He Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) concluded its 48th edition this Sunday, affected by the Hollywood actors strike and rewarding the film ‘American Fiction‘, which drives his candidacy for the scar of this season.
‘American Fiction’, at the premiere of Cord Jefferson and which has an applauded performance by Jeffrey Wrightwere crowned this Sunday as the big surprise of the contest by receiving the Public Award of the Canadian sample.
The film, an adaptation of the book by Percival Everett ‘Erasure’ in which the actors also participate Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz y Erika Alexanderis a satire on artistic integrity.
He TIFF Audience Award It is awarded through the popular vote of the spectators who attend each year the screenings of the Canadian exhibition, considered one of the most important in the world. And although the prize has no financial reward, it is galardn ms appreciated of all those awarded by the Toronto festival.
On 14 occasions, the winner of the Toronto Public Award has won statuettes in the scar. Films such as ‘Chariots of Fire’ (1981), ‘The Official Story’ (1985), ‘American Beauty’ (1999), ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008) or more recently ‘Jojo Rabbit’ (2019) and ‘Nomadland’ ( 2020).
The strike of actors and scriptwriters leaves the red carpet empty
It is precisely this ability of the Toronto public to anticipate the taste of the members of the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which makes every year TIFF the preferred platform for many studios to release the films they want to reach audiences. scar.
That is also why for years, the Toronto festival has attracted hundreds of the main actors, directors and screenwriters of the moment each edition. Not this year, since the strike of Hollywood actors and screenwriters has meant that many of them have not been able to travel to the Canadian city to accompany the presentation of their films and parade through the traditional red carpets.
In the case of ‘American Fiction‘, neither Jefferson, who is also the film’s screenwriter, nor Wright nor the rest of the cast of the Audience Award-winning film attended its world premiere on September 14.
But despite the strike of actors and screenwriters, some well-known Hollywood names who have been present at the 48 TIFF editions thanks to the fact that they presented films as directors, whose union, Directors Guild of America (DGA)reached a labor agreement with the production companies at the beginning of summer.
It has been the case of Michael Keaton who directed ‘Knox Goes Away’; Viggo Mortensen con ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’; Anna Kendrick con ‘Woman of the Hour’; Chris Pine con ‘Poolman’ y Ethan Hawke con ‘Wildcat’.
Los Hollywood actors and screenwriters are in joint strikethe first in 60 years, demanding from large studios better working conditions, transparency and fair payments of residual rights, as well as regulation of artificial intelligence.
The strike did not prevent TIFF from awarding this year the Spanish director Pedro Almodvar, for his professional career and the social impact that his films have had around the world. The filmmaker also screened his latest film at TIFF, ‘Extra forma de vida‘ con Pedro Pascal y Ethan Hawke.
2023-09-18 05:49:16
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