{"id":3064,"date":"2017-08-09T18:53:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T18:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/08\/09\/new-canadian-talent-shines-in-tiffs-discovery-program\/"},"modified":"2017-08-09T18:53:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T18:53:42","slug":"new-canadian-talent-shines-in-tiffs-discovery-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/08\/09\/new-canadian-talent-shines-in-tiffs-discovery-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New Canadian talent shines in TIFF\u2019s Discovery program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kate Taylor \/ Globe and Mail\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">As the country marks its sesquicentennial, the Toronto International Film Festival is betting on new Canadian filmmakers rather than old ones to carry the cultural flag in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Continuing its long rollout of programming announcements for the upcoming festival, TIFF has unveiled the Canadian titles it will be presenting in September: A third of them are debut features, while this year\u2019s list also happens to be light on Canada\u2019s recognizable auteurs. The most prominent slot on the list goes to Kim Nguyen, whose 2012 film\u00a0<em>War Witch<\/em>\u00a0snagged an Oscar nomination for best foreign film. His new film,\u00a0<em>Eye on Juliet<\/em>, a long-distance, cross-cultural romance seen through the eye of a spider drone, will make its North American premiere in the Special Presentation category at the festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">TIFF has already announced the one Canadian title to receive a gala presentation, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier\u2019s\u00a0<em>Long Time Running<\/em>, about the Tragically Hip\u2019s 2016 tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Documentary remains Canada\u2019s strong suit in filmmaking. Showcasing veteran National Film Board of Canada documentarian Alanis Obomsawin in the Masters program, the festival will present\u00a0<em>Our People Will Be Healed<\/em>, the Indigenous director\u2019s optimistic view of a school for Cree children in Northern Manitoba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Also, the documentary section of the festival includes a new film from Alan Zweig, who won the inaugural TIFF Platform Prize in 2015 for\u00a0<em>Hurt<\/em>, his doc about Steve Fonyo:\u00a0<em>There Is a House Here<\/em>\u00a0traces Zweig\u2019s cultural conversation with Inuit rocker Lucie Idlout. The doc program also includes Sean Menard\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Carter Effect<\/em>, about Vince Carter and the Toronto Raptors, and Matt Embry\u2019s\u00a0<em>Living Proof<\/em>, about treatments for multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">But it\u2019s the Discovery program that is packed with Canadian titles this year, as TIFF introduces a new generation of filmmakers to the festival circuit with a series of provocative first features. The titles include Molly McGlynn\u2019s\u00a0<em>Mary Goes Round<\/em>, a family drama about addiction set in Niagara Falls, and Sadaf Foroughi\u2019s Iranian-Canadian feature\u00a0<em>AVA<\/em>, a family drama about a teenager\u2019s virginity. Cory Bowles of\u00a0<em>Trailer Park Boys<\/em>\u00a0fame offers a political satire about a black police officer in\u00a0<em>Black Cop<\/em>, while Montreal photographers Carlos and Jason Sanchez make their debut with\u00a0<em>A Worthy Companion<\/em>, about a relationship between a 30-year-old woman and a runaway teenage girl. Ian Lagarde\u2019s\u00a0<em>All You Can Eat Buddha<\/em>\u00a0is about a mysterious miracle worker at a Cuban all-inclusive resort. Kathleen Hepburn\u2019s\u00a0<em>Never Steady, Never Still<\/em>\u00a0is a drama about a woman with Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The Canadian slate also includes about a dozen features from veterans. After a decade\u2019s absence from feature film, Mina Shum (<em>Double Happiness<\/em>) returns with a new drama:\u00a0<em>Meditation Park<\/em>\u00a0is about a devoted Chinese wife discovering her husband\u2019s infidelity. On the other hand, it was only last year that Simon Lavoie introduced his experimental political film\u00a0<em>Those Who Make the Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves.<\/em>\u00a0He\u2019s back with\u00a0<em>The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches<\/em>, about two children reacting to their father\u2019s death. Robin Aubert has the zombie flick\u00a0<em>Les Affam\u00e9s<\/em>; Kyle Rideout contributes\u00a0<em>Public Schooled<\/em>, a comedy about a home-schooled teen\u2019s romantic ambitions; and Adam MacDonald offers\u00a0<em>Pyewacket<\/em>, an occult thriller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Meanwhile, one of the most high-profile Canadian projects to be unveiled at TIFF 2017 is actually a television series: Included in the Primetime segment,\u00a0<em>Alias Grace<\/em>\u00a0is based on the Margaret Atwood novel and stars Sarah Polley, Paul Gross and Anna Paquin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Emerging Canadian actors will also get a boost from the festival. Daniel Doheny (who stars in\u00a0<em>Public Schooled<\/em>), Mary Galloway and The\u0301odore Pellerin (who both appear in\u00a0<em>Never Steady, Never Still<\/em>), and Ellen Wong were named as the participants in the seventh annual Rising Stars professional development program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">TIFF will also look back to its past in 2017. It announced three new digital restorations of Canadian classics to be screened during the festival: Clement Virgo\u2019s\u00a0<em>Rude<\/em>\u00a0(1995), the first Canadian dramatic feature to be written, directed and produced by an all-black team; Patricia Rozema\u2019s prize-winning\u00a0<em>I\u2019ve Heard the Mermaids Singing<\/em>\u00a0(1987); and Peter Mettler\u2019s poetic essay\u00a0<em>Picture of Light<\/em>\u00a0(1994).<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The 42nd edition of TIFF runs Sept. 7 through 17 (tiff.net).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Taylor \/ Globe and Mail\u00a0 As the country marks its sesquicentennial, the Toronto International Film Festival is betting on new Canadian filmmakers rather than old ones to carry the cultural flag in 2017. 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