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Thursday, April 24th
12:00 PM	click to rate	Carts of Darkness Murray Siple 2007 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 60 min. plays with... White Vans \| Aren Hansen 2007	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	At the Death House Door Steve James, Peter Gilbert 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 98 min.	ROM	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Pietra Brettkelly 2008 \| World Showcase \| 98 min.	Cumberland Cinemas 2	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	Tehran Has No More Pomegranates Massoud Bakhshi 2006 \| Spotlight On Iran \| 67 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Seaview Nicky Gogan, Paul Rowley 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 82 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
2:30 PM	click to rate	Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai Lisa Merton, Alan Dater 2008 \| Featured, World Showcase \| 81 min.	ROM	+ add to cal
4:00 PM	click to rate	Hot Docs Talks: Iran to You Hot Docs Talks \| 90 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
4:15 PM	click to rate	Be Like Others Tanaz Eshaghian 2008 \| World Showcase \| 74 min. plays with... The Unbearable Whiteness of Being \| Faisal Aziz 2007	Cumberland Cinemas 2	+ add to cal
4:30 PM	click to rate	Letter to Anna - The Story of Journalist Politkovskaya's Death Eric Bergkraut 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 84 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker? Barbara Caspar 2008 \| Next \| 84 min.	ROM	+ add to cal
6:30 PM	click to rate	Flow: For Love of Water Irena Salina 2008 \| World Showcase \| 93 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal
6:45 PM	click to rate	The Beetle Yishai Orian 2008 \| World Showcase \| 70 min.	Al Green	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	The Forgotten Woman Dilip Mehta 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 90 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	S&M: Short and Male Howard Goldberg 2008 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 86 min. plays with... $4 Haircut \| Wade Vroom 2008	Royal	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Mechanical Love Phie Ambo 2007 \| World Showcase \| 79 min. plays with... Peter and Ben \| Pinny Grylls 2007	Cumberland Cinemas 2	+ add to cal
7:15 PM	click to rate	An Island Calling Annie Goldson 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 75 min.	ROM	+ add to cal
7:15 PM	click to rate	It's Always Late for Freedom Mehrdad Oskouei 2007 \| Spotlight On Iran \| 52 min. plays with... Cyanosis \| Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami 2007	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
9:00 PM	click to rate	Stalags - Holocaust and Pornography in Israel Ari Libsker 2007 \| World Showcase \| 62 min. plays with... Kredens \| Jacob Dammas 2007	Al Green	+ add to cal
9:15 PM	click to rate	Eleven Minutes Michael Selditch, Rob Tate 2008 \| World Showcase \| 102 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Planet B-Boy Benson Lee 2007 \| World Showcase \| 95 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Suddenly, Last Winter Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi 2007 \| World Showcase \| 80 min. plays with... The Pull \| Andy Blubaugh 2007	Cumberland Cinemas 2	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Dreams with Sharp Teeth Erik Nelson 2007 \| Next \| 94 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Bloody Cartoons Karsten Kjaer 2007 \| Make Me A Believer \| 52 min. plays with... The Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Ghost \| Filip Remunda 2007	ROM	+ add to cal
9:45 PM	click to rate	Killer Poet Susan Gray 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 77 min.	Royal	+ add to cal
11:55 PM	click to rate	Vesterbro Michael Noer 2007 \| International Spectrum \| 78 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal
Friday, April 25th
11:30 AM	click to rate	The Mother Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov 2007 \| International Spectrum \| 80 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:00 PM	click to rate	The Black List Timothy Greenfield-Sanders 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 87 min.	ROM	+ add to cal	buy tickets
1:30 PM	click to rate	The Man Who Crossed the Sahara Korbett Matthews 2008 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 53 min. plays with... Mr. Edison's Ear \| Francisca Duran 2008	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:15 PM	click to rate	An Island Calling Annie Goldson 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 75 min.	ROM	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:15 PM	click to rate	Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing Nettie Wild 2007 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 45 min. plays with... Letter to Myself \| Beth Miller 2007	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
4:30 PM	click to rate	Full Battle Rattle Tony Gerber, Jesse Moss 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 94 min.	ROM	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:30 PM	click to rate	Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about his Father Kurt Kuenne 2008 \| Featured, World Showcase \| 95 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:45 PM	click to rate	The Fallen Rudy Joffroy 2007 \| Made In Mexico \| 85 min.	Al Green	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Milošević on Trial Michael Christoffersen 2007 \| World Showcase \| 69 min.	Royal	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Anatomy of Failure Minou Norouzi 2007 \| Make Me A Believer \| 53 min. plays with... The Apology Line \| James Lees 2007	ROM	+ add to cal
