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1 December 15, 2015.NEWS RELEASE. LONERS, DRIFTERS, DAPPER GANGSTERS AND TROUBLED ANTI-HEROES TAKE OVER TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX Winter programming includes retrospectives on Wim Wenders and Abbas Kiarostami, a showcase of Seijun Suzuki and the return of Food on Film and Books on Film TORONTO This season offers audiences the opportunity to delve into the riches of classic and contemporary cinema through major filmmaker retrospectives, tributes to genre masters and emerging talent, fun and thought provoking family programming, inspiring film workshops for kids and an exciting roster of new releases. TIFF Cinematheque celebrates some of the world s most important filmmakers with retrospectives on German auteur Wim Wenders which includes a sidebar series devoted to his cinematic influences and the great Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami (copresented with the Aga Khan Museum); and a spotlight on Chilean provocateur Pablo Larraín to coincide with the release of his latest film, The Club. Other programmes include an essential overview of contemporary Chinese independent documentary filmmaking, a showcase of some of today s greatest Kabuki stars with Cinema Kabuki (co-presented with Japan Foundation), and a selection of cult classics in TIFF Cinematheque Special Screenings. Film lovers can cozy up to a variety of hot new releases, such as Miguel Gomes wildly ambitious, three volume adaptation of Arabian Nights; Alê Abreu s silent animated feature The Boy and the World; the Romanian slow-burn thriller One Floor Below; a 25 th - anniversary re-release of Studio Ghibli s Only Yesterday; the lyrical Cemetery of Splendour, from the great Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul; and Oscar Shorts, featuring a selection of the 2016 Academy Award nominated short films. Additional highlights include: the 13 th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival; a celebration of Japanese outlaw master Seijun Suzuki; a spotlight on the 3D videos of Canadian experimental video artist Willy Le Maitre as part of The Free Screen; a screening of the acclaimed micro-budget H (1990) and Allan Moyle s coming of age classic New Waterford Girl (1999) as part of Canadian Open Vault; a showcase of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and the best in new Canadian animation in TIFF s ongoing Short Cuts series; family- and youth-focused activities and screenings such as Family Day, March Break Camps, and TIFF Kids Classics; the fifth annual TIFF Next Wave Film Festival; the 19 th TIFF Kids International Film Festival; the return of the ever popular digiplayspace and TIFF s salute to the films of DreamWorks Animation. TIFF s ongoing subscription series welcome guests such as Wild author Cheryl Strayed for Books on Film, and Mitchell Davis, Executive Vice President of the James Beard Foundation who presents The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover for Food on Film, as well as our new Food on Film host award-winning food writer, culinary anthropologist and photographer Naomi Duguid. Books on Film will once again be hosted by Eleanor Wachtel of CBC's Writers & Company. TIFF s current exhibition Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen and the accompanying film programme Nothing Special: Andy Warhol's Star System continues to run until January 24. Star-gazers can visit the free exhibition In Love With The Stars in the CIBC Canadian Film Gallery until April 3. Tickets for the winter season go on sale January 13 for TIFF Members and on January 20 to the public.

2 TIFF CINEMATHEQUE On the Road: The Films of Wim Wenders January 28 to March 6 One of the pioneers of the New German Cinema in the 1970s, Wim Wenders has established himself as a vital voice in world cinema with an oeuvre that focuses on drifters, searchers, and itinerant loners seeking to find their place in the world. Curated by Brad Deane, Senior Manager, Film Programmes, this retrospective features new digital restorations of Wenders essential early works many of which have been difficult to see in North America over the past two decades due to rights issues and poor print conditions as well as some of his greatest accomplishments from later in his career. Highlights include his first feature out of film school, The Goalie s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1971); the rarely screened, four-and-a-half hour director s cut of the sci-fi epic Until the End of the World (1991/1994); the neo-noir thriller The American Friend (1977), starring Dennis Hopper; and the acclaimed road-movie trilogy of Alice in the Cities (1974), The Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976), which set the thematic and stylistic template for many of his most important later works. Audiences will also have the opportunity to discover a selection of Wenders ultra-rare short films and revisit some of the films that brought him to international fame, such as the Palme d Or-winning Paris, Texas (1984), a profoundly moving character study scripted by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard; the luminous city symphony Wings of Desire (1987), which follows two angels as they wander through Berlin, with a cameo by Nick Cave; and the Academy Award nominated documentaries, Buena Vista Social Club (1999) and Pina (2011), a dazzling 3D tribute to contemporary dance legend Pina Bausch. Also included is a special screening of The Left-Handed Woman (1978), produced by Wenders and directed by renowned Austrian novelist and longtime Wenders collaborator Peter Handke. Wim s Films: American Friends & Foreign Influences January 30 to March 17 Born to a surgeon in Düsseldorf, Wim