Netflix's new Brazilian hit, Criminal Code, featured a remarkable cast of Brazilian stars as they unpack the crime underbelly of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay.
Directed by Pedro Morelli and Heitor Dhalia, Criminal Code is an eight-part series that revolves around the stories of police officers and criminals alike. It is based on a real-life robbery that took place in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay in 2017.
Criminal Code made its premiere on Netflix on November 14.
Read full article on The Direct.
Directed by Pedro Morelli and Heitor Dhalia, Criminal Code is an eight-part series that revolves around the stories of police officers and criminals alike. It is based on a real-life robbery that took place in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay in 2017.
Criminal Code made its premiere on Netflix on November 14.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 11/16/2023
- by Aeron Mer Eclarinal
- The Direct
Telling a story within a story within a story, the sci-fi comedy Zoom concerns a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director who all have a hand in telling the story of the others life, despite living in different dimensions. Starring Allison Pill, Gael García Bernal, and Tyler Labine, today we have an exclusive clip from the feature, which is Nsfw (if you glance at the wallpaper).
The sophomore feature from Pedro Morelli, off a script penned by first-time screenwriter Matt Hensen, this exclusive clip introduces Pill’s character, a comic book artist who is dreaming of the perfect body, and we can see some satirical elements come into play as she meets to discuss cosmetic surgery. Check out the clip below for the film now in limited release and available on VOD.
Zoom is a fast-paced, pop-art inspired, multi-plot contemporary comedy. The film consists of three seemingly...
The sophomore feature from Pedro Morelli, off a script penned by first-time screenwriter Matt Hensen, this exclusive clip introduces Pill’s character, a comic book artist who is dreaming of the perfect body, and we can see some satirical elements come into play as she meets to discuss cosmetic surgery. Check out the clip below for the film now in limited release and available on VOD.
Zoom is a fast-paced, pop-art inspired, multi-plot contemporary comedy. The film consists of three seemingly...
- 9/7/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
‘Zoom’ Starring Alison Pill & Gael Garcia Bernal Is Visually Distinct, But Hardly Memorable [Review]
For better or worse, Pedro Morelli’s sophomore effort “Zoom” is a film that never once compromises its vision or style. At times reminiscent of a less emotionally poignant “Stranger Than Fiction” and at others a less challenging take on “The Congress,” “Zoom” is at its best when it fully embraces its wackier sensibilities. Visually distinct with […]
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- 9/3/2016
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
Pedro Morelli's Zoom is comprised of three stories which are all linked together in startling ways - a beautiful model (Mariana Ximenes) begins writing a book, a famous director (Gael Garcia Bernal) sets out to make an arthouse movie and a sex doll factory employee (Alison Pill) decides to get breast implants. Zoom premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival but now that... Read More...
- 9/3/2016
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Just like that, it’s fall already. The first round of films fresh out of Tiff and Venice and Telluride are making their ways to theaters and living rooms nationwide. And now, we enter the last third of the year, with plenty of titles to be excited about. Below, you’ll see every planned theatrical release for the month of September, separated out into films with wide runs and limited ones. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Happy watching!
Week of September 2 Wide
Morgan
Director: Luke Scott
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Boyd Holbrook, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kate Mara, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Giamatti, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones
Synopsis: A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote,...
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Happy watching!
Week of September 2 Wide
Morgan
Director: Luke Scott
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Boyd Holbrook, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kate Mara, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Giamatti, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones
Synopsis: A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote,...
- 9/1/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
This is what happens when men try to tell a story primarily about women — and also try to ape Charlie Kaufman — and fail miserably. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There are naked breasts everywhere in Brazilian-Canadian indie Zoom. Real breasts, photographs of real breasts, prosthetic breasts meant to be taken as real, doll breasts (on Real Doll-esque sex toys), comic-book-style animated breasts. Two of Zoom’s three concurrent interconnected stories are about, in large part, body image and body insecurity. In one, a woman frets over the size of her breasts; in the other, a man frets over the size of his penis. Take a guess if we ever see a penis.
