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Leading Belgian filmmaker Koen Mortier is directing the series.

Maze Runner star Thomas Brodie-Sangster has joined an ambitious new Netflix-backed documentary series about the Second World War.

Voices Of Liberation is an 11-part, English-language series written and directed by leading Belgian filmmaker Koen Mortier, whose credits include crime drama Ex Drummer.

UK actor Sangster, also known for roles in Game Of Thrones and The Queen’s Gambit, will front the first two episodes of the documentary that traces the “liberation route” across Europe, and will share his own family connections to the war effort.

Other hosts include Bouli Lanners, the...

Netflix will provide 40% of the total budget.

Leading Belgian filmmaker Koen Mortier is embarking on an ambitious new Netflix-backed documentary series about the Second World War.

Liberation Route will be a 12-part, English-language series and is being made through Czar – the production company behind Berlinale Encounters title Naked Animals.

It marks the first project to receive financing from Netflix since a law was passed in Belgium requiring the streaming giant to invest 2% of its income from subscriptions in Flanders into Flemish content. Netflix will provide 40% of the total budget.

The project has also secured Belgian Tax Shelter funding, a presale...

(Update: We have been provided a trailer with English subtitles)  It was back in February that we shared the first teaser for Gilles Coulier's Belgian crime drama Cargo and, already, we were much impressed by what was on offer. Veteran character actor Sam Louwyck - I first came across him in Ex Drummer and his presence in anything since has been a sure fire mark of quality - takes the lead inwhat promises to be one of the stronger pictures of the year. In the cold waters of the North Sea, Leon Broucke jumps overboard from his fishing boat in front of his eldest son, Jean. The old man slips into a deep coma, leaving his son with a huge debt and responsibility for the...

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We have some brief news on the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted thanks to The Cult. Financing has finally come through on the project! Belgium filmmaker Koen Mortier (Ex Drummer) was appointed back in 2008 to direct and write the screenplay. Yes, that's how long this thing has just been sitting on a shelf somewhere. Just like other possible Palahniuk adaptations: Survivor, Lullaby, and Invisible Monsters. Brian Levy acquired the film to be the first project under his banner, New...

There is something quite distinctive and yet quite hard to pin down about the current wave of Belgian films. though very much within the arthouse aesthetic there's just something damaged about these films, something that - when coupled with elements of crime film and other dark overtones - gives them a broad appeal into the more genre oriented world as well. Films like Bullhead, The Misfortunates and Ex Drummer are all obvious examples of these pictures and it would appear Peter Monsaert's Offline may be another.After seven years in prison, Rudy Vandekerckhove has set himself two clear objectives: get back to work as a washing machine repairman, and - more importantly - become reconciled with the family he had left behind. But despite the...

With Ex Drummer, Koen Mortier (22 Mei) followed the path that Tom Barman's Any Way The Wind Blows cleared a couple of years earlier. Mortier merely confirmed it was possible to make challenging, unique films in Flanders, films that holds international appeal and aren't just local products build on the national fame of some or other second-rate actor. Ex Drummer is not for the faint of heart, but if you possess a very dark sense of humor this is definitely one of the best comedies you will encounter.The DVD cover links this film to Trainspotting, and while I can appreciate the similarities between both movies you need a much darker and nihilistic sense of humor to sit through Mortier's masterpiece. Ex Drummer descends to the...

Soon to premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival is Michael Roskam's Bullhead (Rundskop), a dark drama set in the world of illegal agricultural hormone trading. Shot by frequent Koen (Ex Drummer) Mortier collaborator Nicolas Karakatsanis there seems to be a lot to like in the trailer. Here's the official synopsis:

Set in the underworld of the Belgian agricultural hormone mafia, an illegal fatstocker and a police informer face each other in a crime investigation. But then a dark and unsettling story about loyalty and friendship unfolds through their tormented past as childhood friends.

A couple of years ago several new talents took the stage in the Flemish film scene. Films like Ex Drummer, Small Gods and Dirty Mind launched a new image for our movie industry, even landing us some international attention on foreign film fests. It's not just a passing hype either, as proven by Koen Mortier's second feature-length film. 22 Mei (22nd of May if you prefer the international title) turned into a challenging and stunning piece of cinema.

