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Visit Films has expanded its TIFF sales slate and will handle world rights on LGBTQ+ teen coming-of-age drama Soft (previously announced by the festival as Pussy) and world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Indigenous anthology feature We Are Still Here.
Toronto filmmaker Joseph Amenta’s Soft follows three adolescent queer friends who live in the underbelly of Toronto. With summer break upon them, they revel in their newfound freedom, roaming the city and becoming enraptured in the nightlife scene.
When a friend of the group goes missing, the bond between...
Visit Films has expanded its TIFF sales slate and will handle world rights on LGBTQ+ teen coming-of-age drama Soft (previously announced by the festival as Pussy) and world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Indigenous anthology feature We Are Still Here.
Toronto filmmaker Joseph Amenta’s Soft follows three adolescent queer friends who live in the underbelly of Toronto. With summer break upon them, they revel in their newfound freedom, roaming the city and becoming enraptured in the nightlife scene.
When a friend of the group goes missing, the bond between...
- 8/30/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The New Zealand International Film Festival, normally held in mid-year, will shift to new dates later in 2021. It plans to operate as an in-cinema event in October, November and December.
The move reflects an anticipated improvement in coronavirus conditions by the fourth quarter of the year. It also helps avoid a dates clash with the Cannes film festival, which recently shifted its planned operation from May to July.
“By moving our dates, we can maximize every opportunity to present the film festival to the high international standard our audience enjoys and expects,” festival organizers said. The new dates allow them to pick up titles that will premiere at Cannes, Venice and Toronto.
Organizers also anticipate the festival returning to its usual July and August timing in 2022.
“The (New Zealand) government’s rollout projections indicate that vaccinating all border and managed quarantine facility workers will soon be complete, and this critical...
The move reflects an anticipated improvement in coronavirus conditions by the fourth quarter of the year. It also helps avoid a dates clash with the Cannes film festival, which recently shifted its planned operation from May to July.
“By moving our dates, we can maximize every opportunity to present the film festival to the high international standard our audience enjoys and expects,” festival organizers said. The new dates allow them to pick up titles that will premiere at Cannes, Venice and Toronto.
Organizers also anticipate the festival returning to its usual July and August timing in 2022.
“The (New Zealand) government’s rollout projections indicate that vaccinating all border and managed quarantine facility workers will soon be complete, and this critical...
- 3/23/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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