As the China Film Pavilion makes its debut appearance at TIFFCOM, the Chinese animation industry now stands as one of the nation’s most dynamic exports: “A new generation of animation creators has reached a stage of creative maturity.”
Backstage melodrama meets succession saga in Sang-il Lee’s feature, which is toplined by Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama and features a key supporting performance by Ken Watanabe.
Husband-and-wife director-producer team Steve Hudson and Sonja Ewers spent a decade piecing together partners and financing for the $30 million production, proving indie animation can still think big.
Dave Franco, Manny Jacinto and Jenny Slate also voice roles in the adventure feature that Universal releases theatrically next year.
“It’s about who are we when we know the truth? Who do you become when the stories you’re told, the promises you’re given shatter in front of you?” Chu said of the second film’s message.
Farrell recounted how his partying days led to “the worst day I’ve had on a film set” during his big breakthrough on the Tom Cruise classic.
The latest feature from writer-director Pascal Bonitzer follows what happens after a long lost Egon Schiele painting is discovered by a working-class family in France.
The film challenges the biopic formula with its bare bones story and lack of hit songs, yet manages to create something meaningful, purposeful and ultimately honest.
Spacey plays “the devil” alongside Eric Roberts and Vincent Spano in the thriller from Italian director Massimo Paolucci.
HanWay is handling international sales on the “coming of rage” tale about a woman seeking revenge on a bear after it kills her husband.
