Toronto Film Festival to open with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’

Spain’s San Sebastian International Film Festival made the controversial decision to honour Johnny Depp with its Donostia Award.

Ben Platt‘s age has been a topic of conversation surrounding the Dear Evan Hansen movie for months and some recent comments he made on the subject are now going viral.

Jennifer Yuma editorThe Toronto International Film Festival has revealed that Jessica Chastain, star and producer of “The Eyes Of Tammy Faye,” will receive the Tribute Actor Award at the festival’s 46th edition this year.“Jessica has brought to life such strong and inspiring roles for women, from the films that have screened at TIFF such as ‘The Debt,’ ‘Take Shelter,’ ‘The Martian,’ ‘Crimson Peak’ and ‘Molly’s Game,’ to the upcoming world premiere of ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ at the Festival –

Selome Hailu editorThe Toronto International Film Festival announced which films will fill the TIFF Docs, Midnight Madness, and Wavelength sections at this year’s edition of the event, which runs from Sept. 9-18.

TIFF DOCSAttica Stanley Nelson | USAWorld Premiere – Opening Night FilmBeba Rebeca Huntt | USA/MexicoWorld PremiereBecoming Cousteau Liz Garbus | USAInternational PremiereBurning Eva Orner | AustraliaWorld PremiereComala Gian Cassini | MexicoWorld PremiereThe Devil’s Drivers Mohammed Abugeth, Daniel Carsenty | Qatar/France/Lebanon/GermanyWorld PremiereFlee Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Denmark/France/Sweden/NorwayCanadian PremiereHold Your Fire Stefan Forbes | USAWorld PremiereListening to Kenny G Pen

The Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its lineups for the Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery programs as it ramps up toward the kickoff of its 46th edition September 9-18. The festival also solidified additional Gala and Special Presentation titles and took the wraps off TIFF Rewind, a new block that highlights memorable films from previous TIFF editions along with conversations and Q&As with directors and casts.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe Toronto International Film Festival has revealed the slate of titles that will round out its contemporary world cinema and discovery programs.Among the films playing in the contemporary world cinema lineup include director Wen Shipei’s “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” Lorenzo Vigas’ “The Box,” Manuel Martín Cuenca’s “The Daughter” and Bouli Lanners’ “Nobody Has to Know.” The discovery program will host Tea Lindeburg’s “As In Heaven,” filmmaker Hong Sung-eun’s

The 2021 San Sebastian Film Festival (September 17-25) has revealed the 13 features that will compete in its New Directors showcase.

Matt Damon is opening up about getting emotional after his new film got a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.Damon walked the red carpet at the premiere of his new drama thriller,, on Monday, at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, and he opened up to ET's Rachel Smith about how he got choked up earlier this month after the successful Cannes debut.«I mean, I turned to the director [Tom McCarthy] and I was like, »I'm thinking I am getting old because I am really

With the Cannes Film Festival in the rearview, the next big festival to focus on this fall will be the 78th Annual Venice Film Festival. Major films are already tipped to debut there, Denis Villeneuve‘s sci-fi blockbuster “Dune” Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana drama “Spencer,” “Halloween Kills,” and new films by Pedro Almodovar and Jane Campion.

Filmmakers Denis Villeneuve and Alanis Obomsawin are among those being honoured at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Thane of Cawdor is hitting the Upper West Side.Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” will make its world premiere as the opening night film of the 59th New York Film Festival. The update on the William Shakespeare’s classic tale of sound and fury stars Denzel Washington as the title character and Frances McDormand as his scheming wife.

Filmmakers Denis Villeneuve and Alanis Obomsawin are among those being honored at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.TIFF co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey said Thursday that Villeneuve will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award and Obomsawin will be honored with the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media at the 2021 TIFF Tribute Awards.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” will be the annual festival’s opening-night gala presentation.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Dear Evan Hansen,” a movie version of the hit Broadway show, will open the 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.In addition, the festival’s organizers announced that Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest feature “One Second” will close the festival. Described as a “love letter to cinema,” the film stars Wei Fan and Xiaochuan Li and follows a man who escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his daughter.

For those hoping that the next set of announcements for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival was going to feature some show-stopping premieres, you might be a little letdown. That isn’t to say TIFF 2021 is going to be a letdown, as the lineup so far is really strong.

Toronto International Film organizers declared two weeks ago they will be welcoming back in-person audiences for a fest that will run from September 9-18. This after Canada made an exemption to allow for the National Hockey League playoffs to happen in country, and more recently that the Toronto Blue Jays will resume playing in the ballpark on Blue Jay Way by the end of the month.

Canada said Monday that it will begin easing restrictions on travel in and out of the country that  have been in place since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, news that will be welcome to organizers of this fall’s Toronto Film Festival who have been planning an international event not knowing whether anybody outside the country would be able to attend.

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar‘s latest film, “Parallel Mothers,” starring Penelope Cruz, Israel Elejalde, Julieta Serrano, and Rossy de Palma, will open up the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival in September. “Parallel Mothers,” or “Madres Paralelas,” as it’s known in Spain, centers on the story of two mothers who give birth the same day.