TIFF2020 is happening, hybrid with the industry and press screenings moving online but audiences also having a chance to see films in cinema, drive-in and outdoor cinemas.
Included is Francis Lee’s 1800’s set British drama “Ammonite” starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan featuring the music of the German composer Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka. Get ready by reading our
interview with the artist & watching my
film composer profile.
Originally set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the TIFF screening will be the film's global and North American premiere. Oscar winner Kate Winslet will be honoured with this year's TIFF Tribute Award.
Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer ("Into the Inferno") will premiere their latest documentary "Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds", a globe-trotting exploration of meteors that fell to Earth and impacted our cultures.
Also screening are
Iranian-German co-production "Bandar Band" by Manijeh Hekmat, "Lift Like a Girl" by Mayye Zayed (Egypt/Germany/Denmark), "Notturno" by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy/France/Germany), "Quo Vadis, Aïda?" by Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Norway/Netherlands/Austria/Romania/France/Germany/Poland/Turkey) and the latest from the Nasser brothers, "Gaza Mon Amour" (Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, Qatar).
Wim Wenders, a long-time TIFF friend, is a Festival Ambassador, a new initiative that rallies acclaimed filmmakers and actors to help TIFF celebrate this year’s unique event by engaging with audiences through interactive digital experiences.
German Films, the country's film promotion body, will be at TIFF 2020 with a virtual booth and will be organizing market screenings for sales companies. Among others, there will be a presentation of Julia von Heinz's "And Tomorrow the Entire World", which is in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
As part of the DEADLINE Virtual Events industry panels, three German top writers will discuss their work and how they craft stories that cross borders under the banner "Face to Face with German Writers: Serious about Stories".
Deadline sits down with Christian Ditter (of Netflix' "Biohackers"), Hanno Hackfort ("4 Blocks"), and Philipp Käßbohrer ("How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)") to find out how the country has put itself at the forefront of high-end European drama production. From "How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast)" to "Dark", Germany is making TV content that not only delivers in the local market but appeals to large diverse audiences around the world, particularly through VOD platforms.
Tailored to fit the moment, the 45th Toronto International Film Festival presents itself as a Canada-wide hybrid event offering both virtual and on-screen experiences to bring the best in film to its audiences, with a noticeable representation of women, Black people, Indigenous people, and people of colour. Over the first five days, TIFF’s full slate of films will premiere as physical, socially distanced screenings, followed by digital reprised 48 hours later. Festival-goers can also enjoy drive-ins and outdoor experiences that take them beyond the movie theatre. For the first time in its history, TIFF will launch a digital platform for the festival that is here to stay, creating new opportunities to connect with a broader audience through the hosting of digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences, and industry talks.
The 45th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10 to 19, 2020. Find the public and press and industry online schedules here.
Email us by noon EST Friday, Sep 4, for your chance to win 1 of 6 digital tickets to "Fireball" and "Gaza Mon Amour". Only the winners will be notified.
image: courtesy TIFF