Wenders studied medicine and philosophy before moving to Paris to become a painter, during which time he also managed to devour the history of cinema through screenings at the Cinémathèque Française. This deluxe survey, curated by James Quandt, Senior Programmer, TIFF Cinematheque, spotlights fifteen of Wim s Films road movies and noirs, venerated classics and films maudits gathered both from evidence (Wenders own list of favourites) and inference (of his obvious influences and affinities). Highlights include archival 35mm prints of Alfred Hitchcock s classic thriller Strangers on a Train (1951) and Jean Renoir s masterpiece The Rules of the Game (1939); 35mm restorations of Samuel Fuller s neo-noir The Naked Kiss (1964) and John Ford s iconic western Stagecoach (1939); a new digital restoration of Howard Hawks punchy drama Only Angels Have Wings (1939), a new 35mm print of Nicholas Ray s offbeat rodeo drama The Lusty Men (1952), and TIFF s new 35mm print of Michelangelo Antonioni s epochal L Avventura (1960). The Free Screen February 9 to April 2 The Free Screen series is committed to bringing experimental film and video art, hybrid documentaries, essay films and other personal expressions to a curious and engaged audience. The Free Screen is always free. (found) foot -age shoot -out: Selections from the Austrian Avant-Garde February 9 This programme features canonical works of Austrian experimental cinema that utilize the expressive reworking of found footage, such as Peter Kubelka s Schwechater (1958), made from material he shot when he was hired to make a beer commercial, and Martin Arnold s Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998), a frame by frame study that transforms a romantic interlude between Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland into an ecstatic, animalistic dance that slyly reveals the sexual undertones of squeaky-clean 1940s conformity. Additional highlights include Peter Tscherkassky's Outer Space (1999), which features re-appropriated 35mm footage from the horror film The Entity and Moucle Blackout s Die Geburt der Venus ( ), an eerie reflection of sexualization also achieved through the manipulation and reframing of found footage. Willy Le Maitre: The Dream of Information March 3 For the past dozen years, Canadian artist Willy Le Maitre has been using stereoscopic imagery shot with both moving and still 3D cameras as a means of exploring the intersections of exterior and interior vision. The resulting visions are surreal: beautiful and amusing documentary images of Toronto neighbourhoods and New York City s Zacotti Park during Occupy Wall Street that visualize

3 an ecology of human-digital interconnectivity and extend the possibilities of the virtual world. This programme features eight short films, including Insight s Cataract (2008), Outlook Expressed (2011) and Occupy Image (2012). Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem April 2 dir. Akram Zaatari Lebanon min. Digital In both his video work and his role as a co-founder of the Arab Image Foundation, Zaatari explores how photography shapes cultural identity and representation an issue that is particularly charged in the war-torn recent history of his native Lebanon, fraught as it is with ideological and regional tensions. Focusing on a photography studio in Zaatari s hometown of Saida, Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem explores both the technologies of image-making and the way these technologies have changed the speed of cultural transformation. TIFF Cinematheque Special Screenings January 28 to April 7 The glorious new restoration of Luchino Visconti s neorealist masterpiece Rocco and His Brothers (1960), which was part of the TIFF Cinematheque programme at this year s Toronto International Film Festival, headlines the Winter edition of this seasonal series devoted to classics, favourites, rarities and recent restorations. Other highlights include: Mike Nichols classic comedy-drama The Graduate (1967); Steve James landmark documentary Hoop Dreams (1994); Nicolas Roeg s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), a trippy, fascinatingly cryptic sci-fi tale starring David Bowie; and William Friedkin s Academy Award-winning The French Connection (1971), an electric, fact-based cops-and-crooks thriller starring Gene Hackman. Post Mortem: Pablo Larraín s Chile Trilogy February 19 to 23 Pablo Larraín s Chile Trilogy chronicles the inception, rise, and demise of Augusto Pinochet s 17-year dictatorship in the director s home country. Curated by James Quandt, Senior Programmer, TIFF Cinematheque, the series includes screenings of Tony Manero (2009), an astounding portrait of a middle-aged man psychotically obsessed with John Travolta s Saturday Night Fever character that serves as a scary metaphor for cultural imperialism and the psychosis of fascism; the Toronto premiere of the absurdist dark comedy Post Mortem (2010), which explores Augusto Pinochet s 1973 coup through the perspective of a lonely mortician who finds himself the official recorder at Salvador Allende s autopsy; and the Academy Award-nominated No (2013), a brilliantly incisive satire that tells the true story of the 1988 referendum that asked Chileans to decide whether Pinochet should get another extension of his rule, starring Gael García Bernal as a hotshot marketing guru. Larraín s new film The Club, an incisive, captivating, and utterly damning indictment of corruption in the Catholic Church, opens at TIFF Bell Lightbox on February 19. Canadian Open Vault February 7 and March 29 FREE As part of TIFF s efforts to make the country s rich cinematic heritage more accessible to audiences, the Canadian Open Vault programme presents free screenings of