The Toronto International Film Festival (6-16 September, 2018) has revealed its full program, including many German films and co-productions. Sven Taddicken will see his THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE celebrate its world premiere at North America's biggest festival. Other titles by German directors were premiered at leading festivals in Venice, Cannes or Berlin and will have their North American premiere in Toronto.
Tuesday, August 21. 2018
German Films in Toronto 2018
The Toronto International Film Festival (6-16 September, 2018) has revealed its full program, including many German films and co-productions. Sven Taddicken will see his THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE celebrate its world premiere at North America's biggest festival. Other titles by German directors were premiered at leading festivals in Venice, Cannes or Berlin and will have their North American premiere in Toronto.
ORIGINAL BLISS won two prizes in the competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2016, while Sven Taddicken's new feature film will be beginning its festival journey in the Contemporary World Cinema sidebar in Toronto: in THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE, Liv (Luise Heyer) and Malte (Maximilian Brückner) are forced to revisit their past when Malte spots the man, who sexually assaulted Liv two years ago. While Liv yearns for acceptance and healing, Malte is trying to fight the urge for revenge. But will their love survive?
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's NEVER LOOK AWAY about three periods in German history will be coming directly from Venice's Competition to the Special Presentations which are reserved for outstanding films by renowned directors. Paula Beer, who is part of the FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS campaign, appears here in a lead role as well as in Christian Petzold's TRANSIT, which is being shown in the Masters section.
The Wavelengths sidebar is dedicated to "daring, visionary and autonomous voices". This will be the showcase – after the world premiere in Cannes' Un Certain Regard – for Ulrich Köhler's IN MY ROOM , where the lead character Armin wakes up one morning to find that mankind has disappeared. Wavelengths is also showing two German shorts: ADA KALEH by Helena Wittmann –a world premiere– and A RETURN by James Edmonds.
In addition, STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, which has been nominated for the European Parliament's LUX Film Prize, will be screening in Contemporary World Cinema alongside THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE as well as DONBASS by Sergei Loznitsa.
It had already been announced that Margarethe von Trotta's documentary SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN will be the closing film of TIFF Docs, which also includes Werner Herzog's US production MEETING GORBACHEV.
Gala Presentations
HIGH LIFE by Claire Denis (FR/DE/GB/PL/US)
Special Presentations
MAYA by Mia Hansen-Løve (FR/DE)
NEVER LOOK AWAY (WERK OHNE AUTOR) by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Platform
THE INNOCENT (DER UNSCHULDIGE) by Simon Jaquemet (CH/DE)
ROJO by Benjamín Naishtat (AR/BR/FR/NL/DE)
Masters
OUR TIME by Carlos Reygadas (MX/FR/DE/DK/SE)
TRANSIT by Christian Petzold (DE/FR)
THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (TR/FR/DE/SE)
Contemporary World Cinema
DONBASS by Sergei Loznitsa (DE/UA/FR/RO/NL)
I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS by Radu Jude (RO/CZ/FR/BG/DE)
LET ME FALL by Baldvin Z (IS/FI/DE)
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE (DAS SCHÖNSTE PAAR) by Sven Taddicken (DE/FR)
SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka (ZA/DE)
SIBEL by Çağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti (TK/FR/DE/LU)
STYX by Wolfgang Fischer (DE/AT)
Wavelengths
ADA KALEH by Helena Wittmann
IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler (DE/IT)
A RETURN by James Edmonds
WALLED UNWALLED by Lawrence Abu Hamdan (??/DE)
TIFF Docs
MEETING GORBACHEV by Werner Herzog & André Singer (GB/US/DE)
SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN by Margarethe von Trotta (DE/FR)
Discovery
AKASHA by Hajooj Kuka (SD/ZA/QA/DE)
ENDZEIT – EVER AFTER by Carolina Hellsgård
THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCIA by Arturo Infante (CU/DE)
FIG TREE by Alamork Davidian (IL/DE/FR/ET)
THE MERCY OF THE JUNGLE by Joël Karekezi (BE/FR/DE)
RAFIKI by Wanuri Kahiu (ZA/KE/FR/LB/NO/NL/DE)
SAF by Ali Vatansever (TR/DE/RO)
TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie (RO/DE/CZ/BG/FR)
source: German Films
image: The Most Beautiful Couple courtesy Unifrance
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's NEVER LOOK AWAY about three periods in German history will be coming directly from Venice's Competition to the Special Presentations which are reserved for outstanding films by renowned directors. Paula Beer, who is part of the FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS campaign, appears here in a lead role as well as in Christian Petzold's TRANSIT, which is being shown in the Masters section.
The Wavelengths sidebar is dedicated to "daring, visionary and autonomous voices". This will be the showcase – after the world premiere in Cannes' Un Certain Regard – for Ulrich Köhler's IN MY ROOM , where the lead character Armin wakes up one morning to find that mankind has disappeared. Wavelengths is also showing two German shorts: ADA KALEH by Helena Wittmann –a world premiere– and A RETURN by James Edmonds.
In addition, STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, which has been nominated for the European Parliament's LUX Film Prize, will be screening in Contemporary World Cinema alongside THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE as well as DONBASS by Sergei Loznitsa.
It had already been announced that Margarethe von Trotta's documentary SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN will be the closing film of TIFF Docs, which also includes Werner Herzog's US production MEETING GORBACHEV.
Gala Presentations
HIGH LIFE by Claire Denis (FR/DE/GB/PL/US)
Special Presentations
MAYA by Mia Hansen-Løve (FR/DE)
NEVER LOOK AWAY (WERK OHNE AUTOR) by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Platform
THE INNOCENT (DER UNSCHULDIGE) by Simon Jaquemet (CH/DE)
ROJO by Benjamín Naishtat (AR/BR/FR/NL/DE)
Masters
OUR TIME by Carlos Reygadas (MX/FR/DE/DK/SE)
TRANSIT by Christian Petzold (DE/FR)
THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (TR/FR/DE/SE)
Contemporary World Cinema
DONBASS by Sergei Loznitsa (DE/UA/FR/RO/NL)
I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS by Radu Jude (RO/CZ/FR/BG/DE)
LET ME FALL by Baldvin Z (IS/FI/DE)
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE (DAS SCHÖNSTE PAAR) by Sven Taddicken (DE/FR)
SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka (ZA/DE)
SIBEL by Çağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti (TK/FR/DE/LU)
STYX by Wolfgang Fischer (DE/AT)
Wavelengths
ADA KALEH by Helena Wittmann
IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler (DE/IT)
A RETURN by James Edmonds
WALLED UNWALLED by Lawrence Abu Hamdan (??/DE)
TIFF Docs
MEETING GORBACHEV by Werner Herzog & André Singer (GB/US/DE)
SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN by Margarethe von Trotta (DE/FR)
Discovery
AKASHA by Hajooj Kuka (SD/ZA/QA/DE)
ENDZEIT – EVER AFTER by Carolina Hellsgård
THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCIA by Arturo Infante (CU/DE)
FIG TREE by Alamork Davidian (IL/DE/FR/ET)
THE MERCY OF THE JUNGLE by Joël Karekezi (BE/FR/DE)
RAFIKI by Wanuri Kahiu (ZA/KE/FR/LB/NO/NL/DE)
SAF by Ali Vatansever (TR/DE/RO)
TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie (RO/DE/CZ/BG/FR)
source: German Films
image: The Most Beautiful Couple courtesy Unifrance
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