Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: Girl

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The first in our Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series is Belgium’s Foreign Language Oscar nom in Lukas Dhont‘s Girl. The Un Certain Regard stand-out was coveted by programmers at the Directors’ Fortnight and Critic’s Week — and for good reason — as it went onto win the Camera d’Or (attributed to the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes’ selections). After a pitstop at Telluride, the filmmaker descended into Toronto (Discovery programme) along with breakout performer Victor Polster and supporting player (the empathetic father character) Arieh Worthalter — an actor who is having a remarkable fall fest season with Elsa Amiel’s Pearl premiering at Venice, and Olivier Masset-Depasse’s Mothers’ Instinct having its world preem at Toronto as well.

Lukas Dhont GIRL
Lukas Dhont, GIRL / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA
Victor Polster, GIRL / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA
Arieh Worthalter, GIRL / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA
Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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