With only the Contemporary World Cinema and Wavelengths left on the scorecard, TIFF has now dropped the Short Cuts programme and we’ve got plenty of Canuck films with the likes of Miryam Charles, Jasmin Mozaffari, and Ryan McKenna leading the charge. Maple syrup cinema is also being mixed with and some noteworthy premieres with the top two items in the Palme d’Or short film competition in Flóra Anna Buda‘s 27 and Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter‘s Fár and new work from established names. Feature film director Ana Cristina Barragán (who gave us La piel pulpo last year) gives us a short in Bird.…...
- 8/9/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Forty-two short films from 23 countries will screen in the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival’s Short Cuts section, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday.
The shorts include “Dammi,” which stars Riz Ahmed and was directed by Yann Mounir Demange, an Emmy nominee in 2021 for “Lovecraft Country”; “Electra,” a new film by Czech director Daria Kascheeva, who was nominated for an Oscar for the animated short “Mother”; “27,” for which director Flora Anna Duba won the Short Film Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival; and “Woaca,” the directorial debut of Canadian actor Mackenzie Davis.
According to TIFF, more than half the films are directed or co-directed by female or female-identifying filmmakers. Almost half the films, 19 out of the 42, are by Canadian filmmakers. Twenty one of the films will have their world premieres at TIFF.
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival will run from Sept. 7 through Sept. 17.
The Short Cuts lineup, separated...
The shorts include “Dammi,” which stars Riz Ahmed and was directed by Yann Mounir Demange, an Emmy nominee in 2021 for “Lovecraft Country”; “Electra,” a new film by Czech director Daria Kascheeva, who was nominated for an Oscar for the animated short “Mother”; “27,” for which director Flora Anna Duba won the Short Film Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival; and “Woaca,” the directorial debut of Canadian actor Mackenzie Davis.
According to TIFF, more than half the films are directed or co-directed by female or female-identifying filmmakers. Almost half the films, 19 out of the 42, are by Canadian filmmakers. Twenty one of the films will have their world premieres at TIFF.
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival will run from Sept. 7 through Sept. 17.
The Short Cuts lineup, separated...
- 8/9/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled 42 short films to feature as part of its Short Cuts program in September, led by the Riz Ahmed-starrer Dammi and Redlights, toplined by Kaniehtiio Horn and Ellyn Jade.
Ahmed, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Sound of Metal and last year earned a Oscar for the live-action short The Long Goodbye, toplines Dammi, a short directed by French auteur Yann Mounir Demange and set to world premiere in Locarno before landing in Toronto. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Souheila Yacoub, Sandor Funtek and Suzy Bemba and is produced by Ami, the French fashion brand, which teased a trailer for the film in Cannes.
Demange has TV series credits that include Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Dead Set, and movie credits like ’71 and White Boy Rick. Renee Zhan, who earned the Jury Award for best animated...
Ahmed, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Sound of Metal and last year earned a Oscar for the live-action short The Long Goodbye, toplines Dammi, a short directed by French auteur Yann Mounir Demange and set to world premiere in Locarno before landing in Toronto. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Souheila Yacoub, Sandor Funtek and Suzy Bemba and is produced by Ami, the French fashion brand, which teased a trailer for the film in Cannes.
Demange has TV series credits that include Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Dead Set, and movie credits like ’71 and White Boy Rick. Renee Zhan, who earned the Jury Award for best animated...
- 8/9/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you’re looking to dive into the best of independent and foreign filmmaking, The Criterion Channel has announced their August 2020 lineup. The impressive slate includes retrospectives dedicated to Mia Hansen-Løve, Bill Gunn, Stephen Cone, Terry Gilliam, Wim Wenders, Alain Delon, Bill Plympton, Les Blank, and more.
In terms of new releases, they also have Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau, the fascinating documentary John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection, the Kenyan LGBTQ drama Rafiki, and more. There’s also a series on Australian New Wave with films by Gillian Armstrong, Bruce Beresford, David Gulpilil, and Peter Weir, as well as one on bad vacations with Joanna Hogg’s Unrelated, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, and more.
See the lineup below and explore more on their platform. One can also see our weekly streaming picks here.
25 Ways to Quit Smoking, Bill Plympton, 1989
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Roy Rowland,...
In terms of new releases, they also have Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau, the fascinating documentary John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection, the Kenyan LGBTQ drama Rafiki, and more. There’s also a series on Australian New Wave with films by Gillian Armstrong, Bruce Beresford, David Gulpilil, and Peter Weir, as well as one on bad vacations with Joanna Hogg’s Unrelated, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, and more.
See the lineup below and explore more on their platform. One can also see our weekly streaming picks here.
25 Ways to Quit Smoking, Bill Plympton, 1989
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Roy Rowland,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Justin Timberlake surprised 13-year-old Ryan McKenna, now known as the “selfie kid”, with a phone call as the teenager appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Friday. McKenna went viral after he managed to grab a snap with Timberlake, 37, mid-performance at Sunday’s Super Bowl, and he told DeGeneres, 60, all about the “crazy” moment. Admitting...
- 2/9/2018
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
What's better than one selfie with Justin Timberlake? Two. (Obviously.) Ryan McKenna stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday, where the 13-year-old reminisced about unwittingly becoming part of Timberlake's 2018 Super Bowl Halftime Show performance. "Boy, your life has changed, hasn't it?" DeGeneres asked. "Yeah," the teen admitted. "This is so amazing." Initially, McKenna—a diehard New England Patriots fan—was just excited to be at the game. "My dad told me two weeks before and I just started crying. I couldn't believe it. Just to go to the Super Bowl is a dream come true," he said. Fans were given no warning that Timberlake would be...
