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TIFF 2011: Gala and Special Presentations: Rebellion, Intruders, Hysteria and Page Eight Among World Preem Selected Titles
It's official. The cruelest bunch on the film festival circuit are the programmers from TIFF. Once again they make choosing what films to cover during a film festival a painstaking process. A sizeable chunk of films among the just announced Gala and Special Presentations reflect ongoing trends, heavy on world premieres of Brit offerings, red carpet bling items that will be receiving a theatrical release with weeks of the T.O premiere, and a satisfying mix of Cannes items that are definitely worth re-watching and Venice items that have been circled as must see coverage items for the IONCINEMA.com team.
Paladin Saves ‘Boy’ From Obscurity
Mark Urman's discount and highly selective distributor Paladin have netted what could easily be a bonafide hit in Boy. Despite mixed reviews, Taika Waititi's sophomore film (it didn't make our must see cut when it premiered in Park City) could be a healthy alternative if considered for year-end showings.
Exclusive Clip: Asif Kapadia’s Senna
I caught one of the year's best docs in Park City earlier this year, and this choice clip underlines how Senna's teammate, and rival Alain Prost's deliberate faux-pas from the previous year sort of implodes one year to the date later when the 1990 Championship is on the line, and a possible similar outcome appears imminent.
TIFF 2011: Goldthwait, Sanchez and Wingard: Midnight Madness Strong on U.S Indie
In the hours leading up to the unveiling, TIFF Programmer's Colin Geddes teased twitter followers on the make-up of his bijou section. Nine world premieres and one item from this year's SXSW in Ben Wheatley's Kill List are the make-up for this year's ten nights of Midnight Madness screenings, and of the 10-pack, film buyers have eight available items for North American pick-up with several US options, excluding Kill List which belongs to IFC Midnight and Livid early on) which Dimension grabbed early on.
TIFF 2011: Real to Reel Strikes Gold with Herzog, Wiseman, Demme, Yu, Gibney, Berlinger, Broomfield, Fricke, Glawogger and 15 Hour Film from Mark Cousins
We had an smidgen of an idea that the Real to Reel section might be especially strong this year, but with the likes of Frederick Wiseman, Rithy Panh, Jonathan Demme, Werner Herzog, Jessica Yu, Alex Gibney, Joe Berlinger, Ron Fricke, Nick Broomfield and Michael Glawogger, we're now beginning to think that Thom Powers' section has not only outclassed Toronto's sister event Hot Docs, but just about any other doc-related film festival.
