On 28 july 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the festival was announced. Sep 25, 2019 pelican blood is hard to watch at times, especially when it becomes clear that a mothers love can only do so much. Jeanmarc vallees demolition starring jake gyllenhaal and naomi watts was the opening night film. Marco lopez, a former neonazi and skinhead, tries to leave his violent, racist and hateful past behind him. What bingewatching bloody movies at tiff taught us about. Tiff 2015 platform lineup features highrise collider. The singeractoricons movie hustlers will make its world premiere at this years toronto international film festival. With isabelle huppert, marisa tomei, jeremie renier, pascal greggory. Theres one particular scene that had my audience literally screaming, and that kind of communal response to a horror movie is still such a unique joy. A special midnight screening of the cannibal film raw at the toronto international film festival reportedly turned into a medical situation when an audience member took ill. Jeanmarc vallee s demolition starring jake gyllenhaal and naomi watts was the opening night film.
We watched them and rated them, now read all about them. With 41 french coproductions debuting at last years toronto international film festival, the event has evolved into an important platform for the countrys film industry, offering premieres that outnumber french debuts at cannes. Here are the top 10 foreign films to see at tiff 2016. Blood ties, a remake of the 2008 french film les liens du sang. Just as toronto kicks off the awards season in north america, it also serves the same purpose for the french films. Livingstone, here in a version by british singer judge dread proves that the makers of this film really had no idea what skinhead culture is really about. From anomalisa to london road, we rank the best and worst films from the 2015 toronto film festival. Pelican blood is hard to watch at times, especially when it becomes clear that a mothers love can only do so much. Aug, 2015 tiff 2015 platform lineup features ben wheatleys highrise by perri nemiroff august, 2015 sky starring diane kruger, norman reedus and lena dunham is also set for a world premiere. The man struggles to take distance with his neonazi friends and all their doings. The globes guide to tiff 2018 movies the globe and mail. To the law of men, the young antigone apposes her own sets of values. Blood ties is a 20 francoamerican crime thriller film directed by guillaume canet and starring clive owen, billy crudup, marion cotillard, mila kunis and matthias schoenaerts.
Sep 10, 2019 the best movies we saw at the 2019 toronto international film festival. French blood by spanning two decades, this portrait of a french neonazi illustrates such a characters capacity to change, but fails to show how that transformation occurs. Netflix acquires spanish scifi film the platform out of. Aug 23, 2017 the top 10 foreign films to see at tiff 2017 film. Right by paco cabezas was the closing night film the years edition included two new. Sep, 2016 outside of its tiff writeup i knew next to nothing about raw, french director julia ducournaus coming of age cannibalism film.
Marco alban lenoir is a member of front national, a whitesupremacist group in france. The other great french film magazine gets the history it deserves in this roundup of the best film and filmrelated books on the shelves of tiff shop apr 20, 2017 short read,interview. A modern adaptation of the classic greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. French blood by spanning two decades, this portrait of a french neonazi illustrates such a characters capacity to change, but. Right by paco cabezas was the closing night film the years edition included two new sections called platform and. Revenge is a glossy, modern story with no compunctions about graphic male. Oct 23, 2015 there is nothing pretty about french blood, the second feature film by the french writerdirector diasteme, that has world premiered last month in the platform section at tiff. Reviewing the movie for the times, robert abele praised the performances by chu and lee, while also writing, if you think of second features as pitfalls of either sameness or overreach, chon. Three generations grappling with a lifechanging experience during one day of a vacation in sintra, portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairytale villas and palaces.
It was selected to screen in the platform section of the 2015 toronto international film festival. The second mostanticipated buzz film of 2018, barry jenkins if beale street could talk, was the runnerup for tiff s grolsch peoples choice award. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. With sofia boutella, romain guillermic, souheila yacoub, kiddy smile. In the wake of its world premiere last weekend as part of the midnight madness section of the toronto international film festival, director galder. It was selected to screen in the platform section of. Netflix acquires spanish scifi film the platform out of tiff. Sep 21, 2017 what bingewatching bloody movies at tiff taught us about the modern horror genre mary shelley is a gothic romance that cant be raised from the dead view all 11 stories.
This drama covers two decades in the life of a french white supremacist, as the political party hes involved with grows in power. A former neonazi and skinhead, marco lopez, tries to get his violent, racist and hateful past behind him. Lead alban lenoir reveals a varied range, between ultraviolence and an intense inner life, with equal intensity. Debuting french writerdirector coralie fargeat goes the full grindhouse with flair, channeling a female gaze and a wicked sense of humor into a rape payback thriller that churns a river of blood. Outside of its tiff writeup i knew next to nothing about raw, french director julia ducournaus coming of age cannibalism film. Another french film at tiff, let the corpses tan, struck me in the same way, though it couldnt be more different. The best movies we saw at the 2019 toronto international film festival. What bingewatching bloody movies at tiff taught us about the modern horror genre mary shelley is a gothic romance that cant be raised from the dead view all 11 stories. With nahema ricci, rawad elzein, antoine desrochers, sebastien beaulac. Tiff bell lightbox 1 tiff bell lightbox 2 tiff bell lightbox 3 tiff bell lightbox 4 12. Portuguesebulgariancantonesecatalanchechenchinesecreoleczechdanish dutchdzongkhaenglishfarsifilipinofinnishfrenchgaliciangeorgiangerman. This is the 2017 midnight madness horror film most likely to take genre nuts by surprise.
Writerdirector diasteme chronicles members of frances skinhead movement. With alban lenoir, samuel jouy, paul hamy, olivier chenille. French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. Sep 14, 2016 a special midnight screening of the cannibal film raw at the toronto international film festival reportedly turned into a medical situation when an audience member took ill. It was selected to screen in the platform section of the 2015 toronto international. Like the others in the group, marco believes in an us versus them mentality and wars against the. Here the fresh starter is a french factory worker named edit who moves to tangiers to keep her job.
At tiff 2019 there are so many films to look forward to, from major world. Sep 19, 2017 standout movies from tiff to look forward to a smart teen comedy, a sharp political satire, and a great movie about the worlds worst movie are all worth keeping on your radar. The prize, historically, has presaged an eventual best picture oscar nominee and, in some cases, a. The 40th annual toronto international film festival was held from 10 to 20 september 2015. And she does so with ample style, remarkable tension, decidedly french black humor, and more blood than i believe the human body actually contains. Every movie sold so far, from dads to true history of the kelly gang updating apple tv plus has already made its mark in toronto, and the big sales are yet to come. Guillaume canets blood ties not only tells a story thats been wrought so often, but, worse yet, in a manner that lacks the raw, rough, and ready energy of those films which influenced it. Most of the major international film festivals, such as the cannes film festival, berlin, sundance, among many others, have already passed, and by now the public and critics have already taken note of the most important films that can be considered the great. The prize, historically, has presaged an eventual best picture oscar nominee and, in some cases, a winner. Tags fantastic fest film festival pelican blood about deirdre crimmins. French blood is a 2015 french drama film written and directed by diasteme.