Heres my interview with toronto international film festival, midnight madness programmer, colin geddes. For genre movie fans, midnight madness has always been tiff s sweet spot, introducing the world to new movies from veteran auteurs and promising newcomers. Peter kuplowsky, the new programmer of midnight madness, tells us what. Toronto international film festival tiff history liveabout. We spoke to the people who know it best to tell the festivals history in their own words. Tiff 2017s midnight madness, documentary slates are. These are the movies with the biggest buzz at tiff 2018. Tiff starts the thursday night after labour day the first monday in. Tiff announces midnight madness and documentaries slate, including the disaster artist, super size me sequel, and more.
The 2008 toronto international film festival, tiff was held in toronto, ontario, canada. Runnersup for the prize were marriage story by noah baumbach, and. Tiff 2019 announces docs and midnight madness slates, with. Forty years later, tiff has defied the odds and is still going strong. The disaster artist receives historic tiff reception. The opening night gala was the world war i romantic epic passchendaele from canadian director paul gross.
The toronto international film festival tiff is an annual festival held every september in toronto, ontario, canada. The blair witch reboot of the 1999 original aired as part of tiffs midnight madness program. Tiff 2016 documentary, midnight madness lineup hollywood. The toronto international film festival runs september 6 september 16 in toronto, canada. A grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion to lay low. Now in its 28th year, midnight madness serves as a counterfestival for some fans. The toronto international film festival tiff, often stylized as tiff is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Midnight madness kicks off with the longanticipated blood quantum. Im back with a followup to the megafamous report on the first half of 2017s tiff midnight madness program, in which i was remarkably optimistic about the state of the program, lavishing praise on revenge, bodied and the disaster artist.
Lovecraft adaptation starring nicolas cage and documentaries about merce cunningham, truman capote and imelda. Madness at tiffs midnight screening of the disaster artist. Screening to an audience of diehard film fans every evening at 11. So theres a lot to chew on cinematically speaking as the biggest film fest in north america gets ready to unspool. Here they come, as the festival rolls out the midnight madness, tiff docs and. Toronto international film festival peoples choice award. Five movies and the birth of the new hollywood by mark harris. Whats more fun than watching people catch pneumonia. Tiff announces more films, including boundarypushing. Additional films were added to respective lineups on august 14. Peoples choice prizes in the midnight madness sidebar went to the.
Tiff presents a free screening of toronto platform prize winner cities of last things at tiff bell lightbox, 9. Last years prize went to best picture winner green book, and previous winners. Midnight madness at the toronto international film festival. This 33rd annual festival was from september 4 to september, 2008. Midnight madness at the toronto international film festival home. Tiff debuting bryce dallas howards dads documentary about. Prior to its tiff victory, three billboards competed for venices golden lion award, which ultimately went to guillermo del toros the shape of water, a film that many had pegged to win. Tickets to this free screening are now on sale and are available online, by phone, and in person.
Sadly, dear readers, things are looking less positive for the toronto horror scene. In a press release dated june 27, 2006, twentysix international film selections were announced which previously. Since its founding in 1976, tiff has grown to become a permanent destination for film culture operating out of the tiff bell lightbox, located in downtown toronto. This is the first time a film from tiffs midnight madness program of latenight excitement has topped our poll. Behold the first midnight madness edition of tiffs stayathomecinema. Midnight madness tells the story of maddie who heads to the wilderness after finding out that her vanilla lover has been experimenting with a couple of doubleds that did not belong to her. The winners, losers and honourable mentions of the film. Green book boosts awards season prospects with tiff audience award win.
Tiffs midnight madness program pushes the envelope. Awards are also presented for documentary and midnight madness films. You can attend a free screening of the sonny chibaled 70s japanese horror rarity wolf guy, handpicked by colin, and hear from the master of midnight about his favourite festival moments. In this exhilarating actioner from writerdirector joko anwar folklore, indonesias preeminent comic book superhero and his alter ego sancaka enter the. Tiff 2016 midnight madness movies include blair witch. It was founded in 1976 as the festival of festivals, with the aim of screening movies from other film festivals, and has since become one of the worlds largest annual showcases of film, attended by both industry professionals and the public.
With jeff barnabys zombie flick blood quantum debuting at midnight madness, we assembled a. Since its inception in 1976, it has become one of the most prestigious film festivals in north america and one of the mostattended film festivals in the world. We present our interviews from the midnight madness tiff premiere of blood quantum, a zombie movie with a difference. Tiff midnight madness presents scary stories to tell in. Well, consider that last years winner, peter farrellys green book, went on to. From dark comedies to japanese gorefests and indie horror gems, the midnight madness program hasnt lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre. On september 7 at 6pm, tiff will honour colin with a special screening, aptly titled colin geddes farewell to midnight madness. Tiff announces more films, including boundarypushing midnight madness lineup open this photo in gallery. Indigenous artists are using horror to unpack colonial trauma.
Midnight madness next wave tiff docs special presentations tiff kids vanguard wavelengths. The voting process is the same as for the feature film peoples choice. While trying to enjoy the solitude of what was a peaceful setting, she finds herself playing voyeur olivia starke, i. The festivals lineup of canadian films was announced on august 1, and the lineup for the platform program was announced on august 8. The 31st toronto international film festival ran from september 7 to september 16, 2006. Opening the festival was zacharias kunuk and norman cohns the journals of knud rasmussen, a film that explores the history of the inuit people through the eyes of a father and daughter. Ill be fighting to see armando iannuccis latest, the personal history of. Tiff 2019s midnight madness introduces innovative new. The toronto international film festival peoples choice award for midnight madness is an annual film award, presented by the toronto international film festival to the film rated as the years most popular film in the festivals midnight madness stream of underground and cult films.
At tiff 2019 there are so many films to look forward to, from major world. The 2019 program was announced earlier today and it seems theres an emphasis on the latter. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. Tiff 2017 announces midnight madness and documentaries. Halloween premiering in tiffs midnight madness lineup. Below are the newest additions to the tiff 2019 lineup, including the tiff docs and midnight madness slates, along with the alsoannounced discovery and cinematheque sections. The tiff 2016 midnight madness lineup has been announced and includes blair witch, free fire, headshot, dog eat dog, the belko experiment, and more. The assassin from hou hsiaohsien is featured in the tiff lineup. The grolsch peoples choice midnight madness award went to galder. Toronto battle rappers and bizarre auteurs are two of the highlights in this years lineup, which still looks to.
History of the toronto international film festival tiff, its top award and notable winners like chariots of fire, the princess bride, the green book. However, the second half is a steady escalation to truly deranged and gory heights, so by my estimation the film becomes a midnight madness film at the hourandsevenminute mark. Tiff 2017s midnight madness, documentary slates are announced. Midnight madness, doc and discovery slates announced. Toronto international film festival tiff, formerly 197695 festival of festivals, film festival held annually in toronto in september. Two days later, the documentaries lineup was announced, with additional films added to the midnight madness programme. The toronto international film festival is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the. The midnight madness strand also will feature world premieres for adam wingards blair witch sequel, ahead of its sept. Tomorrow night at 10 pm edt a few hours before the witching hour midnight mc peter kuplowsky will be broadcasting from.
The toronto international film festival may be closely aligned with oscar season, but the canadian festival entertains a very different crowd after dark. All the info you need for the toronto international film festival tiff and midnight madness in delicious, manageable chunks. Toronto international film festival festival detail festival profiles. Tiffs midnight madness program of strange, horrifying and headkicking movies has grown over 25 years to become one of the festivals most popular and influential attractions its been. Heres the full roster of films in the midnight madness and tiff docs sections that will play there.
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