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Toronto International Film Festival
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<div style='padding:10px'><h6>Accident</h6><p>Gripping and smartly constructed, this unconventional crime thriller/psychological drama, revolves around assassins who commit murder by making perfectly staged crimes look like unfortunate accidents <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/accident '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Ape</h6><p>A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt’s disturbing and suspenseful second feature begins with a man waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, only to find the life he knew the day before is gone.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Bunny & the Bull</h6><p>Shy Stephen and his totally disordered boozehound of a best friend, Bunny, show us how to embark on an adventure-filled road trip without leaving the room.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Carcasses</h6><p>Québec auteur Denis Côté brings us a beautiful story about an elderly man who lives in a junkyard surrounded by the detritus of culture and who is paid a surprise visit by a group of youths.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Dirty Saints</h6><p>Luis Ortega’s apocalyptic third feature follows a group of five survivors as they embark on a journey that will force them to face their fears, dreams and longings in their quest for salvation across <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/dirtysaints '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Enter the Void</h6><p>Controversial filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Irreversible) is back with a mind-bending journey that transcends life and death as he follows the exploits of a young American drug dealer living in Japan.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Fish Tank</h6><p>Andrea Arnold's assured follow-up to Red Road is a taboo-breaking love story about a violent teenaged girl transformed by desire for her mother's new boyfriend.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Green Days</h6><p>An Iranian playwright suffers a creative crisis as her country convulses on the eve of this year's election. Features never before seen footage shot on the streets of Tehran. </p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Hipsters</h6><p>In a fantastical 1950s Moscow, straight-laced Mels swaps his drab Communist uniform for a saxophone, pompadour and zoot suit in this vibrant musical that is bursting with razzle and dazzle and of cou <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/hipsters '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Leslie, My Name Is Evil</h6><p>Perry, a sheltered chemist, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he is selected to be a jury member at her hippie, death-cult murder trial. When Perry and Leslie lock eyes in <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/lesliemynameisevil '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Misfortunates</h6><p>From Belgium comes this rambunctious, vulgar story of a 13-year-old boy growing up in a small village with his father and three uncles, all drunken, incorrigible louts. Yet they are hilarious and the <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/merditudedeschoses '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>My Queen Karo</h6><p>A young girl witnesses the moral dilemmas of free love when her parents join a squatter community in 1970s Amsterdam.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>She, a Chinese</h6><p>A hybrid of documentary, creative writing, visual poetry and cinema, She, A Chinese is a rock-‘n’-roll odyssey that follows a young woman on a soul-searching journey from her native village in China t <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/sheachinese '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Spring Fever</h6><p>A lyrical and audacious portrait of a doomed gay love triangle that spins out of control, Spring Fever is inspired by prohibited Chinese novels from the 1920s and directed by controversial filmmaker <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/springfever '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights</h6><p>An intimate look inside The White Stripes’ cross-Canada tour, as Jack and Meg White touch down in remote northern communities and surprising city venues.</p></div>
Vanguard
 
Accident - Soi Cheang
The Ape - Jesper Ganslandt
Bunny & the Bull - Paul King
Carcasses - Denis Côté
The Dirty Saints - Luis Ortega
Enter the Void - Gaspar Noé
Fish Tank - Andrea Arnold
Green Days - Hana Makhmalbaf
Hipsters - Valery Todorovsky
Leslie, My Name Is Evil - Reginald Harkema
The Misfortunates - Felix van Groeningen
My Queen Karo - Dorothée van den Berghe
She, a Chinese - Guo Xiaolu
Spring Fever - Lou Ye
The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights - Emmett Malloy

Vanguard spotlights bold filmmakers that run ahead of the pack. This programme is dedicated to irreverent, stylistically playful films that challenge the boundaries of social discourse. Aimed toward adventurous audiences who delight in movies that push the envelopes of technology, culture and sexuality, these edgy films have a distinct, youthful feel.