Following the announcement of this years tiff gala and special presentations lineups, we now have titles from many more slates. These are the movies with the biggest buzz at tiff 2018 the. Tiff announces midnight madness and documentaries slate, including the disaster artist, super size me sequel, and more thrills and chills abound, thanks to reallife stories and late. Aug 01, 2017 im breaking a midnight madness tradition this year and playing one film at an earlier time slot. Midnight madness serves as the twilight zone for movie buffs thirsty for the latest gruesome cinema trend, and for some festival goers tiffs midnight programming is all about the fans. The toronto international film festival tiff announced more of the main slate for their 42nd fest, including the always exciting midnight madness section, the tiff docs programme and its international short cuts titles. Midnight madness lineup brings horror in all forms to toronto. What started as a fringe comic book convention for 500 fans has grown into the pop. Ill be fighting to see armando iannuccis latest, the personal history of. Midnight madness at the toronto international film festival. With david naughton, debra clinger, joel kenney, david damas. We talked to tiffs new midnight madness programmer about. As expected, the lineup is monstrous and overwhelming.
The toronto international film festival is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the. Madness at tiffs midnight screening of the disaster artist. Weve already seen the first batch of films, and today. Midnight madness programme was introduced at the festival. Tiff 2019 announces docs and midnight madness slates indiewire. The globe teams mostanticipated films list kate taylor, simon houpt, barry hertz, brad wheeler, johanna schneller and nathalie atkinson published august 26, 2019 updated. Tiff peoples choice award launches green book into the. You can attend a free screening of the sonny chibaled 70s japanese horror rarity wolf guy, handpicked by colin, and hear from the master of midnight about his favourite festival moments.
This friday, join us for a screening of george tillman, jr. Midnight madness at the toronto international film festival home. Midnight madness, doc and discovery slates announced. Programmers colin geddes and peter kuplowsky discuss the brotherhood of midnight madness. We spoke to the people who know it best to tell the festivals history in their own words. Tiff midnight madness presents scary stories to tell in. Tiffs midnight madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. There may be a lot of people whove never heard of midnight madness, but its worth a watch.
Tiff 2016 documentary, midnight madness lineup hollywood. Green book boosts awards season prospects with tiff audience award win. This is the first time a film from tiffs midnight madness program of latenight excitement has topped our poll. The tiff 2016 midnight madness lineup has been announced and includes blair witch, free fire, headshot, dog eat dog, the belko experiment, and more. Tiff presents a free screening of toronto platform prize winner martin eden at tiff bell lightbox, 12. Tiff reveals documentaries, midnight madness movies and more.
Sep 12, 2017 madness at tiffs midnight screening of the disaster artist. Tomorrow night at 10 pm edt a few hours before the witching hour, your midnight. The toronto international film festival may be closely aligned with oscar season, but the canadian festival entertains a very different crowd after dark. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way.
Peter kuplowsky, the new programmer of midnight madness, tells us what to expect from tiff 17s deadliest lineup. Inspired by robert sullivans new york times bestselling book, rats is a horror. The toronto international film festival peoples choice award for midnight madness is an annual film award, presented by the toronto international film festival to the film rated as the years most popular film in. Tiff midnight madness, wavelengths and family zone titles. Sep 16, 2018 2018 marks the first year in tiff history that voting for the the peoples choice award took place entirely online, with the festival also opening the contest to everyone with access to its. A politically and philosophically provocative story told with extraordinary cinematic invention and grace, this film reaffirms a faith that is easy to lose in 2019. From dark comedies to japanese gorefests and indie horror gems, the midnight madness program hasnt lost. Midnight madness kicks off with the longanticipated blood quantum.
