Current as of August 21, 2013

World premieres that will thrill and shock

ClutchPR at TIFF 2013

Toronto, August 21 – ClutchPR is back at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with an exclusive lineup of world premieres. Erik Skjoldbjærg (Insomnia, Prozac Nation) returns to TIFF for the third time with the gripping International Premiere of Pioneer (Pionér), Manuel Martín Cuenca (Half of Oscar) disturbs and intoxicates audiences with the World Premiere of his Hitchcockian film, Cannibal and Academy Award Winner^®Caroline Link’s (Nowhere in Africa) beautifully shot film captivates with the International Premiere of Exit Marrakech. In addition to these previously announced titles, Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision comes to Toronto as the prequel of the critically acclaimed Heimat triology from Edgar Reitz.

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
Directed by: Edgar Reitz
Language: German
(Germany/France, 225 mins, Festival – Masters)

SYNOPSIS
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (Die Andere Heimat – Chronik Einer Sehnsucht) acts as a prequel to Reitz’s critically acclaimed and commercially successful Heimat trilogy. The film takes place in 19^th century Germany when famine, poverty and oppressive rule forced hundreds of thousands of Germans to immigrate to South America. This black and white film follows two brothers from a village in western Germany who come to realize that in order to survive, they must follow their respective dreams and make new lives for themselves.

SCREENING SCHEDULE
Monday, September 9^th – 8.45am – Scotiabank 8 – Press & Industry Screening
Monday, September 9^th – Time & Venue TBD – International Press Interviews
Monday, September 9^th – 9.00pm – TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 2 – Official Screening
Tuesday, September 10^th – 1.30pm – Scotiabank 9 – Public Screening
Thursday, September 12^th – 9.30am – Scotiabank 7 – Press & Industry Screening
Sunday, September 15^th – 5.45pm – TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3 – Public Screening

PRESS INTERVIEWS
Monday, September 9^th – Time & Venue TBD

TALENT ATTENDING
Edgar Reitz (Director)

Cannibal
Directed by: Manuel Martín Cuenca
Language: Spanish, Romanian
(Spain/Romania/Russia/France, 116 mins, World Premiere, Special Presentation)

SYNOPSIS
Carlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he’s also a murderer in the shadows. He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina appears in his life. She will make him realize the true nature of his acts and, for the first time, love awakens. Carlos is evil incarnate, unaware of itself. Nina is pure innocence. And Cannibal is a demon’s love story.

SCREENING SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 5^th – 8.00pm – Scotiabank 2 – Public & Industry Screening
Friday, September 6^th – 8.00pm – Winter Garden Theatre – Official Screening
Saturday, September 7^th – 4.30pm – Scotiabank 2 – Public Screening
Wednesday, September 11^th – 7.00pm – Scotiabank 7 – Public & Industry Screening
Saturday, September 14^th – 8.30pm – Scotiabank 2 – Public Screening

PRESS INTERVIEWS
Friday, September 6^th – Time & Venue TBD

TALENT ATTENDING
Manuel Martín Cuenca (Director)
Antonio de la Torre (Actor)
Olimpia Meliant (Actor)

Pioneer (Pionér)
Directed by: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Language: Norwegian, English
(Norway/Germany/Sweden/France/Finland, 106 mins, International Premiere, Special Presentation)

SYNOPSIS
Hennie is a professional deep-sea diver who is obsessed to go 500 metres down in the Norwegian Sea; after one of his colleagues dies unexpectedly, he begins to investigate the oil companies and their relationships to the government – who pulls which strings?

SCREENING SCHEDULE
Friday, September 6^th – 11.15am – Scotiabank 2 – Press & Industry Screening
Friday, September 6^th – 9.30pm – Scotiabank 1 – Official Screening
Saturday, September 7^th – 10.15pm – Scotiabank 14 – Public Screening
Sunday, September 15^th – 3.30pm – Scotiabank 1 – Public Screening

PRESS INTERVIEWS
Saturday, September 7^th – Time & Venue TBD

TALENT ATTENDING
Erik Skjoldbjærg (Director)
Aksel Hennie (Actor)
Wes Bentley (Actor) TBC

Exit Marrakech
Directed by: Caroline Link
Language: German, English, French, Arabic
(Germany, 122 mins, International Premiere, Special Presentation)

SYNOPSIS
On vacation in the Moroccan capital to visit his estranged theatre-director father, seventeen-year-old Ben finds himself fascinated by the bustling, colourful city — and by a beautiful young woman who hails from a far different world than his own.

SCREENING SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 5^th – 3.45pm – Scotiabank 13 – Press & Industry Screening
Thursday, September 5^th – 9.00pm – TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 1 – Official Screening
Friday, September 6^th – 3.00pm – Scotiabank 4 – Public Screening
Sunday, September 15^th – 9.45pm – Scotiabank 9 – Public Screening

PRESS INTERVIEWS
Friday, September 6^th – Time & Venue TBD

TALENT ATTENDING
Caroline Link (Director)