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In 1944, the land between Midway Drive and Sports Arena Boulevard (then Frontier Street) became combed with the short streets of a wartime housing project. After the war, transients lived in the area. One was Barbara Wood Graham, a party girl who died in the electric chair in 1955 (Susan Hayward won an Oscar for playing her in I Want to Live!). Another was the German scientist Arthur Rudolph, whose Saturn rockets took us to the moon.

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Life magazine story, March 1972

The scandal that ultimately cost San Diego the GOP convention broke on February 29, 1972, with syndicated columnist Jack Anderson reporting that he had obtained a confidential internal memo from ITT lobbyist Dita Beard that stated the $400,000 convention contribution would favorably influence the federal antitrust action. The story made headlines in papers across the country the following day, while the Union buried it in the fifth paragraph of an article on local convention fundraising.

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When Pappy acquired part of the estate of actor Leo Carrillo, it inflated his hoard beyond the museum's capacity, so he made a deal with Old Town State Park in 1972. He'd contribute a chunk of money to help build what is now Seeley Stables if the state would take over the management of the Hazard collection. If you go upstairs into the loft, you'll find a couple of those photos of an Old West hanging.

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Starr lets former councilmember Valerie Stallings off easy for accepting gifts from Padres majority owner John Moores. Starr says Stallings invested in an initial public offering of a stock "recommended to her" by Moores. Actually, Moores put her on the exclusive friends-and-family list of a new issue. That means she got in at the offering price of $15 while others paid much more. It soared, and she made 267 percent in less than a month.

By Don Bauder, Sept. 23, 2004 | Read full article

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The years preceding Americas entry into World War II introduced more neighborhood theaters like the Roxy (1939) in Pacific Beach, the Strand in Ocean Beach, and three in the Logan Heights area: the Coronet (1939) at 1792 Logan, the Metro (later renamed the Corral) at 2175 Logan, and the Victory (1941) at 25th and Imperial. The Victory and Coronet have vanished, the latter razed to make an entrance/exit for I-5, but the Metros building is still up.

By Rick Geary, June 2, 1977 | Read full article

There are 29 Cedar streets, 28 Elm variations, 12 Eucalyptus, 18 Acacias, 15 Oaks, and 27 Palms.

Weve got twenty-nine Cedar streets, avenues, roads, lanes, and ways; fourteen Evergreens; twenty-eight Elm variations, twelve Eucalyptus variations, eighteen Acacias, fifteen Oaks, and twenty-seven Palms. Because olives were the principal orchard trees in San Diegos salad days, there are now thirty-six Olive variations. And sixteen Avocado streets seasoned with several varieties of Haas and Fuertes. Weve got approximately a hundred varieties of Vista and approximately fifty varieties of Hill, including Hillsides, Hillcrests, Hill-views, and Hilltops.

By Sue Garson, Oct. 20, 1983 | Read full article

It's not easy staying green

Tree specialist Bill Nelson has been retained to oversee the trees new fitness program. Although other arborists claim the tree can live another 100 years, Nelson believes it has only another 20 to 30 years left. He says the best way to maintain the tree is to establish a system of absorbing roots beneath the canopy, rather than allow them to remain out under the asphalt. Hes doing this through a regimen of watering, feeding, and mulching.

By Neal Matthews, June 20, 1991 | Read full article

By the time you hear the noise, it's too late to sue

When the first lawsuits were filed against the port in 1986, 1200 families in 12 legal actions were claiming damages for airport noise. By the following year, a judge dismissed 500 of the complaints and the rest were consolidated into a single suit. Mates and others who live under the flight path claimed that airport noise was damaging to their health and to the value of their homes in Point Loma, Golden Hill, and Mission Beach.

By Colin Flaherty, April 16, 1992 | Read full article

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Mary Ellen Flaherty-Ludwig will serve the remaining term of Mike Barbis on the Norwalk Board of Education. Barbis' seat was left vacant after he unexpectedly died in September.

The Norwalk Democratic Town Committee District E members voted to appoint Mary Ellen Flaherty-Ludwig to fill the Board of Education seat left vacant after the unexpected death of Mike Barbis.

NORWALK With only one nomination from District E members at the citys Democratic Town Committee meeting on Monday, Mary Ellen Flaherty-Ludwig has been appointed to the vacant Board of Education seat.

The party was charged with filling the seat left vacant by board member Mike Barbis, who unexpectedly died in September. Since it was a district seat, only District E members of the Norwalk Democratic Party could nominate and vote for his replacement.

Kevin Tepas nominated Flaherty-Ludwig, while his fellow District E members Nora Niedzielski-Eichner and Colin Hosten seconded the nomination. Flaherty-Ludwig was recommended by members of the Norwalk Democrats District E committee who met last week.

Flaherty-Ludwig is a retired math and science teacher who taught at the middle school, high school and university levels for 44 years. After retiring from Darien Public Schools, she mentored teachers for four years in a Manhattan public school.

My intent is to bring my experience as a teacher and teacher mentor to the Norwalk Board of Education, the Norwalk native said in her letter of intent for the board position.

Flaherty-Ludwig is set to be sworn in by the school board and serve the remainder of Barbis term, which expires in November 2023

Democratic Town Committee Chair Eloisa Melendez chose to delay the appointment due to Barbis sudden passing and to wait for the results of the 2021 election.

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I'm the education reporter for The Hour. I'm a native of Ohio and a graduate of Quinnipiac University. I wrote for my hometown newspaper in Wooster, Ohio for five years, winning several Ohio Associated Press Media Editors' awards, and previously worked as an entertainment reporter for multiple outlets in New York City. I enjoy spending time at the beach, watching crime dramas, and rooting for the New York Mets.

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After a long trial, the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict was finally read on Friday afternoon.

The teenager charged with murder in the Kenosha riots from last year was let off on all counts, making him a free man.