Mortier had to fight long and hard to get his first film made. Ex Drummer might be a book adaptation but Mortier's vision was just too strong and relentless for companies to simply shell out some quick cash and a carte blanche handshake. The film became an international cult success though and Mortier was given the even more difficult task to treat his newfound fans to an even better sophomore picture. This...

Now gearing up for a mid-November release in Belgium a pair of clips have turned up online from 22nd of May, the sophomore effort from Ex Drummer director Koen Mortier. Though clearly the work of the same man this is an entirely different sort of film from his debut, one that trades in the abrasiveness of the original for something entirely more hypnotic and metaphysical.

... While everything around him is burning, Sam tries his best to help. He drags a woman outside against her will. She is screaming, struggling to get back inside to save her child. But Sam is already back on the scene, trying to rescue other victims, all of them just as helpless as he is. They are strewn over the floor, covered in blood, their clothes shredded to pieces, feeling utterly lost. As their cries turn into screams, Sam is overpowered by fear and panic. First there was the shock,...

Though it remains to be seen whether he will be loved our hated by audiences at large - and both seem equally likely - there is no doubt at all that Our Day Will Come announces the arrival of Romain Gavras as a significant new talent in world cinema. Though working with a very different style, Gavras embraces the same sort of fuck you abrasiveness that has made Lars Von Trier such a polarizing presence on the world scene and we should expect nothing less from Gavras.

A cynical outsider epic, Our Day Will Come is the story of Remy and Patrick, a pair of misfits joined together by their dislike of society and their red hair. Patrick (Vincent Cassel) is a psychotherapist sick to death of listening to the banalities of people's problems and pretending to care. He is cynical in the extreme and seemingly desperate for anything he...

With his searing debut Ex Drummer Belgian director Koen Mortier burst onto the scene with a sort of punk rock bravado, a raw and abrasive style laid atop remarkable technical skills and a surprising amount of soul for those willing to muck about in the filth of his characters' lives to find it. With 22nd of May - his sophomore feature - returns to serve notice that the soul of Ex Drummer was no accident. If Ex Drummer was Irvine Welsh cranked up to eleven then 22nd of May is a sort of dark cousin to Wings of Desire era Wim Wenders, a film in which the line between the physical and the spiritual are blurred to the point that they become meaningless and the spirits of the dead roam freely with the living.

Sam Louwyck is Sam, the blue collar security guard at a small, mid level shopping center.

#1. 22nd of May Director: Koen Mortier Cast: Sam Louwyck, Titus De Voogdt, Norman Baert, Wim Willaert, Jan Hammenecker Distributor: Rights Available. Buzz: It's a major coup that Tiff managed to land the world premiere to this sampling of dystopian madness. From the ultra talented creator behind Ex Drummer (which was shown at Tiff in 2007 and its charged content probably sent a couple of patrons out the doors early), the mind blowing trailer below only demonstrates that Mortier's packed tool box contains some gnarly heavy duty visual tricks.    The Gist: Sam wakes up, gets ready and goes to do his daily job. And then the unexpected happens. A bomb explodes in the center of the shopping mall where he works. He drags himself towards the entrance to save the victims. One by one he pulls them out, until something terrible takes place. In complete hysteria he runs off till he falls down from exhaustion.

Varietys review of this film said it "could orbit fests and ancillary circuits as a cult item", likely based on it's heavy parnoia as a man loses his sanity. But that wasn't what caught my eye. It was the teaser we have after the break which includes some excellent music(!?) from Guy Van Nueten who was the composer on Ex Drummer. The film premiered at Locarno, the hands down best fest for weird arthouse gems.

Samuel works in Brussels as a pharmaceutical delivery man. His gorgeous girlfriend Mireille heads off to New York to intern at a prestigious architecture firm. Shortly after her departure, Sam's computer is hacked. A series of rather dodgy It-guys fail to protect his wireless network. The mysterious hacker seems intent on screwing up Samuel's life and his relationship with Mireille. Paranoia kicks in. Sam starts to suspect his neighbors and gets obsessed with WiFi-rays... Love,...

Belgian director Koen Mortier won a great many very rabid fans in these parts with his debut film Ex Drummer, a punk rock blast of energy and degeneracy that has developed a very well deserved cult following all around the world. And now Mortier is back with his sophomore film poised to have its world premiere in Toronto.

