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Thursday, September 17th
5:00 PM	click to rate	Welcome Reception Special Events	Minstrels Gastropub	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	The American Friend Wim Wenders 1977 \| Wim Wenders: A Retrospective \| 127 min.	Dalhousie University Art Gallery	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day Mike Clattenburg 2009 \| Atlantic Focus, Features, Gala Films \| 101 min.	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day Mike Clattenburg 2009 \| Atlantic Focus, Features, Gala Films \| 101 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Take 10 Ticket Package Ticket Packages	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Take 5 Ticket Package Ticket Packages	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:05 PM	click to rate	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day Mike Clattenburg 2009 \| Atlantic Focus, Features, Gala Films \| 101 min.	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	NBC Universal Canada Opening Night Gala Party Special Events	Halifax Metro Centre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Friday, September 18th
9:15 AM	click to rate	Strategic Partners Keynote Speaker: Roger Frappier, Max Films Panels	Delta Halifax Bluenose Ballroom	+ add to cal
1:45 PM	click to rate	Strategic Partners Panel: Stone Soup: Making Indie Films in a New Economy	Delta Halifax Bluenose Ballroom	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Lightning Over Water Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders 1980 \| Wim Wenders: A Retrospective \| 91 min.	Dalhousie University Art Gallery	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Love & Savagery John N. Smith 2008 \| Atlantic Focus, Features, Gala Films \| 97 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Act of God Jennifer Baichwal 2009 \| Documentary, Features, Programmers' Picks \| 75 min.	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:05 PM	click to rate	Shorts I: State of the Art Shorts Programs plays with... Little Inconvienence \| Hélène Florent 2009 Danse Macabre \| Pedro Pires 2009 Of Mothers and Tides \| Alain Fournier 2008 The Deaths of Chet Baker \| Robert Budreau 2009 Tropezones \| Eduardo Molinari, David Macián 2009 Out in that Deep Blue Sea \| Kazik Radwanski 2009 fish in barrel \| Randall Okita 2009	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:10 PM	click to rate	Passenger Side Matt Bissonnette 2009 \| Features, Programmers' Picks \| 85 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Dédé, à travers les brumes Jean-Phillippe Duval 2009 \| Features \| 135 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:00 PM	click to rate	Atlantic Gala Reception Special Events	Taboo Nightclub	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:20 PM	click to rate	Breaking Upwards Daryl Wein 2009 \| Features \| 88 min.	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:25 PM	click to rate	Shorts II: Adolescence is a Virtue Shorts Programs plays with... Lowland Fell \| Michael Kinirons 2008 Nowhere Kids \| Eric Juhola 2009 Miracle Fish \| Luke Doolan 2009 Tender as Hellfire \| Jason Stone 2009	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	All Tomorrow’s Parties Jonathan Caouette, All Tomorrow's People 2009 \| Documentary, Features, Music & Image \| 85 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Bright Star Jane Campion 2009 \| Features, Special Presentations \| 120 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Rogers Special Presentation Ticket Package Special Presentations, Ticket Packages	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:35 PM	click to rate	J’ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) Xavier Dolan 2009 \| Features, Programmers' Picks, That's So Gay \| 97 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
11:59 PM	click to rate	Daybreakers Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig 2009 \| Features, Late Shift \| 98 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Saturday, September 19th
9:15 AM	click to rate	Strategic Partners Keynote Speaker: Simon Vaughan, Alchemy TV Panels	Delta Halifax Bluenose Ballroom	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	Kodak Presents...Cinematic Lighting Seminar Special Events plays with... Kodak Presents...Cinematic Lighting Seminar	NSCAD Academy Building	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	Strategic Partners Panel: Television Co-productions: Forced Marriages or Friends with Benefits? Panels	Delta Halifax Bluenose Ballroom	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Shorts III: Women on Top Shorts Programs plays with... Become a Microscope \| Aaron Rose 2009 The Delian Mode \| Kara Blake 2009 Bye Bye C’est Fini \| Tora Mårtens 2008	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:05 PM	click to rate	Here I Am - Denny Doherty and The Mamas & The Papas Paul Ledoux 2009 \| Atlantic Focus, Documentary, Features, Programmers' Picks \| 73 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	Jiggers Adam Perry 2009 \| Atlantic Focus, Features \| 84 min.	