Violation

Violation – TIFF20

A wronged woman seeks vengeance in Violation. Miriam (Madeleine Sims-Fewer) is woman in a stagnant marriage with her partner Caleb (Obi Abili), who joins her sister Greta (Anna Maguire) and husband Dylan (Jesse LaVercombe) at a weekend cottage getaway. However, over the course of the weekend Miriam is the victim of an act of sexual…

Crazy World – TIFF19

Crazy World – TIFF19

Child kidnappers have to contend with the “Waka Stars” in Crazy World. The Tiger Mafia, lead by the diminutive Mr. Big, need to kidnap kids for a sacrifice. While the kids’ parents, which includes a commando gone crazy and Uganda’s best action cop Bruce U, try to stage a rescue, it is soon discovered that…

First Love

First Love – TIFF19

A young boxer and a call-girl find themselves caught up in the middle of a drug war between the Yakuza and a Chinese gang in First Love. Leo Katsuragi (Masataka Kubota) is an up and coming boxer, who receives the bad news that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Having nothing to lose,…

Color Out of Space

Color Out of Space – TIFF19

A New England family’s farm is infected by an alien organism in Color Out of Space. Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) lives on an isolated farm with his wife Theresa (Joely Richardson) and children Lavinia (Madeleine Arthur), Benny (Brendan Meyer), and Jack (Julian Hilliard). One night a glowing pink meteor falls and crashes on the farm….

The Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century – TIFF19

William Lyon Mackenzie King’s journey to becoming Prime Minister of Canada is told in a surreal alternative history in The Twentieth Century. Mackenzie King (Dan Beirne) believes that it is his destiny to both become Prime Minister of Canada and marry Ruby Eliott (Catherine St-Laurent), as predicted by his mother (Louis Negin). However, Mackenzie finds…

Gundala

Gundala – TIFF19

The popular Indonesia superhero hits the big screen in Gundala. Sancaka (Abimana Aryasatya) is a man who found himself alone as a child, after the death of his father and the disappearance of his mother. Working as a security guard, Sancaka discovers that he gains super-strength when his struck by lightning. When the disfigured crime…

Saint Maud

Saint Maud – TIFF19

A devoutly Christian nurse becomes obsessed with saving the soul of her patient in Saint Maud. Maud (Morfydd Clark) is a young nurse, who arrives to give palliative care to cancer-ridden ex-dancer Amanda (Jennifer Ehle). Having recently discovered religion, Maud is constantly praying to God for guidance in her life. After observing Amanda’s sinful behaviour,…

The Vigil

The Vigil – TIFF19

An orthodox Jewish man of lapsed faith is asked to watch over the body of a recently deceased Holocaust survivor in The Vigil. Yakov Ronen (Dave Davis) is a member of Brooklyn’s Hassidic “Boro” Park neighbourhood, who lost his faith after the tragic death of his brother. Following a support group meeting, Yakov is approached…

The Platform

The Platform – TIFF19

A man finds himself in a vertical prison in The Platform. Goreng (Iván Massagué) wakes up in The Pit, a “vertical self-management centre” made up of hundreds of floors, each featuring two inmates, whose only food source comes from a platform that lowers from floor to floor. Goreng’s cellmate Trimagasi (Zorion Eguileor) quickly gives a…