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The Beholder Short Film has premiered. Nisha Ganatra‘s Beholder (2011) stars Jessica Pare, Rupak Ginn, Elaine Hendrix, Michael McMillian, and Michael Mosley. Beholder‘s plot synopsis: “Beholder takes place in the biosphere-protected Red Estates, a gated community with a socially conservative political majority. At a clinic where patients can genetically engineer their children, Sasha, the wife of rising political star Bobby Aryana, is informed that her baby carries the genetic marker for homosexuality. By the laws of Red Estates, this is an aberration that must be dealt with immediately, and Sasha must decide between staying faithful to the love of her life or risking everything. Touching on issues of race, sexual orientation, and conformity, Beholder examines the notion of identity and the costs of belonging.” This was higher quality than I was expecting. It seemed like a segment of a larger story. The genetically engineering children storyline has a distinct similarity with Jim and Soldier.

TORONTO -- Four U.S. films -- Lorene Machado's Bam Bam and Celeste, Adam Rapp's Winter Passing, Joshua Stern's Neverwas and David Ayer's Harsh Times -- will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Tuesday. In all, Toronto announced eight world premieres among nine new titles, with many key distributor territories still up for grabs. Machado's Celeste will unspool as part of the Discovery series, with Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels starring in a road trip pic about best friends set to appear on a reality TV show. British filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are bringing their freak-show mockumentary Brothers of the Head, which will debut as part of the Visions program. In the Special Presentations program is Training Day scribe Ayer's directorial debut Harsh Times, which is about two unemployed friends, played by Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, finding trouble in South Central Los Angeles.

TORONTO -- Four U.S. films -- Lorene Machado's Bam Bam and Celeste, Adam Rapp's Winter Passing, Joshua Stern's Neverwas and David Ayer's Harsh Times -- will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Tuesday. In all, Toronto announced eight world premieres among nine new titles, with many key distributor territories still up for grabs. Machado's Celeste will unspool as part of the Discovery series, with Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels starring in a road trip pic about best friends set to appear on a reality TV show. British filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are bringing their freak-show mockumentary Brothers of the Head, which will debut as part of the Visions program. In the Special Presentations program is Training Day scribe Ayer's directorial debut Harsh Times, which is about two unemployed friends, played by Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, finding trouble in South Central Los Angeles.

TORONTO -- Four U.S. films -- Lorene Machado's Bam Bam and Celeste, Adam Rapp's Winter Passing, Joshua Stern's Neverwas and David Ayer's Harsh Times -- will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Tuesday. In all, Toronto announced eight world premieres among nine new titles, with many key distributor territories still up for grabs. Machado's Celeste will unspool as part of the Discovery series, with Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels starring in a road trip pic about best friends set to appear on a reality TV show. British filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are bringing their freak-show mockumentary Brothers of the Head, which will debut as part of the Visions program. In the Special Presentations program is Training Day scribe Ayer's directorial debut Harsh Times, which is about two unemployed friends, played by Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, finding trouble in South Central Los Angeles.