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Hasta cuatro presencias españolas en el Festival canadiense.

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El Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto, que celebra su 50.ª edición del 4 al 14 de septiembre, ha anunciado los primeros títulos que integrarán sus dos secciones principales: Galas y Proyecciones Especiales. Aunque se esperan más incorporaciones, ya destacan nombres como Chloé Zhao, Edward Berger, David Michôd, Gus Van Sant, Guillermo del Toro, Mark Jenkin y Paul Greengrass. Además, España no se queda atrás y pone toda la carne en el asador con cuatro títulos. A la previamente anunciada El cautivo, de Alejandro Amenábar, que tendrá su estreno mundial en el certamen canadiense, se suman Tres adioses, de Isabel Coixet, también en calidad de premiere mundial; Sirat, de Oliver Laxe, tras su triunfo en la Croisette; y la coproducción Calle Málaga, que llegará tras su estreno en Venecia.

Galas

Adulthood (Alex Winter)

A Private Life (Rebecca Zlotowski)

Driver’s Ed (Bobby Farrelly)

Eleanor...

Celebrating its 50th edition this year, the Toronto International Film Festival will take place September 4–14. The festival has now unveiled its Galas & Special Presentations lineup, featuring new films by Benny Safdie, Gus Van Sant, Alice Winocour, Baz Luhrmann, Mark Jenkin, Steven Soderbergh, Rian Johnson, Paul Greengrass, Mamoru Hosoda, Joachim Trier, Richard Linklater, Jafar Panahi, Guillermo del Toro, Arnaud Desplechin, and more.

See below.

2025 Galas (in alphabetical order):

*previously announced

*A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | France

North American Premiere

Adulthood | Alex Winter | USA

World Premiere

Driver’s Ed | Bobby Farrelly | USA

World Premiere

Eleanor the Great | Scarlett Johansson | USA

North American Premiere

Eternity | David Freyne | USA

World Premiere

Fuze | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom

World Premiere

Glenrothan | Brian Cox | United Kingdom

World Premiere

Good Fortune | Aziz Ansari | USA

World Premiere

*Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom

Canadian Premiere

*Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | India

North American Premiere

*John Candy: I Like Me | Colin Hanks | USA...

World premieres of David Michôd’s boxing biopic Christy starring Sydney Sweeney, Alice Winocour’s fashion industry dramaCouturestarring Angelina Jolie,and David Mackenzie’s action thriller Fuze are among the line-up in Galas and Special Presentations unveiled by Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) today (July 21).

Also selected for their first public screenings at the festival’s 50th anniversary edition (September 4-14)are Isabel Coixet’s drama Three Goodbyes, Romain Gavras’s adventure comedy Sacrifice, mystery The Ugly from Train To Busan’s Yeon Sang-ho, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg Trials drama Nuremberg, acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for North America, Aziz Ansari...

The directorial debuts of comedian Aziz Ansari, “Euphoria” breakout Maude Apatow, “Succession” star Brian Cox and “Split” actor James McAvoy will world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Ansari’s action comedy “Good Fortune,” Apatow’s coming-of-age comedy “Poetic License,” Cox’s British drama “Glenrothan” and McAvoy’s musical biopic “California Schemin'” are among the new additions to the TIFF lineup. Other films that will host world premieres at the annual Canadian-based gathering include Alex Winter’s “Adulthood” and Bobby Farrelly’s “Driver’s Ed.”

Meanwhile Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” a wrestling drama starring Dwayne the Rock Johnson and Emily Blunt, and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” will have their North American premieres at TIFF. Those movies have yet to announce where the world premieres will take place, though it’s likely the Venice Film Festival.

TIFF also announced that several movies that already debuted at other...

World premieres of Aziz Ansari’s comedy Good Fortune starring Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves, David Michôd’s boxing biopic Christy starring Sydney Sweeney, and David Mackenzie’s action thriller Fuze are among the line-up in Galas and Special Presentations unveiled by Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) today (July 21).

Also selected for their first public screenings at the festival’s 50th anniversary edition (September 4-14)are Isabel Coixet’s drama Three Goodbyes, Romain Gavras’s adventure comedy Sacrifice, mystery The Ugly from Train To Busan’s Yeon Sang-ho, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg Trials drama Nuremberg, acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for North America,...

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Edward Berger’s “Ballad of a Small Player,” Bobby Farrelly’s “Driver’s Ed,” Brian Cox’s “Glenrothan,” Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” and Baz Luhrmann’s “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” will screen in the Galas and Special Presentations sections of the 2025 Toronto international Film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Monday.