This is what happens when men — Brazilian director Pedro Morelli and Canadian screenwriter Matt Hansen — try to tell...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There are naked breasts everywhere in Brazilian-Canadian indie Zoom. Real breasts, photographs of real breasts, prosthetic breasts meant to be taken as real, doll breasts (on Real Doll-esque sex toys), comic-book-style animated breasts. Two of Zoom’s three concurrent interconnected stories are about, in large part, body image and body insecurity. In one, a woman frets over the size of her breasts; in the other, a man frets over the size of his penis. Take a guess if we ever see a penis.
This is what happens when men — Brazilian director Pedro Morelli and Canadian screenwriter Matt Hansen — try to tell...
- 9/1/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
History has certainly shown that storytelling is a circular concept, both simultaneously affecting society and (of course) inspired by the world around it. The Wachowskis’ underrated Cloud Atlas dealt heavily with the complex relationship between art and life as well as the influence that the former can have on subsequent generations, ultimately inspiring a movement that can change the shape of the future. While Zoom isn’t quite as ambitious as that sprawling 2012 film, it deals with some similarly intriguing concepts, albeit in a less impactful way.
Zoom – the first English-language feature (and second overall) from director Pedro Morelli (Entre Nós) – follows a trio of main characters played by Alison Pill (Milk), Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries) and Brazilian star Mariana Ximenes, all of whom play individuals faced with an intensely personal and professional crossroads. As it plays out, Zoom gradually unveils the connections between these at first disparate storylines,...
Zoom – the first English-language feature (and second overall) from director Pedro Morelli (Entre Nós) – follows a trio of main characters played by Alison Pill (Milk), Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries) and Brazilian star Mariana Ximenes, all of whom play individuals faced with an intensely personal and professional crossroads. As it plays out, Zoom gradually unveils the connections between these at first disparate storylines,...
- 8/29/2016
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- We Got This Covered
Indulging in a daydream or letting your imagination run amok is something we can all relate to on a fairly intimate level – but what if those thoughts sprung into life, effectively blurring the line between fact and fantasy?
That’s a question posed by Zoom, Pedro Morelli’s imminent feature that’s pitched as a “fast-paced, pop-art inspired, multi-plot contemporary comedy.” That’s quite the mouthful, but nevertheless, Morelli’s metafictional romp has garnered praise following its run on the festival circuit, including last year’s Tiff.
Now closing in on a theatrical release, today brings forth Zoom‘s zany first trailer, introducing viewers to Alison Pill’s novelist and budding comic book artist who has unknowingly created a sentient character in Edward, and already we’re beginning to sense a refreshing mix of drama and heartfelt comedy based on the above teaser.
Zoom, also starring Gael García Bernal and...
That’s a question posed by Zoom, Pedro Morelli’s imminent feature that’s pitched as a “fast-paced, pop-art inspired, multi-plot contemporary comedy.” That’s quite the mouthful, but nevertheless, Morelli’s metafictional romp has garnered praise following its run on the festival circuit, including last year’s Tiff.
Now closing in on a theatrical release, today brings forth Zoom‘s zany first trailer, introducing viewers to Alison Pill’s novelist and budding comic book artist who has unknowingly created a sentient character in Edward, and already we’re beginning to sense a refreshing mix of drama and heartfelt comedy based on the above teaser.
Zoom, also starring Gael García Bernal and...
- 8/19/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Mix one part A-ha’s “Take on Me” with a little “Stranger Than Fiction,” and apparently out comes “Zoom,” starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Alison Pill. Directed by Pedro Morelli, the film looks like it could grab a lot of attention with its mixture of live action and animation in a story about a comic book creator whose work […]
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- 8/18/2016
- by Charles Dean
- The Playlist
Elizabeth Rayne Aug 18, 2016
A comic book movie pretty much like no other, it seems: here's the trailer for Zoom!
How to begin to describe Zoom!, then.
Directed by Pedro Morelli, Zoom! stars Allison Pill (The Newsroom, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World), Gael García Bernal, Mariana Ximenes, Cláudia Ohana, and Tyler Labine. It's a film that's a story within a story within a story. Finding out what's real and what isn't might just be a test.