Social media has blown up with people on both sides of the political argument weighing in on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. And the sports world has some thoughts, too.

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with how things went down during the trial.

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Some other current and former athletes (including Colin Kaepernick) shared Jack Flahertys sentiment when speaking on the Rittenhouse verdict.

After the trial was finished, Anthony Hubers parents (whose son was shot dead by Rittenhouse) released a statement.

There was no justice today for Anthony, or for Mr. Rittenhouses other victims, Joseph Rosenbaum and Gaige Grosskreutz they said in a statement.

The entire country will undoubtedly be talking about the Kyle Rittenhouse trial for a while to come. And itll be interesting to see if other athletes join Jack Flaherty in speaking out against the verdict.

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WELCOME TO OTTAWA PLAYBOOK. I'm your host, Nick Taylor-Vaisey. Welcome to Monday. We're a week away from a Speech from the Throne, a few days from a Three Amigos meeting in Washington, and smack-dab in the middle of a hiring spree in Ottawa. Also, Justin Trudeau is in Alberta to check off a big item on the post-election to-do list.

A BIG DEAL Ottawa and Alberta are poised to announce a child care agreement that marks an early win in JUSTIN TRUDEAU's third term. Ottawa Liberals and Alberta Conservatives seldom see things the same way (Exhibit A: pipelines). The feds sent a full complement on last night's flight to Edmonton. Deputy PM CHRYSTIA FREELAND and Families Minister KARINA GOULD will join the boss for the 10:30 MT announcement at a local YMCA.

Other attendees: Tourism Minister RANDY BOISSONNAULT and Calgary Skyview MP GEORGE CHAHAL (eyes emoji). On Alberta's side: JASON KENNEY and REBECCA SCHULZ, minister of childrens services.

All eyes on Ontario: The latest prairie buy-in leaves two provinces on the outside looking in on Ottawa's child care courtship. New Brunswick is one, and the biggest in the nation is the other. Your move, Queen's Park.

STAFFING BONANZA The sluggish return to Parliament, after an election the PM described as historic and pivotal, is the subject of some ridicule in Ottawa. Just get to work, say the critics. If everything was so urgent, why aren't parliamentary bums in seats already?

One reason: An exhausted political class needed a break. Nineteen months of pandemic governing and a hard-fought election was a recipe for chronic burnout.

Another reason: Everyone's staffing up. And it's a process. Chiefs of staff who do a lot of hiring are either staying put or shifting offices or being promoted or leaving government. A couple of rounds of internal updates have already landed in Liberal Inboxes. More are on the way.

It's a frenzy of HR in a hurry. Playbook asked a former Tory insider, DEREK VANSTONE, how it worked when he was STEPHEN HARPER's deputy chief of staff. "I can't even think of an appropriate analogy, because nothing like this happens in the private sector," he said. (One senior Liberal staffer compared the organizational chaos to a merger or acquisition.)

Key hires: Before he moved to the PMO in 2010, Vanstone served as then-finance minister JIM FLAHERTY's chief. He's seen both sides of that process, and says an effective chief is any minister's most important hire. (That's a widely shared opinion on the Hill.)

PMO's influence: Vanstone says the chief is a "two-key" hire bureaucratese jargon that means both the PMO and the minister have to agree on the right pick. How they come to an agreement depends on the minister's experience and their relationship with the prime minister. Some have preferred candidates who are rubber-stamped by the "center." Others might think their top pick deserves the gig, but the PMO disagrees.

"Many ministers want somebody who's been very close to them, say, a campaign manager or somebody that's helped them run their MP office," says Vanstone. "And PMO has to say, 'Well, look, we have a lot of respect for that person, but you're moving from a staff of five or 10, to a staff of 20. And this is a very different job.' Those are touchy conversations."

The roster: Vanstone says the PMO was a "clearinghouse" for qualified candidates who might have been squeezed out when their minister's portfolio shrunk or they lost an election outright. "You focus on good people and making sure that good people don't fall to the cracks," he says.

Was there a spreadsheet to track all the comings and goings? "There probably should've been," Vanstone jokes. But keen politicos do a lot of networking as senior folks sort things out: "I don't think anybody just sits at home and waits for the call."

The center is typically less involved with lower levels of the org chart. Most offices have four director-level positions: policy, parliamentary affairs, operations and communications. The PMO might offer input, or even strong suggestions, at that level. But the rest of the staff is up to the minister and the chief.

Oh, the instability: Vanstone remembers the Harper minority years when successive mandates were hard on recruitment of new faces. "It becomes increasingly hard to hire from outside because people aren't able to make multi-year plans," he says. A four-year term and a six-month guarantee make for vastly different job offers. "And that's a very different thing for someone to explain to spouses and kids and business partners in their hometown," he says.

No surprise that young staffers with the most flexible lives and schedules flock to the Hill when job postings go up. That trend is a consequence of the governing party losing absolute control over its own timelines and failing to win it back.

Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi, second from left, sits on a panel at the World Uyghur Congress in Prague | Photo courtesy of Sameer Zuberi

THE OTHER SUMMIT While most of the world's attention was on COP26 in Glasgow, Liberal MP SAMEER ZUBERI was on a plane to the Czech Republic, where the World Uyghur Congress was meeting in Prague. He says he was one of about a dozen Canadians in attendance over the weekend, including Bloc Qubcois MP ALEXIS BRUNELLE-DUCEPPE.

Playbook caught up with Zuberi, who co-chairs the Uyghur Parliamentary Friendship Group and championed the Commons motion that declared a genocide against the Uyghur people in China's Xinjiang region, on the gathering's last day.

What was your plan for your time in Prague?

A lot of learning. I'm exchanging notes in terms of how other countries are approaching this issue and what needs to be done next.

What were you hearing from delegates around the world?

