Tiff list 2010: The Complete Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Download 160.75 Kb.
|
- Navigate this page:
- Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey Distant maps Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s signature exploration of existential heartache onto the wintry shores of Istanbul. Hair
- Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
- The Human Resources Manager
- A Night for Dying Tigers
- The Solitude Of Prime Numbers
| http://www.indiewire.com/article/tiff_list_2010_tracking_torontos_announced_lineup/P0/
TIFF List 2010: The Complete Toronto Film Festival Lineup by Peter Knegt (Updated 2 hours, 54 minutes ago) 
The Toronto skyline. Photo by Peter Knegt. The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the entire slate of its 35th edition. Two hundred and forty-six titles across a variety of programs have officially been set (as well as 6 programs in the avant-garde Wavelengths section), as well as . This year’s TIFF takes place September 9 - 19. The list includes new works from a intensely impressive array of filmmakers: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Werner Herzog, Kelly Reichardt, Gregg Araki, Tom Tykwer, Danny Boyle, Clint Eastwood, Xavier Dolan, John Sayles, Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Errol Morris, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Catheirne Breillat, Denis Villeneuve, Manoel de Oliveira, Ondi Timoner, Kiran Rao, Mike Mills, Susanne Bier, Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, Xavier Beauvois, Milcho Manchevski, Takeshi Miike, Ben Affleck, Francois Ozon, Andrucha Waddington, Bruce LaBruce, John Carpenter, Álex de la Iglesia, Darren Aronofsky, Bruce MacDonald, Amos Gitai, Ken Loach, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Corneau, Kim Longinotto, Stephen Frears, Jacob Tierney, Frederick Wiseman, Carl Bessai, Woody Allen, Casey Affleck, Dustin Lance Black, Sylvain Chomet, Charles Ferguson, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Tran Anh Hung, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo. Check back with indieWIRE for updates as the list adds links to respective film pages for each film screening at the festival. Those pages will be begin to include coverage and criticWIRE grades once the festival commences. Film descriptions provided by the Toronto International Film Festival. Canada First! Daydream Nation (film page) Mike Goldbach, BC World Premiere In this striking and slyly funny debut by filmmaker Mike Goldbach, a young woman (Kat Dennings) is uprooted to a small town where her classmates seem permanently stoned, an industrial fire burns ceaselessly in the background and a killer preys on the unsuspecting populace. The film also stars Andie MacDowell, Josh Lucas, Reece Thompson and Rachel Blanchard. Amazon Falls Katrin Bowen, BC World Premiere Characters reveal hidden depths as Katrin Bowen’s first feature tells the tale of a struggling actress named Jana. Delving into the high- stakes world of keeping up appearances for which Los Angeles is infamous, Amazon Falls crafts an intense look at dream-chasers living on the margins of Hollywood. High Cost of Living Deborah Chow, QC World Premiere Deborah Chow’s dark drama centres on the burgeoning relationship between an unlikely pair. Nathalie (Isabelle Blais) is expecting her first child and Henry (Zach Braff) is on his way to his next drug deal. Their paths fatefully collide one night in an event that will irrevocably change their lives. Jaloux Patrick Demers, QC North American Premiere In this psychological thriller that was improvised during its 16-day shoot, a couple trying to mend their relationship set off for a weekend in the country. When they encounter a friendly neighbour, they are too absorbed in their marital woes to see that he is not who he appears to be. Oliver Sherman Ryan Redford, ON World Premiere Tensions arise when Sherman visits the home of Franklin, a fellow soldier who saved his life back in the war. Franklin has long since moved on – to a wife, two children and a reliable job, but the stability he has worked so hard to establish is soon threatened by Sherman’s presence. The film stars Donal Logue, Molly Parker and Garret Dillahunt. You Are Here (film page) Daniel Cockburn, ON North American Premiere You Are Here is a smartly-crafted commentary on our modern day existence. Comprised of interconnected mini-narratives, the film’s characters find themselves trapped in bizarre social experiments of their own making. The film features Tracy Wright and Nadia Litz.  A scene from Ingrid Veninge’s “MODRA.”
