Toronto unveils first festival titles

June 23, 2009 De Oliveira's "Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl" will unspool as part of the Masters sidebar, as will Resnais' "Les Herbes Folles" and "Air Doll," Japanese director Kore-eda's drama about a blow-up doll that becomes a real person that stars Korean actress Bae Doo-na. [...] the high-profile Contemporary World Cinema program booked Israeli director Haim Tabakman's "Eyes Wide Open," a gay love story set in a religious Jewish community, "Huacho," from Chilean director Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Korea's "Like You Know It All," by Hong Sang-soo, and Jessica Hausner's "Lourdes." The festival also selected for its Visions sidebar the Cannes competition entrant "Face" by Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang, French director Raya Martin's "Independencia," Alain Cavalier's "Irene," also from France, and Malaysian director Chris Chong Chan Fui's "Karaoke."

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