Tiff list 2010: The Complete Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project
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Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project Kornél Mundruczó Hungary/Germany/Austria North American Premiere Long ago, a young man fathered a child without ever knowing what became of him. Now 17, his son Rudi returns home hoping to reunite with his family after years spent in an institution. A terrible event soon changes everything and the father has no choice but to accompany his son on his inevitable brutal path and their common search for redemption. Tracker Ian Sharp, United Kingdom/New Zealand World Premiere A former Boer War guerrilla in New Zealand is sent to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Three Tom Tykwer, Germany North American Premiere Returning to the rule-breaking freedom of early films like Run Lola Run, Tykwer introduces a sophisticated Berlin couple who both start affairs with the same man, putting them on a collision course. White Irish Drinkers John Gray, USA World Premiere In this coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but ineffective mother are caught up in a life of petty crime. Womb Benedek Fliegauf, Germany/Hungary/France North American Premiere Rebecca has waited 12 long years to be reunited with her childhood sweetheart, only to lose him again in a fatal accident. The only difference is, now she can bring him back from the dead. Discovery As If I Am Not There Juanita Wilson, Ireland/Macedonia/Sweden World Premiere As If I Am Not There explores one woman’s experience of the horrors that took place at the beginning of the Bosnian War. Disturbing and powerful, the film is an important testament to the survivors of the atrocities in the former Yugoslavia. ATTENBERG Athina Rachel Tsangiri, Greece North American Premiere A dying architect and his emotionally stunted daughter inhabit a once booming industrial community in the middle of nowhere, now populated by the precious few who didn’t have the heart to leave it behind. Autumn Aamir Bashir, India World Premiere Shot in striking, widescreen images in India’s Kashmir region, Bashir’s debut tells the story of Rafiq, a young man struggling to come to terms with the loss of his older brother, who has disappeared in the ongoing border conflict. Beautiful Boy Shawn Ku, USA World Premiere A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news that their 18-year-old son has committed a mass shooting at his college, then taken his own life. Stars Michael Sheen and Maria Bello. Blame Michael Henry, Australia International Premiere A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out, they find themselves on the dark side of justice. The Call Stefano Pasetto, Italy/Argentina World Premiere Two women, one a married middle-aged airline stewardess, and the other a free-wheeling factory worker, meet and decide to change their lives. Moving to Patagonia and leaving their men behind, they find that escape carries with it a different set of responsibilities. Ceremony Max Winkler, USA World Premiere Along with his unwitting best friend, a young guy looks to crash the wedding of an older woman with whom he’s infatuated. Stars Uma Thurman. Dirty Girl Abe Sylvia, USA World Premiere Danielle is the dirty girl of Norman High School. When her misbehaviour gets her banished to a remedial class, she teams up with an innocent closet-case and they head out on a road trip to discover themselves. Stars Juno Temple, Dwight Yoakam, Milla Jovovich and William H. Macy. Girlfriend Justin Lerner, USA World Premiere When an unexpected financial windfall affords a young man with Down syndrome some freedom, he decides to pursue the object of his high school crush, Candy. The decision brings him into conflict with her volatile ex-boyfriend, and the three find themselves involved in a complex, unpredictable triangle of love, aspiration and dreams. Stars Evan Sneider and Jackson Rathbone. Griff the Invisible Leon Ford, Australia World Premiere Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible. Stars Ryan Kwanten. Half of Oscar Manuel Martin Cuenca, Spain/Cuba World Premiere Oscar and Maria are reunited by the imminent death of their grandfather. Maria has not been heard from in over two years, and now arrives pregnant and with a boyfriend. Inside America Barbara Eder, Austria North American Premiere Drawing on her memories as an exchange student in a nowhere town on the US-Mexico border, Barbara Eder explores the dark side of the American Dream. Look, Stranger Arielle Javitch, USA World Premiere Look, Stranger is an elegant, spare and powerful telling of one young woman’s journey through a war-torn landscape in an effort to get back home. Stars Annamaria Marinca. Mandoo Ebrahim Saeedi, Iraq North American Premiere After the death of Saddam, Shaho, an Iranian Kurd, is determined to take his ailing father back to his village so he can live out his final days in familiar surroundings. The only thing that stands in his way is a wide-eyed young woman. Marimbas From Hell Julio Hernández Cordón, Guatemala/France/Mexico World Premiere Don Alfonso loses his job playing the marimba, an indigenous, traditional Guatemalan instrument, at a hotel in Guatemala City. He approaches musician Blacko and proposes that they fuse the sound of the marimba with heavy metal. Norberto’s Deadline Daniel Hendler, Uruguay/Argentina North American Premiere Award-winning actor Daniel Hendler offers a hilarious account of a man trying to combat his shyness. After being fired from his job, Norberto tries his hand at real estate and his new boss suggests he take some personal affirmation courses. Instead he discovers the theatre and his love and unknown talent for acting. October Diego Vega, Daniel Vega, Peru/Venezuela/Spain North American Premiere Money-lender Clemente only knows how to relate to