Canadian Open Vault A Married Couple Allan King, Canada A restruck and restored version of master filmmaker Allan King’s classic cinema-verité film, one of the most influential and celebrated Canadian films ever made, A Married Couple records the collapse of a middle class couple’s marriage. The film is being restruck in conjunction with Zoe Druick’s monograph on the film, co-published by the University of Toronto Press and TIFF. City To City 10 to 11 Pelin Esmer, Turkey/France/Germany An elderly man clashes with his neighbours as they try to remove him – and his elaborate collections of ephemera—from his apartment. 40 Emre Sahin, Turkey International Premiere Capturing the dazzling intensity of Istanbul’s 12 million souls, Sahin’s groundbreaking feature crisscrosses the lives of a petty crook, an ambitious nurse and an African migrant as they seek money, luck or just a way out. Block-C Zeki Demirkubuz, Turkey Canadian Premiere Zeki Demirkubuz’s career-launching debut feature dissects the melancholy and repression inherent in bourgeois life in dreary apartment blocks. Dark Cloud Theron Patterson, Turkey North American Premiere A black comedy in the style of a lucid dream, Dark Cloud looks at a middle-aged man who can’t move on from the death of his wife, and the teenaged son who needs him to wake up. Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey Distant maps Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s signature exploration of existential heartache onto the wintry shores of Istanbul. Hair Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Turkey North American Premiere An ailing Istanbul wig-maker becomes obsessed with a woman who enters his shop one day. The Majority Seren Yüce, Turkey North American Premiere A young middle-class man rebels against his father’s brutish authority and seeks a rough romance with a woman of ethnic minority. Yüce’s moral tale draws from the example of today’s Turkish youth and the timeless shadow of fathers over sons. My Only Sunshine Reha Erdem, Turkey/Greece/Bulgaria Toronto Premiere In this potent, widescreen portrait of an Istanbul wild child, Hayat lives in a shack beside the Bosphorus sea with her criminal father and wheezing grandfather. Life is harsh, but Hayat watches and learns. September 12 Özlem Sulak, Turkey/Germany North American Premiere In this meditative and monumental examination of the legacy of Turkey’s 1980 military coup, individual narrations of the tumultuous event are juxtaposed with quotidian routines, 30 years on. Somersault in a Coffin Dervis Zaim, Turkey A thief with bizarre compulsions – and possibly good reasons – tries to get by in this essential Istanbul film Contemporary World Cinema 22nd of May Koen Mortier, Belgium World Premiere The director of Ex-Drummer returns with an artful meditation on political violence. A security guard fails to prevent a horrific explosion in a shopping mall, then lives through the aftermath as a series of overlapping what-ifs. À l’origine d’un cri Robin Aubert, Canada Three generations of men from the same family drunkenly careen across the Québécois countryside in an emotionally powerful journey through the past from one of Québec’s most intriguing young filmmakers. Africa United Debs Gardner-Paterson, United Kingdom World Premiere Africa United tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children and their bid to achieve their lifelong dream – to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in Johannesburg. Aftershock Feng Xiaogang, China North American Premiere The most successful Chinese movie of all time, Aftershock is based on the novel of the same name by Chinese Canadian author Zhang Ling. An intimate epic, the film sweeps across three crucial decades in recent Chinese history and explores the resilience of a family devastated by the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. All About Love Ann Hui , Hong Kong, China International Premiere All About Love takes a rare look at not only the lives of queer women, but also the challenges of creating a family. Ann Hui expertly balances the serious themes of motherhood, sexuality and discrimination, rarely addressed in Hong Kong films, with wit, humour and compassion. Anything You Want Achero Mañas, Spain International Premiere Four year-old Dafne’s life is unhinged when her mother Alicia suddenly dies. Her father Leo tries to be both father and mother to her, but Dafne really just wants her mom. Leo strives to be just that, and in the process, nearly loses his own identity. Bad Faith Kristian Petri, Sweden International Premiere On her way home from work Mona finds the victim of a serial killer. She is shocked but the experience triggers something within and her fascination becomes obsession. She decides to find the killer on her own. Her hunt leads to violent confrontation, not only with the killer but also with herself. Behind Blue Skies Hannes Holm, Sweden World Premiere In Hannes Holm’s beautifully crafted Behind Blue Skies, Bill Skarsgård stars as a young man on the cusp of manhood who escapes his troubled home to work at a summer resort, but somehow finds himself embroiled in one of the most scandalous criminal cases in 1970s Sweden in this affectionately mounted period piece based on actual events. Black Ocean Marion Hänsel, Belgium/France/Germany North American Premiere Three young boys aboard a French naval vessel in 1972 take part in nuclear tests in Mururoa, in the Pacific. Black Ocean explores about the relationships of the men on board who are confronted with discipline, violence, solitude and occasionally, friendship. Blessed Events Isabelle Stever, Germany World Premiere Thirty-seven-year-old Simone decides to go out alone on New Year’s Eve. The next morning, she wakes up next to a stranger, and a few weeks later discovers that she’s pregnant. When she runs into the stranger again she is surprised by his reaction. Break Up Club Barbara Wong, Hong Kong International Premiere Barbara Wong captures the mood of Hong Kong’s young generation and delivers an ultra-modern romantic comedy about the end of one’s innocence and the understanding that love is ultimately about the sacrifices one must make. Carancho Pablo Trapero, Argentina/South Korea/France/Chile North American Premiere Sosa (Ricardo Darin) is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Lujan, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily. Chico & Rita Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando, Spain/United Kingdom North American Premiere Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba teams up with famed designer Javier Mariscal and co-director Tono Errando to create an epic animated love story that occurs around the time of the Cuban Revolution. Highlighting a pivotal moment in the evolution of jazz and travelling from Havana to New York, Chico & Rita is a tribute to the music, culture and people of Cuba. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Tsui Hark, China North American Premiere Based on the iconic figure of Di Renjie, a legendary minister of state in the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD) who was known for his ability to solve the most complicated cases, Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee (Andy Lau) is a uniquely appealing counterpart to his modern western equivalent, Sherlock Holmes.  A scene from Kelly Reichardt’s “Meek’s Cutoff.”