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:05 PM	click to rate	Shorts IV: Doc-tacular! Shorts Programs plays with... Wild West Dream \| Michelle Tsen, Heather Taylor, Heather Taylor, Michelle Tsen 2009 Trash-Out \| Maria Fortiz-Morse 2009 Sluice Box and a Rocker \| Deco Dawson 2009 Waiting for Women \| Estephan Wagner 2008 Inself Sea \| Paschoal Samora 2008	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Paris, Texas Wim Wenders 1983 \| Wim Wenders: A Retrospective \| 150 min.	Dalhousie University Art Gallery	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Cooking with Stella Dilip Mehta 2009 \| Features, Gala Films \| 104 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Frame X Frame I: Let's Get Weird Shorts Programs plays with... The Seed \| Johnny Kelly 2008 Rubbuds: The Sacred ΚΣΦ \| Jan Chen 2009 The Escape of RGB255 \| Emily Coll, Andrew Coll 2009 Postalolio \| Marv Newland 2008 Skylight \| David Baas 2009 Runaway \| Cordell Barker 2009 Unbelievable4 \| In Pyo Hong, Sukwon Shin 2008 Varmints \| Marc Craste 2008 LoopLoop \| Patrick Bergeron 2008 The Astronomer’s Dream \| Malcolm Sutherland 2009	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:05 PM	click to rate	Shorts V: It's Complicated Shorts Programs plays with... Socarrat \| David Moreno 2009 Attack of the Robots From Nebula-5 \| Chema García Ibarra 2008 Ten For Grandpa \| Doug Karr 2008 Seeds of the Fall \| Patrik Eklund 2009 Little Face \| Matthew Walker 2009 The Pig \| Dorte W. Høgh 2009	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:10 PM	click to rate	Amreeka Cherien Dabis 2009 \| Features \| 96 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Drool Nancy Kissam 2009 \| Features, Programmers' Picks, That's So Gay \| 85 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:00 PM	click to rate	Telefilm Canada Gala Reception Special Events	Pavillion 20	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:20 PM	click to rate	Frame X Frame II: Tainted Love Shorts Programs plays with... Please Say Something \| David O’Reilly 2009 You Are My Hero \| Tobias Bilgeri 2009 The Spine \| Chris Landreth 2009 Mister Cok \| Franck Dion 2008 Horn Dog \| Bill Plympton 2009 Birth \| Signe Baumane 2009 Kate and Bradbury \| Colleen MacIssac 2009 The surprise demise of Francis Cooper’s mother \| Felix Massie 2008 Little Face \| Matthew Walker 2009	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:25 PM	click to rate	Shorts VI: The Kids Aren't Alright Shorts Programs plays with... Cathrine \| Mads Matthiesen 2009 The Armoire \| Jamie Travis 2009 The Mouse \| Pil Maria Gunnarsson 2009 Good Advice \| Andreas Tibblin 2009	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	High Life Gary Yates 2009 \| Features, Programmers' Picks \| 92 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam 2008 \| Features, Special Presentations \| 122 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:35 PM	click to rate	The Eclipse Conor McPherson 2008 \| Features \| 88 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
11:59 PM	click to rate	Best Worst Movie Michael Paul Stephenson 2009 \| Documentary, Features, Late Shift, Programmers' Picks \| 92 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Sunday, September 20th
10:30 AM	click to rate	Strategic Partners Panel: Know Your Rights … Digitally Speaking Panels	Delta Halifax Bluenose Ballroom	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	Atlantic Shorts I Atlantic Focus, Shorts Programs \| 79 min. plays with... Nothing Like Her \| Seana Kozar 2009 Time Apart: A History of Hope \| Rachel Bower, Warren Brown 2008 The Life and Death of Gus the Hamster: A Dead Pet Story \| Zac Barkhouse 2009 The Exchange - Six faces of The Gambia \| Mathew Welsh 2009	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:05 PM	click to rate	Love and Cameras in America Nathan Fielder 2008 \| Atlantic Focus, Documentary, Features \| 93 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	The Academy Luncheon: A Conversation with Kevin Tierney Special Events	World Trade & Convention Centre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:00 PM	click to rate	Atlantic Shorts II Atlantic Focus, Shorts Programs \| 120 min. plays with... Burning Rubber \| Ariella Pahlke 2009 Four Feet Up \| Nance Ackerman 2009 The Colours of Exile \| Tarek Abouamin 2009	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:05 PM	click to rate	Garbage Dreams Mai Iskander 2009 \| Documentary, Features \| 79 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:00 PM	click to rate	Telefilm Canada/Astral Media the Harold Greenberg Fund Pitch Event Special Events	Delta Halifax Bluenose Ballroom	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	Atlantic Shorts III Atlantic Focus, Shorts Programs \| 75 min. plays with... Africville: Can't Stop Now \| Juanita Peters 2009 Believe It \| Bruce Lyons 2009	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:05 PM	click to rate	A Wake Penelope Buitenhuis 2009 \| Features \| 93 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Script Out Loud w/Scott Simpson’s Dot’s Will Special Events	Delta Halifax Bluenose Ballroom	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Tokyo-Ga Wim Wenders 1985 \| Wim Wenders: A Retrospective \| 92 min.	