Happiness/ France, Finland (Director: Thomas Balms) Peyangki is a dreamy and solitary eight-year-old monk living in Laya, a Bhutanese

e village perched high in the Himalayas. Soon the world will come to him: the village is about to be connected to electricity, and the first television will flicker on before Peyangki's eyes. North American Premiere Love Child/ South Korea, U.S.A. (Director: Valerie Veatch) In Seoul in the Republic of Korea, a young couple stands accused of neglect when "Internet addiction" in an online fantasy game costs the life of their infant daughter. Love Child documents the 2010 trial and subsequent ruling that set a global precedent in a world where virtual is the new reality. World Premiere Mr leos caraX/ France (Director: Tessa Louise-Salom) Mr leos caraX plunges us into the poetic and visionary world of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker who was already a cult figure from his very first film. Punctuated by interviews and previously unseen footage, this documentary is most of all a fine-tuned exploration of the poetic and visionary world of Leos Carax, alias Mr. X. World Premiere My Prairie Home/ Canada (Director: Chelsea McMullan) A poetic journey through landscapes both real and emotional, Chelsea McMullans documentary/musical offers an intimate portrait of transgender singer Rae Spoon, framed by stunning images of the Canadian prairies. McMullans imaginative visual interpretations of Spoons songs make this an unforgettable look at a unique Canadian artist. International Premiere The Notorious Mr. Bout/ U.S.A., Russia (Directors:Tony Gerber, Maxim Pozdorovkin ) Viktor Bout was a war profiteer, an entrepreneur, an aviation tycoon, an arms dealer, and strangest of alla documentary filmmaker. The Notorious Mr. Bout is the ultimate rags-toriches-to-prison memoir, documented by the last man you'd expect to be holding the camera.World Premiere The Return to Homs/ Syria, Germany (Director: Talal Derki) Basset Sarout, the 19-year-old national football team goalkeeper, becomes a demonstration leader and singer, and then a fighter. Ossama, a 24-year-old renowned citizen cameraman, is critical, a pacifist, and ironic until he is detained by the regime's security forces. North American Premiere SEPIDEH Reaching for the Stars/ Denmark (Director: Berit Madsen) Sepideh wants to become an astronaut. As a young Iranian woman, she knows its dangerous to challenge traditions and expectations. Still, Sepideh holds on to her dream. She knows a tough battle is ahead, a battle that only seems possible to win once she seeks help from an unexpected someone. North American Premiere We Come as Friends/ France, Austria (Director: Hubert Sauper) We Come as Friends views colonization as a human phenomenon through both explicit and metaphoric lenses without oversimplified accusations or political theorizing. Alarmingly, It is not a historical film since colonization and the slave trade still exist. World Premiere