Documentaries, midnight madness, and more lineups announced. Aug 01, 2017 tiff announces midnight madness and documentaries slate, including the disaster artist, super size me sequel, and more thrills and chills abound, thanks to reallife stories and late. Tiff bell lightbox 1 tiff bell lightbox 2 tiff bell lightbox 3 tiff bell lightbox 4 12. Aug 09, 2018 tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. The toronto international film festival peoples choice award for midnight madness is an annual film award, presented by the toronto international film festival to the film rated as the years most popular film in the festivals midnight madness stream of underground and cult films. Aug 09, 2016 the full film lineups for the documentary, midnight madness, vanguard, cinematheque, and short film sections of the 2016 toronto international film festival tiff has been announced. The film that explores the origins of gundala, indonesias preeminent superhero, epically unfolds on screen in writerdirector joko anwars latest film. Schedule announced for tiff 2016 midnight madness horror world. The 42nd annual toronto international film festival was held from 7 to 17 september 2017. Tomorrow night at 10 pm edt a few hours before the witching hour midnight mc peter kuplowsky will be broadcasting from. Toronto film festival to include films on donald trump and. Aug 20, 2016 run for cover and grab your loved ones, midnight madness just unleashed its terrorific lineup for the 41st toronto international film festival. Sep 16, 2016 rats is only the eighth documentary ever to debut at midnight madness throughout the festivals 40year history. Aug 09, 2016 the midnight madness strand also will feature world premieres for adam wingards blair witch sequel, ahead of its sept.
Tiff 2017 announces midnight madness and documentaries slate. Tiff starts the thursday night after labour day the first monday in. Aug 01, 2017 tiff 2017s midnight madness, documentary slates are announced. This years midnight madness slate includes debuts from galder gazteluurrutia, rose glass, andrew patterson, and keith thomas. Behold the first midnight madness edition of tiff s stayathomecinema. Toronto battle rappers and bizarre auteurs are two of the highlights in this years lineup, which still looks to. All the info you need for the toronto international film festival tiff and midnight madness in delicious, manageable chunks. The midnight madness lineup for tiff 2012 includes seven psychopaths, dredd, and the abcs of death. Whats more fun than watching people catch pneumonia. From highoctane crime films, gruesome visceral horrors, to a creepy, hairraising documentary, and nervewrenching thrillers, this years slate will whet all appetites and leave audiences shocked. Tiff 2017s midnight madness, documentary slates are announced.
The opening night gala was the world war i romantic epic passchendaele from canadian director paul gross. Tiff celebrates 25 years of midnight madness cbc news. It has even inspired a huge scavenger hunt in new york city. Tiff can be really serious and midnight madness is about letting the freak flag fly, geddes said. These are the movies with the biggest buzz at tiff 2018. Behold the first midnight madness edition of tiffs stayathomecinema. There are far too many movies that work so hard to be serious or dramatic or actionpacked.
Toronto battle rappers and bizarre auteurs are two of the highlights in this years lineup, which still looks to offer some bloody. Leon planned the great allnighter by picking college students to participate in an allnight long scavenger hunt. While trying to enjoy the solitude of what was a peaceful setting, she finds herself playing voyeur to olivia starke, i like you. Ten movies to catch now, because they may take months or years to screen again. The voting process is the same as for the feature film people. Geddes role would be a tough one to fill for just about anyone, but for his longtime assistant peter kuplowsky, it was a natural next step. Awards are also presented for documentary and midnight madness films. This 33rd annual festival was from september 4 to september, 2008. Sadly, dear readers, things are looking less positive for the toronto horror scene. A sneak peek of the 2014 toronto international film festival that focuses on. All information taken from tiffs press releases, and keep an eye out for lucile hadzihalilovics longoverdue sophomore feature evolution, which comes no less than 11 years after her fascinating 2004 debut innocence.
On september 7 at 6pm, tiff will honour colin with a special screening, aptly titled colin geddes farewell to midnight madness. Nov 30, 2019 the toronto international film festival tiff is an annual festival held every september in toronto, ontario, canada. But the veteran tiff programmer wants viewers to know, its not all blood and guts. Midnight madness lineup brings horror in all forms. Aug 10, 2017 former midnight madness impresario colin geddes left a genuine legacy to live up to when his 20year tenure with the toronto international film festival ended earlier this year. Colin geddes, tiffs midnight madness programmer, kicked the night off. A grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion to lay low. Colin geddes interviewed at the 2008 edition of midnight madness. The disaster artist receives historic tiff reception.