The basics. With a day job working in a factory that makes hardcore sex dolls, Emma (Pill) becomes brainwashed enough to believe in the artificial ideals of beauty she is surrounded by. She then regrets going under the knife to boost herself a few cup sizes in an attempt to look more like these lifeless doppelgängers. Broke from the plastic surgery that was supposed to make her look more like the plastic bombshells, Emma is stuck with the silicone (saline?...
A comic book movie pretty much like no other, it seems: here's the trailer for Zoom!
How to begin to describe Zoom!, then.
Directed by Pedro Morelli, Zoom! stars Allison Pill (The Newsroom, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World), Gael García Bernal, Mariana Ximenes, Cláudia Ohana, and Tyler Labine. It's a film that's a story within a story within a story. Finding out what's real and what isn't might just be a test.
The basics. With a day job working in a factory that makes hardcore sex dolls, Emma (Pill) becomes brainwashed enough to believe in the artificial ideals of beauty she is surrounded by. She then regrets going under the knife to boost herself a few cup sizes in an attempt to look more like these lifeless doppelgängers. Broke from the plastic surgery that was supposed to make her look more like the plastic bombshells, Emma is stuck with the silicone (saline?...
- 8/18/2016
- Den of Geek
What if your imagination came to life? It’s the base question at the source of many sci-fi films, and most recently, the Alison Pill-led Zoom, which has received its first trailer. The story concerns a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director who all have a hand in telling the story of the others life, despite living in different dimensions. Combining some vivid, interesting animation — to liberate the comic reality created by Pill — along with live action, the film looks to be an interesting blend of heady drama and light comedy.
Zoom is the sophomore feature from Pedro Morelli, off a script penned by first time screenwriter Matt Hensen. See the trailer below ahead of a release next month, along with a poster for the film that also stars Gael García Bernal and Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil‘s Tyler Labine.
Zoom is a fast-paced, pop-art inspired,...
Zoom is the sophomore feature from Pedro Morelli, off a script penned by first time screenwriter Matt Hensen. See the trailer below ahead of a release next month, along with a poster for the film that also stars Gael García Bernal and Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil‘s Tyler Labine.
Zoom is a fast-paced, pop-art inspired,...
- 8/17/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Pedro Morelli’s Zoom—a metafiction about a comic book artist, a novelist, and a filmmaker—premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and an official trailer is now here to make you say “huh?” We will break it down for you: Alison Pill stars as Emma, a comic book artist who also works in a sex doll factory because that industry is seemingly more lucrative than comics. But she escapes it all by working on a comic book about an action filmmaker named Edward, who she has constructed as her dream man. Edward (played by Gael García Bernal) is deviating from his action roots to make an arthouse film about a model named Michelle (Mariana Ximenes), who is writing a novel...about a cartoonist named Emma. Things get very Stranger Than Fiction (in fact, the trailer borrows that idiom), but kind of like Stranger Than Fiction on...
- 8/17/2016
- by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
- avclub.com
"What is this all about?!" Screen Media Films has debuted a trailer for the indie comedy Zoom, about a comic book artist played by the talented Alison Pill (seen in Milk, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Midnight in Paris, Goon, Snowpiercer, Hail Caesar!, and "The Newsroom"). This is a funky mashup because it combines the rather crazy live-action story with an animated (or perhaps rotoscoped?) comic book story, which is all of her frustrations come to life after they've been illustrated on paper. Gael García Bernal plays the primary, suave comic book character, and the rest of the cast includes Tyler Labine, Jason Priestley, Mariana Ximenes, Don McKellar and Michael Eklund. This actually looks fun in a quirky way, and I like the way they mix the animated comics with the real world story. Might be worth watching when it's out. Here's the first official trailer (+ official poster) for Pedro Morelli's Zoom,...
- 8/17/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Plus: Bahamas fest winners; The Martian wins first Sffs Sloan Science In Cinema Prize; and more…
Screen Media Films has acquired Us rights from WTFilms to Pedro Morelli’s Zoom (pictured) starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Alison Pill, Jason Priestley and Tyler Labine. Rhombus Media chief Niv Fichman produced the Canada-Brazil co-production with Andrea Barata Ribeiro of 02 Filmes. The film premiered in Toronto and will open theatrically and digitally day-and-date in Q3 2016.
