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Try it for 2 weeks free. Fauna Nicolás Pereda’s ninth feature, and certainly fatale, of course), an unlikely send-up of the Nicolás Pereda one of his best, Fauna is a sly, deceptively perceived glamour of narco fiction. MEXICO/CANADA, 2020 smart, and comedic take on how violence in Breezy and pitch perfect, Fauna is a film Spanish Mexico has infiltrated popular imagination. about the power of the subconscious, told 70 minutes | Colour/DCP (D-Cinema) The bifurcated story — which begins, tell- with uncanny humour and confidence. The Production Company: Producciones En Chinga ingly, through the windshield of a car — uses film’s ingenious framing devices, elegant Executive Producer: Catalina Pereda a simple premise and Pereda’s regular troupe widescreen compositions, and dusty hues Producer: Nicolás Pereda Screenplay: Nicolás Pereda of talented actors to spin an inventive tale are perfectly attuned to its suspenseful yet Cinematographer: Mariel Baqueiro about family dysfunction, which echoes playful stratagems. With his mischievous Editor: Nicolás Pereda some of the country’s pathologies. When and nimble dissection of archetypal roles, Sound: Pablo Cervera Principal Cast: Lázaro Gabino Rodriguez, Luisa Pardo, estranged siblings Luisa (Luisa Pardo) and Pereda proves there’s great pleasure in the Francisco Barreiro, Teresita Sánchez Gabino (Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez) visit telling, enlisting our imagination at each International Sales Agent: INTERIOR 13 CINE their parents in an eerily deserted mining step of the way. US Sales Agent: Creative Artists Agency (CAA) town in the north of Mexico, the presence ANDRÉA PICARD of Luisa’s affable actor boyfriend, Paco (Francisco Barreiro), gives rise to awk- Nicolás Pereda was born in Mexico City and holds an MFA ward scenarios. Their father’s seeming in film from York University in Toronto. His films include the features Perpetuum Mobile (09), Summer of Goliath (10), ambivalence toward his children is sud- Greatest Hits (12), Killing Strangers (13), The Absent (14), denly transformed by his fixation on Paco’s Minotaur (15), and My Skin, Luminous (19), all of which have role in a famous narco-themed television played the Festival. Fauna (20) is his latest film. series. Hilarious, bittersweet incidents, replete with simmering tension — under- scored by a nuanced and acerbic critique of masculinity and the glorification of violence in mainstream media — become nested in a parallel reality fuelled by Gabino’s active imagination and need for escape. This mordant inset reshuffles the players in a sun-soaked, noir-tinged story of organized crime (including a detective and a femme

53 Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds If you don’t think that much about mete- The film expands our imagination as ors, you have a whole universe to discover we track wayward asteroids through , in Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds. high-powered telescopes or study space dust Werner Herzog reunites with University of magnified 3,000 times. “It’s looking eternity Clive Oppenheimer Cambridge professor Clive Oppenheimer, in the eye,” says Jon Larsen, a Norwegian UNITED KINGDOM//USA, 2020 with whom he explored volcanoes for Into jazz musician obsessed with collecting English the Inferno. They travel the world hunting micrometeorites. “This is the ashes of a 137 minutes | Colour/DCP 4K (D-Cinema) for meteors, revealing connections between previous generation of dying stars.” Production Company: Spring Films/ science, history, and mythology. On cam- In this year of isolation, it can feel like Werner Herzog Film GMBH/Sandbox Films Executive Producer: Richard Melman, Greg Boustead, era, Oppenheimer interviews specialists time and space has narrowed. This film is Jessica Harrop, Anna Godas, Oli Harbottle with wonder and a dry wit, covering freak an antidote for taking a wider view. Herzog Producer: André Singer, Lucki Stipetic accidents, apocalyptic scenarios, and the and Oppenheimer seek nothing less than Screenplay: Werner Herzog Cinematographer: Peter Zeitlinger ASC, BVK mysteries of the cosmos. Herzog narrates in to find a connection between the solar sys- Editor: Marco Capalbo his distinct Bavarian accent (recognizable tem and your soul. Sound: Marco Capalbo to fans of The Mandalorian). His phrasing THOM POWERS Original Score: Ernst Reijseger remains unparalleled, even in his simple US Distributor: Apple description of a Mexican beach resort “so Werner Herzog was born in Munich. He has written, pro- International Sales Agent: Dogwoof godforsaken it makes you want to cry.” duced, and directed more than 60 features, shorts, and documentaries since the 1960s. His films include the TIFF The film subverts stereotypes of scien- selections Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (09), tists as socially awkward and predomi- (10), Into the Abyss (11), Into the nantly male. The specialists talking to Inferno (16), (16), Meeting Gorbachev (18), and Oppenheimer are passionate and poetic. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (20). Many are women — from Mexico, India, South Korea, the US — with expertise Clive Oppenheimer is a professor of volcanology at the spanning astronomy, cave archaeology, University of Cambridge. His books include Volcanism and the Earth’s Atmosphere (03), Volcanic Degassing (03), and NASA’s Planetary Defense. The film Volcanoes (04), and Eruptions That Shook the World (11). also dwells on ancient understandings of He co-directed the film Into the Inferno (16) with Werner meteors in the traditions of Indigenous Herzog. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (20) is his latest Australians, Mayan astronomers, and documentary feature. Papuan tribal elders.

55 I Am Greta The film opens with a 15-year-old girl sitting The film culminates in a harrowing sail- Nathan Grossman alone outside of Sweden’s parliament with boat ride that Greta and her father Svante SWEDEN, 2020 a protest sign: “School Strike for Climate.” take over the Atlantic Ocean to attend two Swedish, English The month is August, 2018, when most of the UN climate summits in September 2019. 97 minutes | Colour/H264 world had never heard of Greta Thunberg. Over this transformational year, we witness Production Company: BR•F But that’s when Swedish filmmaker Nathan the forces that seek to lift her up and tear her Executive Producer: Pelle Nilsson, Philip Westgren, Grossman began following her story, captur- down. Through it all, Greta stays resolute in Peter Modestij, Dana O’Keefe Producer: Cecilia Nessen, Fredrik Heinig ing the emergence of a generational leader. her mission for real change. “They’re here Cinematographer: Nathan Grossman We watch Greta move from obscurity for you,” says a journalist at a massive rally. Editor: Hanna Lejonqvist, Charlotte Landelius to international attention for her blunt “No,” Greta answers, “they’re here for them- Sound: Johan Johnson Original Score: Jon Ekstrand, Rebekka Karijord speeches on the climate crisis. “Since our selves and for everyone.” With: Greta Thunberg leaders are behaving like children, we will THOM POWERS Canadian Distributor: Mongrel Media have to take the responsibility they should US Distributor: Hulu have taken long ago,” she tells delegates at Nathan Grossman attended the Academy of International Sales Agent: Dogwoof a UN conference in Poland. Her message Dramatic Arts. His credits include the short filmThe Toaster Challenge (15) and the documentary series Köttets lustar inspires other young activists to take action (17). I Am Greta (20) is his first documentary feature. around the world as part of the movement dubbed #FridaysForFuture. Today Greta is famous for her viral videos, but this film offers a unique view of her personal journey. Being on the autism spectrum gave Greta the advantage of intense focus, but she was ostracized in school by classmates and staff as a result. As her notoriety rises, she’s targeted with vitriol and death threats from climate crisis deniers. Her critics include Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, who calls her “a brat.”

