Asian selections burnish Toronto lineup

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Industry News

World premieres of UFO in Her Eyes (2011) by GUO Xiaolu 郭小櫓 and the Anurag KASHYAP-produced Michael (2011) by Ribhu DASGUPTA have been added to the massive Contemporary World Cinema section of the Toronto International Film festival.

The section also contains a new festival berth for SONO Sion 園子温's Himizu ヒミズ (2011) and international premieres of Azhagarsamy's Horse (2011) by Suseendran and From Up on Poppy Hill コクリコ坂から (2011) by MIYAZAKI Goro 宮崎吾朗.

The neighbouring Visions section lines up the world premiere of TOYODA Toshiaki 豊田利晃's Monsters Club モンスターズクラブ (2011) alongside international or North American premieres of Amir NADERI's Cut カット (2011), TSUKAMOTO Shinya 塚本晋也's Kotoko ＫＯＴＯＫＯ (2011), Filipino pair Fable of the Fish Isda (2011) by Adolfo ALIX Jr. and Century of Birthing Siglo ng pagluluwal (2011) by Lav DIAZ, and Vimukthi JAYASUNDARA's Mushrooms Chatrak (2011), which previously opened at Cannes.

There is a world premiere gala screening for Australian-produced thriller Killer Elite (2011), and the same for Mausam (2011) (aka Seasons of Love, pictured) by India's Pankaj KAPUR. Also, there is a gala screening set for WEI Te-sheng 魏德聖's Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 賽德克・巴萊 (2011), which represents its North American premiere.

Together with announcements of Apichatpong "Joe" WEERASETHAKUL อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล's Empire (2011) and Raya MARTIN's Ars Colonia (2011), in the Wavelengths section, the festival has now largely completed its line-up.

Toronto 2011
Contemporary World Cinema
Azhagarsamy's Horse; dir: Suseendran [India] — International Premiere
From Up on Poppy Hill; dir: Miyazaki Goro [Japan] — International Premiere
Himizu; dir: Sion Sono [Japan] — North American Premiere
Michael; dir: Ribhu Dasgupta [India] — World Premiere
UFO in her Eyes; dir: Guo Xiaolu [Germany] — World Premiere

Visions
Century of Birthing; dir: Lav Diaz [Philippines] — North American Premiere
Cut; dir: Amir Naderi [Japan] — North American Premiere
Fable of the Fish; dir: Adolfo Alix Jr. [Philippines] — International Premiere
Kotoko; dir: Tsukamoto Shinya [Japan] — North American Premiere
Monsters Club; dir: Toyoda Toshiaki [Japan] — World Premiere
Mushrooms; dir: Vimukthi Jayasundara [India/France] — North American Premiere

Galas
Killer Elite; dir: Gary Mckendrie [Australia] — World Premiere
Seasons of Love (Mausam) Dir: Pankaj Kapur [India] — World Premiere
Sleeping Beauty (2011); dir: Julia LEIGH [Australia] — North America Premiere
Life Without Principle 奪命金 (2011); dir: Johnnie TO 杜琪峰 [Hong Kong] — North America Premiere
Warriors of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale; dir: Wei Te-sheng [Taiwan] — North America Premiere

Wavelengths
Empire; dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul [Thailand]
Ars Colonia; dir: Raya Martin [The Philippines/The Netherlands].

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