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ThR.cOM/TORONTO<br />

INDUSTRYWORKS<br />

brings critical acclaim<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> controversial<br />

AMERICAN MARY<br />

TORONTO<br />

DAILY<br />

№1<br />

S E P T E M B E R<br />

7, 2 0 1 2<br />

AMERICAN MARY<br />

“American Mary is a film not <strong>to</strong> be missed! A true original modern horror.”<br />

- EatSleepLiveFilm<br />

Industry Works D1_090712.indd 1 9/6/12 2:41 PM


Premiere Entertainment D1_090712.indd 1 9/6/12 11:24 AM


S E P T E M B E R 7, 2 0 1 2<br />

B R E A K I N G<br />

N E W S<br />

Metropolitan takes Land<br />

of Hope for France<br />

Zellweger<br />

To Helm<br />

First Film<br />

By Tatiana Siegel<br />

RENEE ZELLWEGER<br />

is moving behind<br />

<strong>the</strong> camera.<br />

<strong>The</strong> actress will make her<br />

direc<strong>to</strong>rial debut with <strong>the</strong><br />

comedy 4 1/2 Minutes. Zellweger<br />

also will star<br />

alongside Johnny<br />

Knoxville in <strong>the</strong><br />

film that is set in<br />

Zellweger New York’s standup<br />

comedy world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> film’s financing and<br />

sales deal was finished Thursday<br />

between K5 International<br />

and Kevin Frakes’ PalmStar<br />

Media Capital.<br />

Knoxville will play Jimmy<br />

Bennett, a commitmentphobic,<br />

train-wreck comedian<br />

whose life is falling apart when<br />

he takes a job looking after <strong>the</strong><br />

genius son of single mom P.J.<br />

Andersen (Zellweger).<br />

Written by Anthony Tambakis<br />

(Warrior) and based on <strong>the</strong><br />

comedy of real-life stand-up<br />

Dov Davidoff. <strong>The</strong> film will be<br />

produced by Frakes, Zellweger<br />

and Tambakis through <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

All Toge<strong>the</strong>r Now banner.<br />

Production will kick off in<br />

February in New York.<br />

K5 is presenting <strong>the</strong><br />

project <strong>to</strong> buyers at TIFF.<br />

CAA is handling North<br />

American rights.<br />

<strong>The</strong> project marks <strong>the</strong> third<br />

collaboration for Zellweger<br />

and Tambakis, who recently<br />

received a pilot order for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

original series Cinnamon Girl.<br />

Zellweger also will star in <strong>the</strong><br />

upcoming Broadway adaptation<br />

of <strong>The</strong> Hustler, written by<br />

Tambakis and <strong>to</strong> be directed by<br />

Gavin O’Connor. THR<br />

Cohen Media snaps up U.S.<br />

rights <strong>to</strong> thriller Capital<br />

Exclusive Media Launches<br />

U.S.Distribution Shingle<br />

New outfit will be dubbed Exclusive Releasing By Scott Roxborough and Tatiana Siegel<br />

THERE’S A NEW<br />

player in <strong>the</strong> domestic<br />

distribution and<br />

acquisitions arena.<br />

Exclusive Media is Brodlie<br />

launching Exclusive<br />

Releasing, a U.S. distribution<br />

company <strong>to</strong> be headed<br />

by veteran executives Scott<br />

Pascucci and Matt Brodlie. Pascucci<br />

Insiders say Exclusive Releasing<br />

Joseph Gordon-Levitt<br />

greets <strong>the</strong> fans before <strong>the</strong><br />

opening night screening of<br />

Rian Johnson’s Looper at<br />

<strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International<br />

Film Festival.<br />

Eli Roth <strong>to</strong> Produce Up-and-Coming<br />

Horror Direc<strong>to</strong>r Ti West’s Sacrament<br />

By Scott Roxborough and Pamela McClin<strong>to</strong>ck<br />

HORRORMEISTER ELI ROTH HAS SIGNED ON<br />

<strong>to</strong> produce and present <strong>The</strong> Sacrament, a<br />

horror thriller from direc<strong>to</strong>r Ti West.<br />

Worldview Entertainment, which is building<br />

an impressive slate of projects, will finance and<br />

produce <strong>the</strong> film, while IM Global will handle<br />

international sales through its genre label Octane.<br />

1<br />

Penelope Wil<strong>to</strong>n joins cast<br />

of Amma Asante’s Belle<br />

Films’ distribution division,<br />

giving it instant<br />

infrastructure.<br />

Pascucci, who recently<br />

joined Exclusive from<br />

Grove Street Prods., will<br />

serve as president and chief<br />

operating officer. Brodlie<br />

will head up acquisitions,<br />

as he did for Paramount.<br />

<strong>The</strong> move comes on <strong>the</strong> eve of<br />

S E E T H R .COM/TO RONTO<br />

FOR FULL STO R I E S<br />

TORONTO<br />

№1<br />

Festival, where Exclusive Releasing<br />

will be on <strong>the</strong> prowl for pickups<br />

<strong>to</strong> feed its new release slate.<br />

Parent company Exclusive<br />

Media has three of its own films<br />

in official selection in Toron<strong>to</strong>: <strong>the</strong><br />

crime drama End of Watch starring<br />

Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael<br />

Pena, which Open Road Films will<br />

bow in <strong>the</strong> U.S.; Ramin Bahrani’s<br />

At Any Price, featuring Dennis<br />

likely will acquire Millennium <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International Film<br />

CONTINUED ON PAGE 6<br />

ABOUT TOWN<br />

buyers at <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International<br />

Film Festival. CAA is repping domestic<br />

rights.<br />

Roth didn’t give many details of <strong>the</strong><br />

Roth project except <strong>to</strong> say Sacrament would be<br />

“Ti’s first mainstream movie, without sacrificing <strong>the</strong><br />

quality and unflinching horror of <strong>the</strong> subject matter.”<br />

Added Worldview CEO Chris<strong>to</strong>pher Woodrow, “Ti<br />

IM Global will introduce <strong>the</strong> film <strong>to</strong> foreign CONTINUED ON PAGE 6<br />

day1_newsA.indd 1 9/6/12 9:03 PM<br />

LOOPER: GEORGE PIMENTEL/CONTRIBUTOR


<strong>the</strong> REPORT<br />

Sexy Girls 25 Years in <strong>the</strong> Making<br />

Veteran screenwriter —<br />

and <strong>Hollywood</strong> mom —<br />

Naomi Foner makes<br />

directing debut at 66<br />

By Tatiana Siegel<br />

ON ONE OF THE FINAL DAYS<br />

of shooting Very Good<br />

Girls, direc<strong>to</strong>r Naomi<br />

Foner bobbed ever so slightly on<br />

a moving pier in New York’s Port<br />

Authority Ferry Terminal — a<br />

trippy effect that induced a wave<br />

of vertigo in anyone watching.<br />

Even <strong>the</strong> film’s star Dakota<br />

Fanning admitted she felt <strong>the</strong><br />

rocking sensation hours after <strong>the</strong><br />

marathon shoot while lying in bed.<br />

Despite <strong>the</strong> shaky terrain,<br />

Foner remained surefooted, an apt<br />

metaphor for a woman making her<br />

feature direc<strong>to</strong>rial debut at <strong>the</strong> age<br />

of 66. Entrusted with a $10 million<br />

budget and a buzzy cast that also<br />

includes indie “It” girl Elizabeth<br />

Olsen, Ellen Barkin, Richard<br />

Dreyfuss and Demi Moore,<br />

Foner blocked out <strong>the</strong> chaos and<br />

uncertainty and brought her longgestating<br />

project <strong>to</strong> life.<br />

“We have a joke in my family<br />

that I’m probably <strong>the</strong> first<br />

grandmo<strong>the</strong>r <strong>to</strong> direct her<br />

Popular Children’s Book Tale Dark<br />

& Grimm Headed <strong>to</strong> Big Screen<br />

By Pamela McClin<strong>to</strong>ck<br />

FILMNATION ENTERTAINMENT AND<br />

Kamala Films are teaming <strong>to</strong> turn Adam<br />

Gidwitz’s popular children’s book A Tale<br />

Dark & Grimm in<strong>to</strong> a live-action feature.<br />

Jon Gunn (My Date With Drew) and<br />

John W. Mann (Mercy Streets) will write <strong>the</strong><br />

adapted screenplay.<br />

Gidwitz’s original frightening and witty<br />

s<strong>to</strong>ry — inspired by <strong>the</strong> Bro<strong>the</strong>rs Grimm —<br />

follows <strong>the</strong> adventures of two unsuspecting<br />

children who hold <strong>the</strong> key <strong>to</strong> breaking out of<br />

<strong>the</strong> Dark Ages.<br />

FilmNation has acquired film rights <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

book and will partner with Marissa McMahon<br />

of Kamala Films in financing and producing<br />

Dark & Grimm alongside FilmNation Entertainment’s<br />

Aaron Ryder and Karen Lunder.<br />

first feature,” Foner said during<br />

shooting, referring <strong>to</strong> her<br />

famous offspring, Jake and Maggie<br />

Gyllenhaal, and son-in-law<br />

Peter Sarsgaard.<br />

K5 is screening footage of <strong>the</strong><br />

film <strong>to</strong> international buyers at<br />

<strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> Film Festival, where<br />

it al<strong>read</strong>y is garnering heat. <strong>The</strong><br />

film inked a deal with SWEN<br />

for Latin America and also has<br />

sold in such terri<strong>to</strong>ries as Russia,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Czech Republic, Israel and<br />

<strong>the</strong> Middle East, South Africa,<br />

Greece, Portugal, Iceland, India,<br />

Singapore and Indonesia.<br />

Foner is no stranger <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

film business, boasting a long<br />

2<br />

and successful career as a<br />

screenwriter with such credits<br />

as Losing Isaiah and Bee Season<br />

as well as an Oscar nomination<br />

for Running on Empty. When<br />

she wrote Very Good Girls nearly<br />

three decades ago, she had no<br />

idea that <strong>the</strong> coming-of-age<br />

s<strong>to</strong>ry would take such a labyrinthine<br />

journey <strong>to</strong> fruition.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> extraordinary thing about<br />

Naomi is she fought for 25 years<br />

<strong>to</strong> make this movie,” explains <strong>the</strong><br />

film’s producer Michael London<br />

(Sideways). “It’s a sexy movie<br />

about girls on <strong>the</strong> cusp of adult<br />

sexuality. I’m surprised it <strong>to</strong>ok as<br />

long as it did. By my standards, it<br />

“We have been searching for distinctive<br />

source material for our first family<br />

project. Said Ryder, “We found this in Gidwitz’s<br />

witty manuscript and look forward <strong>to</strong><br />

nurturing <strong>the</strong> project with our partners at<br />

Kamala Films.”<br />

Added McMahon: “Gidwitz’s A Tale Dark<br />

& Grimm is a smart, addictive and hilariously<br />

gruesome narrative that turns familiar<br />

fairy tales on <strong>the</strong>ir head, much <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> delight<br />

of both children and parents. I’m looking<br />

forward <strong>to</strong> joining Mann, Gunn and <strong>the</strong><br />

FilmNation team <strong>to</strong> bring this fantastically<br />

original s<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> big screen.”<br />

Mann and Gunn are working with<br />

Universal on Chernin Entertainment’s <strong>The</strong><br />

Nutcracker as well as an original animated<br />

CONTINUED ON PAGE6<br />

Dakota Fanning and<br />

Boyd Holbrook star in<br />

<strong>the</strong> sexually charged<br />

Very Good Girls.<br />

felt commercial.”<br />

After falling in love with<br />

Foner’s script, London came<br />

aboard <strong>the</strong> project a year ago,<br />

helped untangle <strong>the</strong> rights from<br />

its longtime home at Sony and<br />

brought deep-pocketed financier<br />

Nor<strong>to</strong>n Herrick in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> mix.<br />

<strong>The</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ry revolves around two<br />

high school seniors (Fanning<br />

and Olsen) looking <strong>to</strong> lose <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

virginity during <strong>the</strong> course of<br />

<strong>the</strong> summer after graduation.<br />

Although that setup has long<br />

been a staple of male-driven teen<br />

comedies, <strong>the</strong>re has been scant<br />

interest from studios <strong>to</strong> tackle <strong>the</strong><br />

female take on going all <strong>the</strong> way.<br />

“How often have we seen<br />

that flustered mo<strong>the</strong>r character<br />

catching her son (masturbating)<br />

and saying, ‘What am I going <strong>to</strong><br />

do with him?’” jokes Olsen of <strong>the</strong><br />

well-worn genre.<br />

“What’s interesting is that<br />

opportunities are opening up in<br />

what I like <strong>to</strong> call <strong>the</strong> third act<br />

of one’s life,” adds Foner. “We<br />

are perfectly capable. We are<br />

intelligent, and we have a lot of<br />

experience and wisdom. I think<br />

it’s a terrible shame not <strong>to</strong> make<br />

use of that.” THR<br />

Pike, Plummer<br />

Join Hec<strong>to</strong>r<br />

By Tatiana Siegel<br />

ROSAMUND PIKE AND CHRISTOPHER<br />

Plummer are becoming happy<br />

campers.<br />

<strong>The</strong> pair are joining <strong>the</strong> cast of Peter<br />

Chelsom’s dramedy Hec<strong>to</strong>r and <strong>the</strong> Search<br />

for Happiness.<br />

Simon Pegg has al<strong>read</strong>y signed on <strong>to</strong> play<br />

<strong>the</strong> lead in <strong>the</strong> film, which Solution Entertainment<br />

Group is presenting <strong>to</strong> buyers at<br />

<strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International Film Festival.<br />

UTA is repping U.S. rights.<br />

Pegg plays Hec<strong>to</strong>r, an eccentric yet irresistible<br />

London psychiatrist in crisis.<br />

Pike will portray his long-term girlfriend,<br />

while Plummer, coming off his Oscar win<br />

for Beginners, is taking on <strong>the</strong> role of Professor<br />

Coreman, leading guru for Happiness<br />

Studies at UCLA. THR<br />

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<strong>the</strong> REPORT<br />

T H R A T T O R O N T O<br />

NEWS<br />

Kevin Cassidy<br />

kevin.cassidy@thr.com • +1 323 525 2198<br />

Gregg Kilday<br />

gregg.kilday@thr.com • +1 310 528 3395<br />

Scott Roxborough<br />

scott.roxborough@thr.com • +49 173 260 3692<br />

Etan Vlessing<br />

etan.vlessing@thr.com • 416 588 8388<br />

Pamela McClin<strong>to</strong>ck<br />

pamela.mcclin<strong>to</strong>ck@thr.com • +1 323 627 0670<br />

Tatiana Siegel<br />

tatiana.siegel@thr.com • +1 310.998.7212<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w Belloni<br />

mat<strong>the</strong>w.belloni@thr.com •+1 323 627 0670<br />

Scott Feinberg<br />

Scottfeinberg@hotmail.com •+1 203-907-9036<br />

Leslie Bruce<br />

leslie.bruce@thr.com •+1 310 923 8161<br />

Gary Baum<br />

gary.baum@thr.com • +1 213 840 1661<br />

Stacey Wilson<br />

stacey.wilson@thr.com • 646-937-0450<br />

Erik Pedersen<br />

erik.pedersen@thr.com • +1 323 525 2247<br />

REVIEWERS<br />

Deborah Young<br />

dyoung@mclink.it<br />

David Rooney<br />

drooney@nyc.rr.com<br />

John DeFore<br />

john@johndefore.com<br />

Jordan Mintzer<br />

jpmintzer@mac.com<br />

ART<br />

Emily Johnson<br />

emily.johnson@thr.com • +1 323 525 2247<br />

PHOTO + VIDEO<br />

Jennifer Laski<br />

jennifer.laski@thr.com • +1 917 664 1673<br />

Carrie Smith<br />

carrie.smith@thr.com • +1 917 570 0452<br />

PRODUCTION<br />

Maya Eslami<br />

maya.eslami@thr.com • +1 323 525 2247<br />

SALES<br />

Alison Smith<br />

alison.smith@thr.com • +44 7788 591 781<br />

Vic<strong>to</strong>ria Gold<br />

vic<strong>to</strong>ria.gold@thr.com • +1 310 746 8508<br />

Jonathon Aubry<br />

jonathon.aubry@thr.com • +1 323 397 3725<br />

Matt Price<br />

matt.price@thr.com • +1 310 428 8071<br />

MARKETING<br />

Kyle Konkoski<br />

kyle.konkoski@thr.com • +1 518 339 5927<br />

Alex More<br />

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Laura Lorenz<br />

laura.lorenz@thr.com • +1 908 432 9821<br />

THR .com<br />

To download a <strong>PDF</strong> of <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hollywood</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong>’s<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> Film Festival,<br />

go <strong>to</strong>:THR.com/Toron<strong>to</strong>.<br />

Snoop has a spiritual<br />

experience with local<br />

vegetation in Reincarnated.<br />

Snoop: What I Learned<br />

About Making Movies<br />

<strong>The</strong> hip-hop icon drops some wisdom after making<br />

Rasta doc Reincarnated By Shirley Halperin<br />

THE DOGGFATHER GOES TO<br />

Jamaica, returns reborn as<br />

Snoop Lion. <strong>The</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ry may<br />

sound like it warrants a cymbal<br />

crash at <strong>the</strong> end, but Snoop<br />

Dogg’s trip <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> birthplace of<br />

cultural icon Bob Marley was<br />

anything but a joke.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 40-year-old rapper, ac<strong>to</strong>r,<br />

entrepreneur and, yes, smoker,<br />

headed <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Caribbean island<br />

<strong>to</strong> write and record music, but<br />

he ended up with a documentary.<br />

Reincarnated which debuts<br />

<strong>to</strong>day. Directed by Andy Capper<br />

for VICE Films and produced by<br />

VICE Media co-founder Suroosh<br />

Alvi along with Snoop’s manager<br />

Ted Chung, <strong>the</strong> film chronicles a<br />

true rags-<strong>to</strong>-rap-<strong>to</strong>-riches s<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

of <strong>the</strong> hip hop star born Calvin<br />

Broadus and his quest for selffulfillment<br />

and a sense of place<br />

in <strong>the</strong> world. Was he, like Marley,<br />

sent <strong>to</strong> sp<strong>read</strong> a gospel? Is <strong>the</strong>re<br />

deeper meaning <strong>to</strong> surviving his<br />

gang-banging formative years,<br />

when so many o<strong>the</strong>rs didn’t? And<br />

when you’ve al<strong>read</strong>y accomplished<br />

so much, where do you go<br />

next?As far as his doc is concerned:<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> — where Snoop<br />

says he al<strong>read</strong>y feels like he won.<br />

“For TIFF <strong>to</strong> even accept my<br />

movie, that’s enough for me,” he<br />

tells THR. “I never thought my<br />

movie would make it in<strong>to</strong> a festival<br />

with such critically acclaimed<br />

films. This ain’t my lane, but I<br />

love every minute of it.”<br />

4<br />

No stranger <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> movie<br />

business having appeared in<br />

such comedies as Soul Plane, Old<br />

School, Starsky & Hutch and <strong>The</strong><br />

Wash, Snoop has learned much<br />

about life in front of <strong>the</strong> camera,<br />

behind <strong>the</strong> scenes and in <strong>the</strong><br />

seats. He lists a few of those<br />

hard-earned lessons below:<br />

ALWAYS BE ON<br />

“Having cameras in your face all<br />

<strong>the</strong> time is hard because sometimes,<br />

you just want <strong>to</strong> be left<br />

alone — but that’s why you always<br />

have <strong>to</strong> be on. You never know<br />

when you’re going <strong>to</strong> capture that<br />

moment. <strong>The</strong>n, when you watch it<br />

back at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> day and you<br />

see that moment, you’re glad <strong>the</strong><br />

cameras were <strong>the</strong>re.”<br />

HIRE A LOCAL DRIVER<br />

“<strong>The</strong> roads in Jamaica — one<br />

false move and you could fall<br />

3,000 feet and no one would ever<br />

find you. We had <strong>to</strong> have Evel<br />

Knievel driving us because it was<br />

some tricky moves. … I had my<br />

camera guy <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> side of me and<br />

it was a great experience.”<br />

STEER THE ROLE, DON’T LET IT<br />

STEER YOU<br />

“One of <strong>the</strong> hardest things I<br />

learned was that it’s better <strong>to</strong><br />

control your own character than<br />

be characterized. With <strong>the</strong> first<br />

couple of movies I got, I didn’t<br />

CONTINUED ON PAGE6<br />

Demarest<br />

Backs A<br />

Wanted Man<br />

By Pamela McClin<strong>to</strong>ck<br />

NEW FINANCING AND<br />

production venture<br />

Demarest Films has<br />

come aboard <strong>to</strong> co-finance<br />

and co-produce An<strong>to</strong>n Corbijn’s<br />

espionage saga A Most<br />

Wanted Man, starring Philip<br />

Seymour Hoffman, Rachel<br />

McAdams, Willem Dafoe and<br />

Robin Wright.<br />

Demarest was launched<br />

in April by Sam Englebardt,<br />

Michael Lambert and William<br />

D. Johnson. <strong>The</strong> company’s<br />

slate also includes<br />

Neil Jordan’s mo<strong>the</strong>rdaughter<br />

vampire film Byzantium,<br />

which is premiering<br />

here at Toron<strong>to</strong>. Byzantium<br />

stars Saoirse Ronan and<br />

Gemma Arter<strong>to</strong>n.<br />

A Most Wanted Man is based<br />

on John le Carre’s acclaimed<br />

novel. Screenwriter Andrew<br />

Bovell adapted it for <strong>the</strong><br />

big screen.<br />

<strong>The</strong> spy thriller is set<br />

in present-day Hamburg,<br />

Germany, where a mysterious<br />

half-Chechen, half-Russian<br />

man, brutally scarred from<br />

<strong>to</strong>rture, surfaces in <strong>the</strong> city’s<br />

Islamic community, on <strong>the</strong><br />

run and desperate for help.<br />

He seeks <strong>to</strong> recover his late<br />

Russian fa<strong>the</strong>r’s fortune and<br />

soon connects with a conflicted<br />

British private banker<br />

and a young female lawyer<br />

fiercely determined <strong>to</strong><br />

protect <strong>the</strong> rights of persecuted<br />

emigres.<br />

“A Most Wanted Man is <strong>the</strong><br />

perfect addition <strong>to</strong> Demarest’s<br />

slate of smart, commercially<br />

viable projects,” said Englebardt.<br />

“Andrew Bovell did a<br />

magnificent job adapting one<br />

of Le Carré’s most compelling<br />

and relevant novels. An<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Corbijn is at <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>p of his<br />

game and <strong>the</strong> cast is stellar.”<br />

FilmNation Entertainment<br />

is handling domestic and<br />

international sales. THR<br />

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<strong>the</strong> REPORT<br />

Exclusive<br />

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Quaid and Zac Efron, a Sony<br />

Pictures Classics release; and<br />

Disconnect, an ensemble drama<br />

featuring Jason Bateman, Hope<br />

Davis andFrank Grillo.<br />

Exclusive Media co-chairmen<br />

Nigel Sinclair and Guy East<br />

said Exclusive Releasing plans<br />

<strong>to</strong> distribute three or four wide<br />

releases a year, both in-house<br />

produced films as well as thirdparty<br />

titles. Veteran marketer<br />

Mike Vollman is consulting for<br />

<strong>the</strong> new division.<br />

Exclusive Media’s move in<strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> crowded domestic distribution<br />