others through transactions. His life is turned upside down when someone leaves him a baby in a basket. When a client, Sofia, steps in to help tend to the baby, Clemente is faced with new possibilities during Lima’s October celebration of the Lord of Miracles. The Piano in a Factory Zhang Meng, China World Premiere To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch. An offbeat ballad of friendship and devotion, The Piano in a Factory is an endearing portrait of China in the early 1990s when the certainty of state-run industry begins to falter. Pinoy Sunday Wi Ding Ho, Taiwan North American Premiere Pinoy Sunday is the story of Manuel and Dado, two Filipino migrant workers, who discover a discarded sofa. This transforms their normal Sunday routine into a tale of adventure, perseverance and self-discovery. The Place in Between Sarah Bouyain, France/Burkino Faso North American Premiere Bouyain’s sensitive debut is a portrait of women caught between Africa and Europe. A biracial woman travels from France to Burkina Faso in search of her mother. In France, a white woman seeks to learn an African language for reasons unknown. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Jalmari Helander, Finland/Norway/France/Sweden North American Premiere Santa Claus is somewhat less than jolly – in fact, he’s the stuff nightmares are made of – in Jalmari Helander’s atmospheric and witty re-working of a cherished folk tale. Sandcastle Boo Junfeng, Singapore North American Premiere A gentle and affectionate study of the themes of identity, history and memory, Boo Junfeng’s debut feature Sandcastle is a loving portrait of a young man coming to terms with the lives of his parents and his grandparents, while trying to make sense of Singapore’s troubled history. Soul of Sand Sidharth Srinivasan, India World Premiere Bhanu Kumar, a lower caste watchman, stands fierce guard over his feudal master’s disused, barren mine. One night, a runaway couple in desperate search of refuge, come to Bhanu seeking shelter. The rusted gate of the Royal Silica Mine opens, exposing a bloody world of lust, fear and violence in the name of caste, ownership and honour. Viva Riva! Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Democratic Republic of Congo/France/Belgium/South Africa World Premiere Riva returns home to Kinshasa flush with cash. The town is literally out of gas, and he is sitting on a truckload of it. His first night home, Riva falls in love with a beautiful woman and is emboldened when he learns that a local gangster is keeping her on a short leash. Meanwhile, the gang Riva left behind in Angola arrive in hot pursuit of the gas he stole from them. Wasted On the Young Ben C. Lucas, Australia International Premiere Wasted on the Young is set in the socially conscious and disaffected society of an elite high school where two step brothers occupy opposite ends of the school hierarchy. When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, they find that revenge is just a computer click away. What I Most Want Delfina Castagnino, Argentina International Premiere María’s four-year relationship is coming to an end while Pilar’s father has recently passed away. Though their losses are of a very different nature, the two friends find comfort in each other’s company. María stays with Pilar in the Argentine Patagonia and the two women share wine and lake visits as they confront their future. Zephyr Belma Bas, Turkey World Premiere This shadowy and atmospheric coming-of-age story follows 11-year-old Zephyr. Left in the care of her stoic grandparents, she roams a rural paradise looking for action, trying to figure out who she is and refusing to grow up. Galas The Bang Bang Club (film page) Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa World Premiere The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa and the final demise of apartheid. The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of these young men – and the extraordinary extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels Van Jaarsveld and Frank Rautenbach. Barney’s Version (film page) Richard J. Lewis, Canada/Italy North American Premiere From producer Robert Lantos, “Barney’s Versio”n is a film based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel. Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti) is a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Barney’s candid confessional spans four decades and two continents, and includes three wives (Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevre), one outrageous father (Dustin Hoffman) and a charmingly dissolute best friend (Scott Speedman). A Beginners Guide to Endings (film page) Jonathan Sobol, Canada Raucous, charming and very funny, Jonathan Sobol’s comedy A Beginners Guide to Endings follows three sons as they deal with their gambler father’s somewhat complicated legacy. Featuring the legendary Harvey Keitel, the film also stars Scott Caan, Paolo Costanzo, Wendy Crewson, Tricia Helfer, Jason Jones, and J.K. Simmons. Black Swan (film page) Darren Aronofsky, USA North American Premiere A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, “Black Swan” stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. “Black Swan” takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect. Black Swan also stars Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder. Casino Jack (film page) George Hickenlooper, Canada World Premiere Based on a true story, Kevin Spacey stars as Jack Abramoff, the former high-powered lobbyist whose bribery schemes and fraudulent dealings with Indian casinos ultimately landed him in prison, and stunned the world. It remains the biggest scandal to hit Washington, D.C. since Watergate. The film also stars Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Rachelle Lefevre and Jon Lovitz. The Conspirator (film page) Robert Redford, USA World Premiere