8:30)
Lily ’N’ Rose, directed by Sheryl Glubok (12:30)
Total run time: 82 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
8PM CLOSING GALA
Wunderkammer, directed by Jennifer Linton (5:36)
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Mad?, directed by Saskia Rifkin (74:00)
Total run time: 80 minutes. Q & A with filmmakers.
CLOSING AWARDS CEREMONY in the LOUNGE at SCOTIABANK THEATRE.