Those films were among the more than 50 new movies that were added to the robust TIFF lineup. Previously, the festival had announced 17 other galas and special premieres, including Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet,” Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman,” Steven Soderbergh’s “The Christophers,” Agnieszka Holland’s “Franz,” Paul Greengrass’ “The Lost Bus” and Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.” The festival will open with Colin Hanks’ documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.”

More than 30 of the newly announced films will be world premieres. Those include “Driver’s Ed,...

As the fall festivals begin to roll out their lineups (a phrase you’ll be seeing a lot of on IndieWire in the coming days), a word of both caution and delight: don’t forget about the festival films that have already premiered elsewhere, from Sundance to Cannes. The Toronto International Film Festival certainly has not, as today’s full lineup of Gala and Special Presentations includes plenty of previously-premiered films that are already ranking among the year’s best.

We’re talking Sundance standouts like Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams,” plus Cannes hits likes Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling,” Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” and Óliver Laxe’s “Sirāt.”

And today’s announcement also includes world premieres like Aziz Ansari’s “Good Fortune,” Maude Apatow’s “Poetic License,...

The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled new star-driven Gala and Special Presentations titles, including Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, David Michod’s Christy, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg and Alice Winocour’s Couture.

Set for the buzzy red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall are world premieres for Bobby Farrelly’s road trip comedy Driver’s Ed, which stars Alyssa Milano, Kumail Nanjani and Molly Shannon; Russell Crowe’s Nazi thriller Nuremberg from director James Vanderbilt and Sony Pictures Classics, with the historical drama also starring Rami Malek, Michael Shannon and Leo Woodall; Succession actor Brian Cox bringing his directorial debut Glenrothan, where he stars alongside Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson in a film about estranged brothers looking to save a family whisky distillery; and David Freyne’s romantic comedy Eternity for A24, which stars Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner.

Exclusive: In an expansion of its Lab program, the Black List has named the projects and writers for its inaugural Projects Lab. The six writers are developing feature projects they intend to direct. The Lab program, now in its eleventh year, provides creative mentorship and professional support to promising screenwriters during a weeklong workshop in Ojai, CA.

This year’s writers are Dylan James Amick (The Estranged), Steve Anthopoulos (My Summer in the Human Resistance), Meghan Lennox (Gay For Amy), Alex Murawski (Walking In Iowa), Gabriella Mykal (Fuzzy), and Alexandra Qin (Thirstygirl). The Black List selected these writers from over 1,700 script submissions on blcklst.com.

During the Lab, each writer will develop their screenplay through peer workshops and one-on-one sessions with working professional screenwriting mentors, including Hannah Fidell (A Teacher), Liz Hannah (The Girl From Plainville), Maryam Keshavarz (The Persian Version), Sarah Adina Smith (Birds of Paradise), Axelle Carolyn (The...

While the Olympics may be at the top of every sports lovers list, some of us could not attend it for one reason or another. Amongst those who missed the iconic sporting event, which only takes place once every four years, mind you, was Prince William.

We did not know exactly why he was a no-show then, but now we’ve learnt that it took something heavy for him to decide to watch it on his screen like so many of us who couldn’t be present.

Here’s what he has to say about the decision.

Prince William – Reveals How His Wife Princess Kate’s Chemotherapy Kept Him From the Olympics

Prince William chose to put his wife’s health over entertainment as the Olympics headed to Paris this year. According to him, his decision to stay back stemmed from hearing a speech someone made on Covid and recognizing...

Prince William has revealed the reason why he skipped attending the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer.

Since Paris is such a short trip from the UK, many were wondering if the future King – and perhaps his wife Princess Catherine – would attend.

Keep reading to find out more…

During a royal visit with some British Olympians today, he was asked by swimmer Tom Dean, “Did you manage to get out [to Paris]?”

“No, I was so keen to come, but I have to say after reading someone’s interview about Covid I decided, because my wife was obviously having chemo, that I didn’t want to risk bringing Covid home,” the Prince reportedly responded. “But we watched the whole thing. We were glued to it every day.”

The Prince and Princess are parents to Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.

While they weren’t there in person, the royal couple Did celebrate the UK Olympians at home.

Olympic swimmer Tom Dean MBE and his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova have been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing 2024 following the first dance-off of the series. Dean and Bychkova faced actress Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones in the elimination round. After performing their routines once more, the judges chose to save Willcox, ending Dean’s time […]

Tom Dean MBE Becomes First Celebrity Eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing 2024...

Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (Dinner in America) from a screenplay by first-time feature writer Tom Dean, a film titled Carolina Caroline is currently in production – but rather than filming in North or South Carolina, it’s being made in Kentucky. When you first look at the cast list as reported by Deadline, you might be led to believe that this is a horror project, because in the lead roles we have genre icons Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner, who has been in the likes of Red, The Haunting in Connecticut, Jennifer’s Body, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Red State, The Walking Dead, The Cleanse, Alien Code, Ghosts of War, Smile, The Passenger; Mother, May I?; and the upcoming Smile sequel. But this one isn’t horror; it’s being described as a romantic crime thriller.

The story centers on a young woman (Weaving) who skips her small town — in...

Exclusive: Samara Weaving (Ready Or Not), Kyle Gallner (Strange Darling), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) and Jon Gries (The White Lotus) have been set to star in romantic crime thriller Carolina Caroline, which is now filming in Kentucky.

The film follows the story of a young woman (Weaving) who skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother (Sedgwick) — alongside a charismatic con man (Gallner) on the run from the law. The duo leave a wave of crime and passion behind them as they hustle their way through the Southeast.

Written by Tom Dean and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (Dinner In America). Producers include Bee-Hive Productions’ Stephen Braun (Sacramento), Star Thrower Entertainment’s Tim & Trevor White (King Richard), The Wonder Company’s Eric B. Fleischman and Chris Abernathy (Sacramento) and Create & Complete Entertainment’s Chris Ward.

Verve Ventures, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-representing worldwide rights.

The controversy over behaviour behind the scenes of the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing wages on, with one former contestant saying this weekend she raised concerns during her time on the show, but was “gaslit to make it seem normalised.”

TV presenter Laura Whitmore did not name the individual she complained about, but she took part in the show in 2016, when she was partnered with Italian professional Giovanni Pernice. In an interview with The Irish Times newspaper this weekend, she said she it was “all coming out now, stuff I tried to speak about eight years ago.”

Whitmore couldn’t talk about the content of her complaints because, she explained, “it’s under review,” but she stressed she had raised concerns at the time.

She told The Irish Times that she either wasn’t listened to when she tried to complain, “Or [I was] gaslit to make it seem normalised.”

She added:...

Exclusive: The Black List has named the six projects and seven screenwriters invited to their 2023 Annual Lab. The program, now in its eleventh year, provides creative mentorship and career support to promising feature writers as they further develop their scripts during a weeklong workshop in Ojai, CA.

This year’s writers are Jake Burnstein and Brandon Verdi (Extra Pulp), Anne Hollister (The House Sitter), Chris Hwisu Kim (E.S.L.), Kathryn Prescott (Ema), Jainaba Seckan (But Some Of Use Are Brave), and Lisabelle Tay (Momo). The Black List selected these writers from over 1,300 feature script submissions on blcklst.com.

During the Lab, each writer workshops their screenplay through peer workshops and one-on-one sessions with working professional screenwriting mentors, including Andrew Ahn (Fire Island), Steve Desmond (Knock At The Cabin), Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4), Kiwi Smith (Legally Blonde) , Jonathan Stokes (El Gringo), and Scott Myers of Go Into The Story.

The Black...

“Charlie Harper,” starring Emilia Jones from Oscar-winning film “Coda,” has been sold to multiple international territories.

The film will be directed by Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge from a script written by Dean. Toby Wallace will star opposite Jones.

The film has been sold to Germany/Austria (Tobis), France (Snd), Japan (Kinoshita), Australia/New Zealand (Roadshow), Spain (TriPictures), Scandinavia (Sf Studios), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Israel (Forum Film), South Africa (Empire), Latin America (Sun), Portugal (Nos), Greece (Odeon), Middle East (Front Row), Benelux (The Searchers), Baltics (Acme), and Eastern Europe (Unicorn).

“Charlie Harper” follows the journey of a young woman, Harper (Jones), and a young man, Charlie (Wallace), as they meet, leave their respective homes, and attempt to build a life together in a new city. But as the driven and ambitious Harper works to build a career as a chef, and the brilliant-yet-stuck Charlie struggles to get himself on track,...

Picture Perfect Federation, Little Ray Media, Temple Hill Entertainment producing.

Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Federation, Little Ray Media, and Temple Hill Entertainment have reported brisk international sales in Cannes on Charlie Harper starring Emilia Jones following her breakout role in the Oscar-winner Coda.