It's quite similar in the sense that there's a lot of public education, a lot of advocacy, that's happening. There was a point in time, not more than two or three years ago, when many people didn't know who the Uyghur people were.

There is a similar focus in terms of ensuring there isn't forced Uyghur labor within our supply chains. There's also talk around immigration and asylum, refugee resettlement, and there's also certainly the call for immediate, unfettered and meaningful access to Xinjiang.

What have you heard from survivors of labor camps?

There are people who have told of how they have been put into camps arbitrarily without any process. And have been violated sexually. That is deeply, deeply disturbing. Anybody who learns about this situation can't stand idle.

What does Canada need to do next?

We have introduced measures around imports and exports, saying that supply chains must be free of forced labor from Xinjiang. I want to see these measures fully implemented, so that Canadians don't unwittingly consume forced labor products, products that are born out of oppression.

We need to consider a reverse onus where any product that originates or passes through Xinjiang is not consumed within Canada.

There are people in third countries, such as Turkey and Egypt and Afghanistan and Pakistan, who are at risk of being deported to China because of pressure upon those countries. So we can do our part and provide asylum.

Do you think China should be allowed to host the next Olympic Games?

If what we have identified as this very deep and serious oppression towards the Uyghur people continues, then the Olympics should not be happening at this point in time within China. I've signed a letter to that effect. I maintain that position.

12-year-old Wyatt Sharpe on the job, on the Hill | Photo courtesy of Wyatt Sharpe

THE NEXT GENERATION A select few journalists have secured a one-on-one interview with Ontario Premier DOUG FORD during the pandemic. Even fewer can claim to also have put questions to Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU. Then there's 12-year-old WYATT SHARPE. He hails from Orono, a village in Tory MP PHILIP LAWRENCE's Ontario riding of NorthumberlandPeterborough South. He edits his own YouTube videos. And he boldly asks world leaders for sit-down interviews.

Sharpe has amassed more than 4,000 Twitter followers in only a few months. His YouTube interviews don't break the internet, but they get attention and almost everybody says yes to him. He chatted with Conservative leader ERIN O'TOOLE and NDP leader JAGMEET SINGH and outgoing Green leader ANNAMIE PAUL. In the past 10 days alone, he posted conversations with Veterans Affairs Minister LAWRENCE MACAULAY, former NDP leader TOM MULCAIR and former Tory interim leader RONA AMBROSE.

Basically, he's putting the rest of us to shame.

Wyatt is in Ottawa with his parents, KERI and PAUL, for Lawrence's swearing-in ceremony later today. He met Playbook on the Hill (where else?) for an interview.

What got you interested in politics?

We did a student vote at our school. People could make up their mind about which party they wanted to vote for. That got a couple of kids in my class interested. I was the only one that actually stayed interested. From there, I started messaging MPs to start off to do interviews, and then it got to be ministers. And then I got to do Doug Ford. And then Justin Trudeau during the election, and Erin O'Toole. It's been pretty cool.

What fires you up about these interviews?

One thing that I find really exciting is if there's a really big thing happening, and I'm able to interview a minister or someone who's responsible for that big thing happening. I'm setting up an interview with Environment Minister STEVEN GUILBEAULT to talk about what happened at COP26.

You've spoken with major political players. Most pros don't get the chance.

It's kind of a disadvantage, because now I've hit the top. But it's an advantage because people take me more seriously. If a new prime minister were to come, then I would have somebody else to try to interview, or a new leader of a political party were to come then I would try to interview that person.

What's your ultimate goal?

keep on interviewing. Just trying to get more Canadians interested in it is one thing, but then also trying to build more connections with people is probably just the primary goal.

How do you fit this in with your schoolwork?

Generally, just after school. I try to post the interviews by 7 o'clock the same day. There's been a couple of times when I haven't done that. And then the interview is no good anymore, because the news cycle has changed.

Who do you want to interview most?

New Zealand Prime Minister JACINDA ARDERN.

ONTARIO IN DC Days away from the Three Amigos summit in Washington, Canada's largest province has no one running point south of the border on trade issues. IAN TODD's three-year term as Ontario's trade rep expired on Oct. 22.

REBECCA BOZZATO, a spokesperson for Ontario Economic Development Minister VIC FEDELI, said Todd didn't leave an empty office in his wake. "While the trade representative position is currently vacant, the province continues to have staff on the ground to monitor the situation in D.C. that continue to drive economic interests of Ontario, she said.

Before he headed to D.C., Todd was an experienced Progressive Conservative campaigner. He ran Premier DOUG FORD's tour operation on the 2018 campaign. Todd's salary made headlines at the time of his 218 appointment. His most recent disclosure listed a salary of C$348,802.22. Todd replaced MONIQUE SMITH, who was sent south by former premier KATHLEEN WYNNE. Smith earned $274,144.56 in the gig.

While Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU is in Edmonton, he'll also visit a vaccination clinic. Local MP and cabmin RANDY BOISSONNAULT will join him, as will former cabinet minister and brand-new mayor AMARJEET SOHI.

An interview with Trudeau will also air on Connect Edmonton 101.7 FM at 8 p.m. local time.

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This was not a column I particularly wanted to write, knowing the inevitable backlash it will bring, SHACHI KURL writes. It seems that identifying, condemning, and calling out misogyny and racism buys you little more than trouble and scorn in 2021.

The Front Burner podcast catches up on COP26 with Time's JUSTIN WORLAND.

POLITICO's EUGENE DANIELS and ALEX THOMPSON write: "President Joe Biden says he intends to run for reelection in 2024. But not all Democrats believe him. Nor are they convinced his No. 2 would be the clear heir if he did choose to opt out."

EMMA GRANEY reports that UCP hopeful BRIAN JEAN has apologized for social-media post aimed at Northern Alberta riding rival

JOHN PAUL TASKER sets up this weeks trilateral.

