IFFI 2017 Handbook

Allure
Plagued by the abuse of her
past and the turmoil of failed
intimate encounters, Laura
struggles to find a lover and
a sense of normalcy. Her
beacon of hope comes in
16-year-old Eva, a talented
pianist disillusioned by the
life her mother imposes upon
her. An unlikely relationship
is formed between them.
Closet Monster
Oscar Madly, an imaginative
child finds himself caught
in the middle of his parent's
turbulent divorce. When his
father teaches him about a
hate-crime involving a young
gay man. Oscar supresses
his sexuality. His new friend,
opens his eyes to a new world
of possibiities.
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Canada | 2017 | English | 105 min | Colour
Director Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez
Producer Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
Screenplay Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez
Cinematographer Sara Mishara
Editor Jesse Rivere, Elisabeth Olga Tremblay
Cast Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Sarah Stone, Denis O’Hare
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Canada | 2016 | English | 90 min | Colour
Director Stephen Dunn
Producer Kevin Krikst, Fraer Ash, Edward J. Martin
Screenplay Stephen Dunn
Cinematographer Bobby Shore CSC
Editor Bryan Atkinson
Cast Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Joanne Kelly, Aliocha Schneider,
Sofia Banzhaf
Don’t Talk to Irene
When Irene - the fattest girl in
high school - gets suspended,
she must endure two weeks
of community service at a
retirement home. Following
her passion for cheerleading,
she secretly signs up the
senior residents to audition
for a dance-themed reality
show to prove perfection is
not physical.
Eye on Juliet
A love story through the eye
of a spider drone across the
landscape of a North African
desert and an oil pipeline,
Gordon, a drone operator,
becomes fascinated by
Ayusha, a young woman
promised to an older man
she doesn’t love. Gordon will
do everything in his power to
help Ayusha escape her fate.
✪ WORLD PREMIERE
Canada | 2017 | English | 82 min | Colour
Director Pat Mills
Producer Alyson Richards, Mike MacMillan
Screenplay Pat Mills
Cinematographer Paul Sarossy
Editor Tiffany Beaudin
Cast Michelle McLeod, Bruce Gray, Anastasia Phillips, Scott Thompson,
Geena Davis, Deborah Grover
✪ ASIA PREMIERE
Canada | 2016 | English | 90 min | Colour
Director Kim Nguyen
Producer Pierre Even
Screenplay Kim Nguyen
Cinematographer Christophe Collette
Editor Richard Comeau
Cast Lina El Arabi, Joe Cole, Brent Skagford, Faycal Zeglat
Meditation Park
A devoted wife, mother and
grandmother has her world
rocked when she finds
another woman’s underwear
in her husband’s laundry pile,
forcing her to confront how
powerless she truly is. Her
efforts to find out the truth
send her on an unexpected
journey of liberation.
Old Stone
After a car accident that he
caused, Mr Old Stone, a
small-town taxi driver, has
to face the rules of today’s
Kafkaesque China. Now that
his family, friends and his
work are endangered, isn’t
murder a way out?
✪ Canada Focus - Gala Screening
Canada | 2017 | English | 94 min | Colour
Director Mina Shum
Producer Stephen Hegyes, Mina Shum, Raymond Massey
Screenplay Mina Shum
Cinematographer Peter Wunstorf
Editor Daria Ellerman
Cast Cheng Pei Pei, Tzi Ma, Sandra Oh, Don McKellar
✪ Canada Focus - Opening Film
Canada, China | | 2016 | Mandarin | 86 min | Colour
Director Johnny Ma
Producer Wu Xian Jian, Chi-an Lin, Jing Wang, Sarah Stallard
Screenplay Johnny Ma
Cinematographer Ming Kai Leung
Editor Mike Long
Cast Gang Chen, An Nai, Hongwei Wang, Zebin Zhang, Xue’er Luo
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