Alanis Obomsawin caps off a cycle of five films, seven years in the making, about Indigenous children’s rights in Canada , and it’s one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.
The best acquisition titles at TIFF19
Here you'll find links to our reviews of must-see acquisition titles seeking distribution in at least one of the US, the UK, or Canada. Catch these films while you can, and help us spread the word that distributors should take notice.
In alphabetical order:
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
TIFF19 review: White Lie is a chilling, meticulous study of duplicity
College girl pretending to have cancer to raise money for… something, is an incredibly dicey, tense premise which Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis direct the hell out of.
TIFF19 review: Clemency, a harrowing drama about avoiding questions of morality by hiding behind the law
Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of the process of a modern day execution
TIFF19: Maria Sødahl, Andrea Bræin Hovig, and Stellan Skarsgård on Hope
Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl discusses her remarkable marital/cancer drama, Hope, with lead actors Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård.
TIFF19 review: Comets , a lovely film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves
Tamar Shavgulidze’s quiet, lovely Comets is a film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves.
TIFF19 review: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open uses real-time duration for poignant effect
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn’s The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open explores difficulties in communication between two Indigenous women with very different viewpoints and life experiences