Another edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is behind us, and it introduced many new movies to the world. Some of them created quite a buzz, and here are three projects that premiered during this prestigious festival and got everyone talking.
Belfast
Belfast will be one of the movies that this year’s TIFF will be remembered by because it walked away with the coveted People’s Choice Award. It follows a young boy growing up in 1960s Belfast, and its director Kenneth Branagh described it as his most personal movie yet.
Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen served as TIFF’s opening movie, so it goes without saying it was one of the most talked-about projects of the entire event. Unfortunately, this project wasn’t as well-received as the Broadway musical it’s based on, but people haven’t stopped talking about it since it premiered so it’s definitely doing something right.
Dune
Many of TIFF’s biggest hits, including Last Night in Soho and Spencer, previously premiered in Venice, and that was also the case with Dune. This sci-fi epic still deserves a special mention, because its IMAX world premiere in Toronto has proven it has to be seen on the big screen. It also doesn’t hurt its case that Denis Villeneuve walked away as the winner of the director award.
