New Zealand-born, Sydney-based filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven's psychological thriller 'Went Up the Hill' will have its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival after being included in today's official line-up announcement.
Rebel Wilson is being sued for defamation by three producers of her feature directorial debut The Deb after calling them out on social media for blocking the film's premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Actor and producer Cate Blanchett will receive the Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Critics have hailed Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' as an "even deeper" and "pulpier and more explosive" look at toxic masculinity than her 2019 #MeToo thriller 'The Assistant', with many drawing comparisons between the film and Ted Kotcheff's 1971 classic 'Wake in Fright'.
Ivan Sen's 'Limbo' and Noora Niasari's 'Shayda' have joined the Australian contingent bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), announced as part of the event's centrepiece program.
A trio of Australian films are bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival: NZ co-production 'The Convert', directed by Lee Tamahori, Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' and Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy'.
Greater scrutiny of feature film projects and more emphasis on stories that can travel are among the focuses for two of the country's leading production companies in the year ahead amid ongoing challenges in the theatrical landscape.
"I felt there was a story in there I wanted to locate, about what it is to feel a bit different, and to feel that who you are isn't really valued."