Over at The Hub, SEAN SPEER speaks with CHRIS RAGAN, the founding director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University, about the Great Inflation Debate of 2021. Ragan's advice on the Bank of Canada's mandate: "Leave it alone."

Birthdays: HBD to Toronto-born JOHN ROBERTS, chief White House correspondent for Fox News. He's 65 today. J. GREG PETERS, the Usher of the Black Rod in the Senate, is 61. Alberta Finance Minister TRAVIS TOEWS is 57. Former Liberal MP FRANK BAYLIS is 59. Former NDP MP JONATHAN TREMBLAY is 37.

Spotted: COLIN BARKER, a senior trade commissioner at Canadas High Commission in the U.K., snapping a photo of MARK CARNEY at Canada House with RALPH GOODALE.

Movers and shakers: The Federation of Canadian Municipalities posted an Oct. 7 meeting with Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU. The voice for cities met six days later with Trudeau and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister DOMINIC LEBLANC. They also met with Housing Minister AHMED HUSSEN on his first day on the job and PMO intergovernmental affairs guy JOHN BRODHEAD.

Pharma giant Merck Canada also filed a spate of recent meetings with senior Health Canada and ISED bureaucrats. On their docket: HOWARD NJOO, the deputy chief public health officer.

Samuel Associates named Dr. JEFFREY COLLINS a strategic research associate.

Musical chairs: When TINA NAMIESNIOWSKI stepped down as president of the Public Health Agency of Canada in September 2020, her departure set off a reordering of senior bureaucrats that keeps on sending out aftershocks. IAIN STEWART, the president of the National Research Council, replaced Namiesniowski at PHAC that month. MITCH DAVIES, an assistant deputy minister at ISED who helped develop Canada's rapid-fire industrial response to the pandemic, filled Stewart's shoes at the NRC. Both appointments was supposed to last until next year.

Stewart made national headlines in the spring when his agency refused to disclose documents related to a pair of scientists who were fired from Canada's microbiology lab in Winnipeg. Stewart was publicly admonished by Speaker ANTHONY ROTA. An ensuing legal fight tested the supremacy of Parliament on the eve of the election. Last month, Stewart returned to his old digs at the NRC.

An eagle-eyed Playbook reader saw that press release, and noted that JUSTIN TRUDEAU thanked Davies for serving as "interim" president of the NRC but never made clear what was next for him. ISED told Playbook that Davies's job was filled in his absence. But he's not leaving the public service. "Mr. Davies has returned to ISED and will be proceeding soon with full-time language training pending his next role," said a spokesperson. "In the meantime, he is serving as a senior advisor on key departmental initiatives, reporting directly to the deputy minister."

Media mentions: DAVID COMMON was in the chair for CBC's The Sunday Magazine, giving PIYA CHATTOPADHYAY the chance to sleep in: "I could stay up to watch Taylor Swifts epic performance on SNL."

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In other news for Pros: 10 ways the Build Back Better agenda tackles climate change. Dont call it a summit: Biden-Xi meeting brings low expectations. The last-minute coal demand that almost sunk the Glasgow climate deal. COP26 climate deal too late for vulnerable countries but too much for others. Samantha Powers celebrity draws spotlight to USAID and questions about her future.

Fridays answer: JUSTIN TRUDEAU presented MALALA YOUSAFZAI with her honorary Canadian citizenship. Bonus marks: STEPHEN HARPER was behind the motion that made that happen.

Props to BRAM ABRAMSON, HARRY MCKLONE, GANGA WIGNARAJAH, LEIGH LAMPERT and BOB GORDON.

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These are the submissions for the international film Oscar by country. The deadline for entries was Nov. 1. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced Dec. 21 and the nominations will come out Feb 8. The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27 at the Dolby Theatre. The Academy has not yet released a final list of entries; Variety compiled this list from individual countrys announcements.

ALBANIATwo Lions Heading to VeniceDir. Jonid JorjiKey cast: Vasjan Lami, Alessandra BonarottaLogline: A pair of filmmakers heading to the Venice festival are sidetracked from their destination after meeting two adult film actors.Prodco: Bajo Films

ALGERIAHeliopolisDir. Djaafar GacemKey cast: Souhila Mallem, Mehdi Ramdani, Cesar DuminilLogline: True story of an uprising in the Algerian town of Guelma that was violently put down by the colonial French rulers.Prodco: Hewes Pictures

ARGENTINAThe IntruderDir. Natalia MetaKey cast: Guillermo Arengo, Agustina Barach, Mirta BusnelliLogline: After a traumatic episode during a trip, young Ines gets confused between the real and the imaginary.Intl. Sales: Film Factory

ARMENIAShould the Wind DropDir. Nora MartirosyanKey cast: Grgoire Colin, Hayk Bakhryan, Arman NavasardyanLogline: An engineer has to make the call to reopen the airport at Nagorno-Karabakh.Intl. Sales: Indie Sales

AUSTRALIAWhen Pomegranates HowlDir. Granaz MoussaviKey cast: Arafat FaizLogline: An Afghan urchin hustles on the streets but has big dreams of making it as a film star.Prodco: Parvin, Sterga

AUSTRIAGreat FreedomDir. Sebastian MeiseKey cast: Franz RogowskiLogline: Imprisoned in post-war Germany for being gay, Hans starts to fall for his cellmate, a convicted murderer.Intl. Sales: The Match Factory

AZERBAIJANThe Island WithinDir: Ru HasanovKey Cast: Rafig Azimov, urban IsmailovLogline: Vitaly enjoys the evening of his life on an island with thousands of feral horses until his solitude is interrupted by Seymour, an emotionally and physically abused international chess grandmaster.Prodco: Arizona Film Prods.

