Surprise!
The People’s Choice Award for most popular film at the Toronto Film Festival still has no distributor.
Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck,” starring Tom Hiddleston, is an adaptation of a Stephen King story. I’m sure someone will pick it up soon, but we won’t see it until next year.
“Chuck” beat two films absolutely headed to the Oscars this year: “Anora” and “Emilia Perez.” Go figure.
Other awards went to the Demi Moore horror film “The Substance, and the documentary, “The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal.”
I’m very happy to report that K’Naan Warsame’s “Mother Mother” won the FIPRESCI International Film Award. The jury said: “Mother Mother, directed by K’naan Warsame depicts a humanistic approach towards a revenge narrative set in a country haunted by violence and grief. The film is remarkable in its non-sensationalist treatment of contentious politics through its parallels of the human and the natural world. Warsame’s feature debut, through its compelling formal attributes
and charismatic acting, conveys a sense of hope and healing after tragedy.”
“Mother Mother” is a wonderful film made by the great international musician. It needs a distributor and a real campaign. Audiences will love it.
