TIFF 2015 POTENTIAL & CANNES 2015
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1.
Standing Tall
(2015)
The story centers on a young delinquent as he comes of age. (120 mins.)
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot
2.
Dheepan
(2015)
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris. (109 mins.)
Director: Jacques Audiard
3.
The Measure of a Man
(2015)
An unemployed factory worker is trying to make ends in working-class France. (93 mins.)
Director: Stéphane Brizé
4.
Marguerite & Julien
(2015)
An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality. (105 mins.)
Director: Valérie Donzelli
5.
Tale of Tales
(2015)
The film serves as Garrone's English-language debut and will interweave three separate story strands... (125 mins.)
Director: Matteo Garrone
6.
Carol
(2015)
Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman. (118 mins.)
Director: Todd Haynes
7.
The Assassin
(2015)
The film is set during the mighty Tang Dynasty-period in Chinese history. Nie Yinniang returns to family after several years in exile... (107 mins.)
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
8.
The Lobster
(2015)
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods. (118 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
9.
Our Little Sister
(2015)
A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their 13-year-old half sister. (128 mins.)
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
10.
Mountains May Depart
(2015)
China, 1999. Childhood friends Liangzi and Zhang are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually decides to marry the wealthier Zhang... (131 mins.)
Director: Zhangke Jia
11.
The Sea of Trees
(2015)
A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out. (110 mins.)
Director: Gus Van Sant
12.
Mia Madre
(2015)
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother. (106 mins.)
Director: Nanni Moretti
13.
Youth
(2015)
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor... (118 mins.)
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
14.
Sicario
(2015)
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. (121 mins.)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
15.
Macbeth
(2015)
Macbeth, a duke of Scotland, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. (113 mins.)
Director: Justin Kurzel
16.
Louder Than Bombs
(2015)
The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer. (109 mins.)
Director: Joachim Trier
17.
Mon roi
(2015)
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio. (130 mins.)
Director: Maïwenn
18.
Son of Saul
(2015)
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son. (107 mins.)
Director: László Nemes
19.
Inside Out
(2015)
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. (94 mins.)
Director: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen
20.
The High Sun
(2015)
Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers - and the enduring strength - of forbidden love. (123 mins.)
Director: Dalibor Matanic
22.
Journey to the Shore
(2015)
Mizuki's husband (Yusuke) drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey. (127 mins.)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
23.
Disorder
(2015)
Vincent is an ex-soldier with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town. Despite the apparent tranquility on Maryland, Vincent perceives an external threat. (101 mins.)
Director: Alice Winocour
24.
One Floor Below
(2015)
After being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience. (93 mins.)
Director: Radu Muntean
26.
Rams
(2015)
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep. (93 mins.)
Director: Grímur Hákonarson
27.
The Treasure
(2015)
Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep... (89 mins.)
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
28.
A Tale of Love and Darkness
(2015)
A drama based on the memoir of Amos Oz, a writer, journalist, and advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (95 mins.)
Director: Natalie Portman
29.
Yakuza Apocalypse
(2015)
In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible... (125 mins.)
Director: Takashi Miike
30.
A Perfect Day
(2015)
A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone. (106 mins.)
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
31.
Peace to Us in Our Dreams
(2015)
"Humans always doubt," says a father to his daughter. "Just imagine if suddenly everything (were) clear... (107 mins.)
Director: Sharunas Bartas
32.
Mustang
(2015)
Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school... (97 mins.)
Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
33.
The Here After
(2015)
When John returns home to his father after serving time in prison, he is looking forward to starting his life afresh. However in the local community, his crime is neither forgotten nor forgiven. (102 mins.)
Director: Magnus von Horn
35.
Fatima
(2015)
Fatima lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year old Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year old Nesrine... (79 mins.)
Director: Philippe Faucon
36.
Embrace of the Serpent
(2015)
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. (125 mins.)
Director: Ciro Guerra
37.
Les cowboys
(2015)
A father sets out to find his missing daughter with the help of his son. (114 mins.)
Director: Thomas Bidegain
38.
