Brexit clouds hang overhead, but British films and filmmakers remained center of the international stage at Toronto Intl. Film Festival. The British industry’s success in turning out high caliber, …
Brexit clouds hang overhead, but British films and filmmakers remained center of the international stage at Toronto Intl. Film Festival. The British industry’s success in turning out high caliber, diverse, and female-led projects helped it stay relevant at a festival that has arguably done more than any other in terms of gender parity.
For the U.K.-based sales outfits repping films at the festival, Toronto is a route into North America and the wider world – despite not having an official set-up a la Cannes’ Marche or the EFM at Berlin. An unintended consequence of there being no official market is that there is no lack of prestige in working off a stand alongside your peers, meaning the major players are at the Film Export-run space. The 2019 lineup includes Altitude, Bankside, Cornerstone, Film Constellation and WestEnd.
WestEnd’s biopic of singer-songwriter Helen Reddy, “I Am Woman,” helmed by Unjoo Moon and produced by Rosemary Blight of London-based Goalpost Pictures, opened the Special Presentations section. “It’s great that TIFF gave a film with a strong, timely message of equality such a significant positioning,” says WestEnd managing director Maya Amsellem. She adds that Toronto is “one of the best festivals for films such as ‘I Am Woman’ to connect directly with both audiences and distributors.
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