Snoop<br />

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add anything <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> character,<br />

but as I started doing more films<br />

and making my own, I learned<br />

how <strong>to</strong> add my thing and <strong>to</strong> give<br />

<strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r and writer what<br />

<strong>the</strong>y had seen in me. I felt closer<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> characters that <strong>the</strong>y tried<br />

<strong>to</strong> create of me.”<br />

DON’T ASK STONERS TO LEAVE<br />

THE HOUSE<br />

“With Mac and Devin Go <strong>to</strong> High<br />

School, I thought it was a waste<br />

of time <strong>to</strong> go <strong>the</strong>atrical with it.<br />

That movie was <strong>to</strong> be enjoyed in<br />

<strong>the</strong> convenience of your home<br />

and your couch, hanging out<br />

with your homies, chilling, eating<br />

some snacks, able <strong>to</strong> turn it<br />

up and rewind some parts — it’s<br />

a s<strong>to</strong>ner flick. To stand in line,<br />

get popcorn and wait for all<br />

those movie trailers… First of<br />

all, we might get pulled over on<br />

<strong>the</strong> way <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>rf—ing <strong>the</strong>ater.<br />

We could be dealing with a<br />

trap or a road block or checkpoint,<br />

it’s <strong>to</strong>o much. It’s like, put<br />

that shit in right now, smoke<br />

something and enjoy it. That’s<br />

why <strong>the</strong> DVD was created.”<br />

HAVE A PROPER FEST PARTY<br />

“I like <strong>to</strong> work, and I love <strong>to</strong><br />

have fun ... so expect superstars,<br />

celebrities, red wine,<br />

vegetables and vegetation at<br />

Great Hall Friday night.”<br />

THR<br />

waters follows <strong>the</strong> box-office success<br />

of <strong>The</strong> Woman in Black, which<br />

CBS Films distributed in <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />

on behalf of Exclusive. <strong>The</strong> supernatural<br />

horror title, starring Daniel<br />

Radcliffe, was a surprise hit, earning<br />

more than $54 million in <strong>the</strong><br />

U.S. and $128 million worldwide.<br />

Having its own domestic<br />

distribution operation gives<br />

Exclusive Media more flexibility<br />

— and control.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> launch of Exclusive<br />

Releasing is <strong>the</strong> exciting and logical<br />

next step for Exclusive Media<br />

<strong>to</strong> be involved in all aspects of<br />

<strong>the</strong> filmmaking and distribution<br />

of our movies from development<br />

through production and in<strong>to</strong><br />

Roth<br />

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has become a force in <strong>the</strong> horror<br />

genre, and we are confident that<br />

he is going <strong>to</strong> deliver ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

chilling, elevated film that audiences<br />

will love.”<br />

Roth and Woodrow will<br />

produce with Worldview COO<br />

Molly Conners alongside Jacob<br />

Jaffke and Peter Phok. Executive<br />

producers include West,<br />

Eric Newman and Worldview<br />

execs Maria Ces<strong>to</strong>ne, Sarah<br />

Johnson Redlich and Hoyt<br />

David Morgan.<br />

Sacrament marks Worldview’s<br />

second collaboration with Roth.<br />

<strong>The</strong> company said in Cannes<br />

that it will be backing <strong>The</strong><br />

Green Inferno, Roth’s return <strong>to</strong><br />

6<br />

<strong>the</strong>aters,” East and Sinclair said in<br />

a statement. “We are thrilled that<br />

we have Scott and Matt joining us<br />

<strong>to</strong> put this division <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r.”<br />

Exclusive Releasing also will<br />

acquire films for VOD and digital<br />

platforms as well as develop and<br />

buy alternative content, including<br />

concert films and music<br />

documentaries. Insiders say<br />

Open Road might do some of <strong>the</strong><br />

booking for <strong>the</strong> new operation.<br />

Upcoming films on Exclusive<br />

Media’s slate include Can a<br />

Song Save Your Life? with Keira<br />

Knightley, and Rush, Ron Howard’s<br />

Formula 1 film.<br />

PAMELA MCCLINTOCK CONTRIBUTED<br />

TO THIS REPORT.<br />

FilmNation’s Dark & Grimm<br />

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feature for Skydance Productions. Previously, <strong>the</strong>y penned <strong>the</strong> Seth<br />

Rogen-voiced feature Boo U for DreamWorks Animation and <strong>the</strong><br />

Mattel <strong>to</strong>y-inspired feature Magic 8 Ball for Paramount. Mann and<br />

Gunn are repped by WME and Mosaic.<br />

Kamala is in development on <strong>the</strong> screen adaptations of Jeff<br />

Guinn’s Go Down Toge<strong>the</strong>r: <strong>The</strong> True, Un<strong>to</strong>ld S<strong>to</strong>ry of Bonnie and Clyde<br />

and Nancy Golds<strong>to</strong>ne’s <strong>The</strong> Maid and <strong>The</strong> Queen: <strong>The</strong> Secret His<strong>to</strong>ry of<br />

Joan of Arc with Furst Films.<br />

FilmNation has a major presence at <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International<br />

Film Festival this year, handling international sales on Rian Johnson’s<br />

Looper — which opens <strong>the</strong> festival Sept. 6 — as well as several<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r titles, including Terrence Malick’s To <strong>The</strong> Wonder, starring<br />

Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem,<br />

and Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children. THR<br />

directing, which is set <strong>to</strong> begin<br />

shooting in <strong>the</strong> fall in Chile<br />

and Peru.<br />

Roth’s latest thriller, Aftershock,<br />

premieres this week in<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong>, bowing in <strong>the</strong> festival’s<br />

Midnight Madness section.<br />

Worldview quickly is becoming<br />

one of <strong>the</strong> most buzzworthy<br />

new finance/production outfits.<br />

<strong>The</strong> group recently wrapped<br />

production on A<strong>to</strong>m Egoyan’s<br />

West Memphis Three biopic;<br />

Devil’s Knot, starring Colin Firth<br />

and Reese Wi<strong>the</strong>rspoon; and<br />

Guillaume Canet’s crime thriller<br />

Blood Ties, featuring Clive Owen<br />

and Marion Cotillard.<br />

Worldview is in postproduction<br />

on James Gray’s untitled period<br />

drama starring Cotillard, Joaquin<br />

Phoenix and Jeremy Renner. THR<br />

Out in <strong>the</strong> Dark<br />

Glass Grabs<br />

Out in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Dark<br />

By Scott Roxborough<br />

OUT IN THE DARK, A GAY<br />

love s<strong>to</strong>ry set amid <strong>the</strong><br />

political turmoil of <strong>the</strong><br />

Israeli-Palestinian conflict,<br />

will be coming <strong>to</strong> North<br />

American screens courtesy of<br />

Breaking Glass Pictures. <strong>The</strong><br />

company has picked up rights<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> feature from m-appeal<br />

ahead of <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International<br />

Film Festival, where<br />

Out in <strong>the</strong> Dark will have its<br />

world premiere.<br />

<strong>The</strong> drama, <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>rial<br />

debut of American-Israeli filmmaker<br />

Michael Mayer, follows<br />

an Israeli lawyer who falls in<br />

love with a Palestinian student.<br />

“This is a love s<strong>to</strong>ry which<br />

becomes complicated by<br />

borders,” said Breaking Glass<br />

CEO Richard Wolff. “<strong>The</strong><br />

adage ‘love knows no borders’<br />

is unfortunately false in <strong>to</strong>day’s<br />

often in<strong>to</strong>lerant society when<br />

two countries are at odds.”<br />

Breaking Glass plans <strong>to</strong><br />

bow Out in <strong>the</strong> Dark in North<br />

America in August or September<br />

2013. Wolff said he hopes<br />

<strong>the</strong> film and its subject matter<br />

will “raise awareness.”<br />

M-appeal also has closed<br />

deals for <strong>the</strong> film with Benelux<br />

(ABC Distribution),<br />

Germany (Pro-Fun Media)<br />

and France (OutPlay). Out in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Dark premieres Sept. 7 in<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong>’s Discovery Section.<br />

<strong>The</strong> German sales group<br />

has two o<strong>the</strong>r TIFF titles on its<br />

slate: <strong>the</strong> politically incorrect<br />

Dutch comedy <strong>The</strong> Deflowering<br />

of Eva van End and Julio Hernandez<br />

Cordon’s drama Polvo,<br />

both of which screen in <strong>the</strong><br />

World Cinema Section. THR<br />

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TORONTO 2012<br />

TORONTO OFFICE:<br />

Suite 1853, Hyatt Regency Hotel<br />

Hotel Phone: (416) 343-1234<br />

E-mail: market@fortissimo.nl<br />

ATTENDING EXECUTIVES:<br />

Michael J. Werner<br />

Nicole Mackey<br />

Winnie Lau<br />

Courtney Noble<br />

SHIP OF THESEUS<br />

by ANAND GANDHI<br />

India, 2012, 139’, Hindi, Drama<br />

CITY TO CITY: Opening Film<br />

Thu, Sep 6 9.30 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 (World Premiere)<br />

Fri, Sep 7 2.30 pm Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 7 (Public)<br />

Sat, Sep 8 1.15 pm Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 10 (P&I)<br />

Tue, Sep 11 9.15 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 5 (P&I)<br />

Sun, Sep 16 12.00 pm Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 4 (Public)<br />

BEIJING FLICKERS<br />

by ZHANG YUAN<br />

China, 2012, 96’, Mandarin, Drama<br />

VANGUARD<br />

Sun, Sep 9 11.15 am Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 9 (P&I)<br />

Mon, Sep 10 9.00 pm <strong>The</strong> Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (World Premiere)<br />

Wed, Sep 12 9.30 am Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 9 (P&I)<br />

Wed, Sep 12 2.45 pm Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas7 (Public)<br />

Sun, Sep 16 9.30 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 4 (P & I)<br />

WHAT MAISIE KNEW<br />

by SCOTT MCGEHEE and DAVID SIEGEL<br />

USA, 2012, 95’, English, Drama<br />

Starring Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile,<br />

Joanna Vanderham<br />

GALA<br />

Fri, Sep 7 9:30pm Roy Thomson Hall (World Premiere)<br />

Sat, Sep 8 8.45 am Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 1 (P & I)<br />

Sat, Sep 8 12.45 pm TIFFBell Lightbox 1 (Public)<br />

Tue, Sep 11 12.00 pm Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 1 (P & I)<br />

Sun, Sep 16 3.30 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1(Public)<br />

BWAKAW<br />

by JUN ROBLES LANA<br />

Philippines, 2012, 110’, Tagalog, Drama/Comedy<br />

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA<br />

Sun, Sep 9 9.00 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 5 (P & I)<br />

Mon, Sep 10 5.45 pm Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 5 (International Premiere)<br />

Wed, Sep 12 2.30 pm Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 4 (Public)<br />

Sat, Sep 15 6.00 pm Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 5 (Public)<br />

MISS LOVELY (New International Version]<br />

by ASHIM AHLUWALIA<br />

India, 2012, Hindi, Drama<br />

CITY TO CITY<br />

Mon, Sep 10 12.00 pm Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 10 (P & I)<br />

Tue, Sep 11 9.15 pm Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 3 (North American Premiere)<br />

Thu, Sep 13 6.00 pm Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 6 (Public)<br />

Sat, Sep 15 9.00 am TIFF Bell Lightbox 4 (Public)<br />

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UPCOMING FILMS<br />

TOUCH OF THE LIGHT<br />

by CHANG Jung-Chi<br />

Taiwan, 2012, Mandarin<br />

Presented by: Wong Kar Wai<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

WHITE FROG<br />

by QUENTIN LEE<br />

USA, English, Coming of Age/Drama<br />

Cast: Booboo Stewart, Joan Chen, BD Wong<br />

Status: Completed<br />

CAMERA<br />

by JAMES LEONG<br />

Singapore, Suspense/Thriller<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

CAMIEL BORGMAN<br />

by ALEX VAN WARMERDAM<br />

<strong>The</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands / Belgium / Denmark, Dutch,<br />

Drama<br />

Status: In Production<br />

SIMON KILLER<br />

by ANTONIO CAMPOS<br />

USA, 2012, English, Psychological Drama<br />

Cast: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop<br />

Status: Completed<br />

AN END TO KILLING<br />

by WANG PING<br />

China, 2012, Mandarin, Drama<br />

Status: Completed<br />

DJINN<br />

by TOBE HOOPER<br />

UAE, English/Arabic, Supernatural Horror Thriller<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

SUNSET SONG<br />

by TERENCE DAVIES<br />

UK, English<br />

Cast: Peter Mullan (WAR HORSE), Agyness Deyn<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

FULL CIRCLE<br />

by ZHANG YANG<br />

China, 2012, Mandarin, Comedy/Drama<br />

Status: Completed<br />

REDEMPTION STREET<br />

by MIROSLAV TERZIĆ<br />

Serbia, 2012, 97’, Serbian, Thriller<br />

Status: Completed<br />

MONSOON SHOOTOUT<br />

by AMIT KUMAR<br />

India, Hindi, Action/Thriller<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

Direc<strong>to</strong>r: Terence Davies Direc<strong>to</strong>r: John Cameron Mitchell<br />

HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES<br />

by JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL<br />

USA, English, Romance/Sci-Fi/Music<br />

Status: In Development<br />

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ABOUT TOWN<br />

RAMBLING REPORTER<br />

BRADLEY COOPER: SCARFACE<br />

<strong>The</strong> unofficial face of this year’s fest<br />

is Bradley Cooper, with two of his<br />

films — <strong>The</strong> Place Beyond <strong>the</strong> Pines<br />

and Silver Linings Playbook — world<br />

premiering back-<strong>to</strong>-back on Sept.<br />

7 and 8. But those who’ve been up<br />

close and personal with People’s<br />

former Sexiest Man Alive, especially<br />

prior <strong>to</strong> time spent in <strong>the</strong> makeup<br />

chair, know that his face is not without<br />

imperfection. <strong>The</strong>re’s a reason<br />

that David Lynch’s <strong>The</strong> Elephant Man<br />

inspired him <strong>to</strong> get in<strong>to</strong> acting in <strong>the</strong><br />

first place. (He also performed <strong>the</strong><br />

title role in a stage adaptation at <strong>the</strong><br />

Williams<strong>to</strong>wn Festival in Massachusetts<br />

this summer, and plans are in<br />

<strong>the</strong> works for him <strong>to</strong> bring <strong>the</strong> play <strong>to</strong><br />

Broadway next fall for a limited run.)<br />

Look closely, or even not so closely,<br />

at <strong>the</strong> big-screen heartthrob and<br />

Three Parties Not <strong>to</strong> Miss<br />

TWC’S THE MASTER AFTERPARTY Friday, Sept. 7<br />

No one knows how <strong>to</strong> throw a party quite like Harvey<br />

Weinstein. And at this year’s fest, <strong>The</strong> Weinstein<br />

Co. is <strong>to</strong>uting its anticipated Paul Thomas Anderson<br />

drama <strong>The</strong> Master, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman,<br />

Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix. TWC will take<br />

over Toron<strong>to</strong>’s members-only SoHo House pop-up<br />

club 192 Adelaide Street West for <strong>the</strong> film’s obliga<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

TIFF debut afterparty. <strong>The</strong> company regularly<br />

rents out <strong>the</strong> club’s West <strong>Hollywood</strong> property for<br />

both private Golden Globe and Oscar parties).<br />

FLASH Monday, Sept. 10<br />

For those veteran TIFF-goers in <strong>the</strong> know, <strong>the</strong> most<br />

no<strong>to</strong>rious party of <strong>the</strong> festival is Sunday’s Ladies<br />

Night at Reming<strong>to</strong>ns, a gay cabaret near Ryerson<br />

University that maintains strict regulations<br />

THR cover boy<br />

Cooper has back-<strong>to</strong>-<br />

back screenings in<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> this year.<br />

you’ll see that Cooper’s countenance<br />

is covered with his fair share of flaws.<br />

“I have so many scars on my face,” he<br />

tells THR (Cooper graces this week’s<br />

THR cover for <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> Issue).<br />

Some were accumulated accidentally<br />

— and at least one on purpose.<br />

“It’s huge,” he says of one<br />

particular scar on his forehead.<br />

“It goes all <strong>the</strong> way<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> back [of my scalp].<br />

A huge glass lamp fell on<br />

my face when I was 15. I<br />

lived in an old barn, and<br />

my parents bought this<br />

glass lampshade —<br />

like a lawyer’s lamp.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y hung it on <strong>the</strong><br />

wall. It was Super<br />

Bowl Sunday, I<br />

heard my grandparents<br />

come in, and<br />

I threw <strong>the</strong> covers<br />

open. I watched<br />

10<br />

it fall. It crashed, and blood was<br />

squirting out. I couldn’t move part of<br />

my face for six months. It went right<br />

<strong>to</strong> my skull.”<br />

BOARDWALK EMPIRE’S<br />

TORONTO VETERANS<br />

At <strong>the</strong> third-season premiere of HBO’s<br />

Boardwalk Empire in New York City,<br />

stars reminisced about <strong>the</strong>ir time at<br />

what many call <strong>the</strong> industry’s most<br />

laid-back film festival. Series star<br />

Gretchen Mol, who made her TIFF<br />

debut <strong>to</strong> rave reviews in 2005’s <strong>The</strong><br />

No<strong>to</strong>rious Bettie Page, said her best<br />

memory of <strong>the</strong> fest was <strong>the</strong> supportive<br />

<strong>the</strong>atergoers. “I just loved<br />

<strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> audience,” she tells THR.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>y were real movie lovers.” Shea<br />

Whigham, who plays Boardwalk’s<br />

resident corrupt cop, has become<br />

a Toron<strong>to</strong> regular during <strong>the</strong> past<br />

decade (“I love this festival,” he said)<br />

and currently has a major feature in<br />

contention, David O’Russell’s Silver<br />

Linings Playbook (alongside<br />

Cooper and Robert De Niro).<br />

Kelly Macdonald made her<br />

TIFF debut back in 1998 with<br />

Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth. “I<br />

was <strong>the</strong>re with my good friend<br />

Emily Mortimer,” Macdonald<br />

says of her Elizabeth costar<br />

and fellow HBO series<br />

regular (Mortimer stars on<br />

Aaron Sorkin’s <strong>The</strong> Newsroom).<br />

“We had so much<br />

fun hanging out, but I can<br />

barely remember what<br />

we did.” Perhaps <strong>to</strong>o<br />

Mol<br />

much fun? THR<br />

regarding female clubgoers. But this year THR<br />

hears <strong>the</strong> festivities are moving <strong>to</strong> Mondays at<br />

Flash on Church Street, ano<strong>the</strong>r racy dive. After<br />

a busy TIFF opening weekend, publicists, agents<br />

and occasionally talent (Johnny Knoxville has been<br />

known <strong>to</strong> attend) let <strong>the</strong>ir hair down in a decidedly<br />

unglamourous setting. Reming<strong>to</strong>ns, however,<br />

is still rolling out <strong>the</strong> red carpet — <strong>the</strong> club is<br />

generously offering a $5 cover-charge discount for<br />

patrons sporting festival credentials.<br />

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’S TIFF BASH<br />

5-8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9<br />

THR news direc<strong>to</strong>r Mat<strong>the</strong>w Belloni and staff<br />

are hosting an exclusive cocktail party at <strong>the</strong><br />

Thompson Hotel’s Roof<strong>to</strong>p Bar (complete with<br />

music by Mick Boogie) and VIP guests including<br />

Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Reitman, Keira Knightley<br />

and Emile Hirsch.<br />

Moose Point Estate on Lake Muskoka<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong>’s<br />

Lakeside Getaways<br />

By Bryan Dearsley<br />

LOCATED 100 MILES NORTH OF<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong>, Muskoka is a landscape<br />

of pristine lakes, rugged<br />

islands and prized fishing and<br />

hunting that first enticed New YorK<br />

and Pittsburgh’s wealthy in <strong>the</strong> late<br />

1800s. <strong>The</strong>se days, <strong>the</strong> region has<br />

become a summer and even postfestival<br />

draw for celebrities.<br />

Summer saw Hugh Grant<br />

golfing on Bigwin Island, a resort<br />

famous for once having hosted<br />

Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Ernest<br />

Hemingway and H.G. Wells.<br />

Tom Hanks spent yet ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

summer scooting around Lake<br />

Muskoka by boat while renting a<br />

cottage complex, where he reportedly<br />

hosted Steven Spielberg.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r names who own cottages<br />

or have recently visited: Martin<br />

Short, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell,<br />

Kenny G, Cindy Crawford<br />

and Bill Murray. And real<strong>to</strong>rs are<br />

abuzz about <strong>the</strong> prospect of Leonardo<br />

DiCaprio and Tom Cruise<br />

being in <strong>the</strong> market for cottages of<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir own. Although “you can’t call<br />

<strong>the</strong>m cottages,” says Lionsgate<br />

Entertainment co-chair Harald<br />

Ludwig, “more like estates with<br />

fabulous boat houses.”<br />

And if <strong>the</strong> stars need privacy,<br />

it can be obtained for upward of<br />

$1 million by purchasing lushly<br />

treed lots on Lake Muskoka’s<br />

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COOPER: MEL BARLOW


Wavelengths<br />

THE FIFTH SEASON<br />

by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth<br />

NL Co-prod: Molenwiek Film<br />

Sales: Films Boutique<br />

eye international<br />

your Dutch film connection<br />

• 09/07, 14:45, TIFF Bell Lightbox 5 (press & industry)<br />

• 09/12, 19:15, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4<br />

• 09/13, 14:00, Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 10<br />

• 09/14, 09:45, TIFF Bell Lightbox 5 (press & industry)<br />

• 09/16, 14:30, Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 10<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

IN THE FOG<br />

by Sergei Loznitsa<br />

NL Co-prod: Lemming Film<br />

Sales: <strong>The</strong> Match Fac<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

• 09/12, 21:30, Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 3<br />

• 09/14, 09:15, Cinema 2<br />

• 09/16, 21:30, Jackman Hall (AGO)<br />

Wavelengths<br />

POST TENEBRAS LUX<br />

by Carlos Reygadas<br />

NL Co-prod: Topkapi Films<br />

Sales: NDM<br />

• 09/07, 11:15, Scotiabank 8 (press & industry)<br />

• 09/12, 21:45, TIFF Bell Lightbox 1<br />

• 09/13, 13:15, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3<br />

• 09/16, 18:00, Scotiabank 3<br />

Future Projections<br />

SPRINGTIME<br />

by Jeroen Eisinga<br />

Prod/sales: Jeroen Eisinga<br />

• 08/24 – 09/16, MOCCA, 952 Queen Street West<br />

Wavelengths<br />

VIEW FROM THE ACROPOLIS<br />

by Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan<br />

Prod: Van Brummelen en De Haan<br />

Sales: Motive Gallery<br />

• 09/10,19:00, Jackman Hall (AGO)<br />

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DIRECTOR Q&A<br />

Rian Johnson<br />

<strong>The</strong> man behind TIFF opener Looper talks about<br />

breaking with tradition, <strong>the</strong> challenges of time travel<br />

and <strong>the</strong> sad state of <strong>the</strong> blockbuster By Borys Kit<br />

