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.
World premiering at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, ‘Takin’ Care of Business’ is a documentary on Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman as he tells the story of his rise to prominence and his search for his special old guitar that got stolen. The documentary is directed by award-winning director Tyler Measom (An Honest Liar, Murder Among the Mormons).
Quentin Dupieux’s (Rubber, Deerskin) bizzare comedy ‘Daaaaaalí’ tells the story of a journalist’s struggle to interview renowned Spanish artist Salvador Dalí. The surrealist comedy world premiered at the 80th edition of Venice Film Festival in 2023, and went on to screen at other film festivals including the 2023 BFI London Film Festival and the 2024 Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival where it won the critics award.
After winning the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for ‘Atlantics,’ director Mati Diop’s second feature film ‘Dahomey,’ is a documentary blending reality and fiction telling the story of 26 historical treasures from The Kingdom of Dahomey being returned to its home country after they were taken during the French colonial period. The film features narration for the artifacts, as they tell their stories of being taken and returned.
Making their second feature film, writer-director duo Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy (Blow the Man Down) helm House of Spoils , the genre-bending thriller film starring Oscar-winning actress Ariana DeBose as Chef haunted by a supernatural presence in her new restaurant.
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.
From Dawn Porter, the acclaimed director of ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble,’ the documentary ‘Luther: Never Too Much‘ chronicles the life and career of the late R&B icon Luther Vandross. Featured in the film are fellow singers Mariah Carey and Dionne Warwick alongside archival footage of Vandross telling his own personal life story.
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’.
Following its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, ‘Patrice: The Movie,’ a documentary on disabled couple Patrice and Garry makes its streaming debut on Hulu.
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.
The 2023 highest-grossing film at the Korean box office ‘12.12: The Day’ has been selected as South Korea’s official entry for the 2025 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The historical drama film directed by Kim Sung-su tells the story of the 12.12 political coup after the assassination of Park Chung Hee, the former president of South Korea in 1979.