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Gravitas Ventures has picked up psychological thriller Human Traces, which first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, for North American distribution from Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment.

Mark Mitchinson (The Hobbit, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) stars alongside Sophie Henderson (Power Rangers) and Tiff "Rising Star" Vinnie Bennett (Ghost in the Shell) in the directorial debut of Nic Gorman (Here Be Monsters).

Shot on the isolated islands to the south of New Zealand and tackling the global issues surrounding the ecosystem, Human Traces kicks off with a young man arriving on a remote sub-Antarctic research station, where secrets threaten the...

Exclusive: Two young stars have just been signed out of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Jessie Buckley, who stars in the film Beast which just premiered at Tiff and was among those named by the festival as one of the rising stars, has signed with CAA. Meanwhile, Primary Wave Entertainment has signed up-and-comer Vinnie Bennett, who stars in the Nic Gorman-directed psychological thriller Human Traces, which also just had its North American premiere in…...

Echo Lake Entertainment just signed Nic Gorman, the New Zealand director whose psychological thriller Human Traces is getting its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival tomorrow. Deadline exclusively bowed its trailer today. In his feature debut, writer-director Gorman tells the Rashomon-style story of a husband and wife research team stationed on a remote island whose relationship is challenged by the arrival of a mysterious young man who may not actually…...

Exclusive: Here’s an exclusive trailer for Nic Gorman’s psychological thriller Human Traces. Gorman’s feature directorial debut will make its North American premiere via Film Mode Entertainment at the Toronto Film Festival tomorrow and it’s loaded with suspense and vistas as spooky as they are sweeping. Starring Mark Mitchinson (The Hobbit franchise), Vinnie Bennett (Ghost in the Shell) and Sophie Henderson (Power Rangers), Human Traces was filmed on the southern most…...

Angelina Jolie, who is bringing her Cambodian genocide pic First They Killed My Father and the animated Afghan drama The Breadwinner to the Toronto Film Festival, is joining the lineup of keynote speakers to appear at the Sept. 7-17 event.

Keynotes will also be delivered by Javier Bardem, Helen Mirren and Gael Garcia Bernal, organizers said Tuesday. As Toronto programmers rounded out their 2017 edition lineup, they added Discovery program titles that include the sidebar opener, the Argentine film Tigre, by directors Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra Guardiola, and the closer Human Traces by New Zealand director Nic Gorman.

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The features that make their premiere at Fantastic Fest tend to get much of the attention, but don’t forget that you’re likely to see some great short films at the event as well. Fantastic Fest is known for their extensive short film selection and this year is no different:

“Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the ninth edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 19th- 26th in Austin, Texas at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline. Short films provide an outlet for filmmakers to showcase their genre talents in a format with fewer restraints, making them a Fantastic Fest favorite. Fantastic Fest is wildly excited that longtime festival comrade Kier-la Janisse is now our lead shorts programmer. Kier-la created the notorious CineMuerte Film Festival in Canada, and was the first full-time film programmer for the Alamo back in the “wild west” days. She has since gone on...