The Toronto Film Festival has confirmed that Russian-Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova will screen her controversial documentary Russians at war Friday after the world premiere in Venice. “The film will open in North America later this week as scheduled,” TIFF organizers said in a statement Wednesday. A representative for Trofimova said the Toronto-based filmmaker had no … Read more
Paul Anka performed “My Way,” the signature song made famous in 1969 by Frank Sinatra, onstage at a post-premiere dinner for Paul Anka: His Waya documentary about the Canadian singer-songwriter legend, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The celebratory dinner at Toronto’s Union Station saw Anka, now 83, recount a career … Read more
Cate Blanchett thanked underwear maker Knix for sponsoring her TIFF Tribute Award on Sunday night, which was ironic because the Elizabeth AND Carol Apparently, the actress went all out to attend the glittering festival event. “I don’t actually wear underwear,” Blanchett revealed, jokingly or not, while wearing a long party dress on stage at the … Read more
Julia Stuart, Director of Sky Original Film, leads a team that acquires exclusive rights and commissions the production of original feature films for the Sky Cinema platform and for theatrical distribution. Stuart and his team have brought several major titles to Sky, including Michael Mann's Ferrari, May December with Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, e … Read more
Dr. Harvey Keitel (Insect, pulp Fiction), Faye Dunaway (Bonnie and ClydeChinatown) and Cheech Marin (Nash Bridges) are featured in an exclusive preview image from the time-travel romance film Destiny. Directed by Jonathan Baker (Lionsgate's Inconceivablestarring Nicolas Cage, Gina Gershon and Dunaway), the film, which recently wrapped production in Vancouver, also features Andrew McCarthy (The Blacklist), … Read more
Dan O'Meara heads up nonfiction at independent publisher Neon, where he recently worked on films such as Andrew McCarthy's Brat Pack Brats and the GameStop stock document The Rise of the PlayersHe will be present at the Toronto Film Festival with the documentary Men of War. Described by TIFF programmers as “Rambo meets Fyre Fest,” … Read more
Independent film production, financing, and sales company XYZ Films, based in L.A., knows genre fare better than most, “elevated genre” that is. Founded in 2008 by Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, and Nick Spicer, it has made a name for itself with its focus on such international genre movies as Gareth Evans‘ cult classic The Raid and Panos … Read more
The Toronto Film Festival returned to the Hollywood star power scene on Thursday after the strikes, with Ben Stiller and director David Gordon Green giving a glittering launch for their opening film Nutcracker. Gordon Green introduced Stiller to a crowd at Roy Thomson Hall in the Canadian city that seemed ready for film festival fun … Read more
On Thursday, protesters disrupted the opening screening of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), chanting against the Royal Bank of Canada, the festival’s official partner bank. The protest took place during the opening screening of David Gordon Green's film Nutcrackerstarring Ben Stiller, held at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre prior to an opening screening held … Read more