Spike Lee on recruiting @Jensen_McRae for her #Highest2Lowest moment:
"I needed a Black Joni Mitchell"
More on the music in the film: https://t.co/8nTQ1TWKUD
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Happy first day of #TIFF50 🎉
Today marks the beginning of the 50th edition of our Festival. Tell us your favourite TIFF memory in the comments to help us celebrate 👇
📽️ On Sunday, September 14, join @TheNYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim at @AsiaSociety on the eve of #NYFF63 as he presents a guest selection of films that have shaped his sensibility, reflect his filmic philosophy, and illustrate his remarkable career.
🎟️: https://t.co/rrg2jvgAgJ
The screening schedule:
🎤 2pm - Raya Martin's INDEPENDENCIA (2009) on 35mm 🎞️ (Q&A with Dennis Lim); preceded by Apichatpong Weerrasethakul's short film THE ANTHEM (2006)
🎤 6pm - Shinji Aoyama's EUREKA (2000) (introduction by Dennis Lim)
#LFF dates for the diary 🗓️
3 Sep: Programme revealed!
8 Sep: Priority booking for BFI Patrons
9 Sep: Priority booking for BFI Members
16 Sep: Tickets on general sale
2 Oct: Extra tickets release
8-19 Oct: The Festival takes place
A reminder that BAFTA Breakthrough UK, supported by @NetflixUK, is open for applications until Thursday 19 June 📢
Have you had a breakthrough year in film, games or TV? Find out more and apply here 👇
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"A few words about Sorry, Baby … I wanted to tell a story about the intimacy and romance of friendship, how living with a cat can save your life, how a sandwich can make a day better. I wanted to make a film about a person desperately trying to heal, everyday."
Director's Letter from Sorry, Baby filmmaker and star @evavictor. Now playing in select theaters, nationwide next weekend! https://t.co/6cHhtVbvtS
Laura Mulvey is to receive a BFI Fellowship, in recognition of the huge global impact of her work through her groundbreaking writing and filmmaking including her seminal essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. https://t.co/PjkGojplUA
"A NEW ROMANCE CLASSIC" (@Collider)
“★★★★★” (@BBCNews)
"WILL MAKE YOU SWOON" - (@RollingStone)
From Academy Award nominated director Celine Song, MATERIALISTS is a @NYTimes critics pick, certified fresh 🍅 and now playing in theaters nationwide!
Harmeet Singh Rahal features in a selection of films curated by artist Sarah Khan. The short film programme will explore how the sonic atmosphere of protests, insurgent field recordings and oral testimonies become tools to mobilise bodies.
https://t.co/0xjNkKI8yS
Join @TheGardenCinema this August for Divine Trash: The Films of John Waters. With a filmography spanning from the late 1960s to early 2000s, the films of John Waters are unapologetically queer, subversive, and outrageous.
https://t.co/vJ2pZRwLc1
Join LUX on Saturday 9 August, for a screening programme exploring how ritual and celebration reshape public space, memory, and identity in the UK.
https://t.co/0Q7MwZxa9V
TIFF at 50: Tracking African and Diaspora Films Selected for 2025 Edition
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival is shaping up fast. Akoroko is tracking all African and diaspora titles selected so far, and what they tell us.
📍 From Chad to South Africa, Tunisia to Western Sahara
📍 Cannes crossover: “My Father’s Shadow” heads to North America
📍 Debuts, diaspora stories, and experimental cinema in Wavelengths
📍 More sections still to come. This list will grow
🎧 Audio version available.
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