Canadian classics every season at TIFF Bell Lightbox. New Waterford Girl February 7 dir. Allan Moyle Canada min. Teenage Mooney Pottie (Liane Balaban) is desperate to leave the small Nova Scotian town she s lived in all her life. When she befriends her brassy new neighbour Lou (Tara Spencer-Nairn), Mooney is inspired to assert herself, and she finally finds her escape route when her teacher (Andrew McCarthy) helps her get admitted to art school in New York. This screening will be introduced by film scholar Darrell Varga (author of Shooting from the East: Filmmaking on the Canadian Atlantic), and producers Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny, actress Tara Spencer-Narin and screenwriter Tricia Fish will do a post-screening Q&A. H March 29 dir. Darrell Wasyk Canada min. Winner of TIFF s Best Canadian Feature Prize in 1990, the harrowing H follows Snake (Martin Neufeld) and Michele (Pascale Montpetit) as they try to kick heroin by boarding themselves up in a dingy hovel. Director Darrell Wasyk will be in attendance to introduce the film and do a post-screening Q&A.

4 The Wind Will Carry Us: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami February 25 to April 2 Revered by a wide range of filmmakers including Chris Marker, Akira Kurosawa and Martin Scorsese, Kiarostami is one of the most critically acclaimed and influential filmmakers of the past four decades. His poetic body of work is characterized by an unusual mixture of thematic and formal simplicity and complexity that encourages the audience to be active in the construction of meaning and constantly question the line between fact and fiction. Curated by James Quandt, this comprehensive retrospective showcases 19 features and 14 short films, including Kiarostami s first short film, The Bread and the Alley (1970), a witty tale that follows a young boy on his way back home with a loaf of bread; Taste of Cherry (1997), a gripping tale of a man on a quest to end his life that won the Palme d'or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival; the stunning and mysterious The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), derived from a poem by the great Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad; Ten (2002), a masterful portrait of Iran set entirely inside a woman taxi driver's car in Tehran; and the mesmerizing Shirin (2008), which recounts the 12th-century love story between the princess of Armenia and the prince of Persia through 113 close-ups of women intently watching a film. Other highlights include Close-up (1990), a brilliant hybrid film that blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction; the Koker Trilogy, comprised of Where is the Friend s Home? (1987), And Life Goes On (1992), and Through the Olive Trees (1994), all three connected through the use of the same actors, characters and location as well as a self-reflective blend of documentary and fiction; Certified Copy (2010), his first fictional feature made outside of Iran starring Juliette Binoche and the British opera singer William Shimell; and Like Someone in Love (2012), an enigmatic story set in a sleek, neon-lit Tokyo that follows the relationship that develops between a college student moonlighting as an escort and a retired university professor and widower. TIFF and The Aga Khan Museum have partnered to co-present The Wind Will Carry Us: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami and Seeing Beyond the Visible: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami. Curated by Peter Scarlet, Seeing Beyond the Visible: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami complements Kiarostami s evocative installation Doors Without Keys, providing an invaluable opportunity to appreciate Kiarostami s versatility as an artist and filmmaker. Doors Without Keys is co-curated by Peter Scarlet and Amirali Alibhai. Both Doors Without Keys and Seeing Beyond the Visible: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami run until March 27 at the Aga Khan Museum. Complete information at agakhanmuseum.org. The Crisis of the Real: New Chinese Independent Documentaries March 10 to April 1 Curated by writer, critic, and film curator Shelly Kraicer, this series offers audiences a unique chance to encounter the work of a new generation of Chinese documentarians whose work addresses the ongoing social, economic, and cultural changes in China. Highlights include Xu Tong s Cut Out the Eyes (2014), an enthralling ethnographic showpiece that follows a blind musician and his lover/partner as they perform a saucy, sensationally bawdy form of musical duet comedy; Ai Weiwei s riveting Ping an yueqing (2011), which focuses on the mysterious 2010 death by road accident of a village leader from Zhejiang province who stood up for his fellow villagers when their land was confiscated without compensation by the local government; Hu Jie s Spark (2014), an alternative oral history about the Great Famine of 1960 which continues to be a taboo subject in China; and Zhu Rikun s formally innovative The Dossier (2014), a portrait of Tibetan writer, blogger, and poet Tsering Woeser, whose incisive writing and online presence has made her one of the most passionate and eloquent voices for Tibet and its people. TIFF SERIES Short Cuts March 19 and April 3 Bringing the best of Canadian and international short films to Toronto all year round. New Canadian Animation March 19 A 90-minute survey of the Canadian animation scene, featuring some of the most innovative animators working today. Spotlight: Clermont-Ferrand April 3 A selection of short favorites selected by Laurent Guerrier, programmer for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the world's leading film festival dedicated to short films.

