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TIFF unveils the full line up for Galas and Special Presentations. There are films directed by Angelina Jolie, Gia Coppola, David Mackenzie and Mike Leigh.
Special Presentations Lead Programmer Jane Schoettle discussed the themes that emerged:
“One of the first themes that we saw was one of healing, whether it's moving forward after trauma or even growing through change. One example of this is a debut feature titled Sketch by Seth Worley in which a nine-year-old girl's vivid and dramatic drawings come to life, ultimately allowing her to recover from the death of her mother.”
She continued:
“Another theme we noticed is love in time, how love lives and breathes and evolves over time. And a perfect example of this is a film titled All of You by William Bridges. It stars Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots Image and Poods, and this is a film in which two best friends discover again over the years that love can have many different iterations.”
Here’s the new editions that are world premiering in Special Presentations:
Dir: Gia Coppola (Mainstream)
Star: Pamela Anderson
Distributor: Utopia
Pamela Anderson stars in The Last Showgirl, a self-reflexive film about a showgirl who must figure out her life after a 30-year career in Vegas.
Dir: Christopher Andrews (feature debut)
Starring: Barry Keoghan, Christopher Abbott
Production Company/Distributor: Mubi
Synopsis:
An Irish shepherding family thrust into battle on several fronts: internal strife, hostility within the family, rivalry with another farmer. Paternalism, heritage, and the generational trauma cycle through the cultural prism of Ireland.
Dir/Writer: R.T. Thorne (Feature Debut, BET’s The Porter)
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic future, the last descendants of a Black family of farmers who settled in Canada after the American Civil War must protect their homestead from a band of hungry cannibals.