Michael Wilson’s Showing Roots won the Spirit Of Freedom Narrative and Director Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter won the Spirit Of Freedom Documentary prize as the 12th Bahamas International Film Festival (Biff) concluded at the weekend. For a full list of winners click here.The Martian producer Aditya Sood collected the San Francisco Film Society’s inaugural Sloan Science in Cinema Prize on December 13. The award, presented by a partnership between the Film Society and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, recognises a film...
Screen Media Films has acquired Us rights from WTFilms to Pedro Morelli’s Zoom (pictured) starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Alison Pill, Jason Priestley and Tyler Labine. Rhombus Media chief Niv Fichman produced the Canada-Brazil co-production with Andrea Barata Ribeiro of 02 Filmes. The film premiered in Toronto and will open theatrically and digitally day-and-date in Q3 2016.
Michael Wilson’s Showing Roots won the Spirit Of Freedom Narrative and Director Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter won the Spirit Of Freedom Documentary prize as the 12th Bahamas International Film Festival (Biff) concluded at the weekend. For a full list of winners click here.The Martian producer Aditya Sood collected the San Francisco Film Society’s inaugural Sloan Science in Cinema Prize on December 13. The award, presented by a partnership between the Film Society and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, recognises a film...
- 12/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 44th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema has just announced their entire lineup and it’s pretty insane! The festival which takes place in Montreal from October 7 to 18 is screening nearly 400 films and events in only 11 days. This includes 151 feature films and 203 short films from 68 countries – 49 world premieres, 38 North American premieres and 60 Canadian premieres. Give credit to the team of programmers: Claude Chamberlan, Dimitri Eipides Julien Fonfrède, Philippe Gajan, Karolewicz Daniel, Marie-Hélène Brousseau, Katayoun Dibamehr and Gabrielle Tougas-Frechette.
Below is the lineup. There’s a lot to process so take your sweet time!
Opening and closing
The whole New Testament directed by Jaco Van Dormael (Toto the Hero, Mr Nobody, The Eighth Day), will kick off this 44th edition.
After its world premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes last May, the new opus unconventional Belgian director, starring Benoît Poelvoorde (Three Hearts, Ransom of Glory), Yolande Moreau (Mammuth,...
Below is the lineup. There’s a lot to process so take your sweet time!
Opening and closing
The whole New Testament directed by Jaco Van Dormael (Toto the Hero, Mr Nobody, The Eighth Day), will kick off this 44th edition.
After its world premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes last May, the new opus unconventional Belgian director, starring Benoît Poelvoorde (Three Hearts, Ransom of Glory), Yolande Moreau (Mammuth,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
One thing I love, that is apparent from this wave announcement, is that Fantastic Fest not only celebrates new genre cinema but relishes in repertory genre cinema! We have some awesome martial arts films and a 35mm screening of Evilspeak to coincide with Kier-La Jannise & Paul Corupe’s Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980’s. We are also getting the new horror anthology from V/H/S alumni (Producer Roxanne Benjamin, director David Bruckner and directing team Radio Silence) with Southbound! Read on fiends, read on.
Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman...
Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman...
- 9/9/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Austin, TX – Wednesday, September 9, 2015 – Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson will be in attendance to share their wildly inventive world of stop motion animation Anomalisa, Cannes Grand Prix winner Son Of Saul is screening in glorious 35mm, the stunning adult fairytale from Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone Tale Of Tales will unfurl, Jerusalem Film Festival’s top prize winner Tikkun, and we welcome the World Premiere of the action-thriller Camino with Zoe Bell and Fantastic Fest veteran / mayor Nacho Vigalondo as a religious psychopath — a prospect that should fill...
- 9/9/2015
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The final wave of Fantastic Fest 2015 has finally been announced and it features a crop of festival darlings along with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s highly anticipated stop-motion animation film Anomalisa. The Cannes Grand Prix winner Son of Saul joins the list as well as the new film from director Matteo Garrone, Tale of Tales. PopOptiq will be present once again this year so be sure to check out our coverage in the upcoming weeks. Check out the full list below.
