HOTDOCS, April 25 - May 5 2013

CHIMERAS by Mika Mattila
Next - world premiere

Wang Guangyi, international art star and founding father of Chinese contemporary art, and Liu Gang, a promising young photographer, imagine a world shaped by Eastern thought and culture without Western influence. Each man wrestles to realize his art in an era that many tout as the 'Chinese century'.

Screenings: 
Fri, Apr 26 9:00pm, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
Sun, Apr 28 1:30pm, Scotiabank 4
Thu, May 2 4:30pm, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4

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ALCAN HIGHWAY by Aleksi Salmenperä
World Showcase, international premiere

Hese leaves his native Finland for Alaska, where he turns a vintage truck and an Airstream trailer into what he hopes will become his home, which he plans to drive along the Alcan Highway to Vancouver Island. With the help from two Canadian car mechanic buddies and the scrap yard owner he sets to work, eager to complete his mission.

Screenings: 
Wed, May 1 9pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
Thu, May 2 2pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
Sun, May 5 6:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 3

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KINO! NEW FILMS FROM GERMANY, MOMA, April 18-24 2013

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, MoMA’s annual survey of new films from Germany includes six films selected from major international festivals, including this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, Locarno, Rotterdam and AFI:

FREE FALL (FREIER FALL) by Stephant Lacant (opening night film)
Police officer Marc is shaken to the core when he meets a new colleague, Kay, on a training course and begins to develop feelings for him.

OH BOY by Jan Ole Gerstner
A tragi-comedy shot in B/W about Berlin slacker Niko roams the city in search of a decent cup of coffee, but all he encounters is bad luck. Nominated for eight German Film Prizes.

FORGET ME NOT (VERGISS MEIN NIGHT) by David Sieveking
Created with humor and astonishing candor, the director examines his mother's descent into Alzheimer's. Nominated for a German Film Prize.

SILVI by Nico Sommer
A 47-year old divorcee fights loneliness as she bravely emerges into the dating pool, looking for the right partner in the wrong place.

KALIFORNIA by Laura Mahlberg
A charming shorter film about 71-year old Pavel - tired of life in his desolate trailer - who decides to walk to California.

THE REVENANTS (DIE WIEDERGÄNGER by Andreas Bolm
An atmospheric collage of characters who find themselves wandering aimlessly, and returning to where they started. A ghost story about loss and desire.

Website, press kits and stills on request

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, April 17-28 2013

RAW HERRING by Leonard Retel Helmrich & Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
World Documentary Competition - world premiere

Two-time Sundance and IDFA award-winning director Leonard Retel Helmrich (POSITION AMONG THE STARS) returns to his native Holland with a film about one of the country’s strongest national passions: raw herring. RAW HERRING is a riveting look behind the scenes of a soon-to-be-extinct tradition, the men who live for herring and their strong women who hold the fort on shore.

Press screenings:
Fri, April 19, 9:30am, Clearview Cinemas Chelsea (CCC) 7
Mon April 22, 2:30pm, CCC 4

Public screenings: 
Thur April 18, 6:30pm, CCC 6
Sat, April 20, 7:00pm, CCC 5
Wed, April 24, 12:00pm AMC Loews Village 7 – 1
Sat, April 27, 6:00pm, CCC 7

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NORTH AMERICAN THEATRICAL RELEASE, April 12

FISTS OF LEGEND by KANG Woo-suk

On a television show billed as “the greatest fight show on Earth,” eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings-hungry producers seek out legendary, but largely forgotten street fighters and mine their desperation for recaptured glory and redemption into ratings gold.

Opening in New York (AMC Empire, AMC Bay Terrace), New Jersey (AMC Ridgefield Park), Philadelphia (AMC Plymouth Meeting), Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Fullerton, Santa Clara, Las Vegas, Seattle,, San Diego, Irvine, Washington DC, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver.

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