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Botero

Opens Jan 10

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10:00 AM More	Curious Minds // Literary Cities: Paris, New York, St. Petersburg and the Birth of the Modern Age
1:00 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
3:30 PM More	Botero
6:00 PM More	Special Event: Errol Morris on American Dharma
9:15 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

11:00 AM More	Free Hot Docs Supporter Screening: The Kingmaker
2:00 PM More	Fantastic Fungi
4:00 PM More	Game Changers: Seven Songs for Malcolm X
6:00 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
9:15 PM More	This Film Should Be Played Loud: Mountaintop: Neil Young with Crazy Horse

11:30 AM More	Game Changers: Regarding Susan Sontag
3:00 PM More	Toronto Jewish Film Society: Golda's Balcony, The Film
6:30 PM More	Music on Film: Heart of a Dog with Laurie Anderson
9:15 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

10:00 AM More	Curious Minds // The Impressionists
1:00 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
3:30 PM More	Fantastic Fungi
6:00 PM More	TVO presents: There Are No Fakes
9:15 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

1:00 PM More	Fantastic Fungi
3:30 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
6:30 PM More	Mental Health Film Series // Mystify: Michael Hutchence (FREE)
9:30 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

10:00 AM More	Curious Minds // Toronto Views: An Architectural History of Our Changing City
1:00 PM More	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
6:30 PM More	AADFF: Neutra: Survival Through Design
9:30 PM More	Fantastic Fungi

1:00 PM More	Curious Minds // The Blues: A Musical and Cultural History
4:00 PM More	AADFF: Finn with an Oyster
7:00 PM More	AADFF: City Dreamers
9:30 PM More	Fantastic Fungi

Opens December 20

63 Up

"(A) documentary marvel" - The Guardian

The groundbreaking 7 Up series continues with a ninth installment full of insight and humour, following its singular subjects into the later stages of life.

Opens January 10

Botero

One of the world’s most popular living artists.

Discover the creativity and convictions of Fernando Botero, the renowned, yet intensely private, Colombian artist whose paintings and sculptures captured a very singular, very rotund world.

Opens February 7

Citizen K

The perfect, bitter film of the moment." - CineVue

Explore the seedy underpinnings of post-Soviet Russia and the rise of Putin in this gripping story about the dangers and complexities of oligarchical rule, told from the perspective of enigmatic Russian exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Opens February 21

Cunningham

"(A) visual wonder" - Los Angeles Times

An eye-popping journey through the artistic evolution of visionary American choreographer Merce Cunningham, orchestrated through his iconic works and performed by the last generation of his dancers.

Sunday, December 1, 6:30 PM

Fantastic Fungi

“Informative and kooky” – The New York Times

Hailed for its healing properties, mushrooms are having a major moment. That’s not all: this remarkable organism may even contain the secret to saving life as we know it on Earth.

Opens January 3

Golda

The dramatic story of Israel’s first and only female ruler.

Shortly before her passing, Golda Meir was interviewed for Israeli television. After it ended, the cameras kept rolling, recording an intimate talk with the first and only woman to ever rule Israel.

Opens February 1

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

"A practically perfect primer" - TheWrap

Explore the emotional power of cinematic sound and get to know the unsung heroes—sound designers, editors, and foley wizards—who have played a starring role in some of our favourite films.

Opens February 28

The Times of Bill Cunningham

"Movingly captures what made him unique" - Variety

Get to know the legendary street photographer and fashion historian Bill Cunningham in this moving portrait of his life, including his four decades at The New York Times.

Opens January 31

Varda by Agnès

"A sublime career retrospective" - NOW

Take a journey through the brilliant career and imagination of one of cinema’s greatest treasures in the final film from the late, beloved French auteur Agnès Varda.

Opens January 17

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

"Richly compelling" - Little White Lies

Born 100 years ago, The New Yorker’s legendary film critic Pauline Kael transformed the trajectory of 20th century cinema with the power of her typewriter.

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Get inspired by cultural icons who point the way forward.

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It’s legal now. Enter an altered state of documentary.

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Free docs-and-conversations about mental health leading up to Bell Let's Talk Day.

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OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY

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Botero

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63 Up

Botero

Citizen K

Cunningham

Fantastic Fungi

Golda

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

The Times of Bill Cunningham

Varda by Agnès

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN FILM FESTIVAL

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HIGH MINDED

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