TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEWS
Canadian distribution veteran Charles Tremblay named head of TIFF: The Market
EXCLUSIVE: Executive most recently served at Mubi.
TIFF sales package ‘Kockroach’ to star Channing Tatum, Oscar Isaac, Zazie Beetz
Black Bear kicking off international sales next week; CAA Media Finance, Range Select will co-rep US rights.
Neon acquires worldwide rights to horror ‘Hokum’ starring Adam Scott
Cweature Features joins as co-producer alongside Image Nation, Spooky Pictures, and Team Thrives.
Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen in talks to star in ‘Babies’, AGC and Monarch to co-finance
AGC Studios, CAA Media Finance jointly represent worldwide rights.
Canada’s h264 acquires Metafilms drama ‘Lay Me By The Shore’ with Sean Harris
EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director David Findlay shooting in Vancouver and environs through September 5.
TIFF Discovery selection ‘Oca’ lands worldwide sales agent
EXCLUSIVE: Natalia Solián stars as nun on a pilgrimage.
Mona Fastvold's Venice Competition title ‘The Testament Of Ann Lee’ boarded for sales
Mona Fastvold directs the feature, with Amanda Seyfried in the lead.
Projects involving Lulu Wang, Lily Gladstone head to 20th Ontario Creates International Financing Forum
EXCLUSIVE: Forty projects to be presented at TIFF next month.
TIFF to honour Idris Elba, Nina Hoss, Jafar Panahi, Catherine O’Hara
Channing Tatum, Zacharias Kunuk, Kazu Hiro will also be honoured at TIFF’s biggest fundraiser on September 7.
Toronto-bound Singapore drama ‘Amoeba’ lands at Diversion
EXCLUSIVE: The coming-of-age film marks the feature directorial debut of Siyou Tan.
Magnify boards international sales on Venice world premiere ‘Barrio Triste’
EXCLUSIVE: Music video director Stillz makes feature debut for EDGLRD, WeOwnTheCity.
Former Screen Future Leader Danielle Gasher’s Vaneast to launch sales in TIFF on ‘The Confession’
EXCLUSIVE: Will Canon, whose credits include 2010 SXSW audience winner Brotherhood, wrote and directed.
TIFF Industry Conference to introduce Buyers In Focus series alongside panels, conversations
Event runs September 5-9.
Features from UK, Canada, Nigeria among TIFF Industry Selects line-up
Curated annual showcase brings sample of “standout, audience-ready” sales titles.
TIFF reinstates October 7 doc ‘The Road Between Us’
”Both TIFF and the filmmakers have heard the pain and frustration expressed by the public and we want to address this together.”
MPX to commence sales in TIFF on ‘All There Is’ with Jason Priestley, Mena Suvari
EXCLUSIVE: Gen Z drama also stars Laurel Marsden, Elsie Fisher.
Hyde Park International eyes TIFF sales launch on Tribeca prize winner ‘The Knife’
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Duplass among executive producers.
TIFF working with filmmakers to screen ‘The Road Between Us’; fest head rejects censorship claim as “unequivocally false”
“I remain committed to working with the filmmaker to meet TIFF’s screening requirements.”
True Colours boards Toronto premiere ‘Between Dreams And Hope’ and Venice feature ‘Orfeo’
EXCLUSIVE: Rome-based sales outfit True Colours takes on sales for films by Iran’s Farnoosh Samadi and Italy’s Virgilio Villoresi.
Toronto withdraws invitation for Canadian doc ‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’
TIFF statement claims the filmmakers did not secure “legal clearance of all footage”.
Magnet acquires Tribeca supernatural thriller ‘Man Finds Tape’
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films to continue international sales at TIFF next month.
Toronto adds world premieres of Claire Denis’ ‘The Fence’, Pablo Trapero’s ‘& Sons’
North American premieres for Park Chan-wook’s Venice-bound ‘No Other Choice’.
TIFF In Conversation With… series includes Park Chan-wook, Dwayne Johnson, Tessa Thompson
Ryan Reynolds, Nia DaCosta, Project Y co-stars Han So-hee and Jun Jong-seo also expected on stage.
TIFF unveils 25th edition of Wavelengths strand
Eight features, a special pairing, and three shorts programmes.
‘Jaws’, ‘Sholay’ to screen in TIFF Classics
4K restorations include Manoel de Oliveira’s children’s tale Aniki-Bóbó, Iranian New Wave pioneer Bahram Beyzaie’s Bashu, The Little Stranger.
TIFF Primetime to premiere ‘Black Rabbit’ starring Jude Law, ‘Wayward’ with Sarah Gadon, Toni Collette
World premieres include FX drama The Lowdown from Reservation Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo.
TIFF Docs to showcase new work from ‘Free Solo’ directors, Laura Poitras, Gianfranco Rosi
Toronto festival brings 23 titles from 18 countries, and 16 world premieres.
‘Can I Get A Witness?’ starring Sandra Oh picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The film will be released theatrically on September 19.
Toronto unveils 2025 Centrepiece lineup
New work includes Haifaa Al Mansour’s ‘Unidentified’, Kirk Jones’s ‘I Swear’, Charli XCX in ‘Erupcja’.
TIFF Tribute Awards for Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster, Hikari, Lee Byung Hun
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, starring Lee, added to festival’s North American premieres.
TIFF Midnight Madness world premieres include Ben Wheatley’s ‘Normal’ and Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’
Seven world premieres and one international premiere feature in section schedule.
Toronto unveils Discovery selection with 23 world premieres
Alt comedian John Early’s Maddie’s Secret opens the section.
Nine world premieres set for Toronto competitive auteur section Platform
Carlos Marqués-Marcet, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Chloé Robichaud named as section jury.
‘Christy’ starring Sydney Sweeney, Alice Winocour’s ‘Couture’ among latest Toronto world premieres
Fest to showcase new work from David Mackenzie, Isabel Coixet, directorial debuts by Brian Cox, James McAvoy.
Indie Sales woos buyers to TIFF closing night comedy ‘Peak Everything’
EXCLUSIVE: Canadian director Anne Emond’s film debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in May.
Chloe Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’, Paul Greengrass’ ‘The Lost Bus’ among TIFF first wave
50th edition festival runs September 4-14 in Toronto.
TIFF first wave includes Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers’, Nia DaCosta’s ‘Hedda’
The special presentations come from the UK, Spain/Italy, South Korea, the US and Canada.
Mike Flanagan on returning to indie filmmaking with ‘The Life Of Chuck’
The Stephen King adaptation won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF 2024.
Toronto Film Festival to open with Colin Hanks’ ‘John Candy: I Like Me’
Hanks’ film is produced by Ryan Reynolds.
FIAPF issues robust statement to defend film festivals from ‘unprecedented attacks’
EXCLUSIVE: Festival accrediation body publishes public statement to reaffirm artistic and operational independence of film festivals.