Dalhousie University Art Gallery	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Grown Up Movie Star Adriana Maggs 2009 \| Atlantic Focus, Features, Programmers' Picks \| 93 min.	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	AFCOOP Film 5 Party Special Events	Garrison Brewing Company	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Helen Sandra Nettelbeck 2009 \| Features, Gala Films \| 120 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:05 PM	click to rate	The Back Nine Ron Vignone, Jon Fitzgerald 2009 \| Documentary, Features \| 85 min.	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:10 PM	click to rate	My Dog Tulip Sandra Fierlinger, Paul Fierlinger 2009 \| Features \| 83 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Cole Carl Bessai 2008 \| Features \| 100 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:00 PM	click to rate	DOC Atlantic Party 2009 \| Special Events	Common Grounds Studio	+ add to cal
9:20 PM	click to rate	Polytechnique Denis Villeneuve 2009 \| Features \| 76 min.	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:25 PM	click to rate	Zooey & Adam Sean Garrity 2009 \| Features \| 83 min.	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	The Father of my Children Mia Hansen-Løve 2009 \| Features \| 113 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	A Shine of Rainbows Vic Sarin 2009 \| Features, Special Presentations \| 100 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:35 PM	click to rate	Shank Simon Pearce 2008 \| Features, Programmers' Picks, That's So Gay \| 89 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Monday, September 21st
11:00 AM	click to rate	6th Annual Gerd Kurz Memorial Golf Tournament Special Events	Glen Arbour Golf Course	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Emerging Director-Composer Mentorship Program - Open House Recording Session with Symphony Nova Scotia Special Events	Rebecca Cohn Auditorium	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Wings of Desire Wim Wenders 1987 \| Wim Wenders: A Retrospective \| 130 min.	Dalhousie University Art Gallery	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	Atlantic Shorts IV Atlantic Focus, Shorts Programs \| 83 min. plays with... SuNfiSh \| Lara Cassidy 2009 Dog Girl \| Heather Young 2009 Meagan \| Caley MacLennan 2009 Le Chien \| Jeff Wheaton 2009 Slug \| Nathaniel Lyman 2009 Backshift \| Andrew Bush 2009	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	8 Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion, Wim Wenders, Gaspar Noé, Gael García Bernal, Jan Kounen, Abderrahmane Sissako, Mira Nair 2008 \| Features \| 107 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:05 PM	click to rate	Children of Invention Tze Chun 2008 \| Features \| 86 min.	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:10 PM	click to rate	Crackie Sherry White 2009 \| Atlantic Focus, Features \| 94 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michele Hozer, Peter Raymont 2009 \| Documentary, Features, Programmers' Picks \| 95 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:20 PM	click to rate	Atlantic Shorts V Atlantic Focus, Shorts Programs \| 84 min. plays with... Ten Days \| Christian Sparkes 2008 Suicide Pact \| Andrew Bush 2009 The Lot \| Andrew Bowers, Chad Lindsay, Karan Sidhu, Paul St.Amand 2009 True Bromance \| Jay Dahl 2009 Eat the Meek \| Nick Hanson-MacDonald 2008 Quiet at Dawn \| Rob Blackie 2009	Park Lane - 8	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:25 PM	click to rate	Men For Sale Rodrigue Jean 2009 \| Documentary, Features \| 145 min.	Park Lane - 7	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Sometime in August Sebastian Schipper 2009 \| Features \| 92 min.	Park Lane - 4	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Broken Embraces Pedro Almodóvar 2009 \| Features, Special Presentations \| 129 min.	Oxford Theatre	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:35 PM	click to rate	A Gun to the Head Blaine Thurier 2009 \| Features \| 87 min.	Park Lane - 3	+ add to cal	buy tickets

Atlantic Film Festival 2009

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