SPECIAL EVENTS • 100 The Truffle Hunters The truffle is a culinary obsession. The restaurants. The film has a gentle humour, Michael Dweck, edible fungi that grow near tree roots can yet it takes time to reflect on the serious Gregory Kershaw range in size from that of a strawberry to concerns of the climate crisis and defor- an apple. They are treasured by epicures estation that threaten the future of truffle ITALY/USA/GREECE, 2020 Italian, Piedmontese for their aromas and flavours, which elicit hunting. By the film’s end, your appetite will 84 minutes | Colour/H264 descriptions similar to those used by wine be awakened not only for what you eat but Production Company: A Beautiful Stories Production/ connoisseurs. The most coveted truffles also to appreciate where it comes from. Go Gigi Go Productions LLC/Bow and Arrow can fetch astronomical prices at auction. THOM POWERS Entertainment/Park Pictures/Faliro House/ Tracking them down in the forest is both an Artemis Rising/Frenesy Film Executive Producer: , art and a science practiced in partnerships Matthew Perniciaro, Michael Sherman, Lance Acord, between humans and dogs. Michael Dweck was born in and raised on Long Sam Bisbee, Wendy Neu, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Island. He studied art and design at the and Regina K. Scully, Patty Quillin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, before founding his own agency specializing Molly Lewis, Adam Lewis, Leslie Berriman, Nion McEvoy, Kershaw take us into the timeless world of in unorthodox advertising. He later found success as a visual Cameron O’Reilly, Jim Swartz, Susan Swartz, specialists in Northern Italy’s artist and photographer. His first documentary feature, The Linda Weinman, Bruce Heavin, Jamie Wolf region famed for its white truffles — Last Race (18), premiered at Sundance. The Truffle Hunters Producer: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw (20), co-directed with Gregory Kershaw, is his latest film. Cinematographer: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw particularly the elusive Alba truffle. In these Editor: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen landscapes of natural beauty, the rhythms Sound: Stephen Urata of life operate at a different pace than in the Gregory Kershaw received his MFA in film from Columbia Original Score: Ed Côrtes University. He is a cinematographer, director, and producer With: Carlo Gonella, Sergio Cauda, city. We meet an assortment of hunters who specializing in environmental documentaries. His credits Aurelio Conterno, Angelo Gagliardi, Maria Cicciù, work independently from each other in an as director of photography include the shorts The Price of Gianfranco Curti, Paulo Stacchin, Piero Botto, endeavour marked by eccentricity, pride, Egidio Gagliardi Flowers (10), Drone Nation (15), and 98% (17), which he also and competition. The film concentrates directed. The Truffle Hunters (20), co-directed with Michael Canadian Distributor: Mongrel Media Dweck, is his feature debut as director. US Distributor: Pictures Classics on an elderly generation of men including Birba, Carlo, and Sergio, who each have special relationships with their canine companions. Even if you’ve never tasted a truffle, the passion of these experts is irresistible. We also gain insight to the elaborate mar- ketplace that supplies truffles to elite

SPECIAL EVENTS • 102 Underplayed Electronic music, or EDM, has defined an generations. Perhaps what’s most affecting Stacey Lee entire generation of music lovers com- is how the narratives of each subject — both CANADA, 2020 ing of age in the new millennium. Born past and present — eloquently question the English from the unique musical stylings of social structure of an entire industry. These 88 minutes | Colour and Black and White/DCP under-represented communities in Chicago women are calling for greater gender, racial, 4K (D-Cinema) and Detroit, EDM has risen to exceptional and ethnic equality, demanding that the Production Company: Popp Rok/Anomaly heights, headlining some of the biggest industry becomes more inclusive. Executive Producer: Bud Light, Taj Critcholow - Fela, Julien Christian Lutz - Fela international music festivals across the Through the artists paving the way, we Producer: William Crouse globe. However, the women who are oper- experience a tangible shift in the balance Screenplay: Stacey Lee, Georgia Dodson, Neil Blewett ating in this artistic space and producing of power that will hopefully transcend the Cinematographer: Zoë Simone Yi Animator: Krystal Sojourner chart-topping tracks