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Ontario Creates’ International Financing Forum (Iff) will feature 40 projects from Canadian and international teams bringing new work from Malcolm McDowell, Clement Virgo, and Rafael Kapelinski, director of 2017 Berlin Crystal Bear winner Butterfly Kisses.

The forum, now in its 19th year, runs September 8-9 in Toronto in association with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). It brings together jury-selected producers looking to find co-producers and secure financing for upcoming projects.

Canadian projects include The Benefactor starring McDowell from A Clockwork Orange and Mozart In The Jungle in the story of a widower who believes his house is haunted.

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Twisted Horror/Thriller Release Date : December 2, 2022 Platforms : Select Theaters, Digital and On Demand Written and directed by Vibeke Muasya Starring Vibeke Muasya, Vibeke Muasya, Nikolaj Scherfig A young woman seeks independence from her protective mother, only to be questioning her own sanity when newfound friends die, and her mother suggests Hannah is …

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Red-band Trailer T W I S T E D Now showing in select theaters and On Demand Northing hurts like family. Now screening in select theaters and available on Demand, writer/director Vibeke Muasya’s unnerving Danish horror-thriller Twisted. When Hannah’s flirt, Andy, is found shot to death, her mom Silvia, steps in to defend Hannah until …

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Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Rushed, an indie thriller directed by Vibeke Muasya that stars Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert Patrick, Jake Weary and Peri Gilpin. A theatrical release is planned.

Hogan penned the screenplay and stars as Barbara O’Brien, an upstate New York Irish Catholic mother who says her rosary daily, then swears profusely as she drives her kids to school. Her life is ruined when her son Jimmy (Jay Jay Warren), a college freshman, is involved in a fraternity hazing incident. Barbara resorts to extreme measures when she encounters empty promises in Washington, D.C.

Hogan also produced with Peter Hogan, Patrick Clifton, Erin Fraser and Patrick; Peter Munson Hogan, Marie Gade and Jo Haskin are co-producers. The film is a co-production of Emerald Caz Productions and Zentropa Films.

“I wrote the film because as a mother of three, I understand that Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned,...

Exclusive: Frontières Platform, the genre-focused event run by Fantasia and Cannes’ Marche du Film, returns to the French fest for another edition this year, with 13 projects selected to take part in the showcase, running July 10-11. Scroll down for the full list.

The event is technically taking place physically, as per Cannes’ commitment to staging an in-person industry event in July, but Frontières has informed participants that it does not encourage them to travel during a pandemic and that all pitches will be screened online. If participants do wish to travel to Cannes, however, the event will allow them to do so, and a representative of Frontières will be in attendance, restrictions allowing.

Activities will include the Proof of Concept presentations for projects in the advanced stages of financing, and the Buyers Showcase for films that are in post-production or have recently been completed. Footage will be screened from seven projects,...

Jack Campbell introduces Rushed, The Boy Behind The Door, Superhost, The Stylist to market buyers.

LA-based Octane Entertainment has kicked off talks at the virtual EFM on a slate of four new sales titles led by thrillers Rushed and The Boy Behind The Door, and horror titles Superhost and genre festival darling The Stylist.

Vibeke Muasya directed Rushed from a screenplay by Siobhan Fallon Hogan, who stars alongside Robert Patrick on the Emerald Caz Productions and Zentropa Entertainments 5 ApS production that centres on a woman who seeks vengeance after her son is killed at a party.

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Companies attending for first time include A24, Cornerstone Films, Film Constellation.

A Brexit-inspired comedy written by Sally Potter and new work from The Florida Project producer Kevin Chinoy are among the line-up at Ontario Creates’ 14th International Financing Forum (iff), set to take place from Sept 8-9 in association with and during the Toronto International Film Festival.

The competitive feature film co-financing and co-production event will bring together producers, sales agents financiers, distributors and agents from Canada and the international sector for two days of networking, one-on-one producer and executive meetings, a state-of-the-industry panel discussion, a luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.

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It’s titled Lost in Africa, and it centers on Simon, an 11-year old Kenyan boy (played by Simon Larsen), adopted by a Danish couple, who reluctantly travels back to Kenya with and at the behest of his Danish mother (she wants to ensure he know his roots apparently), gets lost and is kidnapped. Things get worse when his Danish mother goes to the local media, promising a monetary reward for anyone who can bring her son back, as young Simon suddenly becomes a wanted and hunted boy, with a price on his head.

The film was directed and written by Dane Vibeke Muasya, who worked with master provocateur and fellow Dane Lars von Trier on many of his best-known films, including Breaking the Waves, and Dancer in the Dark. Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) plays Simon’s Danish mother.

I’m always nervous when I read about films of this nature,...