RIAN JOHNSON BURST ON<br />

<strong>the</strong> movie scene with<br />

2005’s Brick, a stylized<br />

film noir set in high school that<br />

starred a young Joseph Gordon-<br />

Levitt, who was eager <strong>to</strong> break<br />

out of his Third Rock From <strong>the</strong><br />

Sun shadow. USC grad Johnson,<br />

38, made his first TIFF appearance<br />

in 2008 with <strong>the</strong> quirky <strong>The</strong><br />

Bro<strong>the</strong>rs Bloom, and now its his<br />

$30 million-budgeted Looper is<br />

generating buzz with <strong>the</strong> festival<br />

and geek crowds alike, ahead of<br />

its Sept. 28 release by TriStar/<br />

FilmDistrict. <strong>The</strong> first non-Canadian<br />

narrative film <strong>to</strong> open TIFF,<br />

Looper reteams <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r with<br />

Gordon-Levitt, who has since<br />

become one of <strong>Hollywood</strong>’s most<br />

promising ac<strong>to</strong>rs.<br />

It was a bit controversial for TIFF<br />

<strong>to</strong> break with tradition and choose<br />

your non-Canadian film <strong>to</strong> open<br />

<strong>the</strong> festival. Were you aware of <strong>the</strong><br />

potential backlash?<br />

No, I wasn’t really privy <strong>to</strong> all of<br />

that. I caught up on <strong>the</strong> controversy<br />

after <strong>the</strong> announcement<br />

was made. I heard [TIFF artistic<br />

direc<strong>to</strong>r] Cameron Bailey speak<br />

<strong>to</strong> it, and it sounds like <strong>the</strong>y were<br />

<strong>read</strong>y for <strong>the</strong> pushback, and <strong>the</strong>y<br />

had <strong>the</strong>ir reasons for it. It was <strong>the</strong><br />

sort of thing where when <strong>the</strong>y<br />

offered it <strong>to</strong> us, it was a bit of a<br />

surprise but a really pleasant one.<br />

How different was it for you<br />

<strong>to</strong> tackle a time-travel sci-fi<br />

action movie compared with your<br />

previous films?<br />

In some ways, I guess it doesn’t feel<br />

<strong>to</strong>o different for me because<br />

I have a group of friends that I have<br />

stayed consistent with, that I’ve<br />

made all three movies with. And<br />

although this was a bigger scale<br />

<strong>the</strong>n Bro<strong>the</strong>rs Bloom, it was kind of<br />

made <strong>the</strong> same way with [Looper<br />

production company] Endgame<br />

Entertainment: I had my cinema<strong>to</strong>grapher,<br />

who has been my<br />

best friend since film school; my<br />

cousin Nathan did <strong>the</strong> music for<br />

it — we’ve been working <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

since we were 10 years old — and<br />

[Gordon-Levitt], of course, who<br />

I’ve known since Brick. It’s been<br />

like <strong>the</strong> family coming <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>to</strong><br />

make ano<strong>the</strong>r movie. It didn’t feel<br />

like a significantly different thing<br />

in terms of <strong>the</strong> process of it. <strong>The</strong><br />

film itself, it’s definitely a different<br />

genre <strong>the</strong>n ei<strong>the</strong>r Brick or Bloom,<br />

but within that I think it’s trying<br />

<strong>to</strong> do <strong>the</strong> same thing: <strong>to</strong> connect <strong>to</strong><br />

12<br />

something that I care about.<br />

What are some of <strong>the</strong> biggest challenges<br />

of time-travel movies?<br />

Figuring out how much <strong>to</strong> explain,<br />

figuring how <strong>to</strong> keep it simple.<br />

With this film especially, because<br />

even though it’s a time-travel<br />

movie, <strong>the</strong> pleasure of it doesn’t<br />

come from <strong>the</strong> mass of time<br />

travel. It’s not a film like Primer (a<br />

2004 cult movie that deals in <strong>the</strong><br />

complexities of time travel), for<br />

instance, where <strong>the</strong> big part of <strong>the</strong><br />

enjoyment is kind of working out<br />

all <strong>the</strong> intricacies of it. For Looper I<br />

very much wanted it <strong>to</strong> be a more<br />

character-based movie that is more<br />

about how <strong>the</strong>se characters dealt<br />

with <strong>the</strong> situation time travel has<br />

brought about. So <strong>the</strong> biggest challenge<br />

was figuring out how <strong>to</strong> not<br />

spend <strong>the</strong> whole movie explaining<br />

<strong>the</strong> rules and figure out how <strong>to</strong><br />

put it out <strong>the</strong>re in a way that made<br />

sense on some intuitive level for <strong>the</strong><br />

audience; <strong>the</strong>n get past it and deal<br />

with <strong>the</strong> real meat of <strong>the</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ry.<br />

Looper feels like it could have been<br />

a summer blockbuster a decade<br />

ago, but <strong>the</strong>se days it’s independently<br />

financed. I don’t know about<br />

you, but I found this summer’s<br />

movies kind of lackluster.<br />

Well, <strong>the</strong>re’s always enjoyable<br />

stuff, and I don’t want <strong>to</strong> slag<br />

off a big group of movies, but I<br />

do feel like just in general, with<br />

big films recently, it is increasingly<br />

difficult <strong>to</strong> sit down in a<br />

<strong>the</strong>ater and be surprised. It feels<br />

increasingly like movies are<br />

being developed as properties —<br />

<strong>the</strong> same way you would develop<br />

a fast-food franchise. Those<br />

movies can be made <strong>to</strong> be really<br />

fun and really creative, but one<br />

thing that I find myself seeking<br />

out more and more is something<br />

where I sit down and I’m not<br />

sure what <strong>to</strong> expect. That’s what<br />

Vital Stats<br />

Nationality American<br />

Born Dec. 17, 1973<br />

Film in Toron<strong>to</strong> Looper<br />

(Opening-night film)<br />

Filmography<br />

Brick (2005),<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bro<strong>the</strong>rs Bloom (2008)<br />

Notable Awards Sundance Special<br />

Jury Prize (dramatic) for Brick<br />

we were aspiring <strong>to</strong> with Looper,<br />

mixing actual surprise with<br />

some of <strong>the</strong> summer movie elements<br />

of <strong>the</strong> action.<br />

A few years ago when Inception<br />

came out, everyone was saying,<br />

“Wow, this is going <strong>to</strong> bring back<br />

originality <strong>to</strong> <strong>Hollywood</strong>!” But it<br />

hasn’t, has it?<br />

It feels dramatic <strong>to</strong> frame it like<br />

that. I think <strong>the</strong> truth is just that<br />

good movies get made and a lot of<br />

less interesting movies get made,<br />

and that has always been happening.<br />

<strong>The</strong> gap between <strong>the</strong>m can be<br />

long or it can be short, but I think<br />

it matters that <strong>the</strong>re are diamonds<br />

in <strong>the</strong> rough. I’m a huge Inception<br />

fan, but viewing it as a failed<br />

movement would be <strong>the</strong> wrong<br />

way of looking at it. For me, as a<br />

moviegoer, as long as a movie like<br />

that can bust through every now<br />

and <strong>the</strong>n, as long as every year we<br />

get at least one of those — God, I’ll<br />

even settle for every two years if we<br />

get an Inception — I’m thrilled.<br />

Have you ever been approached <strong>to</strong><br />

direct a big studio movie?<br />

I’ve had conversations about it,<br />

but <strong>the</strong>y’ve never gotten very far,<br />

and I don’t know how seriously<br />

I’ve ever been in <strong>the</strong> running for<br />

anything. On one level, it’s always<br />

tempting, especially as a filmmaker<br />

just starting out careerwise.<br />

<strong>The</strong> notion of jumping on <strong>to</strong><br />

something big like that and having<br />

those <strong>to</strong>ys <strong>to</strong> play with and incredibly<br />

talented people involved with<br />

it and engaging a big audience —<br />

it’s great. I think great movies can<br />

be made in that mode. But for me<br />

specifically, I have figured out that<br />

at least for now, what really gets<br />

me excited is creating something<br />

from <strong>the</strong> ground up. It’s even less<br />

about it being original per se, it’s<br />

more about <strong>the</strong> fact that it’s mine.<br />

It’s more about that fact that I<br />

start with just a seed of an idea<br />

and take it all <strong>the</strong> way through <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> end. I feel like I have this window<br />

right now where my producer<br />

Ram Bergman and I are actually<br />

able <strong>to</strong> get our own scripts made.<br />

However many of <strong>the</strong>se we can get<br />

through, I want <strong>to</strong> take advantage<br />

of this window while it’s still here<br />

and get my own s<strong>to</strong>ries <strong>to</strong>ld. THR<br />

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Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

JACKIE<br />

eye international<br />

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by An<strong>to</strong>inette Beumer<br />

Prod: Eyeworks Film & TV Drama<br />

• Fri September 7, 10:00, Scotiabank 7 (press & industry)<br />

• Sat September 8, 15:15, Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7<br />

• Mon September 10, 21:00, Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2<br />

• Sat September 15, 12:00, Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7<br />

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EXECUTIVE SUITE<br />

UTA’s dynamic duo discuss thriving in a man’s world, <strong>the</strong>ir TIFF strategy<br />

and <strong>the</strong> secret behind <strong>the</strong>ir succesful collaboration By Tatiana Siegel<br />

SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON THE FESTIVAL<br />

circuit, and one can’t help but notice<br />

something missing. No, it’s not <strong>the</strong><br />

absence of no-fee ATMs or even <strong>the</strong> lack of<br />

decent takeout. What’s striking is <strong>the</strong> dearth<br />

of female sales agents at <strong>the</strong> negotiating<br />

table. Still, UTA’s independent film group<br />

is bucking <strong>the</strong> trend in a big way. With its<br />

dynamic female duo of Rena Ronson and<br />

Bec Smith hammering out buzz-worthy deals<br />

for such recent films as Salmon Fishing in <strong>the</strong><br />

Yemen, Our Idiot Bro<strong>the</strong>r and Margin Call, <strong>the</strong><br />

agency is dispelling <strong>the</strong> notion that <strong>the</strong> indie<br />

sphere is a man’s world. In fact, UTA’s Rich<br />

Klubeck and David Flynn now find <strong>the</strong>mselves<br />

in <strong>the</strong> minority within <strong>the</strong> agency’s<br />

five-member independent film group thanks<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> promotion of Hailey Wierengo <strong>to</strong><br />

coordina<strong>to</strong>r. Ronson and Smith spoke with<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hollywood</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> about navigating <strong>the</strong><br />

so-called gender divide and <strong>the</strong>ir expectations<br />

heading in<strong>to</strong> TIFF.<br />

Why does <strong>the</strong> film packaging and finance business<br />

continue <strong>to</strong> be so male dominated?<br />

RR We actually don’t see it that way. <strong>The</strong>re<br />

are definitely more men in <strong>the</strong> independent<br />

business, but we don’t consider it male dominated.<br />

It’s not about <strong>the</strong>m dominating. It’s<br />

just more volume.<br />

So it’s a quality not quantity kind of thing?<br />

RR (Laughs) I can’t say that. I just don’t see<br />

things as male-female. I was raised in a family<br />

with a bro<strong>the</strong>r, and we were always equal. Bec<br />

and I do are jobs really well. <strong>The</strong>re’s just more<br />

men in this space than <strong>the</strong>re are women.<br />

So why do men seem <strong>to</strong> be more attracted <strong>to</strong><br />

this arena?<br />

RR I think it’s changing. I think it’s about<br />

opportunity. But <strong>the</strong>re’s always that question<br />

why. Why do we gravitate <strong>to</strong>ward what we do?<br />

BS I don’t think <strong>the</strong>re are less women in<br />

this space than any o<strong>the</strong>r space in <strong>the</strong> film<br />

business. It’s good that <strong>the</strong>re are women who<br />

have been ensconced in positions of power<br />

across <strong>the</strong> film industry, including in this<br />

part of <strong>the</strong> business. I would say generationally,<br />

some time ago, it was harder for women<br />

<strong>to</strong> imagine <strong>the</strong>mselves working in film. Now<br />

those barriers have come down, and <strong>the</strong>re are<br />

women doing it everywhere.<br />

How would you describe <strong>the</strong> dynamic between<br />

<strong>the</strong> two of you?<br />

RR Very collaborative. What’s great about<br />

our division is we all bring specific expertise<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> division. Whe<strong>the</strong>r it’s my experience<br />

in <strong>the</strong> foreign sales world or Bec’s in <strong>the</strong> film<br />

and producing world or Rich’s in legal, we all<br />

bring something from <strong>the</strong> outside world. For<br />

Bec and I, we’re constantly back and forth<br />

with each o<strong>the</strong>r in one of our offices.<br />

BS I definitely look <strong>to</strong> Rena for her experience<br />

and skill set. And she looks <strong>to</strong> me for<br />

certain things that I have a background<br />

in. And we also go <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r members of <strong>the</strong><br />

group for <strong>the</strong>ir expertise. Rich used <strong>to</strong> run<br />

companies and is a producer. Flynn has a<br />

management background and specializes<br />

in representing direc<strong>to</strong>rs as well. But Rena<br />

is definitely a men<strong>to</strong>r <strong>to</strong> me. It’s fun having<br />

someone so close <strong>to</strong> hand <strong>the</strong>re that you can<br />

go <strong>to</strong> and ask questions of and who will take<br />

14<br />

Ronson, left, and<br />

Smith pho<strong>to</strong>graphed<br />

in Ronson’s office at<br />

UTA in Beverly Hills.<br />

CO-HEAD, AGENT, UTA INDEPENDENT FILM GROUP<br />

Rena Ronson and Bec Smith<br />

<strong>the</strong> time <strong>to</strong> make sure those questions are<br />

being answered.<br />

Going in<strong>to</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong>, what are your expectations?<br />

RR To sell all of our movies. 100% sell-through.<br />

We have a track record, and we haven’t broken<br />

it. We don’t expect <strong>to</strong> break it this time. We<br />

have an incredible lineup.<br />

BS We have everything this year, from films<br />

that started in <strong>the</strong> agency as a great script<br />

from a younger writer that we were able<br />

<strong>to</strong> attach a big star <strong>to</strong> like Kristen Wiig —<br />

which turned in<strong>to</strong> Imogene — <strong>to</strong> finished<br />

films that came <strong>to</strong> us via relationships. <strong>The</strong><br />

two types of films also nicely reflect <strong>the</strong> taste<br />

of <strong>the</strong> group.<br />

With a film like <strong>the</strong> upcoming Arthur Newman,<br />

with Colin Firth and Emily Blunt, you are<br />

co-repping with CAA. In this cutthroat agency<br />

world, how does that work?<br />

RR More now than ever before, when you<br />

have a greenlighting element at an agency,<br />

whe<strong>the</strong>r it’s <strong>the</strong> writer or direc<strong>to</strong>r or a big<br />

ac<strong>to</strong>r, it lends itself <strong>to</strong> a co-repping situation.<br />

In this case, we put <strong>the</strong> financing <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r. It<br />

was our writer, Becky Johns<strong>to</strong>n. We put one<br />

of our direc<strong>to</strong>rs on it, Dante Ariola, for his<br />

first feature film. He’s been looking for years<br />

for something <strong>to</strong> do. <strong>The</strong>y went <strong>to</strong> (Blunt<br />

and Firth) at CAA, but we’re <strong>the</strong> point<br />

agency. What we’ve learned over <strong>the</strong> years<br />

about co-representation is <strong>the</strong>re are ways <strong>to</strong><br />

do it effectively.<br />

BS If you’re putting a movie <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r and<br />

representing a direc<strong>to</strong>r, you’re going <strong>to</strong> be<br />

involved. If you’re bringing a green light<br />

element <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> cast, you’ll likely be involved.<br />

We try <strong>to</strong> be partnership-minded with <strong>the</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>r agency.<br />

Your job requires you <strong>to</strong> be on <strong>the</strong> road at<br />

festivals for so much of <strong>the</strong> year. How does that<br />

affect your personal lives?<br />

RR My daughter is now 13 and has grown up<br />

with this business. This is what she knows.<br />

She had <strong>to</strong> write an essay for school about<br />

her role model, and she wrote about me. She<br />

wrote about how much she respects how passionate<br />

I am about what I do. She sometimes<br />

asks, ‘Why do you have <strong>to</strong> go away so much?’<br />

And I say, ‘I love what I do.’<br />

BS As an Australian, travelling <strong>the</strong> world is<br />

in my DNA. <strong>The</strong> minute I joined <strong>the</strong> film<br />

industry, <strong>the</strong> international film festival circuit<br />

became part of my routine. That circuit is<br />

kind of its own beautiful family. You reconnect<br />

with <strong>the</strong>se people multiple times a<br />

year. In terms of my personal life back here,<br />

anybody who is going <strong>to</strong> want <strong>to</strong> be a friend of<br />

mine has <strong>to</strong> understand that travelling is part<br />

of my job and part of who I am. THR<br />

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– KATE MELVILLE (PICTURE DAY)<br />

– KAZIK RADWANSKI (TOWER)<br />

FIRST WE TAKE<br />

MANHATTAN<br />

CANADIAN FILMS<br />

IN THE U.S.<br />

– GEOFFREY GILMORE, TRIBECA ENTERPRISES<br />

– JOHN SLOSS, CINETIC MEDIA<br />

– RYAN WERNER, IFC FILMS<br />

– DANIEL IRON, FOUNDRY FILMS<br />

LOOKING AT<br />

THE WORLD<br />

CANADIAN CINEMA<br />

BEYOND ITS BORDERS<br />

INTRO: THE HONOURABLE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL<br />

ROMÉO A. DALLAIRE<br />

– ANAÏS BARBEAU-LAVALETTE (INCH’ALLAH)<br />

– SUDZ SUTHERLAND (HOME AGAIN)<br />

– KIM NGUYEN (REBELLE)<br />

– RUBA NADDA (INESCAPABLE)<br />

NOT SHORT<br />

ON TALENT<br />

CANADA’S FUNNIER<br />

THAN EVER<br />

INTRO: ACTOR AND DIRECTOR PAUL GROSS<br />

– EVAN MORGAN (A PRETTY FUNNY STORY)<br />

– NIK SEXTON (HOW TO BE DEADLY)<br />

– JONATHAN WILLIAMS (CANOEJACKED)<br />

– GRAYDON SHEPPARD AND KYLE HUMPHREY (SHIT GIRLS SAY)<br />

– SOPHIE JARVIS (WORST DAY EVER)<br />

STORIES THAT BRING US TOGETHER<br />

DES HISTOIRES QUI NOUS RASSEMBLENT<br />

T E L E F I L M . C A<br />

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CANADIAN FILM HAS ENTERED A NEW ERA.<br />

Carolle Brabant, executive direc<strong>to</strong>r of Telefilm Canada,<br />

is Canada’s premier film financier, backing such titles<br />

as Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children and Ruba Nadda’s<br />

Inescapable that will receive world bows at <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong><br />

International Film Festival.<br />

But <strong>the</strong>re were raised eyebrows a year ago when Brabant a<br />

introduced a “success index” for Telefilm Canada <strong>to</strong> measure how<br />

Canadian titles fared at home and overseas, in <strong>the</strong>aters and beyond.<br />

A year later, <strong>the</strong> decision <strong>to</strong> tally film festival trophies and<br />

international sales <strong>to</strong> measure how homegrown movies perform has<br />

transformed how Canadians see <strong>the</strong>ir own cinema.<br />

In a bold move, Telefilm Canada helped Canadian films <strong>to</strong> break<br />

out at major international film festivals, including Cannes,<br />

Venice and Locarno.<br />

<strong>The</strong> result helped build audience anticipation ahead of foreignlanguage<br />

Oscar contenders such as Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies and<br />

Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar arriving in domestic <strong>the</strong>aters.<br />

Take Incendies, which bowed in Venice and Toron<strong>to</strong> with critical<br />

buzz and acclaim. “That, combined with <strong>the</strong> promotion that<br />

[Telefilm] at <strong>the</strong> time did certainly helped <strong>the</strong> career of <strong>the</strong> film,”<br />

Brabant recalls.<br />

Likewise, Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar grabbed two prizes at<br />

Locarno en route <strong>to</strong> its Oscar nomination and promotional push by<br />

Telefilm Canada. “It’s not a secret. It’s how <strong>the</strong> Americans have built<br />

buzz around <strong>the</strong>ir films,” Brabant argues.<br />

But not in Canada, until Telefilm Canada began supporting<br />

game-changing films that hit with audiences at home and abroad.<br />

T-1<br />

Canadian Passport<br />

Canadian filmmaker Deepa<br />

Mehta’s adaptation of Salman<br />

Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children will<br />

have its world premiere at TIFF.<br />

THE GREAT<br />

NORTHERN EXPANSION<br />

Telefilm Canada’s comprehensive strategy for promoting local cinema — including<br />

a ‘success index’ — is quietly transforming <strong>the</strong> Canuck film sec<strong>to</strong>r By Etan Vlessing<br />

That quest for box office goes beyond promotional backing from<br />

Telefilm Canada at TIFF.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Canadian film industry has seen many of its biggest boxoffice<br />

triumphs come from international co-productions.<br />

So Telefilm Canada is looking <strong>to</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> and Cannes, where it<br />

held a Canadian talent tribute in May, and elsewhere overseas <strong>to</strong><br />

mine <strong>the</strong> international terrain for additional foreign co-production<br />

coin and partners.<br />

“All countries are struggling with <strong>the</strong>ir financial situation,” Brabant<br />

says, “and Canada is doing a little bit better than o<strong>the</strong>r countries.<br />

So American and o<strong>the</strong>r foreign film producers are looking <strong>to</strong><br />

partner with Canadians, not least <strong>to</strong> take advantage of domestic tax<br />

credits and international co-production treaties.<br />

<strong>The</strong> federal government’s film financier is even selecting local<br />

movie scripts for Chinese producers <strong>to</strong> possibly make as official<br />

Canada-China co-productions.<br />

“It’s well known that we have talented people, even though we're<br />

a small market,” Brabant insists. Telefilm Canada also has set about<br />

attracting more private coin for Canadian films <strong>to</strong> leverage dwindling<br />

government subsidies.<br />

<strong>The</strong> stepped-up promotional push for Canadian film will culminate<br />

this week at TIFF with initiatives including <strong>the</strong> Talent <strong>to</strong> Watch<br />

series, <strong>the</strong> Talent Lab professional development workshop and<br />

<strong>the</strong> Filmmaker Boot Camp, a training event for local filmmakers<br />

descending on Toron<strong>to</strong>.<br />

“This year is a good year for Canadian films at TIFF. We have a good<br />

selection that shows what Canada is all about, about diversity and a good<br />

balance between woman and men filmmakers,” Brabant says. THR<br />

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Canadian Passport<br />

CANADIAN TITLES<br />

SCREENING AT TIFF<br />

A complete rundown of locally produced movies playing throughout <strong>the</strong> fest<br />

CAMION<br />

Rafal Ouellet<br />

<strong>The</strong> Montreal filmmaker returns<br />

<strong>to</strong> TIFF with his fourth feature, a<br />

drama about a working-class family<br />

that reconnects in <strong>the</strong> wake of a fatal<br />

road accident. <strong>The</strong> French-language<br />

pic, starring Julien Poulin, Patrice<br />

Dubois and Stephane Bre<strong>to</strong>n,<br />

earned <strong>the</strong> best direc<strong>to</strong>r award and<br />

<strong>the</strong> Ecumenical prize at <strong>the</strong> Karlovy<br />

Vary International Film Festival.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 6 2:15 p.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Press & Industry Sept.<br />

