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TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #1. Craig Roberts

The number one discovery at TIFF this year in terms of “new” faces/talents comes via the much beloved British import from first time director Richard Ayoade. Unless you live in the U.K. and saw his earlier roles or television’s “Young Dracula”, then Craig Roberts is less of an unknown, but judging how Submarine played for audiences in Toronto, I’m expecting his name to be synonymous with iconic cult film characters (Rushmore’s Max Fischer is often cited and for good reason) because of the character’s wit, tone and the actor’s sharp delivery.

Eric Lavallée

Published on September 23, 2010

#1. Craig Roberts – Submarine

I think a lot of people will feel the same about this pick. The number one discovery at TIFF this year in terms of “new” faces/talents comes via the much beloved British import from first time director Richard Ayoade. Unless you live in the U.K. and saw his earlier roles or television’s “Young Dracula”, then Craig Roberts is less of an unknown, but judging how Submarine played for audiences in Toronto, I’m expecting his name to be synonymous with iconic cult film characters (Rushmore‘s Max Fischer is often cited and for good reason) because of the character’s wit, tone and the actor’s sharp delivery. The role of Oliver Tate allowed the young actor to dispense plenty of nifty one liners in spoken dialogue and what Roberts narrates is done with a chef’s kitchen knife precision.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).