Showtime: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:00am
Director: Chris Trebilcock Country: Canada
Adam is one 10 year old boy with a super-active imagination. He lives in a comic book universe where he is ‘Adam Avenger’; he sees the flashlights taped to his wrists as laser weapons and his yellow cape flows behind him as his outstretched arms allow him to fly. Lately, Adam has immersed himself even deeper into his super-hero world in order to...
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Showtime: Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:00pm
Director(s): This Lüscher Country: Switzerland
On a Swiss alp a man watches the finals of the european football-championship 2008 with Switzerland playing. Just before the game ends, there is a heavy bang and the TV turns black. The man discovers that the ball from the game is stuck in his satellite dish. Suddenly HE is in control of the outcome of the game.
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Showtime: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 7:00pm
Director(s): Cecilia Actis, Mia Hulterstam, and Carin Bräck Original Title: Fast vid dig Country: Sweden
A clay animation about the bond between a mother and child. We follow the relationship of a boy and his mother through life, starting at the point of conception and ending when the boy himself becomes a father.
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Showtime: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 3:00pm
Director(s): Jordan Feldman Country: France
Françoise provokes a chain reaction amongst people as she appears in a Chinese restaurant during lunchtime...
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Showtime: Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:00am
Director(s): Annie Bradley Country: Canada
When Violet, a 12-year-old chubby black girl moves into foster care in Regent Park, she has to start all over; new school, new rules, and a new roommate too. The kids at school hassle her about her ratty coat and Violet’s fists fly, landing her in trouble. She vows to get a new one in time for her birthday and so she ventures to a wealthy neighbourhood in...
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Showtime: Monday, January 18, 2010, 2:00pm
Director(s): Emmanuel Shirinian Country: Canada
Rabbi Yosef Slomon’s life has become very ordinary. His grooming rituals are indistinguishable from his prayers at the synagogue. The once vibrant Rabbi has become ineffectual until a catchy, ubiquitous pop tune invades his sould and threatens to send him scrambling to the dance floor or back to the Torah.
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Showtime: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 2:00pm
Director(s): Michaël Barocas Original Title: Le Lit près de la fenêtre Country: France
In a hospital room, where three old persons live together their last moments, one of them has a privileged place: the bed near the window, the source of all desires.
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Showtime: Friday, January 15, 2010, 7:30pm
Director: Jean-François Lévesque Original Title: La noeud cravete Country: Canada
The Necktie is the story of Valentin and his compelling quest for the meaning of life. The film skilfully outlines the way this model employee's personality is effaced by futile work in a dead-end job that makes him forget his youthful pastimes. As his birthdays go by, boredom replaces hope...
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Showtime: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 7:00pm
Director(s): Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel, Heidi Wittlinger Original Title: Das Rad Country: Germany
The stone-people Hew and Kew have seen a lot in their everlasting lives on top of their mountain. Therefore they're only mildly amazed by the ongoings in the valley below, they've got their own little problems to deal with - But all of a sudden, Mankind is discovering and...
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Showtime: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 1:00pm
Director(s): Jörg Edelmann, Jörn Großhans, Jochen Hausecker, Marc Schleiss Country: Germany
Rolf is very happy about his brand-new "Video3000" VCR. But while starting up he recognizes that the remote control is not working properly: Instead of controlling the VCR, the remote control affects the real world. While playing with the available buttons "Play" "Pause" "FastForward" "FastRewind",...
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