****
Anomalisa
United States, 2015
Regional Premiere, 90 min
Directors – Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Charlie Kaufman’s newest story, a revolutionary and emotional stop-motion animation, follows an unhappy customer service guru looking for an escape from the monotony of his life.
The Assassin
Taiwan, 2015
Us Premiere, 104 min
Director – Hou Hsiao-hsien
After failing to dispatch a corrupt government official, an assassin is disciplined by her master with a mission to...
****
Anomalisa
United States, 2015
Regional Premiere, 90 min
Directors – Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Charlie Kaufman’s newest story, a revolutionary and emotional stop-motion animation, follows an unhappy customer service guru looking for an escape from the monotony of his life.
The Assassin
Taiwan, 2015
Us Premiere, 104 min
Director – Hou Hsiao-hsien
After failing to dispatch a corrupt government official, an assassin is disciplined by her master with a mission to...
- 9/9/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Fantastic Fest announced its final wave of features and events for the annual celebration of all things genre.
Taking place in Austin, Texas, from September 24-October 1, the festival will include Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa and Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin.
“I love the diversity and breadth of programming that the team delivered this year,” said Tim League, Fantastic Fest and Alamo Drafthouse founder.
“In particular I’d like to highlight Anomalisa, Tikkun and Son Of Saul. These utterly-unique, auteur-driven, genre-defying masterpieces are exactly the type of groundbreaking cinema I want to share with the discerning Fantastic Fest audience.”
The films are:
Anomalsia (Us), Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
The Assassin (Taiwan, pictured), Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Boy And The Beast (Japan), Mamoru Hosoda
Camino (Us), Josh C Waller
Come Drink With Me (Hong Kong), King Hu
Dag (Norway), Oystein Karlsen
Daniel’s World (Czech Republic), Veronika Lišková
The Devil’s Candy (Us), Sean Byrne...
Taking place in Austin, Texas, from September 24-October 1, the festival will include Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa and Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin.
“I love the diversity and breadth of programming that the team delivered this year,” said Tim League, Fantastic Fest and Alamo Drafthouse founder.
“In particular I’d like to highlight Anomalisa, Tikkun and Son Of Saul. These utterly-unique, auteur-driven, genre-defying masterpieces are exactly the type of groundbreaking cinema I want to share with the discerning Fantastic Fest audience.”
The films are:
Anomalsia (Us), Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
The Assassin (Taiwan, pictured), Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Boy And The Beast (Japan), Mamoru Hosoda
Camino (Us), Josh C Waller
Come Drink With Me (Hong Kong), King Hu
Dag (Norway), Oystein Karlsen
Daniel’s World (Czech Republic), Veronika Lišková
The Devil’s Candy (Us), Sean Byrne...
- 9/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Watch: Zombie Children Terrorize Elijah Wood and Alison Pill in New ‘Cooties’ Trailer Factory worker by day, comic book artist by night, Emma (Alison Pill) makes a rash decision that may or may not get her fired from her career making sex dolls. It isn't exactly an ideal situation, but aspiring novelist Michelle (Mariana Ximenes) thinks up a way to help Emma out. Pedro Morelli's new comedy, "Zoom" will premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, and its official synopsis reads: "A cartoonist draws a comic book about a filmmaker, who shoots a film about a novelist, who writes a book about a cartoonist. In three interwoven stories, 'Zoom' dives into a world of art and sex that sustains both pursuits — along with a sense of unfettered id." To get a better sense of this multi-dimensional story, take a look at the exclusive clip above,...
- 9/8/2015
- by Jessica Cariaga
- Indiewire
Top brass at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival announced that 41 feature and 19 shorts from Brazilian filmmakers will screen in the 17th edition, set to run from October 1-14.
The Première Brasil competition section will screen 13 features, of which ten will receive world premieres. An additional two features and two documentaries will screen out of competition.
Other Brazilian productions such as a restoration of Walter Lima Jr’s 1965 classic Menino de Engenho (Plantation Boy) will screen in special Première Brasil sidebars such as New Trends, Panorama, Expectation and Fronteiras.
