TIFF18 / TIFFR

Saturday, September 08

7:45 PM — 8:59 PM

Wavelengths 2: Another Brick In The Wall

Two architecturally minded miniatures by Philipp Fleischmann punctuate this programme of works that offer diverse reflections on the ways the world is seen, heard, and felt. Also featuring films by Helena Wittmann, Mary Helena Clark, Ben Rivers, Toshio Matsumoto, Laida Lexturndi, and Lawrence Abu Hamdan.

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Sunday, September 09

7:45 PM — 9:00 PM

Wavelengths 3: Centerfold

Two recent restorations depicting women in the big city ground this programme of films that engage with (auto-)biography, technology, and notions of home. With films by Lisa Baumgardner, Karissa Hahn, Ross Meckfessel, Rolla Tahir, Celia Perrin Sidarous, Maria Lassnig, Simon Liu, and Beatrice Gibson.

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Monday, September 10

10:30 PM — 12:24 AM

El Angel

Loosely based on the infamous Argentinian serial killer dubbed "Death Angel," this cautionary drama follows an innocuous-looking but deeply sinister thief whose lawlessness escalates exponentially when he takes up with a career criminal.

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Tuesday, September 11

9:45 PM — 11:30 PM

Angel

A fateful encounter between a Senegalese sex worker and a world-famous Belgian racing cyclist turns tragic, in director Koen Mortier’s (Ex Drummer) atmospheric and ephemeral film about finite bodies and infinite loves.

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Wednesday, September 12

9:30 PM — 11:11 PM

Transit

Adapted from Anna Seghers’ Second World War refugee novel, German auteur Christian Petzold weaves a haunting tale of identity, exile, and emigration in this thrilling love story, set during an unspecified time that bears an eerie resemblance to the present day.

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Thursday, September 13

5:30 PM — 7:51 PM

Ash Is Purest White

A gangster’s ex-girlfriend struggles to adapt to life and find her way in the new "capitalist" China after five years in prison, in the latest from Festival favourite Jia Zhang-ke.

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Saturday, September 15

11:45 AM — 1:43 PM

In Fabric

This haunting phantasmagoria from Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy) follows the surge of misfortunes afflicting customers who come into contact with a bewitched dress at an eerie department store.

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Sunday, September 16

6:00 PM — 7:37 PM

Diamantino

When the world’s leading soccer star loses his touch and ends his career in disgrace, he goes on a delirious journey where he confronts neo-fascism, the refugee crisis, and genetic modification, in this bonkers first feature from avant-garde iconoclasts Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt.