TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEWS
Films du Losange unveils deals for Cannes 2020 title ‘My Best Part’ (exclusive)
Feature was among 30 new films showcased in Toronto’s TIFF Industry Selects this September.
Berlin joins industry calls for release of Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka
AMPAS member Kuka’s works include aKasha and Beats Of The Antonov.
‘Nomadland’ wins TIFF audience award
Oscar bellwether bodes well for Golden Lion winner
Solstice Studios buys TIFF title ‘Good Joe Bell’ in $20m worldwide deal
Distributor plans awards season run.
108 Media boards Italian romantic drama ‘The Fifth Taste’ ahead of shoot (exclusive)
Karin Proia, Angelo Orlando and Daphne Scoccia to star in Angelo Frezza’s romantic drama.
Vertical, Redbox buy TIFF selection 'Shadow In The Cloud'
Partners plans summer 2021 theatrical release.
The future is international and representative, say US producers Effie Brown and Mike Jackson
“There is a dividend in diversity,” agreed Neil Peplow, head of international at the BFI.
Hyde Park International talking to TIFF buyers on ‘Cicada 3301’ (exclusive)
Lionsgate’s Grindstone Entertainment Group holds North American rights.
Netflix buys ‘Malcolm & Marie’ as total TIFF spend climbs to $60m
Covid-safe romance filmed in California in midsummer.
Toronto 2020: Screen’s Dailies
Read the latest news, reviews, and features from the 2020 Toronto Film Festival.
Derek Cianfrance and Lenny Abrahamson on their love of George Romero and Mike Leigh
”I think delusion is your friend as an artist.”
Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ wins Venice 2020 Golden Lion
Vanessa Kirby wins best actress Coppa Volpi for Pieces Of A Woman.
Premiere launches TIFF sales on police shooting thriller ‘Blindfire’ (exclusive)
Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker) stars in story based on actual events.
Vanessa Kirby drama ‘Pieces Of A Woman’ lands at Netflix
Streamer makes second major play of autumn festival season.
Millennium wraps Covid-safe ‘Till Death’ shoot in Bulgaria, announces sales (exclusive)
Rights sell around the world including to Germany, France, Latin America and Thailand.
WaZabi acquires sales on Telluride selection ‘Soros’ (exclusive)
Jesse Dylan’s doc had unprecedented access to the billionaire philanthropist and activist.
Luke Hemsworth to lead supernatural war thriller ’Recoil’ for TKW, Evolutionary (exclusive)
Three soldiers marooned in the desert try to rescue a wounded girl.
M-Appeal sells ‘The Man With The Answers’ to US, UK (exclusive)
The summer road movie is a Cyprus-Greece-Italy co-production.
‘Star Wars’, ‘1917’ composers nominated for World Soundtrack Awards
The composers of ‘Little Women’, ‘Joker’ and ‘It Chapter Two’ scores also nominated.
Princ Films launches TIFF sales on ‘Crazy Samurai Musashi’ (exclusive)
The film features a 77-minute, single-shot action sequence.
Netflix circling $19m global deal on Halle Berry TIFF selection ‘Bruised’
Interet building on Concrete Cowboy, Pieces Of A Woman.
Raven Banner kicks off TIFF sales on ‘Evil Dead’ documentary (exclusive)
Indiecan Entertainment has acquired Canadian rights to ‘Hail To The Deadites’.
Arclight sells survival thriller ‘Let It Snow’ to Signature for UK, Australia (exclusive)
North American release set for later this month.
Rise of streaming threatens international sales model – Ted Hope
“We’re going to hit a golden age of new voices who are given free rein to explore their vision.”
Ireland-set Olivia Cooke caper ‘Pixie’ goes to Saban Films for North America
Paramount Pictures to distribute in UK and Ireland.
Films Boutique scores sales on buzzy Venice title ‘Dear Comrades!’ (exclusive)
Andrei Konchalovsky’s feature played in Competition on the Lido.
Colson Baker, Travis Fimmel board ‘One Way’ for Highland Film Group
Action thriller developed with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Ireland.
Streaming is transforming Hollywood's outdated ideas about inclusion, says TIFF panel
“It’s so easy to fall back on generalisations when projects don’t work.”
First Look: Naomi Ackie, Johnny Flynn, Will Poulter in Malachi Smyth’s ‘The Score’ (exclusive)
The heist musical began shooting in the UK last month.
TrustNordisk boards cancer comedy-drama ‘Nothing To Laugh About’ (exclusive)
’Elling’ director Petter Næss directs based on actor Odd Magnus Williamsom’s script.
France’s Pulsar, XYZ Films board hot Russian serial killer thriller ‘The Execution’ (exclusive)
Feature is produced by long-time Kirill Serebrennikov collaborator Hype Film in Moscow.
Cautious industry heads into TIFF with eyes wide open
“The finished film market is hot,” says one sales executive.
Reason8 sells ‘Joy Womack: The White Swan’ to US (exclusive)
Documentary follows the first American woman to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet.
Film Seekers boards Australian documentary ‘Envoy: Shark Cull’ (exclusive)
The film spotlights the archaic methods used in Australian shark control programmes.
Studiocanal launches world sales on Tomas Alfredson’s ‘The Jonsson Gang’
SF Studios will release the comedy in Sweden in December.
Pluto Film boards sales on TIFF Discovery title ‘180° Rule’ (exclusive)
Tehran-set drama is first film in a planned trilogy revolving around the theme of secrets and lies.
Bleiberg/Dimbort launches TIFF sales on James Darcy, Delroy Lindo sci-fi ‘LX 2048’ (exclusive)
Delroy Lindo, Anna Brewster, Gina McKee also star.
Curzon swoops on Cannes 2020, TIFF Discovery title ‘Spring Blossom’ (exclusive)
’Spring Blossom’ is being sold by Luxbox.
‘Waiting For The Barbarians’ secures key international deals
Germany, Australia, France among territories sold
François Ozon’s Cannes, TIFF entry ‘Summer Of 85’ lands US distributor
Music Box plans 2021 theatrical release.
Saban Films, Altitude strike UK-Ireland distribution pact (exclusive)
Partners will release 10 to 12 films a year in UK and Ireland.
Neon, Altitude team on Alex Gibney doc exploring Trump pandemic response
Altitude handles international sales.
AGC International launches TIFF sales on Donnie Yen thriller ‘The Father’
Tommy Wirkola to direct; production set for early 2021.
Neon acquires autumn festival selection ‘Night Of The Kings’
Memento Films International handles worldwide sales.
Myriad completes UK shoot on TIFF sales title ‘The Lost Girls’ (exclusive)
Livia De Paolis directs female take on Peter Pan story.
STXfilms to launch TIFF sales on ‘Queenpins’
Vince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser among cast.
Voltage boards TIFF sales on ‘The Last Job’ with Richard Dreyfuss, Mira Sorvino (exclusive)
Adam Lipsius to direct and produce.
Kaleidoscope boards Helen Mirren-narrated doc ‘Escape From Extinction’ (exclusive)
The film will screen to buyers at Toronto.
STX to sell international, Sony takes North America on Black Label’s ‘Devotion’
Producers target February 2021 start.
Mubi takes UK & Ireland on Ben Sharrock’s Cannes 2020, TIFF title ‘Limbo’ (exclusive)
Protagonist is handling worldwide sales.
Guy Ritchie, Miramax reunite on Jason Statham TIFF sales title ‘Five Eyes’
Principal photography set to commence in Europe in October.
Briarcliff, HanWay Films board Jamal Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’
“I am thrilled that the film will receive a truly independent release, detached from corporate and special interests.”
Arclight to launch TIFF sales on Paz Vega drama ‘Chasing Wonders’ (exclusive)
Film scheduled to premiere at Adelaide Film Festival on October 23.
Rodd Rathjen signs to direct iff project ‘No Friend But The Mountains’ (exclusive)
Story based on experiences of Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani on Australia’s notorious Manus Island asylum seeker camp.
Altitude, XYZ board sales for TIFF entry ‘Violation’ (exclusive)
Feminist revenge tale screens at TIFF on September 14.
‘After Love’, ‘Saint-Narcisse’, among 30 sales titles to join TIFF industry roster
Industry registration closes on September 2.
‘The Babadook’, ‘French Exit’ producers to discuss new projects at Ontario Creates iff
Roster of participants includes 44 female producers out of 73 in total.
STX to launch TIFF sales on Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo thriller ‘Copshop’
Open Road to distribute in US.
Amazon Studios pounces on TIFF selection ‘The Boy From Medellin’
Endeavor Content fully financed and handles world sales rights.
IDFA to honour Gianfranco Rosi at 2020 edition
Retrospective will feature new film Notturno which premieres at upcoming Venice Film Festival
SPC sets December theatrical release for awards contender ‘The Truffle Hunters’
Distributor pre-bought worldwide rights to Sundance premiere.
Toronto adds climate activism films, special events to roster
Industry Conference, talent development details.
Toronto brass explain how hybrid edition will work for international industry
Cameron Bailey, Joana Vicente and Diana Sanchez say digital festival and market components “are here to stay”.
Dogwoof picks up international sales on TIFF selection ‘76 Days’ (exclusive)
CAA Media Finance handles North American rights.
TIFF adds special events including new edition of Planet Africa, live talks series
Sundance hit The Truffle Hunters, The Way I See It join line-up.
ScreenDaily Talks: TIFF heads to discuss staging this year’s festival
Cameron Bailey, Joana Vicente and Diana Sanchez to talk about preparing slimmed-down, hybrid event.
TIFF sets Emerging Talent Award recipient, Halle Berry talk, 2020 Rising Stars
Festival line-up features 43% films directed, co-directed, or created by women.
WaZabi Films boards sales on TIFF-bound ‘Beans’ (exclusive)
Montreal sales agent also adds The Vinland Club to the roster.
Martin Scorsese boards Venice, TIFF entry ‘Pieces Of A Woman’ as executive producer
Bron Releasing handles world sales.
Anthony Hopkins, Chloe Zhao, Mira Nair to receive TIFF Tribute awards
Remote ceremony to be broadcast and streamed around the world.
TIFF unveils plans for traditional, digital, open air screenings
TIFF Special Events, ancillary screenings to be announced August 25.
Rediance picks up Venice title ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’ (exclusive)
Produced by Jia Zhangke, the film follows an aspiring journalist facing a moral dilemma while investigating a story.
Toronto Film Festival unveils line-up, Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ to close festival
Films include ’Ammonite’, ’Notturno’, ’New Order’ and ’Penguin Bloom’.
The Match Factory boards Michel Franco’s Venice/TIFF drama ‘New Order’ (exclusive)
Dystopian drama has been selected for Toronto and will debut at Venice in competition.
Amazon plans awards run for Regina King feature debut, TIFF entry ’One Night In Miami’
Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr., Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Aldis Hodge star.
Venice, Toronto, New York, Telluride team up for Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’
The film has been selected as part of a previously announced alliance between select autumn festivals.
Toronto, New York film festivals press ahead with plans despite Telluride cancellation
The two big North American festivals say physical iterations in some form remain on course.
Kate Winslet to receive TIFF Tribute Actor Award
Oscar-winning actress stars in ’Ammonite’, which is set to receive its world premiere at TIFF.
Major autumn festivals pledge to stop competing for films this year
Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York chiefs sign open letter.
Luxbox reveals first deals for Cannes 2020 title ‘Spring Blossom’ (exclusive)
Paris-set tale is debut feature of director and actress Suzanne Lindon.
Toronto Film Festival unveils hybrid September event, slimmed-down selection
Ammonite, Another Round among 2020 Cannes selections set to receive physical world premieres.