5 TIFF Kids Classics January 22 to April 2 Special family programming continues this winter on Saturday mornings and Toronto District School Board P.A. Days, with a slate of animated and live-action favourites: including an Antarctic animal double feature Happy Feet (2006) and Mr. Popper s Penguins (2011). Later in the season, TIFF Kids Classic returns to the start of the smash series with the original Ice Age (2002); Brad Bird s remastered The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (1999/2015); the critically acclaimed The Secret of NIMH (1982); Jim Henson s magnum opus The Dark Crystal (1982) as well as Looney Tunes Classic Cartoons; The Goonies (1985); Bugsy Malone (1976), an audacious musical starring a 13-year-old Jodie Foster; and the inspirational Cool Runnings (1993). Action, Anarchy and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective January 30 to April 2 Highlights include Story of a Prostitute (1965), a scathing portrayal of Japanese militarism during the lead-up to World War II; Gate of Flesh (1964), a social-realist drama/sadomasochistic trash opera that follows a gang of tough prostitutes working out of a bombed-out building; the astonishingly stylized yakuza thrillers Tokyo Drifter (1966) and Branded to Kill (1967), the fractured film noir that finally got Suzuki fired from Nikkatsu Studios; and his Taisho trilogy, composed of Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kagero-za (1981), and Yumeji (1991). Although not linked by plot, the three films embody the hedonistic cultural atmosphere, blend of Eastern and Western art and fashion, and political extremes that characterized the Taisho era ( ), a brief period of Japanese history that has been likened to the European belle époque and America s Roaring Twenties. Audiences will also be treated to his two most recent films, Pistol Opera (2001), an eye-popping sequel to/semi-remake of Branded to Kill; and Princess Raccoon (2005), starring Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon s Zhang Ziyi in a whimsical musical fantasy studded with tunes that range from operetta to hip hop. TIFF Kids Presents: Treasures from DreamWorks Animation March 12 to March 20 This March Break, TIFF offers the rare opportunity to see some of DreamWorks Animation s most treasured and influential family classics on the big screen, including the Academy Award winning Shrek (2001), its sequel Shrek 2 (2005) and the 3D spin-off Puss in Boots (2011); the critically acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014); Madagascar (2005); the underrated Over the Hedge (2006) and Flushed Away (2006); and 3D presentations of Megamind (2010), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), and The Croods (2013). SUBSCRIPTION SERIES TIFF s popular subscription series Books on Film and Food on Film return to TIFF Bell Lightbox this winter with a number of expert guests to explore cinema s intersections with the literary and culinary worlds. Each series consists of six events that include a screening followed by a fascinating and lively discussion. Subscribers get access to all six events and save off the cost of single tickets. Subscription renewals are available as of January 6, Books on Film: Now in its sixth season, this series brings together book and film lovers to examine great cinema that began as outstanding literature. Host Eleanor Wachtel of CBC's Writers & Company welcomes filmmakers, authors and experts to discuss the art of adaptation and the sometimes challenging passage from page to screen. Beginning on March 7, Books on Film events will take place on Mondays at 7 p.m. Confirmed guests and films include: award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter Clement Virgo discusses Norman Jewison s masterful adaptation In the Heat of the Night and the film s unique position within the context of the civil rights movement and the history of cinema at large (April 18); critically acclaimed author Cheryl Strayed discusses her life and her nowfamous thousand-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert to Washington State in 1995 following a screening of Jean-Marc Vallée s highly acclaimed adaptation of her bestselling memoir Wild (May 9); world-renowned filmmaker, opera and theatre director Julie Taymor speaks about her celebrated adaptation of Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream, which she originally staged at the Theatre for a New Audience in New York (June 6); and Award-winning author Helen Macdonald discusses her celebrated and highly personal memoir H Is for Hawk (named as one of the ten best books of 2015 by the New York Times) following a screening of Ken Loach s gripping and realistic coming-of-age drama Kes (June 27). Guests and films for the remaining series dates (March 7 and March 28) will be announced in early January.

