Free Screening! Takashi Ishida in person

Free Screening!
Takashi Ishida in person
December 3 at 7:00pm
Curated and presented by Chris Gehman.
Renowned Japanese artist Takashi Ishida, winner of the prestigious Goto Commemorative Culture Award in 2007, has been creating new work here in Toronto over the past several months. As his year-long residency draws to a close, we are delighted to welcome Takashi Ishida to present a selected retrospective of his films and videos (and perhaps something brand-new as an added bonus!). More...

L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette
Director: André Forcier
December 6 at 9:00pm
This Québécois classic by the province's former reining enfant terrible is set in a rundown tenement in Montréal. The film centres on a ruthless loan shark named Polo as he plans a birthday celebration for himself. Unfortunately for him, his enemies aren't as cowed as he believes. More...

Restored 35mm print!
Touki-Bouki
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
December 9 at 9:00pm
The picaresque Touki-Bouki, made by one of Africa's greatest filmmakers, follows the adventures of two restless lovers as they ride through Dakar on a motorcycle accessorized with a pair of cattle horns. The anti-heroes of this legendary, French New Wave-inspired film feel alienated from society and long to escape to Paris, where they expect to find freedom. More...

Free Screening!
Restored archival print!
Limite
Director: Mário Peixoto
December 10 at 7:00pm
Widely considered one of the best Brazilian films of all time, Limite is Mário Peixoto's one and only film, an enthralling work of pure cinema with stylistic affinities to Fritz Lang, Murnau and Man Ray. Inspired by an arresting André Kertész photograph, the film exudes an ecstatic Expressionism in its high contrast, elliptical depiction of three castaways battling unforgiving waters on a rickety boat. More...

For complete schedule, visit cinemathequeontario.ca . Order your tickets online or call 416-968-FILM.
All screenings take place at AGO's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street West, McCaul Street entrance.
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