Villeneuve’s horror-thriller follows a diabetic biology student who must escape a deadly cat and mouse game.
The psychological thriller, written and directed by Jeffrey St. Jules, and Sarah Fortin’s Nouveau Quebec each picked up two prizes at the festival.
The psychological thriller marks writer/director Jeffrey St. Jules’ second feature following Bang Bang Baby.
This year’s program is focused on writer/directors, with Lindsay Mackay and Jeffrey St. Jules (pictured) among those selected.
Search Engine Films’ Jason Wright on his distribution strategy for the 1960s-set sci-fi/musical mashup, which includes an event to showcase the film’s VR trailer.
The prize, which recognizes an outstanding debut from a first-time filmmaker, will be presented to St. Jules during the Canadian Screen Awards broadcast on March 1.
The 2014 lineup includes debuts for the latest movies by Carl Bessai, Jeffrey Nesker and Joel Ashton McCarthy.
Playback‘s TIFF critic Thom Ernst looks back on the most-buzzed-about Canadian films at TIFF and weighs in on how they might fare post-fest.
The nominations for the Saskatchewan festival include Foxed! (pictured) directed by James Stewart and Nev Bezaire.
The NFB, which last made the 3D doc Transitions in 1986 for the Vancouver World’s Fair, is back with a film that combines archival footage, black-and-white recreations and 3D interviews to explore the director’s troubled family history.