6 Food on Film: Chefs, food experts and film lovers come together for a fifth season to enjoy the best of culinary cinema and conversation. This year s new host, award-winning food writer, culinary anthropologist, and photographer Naomi Duguid, will welcome celebrated guests from the culinary world to discuss the intersections of cinema, culture and gastronomy. Launching March 2, Food on Film events will take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Guests and films include: renowned culinary expert Mitchell Davis discussing the power of cinema to tell the story of food in the context of Peter Greenaway s visceral and controversial classic The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (March 2); legendary restaurateurs and farm to table chefs Michael and Nobuyo Städtlander of Ontario s Eigensinn Farm speak about The Singhampton Project, an inspiring and thought-provoking documentary about their celebrated collaboration with renowned French landscape artist Jean Paul Ganem (March 23); pioneering food writer and publisher Chris Ying (Editor-in-Chief of Lucky Peach) discusses the many ways in which restaurants, chefs and customers can lead the charge for culinary collaboration and environmental causes, following a screening of Barry Levinson s widely acclaimed and beloved classic Diner (April 27); trailblazing chef and restaurateur Andy Ricker of Pok Pok fame discusses the direct connection between our memory, emotions and instincts and our senses of smell and taste, following a screening of Kim Nguyen s explorative and insightful documentary The Empire of Scents (May 18); renowned food activist, journalist and author Danielle Nierenberg, President of influential non-profit organization Food Tank, explores recent global innovations in sustainable agriculture in light of the meditative Danish documentary Good Things Await (June 8); and pioneering whiskey expert Heather Greene (author of Whiskey Distilled: A Populist Guide to the Water of Life) speaks about the history and culture of whiskey in society and in cinema, following a screening of Ken Loach s award-winning The Angels Share (June 29). FESTIVALS TIFF Next Wave Film Festival February 12 to 14 The next generation of movie lovers will take over TIFF Bell Lightbox for the fifth annual TIFF Next Wave Film Festival, immersing youth aged 14 to 18 into the world of cinema and life behind the lens, through Canadian and international film programmes, special guests, emerging talent competitions and industry-led intensives. The festival is steered by the TIFF Next Wave Committee, an advisory committee made up of 12 youth dedicated to bringing quality film programming and film-related events to youth across the city, offering insights into the topics and issues that interest and concern them. Full announcement and TIFF Member presale on January 20. Public tickets on sale January 27. Until 5pm on Friday, March 18, 2016, TIFF Next Wave is accepting submissions for the Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase (taking place in May), which presents short films created for young people by young people. Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2015 March 30 to April 7 Bravely bearing witness to injustices worldwide, the documentary and fiction features in this year s Human Rights Watch Film Festival tell extraordinary stories of struggle, survival and hope. Full announcement and TIFF Member pre-sale on March 2. Public tickets on sale March 9. TIFF Kids International Film Festival April 8 to 24 The TIFF Kids International Film Festival has become one of the most important film festivals in the world with special programming and activities for children aged 3 through 13, and as of 2015, has been extended to take place over three weekends. TIFF Kids is now accepting submissions for the Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase, presenting short films created for young people by young people; the submission deadline is Friday, February 26. TIFF Kids is also looking for young cinephiles to be a part of the Young People s Jury, which will decide the winning films in three categories at the 2016 TIFF Kids Festival; entries to be part of the jury close Friday, February 19. More information on both of these exciting opportunities can be found at tiff.net/kids. Programming for the upcoming 19 th edition of TIFF Kids International Film Festival will be announced on March 2. digiplayspace March 5 to April 24 Opening once again in time for March Break and running for seven weeks, the award-winning digiplayspace returns for its fifth year. At digiplayspace, kids, families and educators will learn through play with multi-player installations and learning-centric videogames,