While an angry nation seeks vengeance, a young union war hero must defend a mother accused of aiding her son in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Directed by Robert Redford, the film stars James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood and Tom Wilkinson. The Debt (film page) John Madden, USA North American Premiere Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington star in this thriller about three Israeli Mossad agents on a 1965 mission to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, secrets about the case emerge. The Housemaid (film page) Im Sang-Soo, South Korea North American Premiere In this erotic thriller, the housemaid of an upper-class family becomes entangled in a dangerous tryst. A satirical look at class structure, reminiscent of the work of Claude Chabrol, this sexy soap opera is a story of revenge and retribution. Janie Jones (film page) David M. Rosenthal, USA World Premiere Aspiring recording artist Ethan Brand gets a stunning surprise on the opening night of a tour – a strung out former groupie appears unexpectedly, pleading with him to care for their daughter while she pulls herself together. Enter Janie Jones. The King’s Speech (film page) Tom Hooper, United Kingdom/Australia North American Premiere “The King’s Speech” tells the story of the man who would become King George VI, the father of the current Queen, Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George “Bertie” VI (Colin Firth) reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded nervous stammer and considered unfit to be King, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.  A scene from Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech.”
Last Night (film page) Massy Tadjedin, USA/France A married couple are apart for a night when the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he’s attracted. While he’s away, his wife encounters her past love. The film stars Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes. Little White Lies (film page) Guillaume Canet, France World Premiere Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decides to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they have been telling each other. Directed by Guillaume Canet and starring: François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton and Pascale Arbillot. Peep World (film page) Barry Blaustein, USA World Premiere On the day of their father’s 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling that exposes the family’s most intimate secrets. Potiche (film page) François Ozon, France North American Premiere A bourgeois housewife (Catherine Deneuve) takes on a rough union leader (Gerard Depardieu) in François Ozon’s sparkling comic war between the sexes, and the classes. The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (film page) Thom Zimny, USA World Premiere “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town” takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the recording of their fourth album. Grammy and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny has collaborated with Springsteen on this documentary, gaining access to never before seen footage shot between 1976-1978, capturing home rehearsals and recording sessions that allow us to see Springsteen’s creative process at work. Sarah’s Key Gilles Paquet Brenner, France World Premiere Based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel, Sarah’s Key tells the story of an American journalist on the brink of making big life decisions regarding her marriage and her unborn child. What starts off as research for an article about the Vel’d’Hiv Roundup in 1942 in France ends up as a journey towards self discovery as she stumbles upon a terrible secret. The film stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot, Michel Duchaussoy and Aidan Quinn. Score: A Hockey Musical (film page) Michael McGowan, Canada World Premiere “Score” centers on seventeen-year old Farley who has led a sheltered life. Much to his parents’ chagrin (Newton-John, Jordan), Farley loves to play shinny with the local rink rats. To their even greater dismay, Farley is signed to a hockey league, where he achieves instant stardom, throwing him into a world of hype. Farley soon finds that hockey fame comes with a price. The Town (film page) Ben Affleck, USA North American Premiere “The Town” is a dramatic thriller about robbers and cops, friendship and betrayal, love and hope, and escaping a past that has no future. In the Boston neighbourhood of Charlestown, Doug MacCray is the leader of a crew of ruthless bank robbers. But everything changed on the gang’s last job when they took bank manager Claire Keesey hostage. Questioning what she saw, Doug seeks out Claire. As their relationship deepens, Doug wants out of this life and the town, but now he must choose whether to betray his friends or lose the woman he loves. The Way (film page) Emilio Estevez, USA World Premiere Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago. Driven by his profound sadness and desire to understand his son better, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage. Along the way he learns what it means to be a citizen of the world again and discovers the difference between “The life we live and the life we choose.” West is West (film page) Andy De Emmony, United Kingdom World Premiere Manchester, Northern England, 1976. The now much-diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, is under heavy assault both from his father’s tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. His father decides to pack him off to Mrs. Khan No. 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. The sequel to “East is East,” “West is West” is the coming of age story of both 15-year-old Sajid and of his father, 60-year- old George Khan.  A scene from Guy Moshe’s “Bunraku.” Image courtesy of TIFF.
