The Border at Tolstoi

A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.

Guided by the spirit of “The Cuadecuc Manifesto” (coined by co-director Evan Johnson and inspired by Pere Portabella’s 1970 experimental cult documentary, Cuadecuc, vampir), Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton is a strange, stirring behind-the-scenes look at Paul Gross’s new feature, Hyena Road. Shot on location at CFB Shilo near Brandon, Manitoba, and in Aqaba, Jordan, the film mixes deep contrast black-and-white expressionism with wry and raw western revisionism reminiscent of Sam Peckinpah, as it summons unwieldy, psychedelic energy from the main event. [TIFF]

At a subway station in Toronto, two people meet and make a connection.

A modern-day silent film, a city symphony and a surreal odyssey into the numbing world of work, Bob Kotyk's I'll Be reflects life as it's lived today.

A living portrait of the filmmaker's grandparents visiting the Plains of Abraham, the historic battleground where the English defeated the French to claim Canada for the British Empire.