13 12:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 5;<br />

Public Sept. 12 9:30 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3; Public Sept. 14 6 p.m. Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 10; Public Sept. 15 1:15<br />

p.m. Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 10<br />

THE CRIMES OF MIKE RECKET<br />

Bruce Sweeney<br />

<strong>The</strong> neo-noir police procedural<br />

portrays a failed real estate agent,<br />

played by Nicolas Lea, who seduces<br />

and defrauds a writer <strong>to</strong> turn things<br />

around, only <strong>to</strong> end up <strong>the</strong> subject of<br />

a criminal investigation. Also stars<br />

Gabrielle Rose and Agam Darshi.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 2 p.m. Scotiabank<br />

9; Press & Industry Sept. 12<br />

2:45 p.m. Scotiabank 9; Public Sept. 11<br />

9:45 p.m. Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7;<br />

Public Sept. 13 9 p.m. Cineplex Yonge<br />

& Dundas 10<br />

HOME AGAIN<br />

Sudz Su<strong>the</strong>rland<br />

<strong>The</strong> Tatiana Ali-starring drama<br />

follows three adults raised as<br />

foreigners in <strong>the</strong> U.S., Canada<br />

and Britain from childhood and<br />

deported <strong>to</strong> Jamaica, <strong>the</strong> country<br />

of <strong>the</strong>ir birth, on a journey of<br />

survival and discovery.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 2:30 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 11; Public Sept. 12 5:30 p.m.<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7; Public Sept.<br />

14 5 p.m. Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7<br />

MY AWKWARD SEXUAL<br />

ADVENTURE<br />

Sean Garrity<br />

Starring Emily Hampshire and<br />

Jonas Chernik, <strong>the</strong> drama sees a<br />

conservative accountant looking<br />

<strong>to</strong> win back his ex-girlfriend who<br />

hires an exotic dancer <strong>to</strong> guide him<br />

on a journey of sexual discovery in<br />

<strong>the</strong> world of strip clubs, massage<br />

parlors and cross-dressing.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 9 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Press & Industry<br />

Sept. 12 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema<br />

3; Public Sept. 11 7 p.m. Scotiabank<br />

4; Public Sept. 13 8:30 p.m. Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 9 ; Public Sept. 15 9:45<br />

a.m. Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9<br />

THE LESSER BLESSED<br />

Anita Doron<br />

Twilight ac<strong>to</strong>r Kiowa Gordon and<br />

Benjamin Bratt <strong>to</strong>pline a comingof-age<br />

tale about a First Nations<br />

teenager struggling <strong>to</strong> cope with<br />

a painful past and trying <strong>to</strong> find<br />

his place in <strong>the</strong> modern world.<br />

Newcomer Joel Evans, a 16-year-old<br />

native Canadian from Fort Smith in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Northwest Terri<strong>to</strong>ries, also stars<br />

in <strong>the</strong> drama, shot in Canada’s north.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 9:45 a.m.<br />

Scotiabank 10; Public Sept. 9 4 p.m.<br />

Isabel Bader <strong>The</strong>ater; Public Sept. 11<br />

T-2<br />

6:15 p.m. Scotiabank 2<br />

BLACKBIRD<br />

Jason Bux<strong>to</strong>n<br />

<strong>The</strong> timely first feature, starring<br />

Connor Jessup and Alexia Fast,<br />

portrays a troubled teen who is<br />

falsely accused of planning a<br />

Columbine-type shooting scenario<br />

online. Jailed in a youth detention<br />

facility, <strong>the</strong> 16-year-old struggles<br />

<strong>to</strong> defend his innocence and fend<br />

off a public crucifixion in a smartly<br />

produced cyber-bullying drama.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Discovery<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 4:15 p.m. Scotiabank<br />

9; Press & Industry Sept. 13 4:15<br />

p.m. Scotiabank 9; Public Sept. 9 9:45<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3; Public<br />

Sept. 10 1 p.m. Jackman Hall (AGO)<br />

KRIVINA<br />

Igor Drljaca<br />

Miro, an immigrant from <strong>the</strong><br />

former Yugoslavia, lives in Toron<strong>to</strong>.<br />

When he finds out that his prewar<br />

friend Dado, who has been missing<br />

for almost two decades, is now<br />

wanted for war-era crimes, his<br />

life starts <strong>to</strong> unravel. <strong>The</strong> Serbo-<br />

Croatian- and Bosnian-language<br />

pic stars Goran Slavkovic, Jasmin<br />

Geljo and Edis Livnjak.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Discovery<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 9:30 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 5<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 13 6:45 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 9; Public Sept. 9 9:15 p.m.<br />

Jackman Hall (AGO) ; Public Sept. 11 3<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

PICTURE DAY<br />

Kate Melville<br />

A floundering high school senior,<br />

played by Tatiana Maslany, is<br />

forced <strong>to</strong> repeat her last year of<br />

classes. Caught between adolescence<br />

and adulthood, she falls<br />

in love with an aging rock star,<br />

while making friends with a nerdy<br />

freshman. <strong>The</strong> indie pic marks<br />

Nadda<br />

Mehta<br />

Melville<br />

WOMEN HELMERS<br />

MAKE THEIR MARK<br />

A number of high-profile titles from female filmmakers<br />

adds diversity <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> TIFF lineup By Etan Vlessing<br />

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screenwriter Melville’s direc<strong>to</strong>rial<br />

debut and also stars Spencer Van<br />

Wyck and Steven McCarthy.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Discovery<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 2:15 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 6; Press & Industry Sept. 13<br />

8:30 a.m. Scotiabank 3; Public Sept. 7<br />

9:45 p.m. Isabel Bader <strong>The</strong>ater; Public<br />

Sept. 8 3:30 p.m. Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 6; Public Sept. 16 6:45 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

TOWER<br />

Kazik Radwanski<br />

<strong>The</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> filmmaker, known for<br />

Home Again direc<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Sudz Su<strong>the</strong>rland’s<br />

previous film Love, Sex<br />

and Eating <strong>the</strong> Bones<br />

won best first feature<br />

at TIFF in 2003.<br />

his signature short films, makes<br />

his feature debut with a character<br />

study about Derek, a thirty-something<br />

loner without a career who<br />

finds romance with Nicole while<br />

on a quest <strong>to</strong> find <strong>the</strong> raccoon who<br />

has been tearing up his family’s<br />

garbage. Tower, which stars Derek<br />

Bogart and Nicole Fairbairn,<br />

debuted at Locarno.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Discovery<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 9 2 p.m. Scotiabank<br />

7; Public Sept. 11 10 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 3; Public<br />

Sept. 12 6:15 p.m. Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 9<br />

CANADIAN FEMALE FILM DIRECTORS HAVE CRACKED THE<br />

old boys club. In addition <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> high-heeled and designergowned<br />

festival starlets strutting <strong>the</strong> red carpet at <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong><br />

International Film Festival will be seven Canadian women screening<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir latest movies.<br />

“For me, this is a beautiful conversation <strong>to</strong> have. It puts out in <strong>the</strong><br />

open <strong>the</strong> elephant in <strong>the</strong> room,” says Ruba Nadda, who is receiving a<br />

world premiere at Roy Thomson Hall for her Marisa Tomei-starring<br />

Syrian drama Inescapable.<br />

“I have o<strong>the</strong>r issues,” she adds. “I’m an Arab. I have everything<br />

thrown at me, being an Arab, Syrian and a woman filmmaker.”<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> also will play host <strong>to</strong> Sarah Polley’s S<strong>to</strong>ries We Tell, where<br />

<strong>the</strong> Oscar-nominated filmmaker peels away <strong>the</strong> layers from a family<br />

of s<strong>to</strong>rytellers; Anais Barbeau-Lavalette’s Inch Allah, which is set in<br />

<strong>the</strong> West Bank; and Anita Doron’s <strong>The</strong> Lesser Blessed, a coming-ofage<br />

s<strong>to</strong>ry starring Benjamin Bratt.<br />

Also getting gala treatment at Roy Thomson Hall is Deepa<br />

Mehta’s Midnight’s Children, her long-awaited collaboration with<br />

British novelist Salman Rushdie.<br />

“I’m not surprised that TIFF is showcasing a strong female<br />

T-3<br />

LUNARCY!<br />

Simon Ennis<br />

<strong>The</strong> debut feature documentary<br />

follows a group of dreamers who<br />

have devoted <strong>the</strong>ir lives <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

moon. Ennis follows eccentric subjects<br />

across North America as <strong>the</strong>y<br />

pursue lunar goals — from moon<br />

rituals in Brooklyn <strong>to</strong> lunar laser<br />

shows in San An<strong>to</strong>nio, from <strong>the</strong><br />

world’s largest science fiction convention<br />

<strong>to</strong> a dusty space port in <strong>the</strong><br />

Mojave Desert. Ennis’ first feature,<br />

You Might as Well Live, was a 2009<br />

Slamdance award winner.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Real <strong>to</strong> Reel<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:30 a.m. Scotiabank<br />

9; Public Sept. 8 6:30 p.m. Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 10; Public Sept. 13 5 p.m.<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2<br />

REVOLUTION<br />

Rob Stewart<br />

<strong>The</strong> follow-up <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> box-office hit<br />

Sharkwater, Stewart takes his audience<br />

an impassioned and at times<br />

angry quest <strong>to</strong> s<strong>to</strong>p <strong>the</strong> destruction<br />

of Earth’s precious marine life.<br />

<strong>The</strong> doc starts with <strong>the</strong> release of<br />

Sharkwater in China and <strong>the</strong> filmmaker<br />

recognizing that sharks still<br />

face a bleak future.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Real <strong>to</strong> Reel<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 2:30 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 5; Public Sept.<br />

12 8:45 p.m. Cineplex Yonge & Dundas<br />

6; Public Sept. 14 2:30 p.m. Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 2<br />

SHOW STOPPER:<br />

THE THEATRICAL LIFE<br />

OF GARTH DRABINSKY<br />

Barry Avrich<br />

Avrich, who has done documentaries<br />

on such power players as Lew<br />

Wasserman, Harvey Weinstein<br />

and Dominick Dunne, has turned<br />

his camera on Garth Drabinsky.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Canadian former Broadway<br />

impresario is in jail for his role in <strong>the</strong><br />

downfall of live stage producer Live<br />

Entertainment, which most recently<br />

was owned by Michael Ovitz. Interviewees<br />

include Diahann Carroll,<br />

Chita Rivera and Elaine Stritch.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Real <strong>to</strong> Reel<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 9 2:15 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 9; Public Sept. 11 6:45 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 1; Public Sept. 13<br />

2 p.m. Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7<br />

THE SECRET<br />

DISCO REVOLUTION<br />

Jamie Kastner<br />

You might think you know disco.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> filmmaker’s cheeky<br />

documentary spotlights <strong>the</strong> muchmaligned<br />

world of disco, arguing<br />

<strong>the</strong> musical genre represented a<br />

moment of mass liberation for<br />

women, African-Americans and<br />

contingency as [<strong>the</strong> fest] always has been ahead of <strong>the</strong> game in<br />

terms of featuring a true and diverse cross section of s<strong>to</strong>rytellers in<br />

our country, many of which happen <strong>to</strong> be women,” Mehta says.<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> also booked world premieres for Manon Briand’s<br />

Liverpool, a feature drama about a coat check attendant in a<br />

bar who returns an unclaimed coat <strong>to</strong> its owner, only <strong>to</strong> land in<br />

<strong>the</strong> middle of criminal intrigue, and Kate Melville’s direc<strong>to</strong>rial<br />

debut with Picture <strong>Day</strong>, coming-of-age s<strong>to</strong>ry starring Tatiana<br />

Maslany.<br />

“Technology is changing, <strong>the</strong> means of production is ending up<br />

in <strong>the</strong> hands of <strong>the</strong> filmmakers and we get <strong>to</strong> hear more voices,”<br />

Melville says of more Canadian women directing — and often writing<br />

— TIFF titles.<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> fest direc<strong>to</strong>r Piers Handling applauds <strong>the</strong> slew of Canadian<br />

female direc<strong>to</strong>rs breaking new ground at TIFF.<br />

Says Handling: “What’s different this year is we have seven<br />

[Canadian] women filmmakers — and that’s wonderful because,<br />

certainly as a festival programmer and direc<strong>to</strong>r, we’re looking for<br />

representation for women. And that’s probably <strong>the</strong> most exciting<br />

thing in <strong>the</strong> program for me.” THR<br />

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gay men. <strong>The</strong> un<strong>to</strong>ld s<strong>to</strong>ry of <strong>the</strong><br />

disco revolution features Village<br />

People, Gloria Gaynor and Kool<br />

and <strong>the</strong> Gang.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Real <strong>to</strong> Reel<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 9 4:30 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 3; Public Sept. 8 9:45 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 3; Public Sept. 13 3 p.m.<br />

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema<br />

INESCAPABLE<br />

Ruba Nadda<br />

Alexander Siddig, Joshua Jackson<br />

and Marisa Tomei star in a timely<br />

thriller about a man whose<br />

daughter disappears in Damascus,<br />

forcing him <strong>to</strong> return <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> country<br />

he left behind more than three<br />

decades ago. <strong>The</strong> Canada-South<br />

Africa co-production enjoying<br />

gala treatment in Toron<strong>to</strong> follows<br />

Nadda’s earlier <strong>the</strong>atrical drama<br />

Cairo Time, which snagged <strong>the</strong><br />

best Canadian feature prize at <strong>the</strong><br />

2009 Toron<strong>to</strong> International<br />

Film Festival.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Gala<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 10:45 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 3; Press &<br />

Industry Sept. 10 2:15 p.m. Scotiabank<br />

2; Public Sept. 11 6:30 p.m. Roy<br />

Thomson Hall; Public Sept. 13 5 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 1<br />

MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN<br />

Deepa Mehta<br />

<strong>The</strong> Canadian-Indian filmmaker’s<br />

long-awaited adaptation of<br />

Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prizewinning<br />

1981 novel spans generations<br />

as <strong>the</strong> allegorical fantasy<br />

captures India’s transition from<br />

British colonialism <strong>to</strong> independence<br />

and partition through<br />

<strong>the</strong> eyes of two children. <strong>The</strong><br />

epic drama stars Shabana Azmi,<br />

Seema Biswas, Rahul Bose and<br />

Charles Dance.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Gala<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:30 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 1; Public<br />

Sept. 9 6:30 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall;<br />

Public Sept. 10 9 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 2<br />

ALL THAT YOU POSSESS<br />

Bernard Emond<br />

<strong>The</strong> Quebec filmmaker has created<br />

a drama about a disgruntled<br />

scholar trying <strong>to</strong> withdraw from<br />

<strong>the</strong> world but finds personal ties<br />

drawing him back in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> family<br />

he had left behind. <strong>The</strong> Frenchlanguage<br />

pic, from <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r of<br />

La donation and La neuvaine, stars<br />

Patrick Drolet, Isabelle Vincent,<br />

Gilles Renaud and Sara Simard.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Masters<br />

Public Sept. 10 7:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3; Public Sept. 12 2:15 p.m..<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 6<br />

THE END OF TIME<br />

Peter Mettler<br />

Having bowed in Locarno,<br />

Mettler’s film traverses <strong>the</strong> globe<br />

<strong>to</strong> explore, and explode, our<br />

conceptions of time by combining<br />

documentary, nature-heavy montages<br />

and philosophical speculation.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Switzerland-Canada film<br />

is <strong>the</strong> latest from <strong>the</strong> Canadian<br />

experimental filmmaker, visual<br />

artist and cinema<strong>to</strong>grapher after<br />

Picture of Light, Gambling and<br />

Gods and LSD.<br />

International Premiere<br />

Masters<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 12:30 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 7; Public Sept. 6 9:15 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 1; Public Sept. 8<br />

12:15 p.m. Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2<br />

100 MUSICIANS<br />

Charles Officer<br />

Politics enters <strong>the</strong> bedroom as<br />

<strong>the</strong> veteran Canadian television<br />

direc<strong>to</strong>r delivers an eight-minute<br />

short about a couple in <strong>the</strong><br />

afterglow of making love who<br />

<strong>the</strong>n quarrel over what <strong>the</strong>y<br />

believe <strong>the</strong>y hear on <strong>the</strong> radio.<br />

Rainbow Sun Francks and Abena<br />

Malika star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

10 6:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4;<br />

Public Sept. 11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

T-4<br />

A PRETTY FUNNY STORY<br />

Evan Morgan<br />

Rick, a bored family man, witnesses<br />

a neighbor’s embarrassing act and is<br />

eager <strong>to</strong> report <strong>the</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ry back <strong>to</strong> his<br />

co-workers <strong>to</strong> become an office hit.<br />

<strong>The</strong> neighbor, shamed and maniacal,<br />

has o<strong>the</strong>r designs and takes<br />

action against his bully by targeting<br />

Rick’s son. Justin Conley and Erin<br />

Hicock <strong>to</strong>pline <strong>the</strong> 19-minute short.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Public Sept. 7 7:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3; Public Sept. 8 1:15 p.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

AMERICAN SISYPHUS<br />

Frieda Luk<br />

A dysfunctional family meets over<br />

Sunday brunch, leaving a young<br />

daughter caught between <strong>the</strong><br />

insipid chatter of her family and<br />

her fa<strong>the</strong>r’s refusal <strong>to</strong> leave a buffet<br />

table. <strong>The</strong> commentary on an overindulgent<br />

society stars Rob Roig,<br />

Jody Flynn and Sophia Nisivoccia.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

ASIAN GANGS<br />

Lewis Bennett and Calum MacLeod<br />

Bennett, as a documentary filmmaker,<br />

revisits his past, which<br />

includes an elementary schoolyard<br />

fight that led his school principal <strong>to</strong><br />

warn “Change your ways, or you’ll<br />

end up in an Asian gang.” Now<br />

Bennett must find out whe<strong>the</strong>r, as a<br />

Caucasian, he became a member of<br />

an Asian gang.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 11:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 8 6:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

9 9 am. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3<br />

BARDO LIGHT<br />

Connor Gas<strong>to</strong>n<br />

A young man accused of killing<br />

his fa<strong>the</strong>r proclaims his innocence<br />

and tells <strong>the</strong> police that <strong>the</strong> TV<br />

set is <strong>the</strong> real offender. Inspired<br />

by <strong>The</strong> Tibetan Book of <strong>the</strong> Dead,<br />

Gas<strong>to</strong>n’s 11-minute film stars Chris<br />

Mackie, Donna Barnfield and<br />

Shaan Rahman.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 7 7:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3; Public<br />

Sept. 8 1:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

BAREFOOT<br />

Danis Goulet<br />

Goulet’s coming-of-age tale follows<br />

16-year-old Alyssa in a tightknit<br />

Cree community in nor<strong>the</strong>rn Saskatchewan<br />

planning <strong>to</strong> become a<br />

mo<strong>the</strong>r and challenged by reality.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Emily Roberts and Cole Ballantyne<br />

starrer spotlights <strong>the</strong> pressures<br />

young people face in isolated<br />

Canadian communities as <strong>the</strong>y try<br />

<strong>to</strong> take control of <strong>the</strong>ir lives.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 11 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 12 6 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 2; Public Sept. 13 2<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

BROKEN HEART SYNDROME<br />

Dusty Mancinelli<br />

After being dumped by his<br />

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Three men from very different<br />

backgrounds end up in <strong>the</strong> same<br />

boat — literally — in Jonathan<br />

Williams’ short Canoejacked.<br />

girlfriend while making love, Russ<br />

is diagnosed with a rare disease<br />

known as BHS (broken heart<br />

syndrome). His romance mocked<br />

by a world that never comes <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

rescue, Russ needs <strong>to</strong> find a cure.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

10 6:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4;<br />

Public Sept. 11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

BYDLO<br />

Patrick Bouchard<br />

Inspired by Russian composer<br />

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an<br />

Exhibition, Bydlo uses a wooden<br />

Polish ox cart picture <strong>to</strong> portray<br />

an allegory of man and beast as<br />

mankind heads <strong>to</strong>ward disaster.<br />

<strong>The</strong> clay-sculpture animated short<br />

was produced by <strong>the</strong> National Film<br />

Board of Canada.<br />

Canadian Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 7 7:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3; Public<br />

Sept. 8 1:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

CANOEJACKED<br />

Jonathan Williams<br />

Two fugitives, Vinny and Cisco,<br />

elude <strong>the</strong> police while being chased<br />

through <strong>the</strong> woods when <strong>the</strong>y find<br />

a canoe left by its owner, a nudist,<br />

who wants it back. As bullets fly in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir direction, all three men jump<br />

in <strong>the</strong> canoe. Al Sapienza, Mpho<br />

Koaho and Pat Thorn<strong>to</strong>n star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

CRACKIN’ DOWN HARD<br />

Mike Clattenburg<br />

A young man travels <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> desert<br />

for some meditation and solitary<br />

TELEFILM CANADA<br />

INVADES BIG APPLE<br />

Manhattan-based Eye on TIFF yields fruit<br />

for emerging Canuck filmmakers By Etan Vlessing<br />

START SPREADING THE NEWS: THE CANADIANS HAVE TAKEN<br />

Manhattan. Even before <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International Film Festival<br />

got underway, Telefilm Canada got Canadian talent in front<br />

of <strong>the</strong> biggest U.S. film buyers as part of <strong>the</strong> second annual Eye on<br />

TIFF in New York showcase.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> idea is <strong>to</strong> put <strong>the</strong> spotlight on those films, so when buyers<br />

attend <strong>the</strong> festival, <strong>the</strong>y al<strong>read</strong>y know what <strong>to</strong> look for,” said Carolle<br />

Brabant, executive direc<strong>to</strong>r of Telefilm Canada, which funds<br />

Canadian film on behalf of <strong>the</strong> federal government.<br />

On Aug. 22 at <strong>the</strong> Crosby Street Hotel Cinema in Manhattan<br />

emerging Canadian filmmakers got <strong>the</strong> full attention of New York<br />

T-5<br />

hiking, only <strong>to</strong> see serenity ruined<br />

by a strange man appearing out of<br />

nowhere. Clattenburg’s ludicrously<br />

funny tale stars Nicolas Wright,<br />

Yoursie Thomas and Caitlin Howden.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

10 6:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4;<br />

Public Sept. 11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

DEAR SCAVENGERS<br />

Aaron Phelan<br />

A used-appliance shop owner in<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> who only has patience<br />

for real cus<strong>to</strong>mers has <strong>to</strong> serve<br />

groups of tween girls in his s<strong>to</strong>re<br />

on summer camp scavenger hunts.<br />

Hrant Alianak plays <strong>the</strong> role of<br />

<strong>the</strong> anti-social s<strong>to</strong>re owner, with<br />

Helen Colliander and Erin Pitt<br />

also starring.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

FROST<br />

Jeremy Ball<br />

<strong>The</strong> epic sci-fi thriller follows Nava,<br />

a young Arctic hunter determined<br />

<strong>to</strong> prove her skills on a dangerous<br />

search for scarce food. At <strong>the</strong> edge<br />

of <strong>the</strong> known terri<strong>to</strong>ry, she makes<br />

a discovery that will call for her <strong>to</strong><br />

win <strong>the</strong> battle in a new world. Frost<br />

is <strong>the</strong> first Canadian Film Centre<br />

short <strong>to</strong> shoot in an HD format.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 1:45 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

