Το 12 είναι ο τυχερός μου αριθμός. Έχω γεννηθεί 12/12, ανήμερα του Αγ. Σπυριδώνου. Είναι γνωστός και ως ο αριθμός της τελειότητας (από εμέ αυτό πέρασε και διόλου δεν ακούμπησε). Και κάπου εδωνά, το τέρμα του δρόμου, το κλείσιμο του κύκλου, το τέλος εποχής μου στον Κάναδα. Που συμπέφτει μένα TIFF23, χαμηλών πτήσεων, σεμνό και ταπεινό, εξαπανάγκης. Βλέπεις, τα αμερικανικά Σωματεία Ηθοποιών (SAG) και Σεναριογράφων (WGA), μπαίνοντας αδιαπραγμάτευτα στον πέμπτο μήνα των απεργιακών τους κινητοποιήσεων, έχουν πλήξει το Τορόντο πιότερο απόλα τα χινοπωρινά φεστιβάλια (Βενετία, Telluride, NYFF), εξαπόψεως αδυναμίας προσέλευσης ταλέντου που μεταφράζεται σε σημαντικά πεσμένη σημοσιότητα. Διόλου τυχαίο, ο τηλεπικοινωνιακός κολοσσός Bell (στρατηγικός σπόνσορας από τα 1995, με μερίδιο συνεισφοράς στα έσοδα του TIFF περί το 28% του κορβανά) ανακοίνωσε ήδη τη διακοπή cineργασίας, προμηνύοντας περίοδο ισχνών αγελάδων για το πλέον πολυσχιδές φεστιβάλι του πλανήτη.
Τα 6 θρυλικά βένιουζ (TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Cineplex's Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, Glenn Gould Studio at the Canadian Broadcast Centre, the Royal Alexandra Theatre) παραμένουν ζωντανά, έτοιμα, συνεπικουρία εκατοντάδων εθελοντών να υποδεχθούν κοινό, τύπο και εκπροσώπους της κινηματογραφικής βιομηχανίας από τις τέσσαρες γωνιές της υφηλίου. Η απριόρι εξήγα είναι πως τα βαριά οσκαρικά χαρτιά είτε βγήκανε κατακαλόκαιρο (Barbenheimer), είτε Κάννες (Killers of the Flower Moon, Zone of Interest), ή Βενετιά (Poor Things, Maestro), οπόταν ο ενθουσιασμός προβλέπεται περιορισμένος. Εκτός του δημοσιογραφικού πάσο(υ) δικαιάμαι και 10 δημόσιες προβολές, έτσι λοιπόν φρόντισα να βάνω το σούπερ Κατινάκι, αίμα και βλαστάρι μου να κάμει την επιλογή (κι ο νοών νοείτω). Καθημερινό ροβολητό που αναμένω να ρίξω με ένταση και έμφαση το πρώτο 4ήμερο του TIFF23, Mississauga-TIFF Lightbox στην 350 King Street West και τα γνώριμα στέκια εκεί στα πέριξ.
Ο Κάναδας που γνώρισα προ 12ετίας λίγη σχέση έχει φευ με τη σημερινή προβληματική κατάστα. Παγκόσμια ύφεση αισθητή κιαπεδώ, πυρκαγιές πρωτοφανείς, τρελός (πραγματικός) τιμάριθμος, στεγαστική κρίση, αθρόα εισέλευση νομίμων μεταναστών χωρίς μελέτη αποκατάστασης δίνουν μια αίσθηση έντονης αβεβαιότητας και προσωπίκαλι, απογοήτευσης. Με συγκίνηση και ένα σφίξιμο αποχαιρετώ φέτος το Θεσμό που εξυπαρχής απετέλεσε αιτία και κάλεσμά μου σε τούτη την ευλογημένη χώρα. Με διαβάζεις πάντα στο Moviesltd.gr. Τιτιβίζω στο @TakisGaris. Αν έχεις ερωτήματα και παραγγελιές για συγκεκριμένα φιλμς, στα παραθέτω αμέσως. Το πατροπαράδοτο opening την 7η Σεπτέμβρη θα τελεστεί με το μετα-κύκνειο άσμα του Μιγιαζάκι (The Boy and the Heron ) ενώ έως τις 17 θα παρελάσουν πλατφόρμες και κινηματογραφικές προτάσεις για να κάνουμε γούστα ως ακολούθως (πηγή το Vulture):
Gala Presentations 2023
Gala Presentations 2023
A Normal Family, directed by Hur Jin-ho
Concrete Utopia, directed by Um Tae-Hwa
Dumb Money, directed by Craig Gillespie
Fair Play, directed by Chloe Domont
Finest kind, directed by Brian Helgeland
Flora and Son, directed by John Carney
Hate to Love: Nickelback, directed by Leigh Brooks
Lee, directed by Ellen Kuras
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero, directed by Carlos López Estrada and Zac Manuel
Next Goal Wins, directed by Taika Waititi
NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Sly, directed by Thom Zimny
Smugglers, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan
Solo, directed by Sophie Dupuis
Swan Song, directed by Chelsea McMullan
Thank You For Coming, directed by Karan Boolani
The Boy and the Heron, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The End We Start From, directed by Mahalia Belo
The Movie Emperor, directed by Ning Hao
The New Boy, directed by Warwick Thornton
The Royal Hotel, directed by Kitty Green
Special Presentations 2023
A Difficult Year, directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
A Normal Family, directed by Hur Jin-ho
American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson
Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet
Close to You, directed by Dominic Savage
Daddio, directed by Christy Hall
Days of Happiness, directed by Chloé Robichaud
El Sabor de la Navidad, directed by Alejandro Lorano
El Rapto, directed by Daniela Goggi
Evil Does Not Exist, directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Ezra, directed by Tony Goldwyn