Titled 22nd of May it's an entirely different, more somber affair, the story revolving around a blue collar security guard at a small mall that becomes the target of a terrorist bombing. Here's and excerpt from the original, very detailed synopsis:

... While everything around him is burning, Sam tries his best to help. He drags a woman outside against her will. She is screaming, struggling to get back inside to save her child. But Sam is already back on the scene, trying to rescue other victims, all of them just as helpless as he is.

The sophomore film from the director of Ex Drummer, Swedish thriller Bad Faith, Pablo Trapero's Carancho (my personal favorite film from Cannes 2010), Tsui Hark's Detective Dee, Tom Tykwer's Three and a host of others populate one of the more exciting lineups for the Tiff Contemporary World Cinema Program in recent years. Here's the complete lineup:

22nd of May Koen Mortier, Belgium World Premiere

The director of Ex-Drummer returns with an artful meditation on political violence. A security guard fails to prevent a horrific explosion in a shopping mall, then lives through the aftermath as a series of overlapping what-ifs.

Africa United Debs Gardner-Paterson, United Kingdom World Premiere

Africa United tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children and their bid to achieve their lifelong dream - to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in Johannesburg.

Aftershock Feng Xiaogang, China North American Premiere...

America has had to wait a long, long time for Koen Mortier's Ex Drummer. One of the most potent debut films I have ever come across - you can read my review here - the picture deserves all the Trainspotting comparisons, though this is grittier stuff by far. After becoming a buzz film at the Toronto International Film Festival and being picked up for release by Tartan the film itself and director Koen Mortier appeared headed for cult stardom but those plans all fell apart when Tartan collapsed before releasing it and sent the film off into contractual limbo. Though it did receive an R1 release in Canada, that version was pretty bare bones and scarcely publicized at all.

Well, Us fans, the newly reorganized Tartan is up and running, treating their films a whole lot better than the old Tartan did and they have just put out the...

We might be jumping the gun a bit here today, but clearly Avatar is the biggest DVD and Blu-ray release of the week -- even if it doesn't actually hit stores until Earth Day (Thursday). I wonder how many people will bring it home and wonder why they aren't seeing it in three-dimensions? Other major releases include Crazy Heart (which Jeff Bridges just won the Oscar for), Peter Jackson's much maligned The Lovely Bones, British crime drama 44 Inch Chest, and Peacock starring Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page. On Blu, we have Steven Spielberg's Minority Report, The Basketball Diaries, and the Kino release of Battleship Potemkin. Do you see anything worth buying or renting this week? Avatar [1] (on Apr. 22nd) (+ Blu-ray [2]) The Lovely Bones [3] (+ Blu-ray [4]) Crazy Heart [5] (+ Blu-ray [6]) 44 Inch Chest [7] (+ Blu-ray [8]) Peacock [9] The Young Victoria [10] (+ Blu-ray [11]) Summer Hours: Criterion Collection [12] (+ Blu-ray [13]) Vivre sa vie: Criterion Collection [14] (+ Blu-ray...

DVD Playhouse—April 2010

By

Allen Gardner

Ride With The Devil (Criterion) Ang Lee’s revisionist take on the Civil War is awash in moral ambiguity, along with some stunning cinematography, production design, and fine performances. Set during the Kansas-Missouri border war, Tobey Maguire and Skeet Ulrich star as two friends who join up with the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers, finding an odd ally in a former slave (Jeffrey Wright). While it’s fascinating to see America’s bloodiest conflict through the eyes of a foreigner, thereby allowing much of the previously mentioned ambiguity a certain latitude, the film never loses the bad taste it leaves for one simple reason: it asks us, the audience, to side with not just the Confederates, but some of the lowest trash that made up the dregs, and the fringes, of the movement. Big points for audacity, but snake eyes on the story itself. Singer Jewel is impressive in her film debut.

