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IFC Films 'Inhale' Another Film From Baltasar Kormakur

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-09-02 at 16:25:00

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After having paired with the Icelandic director on Jar City, IFC Films have bought the rights to Baltasar Kormakur's latest thriller, Inhale. Such as 2005's A Little Trip to Heaven, Kormakur worked with English-speaking actors in Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger and a supporting cast that includes Sam Shepard, Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Perez and Jordi Molla.

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37th Telluride: World Preems for Chico & Rita, The First Grader, The Way Back, Never Let Me Go & 127 Hours

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-09-02 at 14:45:00

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There are still plenty of "to be announced" surprise films including Danny Boyle's 127 Hours that will be unveiled hours before they screen, but for the most part, this year's Telluride festival can claim the North American premiere status away from TIFF on a large number of Cannes items (this includes Michelangelo Frammartino's must see, still unsold, docu-essay Le Quattro Volte) and they can also claim first dibs on world preems for acquisition titles such as: Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's Chico and Rita (see pic above), Justin Chadwick's audience tickler The First Grader, the Dmitry Vasyukov with Werner Herzog doc Happy People: A Year in the Tagia and Errol Morris' Tabloid.

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Aussie Cinema at TIFF: Griff the Invisible, Wasted on the Young, Blame and Jucy

Posted by Richard Keep on 2010-08-31 at 14:40:00

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Of all the films from down under, while Stuart Beattie's directing debut, With Tomorrow, When The War Began will likely grab the majority of the attention in the "market" portion at TIFF, this year there will be a half dozen Australian films featured at the film festival.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #1. John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 17:30:00

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And here we have it - the top twenty acquisition titles that will be made available at the 2010 Toronto Int. Film Festival --- and that's only from the titles that are actually being shown. Looking at the list below, there is a little something for everyone: feel good films, offbeat comedies, specialty genre items, fact based thrillers and then probable award mention stuff that take up the top four spots.

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Israeli Films at TIFF: Eran Riklis and Avi Nesher Confirmed, Precious Life Hitting Fest and then HBO

Posted by Eithan Weitz on 2010-08-30 at 11:30:00

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As predicted in last week's post, both Eran Riklis (North American preem for The Human Resources Manager) and Avi Nesher were confirmed last Tuesday for TIFF's Contemporary World Cinema program -- Nesher's International Premiere goes by a different title now, and will know be known as The Matchmaker.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #2. Dustin Lance Black's What's Wrong With Virginia

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 11:15:00

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Oscar this. Oscar that. Oscar winning scribe makes his directorial debut, featuring Oscar winning (Jennifer Connelly) and nominated (Ed Harris) thesps could help, but what this really needs is more critical love at the fest.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #3. Dan Rush's Everything Must Go

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 10:45:00

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I could see just about every head buyer having an interest in acquiring this title -- not only is it working from a great first, Black List nominated screenplay, but if Will Ferrell hits the right notes sort of like what he did in Stranger Than Fiction, then this will be the most hotly contested indie film at TIFF.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #4. Robert Redford's The Conspirator

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 10:30:00

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Period piece directed by American legend with a soild cast in James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood and Tom Wilkinson assures plenty of clout and if Fox Searchlight's Conviction tanks at the fest (both narratives feature someone who is set on proving someone else's innocence) then this could be the film fetching the biggest purchase price.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #5. Larysa Kondracki's The Whistleblower

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 10:15:00

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Before Angelina Jolie makes it fashionable, I see a major studio swopping up and taking the rights on this political thriller: definitely working in its favor, it has an Oscar-winning lead in Rachel Weisz and strong supporting cast in Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn and Monica Bellucci. Thriller elements in true story backdrop could also help film's cineplex cred.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #6. Malcolm Venville's Henry's Crime

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 10:00:00

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There's no flawed logic in Keanu Reeves taking a rom com lead. Yes, it's been done before and though rare, still appears to work. This will need a big boost at the fest for serious offers.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #7. Rowan Joffe's Brighton Rock

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 09:45:00

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Stylish. British. Crime mixed with sex. Helen Mirren. Good looking young thesps in Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough who will, or already have, broke out.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #8. James Gunn's SUPER

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 09:30:00

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The market says that movies about backyard super-heros are dead, but awkward ensemble cast of Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon and Nathan Fillion could certainly make this the breakout specialty item of the festival. It's certainly the most sought after item from the Midnight Madness section, but the film's tone and buzz coming out of TIFF will make or break the film.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #9. Mike Mills' Beginners

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 09:15:00

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If we do the math: you've got cancer, plus senior coming out of the closest from the director who gave us Thumbsucker. If this dramedy packs an emotional wallop and McGregor brews up a magnifying performance, we could have something that gets mentioned during awards.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #10. Richard J. Lewis' Barney's Version

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-30 at 09:00:00

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Not only TIFF bound, but a Venice film fest entry as well, the trailer sells the comedy as a potent concoction -- the terrible twosome of Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman looks zany, offbeat authentically good. Could be a sleeper hit.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #11. Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-28 at 18:00:00

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With Venice, TIFF and NYFF as a Appears to be the most accessible - known cast led by Dano and Williams

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #12. Abe Sylvia's Dirty Girl

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-28 at 17:00:00

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Essentially this is Juno Temple's first time as top billing in a film, she is the next "it" actress if you look into 2011, and from what we can tell by the descriptive info we can assess from the film stills, and the fact that this was mentioned on the annual Black List (2007), means there is some spunk to this title and could work with a larger younger demo.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #13. Mitch Glazer's Passion Play

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-28 at 16:00:00

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Unconventional love story could either fly or fizzle, one thing is for sure - love stories that are lensed by Christopher Doyle always look great. Will receive a number of bids, but this could receive generous offer from one suitor who believes in the project.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #14. David Schwimmer's Trust

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-28 at 15:00:00

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The internet predator/father feeling the guilt for not protecting his family already comes across as a dated story line, but if this digs deep enough into entire mental anguish,and the Clive Own and Catherine Keener pairing pull off strong perfs, then perhaps there'll be a market for this.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #15. Max Winkler's Ceremony

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-28 at 14:00:00

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Thurman might be more "miss" than "hit" as of late, but if the boyish crush a la The Graduate hits the right notes, this could be TIFF's version of a Sundance hit.

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TIFF 2010 Buyer's Club: #16. Brad Anderson's Vanishing on 7th Street

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-08-28 at 13:00:00

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A good indication of how this film can perform is by looking at this weekend's Takers numbers - Christensen and the horror element are the film's selling points, plus Anderson has a small fan base and has seen all of his films get a release.

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September Surprise!

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Review: Spring Fever

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Interview: Amir Bar-Lev (The Tillman Story)

Pat has a very wide appeal and people who admire him come from different parts of ideological spectrum. So we didn't want to alienate a part of our audience because the film is about Pat more than anything. So we wanted to invite everybody to the dialogue of what actually happened to him and the country at the time.


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2010 Telluride Film Festival (37th)

The Telluride Film Festival history section offers a comprehensive look at the past 35 years of Shows, guests, and memories of Labor Day Weekends spent in the mountains.


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