Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

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TIFF and Luminato co-present this eclectic series of films which explores the ideas of genius and creativity with a focus on the life and work of featured artists Philip Glass, Robert Wilson and Robert Lepage.

Please note that tickets to films screening as part Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies will be available for purchase on the day of each screening.

Films in Luminato & TIFF Go to the Movies

    • Absolute Wilson
    • Katharina Otto-Bernstein
    • An immersive documentary about the life and work of groundbreaking theatre director Robert Wilson.

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    • Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
    • Scott Hicks
    • Academy Award®—nominated director Scott Hicks (Shine) presents a multifaceted look at the acclaimed composer, including interviews with filmmakers Errol Morris, Woody Allen, Godfrey Reggio and Martin Scorsese.

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    • Brokeback Mountain
    • Ang Lee
    • The heartbreaking tale of a decades-long romance between two cowboys won Ang Lee the Academy Award® for Best Director.

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    • Testimony
    • Tony Palmer
    • Ben Kingsley stars as Dmitri Shostakovich in this brilliantly stylized biopic about the great Russian composer's clashes with Stalin.

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    • Le Confessionnal
    • Robert Lepage
    • Robert Lepage's feature film debut is a time-tripping mystery centred on the filming of Hitchcock's I Confess in Quebec City in 1952.

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    • Out of Focus
    • Tomer Heymann
    • A close-up documentary on Ohad Naharin, famed choreographer and artistic director of Israel's Batsheva Dance Company.

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    • Tectonic Plates
    • Peter Mettler
    • Innovative filmmaker Peter Mettler brilliantly transposes Robert Lepage's largely improvised theatre piece to the screen.

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    • Sing Me the Songs that Say I Love You
    • Lian Lunson
    • Rufus and Martha Wainwright pay tribute to their mother Kate McGarrigle, along with special guests Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, Michael Ondaatje and many more.

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    • Bright Angel
    • Michael Fields
    • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford wrote the screenplay for this brilliant, rarely seen film about a troubled teen (Dermot Mulroney) and a young runaway (Lily Taylor) who aimlessly hit the road in a crumbling, morally bankrupt West.

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    • La Belle et la bête
    • Jean Cocteau
    • Jean Cocteau's classic version of the beloved fairy tale.

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    • Koyaanisqatsi
    • Godfrey Reggio
    • Godfrey Reggio's trippy, dialogue-free meditation on "life out of balance" traverses the globe to decry (and subtly celebrate) the ravages of technology, carried along by Philip Glass' famous score.

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    • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    • Robert Wiene
    • This legendary masterpiece of German Expressionist cinema, about a mad scientist and the living-dead somnambulist he has trained to do his bidding, was turned into a theatrical piece by Robert Wilson in 2002.

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    • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
    • Paul Schrader
    • Philip Glass provided the soaring score for Paul Schrader's astonishing, highly stylized meditation on the infamous Japanese novelist, playwright, filmmaker and right-wing paramilitarist who committed hara-kiri after an abortive takeover of Japanese army headquarters.

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