The Toronto International Film Festival has announced a number of new titles that will play at Noth America’s biggest film festival this September. Among the new additions is Jerzy Skolimowski’s Polish/Irish co-production 11 Minutes, and Anthony Wonke’s British/Irish horse-racing documentary Being AP.
11 Minutes will have its North American premiere in the Masters of Cinema section, with Being AP featured in TIFF Docs. The two join the previously announced Canadian premieres of Lenny Abrahamson’s Room and John Crowley’s Brooklyn, as well as the North American premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’s critically acclaimed Irish co-production The Lobster.
Being AP is based on the life of champion jump jockey AP McCoy, and was filmed at race-courses and locations in both Ireland and the UK earlier this year, featuring exclusive footage of the jockey, trainers and family from the 2014-15 season. The Moneyglass, County Antrim born McCoy is one of Ireland’s most successful professional sportspersons with more than 4,300 wins. Being AP is directed by Anthony Wonke, and produced by Moneyglass Films, in partnership with Partizan Films and Roads Entertainment, and in association with BBC Films with support from The Irish Film Board, Northern Ireland Screen and the British Horse Racing Authority/Great British Racing.
Venice bound 11 Minutes is backed by the Irish Film Board and Element Pictures, and stars Richard Dormer (Good Vibrations, ’71, Game of Thrones) in the lead role of a film director. It follows the same 11 minutes in the lives of several different characters; young and old, prosperous and destitute. 11 Minutes stars an ensemble of other Polish actors including Agata Buzek, Beata Tyszkiewicz and Mateusz Ko?ciukiewicz. It is produced by Ewa Piaskowska of Skopia Film and co-produced by Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney of Element Pictures.
[Quote title=”Ed Guiney – Element Pictures, Producer “]We’re delighted to have 3 films in Toronto. It’s a brilliant platform for the very best of world cinema and we are delighted and honoured that these films have been selected. As ever it’s a testament to the amazing film makers we are lucky enough to be working with.[/quote]
The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival runs September 10th to 20th. The new additions to the line-up are below.
TIFF Cinematheque
Adieu Philippine – Jacques Rozier, France/Italy
Harlan County, USA – Barbara Kopple, USA
The Mask (Eyes of Hell) – Julian Roffman, Canada
The Memory of Justice – Marcel Ophüls, United Kingdom/USA/Germany
River of Grass – Kelly Reichardt, USA
Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli) – Luchino Visconti, Italy
The Round-Up (Szegénylegények) – Miklós Jancsó, Hungary
Titicut Follies – Frederick Wiseman, USA
Masters of Cinema
11 Minutes (11 Minut) – Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/Ireland, North American Premiere
The Assassin (Nie Yinniang) – Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan, North American Premiere
Bleak Street (La calle de la amargura) – Arturo Ripstein, Mexico/Spain, North American Premiere
Blood Of My Blood (Sangue Del Mil Sangue) – Marco Bellocchio, Italy, International Premiere
Cemetery of Splendour (Rak Ti Khon Kaen) – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, North American Premiere, Thailand/United Kingdom/France/Germany/Malaysia
Every Thing Will Be Fine – Wim Wenders, Germany/Canada/France/Sweden/Norway, North American Premiere
Francofonia – Alexander Sokurov, Germany/France/Netherlands, North American Premiere
In the Shadow of Women – Philippe Garrel, France, North American Premiere
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi – Jafar Panahi, Iran, Canadian Premiere
Our Little Sister (Umimachi Diary) – Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, North American Premiere
The Pearl Button (El Botón de Nácar) – Patricio Guzmán, Chile/France/Spain, North American Premiere
Rabin, The Last Day – Amos Gitaï, Israel/France, North American Premiere
Right Now, Wrong Then – Hong Sang-soo, South Korea, North American Premiere
Midnight Madness
Baskin – Can Evrenol, Turkey, World Premiere
The Devil’s Candy – Sean Byrne, USA, World Premiere
The Girl in the Photographs – Nick Simon, USA, World Premiere
Green Room – Jeremy Saulnier, USA, North American Premiere
Hardcore – Ilya Naishuller, Russia/USA, World Premiere
The Mind’s Eye – Joe Begos, USA, World Premiere
Southbound – Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath and Radio Silence, USA, World Premiere
SPL 2 – A Time For Consequences – Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, International Premiere
Yakuza Apocalypse (Gokudo Daisenso) – Takashi Miike, Japan, North American
Vanguard
Collective Invention (Dolyeon Byeoni) – Kwon Oh-kwang, South Korea, World Premiere
Demon – Marcin Wrona, Poland/Israel, World Premiere
Der Nachtmahr – AKIZ, Germany, North American Premiere
Evolution – Lucile Hadžihalilovi?, France, World Premiere
February – Osgood Perkins, USA/Canada, World Premiere
Lace Crater – Harrison Atkins, USA, World Premiere
Love – Gaspar Noé, France, North American Premiere
Men & Chicken (Mænd go Høns) – Anders Thomas Jensen, Denmark. North American Premiere
My Big Night (Mi Gran Noche) – Álex de la Iglesia, Spain. World Premiere
The Missing Girl – A.D. Calvo, USA, World Premiere
Veteran – Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korea, North American Premiere
TIFF Docs
Amazing Grace – Sydney Pollack, USA, International Premiere
A Flickering Truth – Pietra Brettkelly, New Zealand/Afghanistan, North American Premiere
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers – Geeta Gandbhir and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, USA/Pakistan, World Premiere
A Young Patriot (Shao Nian * Xiao Zhao) – Du Haibin, China/USA/France, Canadian Premiere
Being AP – Anthony Wonke, United Kingdom/Ireland, World Premiere
Bolshoi Babylon – Nick Read, United Kingdom, World Premiere
Dark Horse – Louise Osmond, United Kingdom, Canadian Premiere
He Named Me Malala – Davis Guggenheim, USA, International Premiere
Heart of a Dog – Laurie Anderson, USA, Canadian Premiere
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Kent Jones, USA/France, Canadian Premiere
Horizon Bergur Bernburg and Fridrik – Thor Fridriksson, Iceland/Denmark, World Premiere
In Jackson Heights – Frederick Wiseman, USA, North American Premiere
It All Started At The End (Todo comenzó por el fin) – Luis Ospina, Colombia, World Premiere
Janis: Little Girl Blue – Amy Berg, USA, North American Premiere
Je Suis Charlie – Emmanuel Leconte and Daniel Leconte, France. World Premiere
Miss Sharon Jones! – Barbara Kopple, USA, World Premiere
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble – Morgan Neville, USA, World Premiere
Nasser – Jihan El-Tahri, France/South Africa, International Premiere
Our Last Tango (Un tango más) – German Kral, Germany/Argentina, World Premiere
P.S. Jerusalem – Danae Elon, Canada/Israel, World Premiere
The Reflektor Tapes – Kahlil Joseph, United Kingdom, World Premiere
Return of the Atom (Atomin paluu) – Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola, Finland/Germany, World Premiere
Sherpa – Jennifer Peedom, Australia/United Kingdom, Canadian Premiere
Thru You Princess – Ido Haar, Israel, International Premiere
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom – Evgeny Afineevsky, Ukraine/USA/United Kingdom, Canadian Premiere
Women He’s Undressed – Gillian Armstrong, Australia, International Premiere