TIFF 2019
ARRAY Releasing has acquired worldwide rights excluding Canada to the drama ‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open’, expanding the company’s slate of inclusive films. ARRAY founder Ava DuVernay said that the company plans a release for the Canadian film later this fall.
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Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to TIFF opener Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band ahead of its opening night world premiere slot on Thursday.
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Belgian sales company Best Friend Forever (BFF) has acquired worldwide rights excluding the US and Canada on The Twentieth Century, the feature debut of Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin.
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Voltage Pictures has launched worldwide sales excluding Canada on The Rest Of Us starring Heather Graham, which receives its world premiere in TIFF Discovery tomorrow.
screendaily.comMatthew Rankin’s first film uses the former Prime Minister as an avatar to explore the anxieties associated with duty and honour, shame and sex.
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Cinephiles take note! Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan’s Guest of Honour will make its anticipated world premiere on September 3 at the Venice International Film Festival, whose 76th edition takes place from August 28 to September 7, 2019. The feature, which is directed, written, and also produced by the two-time Oscar-nominated Egoyan, is a contender for…
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Canada’s audiovisual industry is gearing up for the Toronto International Film Festival, which takes over Toronto from September 5 to 15, 2019! From screenings to a special RDV Canada panel series, events, and more, we’ve got a full slate of programming you won’t want to miss, all to help our industry and talent network and…
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A Brexit-inspired comedy written by Sally Potter and new work from The Florida Project producer Kevin Chinoy are among the line-up at Ontario Creates’ 14th International Financing Forum (iff), set to take place from Sept 8-9 in association with and during the Toronto International Film Festival
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Birks , the official jewelry sponsor of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Telefilm Canada today announced the honourees for the annual Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film. The Tribute, taking place on Wednesday, September 4 at a luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel, celebrates Canada’s diverse film landscape by way of its storytellers on both…
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Oscilloscope Laboratories acquired U.S. rights to filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s debut feature, The Twentieth Century, a film that will make its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters before a rollout to digital platforms.
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With the 44th Toronto International Film Festival just around the corner from September 5 to 15, 2019, we can’t wait to welcome the world to Canada for this major film fest, which brings the industry’s top players, talent, and projects to Toronto. (Of course, Canada will be going big at TIFF, ready to support and…
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For the first time in its history, the Toronto International Film Festival will open with a Canadian-made documentary.
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