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<div style='padding:10px'><h6>Agora</h6><p>In the fourth century, while Egypt was under the Roman Empire, violent religious upheaval in the streets of Alexandria spills over into the city’s famous library. Trapped inside its walls, the brilli <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/agora '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Chloe</h6><p>Catherine (Julianne Moore), a successful doctor, suspects her husband David (Liam Neeson), a handsome music professor, is cheating on her. To lay her suspicions and fears to rest, she hires an irresi <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/chloe '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky</h6><p>Igor Stravinsky premieres The Rite of Spring at the Theatre Des Champs-Elysées, in Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is in attendance and is mesmerized. But the revolutionary work, too modern and too radical, <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/cocochaneligorstravi '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Cooking with Stella</h6><p>A warmhearted social satire about a Canadian diplomat (Lisa Ray) and her chef husband Michael (Don McKellar) who are posted to New Delhi. Upon arrival they inherit a household of Indian servants head <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/cookingwithstella '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Creation</h6><p>Part ghost story, part psychological thriller, part heart-wrenching love story Creation is the story of Charles Darwin. His great, still controversial, book The Origin of Species depicts nature as a b <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/creation '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Damned United</h6><p>Set in 1960’s and 1970’s England, this is the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough’s doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football Leeds United. P <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/damnedunited '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Dorian Gray</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Free Screening: Cadillac People's Choice Award</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Get Low</h6><p>Inspired by the true story of Felix “Bush” Breazeale, this stately frontier drama stars Robert Duvall as a backwoods eccentric who stages his own funeral—while still alive. Ten thousand people arrive <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/getlow '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>I, Don Giovanni</h6><p>Venice 1763 – writer Lorenzo da Ponte is leading a pleasure-seeking life. He was originally a priest but his numerous affairs force him to be exiled to Vienna. Supported by his friend and mentor Giac <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/idongiovanni '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus</h6><p>This fantastical morality tale tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his travelling show, the extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’. Blessed with the remarkable gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr. P <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/imaginariumofdoctorp '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Love and Other Impossible Pursuits</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Max Manus</h6><p>The film is based on the true story of Norway’s most colourful resistance fighter Max Manus, and follows Max from the outbreak of World War II until the summer of peace 1945. After having fought again <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/maxmanus '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Men Who Stare At Goats</h6><p>Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady (Academy Award® winner George Clooney), a shadowy figure who claims to be part of an experimental <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/menwhostareatgoats '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Micmacs</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Mother and Child</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>My Heart Goes Hadippa</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Phantom Pain</h6><p>Marc (Til Schweiger) is a passionate cyclist and urban slacker who avoids work and responsibility. Marc’s life changes from one moment to the next when he suffers a life-changing accident. He can eit <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/phantompain '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire</h6><p>Lee Daniels’s Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome. Set in 1987 Harlem, it is the story of <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/precious '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Private Lives of Pippa Lee</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>What's Your Raashee?</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Young Victoria</h6><p>The Young Victoria is set in the period from 1836, t<i>The Young Victoria</i> is set in the period from 1836, the year before Victoria ascended the throne, to 1840, the year she married Prince Albert <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/youngvictoria '>more ...</A></p></div>
Gala Presentations
 
Agora - Alejandro Amenábar
Chloe - Atom Egoyan
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky - Jan Kounen
Cooking with Stella - Dilip Mehta
Creation - Jon Amiel
The Damned United - Tom Hooper |
Dorian Gray - Oliver Parker
Free Screening: Cadillac People's Choice Award
Get Low - Aaron Schneider
I, Don Giovanni - Carlos Saura
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Terry Gilliam
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits - Don Roos
Max Manus - Espen Sandberg | Joachim Roenning
The Men Who Stare At Goats - Grant Heslov
Micmacs - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Mother and Child - Rodrigo García
My Heart Goes Hadippa - Anurag Singh
Phantom Pain - Matthias Emcke
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Lee Daniels
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee - Rebecca Miller
What's Your Raashee? - Ashutosh Gowariker
The Young Victoria - Jean-Marc Vallée

The Gala programme is the Festival's high-profile showcase of Canadian and international films with major impact. Many of these films are world or North American premieres. They are presented at Roy Thomson Hall.