Fingernails, directed by Christos Nikou
Four Daughters, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
His Three Daughters, directed by Azazel Jacobs
Hit Man, directed by Richard Linklater
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, directed by Alex Gibney
Kidnapped, directed by Marco Bellocchio
Knox Goes Away, directed by Michael Keaton
La Chimera, directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Last Summer, directed by Catherine Breillat
Les Indésirables, directed by Ladj Ly
Memory, directed by Michel Franco
Monster, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Mother Couch, directed by Niclas Larsson
Next Goal Wins, directed by Taika Waititi
North Star, directed by Kristin Scott Thomas
One Life, directed by James Hawes
Pain Hustlers, directed by David Yates
Poolman, directed by Chris Pine
Quiz Lady, directed by Jessica Yu
Ru, directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud
Reptile, directed by Grant Singer
Rustin, directed by George C. Wolfe
Seven Veils, directed by Atom Egoyan
Shoshana, directed by Michael Winterbottom
Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar
Smugglers, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan
Stop Making Sense, directed by Jonathan Demme
Swan Song, directed by Chelsea McMullan
The Beast, directed by Bertrand Bonello
The Burial, directed by Maggie Betts
The Convert, directed by Lee Tamahori
The Critic, directed by Anand Tucker
The Dead Don’t Hurt, directed by Viggo Mortensen
The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne
The Movie Teller, directed by Lone Scherfig
The Peasants, directed by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
The Promised Land, directed by Nikolaj Arcel
The Zone of Interest, directed by Jonathan Glazer
Together 99, directed by Lukas Moodysson
Unicorns, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
Uproar, directed by Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett
Wicked Little Letters, directed by Thea Sharrock
Wildcat, directed by Ethan Hawke
Woman of the Hour, directed by Anna Kendrick
Midnight Madness 2023
AGGRO DR1FT, directed by Harmony Korine
Boy Kills World, directed by Moritz Mohr
Dicks: The Musical, directed by Larry Charles
Hell of a Summer, directed by Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk
KILL, directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
NAGA, directed by Meshal Aljaser
Riddle of Fire, directed by Weston Razooli
Sleep, directed by Jason Yu
When Evil Lurks, directed by Demián Rugna
Working Class Goes to Hell, directed by Mladen Đorđević
Discovery 2023
Achilles, directed by Farhad Delaram
After the fire, directed by Mehdi Fikri
A Match (Sthal), directed by Jayant Digambar Somalkar
Andragogy, directed by Wregas Bhanuteja
An Endless Sunday, directed by Alain Parroni
Arthur & Diana, directed by Sara Summa
Backspot, directed by D.W. Waterson
Frybread Face and Me, directed by Billy Luther
Gonzo Girl, directed by Patricia Arquette
Hajjan, directed by Abu Bakr Shawky
How to Have Sex, directed by Molly Manning Walker
I Don’t Know Who You Are, directed by M. H. Murray
La Suprema, directed by Felipe Holguín Caro
Mandoob, directed by Ali Kalthami
Mimang, directed by Kim Taeyang
Seagrass, directed by Meredith Hama-Brown
Solitude, directed by Ninna Pálmadóttir
Tautuktavuk (What We See), directed by Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk
The Teacher, directed by Farah Nabulsi
The Tundra Within Me (Eallugierdi), directed by Sara Margrethe Oskal
The Queen of My Dreams, directed by Fawzia Mirza
Valentina or the Serenity (Valentina o la serenidad), directed by Ángeles Cruz
Widow Clicquot, directed by Thomas Napper
Wild Woman, directed by Alán González
Without Air, directed by Katalin Moldovai
Yellow Bus, directed by Wendy Bednarz
Wavelength Features 2023
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, directed by Radu Jude
Here, directed by Bas Devos
The Human Surge 3, directed by Eduardo Williams
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, directed by Phạm Thiên n
Mademoiselle Kenopsia, directed by Denis Côté
Mambar Pierrette, directed by Rosine Mbakam
Music, directed by Angela Schanelec
Nowhere Near, directed by Miko Revereza
Orlando, My Political Biography, directed by Paul B. Preciado
Pictures of Ghosts, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Youth (Spring), directed by Wang Bing!
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