When someone gives me seven supposedly “good” reasons not to watch a movie, there’s a very strong possibility that I’m going to watch it, anyway. That’s just the way I operate. The international trailer for Koen Mortier’s 2007 black comedy “Ex Drummer” presents a dizzying array of gritty visuals into 90 chatoic seconds, and to be perfectly honest, I’m not entirely sure what the film is about. The synopsis clears things up a bit, but when you go back and watch the trailer again, finding elements of the plot in all of that visceral madness is virtually impossible. Of course, this is exactly the reason I’m interested. Yes, I’m deranged. Tell me something I don’t know. Sheesh. A plot synopsis, straight from the director’s mindscape: Every village has its band of fools, trying to get to the top, following their idols in drug habits,...

In many ways, Cannes' parallel sidebars (Director's Fortnight, Critic's Week and I'm including Un Certain Regard here) are the hardest sections to forecast - the high volume of films from all corner of the globe and the actual number of available slots makes it perhaps more difficult to predict than the actual Main Competition predictions.. - In many ways, Cannes' parallel sidebars (Director's Fortnight, Critic's Week and I'm including Un Certain Regard here) are the hardest sections to forecast - the high volume of films from all corner of the globe and the actual number of available slots makes it perhaps more difficult to predict than the actual Main Competition predictions (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV). Like other major film festivals, Cannes has their own labs, promoting new talent and I'm expecting to see some of the Atelier names to preem their work at...

Good news for fans of Ex Drummer and director Koen Mortier!  Today is the final shooting day on Mortier's sophomore feature, the terrorism-themed 22nd of May, which means a look at some footage cannot be far off.  But footage or no, director of photography Nicolas Karakatsanis has posted a generous collection of shots from the set on his personal blog and these are flat out stunning.  There are more to be found over here but I've gathered a collection of my favorites below. 

... While everything around him is burning, Sam tries his best to help. He drags a woman outside against her will. She is screaming, struggling to get back inside to save her child. But Sam is already back on the scene, trying to rescue other victims, all of them just as helpless as he is. They are strewn over the floor, covered in blood, their clothes shredded to pieces,...

As the San Francisco Independent Film Festival drew to a close yesterday, it bowed out with a final night time showing of Deadgirl, a controversial picture that challenges the audience's idea of sex and the coming-of-age. It's a nice bookmark to its opening night film, Somers Town, which is also about two teenage boys and a girl, but is at the opposite end of the spectrum. In between, we have films that are either full of life or apologetically cynical, completing a journey from the sweet to the depraved.

Here's a recap of the interesting independent films we had the chance to see.

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The Best

Deadgirl

"It uses otherworldly elements to perform a horrific probe of the human experience, which is what the best horror films always do." (Read more)

Somers Town

"After confronting xenophobia so thoroughly and intensely in This is England, Somers Town is the perfect show of progression,...

Wow, this week we have a veritable cornucopia of genre film dropping. First off is the [Rec] remake Quarantine which I personally enjoyed more than the original. I mean, that camera bashing the head in scene? Awesome! Then we have the (hopefully not) last in the Feast trifecta, Feast 3: The Happy Finish which is hands down a great series, see it. Next we have the long awaited Midnight Meat Train (review here) adapted from Clive Barker's story of the same name, and while this may have had a sordid history in getting a release, it's still worth watching. Then we have the surprisingly good (but badly titled) Alien Raiders which we all enjoyed (review here). Then we have Screamers 2: The Hunting which I know agentorange is looking forward too. Last but not least is the f***ed up genre favorite Ex Drummer out of Belgium which you should really check out.

Originally reviewed as part of the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.

Brutal. This Belgium film has been compared to Trainspotting for its depiction of the unruly lives as of society’s dregs, but one look at it and you’ll see why it makes the Danny Boyle classic look like West Side Story. Ex Drummer is Trainspotting on a cocktail of cocaine and steroids. It’s savagely violent, explicitly offensive, politically incorrect and boasts humor as black as Satan’s morning coffee.

To say that the four protagonists are misfits would be a crime of neglect, since they are much more dangerous than that. Ex Drummer tells the forming of the ironically named punk band The Feminists, consisting of three handicapped social outcasts who recruit successful writer Dries to be their drummer. Dries agrees out of amusement and boredom, reasoning that his bandmates would provide interesting material for a story.

Sorry, David Fincher, as much as I love your adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club I’ve always thought your films were just a touch too slick for Palahniuk’s particular world. And Clark Gregg? Well, you got my favorite of Palahniuk’s novels and made one brilliant casting choice in Sam Rockwell but you just don;t have the required sense of style to really make it go. Lawrence Frank? You’ve got a fighting chance of making a good film of Survivor but I don’t expect it to look much like the novel by the time you’re done. But this? This is brilliant news.

