First Weekend Club is gearing up for an exciting year in Canadian Film at #TIFF2018!
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Here are the Canadian Films Premiering at #TIFF2018! Save this link to click through to watch the trailers and find screening times!
Directed by: Patricia Rozema
Written by: Patricia Rozema, Norah Sadava, Amy Nostbakken
Starring: Norah Sadava, Amy Nostbakken, Maev Beaty
Directed by: Darlene Naponse
Written by: Darlene Naponse
Starring: Tantoo Cardinal, Tina Keeper, Gail Maurice, Johnny Issaluk, Rob Stewart, J.D. Nicholsen, Hope McGregor
Directed by: Bruce Sweeney
Written by: Bruce Sweeney
Starring: Camille Sullivan, Jeff Gladstone, Gabrielle Rose, Colleen Rennison, Paul Skrudland, Jillian Fargey, Jennifer Mclean, Agam Darshi, and Kevin McNulty
LES SALOPES OR THE NATURALLY WANTON PLEASURE OF SKIN
Directed by: Renée Beaulieu
Written by: Renée Beaulieu
Starring: Brigitte Poupart, Nathalie Cavezzali, Vincent Leclerc, Pierre Kwenders, Romane Denis, Normand D’Amour, Charlotte Aubin, Paul Ahmarani, Louise Portal, Hubert Proulx, Joseph Delorey, Sophie Clément, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Guillaume Gauthier and Jean-Marie Coudou
Directed by: Thom Fitzgerald
Written by: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Sofia Banzhaf, Shelley Thompson, Bailey Maughan, Callum Dunphy
Directed by: Sébastien Pilote
Written by: Sébastien Pilote
Starring: Karelle Tremblay, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Luc Picard, François Papineau, Marie-France Marcotte
Directed by: Maxime Giroux
Written by: Maxime Giroux, Simon Beaulieu, Alexandre Laferrière
Starring: Martin Dubreuil, Romain Duris, Sarah Gadon, Reda Kateb, Soko, Cody Fern, Buddy Duress and Luzer Twersky
Directed by: Akash Sherman
Written by: Akash Sherman
Starring: Patrick J. Adams, Troian Bellisario, Ennis Esmer, Kristen Hager and RH Thomson
Directed by: Gwaii Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown
Written by:
Gwaai Edenshaw, Jaalen Edenshaw, Graham Richard, Leonie Sandercock
Starring: Tyler York,William Russ, Adeana Young
Directed by: Jasmin Mozaffari
Written by: Jasmin Mozaffari
Starring: Michaela Kurimsky and Karena Evans
Directed by: Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein
Written by: Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein
Starring: Lexy Kolker, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Amanda Crew, Grace Park
Directed by: Rob Stewart
…”Late filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart’s last documentary is a thrilling exposé on the illegal shark-fin industry and a rousing call to save an imperiled animal from the edge of extinction. TIFF is proud to screen the world premiere of Sharkwater Extinction — a work of galvanizing activism rendered with heart and soul, and the final film from Rob Stewart, the award-winning Toronto documentarian, photographer, and conservationist…” ~TIFF
Directed by: Ron Mann
Written by: Len Blum
Starring: Rick Kelly, Cindy Hule,j Dorothy Kelly and Lenny Kaye,
With appearances by store clientele, including Charlie Sexton, Bill Frisell, and Jim Jarmusch.
PROSECUTING EVIL: THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF BEN FERENCZ
Directed by: Barry Avrich
Written by: Barry Avrich
Starring: Ben Ferencz, Alan Dershowitz, Justice Rosalie Abella, Don Ferencz ,Fatou Bensouda, General Wesley Clark, Richard Dicker, David Scheffer
Directed by: Astra Taylor
Directed by: Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky
Written by: Jennifer Baichwal
Directed by: Keith Behrman
Written by: Keith Behrman
Starring: Josh Wiggins, Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlan, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Peter Outerbridge and Niamh Wilson
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN F. DONOVAN
Directed by: Xavier Dolan
Written by: Xavier Dolan and Jacob Tierney
Starring: Kit Harington, Jacob Tremblay, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Thandie Newton, Kathy Bates, Ben Schnetzer, Sarah Gadon, Emily Hampshire and Jared Keeso
THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
Directed by: Denys Arcand
Written by: Denys Arcand
Starring: Alexandre Landry, Maripier Morin, Rémy Girard, Louis Morissette, Maxim Roy, Pierre Curzi and Vincent Leclerc
Directed by: Miranda de Pencier
Written by: Graham Yost and Moira Walley-Beckett
Starring: Emerald MacDonald, Ben Schnetzer, Paul Nutarariaq, Ricky Marty-Pahtaykan, Booboo Stewart and Tantoo Cardinal
Directed by: Kim Nguyen
Written by: Kim Nguyen
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Jesse Eisenberg, Salma Hayek and Michael Mando
Directed by: Don McKellar
Written by: Barbara Samuels
Starring: Tanaya Beatty, Brandon Oakes, Kiowa Gordon, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal, Tina Keeper and Renée Beaulieu
Directed by: Andrea Bussmann
Written by: Andrea Bussmann
Starring: Alberto Núñez, Victor Pueyo, Gabino Rodríguez, Fernando Renjifo and Ziad Chakaroun
Directed by: Igor Drljaca
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