Première Brasil is the only competitive section of the festival and Redentors will be presented on closing night. The audience will vote on three awards for best Brazilian feature film, best documentary and best short film.
As part of this years commemoration of the 450 years of the founding of Rio, the festival will screen six films that have the city as its setting or reflect the theme of Rio...
The Première Brasil competition section will screen 13 features, of which ten will receive world premieres. An additional two features and two documentaries will screen out of competition.
Other Brazilian productions such as a restoration of Walter Lima Jr’s 1965 classic Menino de Engenho (Plantation Boy) will screen in special Première Brasil sidebars such as New Trends, Panorama, Expectation and Fronteiras.
Première Brasil is the only competitive section of the festival and Redentors will be presented on closing night. The audience will vote on three awards for best Brazilian feature film, best documentary and best short film.
As part of this years commemoration of the 450 years of the founding of Rio, the festival will screen six films that have the city as its setting or reflect the theme of Rio...
- 9/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
While the Toronto International Film Festival looks around the world and in all genres to find features for its annual incarnation, one area that receives focus is films aimed at children. With the understanding both that quality cinema is not dependent on its target audience, and that cinephiles can begin at any age, the festival’s Kids Programme highlights such features.
The Discovery Programme, on the other hand, brings together films from first and second time directors, with an eye on emerging talent. The festival has now announced the lineups for both Programmes in the 2015 incarnation of the event, along with further additions to the Cinematheque and Vanguard lineup. The Discovery lineup joins previously announced Canadian features. The films, with their official synopses, can be seen below.
Tiff Kids
The Boy and the Beast, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, making its International Premiere
A young boy in modern-day Tokyo stumbles into...
The Discovery Programme, on the other hand, brings together films from first and second time directors, with an eye on emerging talent. The festival has now announced the lineups for both Programmes in the 2015 incarnation of the event, along with further additions to the Cinematheque and Vanguard lineup. The Discovery lineup joins previously announced Canadian features. The films, with their official synopses, can be seen below.
Tiff Kids
The Boy and the Beast, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, making its International Premiere
A young boy in modern-day Tokyo stumbles into...
- 8/26/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Films set to show at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), updated as announcements are made in the run up to the event.
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
- 8/25/2015
- ScreenDaily
Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20) has completed its line-up with the Discovery, New Wave Tiff Kids and In Conversation With… strands and has confirmed the return of Festival Street.
Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, Salma Hayek, Sarah Silverman and Matthew Weiner will take place in separate on-stage conversations as part of the In Conversation With… series, which replaces the Mavericks programme.
For the second year, the Festival Street initiative will see the closure of King Street West between Peter and University Streets, from Sept 10-13.
Events will include Questival, a walking interactive quiz designed by Frontier Design & Innovation; the NewCanadianMusic.ca music stage featuring the world premiere of Titicut Follies – The Ballet inspired by Frederick Wiseman’s 1967 documentary; cinema-inspired installations; magicians; the Slaight Family Zone; and food trucks.
In total, the festival will screen 399 films, of which 289 are features and 110 shorts. Last year’s festival screened 392 in total comprising 284 features and 108 shorts.
Programmers sifted...
Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, Salma Hayek, Sarah Silverman and Matthew Weiner will take place in separate on-stage conversations as part of the In Conversation With… series, which replaces the Mavericks programme.
For the second year, the Festival Street initiative will see the closure of King Street West between Peter and University Streets, from Sept 10-13.
Events will include Questival, a walking interactive quiz designed by Frontier Design & Innovation; the NewCanadianMusic.ca music stage featuring the world premiere of Titicut Follies – The Ballet inspired by Frederick Wiseman’s 1967 documentary; cinema-inspired installations; magicians; the Slaight Family Zone; and food trucks.
In total, the festival will screen 399 films, of which 289 are features and 110 shorts. Last year’s festival screened 392 in total comprising 284 features and 108 shorts.
Programmers sifted...
