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25 Alternative 2011 TIFF Picks: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Alps

Lanthimos’ Un Certain Regard winning Dogtooth has charted a course towards the stars (I vividly remember the viewing experience back in Cannes) and there are bandwagon filled with cinephiles who are very much looking forward to seconds. Primed for a big showing in Venice, Alps is the Greek helmers’ third film and is closer in DNA to his first 2005’s Kinetta.

Eric Lavallée

Published on September 2, 2011

#2. Alps

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Ariane Labed, Johnny Vekris
Distributor: Rights Available

Buzz: Lanthimos’ Un Certain Regard winning Dogtooth has charted a course towards the stars (I vividly remember the viewing experience back in Cannes) and there are bandwagon filled with cinephiles who are very much looking forward to seconds. Primed for a big showing in Venice, Alps is the Greek helmers’ third film and is closer in DNA to his first 2005’s Kinetta.

The Gist: Crawling over the internets for about two weeks now, THE 15 RULES OF THE ALPS gives us insight in character development during the screenwriting process. Think Mission Impossible from a very surreal, human perspective.

TIFF Schedule: Tuesday September 13 Isabel Bader Theatre 7:30pm
Wednesday September 14 TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 3:00pm

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).