11 6:30 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4;<br />

Public Sept. 12 4:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

HERD LEADER<br />

Chloe Robichaud<br />

Clara leads a solitary life, <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> frustration<br />

of her meddling family, until<br />

her spinster aunt’s death has Clara<br />

inherit a disobedient pug. Living<br />

with man’s best friend teaches her a<br />

few new tricks. <strong>The</strong> Eve Duranceaustarring<br />

short bowed at Cannes.<br />

Canadian Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

H’MONG SISTERS<br />

Jeff Wong<br />

Teenage sisters living in mountainous<br />

Vietnam take an American<br />

backpacker on a trek and<br />

find everything changes as <strong>the</strong>y<br />

guide <strong>the</strong> Western man through<br />

acquisitions, festival programming and exhibi<strong>to</strong>rs.<br />

And <strong>the</strong> New York community received a sneak peak at Canadian<br />

films at TIFF, thanks <strong>to</strong> a show reel of about 10 titles.<br />

Canadian filmmakers at <strong>the</strong> North American<br />

industry mixer included Anita Doron, direc<strong>to</strong>r of <strong>The</strong><br />

Lesser Blessed; Sean Garrity, direc<strong>to</strong>r of My Awkward<br />

Sexual Adventure; Picture <strong>Day</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r Kate Melville;<br />

Brabant and Kazik Radwanski, direc<strong>to</strong>r of Tower.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Manhattan showcase comes as American stars are<br />

increasingly more open <strong>to</strong> working with Canadian direc<strong>to</strong>rs on<br />

indie projects.<br />

And TIFF wouldn’t be TIFF without a parade of <strong>Hollywood</strong> stars<br />

seizing <strong>the</strong> spotlight.<br />

So Telefilm Canada is looking <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Big Apple as a place where<br />

Canadians get on<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> radar of U.S. film buyers before <strong>the</strong> circus<br />

comes <strong>to</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong>.<br />

“It brings <strong>the</strong> spotlight so <strong>the</strong> [Canadian] films don’t get lost in<br />

<strong>the</strong> vast amount of films that get presented at TIFF,” Brabant says<br />

of <strong>the</strong> Eye on TIFF ga<strong>the</strong>ring in New York City. THR<br />

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Canadian Passport<br />

a traditional way of life that has<br />

been threatened and transformed<br />

by economic and colonial forces.<br />

Phung Hoa Hoai Linh, Thuy Anh<br />

and Scott Dean star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 11:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 8 6:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

9 9 am. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3<br />

HORRIBLE THINGS<br />

Vincent Biron<br />

Biron, who won <strong>the</strong> best Canadian<br />

short film prize at <strong>the</strong> 2010 Toron<strong>to</strong><br />

International Film Festival for<br />

Les Fleurs de l’age, returns with a <strong>the</strong>matically<br />

linked short about Dede,<br />

Carole and Steve and <strong>the</strong>ir attempts<br />

<strong>to</strong> make amends and assuage <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

guilt with gift-giving that falls comically<br />

short. Marc-An<strong>to</strong>ine Beaudette<br />

and Sebastien David star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

HOW TO BE DEADLY<br />

Nik Sex<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Donnie Dumphy is vulgar, harmless,<br />

a hoser, an underdog and a<br />

loyal friend — but he’s also brokenhearted.<br />

On <strong>the</strong> eve of St. John’s<br />

biggest dirt bike competition of <strong>the</strong><br />

year, he will live a thousand lives.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

I’M BEGINNING TO MISS YOU<br />

Sakay Ottawa<br />

Directed by and starring Ottawa,<br />

<strong>the</strong> short probes <strong>the</strong> disappearance<br />

of young man from Manawan,<br />

Quebec, without anyone seeing him<br />

leave. Amid stark images of a Canadian<br />

winter, a bro<strong>the</strong>r struggles <strong>to</strong><br />

maintain hope, looking for clues on<br />

his search for <strong>the</strong> lost young man.<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 11 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 12 6 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 2; Public Sept. 13 2<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

APART<br />

<strong>The</strong>odore Ushev<br />

Montreal anima<strong>to</strong>r Ushev’s latest<br />

short film calls for <strong>the</strong> liberation<br />

of imprisoned Iranian filmmakers<br />

as it focuses on <strong>the</strong> plight of Jafar<br />

Panahi. Using densely layered<br />

ro<strong>to</strong>scoped images embedded with<br />

Farsi text, Apart is produced by<br />

Marcel Jean and Galile Marion-<br />

Gauvin at L’Unite Centrale as part<br />

of <strong>the</strong> Jafar Panahi project 2012.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 7 7:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3; Public<br />

Sept. 8 1:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

KEEP A MODEST HEAD<br />

Deco Dawson<br />

Jean Benoit, a member of <strong>the</strong><br />

French surrealist movement, is<br />

<strong>the</strong> subject of a biography that<br />

is part narrative, documentary<br />

and animation. Mixing interviews<br />

recorded in Benoit’s Parisian<br />

studio with surrealist-inspired<br />

re-enactments, <strong>the</strong> Microclimat<br />

Films production deconstructs<br />

documentary conventions <strong>to</strong> eulogize<br />

a formidable artist.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 7 7:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3; Public<br />

Sept. 8 1:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

THE NEAR FUTURE<br />

Sophie Goyette<br />

Robin, a French pilot now living<br />

in Quebec, receives a phone call at<br />

work that turns his world upside<br />

down. Unseen by o<strong>the</strong>rs, turmoil<br />

fills his mind. He will have <strong>to</strong><br />

let <strong>the</strong> pain in but not yet. <strong>The</strong><br />

French-language Near Future,<br />

T-6<br />

Goyette’s sixth short film, stars<br />

Patrice Berthomier.<br />

Canadian Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 10 6:45<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO<br />

THE SWAMP<br />

Jeffrey St. Jules<br />

With a mix of animation, reenactments<br />

and archival evidence,<br />

<strong>the</strong> National Film Board of Canada<br />

short assembles a three-part 3D<br />

documentary collage that explores<br />

<strong>the</strong> consequences of parents who<br />

make <strong>the</strong> difficult decision <strong>to</strong> give<br />

up <strong>the</strong>ir children.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 11 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 12 6<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2; Public<br />

Sept. 13 2 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME<br />

Stephen Dunn<br />

Celebrating her 13th birthday,<br />

Es<strong>the</strong>r Weary comes <strong>to</strong> terms with<br />

becoming a woman with <strong>the</strong> help<br />

of a well-intentioned grandfa<strong>the</strong>r<br />

and a nose that leaves her insecure.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re’s sharp writing and<br />

standout performances by Jade<br />

Aspros and Gordon Pinsent in an<br />

exploration of ugliness and beauty.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 11:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 8 6:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

9 9 am. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3<br />

LINGO<br />

Bahar Noorizadeh<br />

A boy mistakenly starts a fire<br />

in a residential neighborhood,<br />

leaving his mo<strong>the</strong>r — an Afghan<br />

immigrant <strong>to</strong> Canada — a suspect,<br />

according <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> police. Protective<br />

of her son and hindered by a<br />

language barrier, <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r has<br />

trouble explaining with certainty<br />

what happened. Shaima Eshan and<br />

Farhad Sarwari star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 7<br />

7:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3;<br />

Public Sept. 8 1:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

LOST IN MOTION<br />

Ben Shirinian<br />

Choreographed and performed by<br />

Guillaume Cote, principal dancer<br />

with <strong>the</strong> National Ballet of Canada,<br />

Shirinian’s short portrays a dancer<br />

freed from costumes and sets and<br />

taking flight in a solo performance.<br />

<strong>The</strong> bravoFact short features a<br />

composition by James LaValle.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 10 6:45<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

MALODY<br />

Philip Barker<br />

As a young and sick woman sits in a<br />

roadside diner, her world is literally<br />

turned upside down. <strong>The</strong> ensuing<br />

chaos triggers a fateful chain of<br />

events, including seeing her reflection<br />

in <strong>the</strong> mirror as a little girl. <strong>The</strong><br />

short debuted at <strong>the</strong> Oberhausen<br />

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A vacationing Canadian<br />

is challenged <strong>to</strong> a unique<br />

test of wills in Patrick<br />

Sisam’s <strong>The</strong> Pool Date.<br />

International Short Film Festival.<br />

Alex Pax<strong>to</strong>n-Beasley, Ashleigh Warren<br />

and Thomas Huff star.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 7 7:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3; Public<br />

Sept. 8 1:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

MODEL<br />

Dylan Reibling<br />

<strong>The</strong> second installment of <strong>the</strong> interactive<br />

artist’s Dead Media trilogy, <strong>the</strong><br />

short features an architectural model<br />

builder creating ornate buildings out<br />

of cardboard, paper and glue — until<br />

a new technology threatens <strong>to</strong> render<br />

his talents obsolete. Peter Pasyk and<br />

Michael Thomas star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 10 6:45<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema; Public Sept.<br />

11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

NOSTRADAMOS<br />

Maxence Bradley, Elisabeth Olga<br />

Tremblay, Alexandre Lampron<br />

Veering between documentary<br />

and fiction, Nostradamos follows<br />

citizens preparing for <strong>the</strong> end<br />

of <strong>the</strong> world in <strong>the</strong> city of Amos,<br />

Quebec, apparently <strong>the</strong> safest<br />

place <strong>to</strong> survive. Made in 72 hours,<br />

Nostradamos portrays varied<br />

human reactions <strong>to</strong> potential<br />

environmental catastrophe. Ulrick<br />

Cherubin and Veronique Pepin<br />

feature in <strong>the</strong> cast.<br />

Canadian Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 11:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 8 6:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

9 9 am. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3<br />

OLD GROWTH<br />

Tess Girard<br />

In <strong>the</strong> frigid isolation of winter, an<br />

elderly man cuts down and assembles<br />

a cord of wood with nothing<br />

but an ax and a wheelbarrow. What<br />

first appears as a study in landscape<br />

becomes an elegy for nature’s sacrifice<br />

<strong>to</strong> fuel man’s existence.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 11 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 12 6 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 2; Public Sept. 13 2<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

THE POOL DATE<br />

Patrick Sisam<br />

A pasty-skinned Canadian, played<br />

by Mike Beaver, vacationing in<br />

South America and hanging by a<br />

pool surrounded by good-looking<br />

young people faces a sudden test of<br />

wills with Rio after a local stranger<br />

takes his chair and possibly his cocktail.<br />

<strong>The</strong> short, also starring Adamo<br />

Ruggiero, deals with questions of<br />

sexual desire and invitation.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

REFLEXIONS<br />

Martin Thibaudeau<br />

<strong>The</strong> dark truth reveals itself at a<br />

graveside funeral service as looking<br />

beyond <strong>the</strong> surface reveals <strong>the</strong><br />

deceased’s former life. Tony Robinow,<br />

Nathalie Breuer, Marianne<br />

T-7<br />

Fortier and Rosalie Fortier <strong>to</strong>pline<br />

<strong>the</strong> English-language short.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 10 6:45<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

SAFE ROOM<br />

Elizabeth Lazebnik<br />

A semi-au<strong>to</strong>biographical film<br />

about a young Canadian woman<br />

recalling her experience sitting in<br />

a safe room as a child with her family<br />

in Israel during <strong>the</strong> Gulf War.<br />

Julia Mazour, Valentyn Ovsyuk<br />

and Nataly Model star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 1:45 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 11<br />

6:30 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4;<br />

Public Sept. 12 4:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

SHIT GIRLS SAY<br />

Graydon Sheppard<br />

A super-cut of <strong>the</strong> web series Shit<br />

Girls Say by Graydon Sheppard<br />

and Kyle Humphrey that features<br />

catchphrases women say as spoken<br />

by a man in drag. Juliette Lewis<br />

made a cameo appearance, and <strong>the</strong><br />

YouTube phenomenon spawned a<br />

slew of copycat videos.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 12 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

13 6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 14 9:30 a.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

PRODUCERS LAB<br />

COOKS UP RESULTS<br />

Emerging filmmakers get <strong>the</strong> chance <strong>to</strong> produce<br />

projects from Cronenberg, Reitman By Etan Vlessing<br />

ASHLEY MCKENZIE HAS A HOT TICKET FOR THE TORONTO<br />

International Film Festival. Away from <strong>the</strong> red carpets<br />

and A-list stars, <strong>the</strong> Nova Scotia filmmaker with Grassfire<br />

Films won’t be debuting a film in this year’s TIFF lineup.<br />

But she has an invite <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> festival’s ninth annual Talent Lab,<br />

an exclusive workshop during <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> festival organized by<br />

Telefilm Canada <strong>to</strong> produce <strong>the</strong> next David Cronenberg or Jason<br />

Reitman.<br />

McKenzie was chosen from among 500 applicants for <strong>the</strong><br />

ga<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>to</strong> sharpen <strong>the</strong> skills of <strong>the</strong> country’s emerging filmmakers<br />

by learning from <strong>to</strong>p industry players.<br />

“I’m mostly <strong>the</strong>re <strong>to</strong> soak up knowledge from<br />

<strong>the</strong> world’s best filmmakers. So I’m <strong>the</strong>re <strong>to</strong> be<br />

inspired,” McKenzie says ahead of <strong>the</strong> four-day<br />

McKenzie event that draws on Telefilm’s track record in talent<br />

development and promotion.<br />

Talent Lab participants will hear guest speakers and take part<br />

in group discussions on <strong>the</strong>ir filmmaking craft, while boosting<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir skills and confidence <strong>to</strong> forge sustainable careers.<br />

“I’ll be <strong>the</strong>re <strong>to</strong> meet new people, <strong>to</strong> meet new friends,” says<br />

Canadian producer Hea<strong>the</strong>r Dahlstrom, ano<strong>the</strong>r Talent Lab<br />

attendee. “Anytime I’ve been <strong>to</strong> a festival before, I’ve ended up<br />

working with <strong>the</strong>m in some capacity.<br />

“I’m going <strong>to</strong> be busy, but it will be fun,” she adds.<br />

This year’s Talent Lab includes such industry men<strong>to</strong>rs as British<br />

producer Stephen Woolley, Canadian doc maker Jennifer Baichwal<br />

and Scott McGehee and David Siegel, <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>rs of What Maisie<br />

Knew, a Sony Pictures Classics title screening at TIFF. THR<br />

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STRUGGLE<br />

Sophie Dupuis<br />

As Ariane prepares <strong>to</strong> leave<br />

Val-d’Or — and everything else<br />

— behind for <strong>the</strong> big city, her<br />

attempts <strong>to</strong> say goodbye <strong>to</strong> her<br />

bro<strong>the</strong>r are complicated by persistent<br />

sexual tension between <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

<strong>The</strong> portrait of young lust stars<br />

Noemi Lira, An<strong>to</strong>ine Paquin and<br />

Sonia Vigneault.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 11:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 8<br />

6:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4;<br />

Public Sept. 9 9 am. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 3<br />

SULLIVAN’S APPLICANT<br />

Jeanne Leblanc<br />

Stuck in a traffic jam on her way<br />

<strong>to</strong> a job interview in down<strong>to</strong>wn<br />

Montreal, a harried Lucy, played<br />

by Judith Baribeau (Mauvaise<br />

Karma, Trauma), looks beyond<br />

<strong>the</strong> oppressive traffic and pushy<br />

city pulse <strong>to</strong> make a connection<br />

with a perfect stranger. Graham<br />

Cuthbertson co-stars.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 1:45 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 11<br />

6:30 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4;<br />

Public Sept. 12 4:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

THE TAPE<br />

Matt Austin Sadowski<br />

Julian Richings plays a Toron<strong>to</strong><br />

man frantically digging through<br />

his attic for a VHS cassette,<br />

and <strong>the</strong>n facing a 21st century<br />

problem: How does he play it?<br />

As <strong>the</strong> audience wonders what is<br />

on <strong>the</strong> tape, Austin Sadowski plays<br />

with our fears that obsolete technology<br />

might erase our collective<br />

memory.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 11 9:15 a.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 12<br />

6 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2;<br />

Public Sept. 13 2 p.m. Bell Lightbox<br />

Cinema 4<br />

THEIR FEAST<br />

Reem Morsi<br />

Following <strong>the</strong> Egyptian revolution<br />

of 2011, a mo<strong>the</strong>r and her children<br />

prepare a celebra<strong>to</strong>ry meal <strong>to</strong><br />

mark <strong>the</strong> return of <strong>the</strong> eldest son<br />

from a prison stay. <strong>The</strong> timely<br />

short stars Hanan Youseff.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 1:45 p.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 11 6:30<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

12 4:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

TUESDAY<br />

Fantavious Fritz<br />

Inspired by a hypo<strong>the</strong>tical grown-up<br />

version of Holden Caulfield’s little<br />

sister Phoebe, Fritz creates an<br />

endearing character who embraces<br />

<strong>the</strong> awkward, irresponsible and<br />

defining moments of being a twentysomething.<br />

Daiva Zalnieriunas, Jon<br />

Gotlib and Brent Crawford star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 11:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 8 6:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

9 9 am. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3<br />

THE DANCING COP<br />

Kelvin Redvers<br />

A surreal musical satire about a<br />

native Canadian man suspected of<br />

<strong>the</strong>ft by an overzealous police officer,<br />

who suddenly breaks from normal<br />

routine. William Belleau and Mikal<br />

Grant star in <strong>the</strong> song and dance film<br />

choreographed by Joel Sturrock.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 1:45 p.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 11 6:30<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

12 4:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

THE GENIUS FROM QUINTINO<br />

Johnny Ma<br />

Ricardo, played by Ricardo Dias, is a<br />

mechanic in <strong>the</strong> suburb of Quintino<br />

near Rio de Janeiro who can fix<br />

anything, until a child arrives with a<br />

broken fish <strong>to</strong>y. To repair <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>y, <strong>the</strong><br />

mechanic must get in <strong>to</strong>uch with his<br />

T-8<br />

forgotten past. Guilherme Ribero<br />

and Pedro Henrique Nery also star in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Portuguese language short.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 11 9:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 12 6 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 2; Public Sept. 13 2<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

WITH JEFF<br />

Marie-Eve Juste<br />

<strong>The</strong> French-language short about<br />

Nyduia, a Haitian Montreal<br />

teenager who goes on a date with<br />

Jeff, a no<strong>to</strong>rious player, debuted<br />

in Cannes as part of <strong>the</strong> Direc<strong>to</strong>rs’<br />

Fortnight. <strong>The</strong> film, from<br />

Montreal-based Voyous Films,<br />

stars Laury Verdieu and Liridion<br />

Rashiti.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 11:45 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 10 6:45<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

11 12:15 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

THE WORST DAY EVER<br />

Sophie Jarvis<br />

Bernard can’t quite seem <strong>to</strong> get it<br />

right <strong>to</strong>day. <strong>The</strong> young boy wakes<br />

up <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> worst day of his life in a<br />

dark, Tim Bur<strong>to</strong>nesque comedy<br />

about a child’s fear of disappointment.<br />

Jakob Davies, Ingo Holst,<br />

Iris Paluly and Helen Camisa<br />

feature in <strong>the</strong> 12-minute film.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 1:45 p.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 11 6:30<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

12 4:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

VIVE LA CANADIENNE<br />

Joe Cobden<br />

A lovely afternoon stroll in <strong>the</strong><br />

park becomes a dynamic dancing<br />

duel of quick steps and high kicks<br />

between burly men and a joyful<br />

young woman, whose boyfriend<br />

holds her purse. Cobden is a Montreal<br />

ac<strong>to</strong>r-direc<strong>to</strong>r who cut his<br />

teeth as an international <strong>to</strong>uring<br />

street performer at age 11.<br />

Antiviral is <strong>the</strong> debut<br />

feature from Brandon<br />

Cronenberg, son<br />

of famed Canadian<br />

helmer David.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 8 11:15 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 8 6:15<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public<br />

Sept. 9 9 am. Bell Lightbox Cinema 3<br />

WHEN YOU SLEEP<br />

Ashley McKenzie<br />

Halifax direc<strong>to</strong>r McKenzie’s second<br />

short film portrays a misfit young<br />

couple who feel trapped in an<br />

unhappy existence, just as <strong>the</strong>y<br />

deal with a rodent infestation in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir slum apartment. <strong>The</strong> short<br />

stars newcomer Wins<strong>to</strong>n DeGiobbi<br />

and Toron<strong>to</strong>’s Eve Harlow.<br />

McKenzie’s first short, Rhonda’s<br />

Party, starred <strong>the</strong> French Canadian<br />

actress Karine Vanasse, who<br />

starred on ABC’s Pan Am.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 1:45 p.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept. 11 6:30<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public Sept.<br />

12 4:45 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

ANTIVIRAL<br />

Brandon Cronenberg<br />

<strong>The</strong> debut sci-fi film about an<br />

employee at a clinic that sells<br />

injections of live viruses harvested<br />

from sick celebrities comes from<br />

David Cronenberg’s son and offers<br />

a chilling vision of a dys<strong>to</strong>pian<br />

future. <strong>The</strong> Sarah Gadon and<br />

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Caleb Landry Jones—starrer<br />

debuted in Cannes and was<br />

picked up for <strong>the</strong> U.S. market by<br />

IFC Films.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Special Presentations<br />

Press & Industry, September 6 5:00<br />

p.m. Scotiabank 2; Public, September<br />

10 9:00 p.m. Ryerson <strong>The</strong>ater; Public,<br />

September 12 2:45 p.m. Bloor Hot<br />

Docs Cinema<br />

INCH’ALLAH<br />

Anais Barbeau-Lavalette<br />

From <strong>the</strong> producing team behind<br />

<strong>the</strong> Oscar-nominated Monsieur<br />

Lazhar and Incendies comes a<br />

drama about a young obstetrician<br />

working in a Palestinian refugee<br />

camp who is confronted daily by<br />

<strong>the</strong> Israeli-Palestinian conflict and<br />

<strong>the</strong> people it affects. Evelyne Brochu,<br />

Sabrina Ouazani and Yousef<br />

Sweid star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Special Presentations<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 9 2:00 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 8; Public Sept. 8 6:00 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 2; Public Sept. 10<br />

6:45 p.m. Scotiabank 3<br />

LAURENCE ANYWAYS<br />

Xavier Dolan<br />

<strong>The</strong> Montreal auteur returns <strong>to</strong><br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> with a transgender love<br />

s<strong>to</strong>ry starring Melvil Poupard and<br />

Suzanne Clément about a man who<br />

tries <strong>to</strong> hold on <strong>to</strong> his relationship<br />

with his fiancée after telling her<br />

that he wants <strong>to</strong> become a woman.<br />

Dolan’s third feature bowed in<br />

Cannes, where his first two films,<br />

Heartbeats and J’ai tue m mere,<br />

won awards.<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> Premiere<br />

Special Presentations<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 6 11:00 a.m.<br />