- 8/25/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
They didn’t make our final Top 100 cut, but here is a list of foreign film titles that are on our radar for 2015. We being with…
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
British horror thriller [pictured] sells to the UK, Scandinavia and Greece.
French genre specialist Wtf has secured a slew of sales on British horror thriller Xmoor about two American students who go panther tracking in a remote corner of Britain.
The picture, written and directed by Luke Hyams, has sold to the UK (Signature Pictures), Scandinavia (Njuta Films), Greece (Odeon) and is in negotiation for the Us.
The film follows two American students, played by Melia Kreiling and Nick Blood, who travel to Britain’s remote Exmoor National Park in search of it legendary panthers.
Animal tracker Fox joins them in their quest. Along the way, the trio stumbles across a series of dead bodies. It slowly dawns on them that are no longer the hunters but the hunted.
The picture is produced by Robert Jones, Wayne Marc Godfrey and David Gilbery whose other credits include Dead Snow 2 and Vehicle 19.
Other titles...
French genre specialist Wtf has secured a slew of sales on British horror thriller Xmoor about two American students who go panther tracking in a remote corner of Britain.
The picture, written and directed by Luke Hyams, has sold to the UK (Signature Pictures), Scandinavia (Njuta Films), Greece (Odeon) and is in negotiation for the Us.
The film follows two American students, played by Melia Kreiling and Nick Blood, who travel to Britain’s remote Exmoor National Park in search of it legendary panthers.
Animal tracker Fox joins them in their quest. Along the way, the trio stumbles across a series of dead bodies. It slowly dawns on them that are no longer the hunters but the hunted.
The picture is produced by Robert Jones, Wayne Marc Godfrey and David Gilbery whose other credits include Dead Snow 2 and Vehicle 19.
Other titles...
- 11/6/2014
- ScreenDaily
Just Jim
Emile Hirsch ("Into the Wild," "Lone Survivor") is set to star in "Just Jim," directorial debut of "Submarine" and "Neighbors" actor Craig Roberts, which begins filming in Wales this week.
Roberts plays a teenage loser who life is turned around by the appearance of an enigmatic, handsome neighbour (Hirsch). Aneirin Hughes, Nia Roberts, Richard Harrington and Matthew Aubrey also star. [Source: Screen]
Fast and Furious 7
Rapper Iggy Azalea is set to cameo in the upcoming seventh "Fast and Furious" film at Universal Pictures. Vin Diesel revealed the news during an interview with France's Skyrock FM. Diesel said:
"Well, Iggy Azalea, I just worked with her two weeks ago. I guess you'll be the first person that knows this - we casted her in Fast & Furious 7. She has a cameo in Fast & Furious 7." [Source: Billboard]
Zoom
Gael Garcia Bernal, Jason Priestley, Mariana Ximenes and Alison Pill have joined the cast of Pedro Morelli...
Emile Hirsch ("Into the Wild," "Lone Survivor") is set to star in "Just Jim," directorial debut of "Submarine" and "Neighbors" actor Craig Roberts, which begins filming in Wales this week.
Roberts plays a teenage loser who life is turned around by the appearance of an enigmatic, handsome neighbour (Hirsch). Aneirin Hughes, Nia Roberts, Richard Harrington and Matthew Aubrey also star. [Source: Screen]
Fast and Furious 7
Rapper Iggy Azalea is set to cameo in the upcoming seventh "Fast and Furious" film at Universal Pictures. Vin Diesel revealed the news during an interview with France's Skyrock FM. Diesel said:
"Well, Iggy Azalea, I just worked with her two weeks ago. I guess you'll be the first person that knows this - we casted her in Fast & Furious 7. She has a cameo in Fast & Furious 7." [Source: Billboard]
Zoom
Gael Garcia Bernal, Jason Priestley, Mariana Ximenes and Alison Pill have joined the cast of Pedro Morelli...
- 7/30/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Telefilm Canada has confirmed its financial support of nearly $13 million of Canadian tax payers' money towards the production of nine English-language feature films through the 'Canada Feature Film Fund', although there doesn't seem to be anything culturally 'Canadian' about most of their selections, other than the crews that will be working on them.
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
- 6/21/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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