Beyond My Grandfather Allende
(2015 Documentary)
Salvador Allende, the first democratic-socialist president elected was also my grandfather. On September 11... (90 mins.)
Director: Marcia Tambutti Allende
Stars: Salvador Allende
40.
The Brand New Testament
(2015)
Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter? (113 mins.)
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
41.
An
(2015)
The "manager" of a pancake stall finds himself confronted with an odd but sympathetic elderly lady looking for work. A taste of her home-made bean jelly convinces him, starting a relationship that is about much more than just street food. (113 mins.)
Director: Naomi Kawase
42.
Fly Away Solo
(2015)
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy hopelessly in love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy... (109 mins.)
Director: Neeraj Ghaywan
43.
The Shameless
(2015)
In order to capture a mob enforcer, homicide detective Jung befriends his girlfriend, Hye-kyung, only to fall in love with her. (118 mins.)
Director: Seung-uk Oh
44.
Alias María
(2015)
A vision of Colombia's inhuman armed conflict, seen through the eyes of a young - and pregnant - girl soldier. (91 mins.)
Director: José Luis Rugeles
45.
The Fourth Direction
(2015)
The Punjab. Mid 1980s. A train journey to Amritsar. A dog that barks. The dilemmas and fears of average people caught between the Indian Army and Sikh separatists. (115 mins.)
Director: Gurvinder Singh
46.
Cemetery of Splendor
(2015)
Love in Khon Kaen tells of a lonesome middle-age housewife who tends a soldier with sleeping sickness and falls into a hallucination that triggers strange dreams, phantoms, and romance. (122 mins.)
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
47.
Lamb
(2015)
When an Ethiopian boy moves in with distant relatives he takes his pet sheep with him but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his beloved friend. (94 mins.)
Director: Yared Zeleke
48.
The Little Prince
(2015)
A pilot crashes in the desert and meets a little boy from a distant planet. (108 mins.)
Director: Mark Osborne
49.
Love
(2015)
A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It's a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way. (135 mins.)
Director: Gaspar Noé
50.
Asphalte
(2015)
Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation. (100 mins.)
Director: Samuel Benchetrit
51.
Une histoire de fou
(2015)
In the 80s, Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris... (134 mins.)
Director: Robert Guédiguian
52.
Afterthought
(2015)
A story of two men in the old part of Haifa. Both are walking up and down the mountain in opposing directions... (105 mins.)
Director: Elad Keidan
53.
Amnesia
(2015)
Ibiza, the early nineties, Jo is a twenty-five-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin... (96 mins.)
Director: Barbet Schroeder
54.
Panama
(2015)
Depicts how digital communication, pornography and vanity obstruct true emotions and love. (105 mins.)
Director: Pavle Vuckovic
55.
Amy
(2015 Documentary)
The story of Amy Winehouse in her own words, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks. (128 mins.)
Director: Asif Kapadia
56.
Chronic
(2015)
A home care nurse works with terminally ill patients. (92 mins.)
Director: Michel Franco
57.
Beeba Boys
(2015)
Beeba Boys: a ferocious, adrenaline-charged Indo Canadian gang war, and a violent clash of culture and crime...
Director: Deepa Mehta
58.
Demolition
(2015)
A successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. (100 mins.)
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
59.
The Dressmaker
(2015)
A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. (118 mins.)
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
60.
Eye in the Sky
(2015)
A thriller set in the world of remotely piloted aircraft warfare. (102 mins.)
Director: Gavin Hood
61.
Forsaken
(2015)
Kiefer and Donald Sutherland share the screen in this brooding western about an embittered gunslinger who attempts to make amends with his estranged father whilst their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers. (90 mins.)
Director: Jon Cassar
62.
Freeheld
(2015)
New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (103 mins.)
Director: Peter Sollett
63.
Hyena Road
(2015)
Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars - all stand at the intersection of modern warfare - a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems. (120 mins.)
Director: Paul Gross
64.
Legend
(2015)
The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s. (131 mins.)
Director: Brian Helgeland
65.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
(2015)
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy. (114 mins.)
Director: Matt Brown
66.