Scotiabank 1; Public Sept. 13 9:00<br />

p.m. Elgin Screening Room ; Public<br />

Sept. 15 9 a.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2<br />

LIVERPOOL<br />

Manon Briand<br />

<strong>The</strong> Montreal direc<strong>to</strong>r returns <strong>to</strong><br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> with a thriller-drama about<br />

a coat check attendant in a bar<br />

who decides <strong>to</strong> take an unclaimed<br />

coat back <strong>to</strong> its owner, only <strong>to</strong> find<br />

herself in <strong>the</strong> middle of criminal<br />

intrigue. <strong>The</strong> Quebec film stars<br />

Stéphanie Lapointe, Charles-Alexandre<br />

Dubé and Louis Morissette.<br />

Briand’s earlier films included 2<br />

Seconds and Chaos and Desire.<br />

International Premiere<br />

Special Presentations<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 9 11:30 a.m.<br />

Scotiabank 7; Public Sept. 11 9:45 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 2; Public Sept. 13<br />

6:45 p.m. Scotiabank 4<br />

REBELLE<br />

Kim Nguyen<br />

Fifteen-year-old Congolese actress<br />

Rachel Mwanza won <strong>the</strong> Silver<br />

Bear Award for best actress in<br />

Berlin when Rebelle, known as<br />

War Witch in English, bowed<br />

earlier this year. A breakout film<br />

by <strong>the</strong> Montreal writer/direc<strong>to</strong>r,<br />

Nguyen brings <strong>to</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> a love<br />

s<strong>to</strong>ry involving a child soldier<br />

in Africa caught up in a violent<br />

yet beautiful and magical world.<br />

Marking Mwanza’s screen debut,<br />

Rebelle also stars Alain Bastien<br />

and Serge Kanyinda.<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> Premiere<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 2:00 p.m. Scotiabank<br />

3; Public Sept. 14 9 p.m. Elgin<br />

Screening Room; Public Sept. 15 3:00<br />

p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2<br />

T-9<br />

STILL<br />

Michael McGowan<br />

Based on true events, Still has<br />

James Cromwell (Babe) starring as<br />

an 89-year-old New Brunswicker<br />

who faces jail time when <strong>the</strong><br />

government tries <strong>to</strong> s<strong>to</strong>p him from<br />

building a more suitable house<br />

for his wife, played by Geneviève<br />

Bujold, whose health is beginning<br />

<strong>to</strong> fade. McGowan’s earlier films<br />

One Week, Saint Ralph and Score: A<br />

Hockey Musical, all screened<br />

in Toron<strong>to</strong>.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Special Presentations<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 11 9:15 a.m.<br />

Scotiabank 3; Public Sept. 10 8:00 p.m.<br />

Winter Garden <strong>The</strong>ater ; Public Sept. 12<br />

12:45 p.m. at Bell Lightbox Cinema 1<br />

STORIES WE TELL<br />

Sarah Polley<br />

Oscar-nominated writer/direc<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Sarah Polley brings <strong>to</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong>, by<br />

way of <strong>the</strong> Venice Film Festival, a<br />

genre-twisting documentary from<br />

<strong>the</strong> National Film Board of Canada<br />

that investigates <strong>the</strong> secrets behind<br />

a family of s<strong>to</strong>rytellers. <strong>The</strong> Canadian<br />

ac<strong>to</strong>r-turned-direc<strong>to</strong>r unravels<br />

<strong>the</strong> paradoxes <strong>to</strong> reveal <strong>the</strong> essence<br />

of family: a messy, intense and loving<br />

tangle of contradictions.<br />

North American Premiere<br />

Special Presentations<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 7 9:45 a.m.<br />

Scotiabank 1; Public Sept. 7 6 p.m.<br />

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema; Public Sept. 8<br />

11:45 a.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema 2<br />

I DECLARE WAR<br />

Jason Lapeyre, Robert Wilson<br />

A group of 12-year-old kids play war<br />

in a local forest, but <strong>the</strong>ir game gets<br />

out of hand. With over<strong>to</strong>nes of Lord<br />

of <strong>the</strong> Flies, <strong>the</strong> kids make <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

guns out of sticks and <strong>to</strong>ys but hear<br />

mortars exploding all around <strong>the</strong>mselves<br />

and dodge bloody shrapnel<br />

from grenades. Gage Munroe, Siam<br />

Yu, Michael Friend, Eric Hanson<br />

and Alex Cardillo star.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Vanguard<br />

Press & Industry Sept. 10 7:00 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 9; Press & Industry Sept.<br />

12 12:30 p.m. Scotiabank 9; Public<br />

Sept. 9 4:15 p.m. Scotiabank 4; Public<br />

Sept. 11 2:00 p.m. Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 10; Public Sept. 14 9:45 p.m.<br />

Scotiabank 4<br />

BESTIAIRE<br />

Denis Cote<br />

<strong>The</strong> unique documentary, a<br />

Canada-France co-production,<br />

explores <strong>the</strong> human fascination<br />

with animals, especially those<br />

caged in a zoo or stuffed by a taxidermist,<br />

as <strong>the</strong> film spotlights an<br />

apparently widening gulf between<br />

animals and humans as <strong>the</strong>y both<br />

watch one ano<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

Canadian Premiere<br />

Wavelengths<br />

Press & Industry September 7 4:30 p.m.<br />

Bell Lightbox Cinema 4; Public September<br />

14 6:30 p.m. Bell Lightbox Cinema<br />

3; Public September 16 10:00 a.m. Bell<br />

Lightbox Cinema 4<br />

A MINIMAL DIFFERENCE<br />

Jean-Paul Kelly<br />

Shot on Super 8 using a multiplane<br />

camera setup, Kelly’s<br />

five-minute short presents<br />

receding-depth images pulled<br />

from Google, Flickr and pho<strong>to</strong>journalism,<br />

each presented as<br />

metaphorical and factual, such<br />

as political protests in Bangkok,<br />

bodies piled after <strong>the</strong> 2010 Haitian<br />

earthquake and destruction in <strong>the</strong><br />

Gaza Strip.<br />

Canadian Premiere<br />

Wavelengths<br />

Public Sept 8 10:00 p.m. Jackman<br />

Hall (AGO)<br />

MANY A SWAN<br />

Blake Williams<br />

Dedicated <strong>to</strong> Akira Yoshizawa, <strong>the</strong><br />

grandmaster of origami, Blake<br />

Williams’ found-footage short film<br />

collapses 15 years of Grand Canyon<br />

his<strong>to</strong>ry and 65 years of 3D stereoscopic<br />

cinema by way of folding<br />

anaglyphic video planes.<br />

World Premiere<br />

Wavelengths<br />

Public Sept. 7 7:00 p.m. Jackman<br />

Hall (AGO) THR<br />

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CANADA.<br />

A WORLD OF TALENT.<br />

AT THE 2012 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL <br />

LIVERPOOL<br />

MANON BRIAND<br />

Special Presentations<br />

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN<br />

DEEPA MEHTA<br />

Gala<br />

TOUT CE QUE<br />

TU POSSÈDES<br />

(ALL THAT<br />

YOU POSSESS)<br />

BERNARD ÉMOND<br />

Masters<br />

CAMION<br />

RAFAËL OUELLET<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

BESTIAIRE<br />

DENIS CÔTÉ<br />

Wavelengths<br />

MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE<br />

SEAN GARRITY<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

I DECLARE WAR<br />

ROBERT WILSON, JASON LAPEYRE<br />

Vanguard<br />

LAURENCE ANYWAYS<br />

XAVIER DOLAN<br />

Special Presentations<br />

THE END OF TIME<br />

PETER METTLER<br />

Masters<br />

DON’T MISS THE 44 SHORT FILMS IN SHORT CUTS CANADA.<br />

REVOLUTION<br />

ROB STEWART<br />

TIFF Docs<br />

ANTIVIRAL<br />

BRANDON CRONENBERG<br />

Special Presentations<br />

STILL<br />

MICHAEL MCGOWAN<br />

Special Presentations<br />

KRIVINA<br />

IGOR DRLJACA<br />

Discovery<br />

STORIES WE TELL<br />

SARAH POLLEY<br />

Special Presentations<br />

STORIES THAT BRING US TOGETHER<br />

DES HISTOIRES QUI NOUS RASSEMBLENT<br />

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SHARING THE WEALTH<br />

During <strong>the</strong> third annual Producers Lab Toron<strong>to</strong> this week, European and Canadian producers<br />

are ga<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>to</strong> build cr0ss-continental relationships that could lead <strong>to</strong> co-productions By Etan Vlessing<br />

GOVERNMENT FILM SUBSIDIES AREN’T WHAT THEY USED<br />

<strong>to</strong> be. So as <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> International Film Festival gets<br />

underway, 24 handpicked European and Canadian film<br />

producers are set <strong>to</strong> speed date at Producers Lab Toron<strong>to</strong><br />

as <strong>the</strong>y pursue one ano<strong>the</strong>r’s soft money.<br />

To entice a potential partner, <strong>the</strong> producers must have a preselected<br />

film project in hand for <strong>the</strong> Sept. 5-8 financing forum with co-production<br />

dollars providing <strong>the</strong> scent of attraction.<br />

“In <strong>the</strong> current economic situation that we all face,<br />

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Projects in<br />

development after <strong>the</strong><br />

first two editions of <strong>the</strong><br />

producers lab<br />

every producer is looking at less funding from domestic<br />

sources, so producers are more and more looking at<br />

co-productions as a way <strong>to</strong> finance <strong>the</strong>ir projects,” Sarah<br />

Timmins, a partner at Toron<strong>to</strong>-based Corvid Pictures,<br />

explained ahead of attending PLT.<br />

Dwindling government subsidies for indie film in<br />

Canada and Europe also will have co-production virgins in<br />

<strong>the</strong> room, especially producers looking <strong>to</strong> go from low- <strong>to</strong> midbudget<br />

pictures aimed at <strong>the</strong> international market.<br />

“We’ve been very fortunate <strong>to</strong> be really supported by <strong>the</strong> Canadian<br />

funders, but as our projects grow in scope and appeal <strong>to</strong> an audience<br />

outside of Canada, we have <strong>to</strong> start looking in o<strong>the</strong>r places for project<br />

funding, and that means outside of Canada,” said Aisling Chin-Lee<br />

of Prospec<strong>to</strong>r Films.<br />

“Co-productions are <strong>the</strong> ideal way <strong>to</strong> raise money if <strong>the</strong> budget<br />

is over $3 million <strong>to</strong> $4 million. <strong>The</strong>y are an ideal way <strong>to</strong> get <strong>to</strong> that<br />

higher number,” said Daniel Bekerman of Zazie Films, prizing foreign<br />

audiences and financing for his Canadian projects in development.<br />

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24<br />

Producers from<br />

Europe and Canada<br />

eyeing possible<br />

film funding<br />

<strong>The</strong> three days of exchanging ideas and information on film funding<br />

and co-productions is organized by <strong>the</strong> Ontario Media Development<br />

Corp. and European Film Promotion, in association with TIFF.<br />

Expect <strong>the</strong> Eurozone crisis <strong>to</strong> be <strong>the</strong> elephant in <strong>the</strong> room as <strong>the</strong><br />

Europeans look with envy on Canadians, whose domestic film funding<br />

system has seen much less severe cuts.<br />

Yorgos Tsourgiannis (Dog<strong>to</strong>oth) of A<strong>the</strong>ns-based Horsefly Productions,<br />

faced with limited financing and zero state support in Greece,<br />

is eyeing a possible Canadian partner for his latest project, <strong>the</strong><br />

sci-fi/fantasy 1901, by direc<strong>to</strong>r Yiannis Veslemes, based on a<br />

script by Tsourgiannis and Dimitris Emmanouilidis.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> idea of a co-production with Canada has always<br />

been a thought in our minds for 1901, even in our first precrisis<br />

talks about <strong>the</strong> project,” <strong>the</strong> Greek producer said.<br />

“Somehow both myself and <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r were warm <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

idea, and we felt that many of <strong>the</strong> requirements of <strong>the</strong> film for<br />

talent and locations could be sought in Canada.”<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r producers at PLT similarly will weigh whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>to</strong> tailor a film<br />

creatively by adding Canadian or European elements <strong>to</strong> fill out a budget.<br />

“Of course, times are <strong>to</strong>ugh everywhere, so I’m curious — having<br />

always been in <strong>the</strong> European market — <strong>to</strong> go for <strong>the</strong> first time <strong>to</strong> a<br />

film market in North America for financing,” said Nicole Gerhards of<br />

Germany’s Niko Film. Elsewhere, Icelandic producer Arnar Knutsson<br />

of Filmus Productions is bringing <strong>to</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong> his feature project <strong>The</strong><br />

Traveler, <strong>to</strong> be directed by Oskar Thor Axelsson, where <strong>the</strong> main protagonist<br />

has a soul in three different bodies that live in three different<br />

parts of <strong>the</strong> world.<br />

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“For part of <strong>the</strong> day, he lives<br />

in New York City, but that could<br />

be Toron<strong>to</strong> for that matter,”<br />

Knutsson explained, as he eyes<br />

a possible Canadian co-production<br />

partner.<br />

And Swedish producer Peter<br />

Hiltunen of Illusion Film &<br />

Television has a family film<br />

Hurricane in development as a<br />

Swedish-language project and<br />

will consider making <strong>the</strong> film in<br />

English if <strong>the</strong> right Canadian<br />

partner comes along.<br />

“You could have Canadian<br />

writers, a direc<strong>to</strong>r possibly<br />

and <strong>the</strong> financing, and <strong>the</strong>n we<br />

can do <strong>the</strong> film as a Swedish-<br />

Canadian co-production,”<br />

Hiltunen. Christian Juhl<br />

Lemche, president of European<br />

Film Promotion, said an<br />

<strong>The</strong> Film Farm<br />

just wrapped <strong>the</strong><br />

France-Canada<br />

co-production<br />

Foxfire and is seeking<br />

funding for its<br />

next film during <strong>the</strong><br />

producers lab.<br />

increasingly globalized film industry has producers<br />

looking outside Europe <strong>to</strong> create new s<strong>to</strong>ries with new<br />

co-production partners.<br />

Conversely, PLT is looking this year for Canadian producers<br />

<strong>to</strong> collaborate more with smaller European countries, after long<br />

partnering mainly with U.K. and French producers.<br />

“Canada has co-production treaties with around 28 of <strong>the</strong> member<br />

countries in EFP, and it’s nice <strong>to</strong> see that some of <strong>the</strong> smaller European<br />

countries are represented at PLT this year,” Lemche added.<br />

Of course <strong>the</strong> Canadians, while enjoying a more stable economic<br />

climate, still face dwindling government subsidies at home and are<br />

more than willing <strong>to</strong> extend a warm handshake <strong>to</strong> Europeans who<br />

can supply financing and audiences from abroad.<br />

Stephen Traynor of Toron<strong>to</strong>-based <strong>The</strong> Film Farm has just completed<br />

<strong>the</strong> France-Canada co-production Foxfire, <strong>the</strong> first Englishlanguage<br />

film by French direc<strong>to</strong>r Laurent Cantet, and is now<br />

developing Last Letter From Your Lover, based on <strong>the</strong> British novel<br />

by Jojo Moyes and adapted by Canadian screenwriter Esta Spalding.<br />

“Part of <strong>the</strong> film is shot in London or a European city,” Traynor<br />

Funding is always on <strong>the</strong> table.<br />

If someone writes a check, I<br />

won’t turn it down.” — ANITA SHARMA<br />

54<br />

Number of films PLT<br />

partner European Film<br />

Promotion is backing<br />

from 19 countries<br />

said ahead of <strong>the</strong> TIFF industry mixer. “That’s not something we<br />

can do ourselves, so we need <strong>to</strong> find an appropriate partner <strong>to</strong><br />

shoot in Europe.”<br />

Elsewhere, Lauren Grant of Clique Pictures is developing a family<br />

feature, Scavengers, from writers Jason and Sue Bourque.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Canadian producer believes <strong>the</strong> sci-fi flick about a genius<br />

teenage farm boy who meets a robot from outer space is ripe for<br />

European partners <strong>to</strong> complete much-needed visual effects.<br />

“I know, country-wise, that Germany, Romania, Hungary all have<br />

strong visual effects companies. I’m also interested in <strong>the</strong> U.K. and<br />

France,” Grant said, having tapped German visual effects crea<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

for Frost, a Canadian short she produced and is set <strong>to</strong> bow at TIFF.<br />

Cross-border production also figures in Cap Diamant, a film by<br />

writer-direc<strong>to</strong>r Dominic Desjardins that Rayne Zukerman of Zazie<br />

Films is bringing <strong>to</strong> PLT.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> visual effects for <strong>the</strong><br />

Canadian short Frost were<br />

done by a German company.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>the</strong>atrical drama follows an aspiring ac<strong>to</strong>r in Quebec City<br />

who enters a scam with a local art dealer which has <strong>the</strong> ac<strong>to</strong>r pretending<br />

<strong>to</strong> be French <strong>to</strong> manipulate <strong>to</strong>urists.<br />

That could have certain lead roles coming over from France <strong>to</strong><br />

structure a potential Canada-France co-production, Zukerman said.<br />

“It’s all about meeting people and developing relationships,” she<br />

said. “I’m still at <strong>the</strong> stage in my career where it’s hard <strong>to</strong> get projects<br />

off <strong>the</strong> ground, so it’s important <strong>to</strong> forge relationships.”<br />

Elsewhere, Anita Sharma of Studio Entertainment is bringing<br />

Woman in Car <strong>to</strong> PLT, a feature from direc<strong>to</strong>r Vanya Rose <strong>to</strong> be shot<br />

in Montreal and could be ripe for French creative elements.<br />

“Maybe we can find some [French] cast, a music composer,”<br />

Sharma said. “Funding is always on <strong>the</strong> table. If someone writes a<br />

check, I won’t turn it down.”<br />

And Yanick Le<strong>to</strong>urneau of Montreal-based Perepheria Productions<br />

has a PLT slate in search of co-production partners that<br />

includes Vacationship, a <strong>the</strong>atrical comedy written by Cynthia<br />

Knight and <strong>to</strong> be shot mostly in <strong>the</strong> Caribbean, and X Quinien<strong>to</strong>s,<br />

a second feature at <strong>the</strong> treatment stage by direc<strong>to</strong>r Juan Andres<br />

Arrango, who premiered his first film, La Playa, at Cannes in May.<br />

Le<strong>to</strong>urneau said he’s also open <strong>to</strong> becoming a minority partner<br />

on a Europe-Canada co-production.<br />

“That’s what great about such an event — we will be <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r for<br />

a couple days, you get <strong>to</strong> know <strong>the</strong> people better than five-minute<br />

random meetings, and this is organized,” he said.<br />

And if <strong>the</strong> chemistry is right, who knows? Some relationships<br />

formed at PLT could be <strong>the</strong> start of a true cross-border romance. THR<br />

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REVIEWS<br />

Looper<br />

An engaging, neatly worked-out time-travel thriller<br />

with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing<br />

<strong>the</strong> same role By Todd McCarthy<br />

LOOPER IS A CLEVER,<br />

entertaining science fiction<br />

thriller that neatly blurs<br />

<strong>the</strong> line between suicide and<br />

murder. An existential conundrum<br />

wrapped in a narrowly<br />

conceived yarn about victims<br />

sent back in time <strong>to</strong> be bumped<br />

off by assassins called loopers,<br />

Rian Johnson’s third and most<br />

ambitious feature keeps <strong>the</strong><br />

action popping while sustaining<br />

interest in <strong>the</strong> long arc of a s<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

about a man assigned <strong>to</strong> kill <strong>the</strong><br />

30-years-older version of himself.<br />

A lively, high-profile choice<br />

<strong>to</strong> open this year’s Toron<strong>to</strong><br />

International Film Festival, this<br />

Sony release co-starring Bruce<br />

Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt<br />

in <strong>the</strong> same role should chalk up<br />

sizable returns in <strong>the</strong> wake of its<br />

Sept. 28 <strong>the</strong>atrical bow.<br />

Probably <strong>the</strong> shakiest aspect<br />

of Johnson’s original screenplay<br />

is what it asks <strong>the</strong> viewer <strong>to</strong> buy<br />

about <strong>the</strong> future: A mere 62 years<br />

from now, in 2074, time travel<br />

has become possible, but such a<br />

momen<strong>to</strong>us breakthrough is limited<br />

<strong>to</strong> serving as a body-disposal<br />

system. Under <strong>the</strong> prevailing<br />

authority, time jumping is strictly<br />

outlawed because of its potential<br />

for messing with his<strong>to</strong>ry. A large<br />

criminal mob, run by an overlord<br />

called <strong>The</strong> Rainmaker, defiantly<br />

uses it but only as a vehicle for<br />

assassination, with “loopers” — disreputable<br />

gunmen living in 2044 —<br />

laying in wait for people <strong>to</strong> execute<br />

so no bodies or o<strong>the</strong>r evidence can<br />

be found in <strong>the</strong> future.<br />

But <strong>the</strong> premise is established in<br />

nifty fashion; <strong>the</strong> doomed, hooded<br />

with hands bound behind <strong>the</strong>m,<br />

suddenly materialize in an empty<br />

field, and <strong>the</strong> looper immediately<br />

blows <strong>the</strong>m away with his blunderbuss.<br />

One such executioner is Joe<br />

(Gordon-Levitt), a retro-looking<br />

hipster who drives a very old red<br />

Miata and wears ties, “a 20th<br />

century affectation” that offends<br />

his crankily genial boss, Abe (Jeff<br />

Daniels). If he can get out of this<br />

racket, he says he’d like <strong>to</strong> go <strong>to</strong><br />

France, which earns him fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

scorn from <strong>the</strong> older man; “I’m<br />

from <strong>the</strong> future, you should go <strong>to</strong><br />

China,” he scolds.<br />

Backed by a cynically confessional<br />

voice-over track from Joe<br />

that is not as self-consciously<br />

hardboiled as <strong>the</strong> commentary<br />

Gordon-Levitt <strong>read</strong> for Johnson<br />

in Brick seven years ago, Looper<br />

mostly is set in a seedy metropolis<br />

that doesn’t look all that different<br />

from sketchy neighborhoods in<br />

19<br />

Willis stars as a<br />

man in search of<br />

his wife’s killer.<br />

some big cities <strong>to</strong>day; <strong>the</strong>re are<br />

derelicts, bombed-out buildings,<br />

ruined cars and enough o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

signs of urban ills <strong>to</strong> suggest that,<br />

in Johnson’s view, things will just<br />

gradually decline over <strong>the</strong> next<br />

three decades.<br />

Joe hangs out in clubs, sees<br />

a sexy woman (Piper Perabo)<br />

who works in one of <strong>the</strong>m and<br />

tries <strong>to</strong> help a friend and fellow<br />

looper, Seth (Paul Dano), who’s<br />

imminently endangered by a new<br />

development that’s come down<br />

from on high: <strong>The</strong>y’re “closing<br />

all <strong>the</strong> loops,” meaning <strong>the</strong>y’re<br />

sending <strong>the</strong> “future selves” of all<br />

<strong>the</strong> loopers back <strong>to</strong> be killed.<br />

Almost immediately, Joe is in<br />

<strong>the</strong> same jam. When, a half-hour<br />

in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> film, he goes <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> field <strong>to</strong><br />

do his next job, <strong>the</strong> guy who pops<br />

up <strong>to</strong> be shot is not hooded. Joe’s<br />

hesitation allows <strong>the</strong> older man <strong>to</strong><br />

escape, and it’s clear who he is: It’s<br />

Joe as his older self. And, for his<br />

failure <strong>to</strong> kill him, young Joe is in<br />

a pile of trouble with Abe and his<br />

“gats,” first-class hired guns.<br />

When <strong>the</strong> two Joes finally sit<br />

down — across from each o<strong>the</strong>r in<br />

a diner in <strong>the</strong> middle of nowhere<br />

— <strong>the</strong>re’s no doubt <strong>the</strong>y’re working<br />

at cross purposes: Young Joe<br />

is determined <strong>to</strong> kill his older<br />

self, while old Joe is dead set on<br />

tracking down and taking out <strong>The</strong><br />

Rainmaker, who would be a little<br />

kid in 2044, so his late wife won’t<br />

die at his hands after all.<br />

<strong>The</strong> biggest problem facing <strong>the</strong><br />

makers of Looper is how <strong>to</strong> make<br />

<strong>the</strong> audience believe that <strong>the</strong> trim,<br />

long-faced Gordon-Levitt could<br />

somehow change so much in 30<br />

years that he would look like <strong>the</strong><br />

thicker-built and shorter-nosed<br />

Willis. <strong>The</strong> solution lay in altering<br />

<strong>the</strong> younger ac<strong>to</strong>r’s appearance,<br />

imperceptibly at first, but gradually<br />

<strong>to</strong> morph his dark eyes in<strong>to</strong><br />

Willis’ gray-green and <strong>to</strong> reshape<br />

his nose and eyebrows, ei<strong>the</strong>r with<br />

makeup or digitally or perhaps<br />

both. At first, <strong>the</strong> effect is a bit<br />

odd, and you can’t quite put your<br />

finger on what’s off; <strong>the</strong>n it feels<br />

downright weird <strong>to</strong> be looking at a<br />

version of Gordon-Levitt who is no<br />

longer <strong>the</strong> ac<strong>to</strong>r you’ve known for a<br />

few years now.<br />

This is especially noticeable<br />

during <strong>the</strong> film’s second half, much<br />

of which takes place at young<br />

Joe’s place of refuge, <strong>the</strong> isolated<br />

home of feisty young farmer and<br />

single mom Sara (Emily Blunt),<br />

who has an unusually gifted son,<br />

Cid (Pierce Gagnon). Even as<br />

<strong>the</strong> temperature is kept at a low<br />

simmer, <strong>the</strong> film’s pace deliberately<br />

is slowed here <strong>to</strong> develop<br />

some intimacy between <strong>the</strong>se two<br />

isolated people and give some<br />

screen time <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> kid, who pretty<br />

obviously will provide <strong>the</strong> reason<br />

for old Joe <strong>to</strong> eventually head for<br />

<strong>the</strong> farm. <strong>The</strong> eventual ending is<br />

great, <strong>the</strong> resolution <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> tricky<br />

time maneuvering very impressively<br />

worked out.<br />

Shot mostly in Louisiana, with<br />

a bit done in Shanghai, <strong>the</strong> film<br />

looks tightly made on a budget<br />

but sacrifices nothing for that; <strong>the</strong><br />

world depicted looks dirty, dangerous<br />

and ramshackle, with a few<br />

high-tech <strong>to</strong>uches here and <strong>the</strong>re.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir physical disparity notwithstanding,<br />

