UYGHURS, PRISONERS OF THE ABSURD

The incredible odyssey of a group of men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority, detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. Exposing the cold logic of post–September 11 geopolitical gamemasters who flout international law as they shift their pawns, this documentary is part human drama, part political thriller, and both thought-provoking and moving.

Doc | 98 min | Patricio Henriquez
Macumba DOC inc. | NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Festival du nouveau cinéma
Montreal, 2014

OFFICIAL SELECTION
International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA)
Amsterdam, 2014

PRESS & INDUSTRY SCREENING

Nov. 20 16:45 | Tuschinski 3

PUBLIC SCREENING

Nov. 22 21:30 | Tuschinski 3

Nov. 23 17:45 | Tuschinski 2 (Movies that Matter)

Nov. 25 11:45 | Brakke Grond Expozaal

Nov. 27 17:30 | Munt 11

Nov. 28 20:15 | EYE Cinema 2

IMAGINED STATES OF AMERICA

Imagined States of America takes on the nation’s myths to get to the heart of a country that continues to fascinate the world. Inspired by Pierre Guimond’s photo collages, and incorporating an intricately built soundscape, the film resembles a dream on the verge of a nightmare, revealing an America that is rich in paradoxes.

Doc | 46 min • 86 min | Alberta Nokes
Les Films de l'Isle | NFB

THE WANTED 18

Soon after the dawn of the 1987 Palestinian uprising, residents of the town of Beit Sahour secretly bought 18 cows from an Israeli kibbutz. Documenting this seemingly small act of resistance – one that allowed Palestinians to provide milk for their children – The Wanted 18 encompasses comedy, drama and absurd tragedy.

Animated-Feature | 75 min | Paul Cowan, Amer Shomali
Intuitive Pictures II Inc. | NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto, 2014

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
Montreal, 2014

HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT

From the producing teams behind the acclaimed Searching for Sugar Man and Stories We Tell comes Hadwin’s Judgement, the true story of Grant Hadwin, a logger-turned-environmentalist who mysteriously disappeared after singlehandedly destroying North America’s most sacred tree, the Golden Spruce.

Doc | 80 min | Sasha Snow
True West | Passion Pictures | NFB

THE AMINA PROFILE

During the Arab revolution, a love story between two women – a Canadian and a Syrian American – turns into an international socio-political thriller spotlighting media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood on the Internet.

Doc | 52 min • 90 min | Sophie Deraspe
Esperamos Films | NFB

SLUMS: CITIES OF TOMORROW

Slums: Cities of Tomorrow seeks to address the housing problem in the age of urbanovercrowding by looking at structures built on a human scale from a sociological and philosophical perspective. This film takes us on a human and aesthetic journey across the continents: to Mumbai, India, home of the largest slum in all of Asia; to Rabat, Morocco, on what was once fertile farmland; to a tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey; to a trailer district in Marseille, France; and to the native community of Kitcisakik, Quebec.

Doc | 52 min • 82 min | Jean-Nicolas Orhon
Films Camera Oscura