- 2/9/2018
- E! Online
Ryan McKenna didn’t expect to go viral at Super Bowl Lii!
After becoming the subject of various memes suggesting he was more excited about the special Super Bowl episode of This Is Us than watching Justin Timberlake perform, the 13-year-old boy who went on to snap a selfie with the singer during Timberlake’s halftime performance explained what was really going on at the time.
“It was crazy,” McKenna said on Monday’s episode of Good Morning America.
The seventh-grader from Hingham, Massachusetts also added that he had no idea what was even going on in the second half...
After becoming the subject of various memes suggesting he was more excited about the special Super Bowl episode of This Is Us than watching Justin Timberlake perform, the 13-year-old boy who went on to snap a selfie with the singer during Timberlake’s halftime performance explained what was really going on at the time.
“It was crazy,” McKenna said on Monday’s episode of Good Morning America.
The seventh-grader from Hingham, Massachusetts also added that he had no idea what was even going on in the second half...
- 2/5/2018
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
There’s usually someone or something that gets everybody talking during the Super Bowl and this year, that someone was 13-year-old Ryan McKenna who managed to grab a selfie mid-performance with Justin Timberlake. Timberlake, 37, took to the stage for the eagerly anticipated halftime performance and went up into the crowd to belt out “Can’t Stop...
- 2/5/2018
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
The Internet has a new star. Ryan McKenna, 13, went viral during the 2018 Super Bowl after the teen snapped a selfie with Justin Timberlake during the singer's halftime show. An image of McKenna looking distracted on his phone instantly became an Internet meme and started trending on Twitter. McKenna described the "crazy" viral moment on Monday's episode of Good Morning America. According to the young breakout star, McKenna "didn't really know" the Timberlake selfie was going to happen. "There was a Super Bowl halftime lady and she, like, said that we were in a special section," he explained. "He just came up, and I just, like, jumped right in there with him. And he...
- 2/5/2018
- E! Online
The 2018 Super Bowl has its breakout star! No, not Justin Timberlake. No, not Philadelphia Eagles winning quarterback Nick Foles. It's 13-year-old Ryan McKenna. During the finale of Timberlake's halftime show, the triple threat headed into the stands to mingle with fans as he belted out his "Can't Stop the Feeling." The musician ended up standing next to McKenna, and the teen suddenly—and unexpectedly—had his big moment to shine as cameras focused in on the lucky guy. As is typical for 2018, it wasn't long before the youngster quickly transformed into a viral meme as viewers took images of McKenna standing with his cell phone and posing for a selfie with Timberlake...
- 2/5/2018
- E! Online
Though Justin Timberlake had several viral moments (including a controversial Prince tribute) during his Super Bowl Lii halftime show, one of the most talked-about moments was the selfie kid.
Thirteen-year-old Ryan McKenna from Hingham, Massachusetts, stole the show when he attempted to take a selfie with Timberlake after the singer joined the U.S. Bank Stadium crowd during his performance of “Can’t Stop The Feeling.”
Social media hilariously applauded the seventh-grader on Twitter as he was dubbed one of the viral sensations of this year’s halftime show. And the boy quickly became the subjects of various memes.
Tomorrow...
Thirteen-year-old Ryan McKenna from Hingham, Massachusetts, stole the show when he attempted to take a selfie with Timberlake after the singer joined the U.S. Bank Stadium crowd during his performance of “Can’t Stop The Feeling.”
Social media hilariously applauded the seventh-grader on Twitter as he was dubbed one of the viral sensations of this year’s halftime show. And the boy quickly became the subjects of various memes.
Tomorrow...
- 2/5/2018
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
The French-Canadian film All You Can Eat Buddha (All You Can Eat Bouddha), shot in Cuba, will do nothing to dispel the notion that there’s something slightly outlandish about all-inclusive holiday resorts. Quite the contrary, as the film morphs from something oddball but nonetheless semi-realistic into a disquietingly strange tale featuring a talking octopus and a revolution that might be at once political and intestinal.
This unclassifiable debut from Montreal-based filmmaker Ian Lagarde, who worked as a cinematographer on visually delightful features such as Denis Cote’s Vick and Flo Saw a Bear and Ryan McKenna’s Sabali, seduces here too with ...
This unclassifiable debut from Montreal-based filmmaker Ian Lagarde, who worked as a cinematographer on visually delightful features such as Denis Cote’s Vick and Flo Saw a Bear and Ryan McKenna’s Sabali, seduces here too with ...
- 9/18/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The French-Canadian film All You Can Eat Buddha (All You Can Eat Bouddha), shot in Cuba, will do nothing to dispel the notion that there’s something slightly outlandish about all-inclusive holiday resorts. Quite the contrary, as the film morphs from something oddball but nonetheless semi-realistic into a disquietingly strange tale featuring a talking octopus and a revolution that might be at once political and intestinal.
This unclassifiable debut from Montreal-based filmmaker Ian Lagarde, who worked as a cinematographer on visually delightful features such as Denis Cote’s Vick and Flo Saw a Bear and Ryan McKenna’s Sabali, seduces here too with ...
This unclassifiable debut from Montreal-based filmmaker Ian Lagarde, who worked as a cinematographer on visually delightful features such as Denis Cote’s Vick and Flo Saw a Bear and Ryan McKenna’s Sabali, seduces here too with ...
- 9/18/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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