The rights to bring Palahniuk’s Haunted to the big screen have just been purchased by Belgian director Koen Mortier, he of Ex Drummer fame, and if ever there was a perfect match of director and material this is it. Ex Drummer...

Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, Deals, Scripts

While Choke hacks its way across theater screens, another Chuck Palahniuk novel is getting the spotlight. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Haunted has been optioned by New School Media. (Sweet! I might find use for those postcards from my forgotten days as a street team member after all!)

But don't expect anything of Pitt proportions. Belgian director Koen Mortier has signed on to adapt and direct the film, which will only be the director's third feature (after last year's Ex Drummer and the upcoming 22nd of May). While Mortier might be able to knock this out of the park, I think chances are good that this will be another on-screen adaptation that fails to live up to the fervor incited by Fight Club. But the content is certainly interesting.

Haunted follows a group of people who sign up for a secret writers' retreat, only...

Chuck Palahniuk's novel Haunted has been optioned by Brian Levy's New School Media. The project will be adapted for the screen and directed by Koen Mortier (Ex Drummer, A Hard Day's Work).

Two of Palahniuk's nine novels have made the transition from page to screen (Fight Club, Choke), but box office success has eluded the cult author's screen adaptations thus far.

Haunted follows the story of a group of characters who answer an ad for a writer's retreat and unwittingly wind up playing a forced game of Survivor.

Source: Variety

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Chuck Palahniuk | Haunted...

<a href="http://blog.spout.com/wp-content/uploads/fc-89-img.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5494" title="fc-89-img" src="http://blog.spout.com/wp-content/uploads/fc-89-img.jpg" alt="" /></a> As the shit hits the fan on Wall St., a more gradual, but equally serious shake-up is happening in the world of independent film. Paul shares stories from <a href="http://www.independentfilmweek.com/">Independent Film Week</a>, a tumultuous clash of ideas about what the future of cinema sans Hollywood will look like. Karina checks in to tell us about Fantastic Fest. Along with alcohol, karaoke, and BBQ, she's enjoyed the films <em><a href="http://blog.spout.com/2008/09/23/cargo-200-review-fantastic-fest-2008/">Cargo 200</a></em> and <em><a href="http://www.spout.com/films/321074/default.aspx">Ex Drummer</a></em>. <em><a href="http://www.spout.com/films/361735/default.aspx">Choke</a></em>, the new film based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk (<em><a href="http://www.spout.com/fi ...

Fantastic Fest is proud to announce the winning films of the 2008 festival. Taking top prize in the AMD Next Wave competition is the Japanese sci-fi horror film TOKYO GORE POLICE. The Audience Award goes to THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD, stylized indie-noir SOUTH OF HEAVEN takes the AMD Fantastic Fest Online Award, and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN nabs the Best Horror Feature. Complete awards listings are below:

Bloodshots 48 Hour Filmmaking Contest:

Team: Scottish Rite Productions

Film: Meet the Maydays

Team Capt – Drew Thomas

Fantastic Fest Bumper Contest:

Team: Yer Dead

Film: Report Card

Team Capt – Jason Eisener

Animated Shorts:

First Place: Bernie's Doll

Second Place: Muto

Third Place: Violeta

Special Jury Award for Technical Merit: Facts In The Case Of Mr. Hollow

Fantastic Shorts:

First Place: The Object

Second Place: Spandex Man

Third Place: Stagman

Special Jury Award for Visual Invention: Rojo Red

Horror Shorts:

First Place:.

We are proud to present the 2008 Fantastic Fest Jury Members and Jury Films. Awards for all these catagories as well as the Amd Next Wave, Bloodshots, Fantastic Fest bumper, Fantastic Fest online, best Shakey Face and Audience Award will be all be announced at the Fantastic Fest Awards Ceremony on Monday, September 22.

