In an annual feature, we pick out the emerging actors and screen stars of tomorrow from the TIFF22 lineup, from Grace Dove to Paul Mescal.
Essays
Stonewalling Film Review: Surviving an unwanted pregnancy
In Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka’s film Stonewalling, China’s two-child policy casts a long shadow on twenty-year-old Lynn who finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy — and loses most of her agency along the way.
Full Time: a heart-pounding thriller from Éric Gravel
Éric Gravel’s second feature film is a heart-pounding thriller about a single working mom pushed to her breaking point.
Fantasia Review: Just Remembering tells a romance in reverse
Japanese writer-director Daigo Matsui’s Just Remembering is a romance told in reverse order that not only acknowledges COVID but incorporates some sense of how it’s changed our lives into the film’s store.
Fantasia Review: Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons
The first animated feature out of Portugal, Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons, uses digital and stop-motion animation to tell a story of intergenerational trauma on the border between reality and fairytale.
Both Sides of the Blade: Claire Denis explores lies and love
Claire Denis’s Silver Bear Winner Both Sides of the Blade explores the lies we tell the people we love (and ourselves).