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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.
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #2. Carolina Bang
This crazy Spanish film from Álex de la Iglesia gets more “bang” for the buck with Carolina Bang. Having worked in mostly Spanish television, she'll next be seen in Jesús Bonilla's La daga de Rasputín with The Last Circus a.k.a A Sad Trumpet Ballad, she plays a character that is a highly symbolic one.
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #3. Miles Teller
Acting school for Miles Teller was taught by principle Nicole Kidman and in one of the film's heavy dramatic outbreaks via professor Aaron Eckhart. In the little number of scenes that Teller is in, he manages to convey what an emotionally and physically scarred teenager looks like. It's a restrained, nuanced performance, that need to be well calibrated to be pulled off correctly.
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #4. Ariane Labed
A performance that was bare, primal, and must have been a challenge for the first time actress not because of the whole Freudian subtext, but the language, Ariane Labed won the Best Actress award in Venice when she can hardly put two sentences together in Greek.
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #5. Rod Rondeaux
Unless you were at the Venice and/or TIFF film festivals, chances are you haven't seen Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff. The number five spot is reserved to someone who, I was surprised to “encounter” as the film unfolded and I would even suggest you skip over onto the next “New Face”. Pic above, is obviously not related to the pic.
