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Good Bye Lenin!

German. Germany, 2003 (Comedy, Drama, Romance)

Wolfgang Becker

121 minutes

For the benefit of his fragile mother, recently emerged from a coma and unaware of major historical events, a young man goes to great lengths to maintain the illusion that the fall of the Berlin Wall never happened.

Screening: Sunday, April 7^th, 1–3pm

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El hijo de la novia / Son of the Bride

Spanish. Argentina, 2001 (Comedy, Drama)

Juan José Campanella

123 minutes

A wedding in the family is just one more reason for 42-year-old Rafael to have a mid-life crisis.

Screening: Sunday, March 31^st, 3–5pm

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Kangamba

Spanish, Portuguese, Afrikaans. Cuba, 2008 (War)

Rogelio Paris

96 minutes

In 1983, Cuban troops intervene in the Angolan Civil War.

Screening: Friday, March 29^th, 2–4pm

 

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Sub-Terra

Spanish. Chile, 2003 (Drama, Romance)

Marcelo Ferrari

105 minutes

In 1897, in the midst of strikes over brutal working conditions, a miner rekindles an old romance with the boss’ daughter.

Screening: Saturday, April 13^th, 3–5pm

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Sholay

Hindi. India, 1975 (Action, Adventure)

Ramesh Sippy

188 minutes

Two criminals are hired to hunt down the man who murdered an ex-policeman’s family.

Screening: Saturday, March 30^th, 4–7pm

 

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Confucius

Mandarin. China, 2010 (Drama)

Hu Mei

115 mins

Based on the life of the Chinese philosopher.

Screenings:   Saturday, March 23^rd, 3–5pm

                                                          Friday, April 12^th, 6–8pm

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Viva Cuba

Spanish. Cuba, 2006 (Comedy, Drama)

Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti and Iraida Malberti Cabrera

80 minutes

When one of them learns of her mother’s plans to leave Cuba, two children from very different backgrounds decide to run away from home rather than be separated.

Screening: Thursday, April 11^th, 3–5pm

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Mononoke-hime / Princess Mononoke

Japanese. Japan, 2001 (Animation, Fantasy)

Hayao Miyazaki

134 minutes

A young warrior, afflicted with a terrible curse, sets out on a quest to save his own life.

Screenings: Sunday, March 31^st, 1–3pm

                                                        Saturday, April 13^th, 5–7pm

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Terug naar de kust / The Dark House

Dutch. Netherlands, 2009 (Thriller)

Will Koopman

110 mins

A woman takes her children to a lonely beach house to elude the person who is sending her mysterious death threats.

Screening: Friday, March 29^th, 6–8pm

 

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Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus / Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

German, Portuguese. Brazil, 2005 (Drama)

Marcelo Gomes

99 minutes

In 1942, Johann, a German aspirin salesman, and his assistant, Ranulpho, venture into rural Brazil in search of different kinds of freedom.

Screenings:  Thursday, March 14th^t, 3–5pm

                                                                      Friday, April 5^th, 6–8pm

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Eva Perón

Spanish. Argentina, 1996 (Drama, History)

Juan Carlos Desanzo

120 minutes

Based on the life of the beloved, if controversial, Argentine first lady.

Screening: Thursday, March 14^th, 1–3pm

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Hwang Jin Yi

Korean. South Korea, 2007 (Biography, Drama, History)

Youn-hyun Chang

141 minutes

Based on the life of the famous 16th -century Gisaeng, or traditional Korean female entertainer.

Screening: Sunday, March 17^th, 5–7pm

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Das Lied in mir / The Day I Was Not Born

German, Spanish. Germany, 2010 (Drama)

Florian Micoud Cossen

95 minutes

After a German woman’s father is forced to confess that she was adopted from Chile as a young child, they set out together to find her biological parents.

Screenings: Saturday, March 16^th, 5–7pm

                                                                    Friday, March 29^th, 4–6pm

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La Nana / The Maid

Spanish. Chile, 2009 (Comedy, Drama)

Sebastián Silva

95 minutes

After 23 years as the Valdes’ maid, the ailing Raquel hatches desperate schemes to keep from being replaced.

Screening: Thursday, March 28^th, 1–3pm

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Não por Acaso  / Not by Chance

Portuguese. Brazil, 2007 (Drama)

Philippe Barcinski

100 minutes

In São Paulo, tragedy changes the course of two men’s lives.

Screenings: Saturday, March 23^rd, 5–7pm

                                                                     Thursday, April 11^th, 1–3pm

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Om Shanti Om

Hindi, Urdu. India, 2007 (Musical, Comedy, Drama)

Farah Khan

162 minutes

A man reincarnated from the 70s must solve his own murder while searching for the woman he loves.

Screening:  Saturday, March 16^th, 2–5pm

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La guerre est déclarée / Declaration of war

French. France, 2011 (Drama)

Valérie Donzelli

100 minutes

A couple fight to save their young son when he is diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Screenings:  Thursday, March 21^st, 1–3pm

                                                                     Saturday, April 6^th, 1–3pm

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Mimi wo sumaseba / Whisper of the Heart

Japanese. Japan, 1995 (Animation)

Yoshifumi Kondô

111 minutes

A literary-minded schoolgirl discovers that all the books she borrows from the library have already been checked out by the same boy.

