TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEWS
Embattled Row K pulls out of CinemaCon presentation
Start-up distributor is pivoting strategy towards more commercial slate.
Row K reviewing strategy amid reports of unpaid bills, schedule confusion
Uncertainty hangs over ‘Poetic License’, ‘Cliffhanger’.
17 film festivals receive official ‘A’-list classification as part of major FIAPF revamp
EXCLUSIVE: Annecy, Busan and Clermont-Ferrand are among those now with an ‘A’ classification.
James McAvoy’s ‘California Schemin’’ lands US deal
Hip-hop escapade closed Glasgow fest, premeired at TIFF.
Top film festival directors rally in defence of Berlinale’s Tricia Tuttle
Letter is signed by leading festival directors including Cannes’ Thierry Frémaux, Locarno’s Giona A. Nazzaro and Sundance’s Eugene Hernandez.
Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers’ sells for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: A theatrical release is planned for May 15.
Sophy Romvari’s Locarno, Toronto winner ‘Blue Heron’ acquired for UK-Ireland release
EXCLUSIVE: Film won Locarno’s First Feature award and Toronto’s Canadian Discovery prize.
Mister Smith Entertainment boards Toronto, Rotterdam comedy ‘Maddie’s Secret’
EXCLUSIVE: Film is the directorial debut of US comedian and actor John Early.
Dorota Lech named festival director of Poland’s New Horizons
The experienced Lech joins from the Toronto film festival, where she has been a programmer since 2013.