7 robotics, mobile apps, and hands-on activities from acclaimed Canadian and international new media artists. This year's exhibition will feature the North American premiere of Elements, commissioned by Cinekid Festival Amsterdam and TIFF. Created by award-winning artists Theodore Watson and Emily Gobeille, who together make Design I/O, Elements is an interactive installation where children assume the role of one of the four elements: earth, air, fire or water. SPECIAL EVENTS Higher Learning: Emerging Filmmakers Talk Spiritual and Cultural Identity January 29 FREE Following a programme of their work, emerging filmmakers consider the role of film in exploring spirituality, faith, tolerance and cultural identity in the representations of individual and community-held beliefs. Young emerging filmmakers join established Canadian filmmakers in a screening of short films followed by a panel discussion. The programme will feature the work of Yosef Baraki, Alex Fensham, Sabchu Rinpoché, Patrice Laliberté, Kevin Papatie, and Sofia Bohdanowicz and Joanna Durkalec. Moderated by Sherry Coman, Professor at Humber College, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary and the University of Toronto. Children in Conflict The Soldier s Dilemma in Hyena Road Febuary 10 In anticipation of the International Day to End the Use of Child Soldiers on February 12, General Roméo Dallaire, founder of The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative at Dalhousie University and National Patron of Wounded Warriors Canada, and director Paul Gross consider the representations of children in armed conflict and the Canadian security sector in Hyena Road. This event is copresented with The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative and Wounded Warriors Canada. TIFF is pleased to offer a 20% discount on the ticket price for this event to Canadian Armed Forces members and veterans, redeemable in person at the Steve & Rashmi Gupta Box Office or over the phone ( ) with valid identification. Family Day February 15 TIFF celebrates Family Day with a slate of family-focused programming, bringing back crowd-pleasing features from past editions of the TIFF Kids International Film Festival, including Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism and the Oscar-nominated Ernest and Celestine, as well as beloved family classics such as the heartwarming animated adventure The Land Before Time and the live-action adaptation of Roald Dahl s The Witches. There is also a chance for families to step behind the scenes with fun and free interactive activities. Cinema Kabuki February 27 and 28 With origins dating back to the 1600s, Kabuki theatre has remained steeped in tradition whilst constantly innovating. Live productions, featuring some of today s greatest Kabuki stars, are now being filmed with the highest-resolution cameras for screening in cinemas around the world. TIFF is proud to partner with the Japan Foundation to bring these extraordinary performances to Toronto audiences. Titles include: Lion Dance (Kagami jishi, 2009); Three Thieves Named Kichisa (San nin Kichisa, 2014); Kumagai s Camp (Kumagai jin ya, 2010); and Kagotsurube, the Haunted Sword (Kagotsurube, sato no eizame, 2010). All performances are subtitled in English. This series is co-presented with the Japan Foundation. Higher Learning: Film Ephemera and Collections Management March 11 FREE Collections of moving-image related posters, stills, props, costumes, equipment, and documentation are found throughout institutions, including those not dedicated to film. This panel will bring together curators from both Canadian and international archives and libraries to discuss the curational strategies in utilizing moving-image related collections of ephemera. Through specific case studies, the panel will examine how initiatives that incorporate exhibition, publication, and scholarship can facilitate wider access and long-term preservation for collections of this nature.

