An inaugural showcase in Mexico of Canadian cinema involving Telefilm Canada, Nueva Era Films and Cinépolis has kicked off in Mexico City.
An inaugural showcase in Mexico of Canadian cinema involving Telefilm Canada, Nueva Era Films and Cinépolis has kicked off in Mexico City.
Over the course of the event seven films are screening in 14 cities and 27 theatres in the Semana de Cine Canadiense (Canadian Film Week). All are Mexican premieres.
The selections are: Cardinals by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley; Clara by Akash Sherman; The Fireflies Are Gone (Disparition Des Lucioles) by Sébastien Pilote; Giant Little Ones by Keith Behrman...
An inaugural showcase in Mexico of Canadian cinema involving Telefilm Canada, Nueva Era Films and Cinépolis has kicked off in Mexico City.
Over the course of the event seven films are screening in 14 cities and 27 theatres in the Semana de Cine Canadiense (Canadian Film Week). All are Mexican premieres.
The selections are: Cardinals by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley; Clara by Akash Sherman; The Fireflies Are Gone (Disparition Des Lucioles) by Sébastien Pilote; Giant Little Ones by Keith Behrman...
- 3/31/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Toronto Film Festival has revealed its annual list of top ten Canadian films. Compiled by Tiff’s team of programmers in collaboration with Canadian critics, the ‘Canada’s Top Ten’ list includes Tiff titles Freaks, which scored a significant deal with Well Go, and Giant Little Ones. Scroll down for the full list.
The feature list was curated by Cameron Bailey, Kerri Craddock, Steve Gravestock, Danis Goulet, Ming-Jenn Lim, and Kathleen Drumm, in collaboration with the Vancouver Film Critics Circle and the Association Québécoise des Critiques de Cinéma.
“Tiff is thrilled to present its uniquely Canadian list that offers a richness of voices, perspectives, and insights into adolescent identity,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head of Tiff. “These films expertly examine heritage, family, the fragility of friendships, and the importance of challenging the current state of our world, and are testament to the fact that our Canadian filmmakers...
The feature list was curated by Cameron Bailey, Kerri Craddock, Steve Gravestock, Danis Goulet, Ming-Jenn Lim, and Kathleen Drumm, in collaboration with the Vancouver Film Critics Circle and the Association Québécoise des Critiques de Cinéma.
“Tiff is thrilled to present its uniquely Canadian list that offers a richness of voices, perspectives, and insights into adolescent identity,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head of Tiff. “These films expertly examine heritage, family, the fragility of friendships, and the importance of challenging the current state of our world, and are testament to the fact that our Canadian filmmakers...
- 12/5/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Sebastien Pilote’s ongoing study of Quebec lives running out of options continues apace with “The Fireflies Are Gone.” This third feature (his first in five years) is, like its predecessors “The Salesman” and “The Auction,” a neatly observed character portrait in a well-detailed small-town setting. But in contrast to the middle-aged protagonists of his prior films, whose lives were already winding down after decades of toil, the heroine here is just at the start of adulthood. And as she obstinately keeps reminding more responsible types, she has no plans for what she’ll do with the rest of it. This is a satisfying, slightly mournful seriocomedy that’s equal parts cynical, hopeful, and ambivalent. It’s also, in Pilote’s now-established style, writ so small and low-key that it may not travel far beyond the festival circuit and standard Canadian distribution outlets.
First impressions aren’t all that...
First impressions aren’t all that...
- 9/27/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
An official selection at the Karlovy Vary, Sébastien Pilote‘s The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) would receive its North American showcase at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival (it won Tiff’s Best Canadian Film) a week prior to premiering domestically in Quebec. We’ve come to know the filmmaker via his previous pair in the Sundance selected The Salesman (2011) and Cannes selected The Auction (2013) and with his third film inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Where have all the Fireflies Gone? text, we receive small town ennui broadly represented by the quotidian witnessed in Karelle Tremblay (2015 Tiff Rising Star) and Pierre-Luc Brillant‘s characters.…...
- 9/25/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Below you will find an index of our coverage from the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) in 2018, as well as our favorite films.Top Picksdaniel KASMANFeatures:1. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (Roberto Minervini)2. High Life (Claire Denis)3. Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman)4. Green Book (Peter Farrelly)5. aKasha (hajooj kuka)6. Rojo (Benjamin Naishtat)7. Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)8. Belmonte (Federico Veiroj)9. If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)10. Hidden Man (Jiang Wen)Shorts:1. Blue (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)2. Arena (Björn Kämmerer)3. Polly One (Kevin Jerome Everson)4. Colophon (Nathaniel Dorsky)5. Please step out of the frame. (Karissa Hahn)6. Wall Unwalled (Lawrence Abu Hamdan)7. Ada Kaleh (Helena Wittmann)8. Alitplano (Malena Szlam)9. Norman Norman (Sophy Romvari)10. Hoarders without Borders, 1.0 (Jodie Mack)Kelley DONG1. "I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians" (Radu Jude)2. High Life (Claire Denis)3. Our Time (Carlos Reygadas)4. Our Body (Han Ka-Ram)5. A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper...
