September 14-16
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES/EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS*. Argentina, 2009 (127 min.) Dir: Juan José Campanella. With: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago. Psychological thriller revolving around one man's search to solve a twenty-five year-old murder mystery which leads to a judicial nightmare. Best Foreign Film Oscar 2010.
EMPTIES/VRATNÉ LAHVE*.Czech Repbulic, 2007 (100 min.) Dir: Jan Sverák. With: Zdenek Sverák, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Daniela Kolárová. A comic love story about a man who refuses to accept that old age is empty of love, meaning and value to society.

October 19-21
FARMER'S REQUIEM. Canada, 2007 (9 min.) Dir: Ramses Madina. Haunting documentary on the decay of the small farm as seen in the disappearance of a symbolic structure of farming—the barn— and in the reflections on farm life by an 87-year old farmer shortly before his death. TIFF’s 2007 Canada’s Top 10 Shorts
THE WHITE RIBBON/DAS WEISSE BAND—EIN DEUTSCHE KINDERGESCHICHTE*. Austria/Germany, 2009 (144 min.) Dir: Michael Haneke. With: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch. Mystery surrounding strange events happening in a small village in the north of Germany 15 months before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Golden Palm & Fipresci Prize, Cannes 2009; Oscar 2010 nominee.

November 16-18
THE TROTSKY. Canada, 2009 (120 min.) Dir: Jacob Tierney. With: Jay Baruchel, Colm Feore, Geneviève Bujold. Revolutionary comedy centred around high school student Leon Bronstein who believes that he is the reincarnation of Soviet thinker Leon Trotsky.
THE LEGACY/LA DONATION*. Canada, 2009 (96 min.) Dir: Bernard Émond. With: Élise Guilbault, Jacques Godin, Erik Hoziel. Social drama dealing with a temporary country doctor who must unexpectedly decide if she will remain permanently in the small town due to the sudden death of the aging country doctor she was replacing.

December 14-16
THE MAID/LA NANA*. Chile, 2009 (95 min.) Dir: Sebastián Silva. With: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic. A comedic drama about family, class and self-discovery as a maid tries to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years. Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema - Dramatic 2009.
MOTHER/MADEO*. South Korea, 2009 (128 min.) Dir: Joon-ho Bong. With: Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Ku Jin. Unique and insightful murder mystery as a mother desperately searches for a killer that framed her son for a horrific murder

January 18-20
THE LAST STATION. Germany/Russia, 2009 (112 min.) Dir: Michael Hoffman. With: Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy. A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
MICMACS/MICMACS À TIRE-LARIGOTS*. France, 2009 (105 min.) Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié. Comedy about a man and his friends who come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.

February 15-17
AN EDUCATION. UK, 2000 (100 min.) Dir: Lone Scherfig. With: Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina. A coming-ofage romantic drama dealing with a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. Audience Award, Sundance IFF 2009.
CAPTAIN ABU RAED/SUKKAR BANA*. Jordan, 2008 (102 min.) Dir: Amin Matalqa. With: Nadim Sawalha, Rana Sultan, Hussein Al-Sous. Social drama centering on an aging airport janitor who is mistaken for an airline pilot by a group of poor neighborhood children and weaves fantastical stories to offer hope for a sad, and sometimes unchangeable, reality. Audience Award, Sundance IFF 2008.

March 15-17
AJAMI*. Israel, 2009 (120 min.) Dir: Scandar Copti and Taron Shani. With: Fouad Habash, Nisrine Rihan, Elias Saba. A powerful crime drama set on the streets of Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood—a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians—and told through the eyes of a cross-section of the city's inhabitants. Nominee Best Foreign Film Oscar 2010.
THE COVE*. USA, 2009 (92 min.) Dir: Louie Psihoyos. With: Richard O'Barry. Joe Chisholm, Hayden Panettiere. Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. Best Documentary Film Oscar 2010.

April 12-14
MAO’S LAST DANCER*. Australia, 2009 (117 min.) Dir: Bruce Beresford. With: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen. Autobiographical drama of Li Cunxin who rose from a life of poverty to become a world-class ballet dancer, then defecting from China during the era of Mao Zedong, and landing—with graceful ease—at the Houston Ballet.
THE GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD. Canada, 2009 (109 min.) Dir: Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont. Fascinating documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist including his long-running affair with painter Cornelia Foss, his drug intake and how his public facade began to take over his existence.

May 10-12
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO/MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR*. Denmark/Sweden/Norway/Germany, 2009 (152 min.) Dir: Niels Arden Oplev. With: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre. Thriller about a journalist aided by his young female hacker in search of a woman who has been missing—or dead—for forty years. WARNING: Some violent scenes

* English subtitles / Sous-titres anglais

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