However, the second half is a steady escalation to truly deranged and gory heights, so by my estimation the film becomes a midnight madness film at the hourandsevenminute mark. Tiff 2017s midnight madness, documentary slates are. Toronto international film festival peoples choice award. Since its inception in 1976, it has become one of the most prestigious film festivals in north america and one of the mostattended film festivals in the world. Toronto international film festival tiff, formerly 197695 festival of festivals, film festival held annually in toronto in september. Aug 03, 2011 documentaries, midnight madness, and more lineups announced for 2011 toronto international film festival. The full lineup for this years toronto international film festival has been released along with their midnight madness. Tiff 2016 midnight madness movies include blair witch. The toronto international film festival tiff, often stylized as tiff is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. A giantsize cinematic universe of comic book characters whose astonishing exploits and uncanny abilities have for the past 50 years rivalled even those of earths mightiest heroes, is. Toronto film festival announces midnight madness, docs and. Aug 01, 2017 new to tiff this year are the additions of opening and closing films for midnight madness and tiff docs. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.
It was founded in 1976 as the festival of festivals, with the aim of screening movies from other film festivals, and has since become one of the worlds largest annual showcases of film, attended by both industry professionals and the public. Forty years later, tiff has defied the odds and is still going strong. Tiff 2015 announces documentaries, vanguard, midnight madness. Mar 11, 2012 midnight madness tells the story of maddie who heads to the wilderness after finding out that her vanilla lover has been experimenting with a couple of doubleds that did not belong to her. The festival screened more than 300 films from all over the world. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Im back with a followup to the megafamous report on the first half of 2017s tiff midnight madness program, in which i was remarkably optimistic about the state of the program, lavishing praise on revenge, bodied and the disaster artist. Midnight madness and vanguard image blowout blair witch, sadako vs. Peter stricklands midnight madness film about a cursed red dress is stylish, campy, retro fun. The grace jones film will open the nonfiction section, while makala will close. Aug 09, 2018 kuplowsky is in only his second year as tiffs midnight madness programmer. Dave davis lynn cohen menashe lustig midnight madness the vigil tiff19 toronto international film festival joe lipsett joe is. Green book wins the peoples choice award, upsetting a star is born viggo mortensen, mahershala ali, and linda cardellini star in the 60s period piece. Tickets to this free screening are now on sale and are available online, by phone, and in person.
Next month, the toronto international film festival will return for its 41st edition. At tiff 2019 there are so many films to look forward to, from major world. Damme in the comeback story of one of the biggest action stars in movie history. The toronto international film festival runs september 6 september 16 in toronto, canada. Likely the only film in tiff history to ever feature a credit for. Piers handling, longtime programmer and current ceo of tiff. Toronto film festival 2012 midnight madness collider. The 34th annual toronto international film festival tiff was held in toronto, ontario, canada between september 10 and september 19, 2009. From dark comedies to japanese gorefests and indie horror gems, the midnight madness program hasnt lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre. Heres the full roster of films in the midnight madness and tiff docs sections that will play there. The toronto international film festival tiff is an annual festival held every september in toronto, ontario, canada. The 2008 toronto international film festival, tiff was held in toronto, ontario, canada.
The opening night gala presented the charles darwin biography creation. Maybe thats because i actually think the first half of the film is more of a slow burn crime drama something that wouldve historically fit in our former vanguard programme. Tiff announces midnight madness and documentaries slate. The young victoria, based on the early years of queen victoria, closed the. Midnight madness serves as the twilight zone for movie buffs thirsty for the latest gruesome cinema trend, and for some festival goers tiff s midnight programming is all about the fans. Lovecraft adaptation starring nicolas cage and documentaries about merce cunningham, truman capote and imelda. While the rest of tiff goes to bed, hardcore cineastes know that when the clock strikes midnight, the madness begins. There were fourteen programmes, with the vanguard and city to city programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down by 20% from the 2016 edition. The toronto international film festivals 2019 lineup continues to take shape with announcements for the midnight madness, documentary, discovery and cinematheque programs. Since its founding in 1976, tiff has grown to become a permanent destination for film culture operating out of the tiff bell lightbox, located in downtown toronto.
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