Farewell my Concubine

dir. Chen Kaige

Donkey Skin

dir. Jacques Demy

Mauvais sang

Bad Blood

dir. Leos Carax

The 400 Blows

Les quatre cents coups

dir. François Truffaut

Beginnings

Yolun basinda

dir. Somnur Vardar

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A CENTURY OF CHINESE CINEMA

June 5 – August 11

From rarities of the silent era to cutting-edge modern masterpieces, from pioneering social dramas and lavish costume epics to classics of martial-arts cinema, this series showcases more than 80 films as it traces the shared cultural and historical connections between the cinemas of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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MODERN LOVE: THE FILMS OF LEOS CARAX

August 9 – 15

To celebrate the return of French cinema's perpetual enfant terrible with last year's Holy Motors, we revisit the dazzlingly distinctive films of Leos Carax in this full TIFF Cinematheque retrospective.
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BITTER/SWEET: THE JOYOUS CINEMA OF JACQUES DEMY

June 27 – July 20

Discover the magical world of Jacques Demy in TIFF Cinematheque's full retrospective of the famed French auteur, whose effervescent odes to joy were laced with dark undertones of despair and loss.
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PARADISE REGAINED: DEMY'S FAVOURITES

July 2 – August 20

This sidebar series to our Jacques Demy retrospective presents some of the director's formative cinematic influences, including classic musicals as well as films by Bresson, Cocteau, Vigo and Visconti.
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THE FREE SCREEN: SUMMER 2013

June 5 - August 8

This season, our ongoing free series dedicated to experimental film and video works showcases Yang Fudong's An Estranged Paradise, and presents the works of leading experimental filmmakers Narcisa Hirsch and Phil Hoffman.
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CANADIAN OPEN VAULT: SUMMER 2013

July 10 & 19

Our showcase of classic Canadian cinema pays tribute to the late Winnipeg filmmaker Winston Washington Moxam.
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REBEL YELL: A NEW GENERATION OF TURKISH WOMEN FILMMAKERS

August 22 – 29

This programme of fiction and documentary shorts and features spotlights the vital new work being created by a rising generation of female Turkish filmmakers.