The Edge Alexey Uchitel, Russia World Premiere The arrival of a decorated war hero takes a Siberian labour camp by storm. After assuming control of the region’s only steam engine, he sets out to find a ghost engine on a nearby island populated by an undead girl with a railway obsession. Even the Rain Icíar Bollaín Spain/France/Mexico World Premiere Filmmaker Sebastian (Gael García Bernal) travels to Bolivia to shoot a film about the Spanish conquest of America. He and his crew arrive during the tense time of the Cochabamba water crisis. The lines between past and present, and fiction and film, become increasingly blurred in Iciar Bollain’s latest feature, Even the Rain. The First Grader Justin Chadwick, United Kingdom World Premiere In a remote Kenyan primary school hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school: Maruge, a Mau Mau veteran in his eighties who is desperate to learn to read. The Fourth Portrait Chung Mong-Hong, Taiwan North American Premiere The Fourth Portrait casts a sobering look at the troubling issues of domestic violence, and the difficult family dynamics that are born of marriages of convenience. Home for Christmas Bent Hamer, Norway/Germany/Sweden World Premiere Norwegian veteran Bent Hamer (Kitchen Stories) returns with this look at fractured families at Christmas time. The film shuttles between serious drama and the gently absurdist comedy for which Hamer is well-known. How I Ended This Summer Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia Canadian Premiere Two meteorologists are isolated on an Arctic island. When the two-way radio transmits some bad news that requires a middleman, it’s up to the young intern to inform his veteran colleague. The problem is that he never seems to find the right time. The Human Resources Manager Eran Riklis, Israel/Germany/France/Romania North American Premiere A tragi-comedy centers on the HR manager of Israel’s largest industrial bakery as he sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article – the catch is that he has to take a coffin 1000 kilometres into rural Romania to do it. The Hunter Rafi Pitts, Iran North American Premiere Recently released from prison, Ali makes the most of his reunion with his wife and young daughter, amidst much talk of the upcoming elections and promises of change. When tragedy strikes, Ali takes matters into his own hands and the line between hunter and hunted becomes difficult to define. I Am Slave Gabriel Range, United Kingdom International Premiere From the award winning team behind Death of a President and The Last King of Scotland, and inspired by real life events, I Am Slave is a controversial thriller about London’s shocking slave trade, and one woman’s fight for freedom. Jucy Louise Alston, Australia World Premiere Jackie and Lucy are best friends who spend all their time together, but not everyone approves of their “womance.” Accused of being weird and codependent, they set out to prove their maturity. Jackie gets the guy and Lucy gets the job, but can their friendship survive their newfound independence? Lapland Odyssey Dome Karukoski, Finland World Premiere Three unemployed young men set off on a desperate journey to locate a digital conversion box in the north of Finland. Wildly funny, Dome Karukoski’s Lapland Odyssey is a Finnish cousin to Harold and Kumar and Fubar. Late Autumn Kim Tae-Yong, South Korea World Premiere Anna (Tang Wei) is on her way to Seattle to attend her mother’s funeral while on a special weekend release from prison. On the bus, she meets Hoon (Hyun Bin), a “companion for hire” for lonely, older women. Both are running away but both find something in each other while spending a day together. Leap Year Michael Rowe, Mexico North American Premiere In this transgressive erotic drama, Laura Lopez lives a lonely existence in her Mexico City apartment. On her calendar, the 29th of February is ominously circled, its significance becoming more apparent as the leap year approaches. Life, Above All Oliver Schmitz, South Africa/Germany North American Premiere After the death of her newborn sister, 12-year-old Chanda learns of a rumour that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. When it destroys her family and forces her mother to flee, Chandra leaves home and school in search of her mother and the truth. The Light Thief Aktan Arym Kubat, Kyrgyzstan/Germany/France/Netherlands North American Premiere A funny and touching portrait of small-town politics in a rapidly globalizing world that follows Svet-ake, an electrician in a small Kyrgyz village who has been stealing electricity to help the impoverished local residents. When a wealthy land developer arrives to buy up the land, Svet-ake shares with him his dream to populate the valley with modern windmills – but soon realizes not everyone has the village’s best interests at heart. Mamma Gógó Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Iceland International Premiere Icelandic master Fridrik Thor Fridriksson returns with this disarmingly honest, semi-autobiographical portrait of a filmmaker’s relationship with his ailing mother. Simultaneously poignant and funny, Mamma Gógó is fuelled by compassion for those who brought us into this world and also pays tribute to the director’s artistic influences. Matariki Michael Bennett, New Zealand World Premiere A violent tragedy has a harrowing impact on eight different lives in a diverse South Auckland community. The Matchmaker Avi Nesher, Israel International Premiere In 1968 Haifa, a teenage boy gets a summer job with a Holocaust survivor who makes ends meet by brokering marriages and smuggling goods. Throughout the summer, the boy discovers the intriguing underbelly of Haifa and its community of Holocaust survivors. Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt, USA North American Premiere It’s 1845 and a wagon team of three families have hired a guide to take them on the Oregon Trail and over the Cascade Mountains. They become lost and while suffering from hunger, thirst and fear, they encounter a Native American who forces them to reassess everything. MODRA Ingrid Veninger, Canada World Premiere In this authentic portrait of teenaged self-discovery, recently-dumped seventeen-year-old Lina and free spirit Leco travel to visit Lina’s extended family in the quirky town of Modra, Slovakia. My Joy Sergei Loznitsa, Germany/Ukraine/The Netherlands North American Premiere Truck driver Georgy sets out on a provincial Russian motorway for a routine delivery but a series of chance encounters see his journey spiral out of control. A roadside police check, a war veteran and a young prostitute lead him to a village from which there appears to be no way out.  A scene from Peter Mullan’s “Neds”
Neds Peter Mullan, United Kingdom/France/Italy World Premiere Set in 1970s Glasgow, this film tells the story of a shy and intelligent young boy who, through a series of circumstances, turns into a NED – a non-educated delinquent. Attending a new school, he becomes increasingly violent and aggressive, all the while searching for a way out. A Night for Dying Tigers Terry Miles, Canada World Premiere The night before Jack goes to prison for five years, his family gets together at their ancestral home for a farewell dinner. What begins as a civil, if not joyful, reunion quickly devolves into a morally questionable whirlwind of regret, reversals, and revelations. The film stars Jennifer Beals, Gil Bellows, Kathleen Roberston, Lauren Lee Smith, Tygh Runyon and John Pyper-Ferguson. Of Gods and Men Xavier Beauvois, France North American Premiere Based on a true incident where a group of Christian monks were killed in Algeria in 1995, Of Gods and Men follows the spiritual lifestyle of the monks, their interaction with the locals and the events that lead up to the confrontation with a group of Islamic fundamentalist insurgents. Oki’s Movie Hong Sangsoo, South Korea North American Premiere Oki’s Movie is comprised of four short films featuring three main characters with different but overlapping roles. The final short, Oki’s Movie, is a story of a film student, Oki, who makes a film about two men she has dated. In her film, she makes a cinematographic construction of her experiences of coming to Acha Mountain with each man a year apart. Outbound Bogdan George Apetri, Romania North American Premiere Matilda, a feisty woman-child with a sordid past, is out on prison leave. Are 24 hours enough to make up for her mistakes and skip out of the country in time for a brand new life? Route132 Louis Bélanger,Canada English Canadian Premiere A powerful drama directed by acclaimed veteran Louis Bélanger, Route 132 focuses on a man who loses a loved one and embarks on a journey in an attempt to rediscover his roots and come to terms with his grief. Sensation Tom Hall, Ireland International Premiere Sensation details the relationship between Tipperary farmer Donal Duggan and a veteran Kiwi escort. They begin as client and call girl, evolve into something like lovers, then business partners and finally co-defendants. Silent Souls Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia North American Premiere When Miron’s beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye according to the rituals of the Merya culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero. The two men set out on a road trip thousands of miles across the boundless lands. Small Town Murder Songs Ed Gass-Donnelly, Canada World Premiere Ed Gass-Donnelly’s (This Beautiful City) Small Town Murder Songs mixes sexuality, religion and tradition in a Greek tragedy about repression and mistrust. The film stars Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, Aaron Poole and Martha Plimpton. The Solitude Of Prime Numbers Saverio Constanzo, Italy North American Premiere Two youngsters discover that they are doomed to live parallel lives, always linked but never joined. One has to deal with the effects of a serious accident while the other must come to grips with negligence that led to a death. As they grow into adults, they discover that their singularity results in solitude. State of Violence Khalo Matabane, South Africa/France International Premiere In his follow-up to Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon, Matabane delivers a potent drama about a South African corporate leader whose past as a violent revolutionary comes back to threaten him. 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:
|