7:15 PM	click to rate	Bloody Cartoons Karsten Kjaer 2007 \| Make Me A Believer \| 52 min. plays with... The Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Ghost \| Filip Remunda 2007	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
9:15 PM	click to rate	Summerchild Iris Olsson 2007 \| World Showcase \| 59 min. plays with... The Pests \| Katja Lautamatti, Mina Laamo 2007	Al Green	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:15 PM	click to rate	Waiting for Hockney Julie Checkoway 2007 \| Next \| 78 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:15 PM	click to rate	Primary Robert Drew 1960 \| Outstanding Achievement: Richard Leacock \| 53 min. plays with... Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment \| Robert Drew 1963	ROM	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	My Life Inside Lucía Gajá 2007 \| Featured, Made In Mexico \| 120 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Lovely Andrea Hito Steyerl 2007 \| Next \| 30 min. plays with... Je suis une bombe \| Elodie Pong 2006 Cock Fight Song \| Lilibeth Cuenca 2006 Time Flies \| Frédéric Moser, Philippe Schwinger 2006 Perfect/Growing Older (Dis)gracefully \| Esra Ersen 2006	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Jesus Loves You Lilian Franck, Robert Cibis, Michaela Kirst and Matthias Luthardt 2008 \| Make Me A Believer \| 80 min.	Royal	+ add to cal	buy tickets
11:45 PM	click to rate	Eleven Minutes Michael Selditch, Rob Tate 2008 \| World Showcase \| 102 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Saturday, April 26th
11:30 AM	click to rate	Her Name is Sabine Sandrine Bonnaire 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 85 min.	ROM	+ add to cal
11:30 AM	click to rate	Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Jennifer Baichwal 1998 \| Focus On Jennifer Baichwal \| 72 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
11:30 AM	click to rate	The Red Card Mahnaz Afzali 2007 \| Spotlight On Iran \| 74 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
12:45 PM	click to rate	Tiger Spirit Min Sook Lee 2007 \| Canadian Spectrum, Featured \| 90 min. plays with... A Day in Palestine \| Mary Ellen Davis, José Garcia-Lozano, Will Eizlini 2007	Bloor	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	The Lie of the Land Molly Dineen 2007 \| World Showcase \| 74 min. plays with... Phillipa Lord: She's the Shit \| Joni Alexander, Katie McQue 2007	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Mechanical Love Phie Ambo 2007 \| World Showcase \| 79 min. plays with... Peter and Ben \| Pinny Grylls 2007	Royal	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Doc It! Showcase Special Presentations \| 90 min.	ROM	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	Hot Docs Talks: The Feeling of Being There Hot Docs Talks \| 90 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
3:30 PM	click to rate	Flow: For Love of Water Irena Salina 2008 \| World Showcase \| 93 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal
4:00 PM	click to rate	Suddenly, Last Winter Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi 2007 \| World Showcase \| 80 min. plays with... The Pull \| Andy Blubaugh 2007	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
4:30 PM	click to rate	The Lost Colony Astrid Bussink 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 72 min. plays with... I Shot the Mayor (or Plan B) \| Astrid Bussink 2007	Al Green	+ add to cal
4:30 PM	click to rate	BLAST! Paul Devlin 2008 \| World Showcase \| 79 min.	Royal	+ add to cal
4:45 PM	click to rate	A Stravinsky Portrait Richard Leacock, Rolf Liebermann 1967 \| Outstanding Achievement: Richard Leacock \| 58 min. plays with... Jazz Dance \| Roger Tilton 1953	ROM	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Where Do I Belong? Mahvash Sheikholeslami 2007 \| Spotlight On Iran \| 68 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
6:15 PM	click to rate	Stranded, I've come from a plane that crashed in the mountains Gonzalo Arijon 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 123 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal
6:45 PM	click to rate	Belarusian Waltz Andrzej Fidyk 2007 \| Next \| 73 min. plays with... Maria \| Victor Asliuk 2007	Al Green	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	FLicKeR Nik Sheehan 2007 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 72 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Virtual JFK: Vietnam if Kennedy Had Lived Koji Masutani 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 82 min.	Royal	+ add to cal
7:15 PM	click to rate	Killer Poet Susan Gray 2008 \| International Spectrum \| 77 min.	ROM	+ add to cal
7:15 PM	click to rate	It's Always Late for Freedom Mehrdad Oskouei 2007 \| Spotlight On Iran \| 52 min. plays with... Cyanosis \| Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami 2007	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal
9:15 PM	click to rate	Standard Operating Procedure Errol Morris 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 118 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