8 LEARNING AND WORKSHOPS March Break Camps March 14 to March 18 Film FUN-damentals In this March Break programme campers will explore several facets of the filmmaking process. Each day campers will have the opportunity to engage with artist facilitators as they learn skills related to live-action filmmaking, stop motion animation, foley and special effects makeup. The campers will also get to experience the latest new-media technologies when they tour digiplayspace! Runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages Maker/Creator Camp Back by popular demand! Maker/Creator Camp gives participants the chance to experiment with game design, basic robotics, and DIY projects using maker technology including Makeymakey and Arduino boards. Campers will also get an in-depth look at digiplayspace and learn how its cutting-edge attractions were created. Runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages Summer Camps July 4 to September 2 Film Leaders-In-Training Throughout the four-week session, FLIT (Film Leaders-In-Training) attendees will spend the majority of their time creating a film under the supervision and guidance of guest artists and camp staff. These campers will be instructed in everything behind the scenes, including: the art of screenwriting, directing, shooting and editing, while also being given the opportunity to act on-camera. Through this instruction, FLIT attendees will gain hands-on experience and get a taste of what it takes to create a short film production. The fourweek session will culminate with a premiere of their film for friends and family at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Runs from July 4 to July 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages Film Fun 101 Each day, campers will explore one of the many aspects of film creation. This camp is a perfect fit for young minds fascinated by film. Campers will be working on both live-action and animated films, with an intensive focus on both pre- and post-film production. Participants will be given the opportunity to write and pitch scripts, act, direct, edit and animate within the TIFF camp environment, all while working alongside camp staff and guest facilitator. Session 1 for ages 8 10 runs from July 4 to July 15, Session 2 for ages runs from July 4 to July 15 and Session 3 for ages 8 10 runs from July 18 to July 29, all sessions run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coming Attractions: Movie Trailer Camp This two week camp will examine the various aspects and motivations behind how and why a trailer is made, culminating in the creation of a 'sweded' (low budget recreations of Hollywood films) trailer of a popular film. In the first week campers will examine many popular trailers and the various versions that are created for different regions and demographics, plot details based on release dates, and the usage of popular scores and music. In the second week campers will make a low-budget recreation of a popular Hollywood trailer. Runs from July 18 to July 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages You Ain't Scene Nothing Yet This camp is suited for individuals interested in film roles both off and on camera. Split into two sections, the first portion will be spent working collaboratively to develop the necessary skills of screenwriting, directing, shooting and editing. While in the second portion, participants will be involved in a one-week long film shoot, which includes an opportunity for each individual to edit their own "director's cut" version of the film. The camp experience will culminate on the final Friday with a screening for family and friends. Runs from August 2 to August 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages Film FUN-damentals and Animation In this two week programme, campers will explore several facets of the filmmaking process. During the first week campers will have the opportunity to engage with artist facilitators as they learn skills related to live-action filmmaking, foley and special effects makeup. The second week will have a focus on animation exploring classical, stop motion, and pixilation! Runs from August 2 to August 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages 8 10.

9 Video Game Design Video Game Design Camp allows young gamers to engage with this field through hands-on experience. Specifically dedicated to the creation of video games, this camp will allow participants to create a game of their own design. Throughout the week, learning will take place through a series of workshops. Campers will work alongside guest facilitators and camp staff, who will help each participant develop their digital gaming concept from the early design stage to a playable prototype. Session 1 runs from August 15 to August 19 for ages 8 10 and Session 2 runs from August 29 to September 2 for ages 11 14, both sessions run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parody and Mockumentary Filmmaking This camp is designed for youth who love to make others laugh while lampooning popular film! Over the two week session campers will learn the fundamentals of comedy performing while creating short film parodies or 'Swedes' (low budget recreations of Hollywood films). In addition, the entire group will work together to create a Mockumentary short to be screened on the final Friday of the camp! Runs from August 15 to August 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages Film FUN-damentals In this one-week summer programme, campers will explore several facets of the filmmaking process. Each day campers will have the opportunity to engage with artist facilitators as they learn skills related to live-action filmmaking, stop motion animation, foley and special effects makeup. Runs from August 22 to August 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages NEW RELEASES Opens January 8 Arabian Nights (As mil e uma noites) Volume 1: The Restless One (O inquieto) 125 min. Volume 2: The Desolate One (O desolado) 131 min. Volume 3: The Enchanted One (O encantado) 125 min. dir. Miguel Gomes Portugal/France/Germany/Switzerland 381 min. total Thrillingly inventive, wildly ambitious and hilariously funny, this epic contemporary fable by Miguel Gomes (Tabu) adopts the structure of the Arabian Nights in order to explore present-day Portugal s plunge into the global economic crisis. Gathering his fact-based tales of woe and wonder into three volumes, Gomes takes us on a tragicomic tour of his homeland. Opens January 22 Boy and the World (O menino e un mundo) dir. Alê Abreu Brazil min. A wondrous (and wordless) animated feature from Brazilian director Alê Abreu, Boy and the World follows a young boy who journeys to the big city and discovers a landscape both frightening and fascinating. One Floor Below (Un etaj mai jos) dir. Radu Muntean Romania/France/Germany/Sweden min. One late night, Bucharest family man Sandu witnesses what turns out to be the prelude to a murder in the apartment downstairs from him. Determining to keep his mouth shut and mind his own business, Sandu is unnerved when the (possible) killer turns up at his door one day and begins to ingratiate himself into the lives of his wife and son, testing Sandu's resolve to remain silent and pushing him to the edge. Opens January 29 Oscar Shorts The 2016 Academy Award nominees for Best Live Action and Best Animated Short Films screen in two programmes. Full details available following the announcement of the 2015 Academy Award nominations on January 14.

