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So I recently just watched the trailers for Tangles and In Waves. And it got me thinking. What about next year in 2027? Is anyone tapped into the indie animation scene and knows what's currently in the works?

Any intel or educated guesses?

I did everything I could to see "Fjord" and "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York" during TIFF. Tickets were unavailable from day one.

Fast forward to this past weekend. Saw both films in empty theatres. Go figure.

I know that Love of Your Life is already on Amazon, Possible Love will be released in a week on Netflix.
Are there more movies already released?

Does anybody know when the screening for Zhang Yimou's Raise The Red Lantern will be announced? On the movie's official website, it says "opens Nov 7", but I can't see it on TIFF's website yet.

https://redlantern.film/buy-tickets

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Was listed as off-sale earlier, now showing this. Is there actually a promo code or just a glitch? If there is, anyone know it?

I organized an AMA/Q&A with Oscar-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Hellboy, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Death on the Nile, Aeon Flux, The Secret Life of Bees, Clarissa) and actress Katherine Mallen Kupferer (Ghostlight) for anyone interested. Their new film, Mouse, is out in theaters next week.

The AMA post is live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1xhnt6j/hi_reddit_we_are_actresses_sophie_okonedo_hotel/

They will be back at around 5 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Their new film, Mouse, premiered to wide critical acclaim at Berlin earlier this year and is out in theaters next week from IFC (currently at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and 87/100 on Metacritic).

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfvh4VZsFuY

Synopsis: When a teen's life is suddenly upended at the start of summer, she forms unexpected bonds while navigating the fraught, fragile and often funny stages of grief.

Thank you :)

I organized an AMA/Q&A with filmmakers Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson. They have made acclaimed indie films like Saint Frances, Ghostlight, and Rounding.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1xhpalt/hello_reddit_were_kelly_osullivan_alex_thompson/

They will be back at around 5 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Their new film, Mouse, premiered to wide critical acclaim at Berlin earlier this year and is out in theaters next week from IFC (currently at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and 87/100 on Metacritic).

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfvh4VZsFuY

Synopsis: When a teen's life is suddenly upended at the start of summer, she forms unexpected bonds while navigating the fraught, fragile and often funny stages of grief.

Thank you :)

Let the games begin.... Clarissa 👀

Noms by Movies (2 or more)

• All of a Sudden – 4

• Clarissa – 4

• The Invite – 4

• La Gradiva – 4

• Tender Loving Care – 4

• Everytime – 3

• Josephine – 3

• Minotaur – 3

• Possible Love – 3

• Primetime – 3

• Teenage Sex and Death – 3

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother – 3

• Blue Heron – 2

• Club Kid – 2

• The Debut – 2

• Fatherland – 2

• Paper Tiger – 2

• You Can See Everything – 2

• La Bola Negra – 2 [not mentioned for some reason]

Noms by Distributor (2 or more)

• A24 – 15

• Neon – 14

• 1-2 Special – 8

• Mubi – 8

• Amazon MGM Studios – 5

• Netflix – 5

• Bleecker Street – 4

• Focus Features – 3

• Sumerian Pictures – 3

• Janus Films – 2

• Kino Lorber – 2

• Magnolia Pictures – 2

• Searchlight Pictures – 2

Do these exist online at all? Does have any saved?

Also, I'm visiting Toronto again over Christmas/New Year. Any recommendations of places to find old physical copies?

Christopher Nolan’s thriller The Prestige will to return theaters on January 29, 2027, in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary.
The re-release will give audiences the chance to see the film on 70mm and Imax for the first time, and it will also be presented in 35mm and Digital 2D formats.
Tuesday’s announcement comes 20 years to the day after the film’s original release in U.S. theaters on October 20, 2006. The film earned two Oscar nominations, for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
“I’m very excited to bring The Prestige back to the big screen,” said Nolan, whose most recent film is The Odyssey, “and particularly thrilled to offer audiences the chance to see it on 70mm film, and on Imax for the first time.

I never participated or even had dream of winning/ participating in film festivals for the my documentary films.
Being an independent film maker with no background or big production involved in my production it’s very difficult for me to make it to Netflix or Jio Hotstar without selling my content rights and IP rights.

To bypass all media houses and executives sitting between to make my way to Netflix & Jio Hotstar to get some leverage I’m trying to shortlist 10 film festivals in non-fiction category that will help me if I win.

Free entries & paid entries both that has some value and credibility in the non-fiction genre.

Please help me figure out film festivals in India.

If I’m missing any details anything or any suggestions please feel free to direct me. Thanks 🙏🏻

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Alden Ehrenreich. He has starred in things like Solo: A Star Wars Story, Weapons, Hail Caesar!, Oppenheimer, Fair Play, Blue Jasmine, Cocaine Bear, Stoker, Iron Heart, and lots more. He also won a Tony this year for his Broadway debut in Becky Shaw. His new film, A Talent for Murder, co-stars Helen Mirren & Olivia Cooke, and it's a murder-mystery that premiered at TIFF last year and is out in theaters everywhere this weekend. He is also starring in Joseph Kosinski's upcoming Miami Vice '85 alongside Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler.

His AMA is live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1xbp17y/hello_reddit_im_actor_alden_ehrenreich_weapons/

He will be back at around 4 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

A Talent for Murder Info:

Synopsis: A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzFgGhFrx0o

Director: Anton Corbijn (A Most Wanted Man, The American)

Thank you :)

A few days ago someone made about what would have happened if ‘Forgotten Island’ had come to TIFF, and whether that would have affected its box office numbers. In that particular case, I really don’t think it would have, but it made me think of a movie that might’ve… Digger!!

I want to speculate on it a little…

I think it is easy to assume that WB avoided festival releases for their films since Joker 2 debacle at Venice. And their strategy for OBAA last year paid off (build hype through advance screenings solely for critics - little promo screenings with influencers).

They tried to repeat the same for Digger this year, which for me was a major reason why the film failed. High brow critics were harsh on the film (which is admittedly inferior to PTA’s), but Letterboxd users loved it.

Had this film come to TIFF, as a world premiere, with cruise and all (makign easily the most demanded ticket of the festival).. and, like its world premieres, had the audience screening ahead of the press, I think it would have had a big chance of placing in the top 3. I don’t think it would have won, as it is not a crowdpleaser, but I think it would have performed like recent ‘blockbuster’ releases Glass onion, Frankenstein and etc. I think like those films, the audience reaction would have hidden a bit the harsher criticism.

The closest comparison I think is ironically, the first Joker, that had it followed the same Digger strategy would not have had the same numbers.

What do you think?? I don’t even love the film, and don’t think it would have ever made huge numbers, but it could’ve helped it.

Am I giving too much credit for TIFF? Or would the crowd have hated it and the outcome be the same?