TIFF brass have announced the Primetime section, a nine-strong roster of series which includes Expats, Lulu Wang’s follow-up to The Farewell for Prime Video starring Nicole Kidman in the saga of a close-knit group of Hong Kong expatriates.
The selection includes Fremantle sales title Alice & Jack (UK) a Channel 4 romance from Victor Levin starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson; and All The Light We Cannot See (USA) from Shawn Levy and Steven Knight, a Netflix mini-series set in Occupied France that stars Aria Mia Loberti and Mark Ruffalo.
Among the selections flying the flag for Canada are Black Life: Untold Stories from Leslie Norville, who produced Matthew Heineman’s Covid documentary The First Wave; and Abenaki filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin’s Telling Our Story.
Anita Lee, TIFF chief programming officer, said: “TIFF audiences will be the first to see the Prime Video series Expats – Lulu Wang’s highly anticipated follow up to The Farewell, starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yo., a Pulitzer-Prize winning adaptation from Shawn Levy and Steven Knight, a high-octane Korean thriller, a brand new vision from the creator of Euphoria, an atypical love story between Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough, a contemporary Scandinavian tragedy, and three powerful Canadian series, all spotlighting underrepresented voices from an exciting new wave of storytellers.”
TIFF Primetime
All are world premieres unless indicated otherwise.
Alice & Jack (UK)
Victor Levin, Juho Kuosmanen, Hong Khaou
North American sales title
All The Light We Cannot See (USA)
Shawn Levy, Steven Knight
Bad Boy (Isr, pictured)
Hagar Ben-Asher, Ron Leshem, Daniel Chen, Roee Florentin, Moshe Malka, Amit Cohen, Daniel Amsel
North American sales title
Bargain (SK)
Byun Seung-min, Jeon Woo-sung
North American premiere
Black Life: Untold Stories (Can)
Leslie Norville
Bria Mack Gets A Life (Can)
Sasha Leigh Henry
Estonia (Fin-Swe-Bel-Est)
Miikko Oikkonen
North American sales title
Expats (USA)
Lulu Wang
Telling Our Story (Can)
Kim O’Bomsawin
World premiere - English language version.
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