9:15 PM	click to rate	The Fallen Rudy Joffroy 2007 \| Made In Mexico \| 85 min.	Al Green	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Dreams with Sharp Teeth Erik Nelson 2007 \| Next \| 94 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle Annette Mangaard 2007 \| Next \| 47 min. plays with... Shut the Fuck Up \| 1984	ROM	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Waiting for Hockney Julie Checkoway 2007 \| Next \| 78 min.	Royal	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	International Documentary Challenge Screening Special Presentations \| 90 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal	buy tickets
11:55 PM	click to rate	Planet B-Boy Benson Lee 2007 \| World Showcase \| 95 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal
Sunday, April 27th
11:00 AM	click to rate	Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about his Father Kurt Kuenne 2008 \| Featured, World Showcase \| 95 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal	buy tickets
1:00 PM	click to rate	To See If I'm Smiling Tamar Yarom 2007 \| International Spectrum \| 59 min. plays with... Bad Blue Boys \| Branko Schmidt 2007	Bloor	+ add to cal	buy tickets
1:45 PM	click to rate	S&M: Short and Male Howard Goldberg 2008 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 86 min. plays with... $4 Haircut \| Wade Vroom 2008	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	The Holier it Gets Jennifer Baichwal 1999 \| Focus On Jennifer Baichwal \| 54 min. plays with... Streetcar \| Nicholas de Pencier 2008	Royal	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:00 PM	click to rate	Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath 2008 \| Special Presentations \| 95 min.	Al Green	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:15 PM	click to rate	Summerchild Iris Olsson 2007 \| World Showcase \| 59 min. plays with... The Pests \| Katja Lautamatti, Mina Laamo 2007	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:30 PM	click to rate	Anatomy of Failure Minou Norouzi 2007 \| Make Me A Believer \| 53 min. plays with... The Apology Line \| James Lees 2007	ROM	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:30 PM	click to rate	Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go Kim Longinotto 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 100 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:30 PM	click to rate	The Beetle Yishai Orian 2008 \| World Showcase \| 70 min.	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:30 PM	click to rate	Jesus Loves You Lilian Franck, Robert Cibis, Michaela Kirst and Matthias Luthardt 2008 \| Make Me A Believer \| 80 min.	Royal	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:30 PM	click to rate	Cuban Song Fernand Bélanger, Louise Dugal, Yves Angrignon 2007 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 63 min. plays with... Blood and Incense \| Carl Valiquet 2008	Al Green	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:45 PM	click to rate	Milošević on Trial Michael Christoffersen 2007 \| World Showcase \| 69 min.	ROM	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:45 PM	click to rate	Lovely Andrea Hito Steyerl 2007 \| Next \| 30 min. plays with... Je suis une bombe \| Elodie Pong 2006 Cock Fight Song \| Lilibeth Cuenca 2006 Time Flies \| Frédéric Moser, Philippe Schwinger 2006 Perfect/Growing Older (Dis)gracefully \| Esra Ersen 2006	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:30 PM	click to rate	Football Undercover David Assmann, Ayat Najafi 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 86 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:45 PM	click to rate	My Life Inside Lucía Gajá 2007 \| Featured, Made In Mexico \| 120 min.	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Stalags - Holocaust and Pornography in Israel Ari Libsker 2007 \| World Showcase \| 62 min. plays with... Kredens \| Jacob Dammas 2007	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Ex-voto for Three Souls Diego Rivera Kohn 2008 \| Made In Mexico \| 45 min.	Royal	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Second Sight Alison McAlpine 2008 \| Make Me A Believer \| 52 min.	Royal	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Nursery University Marc H. Simon 2007 \| World Showcase \| 90 min.	Al Green	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma Patrick Reed 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 88 min.	ROM	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:00 PM	click to rate	The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Pietra Brettkelly 2008 \| World Showcase \| 98 min.	Bloor	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Anvil! The Story of Anvil Sacha Gervasi 2008 \| Special Presentations \| 85 min.	Royal	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	S&M: Short and Male Howard Goldberg 2008 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 86 min. plays with... $4 Haircut \| Wade Vroom 2008	Isabel Bader	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	As Slow As Possible Scott Smith 2008 \| Canadian Spectrum \| 60 min. plays with... Virtuoso \| Terry Stone 2007	Innis Town Hall	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:45 PM	click to rate	Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma Patrick Reed 2007 \| Special Presentations \| 88 min.	ROM	+ add to cal	buy tickets

Presenting Partners

Rogers Documentary Fund History Television Telefilm Canada The Documentary Channel