The Martian
(2015)
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. (130 mins.)
Director: Ridley Scott
67.
The Program
(2015)
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong. (104 mins.)
Director: Stephen Frears
68.
Remember
(2015)
The darkest chapter of the 20th century collides with a contemporary mission of revenge. (95 mins.)
Director: Atom Egoyan
70.
Stonewall
(2015)
A young man's political awakening and coming of age during the days and weeks leading up to the Stonewall Riots. (129 mins.)
Director: Roland Emmerich
71.
Anomalisa
(2015)
Charlie Kaufman's first stop-motion film about a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. (90 mins.)
Director: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
72.
Beasts of No Nation
(2015)
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. (133 mins.)
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
73.
Black Mass
(2015)
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. (122 mins.)
Director: Scott Cooper
74.
Brooklyn
(2015)
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries. (111 mins.)
Director: John Crowley
75.
The Club
(2015)
A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs. (98 mins.)
Director: Pablo Larraín
76.
Colonia
(2015)
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from. (110 mins.)
Director: Florian Gallenberger
77.
The Danish Girl
(2015)
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. (120 mins.)
Director: Tom Hooper
78.
The Daughter
(2015)
The story follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret, and whose attempts to put things right threaten the lives of those he left home years before. (96 mins.)
Director: Simon Stone
79.
Desierto
(2015)
A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a man who has taken up border patrol duties in his own racist hands. (94 mins.)
Director: Jonás Cuarón
81.
Guilty
(2015)
Accused of manslaughter, a high flying Boston executive returns to her snowbound, childhood home to confront her past. She takes on a corrupt police chief who is intent on framing her, causing her to believe she is a cold hearted killer.
82.
I Smile Back
(2015)
Laney Brooks does bad things. Married with kids, she takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants... (85 mins.)
Director: Adam Salky
83.
The Lady in the Van
(2015)
A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her car that's parked in his driveway. (104 mins.)
Director: Nicholas Hytner
84.
Len and Company
(2015)
A successful music producer quits the industry and exiles himself in upstate New York, but the solitude he seeks is shattered when his estranged son and the pop star he's created come looking for answers. (102 mins.)
Director: Tim Godsall
85.
Maggie's Plan
(2015)
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette. (92 mins.)
Director: Rebecca Miller
87.
Parched
(2015)
'Parched' is a story about women set in the heart of parched rural landscape of Gujarat, India. It traces... (116 mins.)
Director: Leena Yadav
88.
Room
(2015)
A modern-day story about the boundless love between mother and child; young Jack knows nothing of the world except for the single room in which he was born and raised. (118 mins.)
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
89.
Spotlight
(2015)
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. (128 mins.)
Director: Thomas McCarthy
91.
Sunset Song
(2015)
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s. (135 mins.)
Director: Terence Davies
92.
Trumbo
(2015)
The successful career of Hollywood screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, comes to an end when he is blacklisted in the 1940s for being a Communist. (124 mins.)
Director: Jay Roach
94.
Victoria
(2015)
A movie shot in a single take about Victoria, a runaway party girl, who's asked by three friendly men to join them as they hit the town. Their wild night of partying turns into a bank robbery. (138 mins.)
Director: Sebastian Schipper
95.
Al Purdy Was Here
(2015 Documentary)
The story of Canada's leading poet and the A-Frame cabin he built. Now Canada's leading musicians and artists come together to tell the tale of Al Purdy. (90 mins.)
Director: Brian D. Johnson
96.
Born to Be Blue
(2015)
Jazz legend Chet Baker searches for love and redemption when he is approached to star in a movie about his own troubled life in order to mount a comeback in the late 1960s. (97 mins.)
Director: Robert Budreau
97.
Closet Monster
(2015)
A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood. (90 mins.)
Director: Stephen Dunn
99.
The Forbidden Room
(2015)
A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that's been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo... (130 mins.)
Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
100.
Omar Khadr: Out of the Shadows
(2015 Documentary)
After being incarcerated for thirteen years since he was fifteen - most of that time at Guantanamo Bay... (44 mins.)
Director: Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard
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