Toronto features – Page 5
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: Ladj Ly talks new film ‘Les Indésirables’ and turning anger into art
Four years after his explosive debut feature Les Misérables, Ladj Ly returns with follow-up Les Indésirables. The French filmmaker speaks to Screen.
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FeaturesRhombus Media head Niv Fichman talks TIFF premiere ‘Seven Veils’, lifelong friendship with Atom Egoyan
Canadian indie veteran also has The Sympathizer for HBO in the works.
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Features‘The Promised Land’ team talk collaborating with star Mads Mikkelsen and the historical epic's complex shoot
Director Nikolaj Arcel and producer Louise Vesth discuss the three-country film shoot for their 18th-century epic.
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FeaturesTIFF head of industry Geoff Macnaughton talks the market, Industry Conference, and Primetime
“Our audience is such an important part of the experience for both sellers and buyers.”
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Elevation Pictures’ Laurie May on cold plunges, Bono, and the book she gives to staff
”We’re hybrid but I love when we’re in the office because you just want that energy.”
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FeaturesTIFF CEO Cameron Bailey: ‘We will remind the industry why movies matter and why independent film matters’
Head of North America’s largest film festival on strike impact, line-up highlights, what makes TIFF unique.
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FeaturesToronto 2023 preview: Screen’s guide to the Platform and Midnight Madness titles
Toronto International Film Festival runs September 7-17.
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FeaturesToronto 2023 preview: Screen’s guide to the Gala and Special Presentations
Toronto International Film Festival runs September 7-17.
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FeaturesVenice and Toronto stand-out titles: awards contenders and arthouse gems
Screen’s critics have picked out the titles to watch from TIFF and Venice.
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FeaturesFive takeaways from TIFF 2022
Many attendees said it felt like the North American festival was properly back in action.
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FeaturesWord of Mouth - Robyn Citizen: “I’m a very big David Cronenberg fan”
TIFF’s director of festival programming on the podcasters and critics who help frame her personal viewing
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FeaturesMary Harron talks TIFF closing night film ‘Dalíland’, her portrait of Salvador Dali’s “crazy” marriage
The Canadian director on shooting in Wales and keeping Ezra Miller in her final cut.
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FeaturesMaking ‘The Wonder’: Sebastian Lelio on his Ireland-set ‘fasting girls’ drama starring Florence Pugh
‘The Wonder’ is Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio’s third English-language feature
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Features‘Unruly’ director Malou Reymann talks TIFF Discovery title: “It’s scary how relevant it is”
Danish writer/director Malou Reymann tells Screen about combining historical truth with contemporary emotional resonance in Discovery title Unruly.
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Features‘Sisu’ director Jalmari Helander on Tarantino influences, shooting in Lapland
Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander tells Screen about his action-packed, Nazi-fighting tale Sisu, which premieres in TIFF’s Midnight Madness.
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FeaturesBasil Khalil on changing the narrative with TIFF title ‘A Gaza Weekend’
Khalil wanted to portray Gazans as people, not victims, persevering with Discovery title A Gaza Weekend as world events took a familiar turn.
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FeaturesStrong UK presence in Toronto line-up masks challenges for independent producers back home
UK titles at TIFF this year include The Swimmers, Allelujah and The Lost King.
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FeaturesDirector Frances O’Connor on casting Emma Mackey in ‘Emily’: “She just blew me away in the room”
Acclaimed actor O’Connor’s feature directorial debut stars Emma Mackey as Wuthering Heights author Emily Bronte.
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Features‘Cuties’ director Maimouna Doucouré on her new project ‘Hawa’
Hawa is about a young albino girl living in Paris with her grandmother who sets her sights on getting adopted by Michelle Obama.
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Features‘War Sailor’ director Gunnar Vikene on making Norway's most expensive film
The film screens as part of Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section.