BANGLADESHRehanaDir. Abdullah Mohammad SaadKey cast: Azmeri Haque Badon, Afia Jahin JaimaLogline: A professor at a medical college is in a quandary after witnessing a sexual assault in which she knows both victim and perpertrator.Intl. Sales: Films Boutique

BELGIUMPlaygroundDir. Laura WandelKey Cast: Maya Vanderbeque, Gunter DuretLogline: When Nora sees Abel being bullied, she rushes to his aid, but he silences her.Intl. Sales: Indie Sales

BHUTANLunana: A Yak in the ClassroomDir. Pawo Choyning DorjiKey Cast: Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu LhendupLogline: A teacher is sent to Lunana for his final year of training, but he doesnt like its remoteness. However, the children try to win him over before the harsh winter arrives.Intl. Sales: Film Boutique

BOLIVIAThe Great MovementDir. Kiro RussoKey Cast: Francisa Arce de Aro, Israel Hurtado, Gustavo Miln TiconaLogline: A young miner continues to work even as he falls ill with a mysterious ailment.Intl. Sales: Best Friend

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINAThe White FortressDir. Igor DirjacaKey cast: Izudin Bajrovi, Hasija Bori, Ermin BravoLogline: Two teens from opposite sides of life meet in post-war Sarajevo, but their romance hides their disturbing motives.U.S. Distrib: Game Theory Films

BRAZILPrivate DesertDir. Ali MuritabaKey Cast: Antonio Saboia, Pedro Fasanaro, Luthero AlmeidaLogline: Suspended during an internal investigation, a cop wanders in search of his internet love.Intl. Sales: Intramovies

BULGARIAFearDir. Ivaylo HristovKey Cast: Svetlana Yancheva,Ivan SavovLogline: A widow living close to the border meets a refugee from Africa, which changes her life.Intl. Sales: Loco Films

CAMBODIAWhite BuildingDir. Kavich NeangKey cast: Piseth Chhun, Chinnaro Soem, Sovann ThoLogline: When his apartment building is under threat from developers, a 20-year-olds dreams fade along with his dilapidated home.Intl. Sales: Les Films du Losange

CAMEROONHidden DreamsDir. Ngang RomanusKey Cast: Syriette Che, Nchini Justin, Vitalis OtiaLogline: N/AProdco: Flashlight

CANADADrunken BirdsDir. Ivan GrbovicKey cast: Jorge Antonio, Marine JohnsonLogline: A drug-cartel worker runs afoul of his boss and migrates to Canada.Intl. Sales: WaZabi Films

CHADLingui, the Sacred BondsDir: Mahamat-Saleh HarounKey Cast: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf DjaoroLogline: A mother and her pregnant daughter navigate how to abort the child while dealing with a patriarchal society.U.S. Distrib: MUBI

CHILEWhite on WhiteDir. Theo CourtKey Cast: Alfredo Castro, Ignacio Ceruti, Alejandro GoicLogline: A photographer sent to shoot a wedding falls for the bride.U.S. Distrib: MUBI

CHINACliff WalkersDir. Zhang YimouKey Cast: Zhang Yi, Qin Hailu, Zhu YawenLogline: Four Communist Party agents on a mission to smuggle an escapee from an internment camp in 1930s Manchukuo are betrayed by a traitor.Prodco: Emperor Film Prod.

COLOMBIAMemoriaDir. Apichatpong WeerasethakulKey cast: Tilda Swinton, Elkin DazLogline: A Scotswoman traveling in Colombia hears a loud bang, which sets off a mysterious sensory syndrome.U.S. Distrib: Neon

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COSTA RICAClara SolaDir. Nathalie Alvarez MesenKey Cast: Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Daniel Castaeda Rincn, Ana Julia Porras EspinozaLogline: A sheltered womans sexual awakening sets off a chain of events in her family life.U.S. Distributor: Oscilloscope

CROATIATereza37Dir. Danilo SerbedzijaKey Cast: Ivana Roi, Goran Bogdan, Dragan MianoviLogline: After yet another miscarriage, Tereza questions her life.Prodco: Focus Media

CZECH REPUBLICZtopekDir. David OndricekKey Cast: Vclav Neuil, Martha Issov, James FrechevilleLogline: An epic account of Olympic gold medalist and multiple record holder Emil Ztopek, who attained legendary status in the darkest days of the Czechoslovak communist regime.Intl. Sales: UTA Independent Film Group

DENMARKFleeDir. Jonas Poher RasmussenKey cast: N/ALogline: Animated documentary on a refugee who finally reveals his story of fleeing from his homeland.Intl. Sales: Cinephil

DOMINICAN REPUBLICHoly BeastsDir. Laura Amelia Guzmn, Israel CrdenasKey Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Luis OspinaLogline: An actress travels to the Dominican Republic to shoot the unfinished film of director Jean-Louis Jorge.Prodco: Bat Films

ECUADORSumergibleDir. Alfredo Len LenKey Cast: Natalia Reyes, Leynar Gomez, Jos RestropoLogline: When three sailors on a sinking narco sub open up their cargo, they find a gagged girl, and that changes the dynamic among them.Intl. Sales: Media Luna New Films

EGYPTSouadDir. Ayten AminKey Cast: Bassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein GhanemLogline: A teen searches for reasons for her sisters suicide and discovers the older sibling had a secret life online.Intl. Sales: Best Friend Forever

ESTONIAOn the WaterDir. Peeter SimmKey Cast: Rasmus Ermel, Maria Klenskaja, Kalju OrroLogline: Based on Olavi Ruitlanes book of the same name about a teen raised by his grandparents in rural Soviet-ruled Estonia.Prodco: Filmivabrik

Compartment No. 6.Credit: Sami Kuokkanen/Aamu Film Company

FINLANDCompartment No. 6Dir. Juho KuosmanenKey Cast: Seidi Haarla, Yuriy BorisovLogline: As a train weaves its way up to the Arctic Circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.U.S. Distrib: Sony Pictures Classics

