Toronto Announces 26 Titles; Unveils New Programme
by Peter Knegt (June 23, 2009)
The Toronto skyline. Photo by Peter Knegt.
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced 26 international selections to screen as part of the 34th edition of the Festival, running September 10-19, 2009. The titles include a wide range of selections from Cannes, Berlin, and other festivals, and span across five programmes of the festival. The films include Alain Resnais’ “Les Herbes Folles,” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “air Doll,” Tsai Ming-liang’s “Face,” Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank,” Elia Suleiman’s “The Time That Remains,” Corneliu Porumboiu’s “Police, Adjective,” and Adrian Biniez’s “Gigante.” Additionally, the festival announced the launch of City to City, a new annual Festival programme that will “explore the evolving urban experience while presenting the best films from and about a selected city.” City to City’s inaugural spotlight is on Tel Aviv, with ten as-yet-unannounced films that will showcase the complex currents running through the city, which is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2009. The programme will also include a public forum that will bring leading filmmakers and thinkers from Tel Aviv and Toronto into debate. “Cities are, almost by definition, cinematic,” says Cameron Bailey, Festival Co-Director, in a statement. “Films about cities show us what cities have been and what they can become. They show us how to live as urban citizens while also reflecting our fantasies and fears. Last year, the world’s urban population hit 50 percent of the planet. By 2025, two-thirds of us will lead urban lives. We need to take a moment to think about what it means to live in these large and growing communities, with increasingly diverse and multicultural populations, and to consider how a city’s identity is perpetually in flux. The City to City programme will screen great films set in great cities, allowing us to discover foreign urban environments while also enabling us to think more about our own.” A list of the films announced is on the next page. Check out indieWIRE’s New Guide to Film Festivals (listings will be updated throughout the year): |
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