fail to receive the electronic music scene, transcend music Editor: Georgia Dodson, Joe Peeler, Anthony Mathile recognition that the men in their field are altogether, and bleed into everyday life. Sound: Daenen Bramberger showered with. RAVI SRINIVASAN Original Score: Kate Simko With: Tygapaw - Dion McKenzie, Tokimonsta - Jennifer Filmed over the summer festival season Lee, NERVO - Mim & Liv Nervo, Alison Wonderland - and criss-crossing around the world, the Stacey Lee was born in New Zealand. She directed the Alexandra Sholler, Louisahhh - Louisa Pillot, Sherelle, feature debut from award-winning docu- documentary short Live Fast, Draw Yung (15). Underplayed REZZ - Isabelle Rezazadeh, Nightwave - Maya Medvesek, (20) is her first feature film. Suzanne Ciani mentary filmmaker Stacey Lee provides a platform for a diverse group of established US Sales Agent: Cinetic Media DJs like Alison Wonderland, Sherelle, and Content advisory: references to sexual abuse Canada’s own REZZ. At the same time, the film amplifies the women operating in the underground scene and honours the trail- blazers who went unheralded in their time. Beautifully shot with intimate access, Underplayed is as revealing as it is poi- gnant. Lee takes us on the personal, inner journeys of so many talented and vibrant women making their mark and rising to the top of their industry, while inspiring a more diverse range of artists for future

SPECIAL EVENTS • 103 The Water Man Already a 2010s screen idol for his work in Based on a script by Emma Needell that Ava DuVernay’s Selma, Mira Nair’s Queen was featured on the 2015 Black List, USA, 2020 of Katwe, and Amma Asante’s A United The Water Man harkens back to the be- English Kingdom, actor David Oyelowo makes his loved childhood adventure films of the 92 minutes | Colour/DCP (D-Cinema) feature directorial debut with this imagina- 1980s, combining family drama, mystical Production Company: ShivHans Pictures/Yoruba Saxon, tive, family-friendly adventure executive elements, and a courageous journey. As a Inc./Harpo Films produced by . The Water Man filmmaker, Oyelowo masterfully inhabits a Executive Producer: Oprah Winfrey, Darren M. Demetre, Connor Flanagan, Emma Needell follows a sensitive young boy as he embarks child’s view of the world as something full Producer: David Oyelowo, Carla Gardini, Shivani Rawat, on a mission to help his gravely ill mother of both fantastic possibilities and impossible Monica Levinson by locating the mythic Water Man, who may dangers. With the help of an incredible sup- Screenplay: Emma Needell Cinematographer: Matthew J. Lloyd carry the secret to everlasting life. porting cast that includes Alfred Molina and Editor: Blu Murray Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) and his mother Maria Bello, the tale’s heart is in perfect Production Designer: Laurence Bennett () share a special bond. She harmony with its thrills and surprises. Sound: John Marquis, Tyler B. Stephens Original Score: Peter Baert supports his daydreaming and artistic CAMERON BAILEY Principal Cast: David Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, pursuits, while his frequently-on-the-road Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, Alfred Molina, Maria Bello father, Amos (Oyelowo), with whom Gunner David Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England, and grew up in US Sales Agent: Endeavor Content, CAA Media Finance shares a strained relationship, has other both and Lagos. He graduated from LAMDA and got Group his start with the Royal Shakespeare Company. In addition to ideas about where his son’s interests his many stage roles, he starred in the first three seasons of should lie. Gunner and his dad attempt to the BBC series Spooks (02–11). His filmography as an actor smooth over their differences for the sake includes The Last King of Scotland (06), Middle of Nowhere of the family, but when his mom’s sickness (12), Lincoln (12), Jack Reacher (12), Nightingale (14), Selma (14), A Most Violent Year (14), Queen of Katwe (16), A United worsens, Gunner disappears into stacks Kingdom (16), Gringo (18), and Come Away (20). The Water of books on both science and the super- Man (20) is his feature directorial debut. natural in search of possible cures. When Gunner and his rebellious friend Jo (Amiah Miller) go missing during their quest into Content advisories: frightening scenes, may frighten young children the Water Man’s mysterious forest, Amos must immerse himself in his son’s world to find them and put his family back together.

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