Brazilian Oscar Entry and Winner of Un Certain Regard ‘s top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmão is the latest feature from prolific Brazilian auteur Karim Aïnouz, Set in mid-century Rio de Janeiro, the film is a sprawling melodrama about feminine resilience, based on the beloved novel by Martha Batalha. Diana Sanchez, Senior Director, TIFF writes, “It retains the unfettered sensuality and sumptuous splendor that render all his films so uniquely transporting.”

Following its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Canadian film distributor Films We Like has acquired Canadian rights to Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson’s About Endlessness . This is the second film by Andersson to be released by the boutique distribution company, who previously released his acclaimed A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence.

The “Queen of Cinema”’s final film opens in Canada following her Academy Award nominated sensation Faces Places.

Agnès Varda’s  Varda by Agnès is a fitting closure for her loyal audience, and a portal for newcomers to her prodigious career.

An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Varda by Agnès sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight to what she calls “cine-writing”.

After its stunning premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema TIFF ’19), Films We Like is proud to announce it has acquired Canadian distribution rights to the Rubaiyat Hossain latest film Made in Bangladesh.

Films We Like presents the Canadian Premiere of Jacek Borcuch’s Dolce Fine Giornata, winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2019 for the performance of Krystyna Janda who portrays a Polish Jewish Nobel Prize winner living in the Tuscan countryside. Krystyna Janda is considered one of the greatest actresses in Polish cinema appearing in many award-winning films directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda.

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Films We Like has acquired the Canadian rights to the Manele Labidi’s debut film Arab Blues  (Un Divan A Tunis). The French language comedy starring Golshifteh Farahani is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival and will have its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Films We Like acquired the film from Paris-based international sales agent MK2.

Films We Like has acquired the Canadian rights to Karim Aïnouz’s drama The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão based on the beloved novel by Martha Batalha. The Brazilian film won Un Certain Regard’s top prize at this years Cannes Film Festival and will have its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Amazon Studios recently announced the acquisition of U.S. rights to the film from German sales agent The Match Factory.

With Varda by Agnes, the “Queen of French Cinema” returns to TIFF with a new documentary following her Academy Award nominated sensation Faces Places.

Agnes Varda’s larger than life presence will grace TIFF no more, but her final film is a fitting closure for her loyal audiences, and a portal for newcomers to her prodigious career.

An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Varda by Agnès sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight to what she calls “cine-writing”.

Opens Toronto & Vancouver on Friday, September 6, 2019 - Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema & Vancity

Becoming Nobody is the quintessential portal to Ram Dass’ life and teachings:  whether as Dr. Richard Alpert, the eminent Harvard psychologist, or as Ram Dass who serves as a bridge between Eastern and Western philosophies, he has defined a generation of inner explorers and seekers of truth and wisdom. Through his turns as scion of an eminent Jewish family from Boston, rock-star Harvard psychologist, counter-culture rascally adventurer, Eastern holy man, stroke survivor and compassionate caregiver, Ram Dass has worn many hats on his journey, the narrative of which is revealed in this film.

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Carmine Street Guitars, the surprise-hit documentary by award-winning Toronto-based filmmaker Ron Mann premieres June 25th on iTunes (Canada). Exclusive to iTunes are 30 minutes of additional bonus performances by musicians Steve Gunn, Bill Kirchen, Mary Halvorson, Julie Byrne, Popa Chubby, Willie Nile, The Sadies and Vieux Farka Touré.

Iconic and influential, Paris Is Burning returns to theatres just in time for Pride with a new restoration supervised by director Jennie Livingston, beginning Monday, June 17 at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox and cinemas across Canada!

ECHO IN THE CANYON
The Birth of the California Sound
A film by Andrew Slater

Featuring:  Jakob Dylan, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills, David Crosbly, Roger McGuinn, Fiona Apple, Beck, Regina Spektor, Graham Nash, Cat Power, Lou Adler, John Sebastian, Jackson Browne, Michelle Phillips, Nora Jones, Jade Castrinos

Opens Friday, June 7, 2019 in Toronto at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

Films We Like is happy to announce the Canadian premiere and theatrical release of SIR.

Written and Directed by Rohena Gera of WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT and selected by Critics week at Cannes, the Indian drama SIR stars: Tillotama Shome (A DEATH IN THE GUNJ) & Vivek Gomber (COURT).

Films We Like presents THE INVISIBLESA film by Claus Räflewith MAX MAUFF, ALICE DWYER, RUBY O. FEE, AARON ALTARAS

Opens FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019 - TORONTO, (Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema), HAMILTON (Playhouse Cinema), OTTAWA (Mayfair Cinema)

OPENS IN THEATRES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019

RON MANN’S latest feature documentary CARMINE STREET GUITARS is an intimate portrait of the fabled Greenwich Village guitar shop. There, custom guitar maker RICK KELLY and his young apprentice CINDY HULEJ build handcrafted guitars out of salvaged wood from historic New York buildings. Nothing looks or sounds quite like a Rick Kelly guitar, which is the reason they are embraced by the likes of BOB DYLAN, LOU REED, PATTI SMITH, just to name a few.

THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
A film by Nathaniel Kahn
An art world odyssey

Opens Friday, November 23, 2018 in Toronto at the Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema

“…in spite of what the market may say, there actually is very little intrinsic connection between value and price” – Nathaniel Kahn, Director

After sold out screenings and a distinct buzz at TIFF, director Christian Petzold’s follow-up to ‘Phoenix’ opens at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Friday, October 12. Boldly based on Anna Seghers’ 1944 novel of the same name Transit blurs time to create a puzzle piece of mistaken identities, a meditation on the spectre of facism and of refugees unstuck from history.

Opens Friday, October 12, Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema, Toronto & Cineplex Odeon Forum Cinemas, Montreal

“Studio 54’s most celebrated characteristics-celebrities, sex, drugs, disco-are smoke screens obscuring the story of its origins, its overwhelming success, and ultimate collapse. STUDIO 54 seeks to set the record straight, focusing on the human story, often distinct from mythic tales that have grown up around a once sacred nightspot occupying an abandoned theater on West 54th Street”

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Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao gets five years in prison for this act of loyalty. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off.

3 Faces is the fourth film made under the filmmaking ban imposed on Panahi by the Iranian government, after This Is Not a Film, Closed Curtain, and Taxi.