Masters 13 Assassins Takashi Miike, Japan Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future. Erotic Man Jørgen Leth, Denmark Danish master Jørgen Leth travels the globe in this sensual, provocative and sometimes autobiographical essay film about a man struggling to come to terms with his past choices and his decision to leave a lover. Essential Killing Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary North American Premiere A Taliban fighter is captured, interrogated, tortured and then transported to an unnamed snowy destination in Europe. He manages to escape and must use his wits to evade his pursuers whilst battling bitter winter cold and lack of food. Film Socialism (film page) Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland North American Premiere Godard’s latest film, a “symphony in three movements,” grapples with trying to make sense of a world that appears to be beyond comprehension and meaning. I Wish I Knew (film page) Jia Zhang-ke, China/The Netherlands North American Premiere Commissioned to commemorate the 2010 World Expo, this documentary on Shanghai portrays a chapter of modern Chinese history through interviews and scenic views of a city in continuous evolution. I Wish I Knew is directed by one of the youngest masters of cinema, Jia Zhang-ke. Mysteries of Lisbon Raul Ruiz, Portugal/France Based on a famous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel, Raul Ruiz’s “Mysteries of Lisbon” follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals. Nostalgia for the Light Patricio Guzmán, France/Germany/Chile North American Premiere, World Premiere In Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet’s regime. Master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán contemplates the paradox of their quests. Poetry (film page) Lee Chang-dong, South Korea North American Premiere Rhyme and crime intertwine in Poetry, the moving portrait of an elegant old lady in the initial stages of Alzheimer’s, as well as a lyrical take on creative discovery and an upsetting look at juvenile violence, by Korean master Lee Chang-dong. Roses à Crédit Amos Gitai, France World Premiere A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, the wife finds herself increasingly caught up in acquiring material possessions while the husband prefers a more traditional lifestyle. Route Irish (film page) Ken Loach, United Kingdom/France/Belgium/Italy/Spain North American Premiere A British solider who worked with a security firm in Iraq attends the funeral of his best friend, who was killed on the notorious Baghdad highway Route Irish. After receiving an envelope containing his friend’s cell phone with a video recording of a massacre of Iraqi civilians, he sets out to avenge his friend’s memory. The Sleeping Beauty Catheirne Breillat, France North American Premiere An epic fantasia of a young girl’s coming-of-age, featuring Catherine Breillat’s signature take on gender relations and breathtaking cinematography. The Strange Case of Angelica Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/Spain/France/Brazil North American Premiere Manoel de Oliveira, a 101-year-old filmmaker, returns to the Douro River, the site of his first short, Douro Faina Fluvial, to create a surprising tale about a metaphysical love that defies reason. Photographer Isaac becomes smitten when he is called to take the last picture of the beautiful Angelica. Although she is dead, when he looks at her through his viewfinder she becomes animated and lively. Directory: inc -> files inc -> The Shape Of Droughts To Come: 2012 Versus The 1930s Dust Bowl inc -> Air traffic control in the usa inc -> Incoming 6th Grade Summer Reading List 2014 inc -> Second Edition inc -> Ncaa legislative Proposals (Created August 16, 2007) inc -> Ed Green Nuffield trip to usa and Canada, June/July 2012 Friday 22 June 2012 files -> September 13, 2010 Sneak peek at Henry’s Crime files -> 35th Toronto Film Festival The global world of film and Oscar-hunting American flicks converge in Hollywood North Download 160.75 Kb. Share with your friends:
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