Screenings: Saturday, March 23^rd, 1–3pm

                                                                     Sunday, March 31^st, 5–7pm

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Capsulas/ Capsules

Spanish. Guatemala, 2011 (Drama)

Verónica Riedel

103 minutes

The home life of an apparently privileged boy grows ever more unbearable.

Screening: Saturday, March 30^th, 1–3pm

           

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Sound and Fury

American Sign Language, English. USA, 2000 (Documentary)

Josh Aronson

80 minutes

Parents must decide whether their deaf daughter should have a cochlear implant.

Screenings:  Monday, April 1^st, 4–6pm

                                                         Thursday, April 4^th, 1–3pm

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Cenizas eternas / Eternal Ashes

Spanish. Venezuela, 2011 (Drama)

Margarita Cadenas

100 minutes

A Yanomami girl goes in search of her mother, believed dead after an accident in the Orinoco River.

Screening:  Thursday, March 28^th, 3–5pm

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Reverón

Spanish. Venezuela, 2011 (Biography, Drama, History)

Diego Rísquez

110 minutes

Based on the life of the Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón.

Screening: Sunday, April 7^th, 5–7pm

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The Hammer

American Sign Language, English. USA, 2010 (Drama)

Oren Kaplan

108 mins

The true story of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Championship.

Screenings: Sunday, March 17^th, 3–5pm

                                                                    Monday, April 1^st, 2–4pm

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Rue cases nègres / Sugar Cane Alley

French, French Creole. Martinique/France, 1983 (Drama)

Euzhan Palcy

103 minutes

A boy grows up in 1930s Martinique.

Screenings:  Thursday, April 4^th, 3–5pm

                                                                   Sunday, April 14^th, 3–5pm

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Du Lala sheng zhi ji / Go, Lala, go!

Mandarin. China, 2010 (Comedy)

Jinglei Xu

110 mins

A woman learns to balance her personal life with her professional one.

Screenings:  Sunday, March 17^th, 1–3pm

                                                                   Saturday, April 6^th, 3–5pm

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La Manzana Azul / The Blue Apple

Spanish. El Salvador, 2006 (Documentary)

Tomás Guevara

44 minutes

Documentary about the life of the artist Salvador Salazar Arrue.

Screening: Saturday, March 16^th, 1 pm –2 pm 

 

 

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Espiral / Spiral

Spanish. Mexico, 2008 (Drama)

Jorge Pérez Solano

99 minutes

As two Mexican men in the United States chase better lives for their familes, those they’ve left behind struggle to stay afloat.

Screening:  Sunday, April 14^th, 1 pm – 3 pm

 

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El estudiante / The Student

Spanish. Mexico, 2011 (Drama)

Santiago Mitre

110 minutes

A retiree who has always dreamed of studying literature enrols at a university, where he comes to discover not only Don Quixote but a whole new generation.

Screening: Friday, March 22^nd, 6 pm – 8pm

 

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De hel van '63 / The Hell of '63

Dutch. Netherlands, 2009 (Drama)

Steven de Jong

108 mins

The true story of a brutal ice-skating race.

Screenings: Sunday, March 24^th, 3–5pm

                                                        Sunday, April 14^th, 5–7pm

 

 

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El método / The Method

Spanish. Spain, 2005 (Thriller)

Marcelo Piñeyro

115 minutes

Seven competitors for a cushy executive job submit themselves to gruelling psychological tests while trying to identify the mole among them.

Screening: Saturday, April 6^th, 5–7pm

 

 

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Los santos inocentes / The Holy Innocents

Spanish. Spain, 1984 (Drama)

Mario Camus

107 minutes

An impoverished farming family work the estate of a callous aristocrat in Francoist Spain.

Screening: Sunday, March 24^th, 1–3pm

 

 

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Ever Amado

Spanish. El Salvador, 2007 (Short)

Victor Ruano

44 minutes

A man who left El Salvador illegally in hopes of a better life finds himself in a miserable situation.

Screening:  Saturday, March 30^th, 3–4pm

 

 

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Biguine

French, French Creole. France, 2004 (Musical, Documentary)

Guy Deslauriers

90 minutes

At the close of the 19th century, two Martiniqueans leave a plantation to pursue a life of music.

Screenings:  Thursday, March 21^st, 3–5pm

                                                                      Sunday, April 7^th, 3–5pm

 

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Kingkongeul deulda / Bronze Medalist

Korean. South Korea, 2009 (Comedy, Drama)

Geon-yong Park

120 minutes

An over-the-hill former Olympian weight-lifter begins a new life as a high school coach.

Screenings: Sunday, March 24^th, 5–7pm

                                                         Saturday, April 13^th, 1–3pm

                                                         

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Intouchables / The Intouchables

French. France, 2011 (Comedy, Drama)

Oliver Nakache, Eric Toledano

112 minutes

Driss, who comes from the rough suburbs of Paris, is hired as the caretaker of a wealthy and sophisticated quadriplegic man.

Screenings: Friday, March 15^th, 6–8pm

                                                                     Monday, April 1^st, 6–8pm