Gordon-Levitt and<br />

Willis both come across strongly,<br />

while Blunt effectively reveals<br />

Sara’s <strong>to</strong>ugh and vulnerable sides.<br />

Daniels is particularly amusing<br />

as <strong>the</strong> garrulous old enforcer<br />

holding down <strong>the</strong> future’s outpost<br />

in <strong>the</strong> past.<br />

Production Companies<br />

FilmDistrict, Endgame<br />

Entertainment, DMG Entertainment,<br />

Ram Bergman Prods.<br />

Writer-direc<strong>to</strong>r Rian Johnson<br />

Cast Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-<br />

Levitt, Emily Blunt<br />

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REVIEWS<br />

Franco stars as<br />

a wanna-be gangsta<br />

who adopts a posse<br />

of bad girls.<br />

Spring Breakers<br />

James Franco, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens hit <strong>the</strong> beach and<br />

<strong>the</strong> bong in eternal maverick Harmony Korine’s latest By David Rooney<br />

EVEN BY THE ELASTIC MEASURE OF<br />

James Franco’s unpredictable career,<br />

<strong>the</strong> ac<strong>to</strong>r gives one of his more bizarre<br />

performances in Harmony Korine’s Spring<br />

Breakers. Playing a Florida white-trash<br />

gangsta with beaded cornrows and a<br />

gleaming mouthful of metal, he’s a cross<br />

between Bo Derek in 10 and Richard Kiel in<br />

Moonraker. At one point he sits poolside at<br />

a cheesy white grand piano and sings a Britney<br />

Spears ballad while three coeds in DTF<br />

pants and pink ski masks do an impromptu<br />

dance routine with AK-47s.<br />

Sounds good? Well, like <strong>the</strong> film as a<br />

whole, Franco’s borderline parodistic performance<br />

is interesting only up <strong>to</strong> a point. It<br />

might be one of Korine’s more conventional<br />

narratives, but this is basically a porn-<br />

pulp snort of derision at <strong>the</strong> American<br />

Dream and <strong>the</strong> youthful search for self,<br />

packaged as Beach Blanket Bingo on acid.<br />

It has hypnotic visual style and a dense,<br />

driving soundscape. But it’s also <strong>to</strong>o<br />

mono<strong>to</strong>nous and <strong>the</strong>matically empty <strong>to</strong><br />

be seriously provocative.<br />

More than by Franco, <strong>the</strong> film’s profile will<br />

be boosted by <strong>the</strong> presence of former Disney<br />

Channel cuties Selena Gomez and Vanessa<br />

Hudgens among all <strong>the</strong> bong-hitting, boozing,<br />

coke-snorting, breast-baring, grinding<br />

bodies. “Poetry in motion” is how Franco’s<br />

drug-dealing rapper Alien describes <strong>the</strong><br />

crowd at a beach beer blast. “Bikinis and big<br />

booties, y’all. That’s what life is about.”<br />

Gomez plays <strong>the</strong> pointedly named Faith,<br />

a Christian youth group member who has<br />

somehow remained close <strong>to</strong> three reprobate<br />

skanks she has known since kindergarten:<br />

Candy (Hudgens), Brit (Ashley Benson) and<br />

Cotty (Rachel Korine, <strong>the</strong> writer-direc<strong>to</strong>r’s<br />

wife). Cotty has pink highlights and a sullen<br />

streak, while interchangeable Candy and Brit<br />

are defined only by <strong>the</strong>ir slutty blondness.<br />

Desperate <strong>to</strong> get out of <strong>the</strong>ir dull college<br />

<strong>to</strong>wn but short on cash, <strong>the</strong> bad girls wield<br />

fake guns and hammers <strong>to</strong> hold up a Chicken<br />

Shack, terrorizing <strong>the</strong> cus<strong>to</strong>mers. <strong>The</strong><br />

adrenaline rush <strong>the</strong>y get from this taste of<br />

violent crime hints at what’s <strong>to</strong> come.<br />

Even before <strong>the</strong>y hit Florida, <strong>the</strong> action<br />

time-shuffles Girls Gone Wild/MTV-style<br />

montages of hard-partying college kids in<br />

various stages of inebriation and undress.<br />

Faith seems unsettled when her pals re-enact<br />

<strong>the</strong> robbery for her, but she none<strong>the</strong>less partakes<br />

of <strong>the</strong> proceeds as <strong>the</strong> four girls cruise<br />

around <strong>to</strong>wn on rented scooters.<br />

Here and throughout, voice-over is featured<br />

heavily, much of it vapid stuff about wanting<br />

all this <strong>to</strong> last forever. Korine and edi<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Douglas Crise use repetition in <strong>the</strong> images<br />

and dialogue <strong>to</strong> obsessive effect. Cinema<strong>to</strong>grapher<br />

Benoit Debie’s visuals, with <strong>the</strong>ir sunblasted<br />

exteriors, pink skies, neon splashes<br />

and candy color washes, have a cool allure.<br />

And <strong>the</strong> electronic score by Cliff Martinez and<br />

dubstep musician Skrillex that saturates every<br />

scene (along with a sprinkling of chart hits)<br />

is no less propulsive than Martinez’s music<br />

was in Drive or Contagion. But <strong>the</strong>re’s a nagging<br />

sense that a sliver of substance has been<br />

pumped full of growth hormones in post.<br />

20<br />

When <strong>the</strong> girls are arrested during<br />

a bust at a druggy party, <strong>the</strong>y are hauled in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir bikini <strong>to</strong>ps and cu<strong>to</strong>ffs before a judge<br />

who orders <strong>the</strong>m <strong>to</strong> pay a fine or spend<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r night in <strong>the</strong> lockup. “This wasn’t<br />

supposed <strong>to</strong> happen,” says Faith in whispery<br />

voice-over. “This can’t be <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong><br />

dream.” In fact, it’s <strong>the</strong> beginning of <strong>the</strong><br />

dream, as Korine steers things in a more hallucinogenic<br />

direction.<br />

Alien covers <strong>the</strong> babes’ bail, and while<br />

<strong>the</strong>y question his motives, <strong>the</strong>y climb aboard<br />

his pimped-out sports car. A dim bulb with<br />

lots of swagger, he paints a self-glorifying<br />

picture of himself, flashing wads of cash<br />

and an arsenal of weaponry. In one of many<br />

instances of Korine having fun with metatextual<br />

cine-references, Alien’s flat screen plays<br />

Scarface on a loop.<br />

Faith becomes uncomfortable at his<br />

sleazy crib. After a tense exchange in which<br />

he comes on strong — nicely played by<br />

Gomez — she extricates herself from <strong>the</strong><br />

situation and takes <strong>the</strong> bus home. Alien<br />

insists on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r girls remaining, which<br />

signals <strong>the</strong>ir endangerment. But it turns out<br />

<strong>the</strong>y can more than hold <strong>the</strong>ir own.<br />

Like ducks <strong>to</strong> water, <strong>the</strong>y slip in<strong>to</strong> his<br />

crime crew, provide girl-on-girl entertainment<br />

and flip sexual domination roles with<br />

<strong>the</strong> receptive Alien. It soon becomes apparent<br />

that he has nothing on <strong>the</strong>se girls in<br />

terms of <strong>the</strong>ir appetite for excess and amorality.<br />

Cotty takes off after being wounded<br />

by a bullet from Alien’s turf rival Archie<br />

(Gucci Mane), and Candy and Brit lead <strong>the</strong><br />

charge as <strong>the</strong>y strike back. That <strong>the</strong>y do this<br />

in matching fluoro-yellow bikinis underlines<br />

that <strong>the</strong> bacchanal is primarily a pop-art<br />

exercise — a sour lollipop that loses its flavor.<br />

However it’s intended, <strong>the</strong> attitudinal<br />

posing curbs any capacity <strong>to</strong> shock. From<br />

<strong>the</strong> minute Alien steps in, <strong>the</strong> film becomes<br />

like a more extreme version of one of those<br />

Saturday Night Live video sketches, with<br />

Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg<br />

flaunting exaggerated hip-hop style.<br />

<strong>The</strong> setting and aspects of <strong>the</strong><br />

aes<strong>the</strong>tic will attract comparison <strong>to</strong> this<br />

summer’s Magic Mike. But while Korine<br />

douses <strong>the</strong> air with dreamy melancholia,<br />

Steven Soderbergh’s film came by its underlying<br />

sense of emptiness and restless longing<br />

far more naturally. That said, Spring Breakers<br />

seems bound <strong>to</strong> acquire at least minor<br />

cult status.<br />

Production Companies Muse Productions,<br />

Rabbit Bandini Productions, Radar Pictures<br />

Direc<strong>to</strong>r-screenwriter Harmony Korine<br />

Cast James Franco, Selena Gomez,<br />

Vanessa Hudgens<br />

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Written and Directed by Anand Gandhi<br />

WORLD PREMIERE<br />

Fri, 7 Sep 2.30 pm - Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 7 (Public)<br />

Sat, 8 Sep 1.15 pm - Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 10 (P&I)<br />

Tue, 11 Sep 9.15 pm - TIFF Bell Lightbox 5 (P&I)<br />

Sun, 16 Sep 12.00 pm - Scotiabank <strong>The</strong>atre 4 (Public)<br />

OPENING FILM OF “CITY TO CITY”<br />

TORONTO OFFICE:<br />

Suite 1853, Hyatt Regency Hotel<br />

Hotel Phone: (416) 343-1234<br />

E-mail: market@fortissimo.nl<br />

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REVIEWS<br />

<strong>The</strong> Company You Keep<br />

Robert Redford makes a welcome return <strong>to</strong> double-duty<br />

as direc<strong>to</strong>r and lead ac<strong>to</strong>r By David Rooney<br />

ROBERT REDFORD DOES HIS<br />

most compelling work in<br />

some time as both ac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

and direc<strong>to</strong>r in <strong>The</strong> Company<br />

You Keep, a tense yet admirably<br />

restrained thriller about a fugitive<br />

forced out of hiding after<br />

30 years <strong>to</strong> prove his innocence.<br />

Adapted with clarity and intelligence<br />

by Lem Dobbs from<br />

Neil Gordon’s novel and lent<br />

distinguishing heft by its roster<br />

of screen veterans, this gripping<br />

drama provides an absorbing<br />

reflection on <strong>the</strong> courage and<br />

cost of dissent.<br />

Recalling aspects of Sidney<br />

Lumet’s poignant Running<br />

on Empty from 1988, but with<br />

a more subdued emotional<br />

palette, <strong>the</strong> film opens with<br />

vintage-style news footage<br />

detailing charges against members<br />

of radical antiwar group <strong>the</strong><br />

Wea<strong>the</strong>r Underground in <strong>the</strong><br />

early 1970s for plotting <strong>to</strong> blow<br />

up buildings in multiple U.S.<br />

cities. A second report follows,<br />

attributing responsibility <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

same group for a Michigan bank<br />

robbery during which a security<br />

guard was killed. While <strong>the</strong><br />

robbers were identified, only one<br />

was apprehended.<br />

Hotel Transylvania<br />

A scarily unfunny animated monster movie<br />

that goes awry right off <strong>the</strong> bat<br />

By Michael Rechtshaffen<br />

T HE<br />

SECOND FEATURE IN AS MANY<br />

months <strong>to</strong> contain animated zombies<br />

(with Tim Bur<strong>to</strong>n’s Frankenweenie<br />

lurking just around <strong>the</strong> corner), Hotel Transylvania<br />

checks in as an anemic example of<br />

pure concept over precious little content.<br />

Despite <strong>the</strong> proven talents of first-time<br />

feature direc<strong>to</strong>r Genndy Tartakovsky<br />

(Dexter’s Labora<strong>to</strong>ry), writers Peter Baynham<br />

(Arthur Christmas) and SNL vet Robert<br />

Smigel and a voice cast headed by Adam<br />

Sandler and Andy Samberg, <strong>the</strong> collaboration<br />

falls flat virtually from <strong>the</strong> get-go,<br />

serving up half-hearted sight gags that have<br />

a habit of landing with an ominous thud.<br />

Back in <strong>the</strong> present, Sharon<br />

Solarz (Susan Sarandon), who<br />

was involved in <strong>the</strong> robbery<br />

and has been living in hiding<br />

as a Vermont housewife in <strong>the</strong><br />

decades since, is preparing<br />

<strong>to</strong> turn herself in <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> FBI<br />

when she is arrested entering<br />

New York state. Coverage from<br />

aggressive young Albany newspaper<br />

reporter Ben Shepard<br />

(Shia LaBeouf) links her <strong>to</strong> local<br />

civil rights lawyer Jim Grant<br />

(Redford), who declined <strong>to</strong> take<br />

Solarz’s case.<br />

Eager <strong>to</strong> impress his prickly<br />

edi<strong>to</strong>r (Stanley Tucci), Ben<br />

exploits his access <strong>to</strong> Diana<br />

(Anna Kendrick), a college<br />

hookup now working for <strong>the</strong><br />

bureau. Despite warnings from<br />

her boss Cornelius (Terrence<br />

Howard) <strong>to</strong> back off, Ben<br />

persists, digging for insights.<br />

His legwork reveals that while<br />

Jim has long been a respected<br />

community member, raising his<br />

11-year-old daughter Isabel (Jacqueline<br />

Evancho) alone since <strong>the</strong><br />

death of his wife in an accident<br />

a year earlier, no record of him<br />

exists before 1979. Putting two<br />

and two <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r, Ben discovers,<br />

just ahead of <strong>the</strong> feds, that<br />

22<br />

LaBeouf plays a young<br />

reporter who delves in<strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> mysterious past of a<br />

civil rights lawyer.<br />

Jim is Nick Sloan, ano<strong>the</strong>r of <strong>the</strong><br />

Michigan robbers.<br />

This establishing action is set<br />

up with methodical efficiency<br />

in Dobbs’ screenplay, gaining<br />

momentum when Jim/Nick<br />

whisks Isabel out of <strong>to</strong>wn and<br />

in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> care of his bro<strong>the</strong>r (Chris<br />

Cooper) just as <strong>the</strong> FBI is closing<br />

in. Meanwhile, Ben continues <strong>to</strong><br />

look for neat answers <strong>to</strong> messy<br />

questions. But a prison interview<br />

with Sharon gives him some<br />

understanding of <strong>the</strong> commitment<br />

and idealism of <strong>the</strong><br />

’70s radicals. This affecting<br />

scene is played with perspicacity,<br />

<strong>to</strong>ughness and compassion<br />

by Sarandon.<br />

Propelled by ano<strong>the</strong>r moody<br />

score from Cliff Martinez<br />

(Drive, Contagion) that adds a<br />

contemporary edge <strong>to</strong> Redford’s<br />

solidly conventional style, <strong>the</strong><br />

remainder of <strong>the</strong> film plays out<br />

in pursuit mode.<br />

While it provides for some<br />

Being given a public airing at <strong>the</strong> Toron<strong>to</strong><br />

International Film Festival ahead of its<br />

official Sept. 28 opening, <strong>the</strong> film could<br />

benefit initially from a monster marketing<br />

push from Sony, but it’s unlikely <strong>the</strong> “No<br />

Vacancy” sign will be lit for long.<br />

Assuming an unsteady Transylvanian<br />

accent which, like his bat wings, tends <strong>to</strong><br />

flit in and out of <strong>the</strong> picture, Sandler’s<br />

overprotective daddy Dracula is having<br />

trouble shielding his daughter Mavis (Selena<br />

Gomez) from outside elements on <strong>the</strong> eve<br />

of her 118th birthday. Determined <strong>to</strong> shut<br />

himself off from those elements after <strong>the</strong><br />

death of his wife a century or so earlier at<br />

<strong>the</strong> hands of an angry mob, Dracula had<br />

constructed a refuge of an exclusive resort<br />

where he and his monstrous ilk could feel<br />

free <strong>to</strong> be <strong>the</strong>mselves.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> most part, <strong>the</strong>re’s just a lot of<br />

Dracula shields<br />

his daughter in<br />

a monsters-only<br />

hideout<br />

passing commentary on <strong>the</strong><br />

journalistic process and <strong>the</strong> slow<br />

death of print media, making <strong>the</strong><br />

ambitious reporter such a driving<br />

figure perhaps mutes <strong>the</strong> focus<br />

a little. LaBeouf acquits himself<br />

well in <strong>the</strong> role. But tracking<br />

Ben’s slow-blooming integrity is<br />

a somewhat prosaic de<strong>to</strong>ur in <strong>the</strong><br />

concluding scenes, occasioning<br />

some speechy wisdom from Nick<br />

when <strong>the</strong>y finally meet again.<br />

<strong>The</strong> s<strong>to</strong>rytelling is none<strong>the</strong>less<br />

robust and <strong>the</strong>matically<br />

rich, streng<strong>the</strong>ned by a fine cast.<br />

Redford has done this kind of<br />

earnest man of conscience countless<br />

times before, but he brings<br />

such gravitas and thoughtfulness<br />

<strong>to</strong> play that he keeps us firmly in<br />

Nick’s corner.<br />

Production companies Voltage<br />

Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises<br />

Cast Robert Redford, Shia<br />

LaBeouf, Julie Christie<br />

Direc<strong>to</strong>r: Robert Redford<br />

dashing about <strong>the</strong> hotel’s cavernous hallways<br />

as <strong>the</strong> assembled voice cast attempts <strong>to</strong><br />

lend some personality <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> underdeveloped<br />

characters.<br />

Production companies Sony Pictures<br />

Animation<br />

Direc<strong>to</strong>r Genndy Tartakovsky<br />

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FESTIVAL SCREENING GUIDE<br />

TODAY<br />

8:30 White Elephant<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Cinema 3<br />

8:45 <strong>The</strong> Pervert’s Guide <strong>to</strong><br />

Ideology (P&I) Mavericks<br />

Scotiabank 3<br />

9:00 Three Worlds (P&I)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Scotiabank 8; Dredd<br />

3D (P&I) Midnight Madness<br />

Scotiabank 13; Barbara<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cinema 2<br />

9:15 Short Cuts Canada:<br />

Programme #1 - 2012 (P&I)<br />

Short Cuts Canada; Cinema<br />

4 - Paul & Leah Atkinson<br />

Family Cinema; Lore (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation Scotiabank<br />

2; Fill <strong>the</strong> Void (P&I)<br />

Discovery Scotiabank 11;<br />

Clandestine Childhood<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 6<br />

9:30 Spring Breakers (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation Scotiabank<br />

4; Midnight’s Children<br />

(P&I) Gala Presentation<br />

Cinema 1; Lunarcy! (P&I)<br />

TIFF Docs Scotiabank 9<br />

9:45 <strong>The</strong>rese Desqueyroux<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 10; S<strong>to</strong>ries<br />

We Tell (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Scotiabank<br />

1; God Loves Caviar (P&I)<br />

Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cinema 5 - NBC<br />

Universal Cinema<br />

10:00 Pusher (P&I) Vanguard<br />

Scotiabank 5; Jackie<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 7<br />

10:45 <strong>The</strong> Interval (P&I)<br />

Discovery Cinema 3<br />

11:15 Post Tenebras Lux<br />

(P&I) Wavelengths Scotiabank<br />

8; Hotel Transylvania<br />

(P&I)TIFF Kids Scotiabank 13<br />

11:30 Out in <strong>the</strong> Dark (P&I)<br />

Discovery Scotiabank 11;<br />

No (P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 3; On<br />

<strong>the</strong> Road (Public) Special<br />

Presentation <strong>The</strong> Bloor Hot<br />

Docs Cinema<br />

11:45 Mekong Hotel<br />

preceded by Big in Vietnam<br />

(P&I) Wavelengths<br />

Scotiabank 9; London - <strong>The</strong><br />

Modern Babylon (P&I)<br />

TIFF Docs Scotiabank 2;<br />

Imagine (P&I) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Scotiabank 6<br />

12:00 <strong>The</strong> We and <strong>the</strong> I<br />

(P&I) Vanguard Cinema 2;<br />

<strong>The</strong> Central Park Five (P&I)<br />

TIFF Docs Scotiabank 4;<br />

Ernest & Célestine (P&I)<br />

TIFF Kids Cinema 4 - Paul<br />

& Leah Atkinson Family<br />

Cinema; A Few Hours<br />

of Spring (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Scotiabank 10;<br />

