Toronto International Film Festival Line-up

Toronto International Film Festival Line-up
7.09-16.09 2006

This year marks the 31st anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival.
352 Films From 61 Countries.
A few Asian films already scheduled in Venice.
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CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Rain Dogs (Taiyang Yu) by Ho Yuhang (Malaysia, Hong Kong) see site
Summer Palace by Lou Ye (China) see site (fr)
The Bet Collector (Kubrador) by Jeffrey Jeturian (Philippines) imdb link
A Few Days Later... by Niki Karimi (Iran) link
Hula Girls by Lee Sang-il (Japan) link
Mainline by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab (Iran)
Offside by Jafar Panahi (Iran) imdb link
Times and Winds by Reha Erdem (Turkey)
To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die by Djamshed Usmonov imdb link (Tajikistan/Russia/France/Germany/Switzerland)
Twilight Dancers by Mel Chionglo (Philippines)

DISCOVERY
Bliss (Fu Sheng) by Sheng Zhimin (China) imdb link
Family Ties by Kim Tae-Yong (South Korea) imdb link
King and the Clown by Lee Jun-ik (South Korea) imdb link

GALA PRESENTATIONS
The Banquet (Ye yan) by Feng Xiaogang (China/HK) imdb link
Never Say Goodbye (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna) by Karan Johar (India) imdb link

MIDNIGHT MADNESS
The Host (Gwoemul) by Bong Joon-ho (South Korea) imdb link

MOZART'S VISIONARY CINEMA: NEW CROWNED HOPE
Half Moon by Bahman Ghobadi (Iran) official website
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Hei yanquan) by Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan, France, Austria - 115’) link
Opera Jawa (Opera Jawa) by Garin Nugroho (Indonesia/Austria ) link
Syndromes and a Century (Sang sattawat) by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, France) link

REAL TO REEL
A Cry in the Dark (AFSPA, 1958) by Haobam Paban Kumar (India) imdb link
Dong by Jia Zhangke (China)
Iran: Une Révolution cinématographique by Nader Takmil Homayoun (France/Iran)
Yokohama Mary by Takayuki Nakamura (Japan) imdb link

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Exiled (Fong juk) by Johnnie To (HK)
HANA (Hana yori mo naho ) by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)
The Namesake by Mira Nair (India/USA)
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo) by Ann Hui (HK)
Woman on the Beach (Haebyonui yoin) by Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)

VANGUARD
Election by Johnnie To (HK) imdb link
Election 2 by Johnnie To (HK) imdb link

VISIONS
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (46-okunen no koi) by Takashi Miike (Japan) imdb link
The Bugmaster by Katsuhiro Otomo (Japan)
Climates (Iklimler) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey / France )
In Between Days by Kim So Yong (USA) imdb link
Invisible Waves by Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand/Netherlands/Hong Kong/Korea) link
Time by Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)

WAVELENGTHS
Ema · Emaki II by Takashi Ishida (Canada/Japan)
Tsuioku by Yuiko Matsuyama (Japan)