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5 • 15 September 2024
TIFF – TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TIFF INDUSTRY – ITALIAN PARTICIPATION
7 • 10 September 2024
Toronto International Film Festival 2024 (TIFF) will showcase the dynamic collaboration between Italy and Canada in the film industry.
At the exclusive event “Spotlight: Italy, your strategic film partner! Pitching, funds and incentives forum”, taking place on September 7 at 9 am at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (2nd Floor, Luma Restaurant 350 King Street West), Italian officials will introduce the new International Distribution Fund and six producers will then take the stage to pitch their projects; immediately afterwards, they will meet North American counterparts in an already sold out B2B session.
FEATURED ITALIAN PRODUCERS PITCHING
- ELLIOT FILMS | Enrico Parenti | Documentary: NANYANG
- INDIGO FILMS | Carolina Iorio | Feature: THE ECHO CHAMBER
- INDYCA | Michele Fornasera | Documentary: LP
- KINO PRODUZIONI | Giovanni Pompili | Feature: IDDA’S BREATH
- LA SARRAZ PICTURES | Alessandro Borrelli | Feature: BEYOND TIME
- NACNE | Federico Schiavi | Documentary: RADIO WAR
Other networking opportunities include scheduled and informal meetings throughout the Festival and an Aperitivo Italiano event, also on September 7 at 5 pm, just steps away from TIFF headquarters.
As far as distribution is concerned, four Italian films by well known directors will be seeking international sales at the Festival, thanks also to the exclusive ITALIAN SCREENS program-market screenings. These films exemplify Italy’s vibrant cinematic landscape and offer exciting opportunities for global distributors and partners.
SEPTEMBER 8 | 9:15 AM
The TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 6
THE AMERICAN BACKYARD
directed by
PUPI AVATI
Minerva Pictures
Monica Ciarli
monica@minervapictures.com
SEPTEMBER 8 | 12:15 AM
The TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 6
FEELING BETTER
directed by
VALERIO MASTRANDREA
Fandango Sales
Margherita Martelli
margherita.martelli@fandango.it
SEPTEMBER 9 | 9:30 AM
The TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 7
TRUST
directed by
DANIELE LUCHETTI
Vision Distribution
Marco Rizzetto
marco.rizzetto@visiondistribution.it
SEPTEMBER 9 | 12:30 AM
The TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 7
BATTLEGROUND
directed by
GIANNI AMELIO
Rai Cinema International Distribution
Fulvio Firrito
fulvio.firrito@raicinema.it
In this edition of the Festival there are several films that we saw in Venice 81 and among them stand out those for Italian production (or co-production). On the list we find the debut feature by Iranian-born Turin-based director Milad Tangshir, “Anywhere Anytime,” which, winking at Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 classic “Bicycle Thieves,” reminds us that something as simple as a bicycle can make or break someone’s survival.
Italian filmmakers, eight in total, we find them spread across various programs. Particularly in the Gala Presentations selection, reserved for high-profile Canadian and world premieres, we highlight the presence of Cosima Spender’s “Because I Believe,” the documentary about the famous tenor Andrea Bocelli, whose portrait is sketched against the backdrop of last year’s impressive concert at the Baths of Caracalla, and Uberto Pasolini’s “The Return” (Italy, UK), the adaptation of Homer’s classic starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliet Binoche.
In the Special Presentations program, however, we find Maura Delpero’s film “Vermiglio,” about the arrival of a young Sicilian soldier in a village in the Alps toward the end of World War II, and “Queer,” Luca Guadagnino’s film based on the 1985 novel by William S. Burroughs, will also make its North American debut.
Also in the lineup of the program of official presentations at this year’s TIFF are, Italian titles “Iddu – The Last Godfather” co-directed by Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia and starring Elio Germano and Toni Servillo; “The Damned” by Roberto Minervini; and “Nineteen” by Giovanni Tortorici, a coming-of-age film produced by Luca Guadagnino and shot in 35mm.
The Italian participation at the Industry Programm is organized by the Italian Trade Commission, the Italian Ministry of Culture’s Directorate for Cinema and Audiovisual and Cinecittà, in collaboration with Telefilm Canada.