The BFI today announced the winners of its inaugural Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, hosted in partnership with French fashion house Chanel.
11.09.2022 - 23:05 / variety.com
Manori Ravindran International Editor The stars descended on Soho House in downtown Toronto on Saturday for Variety and Chanel’s Female Filmmakers’ Dinner during the Toronto International Film Festival. Guests in attendance included Tilda Swinton, star of Joanna Hogg’s “The Eternal Daughter”; Gina Prince-Bythewood, director of “The Woman King”; Darren Aronofsky, director of “The Whale”; and Anna Kendrick, who’s in Toronto shopping her new AGC Studios project “The Dating Game” to market buyers. Stars mingled on a packed rooftop before convening in the club’s private dining room, which gathered around 100 of the festival’s bright lights in filmmaking. They dined on a bespoke Soho House menu of beef tartare with black truffle, black cod and bok choy, and wagyu rib cap with porcini purée.
The dinner was hosted by Variety CEO and group publisher Michelle Sobrino-Stearns and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh. Attendees included Judd Apatow and Leslie Bibb; Margaret Qualley and Jack Antanoff; Tyler Perry; Ty Simpkins; Andrew Scott; Sally El Hosaini; James Krishna Floyd; Vicky Krieps; Lashana Lynch; and Sheila Atim. El Hosaini was fresh from world premiering her Netflix movie “The Swimmers,” which opened the festival on Thursday night, becoming one of the stronger openers in several years. The “My Brother the Devil” helmer is in Toronto for the first time with a movie, thanks to CEO Cameron Bailey’s support of the gripping refugee drama. “I felt Toronto was such a lovely home for it, because it’s such a diverse and international city. It feels like this movie needs that kind of audience, and that’s who I made the film for,” said El Hosaini. “After the screenings we’ve had, people have approached me in the street having seen
The BFI today announced the winners of its inaugural Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, hosted in partnership with French fashion house Chanel.
Prince William told funeral workers in Windsor that he got “choked up” seeing Paddington Bear tributes to the Queen as he carried out his first engagement since her funeral. William and Kate Middleton greeted volunteers and operational staff and praised their work during events surrounding the Queen’s committal service in Windsor. The pair, who wore black as they continue to observe the royal mourning period, met about 30 people at Windsor Guildhall on Thursday afternoon.
Naman Ramachandran AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, has revealed a raft of pre-sales on Richard Linklater’s “Hitman” and Anna Kendrick’s “The Dating Game.” “Hitman” will begin production in New Orleans in early October and “The Dating Game” in Vancouver later the same month. “The Dating Game,” which marks Kendrick’s directorial debut, tells the chilling true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who appeared on popular U.S. dating program “The Dating Game” — and was selected to go on a date with contestant Cheryl Bradshaw (to be played by Kendrick) — before his grisly crimes were ultimately exposed.
AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, has secured a raft of pre-sales on Richard Linklater’s Hitman and Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut The Dating Game, both of which will enter production in October.
Tilda Swinton has paid her respects at Queen Elizabeth's lying in state. The 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' actress - who was a childhood friend and classmate of the late Princess Diana - was spotted queuing with members of the public in London on Saturday (17. 09.
Tilda Swinton has been spotted in the public queue for the Queen’s lying in state.
Zendaya changed into her second look of the night while celebrating her win following the 2022 Emmy Awards.
Lily James looks gorgeous on the Emmys red carpet!
Deadline’s studio at the 2022 edition of the Toronto Film Festival continued with Day 3 by hosting fest-goers such as Tilda Swinton from The Eternal Daughter; Daniel Craig from Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery; Jennifer Lawrence from Causeway; Olivia Coleman from Empire Of Light and Margaret Qualley from Sanctuary. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery.
The Toronto International Film Festival, unlike the Euro film fests, isn’t known as a place for standing ovations. As soon as those credits roll, they need to jump into a post-screening Q&A, clear the theater and get into the next screening.
Tilda Swinton is gracing the red carpet at the 2022 Venice Film Festival!
Anna Kendrick is taking on an exciting new project.
Anna Kendrick is set to make her directorial debut with the true crime thriller The Dating Game from Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios.
Tilda Swinton takes over the red carpet in a dazzling lavender gown at the premiere of The Eternal Daughter during the 2022 Venice International Film Festival on Tuesday (September 6) in Venice, Italy.
and her playful eye for elegant, avant-garde designs, there’s a reason she’s become an enduring muse to filmmakers and fashion designers alike. But today in Venice, while attending a photocall to promote her new film The Eternal Daughter, Swinton’s look held a deeper meaning. At the film’s press conference, Tilda Swinton both wore a blue Loewe button-up and dyed her signature crop bright yellow.
Tilda Swinton is switching up her look.
There’s always been a haunted mood in Joanna Hogg’s films, felt both in the deceptively mundane domestic rhythms of the likes of “Exhibition” and “Archipelago,” and in the exquisite memory pieces, “The Souvenir” and “The Souvenir Part II.” Like the best and most personal of storytellers—Chantal Akerman comes to mind as a creator with akin sensibilities—Hogg is a filmmaker possessed by the slivers of her recollections.