- 9/25/2018
- MUBI
Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize went to Peter Farrelly’s Green Book directed to Peter Farrelly. This puts it in prime Oscar territory — five TIFF audience award winners have won Oscars for best picture, including Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave, The King’s Speech, American Beauty and Chariots of Fire. This is why TIFF is such a prime territory for acquisitions executives.
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of Green Book for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible for ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and ‘There...
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of Green Book for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible for ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and ‘There...
- 9/17/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain wins Midnight Madness award.
The period drama Green Book from Peter Farrelly has won the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) 2019 Grolsch People’s Choice Award and bolstered its awards season prospects given Tiff’s recent track record.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in the tale of an Italian-American bouncer who drives an African-American jazz pianist on a 1960s concert tour of the South. Participant Media produced and financed Green Book through its joint venture with Amblin/Dreamworks, and Universal will release the film in the Us on November 21.
The Tiff audience...
The period drama Green Book from Peter Farrelly has won the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) 2019 Grolsch People’s Choice Award and bolstered its awards season prospects given Tiff’s recent track record.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in the tale of an Italian-American bouncer who drives an African-American jazz pianist on a 1960s concert tour of the South. Participant Media produced and financed Green Book through its joint venture with Amblin/Dreamworks, and Universal will release the film in the Us on November 21.
The Tiff audience...
- 9/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” has triumphed at Tiff, winning the coveted Grolsch People’s Choice Award over films like “A Star Is Born” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Often considered an Oscar bellwether — “La La Land,” “The King’s Speech,” and “12 Years a Slave” are all previous honorees — the prize helps awards season take shape a week after Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” took home the Golden Lion from Venice.
Last year’s prize went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which won Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
It wasn’t the only People’s Choice Award, as Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain” won in the Midnight Madness category and “Free Solo,” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, took home the Documentary prize. Other honorees include Wi Ding Ho...
Last year’s prize went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which won Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
It wasn’t the only People’s Choice Award, as Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain” won in the Midnight Madness category and “Free Solo,” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, took home the Documentary prize. Other honorees include Wi Ding Ho...
- 9/16/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize positions Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” in prime Oscar territory — five audience award winners have gone on to capture best picture, including “Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years a Slave,” “The King’s Speech,” “American Beauty” and “Chariots of Fire.” In 2016, the prize went to “La La Land,” while last year’s award went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Both were nominated for best picture.
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of “Green Book” for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible...
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of “Green Book” for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible...
- 9/16/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff announced at an awards ceremony on Sunday.
The film, which tells the true story of an Italian-American nightclub bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who serves as the chauffeur for a black pianist on a tour through the Deep South in the early 1960s, opened at the festival on Tuesday and was an instant hit with audiences and critics, although Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” had been considered the likely winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Runners-up for the award were Barry Jenkins’ lyrical James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Alfonso Cuaron’s moving memory piece “Roma.”
Also Read: 'Green Book' Film Review: Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali Take a Perilous Road Trip Through the Deep South
In the past, Toronto audience members voted by...
The film, which tells the true story of an Italian-American nightclub bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who serves as the chauffeur for a black pianist on a tour through the Deep South in the early 1960s, opened at the festival on Tuesday and was an instant hit with audiences and critics, although Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” had been considered the likely winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Runners-up for the award were Barry Jenkins’ lyrical James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Alfonso Cuaron’s moving memory piece “Roma.”
Also Read: 'Green Book' Film Review: Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali Take a Perilous Road Trip Through the Deep South
In the past, Toronto audience members voted by...
- 9/16/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Peter Farrelly’s Green Book is the winner of this year’s sometimes Oscar-predictive Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Last year’s winner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri went on to be nominated for Best Picture and won two acting awards, but the ultimate Oscar winner for Best Picture, The Shape Of Water did not even make Tiff’s list of the top three audience favorites.
This year’s first runner up is Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk which Annapurna will release on November 30 and was warmly received at its Tiff World Premiere last Sunday. Second runner up is Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma which Netflix will debut in December and which recently won the Golden Lion top prize at Venice and is expected to be a major awards player this season.
The trophy is considered a bellwether of sorts for the awards...
This year’s first runner up is Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk which Annapurna will release on November 30 and was warmly received at its Tiff World Premiere last Sunday. Second runner up is Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma which Netflix will debut in December and which recently won the Golden Lion top prize at Venice and is expected to be a major awards player this season.
The trophy is considered a bellwether of sorts for the awards...
- 9/16/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
AngeloLuis Ortega’s El Angel (2018), an Argentinian biopic of 70s pretty-boy serial killer Carlos Puch, establishes its baseline tone in its first scene, in which Puch (Lorenzo Ferro) plays an LP in a house he has broken into, and Ortega amplifies the song Reservoir Dogs-style as Puch dances under the credits. The film sticks with this energetic, amoral agenda, and manages it pretty well from a craft perspective; along the way it shows a fair amount of intelligence and psychological insight that sometimes coexists awkwardly with its wish to entertain. Puch hooks up with a family of thieves that includes his classmate Ramon and enjoys his introduction to firearms so much that the family is unwittingly dragged along with him into the world of homicide. Puch tends to shoot when surprised or irritated, and afterwards isn’t overly sensitive to consequences: the character retains an odd innocence for a psychopath.
- 9/13/2018
- MUBI
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