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We are proud to present you with the TPFF '09 Official Program. In this section you can browse film descriptions and purchase tickets for this year's Festival. Below you'll find all information on films, tickets, venues and schedule.
Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF), welcomes audiences of all backgrounds to experience the vibrant heritage, resilience and culture of the Palestinian people, while celebrating film as an art form and means of expression.
Don’t forget to look at our special programs section for details on the TPFF '09 art exhibit, panels and traditional Palestinian brunch.
Tickets
Toronto Palestine Film Festival 2009 - September 26 to October 2.
You can use the shopping cart system on this page to buy tickets . You can also purchase tickets at designated locations through out the city. For detailed ticket purchasing information and a list of festival venues, please go here .
Print verision (pdf) of the TPFF 2009 programme is available here.
TPFF ’09 Program
Saturday, September 26, Opening Night at the
Bloor Cinema - 6:30 pm
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Amreeka | Cherien Dabis | 2009 | 96 min | Fiction | USA | Canadian Premiere |
Online sales for Amreeka are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Saturday, September 26 - Bloor Cinema, 9:00 pmMake a Wish |
Cherien Dabis |
2006 |
12 min |
Fiction |
Palestine/USA |
Canadian Premiere A Boy, a Wall and a Donkey |
Hany Abu-Assad |
2008 |
5 min |
Fiction |
Palestine |
A Stone's Throw Away | Line Halvorsen |
2003 |
52 min |
Documentary |
Norway |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Sunday Sept 27, 11:00am - 1:00 pmBRUNCH TPPF ‘09 SAHTAIN! Film & Food Brunch BRUNCH IS SOLD OUT |
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Sunday, September 27 - Bloor Cinema, 4:00 pmMeasures of Distance |
Mona Hatoum |
1988 |
15 min |
Experimental Rana’s Wedding |
Hany Abu-Assad |
2002 |
92 min |
Fiction |
Palestine |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Monday, September 28 - Jackman Hall AGO, 7:00 pmOpel Cadet | From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky | [See synopsis for Road Movie and Opel Cadet] Territories | Mary Ellen Davis |
2007 |
64 min |
Documentary
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Canada |
Toronto Premiere Indecisive Moments |
Larry Towell |
2008 |
45 min |
Documentary |
Canada/Palestine |
Toronto Premiere |
Directory in Attendance |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Monday, September 28 - Jackman Hall AGO 9:00 pmSlow Emergency |
From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Ya Halawood |
Hazim Bitar & Workshop Students |
2008 |
10 min |
Satire |
Jordan |
Canadian Premiere Looking Awry |
Sobhi al-Zobaidi |
2001 |
29 min |
Fiction |
Palestine |
Director in Attendance The Edge of Hope |
Gerd Schneider |
2006 |
52 min |
Documentary |
Germany |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Tuesday, September 29 - Jackman Hall AGO, 7:00 pmThe New-Old Road to Jericho | From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky | [See synopsis for Road Movie and The New-Old Road to Jericho] They Do Not Exist |
Mustafa Abu Ali |
1974 |
25 min |
Documentary |
Palestine |
Canadian Premiere Easy, Easy |
Riyad Deis |
2008 |
20 min |
Fiction |
Palestine | North American Premiere To My Father |
Abdelsalam Shehadeh |
2008 |
52 min |
Documentary |
Palestine | Canadian Premiere |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Tuesday, September 29 - Jackman Hall AGO 9:00 pmo caminho | From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky | [See synopsis for Road Movie and o caminho] A Palestinian Mural |
Norma Shiheiber |
2008 |
12 min |
Documentary |
US | Canadian Premiere Najla |
Sidrah Laldin |
2005 |
12 min |
Documentary |
Canada |
World Premiere |
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Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said |
Emmanuel Hamon |
2003 |
54 min |
Documentary |
France |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Wednesday, September 30 - Empire 10 at Square One 7:00 pmCheckpoint Rock: Songs of Palestine |
Javier Corcueran / Fermin Muguruza |
2009 |
70 min |
Documentary |
Spain |
North American Premiere |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Wednesday, September 30 - Revue Cinema, 7:00 pmAl Almanie (the German) | From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky | [See synopsis for Road Movie and Al Almanie (the German)] About the Sea |
Sobhi al-Zobaidi
2007 |
9 min |
Documentary |
Palestine By Land or By Water: Gaza Under Siege |
Produced and directed by LifeSource members |
2009 |
9 min |
Documentary |
Palestine/Israel Drying up Palestine |
Rima Essa / Peter Snowdon |
2007 |
28 min |
Documentary |
Palestine |
Panel discussion to follow |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Wednesday, September 30 - Revue Cinema, 9:00 pmTo Biddo | From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky | [See synopsis for Road Movie and To Biddo] Arafat & I |
Mahdi Fleifel |
2008 |
15 min |
Fiction |
UK |
Canadian Premiere The View |
Hazim Bitar & Rifqui Assaf |
2008 |
16 min |
Fiction |
Jordon |
Canadian Premiere Sharar |
Saleh Qasem, Ammar Quttaineh, Hazim Bitar |
2008 |
17 min |
Fiction like twenty impossibles |
Annemarie Jacir |
2003 |
17 min |
Fiction | |
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Thursday, October 1 - Revue Cinema, 7:00 pmLike Almond Blossoms | From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky | [See synopsis for Road Movie and Like Almond Blossoms] Daggit Gazza |
Hadeel Assali / Iman Saqr |
2009 |
9 min |
Documentary |
US Rough Cut
| Taghreed Saadeh |
2009 |
10 min |
Documentary |
Canada Missing Gaza |
Sobhi Al Zobaidi |
2005 |
13 min |
Documentary |
Palestine/Israel |
Director in Attendance I Am Ghazza |
Asma Bseiso |
2009 |
42 min |
Palestine |
North American Premiere | Panel to Follow |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Thursday October 1 - Revue Cinema, 9:00 pmEzra | From Road Movie, a 12 Screen Multi-Media Installation | Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky | [See synopsis for Road Movie and Ezra] Chic Point: Fashion For Israeli Checkpoints |
Sharif Waked |
2003 |
7 min
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Satire |
Palestine/Israel Citizen Nawi |
Nissim Mossek |
2007 |
80 min |
Documentary |
Israel |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Friday October 2 - Bloor Cinema, 7:00 pmLaila’s Birthday | Rashid Masharawi | 2008 | 71 min | Fiction | Palestine/Tunisia/The Netherlands See synopsis for Laila's Birthday | Laila's Birthday Video Clip |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only. |
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Friday October 2 - Bloor Cinema, 9:00 pmCheckpoint Rock: Songs of Palestine |
Javier Corcueran / Fermin Muguruza |
2009 |
70 min |
Documentary |
Spain |
Online sales for this programme are now closed. Tickets are available at the door only.
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