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TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #6. Jake M. Johnson
Kudos go to Max Winkler for writing a character that might resemble the classic jerk, but comes across as something slightly different. Every film set within a wedding context always manages to include a wedding drunk --- it comes with the territory...but with Ceremony, it would be a mistake to catalogue Jake M. Johnson's perf and character in the same bunch.
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #7. Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin
Backtrack in Denis Villeneuve's body of work and you'll notice two things: the lead always goes to an actress, and the role is usually a career changer for the thesp. If you're a French Canadian you might know Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin from a couple of local feature film projects, and if you saw Incendies in Venice, Telluride or TIFF you'll have seen her take on the role of an adult daughter putting closer to one hell of a family secret.
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #8. Jeremy Dozier
I'm not a fan of Abe Sylvia's Dirty Girl, not a fan of the film's characters but Jeremy Dozier, who shares the co-lead with Juno Temple (not a bad way to begin a film career), is surely set on a good path to future roles. Needle in a haystack can best describe the odds Dozier had to face in order to get the role...
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #9. Carole Brana
I suppose she is one of the many models making the transition to acting and her status under the radar status is most likely not going to change anytime soon, but if she manages to tie down several supporting roles that hopefully don't throw her to the lions like her part in Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud's Red Nights.
TIFF 2010 Top 10 New Faces: #10. Khomotso Manyaka
Film festivals are a place for discovery of talent behind and in front of the camera. This top ten list looks at the actors and actresses who are in the beginning stages of their acting careers and have managed to, in the context of the Toronto Int. Film Festival, make some sort of splash where I took notice. We begin with:
