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TORONTO 2015

Toronto reveals City to City titles

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- Paco Cabezas’ Mr Right is to close the festival

Toronto reveals City to City titles
The Hard Stop by George Amponsah

Paco CabezasMr Right (US) will close the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, 10-20 September). This year, the city in focus in TIFF’s City to City programme is London, in conjunction with Film London. “We’re thrilled to shine an international spotlight on these up-and-coming filmmakers out of London, by sharing these exciting and provocative films with our audiences in September,” said TIFF director and CEO Piers Handling. TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey said, “The festival has had a long relationship with British cinema, and we couldn’t be happier to be continuing this tradition.” 

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The selected City to City films are Tom GeensCouple in a Hole [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tom Geens
film profile
]
(UK/Belgium/France), George Amponsah’s The Hard Stop [+see also:
trailer
film profile
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 (UK), Owen HarrisKill Your Friends [+see also:
trailer
film profile
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 (UK), Paul KatisKilo Two Bravo [+see also:
trailer
film profile
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(UK), Rufus NorrisLondon Road [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 (UK), Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul (UK), David Farr’s The Ones Below [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 (UK) and Michael Caton JonesUrban Hymn (UK). 

Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, said, “As ever, the line-up is incredibly strong, from the London strand to the wider programme that features films like High-Rise [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
, The Program [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
interview: Stephen Frears
film profile
]
, Legend [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile
]
, The Danish Girl [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paco Delgado
film profile
]
, Sunset Song [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Terence Davies
film profile
]
and The Martian, all of which made use of United Kingdom locations, facilities and expertise. It is a fantastic year for UK film at the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s best film festivals, and it is set to be all the more exciting thanks to London House and the opportunity it gives us to showcase the UK’s incredible offer when it comes to talent, versatility and innovation.”

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