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TIFF: Top 10 New Faces & Voices: #3. Samuel Maoz
Winning Venice Film Festival's top prize is certainly proof that Samuel Maoz did something right with his first feature film - what he made was a moving, well-crafted anti-war film statement on a shoe-string budget. How shoe-string was the picture? No actual tanks were used for 99 percent of the film. Moaz stripes away any unnecessary details - this is a psychological profile without extra trimmings.
TIFF: Top 10 New Faces & Voices: #4. Adrián Biniez
I don't do Berlin, but I'll consider Adrián Biniez's first film a TIFF discovery all the same. Distinctly low budget, Biniez's Gigante resembles the work of some other Latin American filmmaker patrons, its got the economically shot aesthetic and a brand of humor that will insure a long career path for the filmmaker.
TIFF: Top 10 New Faces & Voices: #5. Paul King
Can't say I was a fan of the film, but helmer Paul King has a skill-set in terms of visual quirkiness. Definitely someone to watch out for from the talent pool on the other side of the pond, he got his start in television - with The Mighty Boosh at the top of his resume. I'm looking forward in seeing how Bunny & the Bull is received back at home.
TIFF: Top 10 New Faces & Voices: #6. Toby Regbo
One of the bright spots in Jaco Van Dormael's mess of a movie, playing the teenage version of the film's protagonist role played by Jared Leto, newbie Toby Regbo might easily be Mr.Nobody's most alive characters. Playing Nemo at age 16, the actor is mostly paired with Juno Temple - their unique love story is the film's heart pumping portions and plays a lot better than the artery clogging other brushes of romance. Regbo was also at TIFF for Glorious 39 and will next be seen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Uno.
TIFF: Top 10 New Faces & Voices: #7. Yoav Donat
Playing the role of a scared shi*less person in the fire-position in an uncomfortable tank, Lebanon is Yoav Donat's big screen debut. While this is very much a piece that features a foursome about to explode, Samuel Maoz makes a point out of emphasizing his character named Shmulik - in all of the chaos that reigns in this personal account.
