The Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Primetime section of international series has unveiled a line-up including Carrie, Mike Flanagan’s take on the Stephen King story, Below, a Josh Hartnett-led horror miniseries for Netflix, and American Hostage, a Shawn Ryan episodic thriller starring Jon Hamm.
The line-up takes in eight world premieres, one international premiere and one North American premiere, with one or two episodes to screen from each series alongside conversations with casts and creators.
Canadian project Below, set in a Newfoundland fishing town, will be the section’s opening night offering, and Carrie, a new version of the classic horror yarn from Amazon MGM Studios, takes the closing night slot.
Also in the selection are A24’s US horror-comedy Crystal Lake and season six of Apple TV’s UK-shot hit Slow Horses. From Australia comes 2.6 Seconds: Death In The Outback, from Germany Blindspot Berlin and from Brazil Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically.
This year’s TIFF runs September 10-20. Primetime selections appear in alphabetical order below (world premieres except where indicated).
2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback (Australia)
Darren Dale
Alice (France-Canada)
Virginie Verrier, Guillaume Lonergan
American Hostage (US)
Shawn Ryan, Eileen Myers, Adam Arkin
Below (Canada)
Jesse McKeown
Opening series
Blindspot Berlin (Germany)
David Nawrath
Carrie (Canada-US)
Mike Flanagan
Closing series
Crystal Lake (US)
Brad Caleb Kane, Michael Lennox
Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically (Brazil)
Marcelo Gomes, Carol Minêm
North American premiere
Slow Horses (UK-US)
Will Smith, Adam Randall
International premiere
YAGA (Canada)
Kat Sandler, Rachel Talalay, David Frazee
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