Visit Films has expanded its TIFF sales slate and will handle world rights on LGBTQ+ teen coming-of-age drama Soft (previously announced by the festival as Pussy) and world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Indigenous anthology feature We Are Still Here.
Toronto filmmaker Joseph Amenta’s Soft follows three adolescent queer friends who live in the underbelly of Toronto. With summer break upon them, they revel in their newfound freedom, roaming the city and becoming enraptured in the nightlife scene.
When a friend of the group goes missing, the bond between the trio is tested as they band together to look for answers. The film stars Matteus Lunot, Zion Matheson, Harlow Joy, Miyoko Anderson, and Trevor Hayes. Alexandra Roberts and Danny Sedore produced through Push Pictures, and executive producers are Alyson Richards, James Hyslop, and Alex Jordan.
In We Are Still Here, 10 leading Indigenous filmmakers weave together eight tales in a sweeping saga about hope and survival. Traversing 1,000 years from the past to the future, the film explores kinship, loss, grief, and resilience among Indigenous communities from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The film received its world premiered as opening night selection at Sydney Film Festival. Directors are Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, and Chantelle Burgoyne.
Producers are Mia Henry-Teirney, Mitchell Stanley, and Toni Stowers through No Coincidence Media and Mārama Productions. Executive producers are David Jowsey, Christina Milligan, and Richard Fletcher.
Visit president Ryan Kampe said, “It is really important, in this corporate media-dominated environment, to continue to champion films from marginalised or under-represented communities. Both of these works help us to understand the world through the lenses of directors that are telling authentic stories about their communities. I am proud that we can work with them to bring their visions to the TIFF audience and the global film audience.”
As previously announced, Visit is selling TIFF teen dramedy world premiere I Like Movies from Canadian filmmaker Chandler Levack.
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