Rust and Bone (Public)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Ryerson <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

12:15 When Night Falls<br />

(P&I) Wavelengths Scotiabank<br />

5; Reincarnated (P&I)<br />

TIFF Docs Scotiabank 1<br />

12:30 <strong>The</strong> End of Time (P&I)<br />

Masters Scotiabank 7; Far<br />

Out Isn’t Far Enough: <strong>The</strong><br />

Tomi Ungerer S<strong>to</strong>ry (P&I)<br />

TIFF Docs Cinema 5 - NBC<br />

Universal Cinema; <strong>The</strong> War<br />

of <strong>the</strong> Volcanoes: Bergman<br />

& Magnani preceded by<br />

Stromboli (Public) TIFF<br />

Cinema<strong>the</strong>que Cinema 3<br />

12:45 <strong>The</strong> Perks of Being<br />

a Wallflower (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Cinema 1;<br />

Blancanieves (P&I) Discovery<br />

Scotiabank 8<br />

14:00 Watch<strong>to</strong>wer (P&I)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Scotiabank 5; Rebelle<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 3; Paradise:<br />

Love (P&I) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cinema 4 -<br />

Paul & Leah Atkinson Family<br />

Cinema; Crimes of Mike<br />

Recket (P&I) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Scotiabank 9;<br />

Children of Sarajevo (Public)<br />

Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 3<br />

14:15 Picture <strong>Day</strong> (P&I)<br />

Discovery Scotiabank 6; Camp<br />

14: Total Control Zone (P&I)<br />

TIFF Docs Scotiabank 10<br />

14:30 <strong>The</strong> Sessions (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 1; Home Again<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 11; Dangerous<br />

Liaisons (P&I) Gala<br />

Presentation Scotiabank 4;<br />

Ship of <strong>The</strong>seus (Public)<br />

City <strong>to</strong> City Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 7<br />

14:45 <strong>The</strong> Fifth Season<br />

(P&I) Wavelengths<br />

Cinema 5 - NBC Universal<br />

Cinema; Sightseers (P&I)<br />

Vanguard Scotiabank 2<br />

15:00 Something In <strong>The</strong><br />

Air (P&I) Masters Cinema<br />

A drug dealer<br />

helps four college<br />

girls finance <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

party time in<br />

Spring Breakers.<br />

2; Augustine (P&I) Discovery<br />

Scotiabank 7; <strong>The</strong><br />

Gatekeepers (Public) TIFF<br />

Docs <strong>The</strong> Bloor Hot Docs<br />

Cinema; Paradise: Love<br />

(Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 6; Imogene<br />

(Public) Special Presentation<br />

Ryerson <strong>The</strong>atre; Kinshasa<br />

Kids (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 9<br />

15:15 <strong>The</strong> Great Kilapy<br />

(Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 2<br />

16:00 After <strong>the</strong> Battle<br />

(Extended Q&A - 2nd Public)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Cinema 3<br />

16:15 Blackbird (P&I)<br />

Discovery Scotiabank<br />

9; Artifact (P&I) TIFF Docs<br />

Cinema 1<br />

16:30 <strong>The</strong> Sapphires<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 3; Bestiaire (P&I)<br />

Wavelengths Cinema<br />

4 - Paul & Leah Atkinson<br />

Family Cinema<br />

16:45 <strong>The</strong> Suicide Shop<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 1; A Liar’s Au<strong>to</strong>biography:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Untrue<br />

S<strong>to</strong>ry of Monty Python’s<br />

Graham Chapman<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 2<br />

17:00 Mushrooming (P&I)<br />

Discovery Cinema 5 - NBC<br />

Universal Cinema; John Dies<br />

at <strong>the</strong> End (P&I) Midnight<br />

Madness Scotiabank 11; Dormant<br />

Beauty (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Scotiabank 4<br />

17:15 Student (P&I) Masters<br />

Scotiabank 7<br />

24<br />

17:30 Kon-tiki (Public)<br />

Special Presentation Winter<br />

Garden <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

17:45 Three Kids preceded<br />

by Peripeteia (Public)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 3<br />

18:00 <strong>The</strong> Place Beyond<br />

<strong>the</strong> Pines (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Princess of<br />

Wales; <strong>The</strong> Perverts Guide <strong>to</strong><br />

Ideology (Public) Mavericks<br />

Isabel Bader <strong>The</strong>atre; S<strong>to</strong>ries<br />

We Tell (Public) Special Presentation<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bloor Hot Docs<br />

Cinema; Spring Breakers<br />

(Public) Special Presentation<br />

Ryerson <strong>The</strong>atre; Shanghai<br />

(Public) City <strong>to</strong> City<br />

Cinema 2; Call Girl (Public)<br />

Discovery Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 7; Anna Karenina<br />

(35mm Elgin) Special Presentation<br />

Visa Screening Room<br />

(Elgin); All That Matters is<br />

Past (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cineplex Yonge<br />

& Dundas 9<br />

18:15 Janeane From Des<br />

Moines (Public) Discovery<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2<br />

18:30 Zabana! (Public)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Cinema 4 - Paul & Leah<br />

Atkinson Family Cinema;<br />

Roman Polanski: Odd<br />

Man Out (Public) TIFF Docs<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 6;<br />

Out in <strong>the</strong> Dark (Public)<br />

Discovery Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 10; Argo (Public)<br />

Gala Presentation Roy<br />

Thomson Hall<br />

18:45 Berberian Sound<br />

Studio (P&I) Vanguard<br />

Scotiabank 9; <strong>The</strong> We and<br />

<strong>the</strong> I (Public) Vanguard<br />

Scotiabank 1; Reincarnated<br />

(Public) TIFF Docs Cinema 1;<br />

Gone Fishing (Public)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Scotiabank 2<br />

19:00 Reality (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Scotiabank 3;<br />

Wavelengths #1 - 2012:<br />

Under a Pacific Sun<br />

(Public) Wavelengths Jackman<br />

Hall (AGO)<br />

19:15 Road North (P&I)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Cinema 5 - NBC Universal<br />

Cinema; Short Cuts Canada:<br />

Programme #1 - 2012<br />

(Public) Short Cuts Canada<br />

Cinema 3<br />

19:30 Mumbai’s King (P&I)<br />

City <strong>to</strong> City Scotiabank 11;<br />

Sleepers Wake (Public)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Scotiabank 4<br />

20:45 <strong>The</strong> Holy Quarternity<br />

(Public) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 2<br />

21:00 <strong>The</strong> Master (Public)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Princess of Wales; <strong>The</strong> Deep<br />

(Public) Special Presentation<br />

Cinema 2; Pusher<br />

(Public) Vanguard <strong>The</strong> Bloor<br />

Hot Docs Cinema; Men At<br />

Lunch (Public) TIFF Docs<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9;<br />

Him, Here, After (Public)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 6;<br />

Ginger and Rosa (Public)<br />

Special Presentation Visa<br />

Screening Room (Elgin); 7<br />

Boxes (Public) Discovery<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 3<br />

21:15 Wasteland (Public)<br />

Discovery Scotiabank 2; Thy<br />

Womb (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cinema 4 - Paul<br />

& Leah Atkinson Family<br />

Cinema; Fidaï (Public) TIFF<br />

Docs Cineplex Yonge<br />

& Dundas 10<br />

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FESTIVAL SCREENING GUIDE<br />

21:30 Blondie (P&I)<br />

Vanguard Scotiabank 11;<br />

What Maisie Knew (Public)<br />

Gala Presentation Roy<br />

Thomson Hall; Like Someone<br />

in Love (Public) Masters<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7;<br />

How <strong>to</strong> Make Money Selling<br />

Drugs (Public) TIFF Docs<br />

Scotiabank 1; Frances Ha<br />

(Public) Special Presentation<br />

Ryerson <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

21:45 Shahid (P&I) City <strong>to</strong><br />

City Cinema 5 - NBC Universal<br />

Cinema; <strong>The</strong> Land of Hope<br />

(Public) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Winter Garden <strong>The</strong>atre;<br />

Picture <strong>Day</strong> (Public) Discovery<br />

Isabel Bader <strong>The</strong>atre;<br />

Perret in France and Algeria<br />

(Public) Wavelengths Cinema<br />

3; Me and You (Public)<br />

Masters Scotiabank 3; Dead<br />

Europe (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cinema 1<br />

22:00 In <strong>the</strong> Name of Love<br />

(Public) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 4<br />

23:59 Seven Psychopaths<br />

(Public) Midnight Madness<br />

Ryerson <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

TOMORROW<br />

8:30 <strong>The</strong> Place Beyond <strong>the</strong><br />

Pines (P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 2<br />

8:45 What Maisie Knew (P&I)<br />

Gala Presentation Scotiabank<br />

1; Roman Polanski: Odd Man<br />

Out (P&I) TIFF Docs Cinema 3<br />

9:00 <strong>The</strong> Master (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Cinema 1; Perret<br />

in France and Algeria (P&I)<br />

Wavelengths Scotiabank 6;<br />

My Awkward Sexual Adventure<br />

(P&I) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cinema 4 -<br />

Paul & Leah Atkinson Family<br />

Cinema; In <strong>the</strong> Name of Love<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 8; Reincarnated<br />

(Public) TIFF Docs<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bloor Hot Docs Cinema;<br />

Out in <strong>the</strong> Dark (Public)<br />

Discovery Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 6<br />

9:15 Zabana! (P&I) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Cinema 5 - NBC Universal<br />

Cinema; <strong>The</strong> Deep (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation Scotiabank<br />

10; Quartet (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Cinema; Love is All You Need<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 13; Ginger and<br />

Rosa (P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 3; Paradise:<br />

Love (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Isabel<br />

Bader <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

9:30 Mea Maxima Culpa:<br />

Silence in <strong>the</strong> House of God<br />

(P&I) TIFF Docs Scotiabank 9;<br />

Janeane From Des Moines<br />

(P&I) Discovery Scotiabank<br />

4; Shanghai (Public) City <strong>to</strong><br />

City Cineplex Yonge & Dundas<br />

7; Me and You (Public)<br />

Masters Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 2; Far Out Isnt Far<br />

Enough: <strong>The</strong> Tomi Ungerer<br />

S<strong>to</strong>ry (Public) TIFF Docs<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9<br />

9:45 Gone Fishing (P&I)<br />

Contemporary World Cineman<br />

Scotiabank 7; Children<br />

of Sarajevo (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 3<br />

10:00 Rhino Season<br />

(P&I) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 11<br />

<strong>The</strong> documentary<br />

How <strong>to</strong> Make Money<br />

Selling Drugs<br />

features interviews<br />

with dealers,<br />

prison guards and<br />

anti-drug lobbyists.<br />

10:30 Museum Hours (P&I)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Scotiabank 5<br />

10:45 Inescapable (P&I)<br />

Gala Presentation Cinema 3<br />

11:00 Frances Ha (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 1; <strong>The</strong> Place<br />

Beyond <strong>the</strong> Pines (Public)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Ryerson <strong>The</strong>atre; Argo (Public)<br />

Gala Presentation Visa<br />

Screening Room (Elgin)<br />

11:15 Short Cuts Canada:<br />

Programme #2 - 2012 (P&I)<br />

Short Cuts Canada Cinema 4<br />

- Paul & Leah Atkinson Family<br />

Cinema; Dead Europe<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 3<br />

11:30 No Place on Earth<br />

(P&I) TIFF Docs Scotiabank<br />

4; Night Across <strong>the</strong> Street<br />

(P&I) Masters Scotiabank 6<br />

11:45 <strong>The</strong> Deflowering of<br />

Eva van End (P&I) Discovery<br />

Scotiabank 9; Lines of<br />

Welling<strong>to</strong>n (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Cinema 5 - NBC<br />

Universal Cinema; <strong>The</strong> We<br />

and <strong>the</strong> I (Public) Vanguard<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 6;<br />

S<strong>to</strong>ries We Tell (Public)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Cinema 2<br />

12:00 When <strong>Day</strong> Breaks<br />

(P&I) Masters Scotiabank 8;<br />

Everybody Has a Plan (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 13; 9.79*<br />

(Public) TIFF Docs<strong>The</strong><br />

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema;<br />

Frances Ha (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Winter<br />

Garden <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

26<br />

12:15 Twice Born (P&I)<br />

Gala Presentation Scotiabank<br />

2; <strong>The</strong> Holy Quaternity<br />

(P&I) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Scotiabank<br />

11; <strong>The</strong> Great Kilapy (Public)<br />

Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cineplex Yonge<br />

& Dundas 10; <strong>The</strong> End of<br />

Time (Public) Masters<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2;<br />

Anna Karenina (Public)<br />

Special Presentation Isabel<br />

Bader <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

12:30 90 Minutes (P&I)<br />

Vanguard Scotiabank 7;<br />

Dredd 3D (Public) Midnight<br />

Madness Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 7; All That Matters<br />

is Past (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9<br />

12:45 Igor & <strong>the</strong> Cranes<br />

Journey (Public) TIFF Kids<br />

Cinema 3; What Maisie<br />

Knew (Public) Gala Presentation<br />

Cinema 1; Three Kids<br />

preceded by Peripeteia<br />

(Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 3<br />

13:00 Gebo and <strong>the</strong><br />

Shadow (P&I) Masters<br />

Scotiabank 1; Tabu<br />

(Public) Wavelengths<br />

Jackman Hall (AGO)<br />

13:15 Ship of <strong>The</strong>seus (P&I)<br />

City <strong>to</strong> City Scotiabank 10;<br />

Short Cuts Canada: Programme<br />

#1 - 2012 (Public)<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Cinema 4 - Paul & Leah<br />

Atkinson Family Cinema<br />

13:30 Thy Womb (P&I)<br />

Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 5;<br />

<strong>The</strong>rmae Romae (Public)<br />

Gala Presentation Roy<br />

Thomson Hall<br />

13:45 Outrage Beyond (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 3<br />

14:00 How <strong>to</strong> Make Money<br />

Selling Drugs (P&I) TIFF<br />

Docs Scotiabank 4; Gangs<br />

of Wasseypur: Part One<br />

(P&I) City <strong>to</strong> City Scotiabank<br />

9; 7 Boxes (P&I) Discovery<br />

Scotiabank 6<br />

14:15 Wasteland (P&I)<br />

Discovery Scotiabank 11; All<br />

That You Possess (P&I)<br />

Masters Scotiabank 8<br />

14:30 More Than Honey<br />

(P&I) TIFF Docs Scotiabank<br />

13; West of Memphis<br />

(Public) Mavericks Ryerson<br />

<strong>The</strong>atre; Much Ado About<br />

Nothing (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Visa Screening<br />

Room (Elgin); Hotel<br />

Transylvania (Public)<br />

TIFF Kids Princess of Wales<br />

15:00 <strong>The</strong> Walls of Dakar<br />

preceded by Joe Ouakam<br />

(P&I) TIFF Docs Cinema<br />

5 - NBC Universal Cinema;<br />

End of Watch (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Scotiabank 2;<br />

Call Girl (P&I) Discovery<br />

Scotiabank 7; Satellite<br />

Boy (Public) Discovery<br />

Cinema 2; Imogene (Public)<br />

Special Presentation <strong>The</strong><br />

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema<br />

15:15 <strong>The</strong> Color of <strong>the</strong> Chameleon<br />

(Public) Discovery<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas<br />

2; Jackie (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7;<br />

First Comes Love (Public)<br />

TIFF Docs Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 10; Blancanieves<br />

(Public) Discovery Cinema<br />

3; <strong>The</strong> Master (Public)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Cinema 1<br />

15:30 <strong>The</strong> Brass Teapot<br />

(Public) Discovery Isabel<br />

Bader <strong>The</strong>atre; Seven<br />

Psychopaths (Public) Midnight<br />

Madness Scotiabank<br />

1; Picture <strong>Day</strong> (Public)<br />

Discovery Cineplex Yonge<br />

& Dundas 6; Men at Lunch<br />

(Public) TIFF Docs Cineplex<br />

Yonge & Dundas 9<br />

15:45 Comrade Kim Goes<br />

Flying (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas<br />

3; Bitter Ash (Public) TIFF<br />

Cinema<strong>the</strong>que Cinema<br />

4 - Paul & Leah Atkinson<br />

Family Cinema<br />

16:00 differently, Molussia<br />

(Public) Wavelengths Jackman<br />

Hall (AGO)<br />

16:15 Hannah Arendt (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 3<br />

16:30 A Late Quartet (P&I)<br />

Special Presentation Scotiabank<br />

4; Everybody Has a<br />

Plan (Public WG + S2)<br />

Special Presentation Winter<br />

Garden <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

16:45 Come Out and Play<br />

(P&I) Midnight Madness<br />

Scotiabank 11<br />

17:15 Gangs of Wasseypur:<br />

Part Two (P&I) City <strong>to</strong> City<br />

Scotiabank 9; Baby Blues<br />

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(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cinema 5 - NBC<br />

Universal Cinema<br />

18:00 <strong>The</strong> Land of Hope<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Scotiabank 7;<br />

Cloud Atlas (P&I) Special<br />

Presentation Scotiabank 2;<br />

Road North (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 9;<br />

Painless (Public) Vanguard<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bloor Hot Docs Cinema;<br />

Inch’Allah (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Cinema 2;<br />

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a<br />

Pimp (Public) TIFF Docs<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas<br />

7; Cloud Atlas (Public)<br />

Special Presentation Princess<br />

of Wales; Amour (Public)<br />

Masters Visa Screening<br />

Room (Elgin)<br />

18:15 <strong>The</strong> Perks of Being<br />

a Wallflower (Public)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Ryerson <strong>The</strong>atre; <strong>The</strong> Land<br />

of Eb (Public) Discovery<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2;<br />

Short Cuts Canada: Programme<br />

#2 - 2012 (Public)<br />

Short Cuts Canada<br />

Cinema 4 - Paul & Leah<br />

Atkinson Family Cinema;<br />

Kon-tiki (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Cineplex Yonge<br />

& Dundas 6<br />

18:30 <strong>The</strong> Lebanese Rocket<br />

Society (Public) Wavelengths<br />

Cinema 3; Silver<br />

Linings Playbook (Public)<br />

Gala Presentation Roy<br />

Thomson Hall; Night Across<br />

<strong>the</strong> Street (Public) Masters<br />

Isabel Bader <strong>The</strong>atre;<br />

Lunarcy! (Public) TIFF Docs<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas<br />

10; Capital (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Scotiabank 1<br />

18:45 Love, Marilyn (P&I)<br />

Gala Presentation Scotiabank<br />

4; Everyday (Public)<br />

Masters Cinema 1<br />

19:00 American Masters:<br />

Inventing David Geffen<br />

(P&I) Mavericks Scotiabank<br />

11; <strong>The</strong> Girl From <strong>the</strong> South<br />

(Public) TIFF Docs Jackman<br />

Hall (AGO); <strong>The</strong> End<br />

(Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema Scotiabank<br />

3; Les Nuits avec <strong>The</strong>odore<br />

(Public) Discovery<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 3<br />

19:30 Juvenile Offender<br />

(P&I) Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cinema 5 - NBC<br />

Universal Cinema<br />

20:00 <strong>The</strong> Last Supper<br />

(Public) Special Presentation<br />

Winter Garden <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

21:00 Peaches Does<br />

Herself (P&I) Vanguard<br />

Scotiabank 9; <strong>The</strong> Attack<br />

(Public) Special Presentation<br />

Cinema 2; Thanks for<br />

Sharing (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Ryerson<br />

<strong>The</strong>atre; Something in <strong>the</strong><br />

Air (Public) Masters Visa<br />

Screening Room (Elgin);<br />

London - <strong>The</strong> Modern Babylon<br />

(Public) TIFF Docs <strong>The</strong><br />

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema; 90<br />

Minutes (Public) Vanguard<br />

27<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 2;<br />

Roman Polanski: Odd Man<br />

Out (Public) TIFF Docs<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 10<br />

21:15 <strong>The</strong> Crema<strong>to</strong>r (Public)<br />

Contemporary World Cinema<br />

Cinema 4 - Paul & Leah<br />

Atkinson Family Cinema;<br />

<strong>The</strong> Act of Killing (Public)<br />

TIFF Docs Scotiabank<br />

4; Wasteland (Public)<br />

Discovery Cineplex Yonge<br />

& Dundas 9<br />

21:30 Aftershock (P&I)<br />

Midnight Madness Scotiabank<br />

11; Yellow (Public)<br />

Special Presentation<br />

Cineplex Yonge & Dundas<br />

7; Watch<strong>to</strong>wer (Public)<br />

Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cinema 3; <strong>The</strong><br />

Reluctant Fundamentalist<br />

(Public) Gala Presentation<br />

Roy Thomson Hall; Shores<br />

of Hope (Public) Contemporary<br />

World Cinema<br />

Scotiabank 2; Once Upon a<br />

Time Was I, Veronica (Public)<br />

Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 3<br />

21:45 Eat Sleep Die (P&I)<br />

Discovery Cinema 5 -<br />

NBC Universal Cinema;<br />

Underground (Public)<br />

Contemporary World<br />

Cinema Cineplex Yonge &<br />

Dundas 6; <strong>The</strong> Secret Disco<br />

Revolution (Public) TIFF<br />

Docs Scotiabank 3; Tai Chi<br />

0 (Public) Special Presentation<br />

Scotiabank 1; Mumbais<br />

King (Public) City <strong>to</strong> City<br />

Isabel Bader <strong>The</strong>atre; End of<br />

Watch (Public) Special Presentation<br />

Princess of<br />

Wales; A Liar’s Au<strong>to</strong>biography:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Untrue S<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

of Monty Python’s Graham<br />

Chapman (Public) Special<br />

Presentation Cinema 1<br />

22:00 Wavelengths 2:<br />

Documenta (Public) Wavelengths<br />

Jackman Hall (AGO)<br />

23:59 No One Lives (Public)<br />

Midnight Madness Ryerson<br />

<strong>The</strong>atre THR<br />

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TORONTO MEMORIES<br />

1929<br />

CANADIAN GOLD<br />

She was born Gladys Marie Smith in Toron<strong>to</strong>, but it was as Mary Pickford<br />

that she would become “America’s Swee<strong>the</strong>art.” In 1929 she became<br />

<strong>the</strong> first Canadian <strong>to</strong> win an Oscar, for her starring role in Coquette.<br />

Pickford, pictured here with MPAA president William C. DeMille, cut<br />

her trademark ringlets for <strong>the</strong> role and such was her star power that<br />

<strong>the</strong> no-nonsense new bob was front-page news across America.<br />

28<br />

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A FILM BY Joana Hadjithomas AND Khalil Joreige<br />

LEBANESE<br />

R O C K E T<br />

S O C I E T Y<br />

THE<br />

<strong>The</strong> strange tale of <strong>the</strong> lebanese space race<br />

Supported through<br />

Doha Film Institute’s<br />

Middle East and North<br />

Africa (MENA) Film<br />

Financing Grants.<br />

Toron<strong>to</strong> International Film Festival Screenings<br />

Sat, 08/09 6:30 PM TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 – Public<br />

Sun, 09/09 12:00 PM Cinema 5 – NBC Universal Cinema – Press & Industry<br />

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