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2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2017. There were fourteen programs, with the Vanguard and City to City programs both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down by 20% from the 2016 edition. ''Borg/McEnroe'' directed by Janus Metz Pedersen opened the festival. According to a "fact sheet" released by the Festival before it began, this edition included 255 feature-length films and 84 short films. Of the feature films, 147 are claimed to be premiere, world premieres. The number of Canadian films at the festival (including International co-production, co-productions) was listed as 28 features and 29 shorts. Christopher Nolan's ''Dunkirk (2017 film), Dunkirk'' received a special IMAX 70 mm film, 70mm screening at the Cinesphere as part of the main film slate and the 50th anniversary of IMAX, making it the first Nolan film to appear at the festival since ''Following'', nineteen years earlier. Awards The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borg McEnroe
''Borg vs McEnroe'' (, ) is a 2017 biographical film, biographical sports film, sports drama film, focusing on the famous professional Borg–McEnroe rivalry, rivalry between tennis players, Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, culminating in their 1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, encounter in the men's singles final, one of the most dramatic tennis matches of all time. The film, a production between Sweden, Denmark and Finland, was directed by Janus Metz Pedersen, from a screenplay written by Ronnie Sandahl, and stars Sverrir Guðnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny and Robert Emms. The film opened the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Synopsis In 1980, disciplined Swedish tennis champion, Björn Borg and abrasive American upstart, John McEnroe prepare to compete at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon. As the number one ranked player in the world, Borg is under enormous pressure to win his fifth consecuti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinesphere
Cinesphere is the world's first permanent IMAX movie theatre, located on the grounds of Ontario Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Constructed in 1971, it is the largest IMAX theatre in Ontario. The theatre has both IMAX 70mm and IMAX with Laser projection systems. The theatre is considered a building of heritage value and shows movies each weekend. It is owned by the Government of Ontario, which owns the entire Ontario Place site. Cinesphere's is a triodetic-domed structure, akin to a geodesic dome, with a outer radius, and a inner radius, supported by prefabricated steel and aluminium alloy tubes. Eberhard Zeidler, who also designed the "Pods" of Ontario Place, also designed Cinesphere. Its screen is wide by high. Its seating capacity was originally 752, but this was reduced after a renovation for 3D projection in 2011 to 614. The building is surrounded by a moat, and the entrance area is through doorways on the east side connected to the Ontario Place pod bridges and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas De Pencier
Nicholas de Pencier is a Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker. The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal in Mercury Films, he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films '' Long Time Running''. and '' Anthropocene: The Human Epoch''. He was also solo director of the 2016 documentary '' Black Code''. He won a Genie Award in 2007, alongside Baichwal, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron and Peter Starr for '' Manufactured Landscapes'' and a Canadian Screen Award in 2011 alongside Baichwal, Iron and Edward Burtynsky for ''Watermark'', and was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Nature Programming in 2010 for "The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies", an episode of ''Nova''. Personal life He is the son of magazine publisher Michael de Pencier, and the brother of film and television producer Miranda de Pencier. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Baichwal
Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer. Biography Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia."Jennifer Baichwal investigates lightning strikes in Act of God" '''', May 29, 2009. She is the daughter of Krishna Baichwal Sr. a cardiothoracic surgeon, and Elvina Baichwal. Together they had four children Jennifer, Krishna Jr., Elizabeth and Kristine. She is of |
Long Time Running
''Long Time Running'' is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. The film profiles the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip during their Man Machine Poem Tour of 2016,"New trailer for Tragically Hip documentary 'Long Time Running'" , June 30, 2017. which followed the band's announcement of lead singer 's cancer diagnosis. The film premiered at the |
JR (artist)