FRANCETitaneDir. Julia DucournauKey cast: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance MarillierLogline: Cannes Palme d Or winner centers around a car accident patient who has a titanium plate fitted into her head.U.S. Distrib: Neon

GEORGIABrighton 4thDir. Levan KoguashviliKey cast: Levan Tediashvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Nadezhda MikhalkovaLogline: A gentle story of parental devotion and sacrifice, unfolding mostly in the former Soviet migr enclave of Brighton Beach, N.Y.World sales: Loco Films

GERMANYIm Your ManDir. Maria SchraderKey Cast: Dan Stevens and Maren EggertLogline: A scientist at a Berlin museum lives with a robot for three weeks in the experiment to find the perfect man.U.S. Distrib: Bleecker Street

GREECEDiggerDir. Georgis GrigorakisKey Cast: Vangelis Mourikis, Argyris Pandazaras, Sofia KokkaliLogline: Visiting his hermit father after 20 years, a son is ignored until the two of them have to work together to save the family cabin.Intl. Sales: The Match Factory

HAITIFredaDir: Gessica GnusKey Cast: Nhmie Bastien,Fabiola Rmy,Cantave KervenLogline: Freda and her family make their livelihood with a little street shop but try to escape their grinding poverty in Haiti.Intl. Sales: Nour Films

HONG KONGZero to HeroDir. Jimmy WanKey Cast: Louis Cheung, Sandra NgLogline: The true story of sprinter So Wa Wai, who competed for Hong Kong in five Paralympic Games.U.S. Distrib: Netflix

HUNGARYPost MortemDir. Pter BergendyKey Cast: Viktor Klem, Fruzsina Hais, Judit SchellLogline: A post-mortem photographer and a girl confront ghosts in a village after World War I.Intl. Sales: NFI World Sales

ICELANDLambDir. Valdimar JhannssonKey cast: Noomi RapaceLogline: Folk horror film about a couple grieving the loss of a child who adopt a hybrid that is born to an ewe on their lonely farm.U.S. Distrib: A24

Pebbles.Courtesy International Film Festival Rotterdam

INDIAPebblesDir. P.S. VinothrajKey cast: Karuththadaiyaan, ChellapandiLogline: A little boy follows his enraged and alcoholic father in a search for his mother who has left them.Prodco: Rowdy Pictures

INDONESIAYuniDir. Kamila AndaniKey cast: Arawinda Kirana, Asmara Abigail, Sekar SariLogline: Coming-of-age drama about a young teen who doesnt know what she wants to do with her life, but is certain she doesnt want to be married yet.Intl. Sales: Cercamon

IRANA HeroDir. Asghar FarhadiKey cast: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh SadrorafaiLogline: Rahim is in jail for a debt he hasnt been able to pay. During a two-day leave, he tries to persuade his creditor to withdraw his complaint in exchange for paying back part of the debt. Rahim is then confronted with a crisis he would never have imagined.U.S. Distrib: Amazon

IRAQEuropaDir. Haider RashidKey Cast: Adam Ali, Erfan Rashid, Gassid MohammedLogline: A young, nameless migrant fights for his life in the unforgiving forests of Bulgaria.Intl. Sales: MPM Premium

IRELANDShelterDir. Sean BreathnachKey Cast: Dnall Halai, Fionnuala Flaherty, Cillian OGairbhiLogline: A friendless recluse has to navigate tricky waters when his parents die and he has to decide what to do with the land.Intl. Sales: The Yellow Affair

ISRAELLet There Be MorningDir. Eran KolirinKey Cast: Alex Bakri, Juna Suleiman, Salim DawLogline: Based on the novel by Sayed Kashua, the tale centers on a man who returns to his village in occupied Palestine for a wedding only for all of them to be held captive by a military siege.Intl. Sales: The Match Factory

ITALYThe Hand of GodDir. Paolo SorrentiniKey Cast: Toni Servillo, Filippo Scotti, Luisa RanieriLogline: Autobiographical story of the directors youth in 1980s Naples when he was saved from a freak accident that took his parents lives.U.S. Distrib.: Netflix

JAPANDrive My CarDir. Rysuke HamaguchiKey cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tko Miura, Reika KirishimaLogline: Stage actor and director Nishijima Hidetoshi is happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.U.S. Distrib: Janus Films

JORDANAmiraDir. Mohamed DiabKey Cast: Tara Abboud, Ali Suliman, Saba MubarakLogline: A young Palestinian girls life is turned upside down when she realizes her father is incarcerated and she was conceived by his smuggled-out sperm.Intl. Sales: Pyramide Films

KAZAKHSTANYellow CatDir. Adilkhan YerzhanovKey Cast: Azamat Nigmanov, Sanjar Madi, Kamila NugmanovaLogline: An ex-con Alain Delon fan and his girl dream of building a cinema in the Kazakh hills, if only the gangsters on their trail will let them.Intl. Sales: Arizona Prods.

