The producers behind Julie Bertucelli's The Tree (#80) have finally decided that a closing film showcase is too good to give up (there was word that they decided not to accept the spot) -- in the same gesture, she becomes one o the rare female filmmakers included in the top section.
If TIFF were a person, they'd be There Will Be Blood's Daniel Plainview. The festival drains out festivals like Venice and Cannes - major suppliers of quality films, and North American audiences benefit tremendously getting a first op to see the latest from Jaco Van Dormael, Lars von Trier, Claire Denis, Michael Haneke...
What I gathered over the past couple of weeks is that Quentin Tarantino's casting decisions for Inglorious Bastards are definitely leaning towards the action comedy genre perhaps to a Tropic Thunder pedigree rather than an Ocean's Eleven similitude.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize in the Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, actress turned part time director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's sophomore feature...
The final tally and full list of films presented at this year's TIFF have been announced today and hardcore cinephiles will have many options available to them out of the 261 film selected.