The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held in Toronto, Canada, is widely considered to be one of the top film festivals in the world. It is the premiere film festival in North America from which the Oscars race begins. It is the world's largest film festival open to the general public [1].
Check out the film reviews from this year's festival.
It's the final day of the fest, and to wrap up our TIFF coverage, Filmcatcher sits down with JANE SCHOETTLE, the TIFF's International Programmer, to talk about the Festival itself, its reputation, and its curatorial processes. Then, two documentary angles highlight the Western world's chronic misinterpretation of other cultures: NINA DAVENPORT's OPERATION FILMMAKER follows an Iraqi film student plunked onto a Hollywood film set, and A JIHAD FOR LOVE examines the lives of gay & lesbian Muslims, documented from within the faith by Muslim filmmaker PARVEZ SHARMA.
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Today, three very different offerings. First, back in time with two directors whose all-star casts animate very different facets of life in 1950's America, IRA SACHS' feature, MARRIED LIFE, and PETER ASKIN'S arthouse doc about the blacklisted screenwriter TRUMBO. Then we go meta, talking to film sales agent ANDREW HERWITZ about the kind of deals that happen behind the scenes at a festival like TIFF.
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Two filmmakers and an actor give us the lowdown: set in Beirut, CARAMEL is that rare bird of a Lebanese film that never mentions war. Filmmaker / actress NADINE LABAKI and newcomer actress YASMINE AL MASRI speak about the film and its story. Canadian director RICHIE MEHTA speaks about his first impressions of India, and his experience shooting AMAL, his first feature, there.
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Today Filmcatcher sits down with the directors of two very different films: AKE SANDGREN introduces us to the hard-hitting Danish film TO LOVE SOMEONE, and SCOTT HICKS (Shine) on his intimate documentary of composer Philip Glass, entitled, GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP IN TWELVE PARTS.
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DAVID AUBURN and PAPRIKA STEEN, both filmmakers who got their starts in theatre, talk about their work, and what it's like to switch hats.
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Today, three films about so-called "marginalized characters" in NYC. In a tough auto-repair shop (RAMIN BAHRANI's CHOP SHOP), a string of punk nightclubs (JAMES SPOONER's WHITE LIES, BLACK SHEEP, featuring AYINDE HOWELL), or the drumming circle in Central Park (THOMAS MCCARTHY's THE VISITOR), are these characters actually marginalized, or are they a quiet majority? Three filmmakers share their perspectives.
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Filmcatcher goes from Nazi Germany, with Austrian filmmaker STEFAN RUZOWITZKY and German actor KARL MARKOVICS speaking about the concentration camp movie THE COUNTERFEITERS, all the way to Colonial India, where filmmaker SANTOSH SIVAN talks about his latest, BEFORE THE RAINS.
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Today we hear from three directors: Romania's CRISTIAN MUNGIU on the Cannes hit 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS, ANTON CORBIJN, director of the Joy Division biopic CONTROL, and Canadian DARYL CLORAN, one-third of the filmmaking team behind the interactive feature LATE FRAGMENT.
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Today, Filmcatcher waited outside of two premiere screenings to get audience responses on two very different films: CAPTAIN MIKE ACROSS AMERICA, and HOU HSAIO-HSIEN's FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON. These films, starring MICHAEL MOORE and JULIETTE BINOCHE, are about as similar as a ballerina and a battleship- see what viewers had to say.
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We talk to TORONTO FILMGOERS to see what's on their minds on opening day. Their answers? Picking films, seeing stars, and of course, the long, long lineups. Hey- it's a big festival!
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The TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, currently in its 32nd year, is a huge, influential, 10-day fest, screening upwards of 300 films on 20+ screens in downtown Toronto (pop: 2.5 million). TIFF's programming is as diverse as the city it's based in, featuring an eclectic mix of indie films, mainstream Hollywood, international offerings and retrospectives. It's the starting line for the Academy Awards race, and the festival is world-renowned for its friendliness and public accessibility.
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