KENYAMission to RescueDir. Gilbert LukaliaKey Cast: Melvin Alusa, Warsame Abdi, Abdi YusufLogline: The Kenyan specialoperations forces attempt torescue a woman kidnapped by Al-Shabab terrorists.Prodco: Foxton Media

KOSOVOHiveDir. Blerta BascholiKey Cast: Yllka Gashi, un Laji, Aurita AgushiLogline: A struggling widow bands with other widows to earn a living by selling food products, but their attempts at independence draw hostility.U.S. Distrib: Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber

KYRGYZSTANShambalaDir. Artykpai SuyundukovKey Cast: Taalikan Abazova, Nazbiike Aidarova, Artur AmanalieveLogline: Adapted from the novella The White Ship by Chingiz Aitmatov, the story centers around a little boy who grows up listening to fables from his older relatives. But then reality collides with myths.Prodco: Kyrzgzfilm

LATVIAThe PitDir. Dace PuceKey Cast: Damirs Onackis, Dace Eversa, Luize BirkenbergaLogline: A boy living with his grandmother tricks a bully into falling in a pit. But the repercussions that follow lead to a relationship with an old sailor.Intl. Sales: TVCO

LEBANONCosta Brava, LebanonDir. Mounia AkiKey Cast: Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri, Nadia CharbelLogline: A lovingly eccentric familys alternative lifestyle is threatened when a landfill is zoned right next to their rural Lebanese idyll.Intl. Sales: MK2

LITHUANIAThe JumpDir. Giedre ZickyteKey Cast: N/ALogline: Documentary about a sailor who jumped onto a U.S. Coast Guard ship in 1970.Prodco: Moonmakers

LUXEMBOURGIo Sto BeneDir. Donato RotunnoKey Cast: Renato Carpentieri, Alessio Lapice, Sara SerraioccoLogline: Antonio, who has spent his whole life away from his homeland of Italy, meets an artist who is trying to make it overseas.Intl. Sales: Tarantula Distribution

MALAWIFatsani A Tale of SurvivalDir. Gift Sukez SukaliKey Cast: Edwin Chonde, Ibrahim Affia, Kelvin Maxwell NgomaLogline: A young girl sells bananas in the street and suffers abuse from those who are supposed to protect her.Prodco: HD Plus

MALAYSIAHail DriverDir. Muzzamer RahmanKey Cast: Amerul Affendi, Mei Fen Lim, Bront PalaraeLogline: Aman is an illegal e-hail driver trying to understand life in Kuala Lumpur.U.S. Distrib: Letterboxd

MALTALuzzuDir. Alex CamilleriKey Cast: Jesmark Sciluna, Frida Cauchi, Michaela FarrugiaLogline: A fisherman is tempted to sell his traditional luzzu boat because the old ways are being cast aside.U.S. Distrib: Kino Lorber

Prayers for the StolenCredit: The Match Factory

MEXICOPrayers for the StolenDir: Tatiana HuezoKey Cast: Ana Cristina Ordez Gonzlez, Marya Membreo, Mayra BatallaLogline: Based loosely on Jennifer Clements book by the same name, the film centers around three teen girls coming of age amid the narco war.U.S. Distrib: Netflix

MOROCCOCasablanca BeatsDir. Nabil AyouchKey Cast: Anas Basbousi, Nouhaila Arif, Ismail AdouabLogline: A former rapper working in a cultural center encourages his young charges to express themselves via hip-hop.Intl. Sales: Wild Bunch

MONTENEGROAfter the WinterDir. Ivan BakracKey Cast: Ivona Kustudi, Ana Vukovi, Momilo OtaeviLogline: Five childhood friends have to face adulthood at the end of winter, each in their own way.Prodco: Artikulacija, ABHO Film

NETHERLANDSDo Not HesitateDir. Shariff KorverKey Cast: Joes Brauers, Spencer Bogaert, Tobias KerslootLogline: When their superior disappears, three soldiers are left to guard a military vehicle in an escalating situation.Intl. Sales: TrustNordisk

NORTH MACEDONIASisterhoodDir. Dina DumaKey Cast: Antonija Belazelkoska, Mia Giraud, Marija JancevskaLogline: The story of female frenemyship in the age of social-media bullying.Intl. Sales: Cercamon

NORWAYThe Worst Person in the WorldDir. Joachim TrierKey cast: Renate Reinsve,Anders Danielsen LieLogline: A young woman battles indecisiveness as she traverses the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path.U.S. Distrib: Neon

PALESTINEThe StrangerDir. Ameer Fakher EldinKey Cast: Ashraf Barhom, Amal Kais, Mohammad BakriLogline: In the occupied Golan Heights, the life of a desperate unlicensed doctor, who is going through an existential crisis, takes an unlucky turn when he encounters a man wounded in the war in Syria.Prodco: Red Balloon

PANAMAPlaza CatedralDir. Abner BenaimKey Cast: Manolo Cardona, Ilse Salas, Fernando Xavier De CastaLogline: A grief-stricken woman has severed ties with all society when a bleeding teenager enters her home and life.Intl. Sales: Luminosity Ent. and Gulfstream Pictures

PARAGUAYNothing but the SunDir. Arami UllnKey Cast: Mateo Sobode ChiquenoLogline: Doc follows Mateo Sobode Chiqueno and the stories of his Ayoreo people.Prodco: Cineworx Filmproduktion

PERUPowerful ChiefDir. Henry VallejoKey Cast: Jess Luque Colque, Gaby Huaywa, Leonardo VillaLogline: Homeless and broke, Elisban survives on small jobs in a strange city.Prodco: Pioneros Producciones

POLANDLeave No TracesDir. Jan MatuszynskiKey Cast: Tomasz Zietek, Sandra Korzeniak, Jacek BraciakLogline: Based on a true story of the militias fatal beating of a high school student.Intl. Sales: New Europe Film Sales

PORTUGALThe Metamorphosis of BirdsDir. Catarina VasconcelosKey Cast: Manuel Rosa, Joo Mra, Ana Vasconcelos, Henrique VasconcelosLogline: Docu memoir of the directors family from letters written to each other by her grandparents but burned by the children as ordered bytheir grandfather.Intl. Sales: Portugal Film

ROMANIABad Luck Banging, or Loony PornDir. Radu JudeKey Cast: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia MlaiLogline: Comedy-drama of a schoolteacher whose porn tape goes viral.Intl. Sales: Heretic Outreach

RUSSIAUnclenching the FistsDir: Kira KovalenkoKey Cast: Milana Aguzarova, Alik Karaev, Soslan KhugaevLogline: A young woman struggles to escape the patriarchy.Intl. Sales: Wild Bunch

