On Thursday the Tiff begins, which will have numerous firstfruits in its program. In addition to the films of the Argentines, “Frankenstein” by Guillermo del Toro and “Hamnet” by Chloé Zhao will be seen.
From Toronto – This Thursday, and until Sunday14, the Toronto Festival (TIFF), which celebrated its first edition in 1976. It is preceded by the Venice Festival and followed, three weeks later, by the New York Film Festival.
Unlike Venice, Tiff is more eclectic since, although, it presents about fifty world premieres, it also exhibits films of previous festivals (Berlin, Cannes) and even Venice. This last fact is significant since, for those who do not attend the Biennale, Toronto offers them the opportunity to see, for the first time, many firstfruits, films not exhibited in the American continent.
Where the Canadian festival takes the lead is in the market That, without reaching the level of Cannes, it is the main site where movie distributors and sales agents gather. Tiff has already announced that next year a market (expanded) of films for sale will have been created.
Recently, the Indiewire specialized site selected 42 films of some of the main festivals and only 6 are presented by all three. One of these titles, “Our land”, He is Argentine meaning the return to direction, after eight years (“Zama”, 2017), of Lucrecia Martel. It is a documentary about the death of the Tucumano activist Daniel Chocobar.
In addition to the film by the remarkable director of “La Ciénaga” and “The headless woman”there is another Argentine filmmaker who returns to the management after several years. It’s about Pablo Traperowho in 2015 presented, both in Venice and Toronto, “El Clan”. The singular thing is that his new feature film came at the last moment, only to Toronto. “& Sons”, Such his curious title is the first to film in English with the appeal that two of his central interpreters (Bill Night, Imelda Staunton) British actors are hierarchical.
There is an attempt and preliminary list of ten possible English -speaking Oscar. Some of them will be exhibited in Toronto, as is the case of “Frankenstein” of Guillermo del Torowhich will be presented with an uninhabitual duration (150 minutes) for a version of the novel of Mary Shelley.
Another film that generates high expectations is “Hamnet” by Chloé Zhaowho won the Oscar in the worst year of the pandemic (2020) with “Nomadland.” His new film refers to the story of Agnes (Jessie Buckley), William Shakespeare’s wife (the real name of the woman was Anne Hathaway, but the script chose “Agnes”). The bard is interpreted by Paul Mescal. The title of the film is the name of one of the children of marriage. It will have its world premiere in Toronto and will not be exhibited neither in Venice nor in New York.
The French presence in Canada will be copious, with some titles that stand out. “The Wizard of The Kremlin” of Olivier Assayaswith a duration that exceeds slightly two and a half hours, it will make a lot of noise since the “magician” of the title is none other than Vladimir Putin.
Other titles that should be retained are: “The Captive” by Alejandro Amenábar, “Franz” by Agnieszka Holland (about Kafka), “The Christophers” by Steven Soderbergh and “The currents”, Third Argentine film of Milagros Mumenthaler.
Source: Ambito
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