26 years after the SwissAir Flight 111 tragedy, production has commenced in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the drama film ‘111’ written and directed by Mauro Mueller. Starring in the movie are award-winning Canadian actors Kris Holden-Ried (Departure) and Natalie Brown (The Strain), and Swiss actor Ursina Lardi (Lore) alongside an international cast.
Academy Award-winning director of ’12 Years a Slave’ Steve McQueen returns after a six-year narrative film hiatus with ‘Blitz,’ a war drama starring Elliott Heffernan and Saoirse Ronan as mother and son looking for each other in the midst of World War II England.
Following it’s recent screening at the 51st Telluride Film Festival, Briarcliff Entertainment unveiled the official trailer for Ali Abbasi’s (Holy Spider, The Last of Us) biographical film on the controversial US president Donald Trump, ‘The Apprentice‘. The film follows Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) in his early business career including his relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn and his first wife Ivana.
Following his Best Actor Oscar win for ‘Oppenheimer,’ Cillian Murphy now stars in ‘Small Things Like These,’ a period piece drama film based on the 2021 award winning novel by Claire Keegan. Produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, the film is helmed by director Tim Mielants.
Making her feature film directorial debut, award-winning actress Nicki Micheaux helms ‘Summer of Violence’ an independent film set in Denver in 1993, and inspired by the true events where over 70 homicides were committed in the city of Denver.
Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, ‘It’s What’s Inside’ was bought by Netflix in the festival’s biggest acquisition this year. The feature film directorial debut of Greg Jardin is described as a “sci-fi thriller with jokes” by Jardin himself. It follows a group of people celebrating a pre-wedding party that took a darker turn after they decided to play a mind-bending game brought by one of their friends. The film also screened at the 2024 SXSW Festival.
Written by Oscar-winning director of ‘Moonlight,’ Barry Jenkins and directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer of ‘Mudbound,’ Rachel Morrison, ‘The Fire Inside’ is a biographical drama film on two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa “T-Rex” Shields’ journey to fight in the Olympics. The film stars Ryan Destiny in its leading role of Shields.
In a modern day tale of ‘Beauty and The Beast,’ Caroline Lindy’s feature film directorial debut ‘Your Monster’ tells a charming story of an actor who finds a connection with an unlikely monster who suddenly appears in her life after a break-up. The film stars Melissa Barreara and Tommy Dewey in its two leading role.
Good Girl Jane, the debut feature film from director Sarah Elizabeth Mintz, stars Rain Spencer (The Summer I Turned Pretty) in the coming-of-age story based on Mintz’s life as a teenager.
Based on the 1957 stage play, ‘The Kitchen’ by Arnold Wesker, ‘La Cocina’ is a kitchen drama set in one of the busiest restaurant in Manhattan, New York. The film stars Raúl Briones and two-time Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara in its leading role.
Setting their market debut at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Penguin Pictures and Fairpoint Films revealed that Lea Thompson (Back to the Future), Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Goodrich with Michael Keaton, Girl in the Pool), Leanne Melissa Bishop (The Weight of Perfection, Regression) and Aaron Ashmore (Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia, Sky Med and the upcoming A Case for the Winemaker) will star in their newest feature film, the family drama titled ‘What If’.
First announced at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival under the title ‘The Hanged,’ the crime/thriller film by Fernando Coimbra is finally making its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. under the new title, ‘Carnival Is Over.’ The film stars Leandra Leal and Irandhir Santos as a couple trying to break free of their family’s link to the mafia.