10 Opens February 12 Rams (Hrútar) dir. Grímur Hákonarson Iceland min. Grímur Hákonarson s stunningly shot drama focuses on two grizzled Icelandic sheep farmers whose decades-long feud comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks. Opens February 19 The Club (El Club) dir. Pablo Larraín Chile min. Shipped off to a seaside monastery by the Catholic Church to hide them from the public eye, four disgraced priests have their cozy exile disturbed when a new arrival commits suicide. Fearing a scandal, the Church dispatches a pious young priest to interrogate the fallen Fathers a task that will prove far more arduous than anyone could have guessed. Post Mortem: Pablo Larraín s Chile Trilogy screens this season as a TIFF Cinematheque retrospective from February Opens February 26 Only Yesterday (Omohide poro poro) dir. Isao Takahata Japan min. Re-released for its 25th anniversary, this lesser-known gem from the animation geniuses of Japan s Studio Ghibli focuses on Taeko, a Tokyo office girl who takes a ten-day vacation in the country. Reliving memories of her childhood, Taeko becomes aware that her life, although steadily evolving, has for the most part been unfulfilling and aimless. But when she finds a new friend who is devoted to organic farming, Taeko realizes that with a little help from the past, she may yet be able to build a new future. Opens March 11 Cemetery of Splendour (Rak ti khon kaen) dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand/UK/France/Germany/Malaysia min. In the new film from Palme d Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), a country hospital plays home to a group of soldiers who have fallen into a strange, unending sleep. When a middle-aged volunteer and a young medium manage to make psychic contact with the slumbering soldiers, they trace the men s enigmatic affliction to the ancient archeological site that lies beneath the clinic. ONGOING EXHIBITIONS Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen to January 24 Celebrate the "Warholidays" at TIFF with the Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen exhibition and Warhol-inspired gifts in TIFF Shop, along with Andy's Cocktail Factory available for a limited time in O&B's Luma. Visitors can browse a Warhol custom collection designed by local artist Jenny Boucher, and a special selection of items usually only available at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, before grabbing a "Chelsea Girls in Technicolor" or "Nico Pop" in Luma, located on the second floor of TIFF Bell Lightbox. Tickets to the exhibition are $13 (discounts for senior/child/student and free for TIFF Members), and are available in a combo with any Nothing Special: Andy Warhol's Star System or Liz & Marilyn: Black and White in Colour film for only $20 until January 24. In Love With The Stars to April 3 FREE Drawn from three archival collections in the Film Reference Library at TIFF Bell Lightbox, this free exhibition presents a whimsical look at celebrity obsession and how the stars inspire admirers to produce works that are beautiful and evocative. TIFF s archival coverage of red carpets and parties from the first Festival in 1976 to the end of the 1990s, and two collections comprised of the work of individuals who were deeply moved by the stars they loved: Edith Nadajewski, scrapbook maven, made over 1,700 unique scrapbooks of celebrities spanning over 80 years, and Jack Pashkovsky, an amateur Hollywood photographer, captured celebrities on studio lots and at events during the 1930s and 1940s. The Jack Pashkovsky Collection was donated to TIFF by Barry Avrich. Avrich s The Man Who Shot Hollywood (2015) chronicling the life of Pashkovsky screens in the exhibition in the CIBC Canadian Film Gallery.

11 Social Facebook.com/TIFF TIFF prefers Visa. About TIFF TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net. TIFF is generously supported by Lead Sponsor Bell, Major Sponsors RBC, L'Oréal Paris, and Visa, and Major Supporters the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, and the City of Toronto. Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen is presented by TIFF and Toronto Star Touch, with presenting partners the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund and American Friends of TIFF. This exhibition has been organized by The Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and is presented in collaboration with TIFF. Curated by Geralyn Huxley and Matt Wrbican from The Andy Warhol Museum, with Jon Davies as Managing Curator for TIFF. TIFF Cinematheque is generously supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation and Canada Council for the Arts. Canadian Open Vault is supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Free Screen is supported by the Ontario Arts Council. Penguin Random House Canada is the Programming Partner of Books on Film. The Walrus is the Media Partner for Books on Film Toronto Life is the Media Partner for Food on Film. Momofuku Toronto is a Programming Partner for Food on Film. TIFF Next Wave Film Festival is supported by Major Supporters the City of Toronto and the Ontario Arts Council. TIFF Next Wave Committee is supported by The Slaight Family Foundation Learning Fund. For information contact the Communications Department at or [email protected]. For images visit the media site at tiff.net/press. -30-