British Films In Official Selection At Toronto International Film Festival 2013

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BRITISH FILMS IN OFFICIAL SELECTION AT TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013 GRAVITY MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM GALA PRESENTATIONS GRAVITY Director Alfonso Cuarón Producers Alfonso Cuarón & David Heyman Screenplay Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón Cast Sandra Bullock & George Clooney George Clooney and Sandra Bullock star in this highly anticipated 3D space thriller from acclaimed director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá También) Int. Sales Agent Warner Bros Pictures MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Director Justin Chadwick Producers Anant Singh & David Thompson Screenplay William Nicholson Cast Idris Elba & Naomie Harris This epic motion picture spans Mandela’s extraordinary life, from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected President RUSH THE RAILWAY MAN of South Africa. MANDELA is the thrilling story of an ordinary man who rose to the challenge of his times and triumphed - an intimate portrait of the making of a modern icon. Int. Sales Agent Pathé International E Sophie Glover ([email protected]) RUSH Director Ron Howard Producers Andrew Eaton, Eric Fellner, Brian Oliver, Peter Morgan, Brian Grazer & Ron Howard Screenplay Peter Morgan Cast Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde & Natalie Dormer Ron Howard directs this pulse-pounding true story about hard-driving Formula 1 rivals James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), whose clashes both on and off the racetrack made the 1976 season one of the most thrilling and memorable in the sport’s history. Int. Sales Agent Exclusive Media E Gabrielle Stewart ([email protected]) THE RAILWAY MAN Director Jonathan Teplitzky Producers Andy Paterson, Chris Brown & Bill Curbishley Screenplay Frank Cottrell Boyce & Andy Paterson Cast Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård & Hiroyuki Sanada Based on a remarkable autobiography, THE RAILWAY MAN tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past. Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, and starring Academy Award-winner Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine, and Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman, the film is a powerful tale of survival, love and redemption. Int. Sales Agent Lionsgate E [email protected] ALL IS BY MY SIDE BELLE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ALL IS BY MY SIDE Director John Ridley Producers Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta, Danny Bramson, Brandon Freeman, Anthony Burns, Tristen Orpen Lynch & Nigel Thomas Screenplay John Ridley Cast Andre Benjamin, Imogen Poots & Hayley Atwell In 1966, an unknown back-up guitarist called Jimmy James left New York City for London, England. Twelve months later he returned - as Jimi Hendrix. ALL IS BY MY SIDE is the true story of how the man became the legend, and the people who loved and inspired him. Int. Sales Agent Content Media E Harry White ([email protected]) BELLE Director Amma Asante Producer Damian Jones Screenplay Misan Sagay DOM HEMINGWAY Cast Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode & Emily Watson BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Belle, a mixed race girl raised as an aristocratic lady in England at the end of the 18th century. Half black and half white, Dido is the result of a union between British naval officer, Sir Admiral John Lindsay, and an African slave woman. When Dido’s mother dies, making her an orphan at the age of six, her father comes to claim her before returning to his family home at Kenwood House in Hampstead. There he beseeches his uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, to take the child into his care and to raise her alongside her cousin, Elizabeth, with equality and privilege in a manner befitting her aristocratic blood line. Prevented from marrying because of the colour of her skin, Dido must navigate her way past barriers of race and class. Although she has the affection of a loving family, society will place many constraints upon her which she must fight to overcome if she is to discover the path to true love and self-acceptance. Int. Sales Agent Bankside Films UK Film Centre, 9th floor Hyatt Regency, Toronto T +44 7957 605 915 Stephen Kelliher (Fox Searchlight is the worldwide distributor) DOM HEMINGWAY Director Richard Shepard Producers Jeremy Thomas Screenplay Richard Shepard Cast Jude Law, Richard E Grant, Demian Bichir & Emilia Clarke Jude Law plays Dom Hemingway, a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse, funny, profane and dangerous. Back on the streets of London after 12 years in prison, it’s time to collect what he’s owed for keeping his mouth shut. Travelling with his devoted best friend Dickie (Richard E. Grant), Dom visits his crime boss Mr Fontaine (Demian Bichir) in the South of France to claim his reward. But Dom’s drink and drug-fuelled ego decides that what he’s lost can’t be replaced. One car accident and a femme fatale later, Dom realises that his priority must be to reconnect with his longlost daughter Evelyn (Emilia Clarke). But Dom does what Dom does best. He screws things up for everyone… Int. Sales Agent HanWay Films Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West T +1 416 343 1234 E [email protected] THE DOUBLE HALF OF A YELLOW SUN THE DOUBLE Director: Richard Ayoade Producers: Amina Dasmal & Robin C Fox Screenplay: Richard Ayoade & Avi Korine Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska & Noah Taylor Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon’s exact physical double and his opposite confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon’s horror, James slowly starts taking over his life. It’s a nightmare from which he’s unable to awake. Int. Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures E [email protected] HALF OF A YELLOW SUN Director Biyi Bandele Producer: Andrea Calderwood & Gail Egan Screenplay Biyi Bandele, based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cast Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose & John Boyega HOW I LIVE NOW THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Based on the best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN is a sweeping love story weaving together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war. Int. Sales Agent Metro International E Natalie Brenner ([email protected]) HOW I LIVE NOW Director Kevin Macdonald Producers Charles Steel, Alisdair Flind, John Battsek & Andrew Ruhemann Screenplay Jeremy Brock, Tony Grisoni & Penelope Skinner Cast Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay & Tom Holland Daisy, a teenage New Yorker, is sent to England one summer to stay with the cousins she has never met. Initially resentful, she soon immerses herself in a dreamy, pastoral idyll as she falls madly in love. But this perfect summer is blown apart by the sudden outbreak of a war none of them understand - the family is separated and Daisy is forced to embark on a terrifying journey to be reunited with the boy she loves. Int. Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures E [email protected] THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Director Ralph Fiennes Producers Stewart Mackinnon, Gabrielle Tana, Christian Baute & Carolyn Marks Blackwood Screenplay Abi Morgan Cast Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas & Tom Hollander Nelly, a happily married mother and school teacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens, with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity. Dickens – famous, controlling and emotionally isolated within his success – falls for Nelly, one of three sisters – all actresses. The theatre is a vital arena for Dickens – a brilliant amateur actor – a man more emotionally coherent in his work, or on stage, than in life. The nature of performance and the life of the theatre are an important part of this film, particularly in regards to the perception of women in theatre and the ambivalence of their position. Nelly, in some ways a muse for Dickens, becomes the focus of his passion. For both of them, secrecy is the price, and for Nelly a life of “invisibility”. Int. Sales Agent WestEnd Films E Eve Schoukroun ([email protected]) E Maya Emsellem ([email protected]) LE WEEK-END ONE CHANCE ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE PHILOMENA LE WEEK-END just that. This is the story of his journey. Director Roger Michell Producer Kevin Loader Screenplay Hanif Kureishi Cast Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan & Jeff Goldblum From the director of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, ONE CHANCE is the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night. Paul became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for ‘Britain’s Got Talent.’ Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and the hearts of millions. A married couple (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) revisit Paris to revitalise their marriage, and run into an old friend (Jeff Goldblum) who acts as a catalyst for things to come. LE WEEK-END is a beautifully observed, funny and poignant story about the nature of love and commitment where husband and wife yearn to recapture their youthful fearlessness, lack of responsibility and idealism. Int. Sales Agent Embankment Films E Sharon Lee ([email protected]) ONE CHANCE Director David Frankel Producers Mike Menchel, Simon Cowell, Brad Weston & Kris Thykier Screenplay Justin Zackham Cast James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney & Julie Walters Most people only dream about becoming a famous superstar, but against all odds one man from Wales did Int. Sales Agent The Weinstein Company ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE Director Jim Jarmusch Screenplay Jim Jarmusch Producers Jeremy Thomas & Reinhard Brundig Cast Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska & John Hurt An age-old romance reignites when Eve (Tilda Swinton), an otherworldly beauty, travels from Tangiers to be with her Adam (Tom Hiddleston), an underground cult musician mired in the fading days of Detroit. But their union is threatened by the arrival of Ava (Mia Wasikowska), Eve’s younger “sister”, who reawakens their destructive appetites. Int. Sales Agent HanWay Films Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West T +1 416 343 1234 E [email protected] PHILOMENA Director Stephen Frears Producers Steve Coogan, Gabrielle Tana & Tracey Seaward Screenplay Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan Cast Judi Dench, Steve Coogan & Anna Maxwell Martin PHILOMENA is the true story of one mother’s search for her lost son. Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a “fallen woman”. When her baby was only a toddler, he was taken away by the nuns for adoption in America. Philomena spent the next fifty years searching for him in vain. Then she met Martin Sixsmith, a world-weary political journalist who happened to be intrigued by her story. Together they set off for America on a journey that would not only reveal the extraordinary story of Philomena’s son, but also create an unexpectedly close bond between them. Int. Sales Agent Pathé International E Sophie Glover ([email protected]) SOUTHCLIFFE STARRED UP SOUTHCLIFFE Director Sean Durkin Producers Peter Carlton & Derrin Schlesinger Screenplay Tony Grisoni Cast Rory Kinnear, Sean Harris, Shirley Henderson, Anatol Yusef & Eddie Marsan A sudden inexplicable spate of shootings rips through the market town of Southcliffe. The lives of those left behind are torn apart. In this haunting four part drama a journalist reporting on the tragedy finds himself back in the small town he himself grew up in, looking for answers from the shattered community whilst trying to reconcile dark events from his own past. Int. Sales Agent BBC Worldwide E Michael L. Smith ([email protected]) STARRED UP Director David Mackenzie Producer Gillian Berrie Screenplay Jonathan Asser Cast Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn & Rupert Friend A violent young man is thrust into the dark world of an adult prison. As he struggles to assert himself amid its competing systems, and against the presence of a father he scarcely SUNSHINE ON LEITH UNDER THE SKIN knows, Eric learns that shame and rage can be overcome. But there are forces at work determined to deny him his identity, and his very life. Int. Sales Agent Independent Film Sales E Karina Gechtman-Harroch ([email protected]) SUNSHINE ON LEITH Director Dexter Fletcher Producers Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Arabella Page Croft & Kieran Parker Exec Producers Nigel Green & Trevor Green Screenplay Stephen Greenhorn Cast Peter Mullan, Jane Horrocks, George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Antonia Thomas, Freya Mavor & Paul Brannigan SUNSHINE ON LEITH is the tale of one tight-knit family, and the three couples bound to it, as they experience the joys and heartache that punctuate all relationships. And they do it all while singing to the euphoric music of The Proclaimers. Dexter Fletcher directs a jubilant, heartfelt musical about the power of home, the hearth, family and love, which has been adapted from the acclaimed stage musical by Stephen Greenhorn. Int. Sales Agent Focus Features International E Emil Elmer ([email protected]) UNDER THE SKIN Director Jonathan Glazer Producer James Wilson & Nick Wechsler Screenplay Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer Cast Scarlett Johansson UNDER THE SKIN is the story of an alien in human form. Part road movie, part science fiction, part real, it’s a film about seeing our world through alien eyes. Int. Sales Agent FilmNation E Tara Erer ([email protected]) THE SELFISH GIANT A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM THE DARK MATTER OF LOVE OFFICIAL SELECTION, TIFF DOCS THE DARK MATTER OF LOVE THE SELFISH GIANT A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM Director Sarah McCarthy Producers Grace Hughes-Hallett & Sarah McCarthy Writer Sarah McCarthy Director Clio Barnard Producer Tracy O’Riordan Screenplay Clio Barnard Cast Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas & Sean Gilder Director Mark Cousins Producers Adam Dawtrey & Mary Bell An eleven year old Russian girl learns to love her adoptive American family through a scientific programme. A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM is the world’s first movie about kids in global cinema. A passionate, poetic portrait of the adventures of childhood – it is surrealism, loneliness, fun, destructiveness and vitality – as seen through 53 great films from 25 countries. The critical and commercial hits such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Moonrise Kingdom to well-known classics The Red Balloon and 400 Blows, it also features dozens of rarely seen masterpieces. Int. Sales Agent Roco Films E Annie Roney ([email protected]) CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA THE SELFISH GIANT is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, the two boys meet Kitten, a local scrap dealer – the Selfish Giant. They begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor emulates Kitten – keen to impress him and make some money. However, Kitten favours Swifty, leaving Arbor feeling hurt and excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, becoming more like Kitten. Tensions build, leading to a tragic event, which transforms them all. Int. Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures E [email protected] A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM is an eye opener, a landmark film and a celebration of both childhood and the movies Int. Sales Agent HanWay Select, HanWay Films Hyatt Regency, Toronto, 370 King Street West E Fabien Westerhoff ([email protected]) FOR NO GOOD REASON INREALLIFE MAVERICKS SECTION A FIELD IN ENGLAND Int. Sales Agent Independent Film Sales E Karina Gechtman-Harroch ([email protected] FOR NO GOOD REASON Director Charlie Paul Producer Lucy Paul Writer Charlie Paul Contributors Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam & Patrick Godfrey Johnny Depp pays a call on his friend and hero Ralph Steadman and we take off on a high-spirited, raging and kaleidoscopic journey discovering the life and works of one of the most distinctive radical artists of the last 50 years. Steadman rose to fame in the early 70’s when his satirical drawings began to challenge establishments on both sides of the Atlantic. He became known as the chief chronicler of the Gonzo movement through his long term collaboration with Hunter S. Thompson and his work on Thompson’s classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has enshrined him as the pre-eminent counter culture artist. Featuring appearances from Terry Gilliam, William Burroughs, Richard E Grant and intimate footage of Thompson over a soundtrack by the likes of Slash, FOR NO GOOD REASON is a riot of stories, animations and images compiled by director Charlie Paul over the last 15 years. WAVELENGTHS A FIELD IN ENGLAND INREALLIFE Director Beeban Kidron Producer Freya Sampson & Beeban Kidron Contributors Jimmy Wales, Sherry Turkle & Julian Assange Most of us remember a time before the internet, there’s now a generation of teens who’ve never known social interaction before Facebook. InRealLife is an in-depth examination of the effects of the internet on the social lives of teens, casting a spotlight on how corporations influence the online lives of our children for profit. Int. Sales Agent Dogwoof UK Film Centre, 9th floor Hyatt Regency, Toronto E Ana Vicente ([email protected]) Director Ben Wheatley Producers Claire Jones & Andy Starke Screenplay Amy Jump Cast Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando, Julian Barratt & Michael Smiley England: The English Civil War. A small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. A FIELD IN ENGLAND is a psychedelic trip into magic and madness from Ben Wheatley – award-winning director of Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers. Int. Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures E [email protected]