The Circuit

Toronto has added twelve titles to the Vanguard and Visions programs.

From their press release:
 
 
VANGUARD
 
Afterwards
Gilles Bourdos, France/Canada/Germany                                                                                                                           
World Premiere
Years after a near-death experience shook his childhood, Nathan, now a successful corporate lawyer, has buried himself in his work to escape the reality of a painful divorce. Then a mysterious doctor enters his life, and suddenly Nathan must cope with the shocking news that soon he will die. Afterwards stars Romain Duris, John Malkovich, Evangeline Lilly and Reece Thompson.
          
Sauna
Antti-Jussi Annila, Finland                                                                                                                                                                  
World Premiere
In the year 1595, following the brutal war between Finland and Russia, brothers Knut and Erik are part of the commission marking the border between the two countries.
 
Tears for Sale
Uro_ Stojanovi_, Serbia/Croatia                                                                                                                        
World Premiere
In the mountains of battle-scarred Serbia lies the village of Pokrp, whose men have been eradicated by generations of war. When sisters Little Boginja and Ognjenka inadvertently kill Pokrp's sole surviving male in a futile attempt to lose their virginity, they must find a living, virile man in order to avoid a death sentence.
 
Universalove
Thomas Woschitz, Austria/Luxembourg                                                                                                          
World Premiere
Love stories from Brooklyn, Belgrade, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Marseille and Luxembourg play against a backdrop of music by Austrian indie band Naked Lunch, whose haunting songs serve to elaborate upon the stirring narratives.
 
PA-RA-DA
Marco Pontecorvo, Italy/France/Romania                                                                                                                  
International Premiere
This true story of a street clown, Miloud Oukili, charts his arrival in Romania in 1992, three years after the end of Ceau_escu's dictatorship, and his encounter with the children who live on the streets, the so-called "boskettari."
 
Kisses
Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden                                                                                                                           
North American Premiere
On the fringes of Dublin, Kylie and Dylan live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and prospects of escape. Following a violent altercation with his father, Dylan decides to run away from home with Kylie.
 

VISIONS
 
Uncertainty
Scott McGehee and David Siegel, USA                                                                                                                               
World Premiere
Starring up and comers Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick, The Lookout), Olivia Thirlby (The Wackness, Juno) and Lynn Collins (The Merchant of Venice), this film offers two stories about the same young couple in love who find out that they are pregnant and are not sure what to do.
 
Unspoken
Fien Troch, Belgium                                                                                                                                                                  
World Premiere
Five years ago, 14-year-old Lisa disappeared from the lives of her parents Lukas and Grace, with no clear reason, no goodbye. Her parents have managed to get their lives back to some semblance of normality, until Benjamin, a former friend of Lisa's, pays them a visit and a series of strange occurrences ensue.
 
Je veux voir
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Lebanon                                                                                            
North American Premiere
Their first film since the 2005 critically acclaimed A Perfect Day, filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige ask the question "what can cinema do?" and translate that into a version of reality in Je veux voir (I Want to See). Catherine Deneuve and Rabih Mroué star as themselves, traveling to Beirut and driving through the regions devastated by the 2006 war in Lebanon. This unpredictable adventure aims to reveal the beauty in an area ravaged by war.
Preceded by the short film Expectations
Expectations 
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, South Korea/France                                                                                           
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's follow-up to the 2006 award-winning Daratt (Dry Season) charts the journey of a man fleeing his debts by attempting an arduous desert crossing.
 
Süt
Semih Kaplano_lu, Turkey/France/Germany                                                                                                    
North American Premiere
Young Yusuf is upset when he learns that his mother Fatma is having a secret affair with the town's railroad stationmaster. He must decide whether to behave in accordance with the traditional male-dominated culture of the town, or to develop a newly open perspective that is more modern.
 
Vinyan
Fabrice du Welz, France/United Kingdom/Belgium                                                                                 
North American Premiere
Eastern spiritual themes of despair are paired with maternal concerns in du Welz's second film after his 2004 Midnight Madness debut, Calvaire. Starring Emmanuelle Béart and Rufus Sewell, Vinyan concerns a couple who are torn after the loss of their son Joshua.