Cannes sales veteran Wachsberger, who produced Coda, closed a raft of deals on the Croisette led by France (Snd), Germany/Austria (Tobis), Latin America (Sun), Scandinavia (Sf Studios), and Middle East (Front Row).

Rights have also gone in Australia/New Zealand (Roadshow), Japan (Kinoshita), Benelux (The Searchers), Spain (Tripictures), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Eastern Europe (Unicorn), Switzerland...

The romance movie Charlie Harper, starring Coda breakout Emilia Jones and Toby Wallace (Babyteeth, FX’s Pistol), has sold to various international markets after being presented to buyers at the Cannes film market.

To be directed by Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge from a script written by Dean, the film will be produced by Picture Perfect Federation’s Patrick Wachsberger and Ashley Stern, Little Ray Media’s Mallory Edens and Temple Hill Entertainment’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. Temple Hill’s Laura Quicksilver will executive produce.

Charlie Harper reunites Wachsberger with Temple Hill following their partnership on the Twilight franchise.

It follows a young woman, Harper (Jones), and a young man, Charlie (Wallace), as they meet, leave their respective homes and attempt to build a life together in a new city. “But as the driven and ambitious Harper works to build a career as a chef, and the brilliant-yet-stuck...

Romance pic Charlie Harper, starring Coda actor Emilia Jones alongside Toby Wallace (Babyteeth), has inked a series of international deals out of last week’s Cannes Market.

Reported deals include Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Israel (Forum Film), South Africa (Empire), Japan (Kinoshita), Latin America (Sun), Germany/Austria (Tobis), Scandinavia (Sf Studios), Portugal (Nos), France (Snd), Greece (Odeon), Middle East (Front Row), Benelux (The Searchers), Spain (Tripictures), Baltics (Acme), Eastern Europe (Unicorn), and Australia/New Zealand (Roadshow).

The project was brought to the market by Picture Perfect Federation, Little Ray Media, and Temple Hill Entertainment. UTA is co-representing domestic sales of the title.

Plot follows the journey of a young woman, Harper (Jones), and a young man, Charlie (Wallace), as they meet, leave their respective homes, and attempt to build a life together in a new city. As the driven and ambitious Harper works to build a career as a chef and...

Exclusive: Coda star Emilia Jones is set to star in romance Charlie Harper, which Picture Perfect Federation is launching for sales at next week’s upcoming Cannes market.

The film will reunite former Lionsgate film co-chief Patrick Wachsberger with Twilight producers Temple Hill Entertainment. It also reunites Wachsberger with Jones after they collaborated on Oscar winner Coda.

Little Ray Media also produces the movie which has Toby Wallace (Babyteeth) in talks to join as co-lead. UTA is co-repping domestic.

Pic follows the journey of a young woman, Harper (Jones), and a young man, Charlie (Wallace), as they meet, leave their respective homes, and attempt to build a life together in a new city. As the driven and ambitious Harper works to build a career as a chef, and the brilliant-yet-stuck Charlie struggles to get himself on track, their relationship faces growing challenges. The movie “will include jumps in time and...

Melbourne, Dec 18 (Ians) Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong, China on Sunday defended her women’s 200m freestyle title, as the United States topped the medal table at the 16th Fina World Swimming Championships (25m).

The United States won 36 medals, including 17 gold medals, at the six-day short-course event held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Center. Hosts Australia finished second with 26 medals.

On the final day of the event on Sunday, Haughey, the women’s 200m freestyle world record holder, had a comfortable victory in her pet event after touching the wall in 1:51.65.

She led throughout and finished well ahead of Canada’s Rebecca Smith and Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands.

“It’s so nice to defend your title and this is the first time that I managed to do this,” Haughey told Xinhua. “It means a lot to me. I wish the time was a little bit faster but...

Exclusive: The Black List has chosen six screenwriters out of 1,400 submissions for its ninth annual Features Lab.

Lab participants will workshop their scripts through peer groups, and one-on-one mentorship over the course of six weeks. Participating mentors include Minhal Baig (Hala), Jessica Bendinger (Bring It On), Scott Myers, David Rabinowitz (BlackKklansman), Kiwi Smith (Legally Blonde), and Chris Weitz (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).

Previous Black List Lab alumni include Baig, Tom Dean, Noga Pnueli and Jimmy Keyrouz. Two additional Black List Lab projects (The Enclosed by Chris Basler and Empire Waist by Claire Ayoub) are currently in production.

The Feature Lab participants and their projects are:

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