SAUDI ARABIAThe Tambour of RetributionDir. Abdulaziz AlshlaheiKey Cast: AAdwa Fahad, Rawya Ahmed, Ajeba AldosaryLogline: The son of an executioner falls for the daughter of a wedding singer. One of them will have to give up their profession.U.S. Distrib: Letterboxd

SERBIAOasisDir. Ivan IkicKey Cast: Goran Bogdan, Marusa Majer, Marijana NovakovLogline: A love triangle in a facility for youth with special needs.Intl. Sales: Heretic Outreach

SINGAPOREPrecious Is the NightDir. Wayne PengKey Cast: Chuando Tan, Nanyeli, Tsu-Lei Chang, Lydia King-Man LauLogline: A doctor making house calls to a wealthy family is caught up in this murder drama.U.S. Distrib. Letterboxd

SLOVAKIA107 MothersDir. Peter KerekesKey Cast: Maryna Klimova, Iryna Kiryazeva, Lyubov VasylynaLogline: Docu-fiction set in a Ukrainian prison for women.Intl. Sales: Films Boutique

SLOVENIASanremoDir. Miroslav MandicKey Cast: Sandi Pavlin, Silva Cusin, Boris CavazzaLogline: An elderly couple in a home enjoy their time together, sometimes argue likecouples do, but often have to start over again, as if they met for the first time.Intl. Sales: Coccinelle Film Sales

SOMALIAThe Gravediggers WifeDir. Khadar AhmedKey Cast: Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz IbrahimLogline: A loving but poor couple tries to cope when the wife needs expensive surgery for kidney disease.Intl. Sales: Orange Studio

SOUTH AFRICABarakatDir. Amy JephtaKey Cast: Vinette Ebrahim, Joey Rasdien, Mortimer WilliamsLogline: When her grown sons oppose matriarch Aishas wedding plans, she has to devise a scheme with her fiance and daughter-in-law to bring them around.Intl. Sales: Indigenous Film Distribution

SPAINThe Good BossDir. Fernando Len de AranoaKey Cast: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena AmoLogline: Hoping to win the award for a good boss, the owner of a family-run factory goes too far and interferes in his employees private lives.Intl. Sales: MK2 Films

Escape From Mogadishu.Courtesy of Samuel Jamier/Lotte Entertainment

SOUTH KOREAEscape From MogadishuDir. Ryoo Seung-wanKey Cast: Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung, Koo Kyo-hwanLogline: Trapped in a war zone in Mogadishu, diplomats from warring North and South Korea must work together to escape.U.S. Distrib: Amazon Prime Video

SWEDENTigersDir. Ronnie SandahlKey Cast: Erik Enge, Alfred Enoch, Frida GustavssonLogline: The story of sports prodigy Martin Bengtsson, who played soccer for Inter Milan at age 16.Intl. Sales: Wild Bunch

SWITZERLANDOlgaDir. Elie GrappeKey Cast: Stphanie Chuat, Anastasia Budiashkina, Sabrina RubtsovaLogline: A teen Ukrainian gymnast exiled to Switzerland is shaken by events at home just as she prepares to participate in competition.Intl. Sales: Cineworx, ARP Selection

TAIWANThe FallsDir. Chung Mong-hongKey cast: Gingle Wang, Alyssa ChiaLogline: A mother-daughter relationship is strained by having to quarantine together.Intl. Sales: Mandarin Vision

THAILANDThe MediumDir. Banjong PisanthanakunKey Cast: Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utunma, Sirani YankittikanLogline: Horror story centering on shamanism.U.S. Distrib: Shudder

TUNISIAGolden ButterflyDir. Abdelhamid BouchnakKey Cast: Hala Ayed, Fethi Haddaoui, Zarrouk BrahimLogline: While learning about Arabic literature, a Parisian of North African origin falls for a newly arrived Tunisian in Paris.Prodco: Shkoon Prods.

TURKEYCommitment HasanDir. Semih KaplanoluKey Cast: Umut Karada, Filiz Bozok, Gkhan AzlagLogline: A grower tries to prevent an electricity pole from being planted in the middle of his orchard.Intl. Sales: Films Boutique

UKRAINEBad RoadsDir. Natalya VorozhbitKey Cast: Zoya Baranovskaya, Oksana CherkashynaLogline: Vignettes of life in Ukraine under Russian rule.Intl. Sales: Reason8

UNITED KINGDOMDying to DivorceDir. Chloe FairweatherKey Cast: N/ALogline: Doc on Turkish women fighting back against domestic violence.Intl. Sales: Java Films

URUGUAYThe Broken Glass TheoryDir. Diego FernandezKey Cast: Martn Slipak, Roberto Birindelli, Carlos FrascaLogline: Insurance agent Claudion arrives in a quiet town and finds himself in the center of a complex and strange mystery.Intl. Sales: Feel Content

UZBEKISTAN2000 Songs of FaridaDir. Yalkin TuychievKey Cast: Bakhram Matchanov, Marjona Uljayeva, Ilmira RahimjanovaLogline: Kamil disrupts his family life when he marries a fourth wife.Intl. Sales: Film Affinity

VENEZUELAThe Inner GlowDir. Andrs Eduardo Rodrguez, Luis Alejandro RodrguezKey Cast: Violeta Aleman, Valeria Castillo, Francisca DiazLogline: An ailing mother who has to find a caregiver for her young daughter makes a drastic decision.Intl. Sales: Amazonia Films

VIETNAMDad, Im SorryDir. Tran Thanh,Vu Ngoc DangKey Cast: Ngc Giu, Tun Trn, Ngn ChiLogline: The father of a family of four quarreling siblings tries to meddle in their lives.U.S. Distrib: Letterboxd

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