The 2008 Animated Shorts Official Selections:

Bernie's Doll

Blood Will Tell

City Wasp

Coffee Vending Machine and His Sword

Dog

The Facts in the Case of Mr Hollow

Fantaisie in Bubblewrap

Film Noir

Fish

Game Over

Karaoke Show

Muto

The Squirrel Next Door

Violeta

The Watermelon Chickens

For the first time this year, the Animated Shorts will play as a program at Fantastic Fest, screening three times throughout the festival, 3:45 Pm on Thu, Sep 18, 1:45 Pm on Sun, Sep 21, and 3:50 Pm on Wed, Sep 24.

Members of the Animated Shorts jury:

Sammi Inoue Harte: is a founder of...

The mammoth Fantasia Festival has come to an end and you know what that means: prizes! Who’s getting the hardware this year? Ahem ...

Swedish vampire picture Let The Right One In was the clear winner, taking home the jury award for Best Picture while also netting nods for Best Director and Best Photography. A surprising - and Very gratifying - choice was Miki Satoshi winning best script for Adrift In Tokyo while Rule of Three and Shadows in the Palace took home Best Actor and Actress, respectively, and the jury awarded a special prize to Adrift In Tokyo‘s duo of Jô Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura. In the First Features category Koen Mortier’s Ex Drummer edged out Nacho Vigalondo’s Time Crimes and John Bergin’s From Inside, all three of which I truly adore.

Check out all the rest of the winners in the official announcement below the break!

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008

Press Release: For Immediate Release

Subject: First Wave of Fantastic Fest content announced

Where: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar, Austin, TX

Fantastic Fest, September 18-25, 2008

Contact:

Tim League

(512) 912-0529

info@fantasticfest.com

www.fantasticfest.com

We are proud to announce the first wave of our feature film programming for the 2008 edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. For the past 9 months, we have been scouring the globe for the strangest, the most heart-pounding and the most challenging new genre films. With over 100 films representing over 30 countries, Fantastic Fest is the largest festival of its kind in the United States. We are proud to announce our first slate of 22 confirmed feature films. Also included is information about our signature Fantastic Fest special events and parties.

Feature films:

Art of the Devil 3 (2008, Thailand, director: Ronin Team)

A prequel to one of the most graphic and visually creative horror movies in recent times,...

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008

Press Release: For Immediate Release

Subject: First Wave of Fantastic Fest content announced

Where: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar, Austin, TX

Fantastic Fest, September 18-25, 2008

Contact:

Tim League

(512) 912-0529

info@fantasticfest.com

www.fantasticfest.com

We are proud to announce the first wave of our feature film programming for the 2008 edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. For the past 9 months, we have been scouring the globe for the strangest, the most heart-pounding and the most challenging new genre films. With over 100 films representing over 30 countries, Fantastic Fest is the largest festival of its kind in the United States. We are proud to announce our first slate of 22 confirmed feature films. Also included is information about our signature Fantastic Fest special events and parties.

Feature films:

Art of the Devil 3 (2008, Thailand, director: Ronin Team)

A prequel to one of the most graphic and visually creative horror movies in recent times,...

It’s gutter tourism for famed author Dries in Koen Mortier’s adaptation of the cult novel by Herman Brusselmans. Transgressive, vulgar, violent, and sexually sexually explicit, Mortier’s debut also showcases a supremely raw sense of style while preserving and oddly tragic and poetic heart. Trainspotting comparisons are inevitable - and apt enough, as far as that goes - but Mortier’s film functions on an entirely different level than Boyle’s. Yes, boys and girls, we have just been introduced to a fierce and uncompromising new talent.

• Today’s Tiff Vanguard section add-ons are primarily comprised of Cannes selections, directorial debuts (girls watch out for a certain Mexican actor turned director) and international fair that defy easy categorization and have reaped some awards along the way. Also added to the Midnight Madness section are the highly awaited films from Dario Argento and Takashi Miike – both titles will be high up on the Ioncinema coverage list. Here are the added titles along with descriptions. Vanguard Titlesparanoid Park Gus Van Sant, FranceAlex (Gabe Nevins), a teenaged skateboarder, is at the centre of a criminal investigation after a security guard is killed near a skate park. Through non-linear fragments of action, voiced memories, skating scenes and Alex's inner conflict, his connection to the case is made clear. Like Van Sant's recent trilogy (Gerry, Elephant and Last Days) the sophisticated Paranoid Park, based on the novel by Blake Nelson, is

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