JR (; born 22 February 1983) is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist who began his career on the streets of Paris. His moniker is derived from his first name, Jean-René. He is known for flyposting large black-and-white photographic images in public spaces. Referring to himself as a ''photograffeur''—a portmanteau of "photographer" and the French word for graffiti artist—JR has described the street as "the largest art gallery in the world."Elizabeth Day"The street art of JR" ''The Observer'', 7 March 2010.Unattributed,Street Art" Tate Modern, accessed, 6 June 2016. His work often challenges widely held preconceptions and the reductive images propagated by advertising and the media." JR's work typically explores themes such as identity, freedom, and social participation.Excerpts from the book ''Women Are Heroes'' published by Alternatives, 2009. He gained early recognition for pasting photographic portraits on buildings and urban structures in Paris, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter and photographer. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier and more common to film indoors, with constructed sets and painted backdrops of landscapes, rather than outdoors, on location. Her use of non-professional actors was also unconventional for 1950s French cinema. Varda's feature film debut was '' La Pointe Courte'' (1955), followed by '' Cléo from 5 to 7'' (1962), one of her most notable narrative films, '' Vagabond'' (1985), and '' Kung Fu Master'' (1988). Varda was also known for her work as a documentarian with such works as '' Black Panthers'' (1968), '' The Gleaners and I'' (2000), '' The Beaches of Agnès'' (2008), '' Faces Places'' (2017), and her final film, '' Varda by Agnès'' (2019). Director Martin Scorsese described Varda as "one of the Gods of Cinema". Among several other acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faces Places (film)
''Faces Places'' () is a 2017 French documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ... directed by renowned filmmaker Agnès Varda and artist JR (artist), JR. The film documents the duo as they journey through rural France, capturing the portraits of the people they meet along the way. Their collaborative process leads them to create large-scale portraits, which are then displayed on buildings and other public spaces, leaving a profound impact on both the subjects and the communities they visit. The film was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it earned critical acclaim and won the L'Œil d'or award, which is given for the best documentary. It was officially released in France on 28 June 2017, and later in the United States on 6 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentaries
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception hat remainsa practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular photographs to detail the complex attributes of historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the American Civil War. Documentary movies evolved from the creation of singular images in order to convey partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino (; born 10 August 1971) is an Italian film director and producer. His films are characterized by their emotional complexity, eroticism, and lavish visuals. Guadagnino has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Lion, alongside nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards. Born in Palermo from an Algerian mother and a Sicilian father, Guadagnino spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia, but the family moved back to Italy to escape the Ethiopian Civil War. Guadagnino began his career directing short films and documentaries. He made his feature-film debut with ''The Protagonists (1999 film), The Protagonists'' (1999), the first of his many collaborations with actress Tilda Swinton. His follow-up ''Melissa P. (film), Melissa P.'' (2005) was a commercial success in Italy but was met with mixed critical reception. Guadagnino gained further acclaim with his ''Desire'' trilogy, which consists of the films ''I Am Love (film), I A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me By Your Name (film)
''Call Me by Your Name'' () is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel by André Aciman. The film is the final installment in Guadagnino's thematic "Desire" trilogy, after '' I Am Love'' (2009) and '' A Bigger Splash'' (2015). Set in northern Italy in 1983, ''Call Me by Your Name'' chronicles the romantic relationship between 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver ( Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio's father Samuel ( Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor. The film also stars Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire Du Bois. Development began in 2007 when producers Peter Spears and Howard Rosenman optioned the rights to Aciman's novel. Ivory was chosen to co-direct with Guadagnino, but stepped down in 2016. Guadagnino joined the project as a location scout and eventually became sole director and co-producer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Gillespie
Craig Gillespie (born 1 September 1967) is an Australian-American film director, film, television director, television, music video director, music video, and commercial director. He is best known for directing the films ''Lars and the Real Girl'' (2007), ''Fright Night (2011 film), Fright Night'' (2011), ''I, Tonya'' (2017), and ''Cruella (film), Cruella'' (2021). Early life Born and raised in Sydney, Gillespie moved to New York City at the age of nineteen to study illustration, graphic design and advertising at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts. Career Gillespie started out as an intern at ad agency J. Walter Thompson, New York. He then moved on to D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, BBDO, Deutsch Inc., Deutsch, and Ammirati & Puris, first as an art director, later as a creative director. After eight years working on the agency side he moved into directing in 1995. Based on the strength of his spec showreel, reel and agency experience, he gained representation by production compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
