Wednesday, Sept. 23 Three narratives form the core of Antonioni’s last film, co-directed with Wenders after the great Italian director was left unable to speak due to a stroke. John Malkovich stars.

An ex-con and his hapless sidekick attempt to deliver a present to the former prisoner’s daughter on the event of her 10-year birthday. A poetic tale full of unexpected twists and turns, Big 1-0 blends wry humour with gritty urban realism, leaving plenty of room for compassion amongst Toronto’s underclass.

Martin Strel is not your average world-class athlete. He is overweight, possibly alcoholic and suffering from high blood pressure. Unbelievably, he is a four-time world record-holding endurance swimmer and a hero in his homeland of Slovenia. Strel swims some of the most dangerous rivers in the world (including the Mississippi and the Yangtze) to raise awareness of the effects of pollution. At 53, he is about to take on his greatest challenge to date, the mighty Amazon.  With a crew as eccentric as himself (including an amateur river navigator who makes increasingly bizarre comparisons between Strel and Jesus), Martin sets off to swim 3,375 miles over 66 days, for history's longest swim. As the unlikely team progresses down the river, Strel quickly shows signs of mental and physical deteroriation. His own son fears that his father is going insane as it becomes increasingly clear that it is not pollution that Strel is battling, but his own inner demons. Blurring the line between reality and myth, documentary filmmaker John Maringouin creates a darkly humorous portrait of an extraordinary individual you won't soon forget.

For Amina, the only thing more frightening than giving birth to a baby at 17 years old is having to keep hearing all the stories about it first.

Scientia dreams of creating a genetically modified potato that can emulate and replace the man she loves. In the fields of an experimental farm, a potato man is born, destined to live a short and tragic existence. This Guy Madden-esque film is unlike any other short you'll see this year.

Little rabbit Booo meets three daring rabbit friends. The three daring rabbits set out for adventure and Booo joins in his own way, but is teased. But when the daring rabbits get in trouble with a dog, it’s Booo that comes to the rescue!

Is friendship meant to last? Faced with physical distances and lost contact, can a simple cup-phone message bring two friends back together years later?

East meets West in this surrealistic little short. A flashlight made in China, instructions translated from Chinese into English ... love.