Paramount+ today announced that the highly anticipated second season of the original drama series LIONESS will premiere Sunday, October 27, 2024 with two episodes, exclusively on Paramount+ in Canada, the U.S. and international markets where the service is available. From Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan, the espionage thriller is currently filming in Texas. LIONESS features a star-studded cast, including series lead and executive producer Zoe Saldaña, Canadian Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez and Emmy Award nominee Michael Kelly, with Oscar winner Morgan Freeman, and Oscar and Emmy winner and executive producer Nicole Kidman. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios exclusively for Paramount+.

As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, Joe (Saldaña), Kaitlyn (Kidman), and Byron (Kelly) enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has made as the leader of the Lioness program. The series also stars Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill and Hannah Love Lanier.

The series is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Jill Wagner, David Lemanowicz, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman and Keith Cox and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Season one of LIONESS set a new record as the most-watched worldwide series premiere on the service, at that time.

LIONESS is part of Sheridan’s growing slate on Paramount+, which includes YELLOWSTONE, 1883, MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, LAWMEN: BASS REEVES, the upcoming series LANDMAN, as well as the second seasons of TULSA KING and 1923.

For more information about Paramount+ and LIONESS, please visit www.paramountplus.com, and follow @ParamountPlusCA and @LionessPPlus on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

About Paramount+

Paramount+ is a global digital subscription video streaming service from Paramount that features a mountain of premium entertainment for audiences of all ages. Internationally, the streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including SHOWTIME®, BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel™, in addition to a robust offering of premier local content. The service is currently live in Australia, Austria, Canada, the Caribbean, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latin America, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.

For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com, and follow @ParamountPlusCA on social media.

In honour of its 25th anniversary, APTN celebrates an incredible achievement on its mission to preserve and share Indigenous culture with the launch of North America’s first-ever national Indigenous language channel, APTN Languages this September.

This marks a significant milestone in APTN’s mission to enhance services and content for viewers by protecting and revitalizing Indigenous languages. Preservation of language is listed as a crucial element in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Report. Of the 70 Indigenous languages spoken in Canada, 40 of these languages have 500 or fewer speakers, many of which are over 70 years old.

“This is a key moment in the history of Indigenous Peoples, and APTN has a fundamental role to play in protecting and revitalizing our languages,” said Monika Ille, APTN CEO. “We can think of no better way to celebrate our 25th anniversary than by using our platform to ensure the next generation will have access and exposure to their native dialects so we might preserve their histories and celebrate their cultures and traditions.”

To celebrate, APTN and the CN Tower are marrying a celebration of language and taste with an elevated Indigenous dining experience in the tower’s 360 Restaurant. This September, when diners order from Chef David Wolfman’s Indigenous menu, they’ll have the opportunity to learn a few traditional phrases in different Indigenous languages through APTN and the CN Tower’s interactive menu.

“The CN Tower is honoured to be a partner with APTN and to celebrate Indigenous languages across Canada,” said Peter George, Chief Operating Officer of the CN Tower. “Our menu, our collaboration in 360 Restaurant with Chef David Wolfman, and our ongoing collaboration with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, on whose treaty territory the CN Tower stands reflect our commitment to advancing reconciliation and providing opportunities to learn about and celebrate Indigenous peoples and cultures.”

This September, audiences can tune into APTN Languages to see programming in 12+ Indigenous languages including Cree, Inuktitut, Ojbwe, Mi’Kmaq, Syilx and more. Viewers will see familiar APTN favourites like Bears’ Lair, Skindigenous, Chuck and the First Peoples’ Kitchen and others.

Filmoption release DIE ALONE starring Carrie-Ann Moss in theatres this Fall. Here is a new Trailer, released today!

DIRECTOR: Lowell Dean
WRITER: Lowell Dean
CAST: Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Frank Grillo

RATING: TV-MA

GENRE: Thriller, Horror

RUN TIME: 91 minutes

DISTRIBUTOR: Filmoption

Today we get a new Trailer for GOODRICH, starring Michael Keaton. Elevation Pictures will release theatrically soon.

Written & Directed by: Hallie Meyers-Shyer
Starring: Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Urie,
Kevin Pollak, Viven Lyra Blair, Nico Haraga, Danny Deferrari with Lauren Benanti and Andie MacDowell

Andy Goodrich’s (Michael Keaton) life is upended when his wife and mother of their nine-year-old twins enters a 90-day rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Thrust into the world of modern parenthood, Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace (Mila Kunis), as he ultimately evolves into the father Grace never had.

Award-winning writer director Bretten Hannam’s third feature film, Place of Ghosts has started production. The supernatural thriller stars Blake Alec Miranda (S.W.A.T, To and From), Forrest Goodluck (The English, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, The Revenant), Glen Gould (Tulsa King, Pet Cemetery: Bloodlines, Bones of Crows: The Series,) and Brandon Oakes (The Trades, Diggstown, Slasher, Through Black Spruce). Filming will take place in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Place of Ghosts is written and directed by Bretten Hannam (Gersh / Characters), and produced by Hannam, Marc Tetreault and Jason Levangie (Sharp Corner, The Queen of My Dreams, Kids VS Aliens), Martin Katz (The Shrouds, Humane, The Journey is the Destination, Hotel Rwanda), Diana Elbaum and David Ragonig (Green Border, Rebel), associate producer is John R. Sylliboy (Wildhood) and executive producer is Cotty Chubb (Eve’s Bayou, Hoffa).

Place of Ghosts follows siblings Mise’l and Antle, close confidants as children that have drifted apart as adults. When a malevolent, rotting spirit of teeth and bones begins tormenting them, the siblings are forced to reunite and journey into Skite’kmujuekati’k: the Place of Ghosts: a primordial forest the exists outside of time, to face their violent upbringing.

“This is a story about facing buried trauma and cleaning wounds in order to heal,” notes writer/director Bretten Hannam. “As Mise’l and Antle descend into the darkness of the forest, the emotions and the core of the story cut a visceral path through things left unsaid, leading to a different way of understanding each other, before doing battle with the dark spirit that threatens to consume them.”

Hannam has returned to their awards-winning team from Wildhood with cinematography by Guy Godfree (Little Bird, Sharp Corner, Wildhood, Brother), production design by Michael Pierson (The Queen of My Dreams, Wildhood, Kids VS Aliens), costume design by Emlyn Murray (Wildhood, Drown the Lovers), editing by Shaun Rykiss (Slasher, Wildhood, Learn To Swim), and joined by Juno and Polaris winning classical tenor and composer, Jeremy Dutcher, who set to score the film (Wander, Coroner).

Place of Ghosts is being distributed in Canada by VVS Films. World sales are being handled by Magnify.

ABOUT BRETTEN HANNAM
Bretten Hannam is a Two-Spirit L’nu filmmaker living in Kespukwitk, L’nuekati (Nova Scotia) where they were raised. Their films deal with themes of community, culture, and the Mi’kmaq language, with a focus on Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ identity. They wrote and directed the breakout hit Wildhood, which World Premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for 6 Canadian Screen Awards (including a WIN for Joshua Odjick for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role), a GLAAD award, and numerous other festival prizes. They wrote and directed their 1st feature North Mountain, a Two-Spirit thriller that won Best Original Score at the Atlantic Film Festival and the Screen Nova Scotia Award for Best Feature. They also wrote/directed the short film WILDFIRE which premiered at BFI Flare and went on to play at Frameline LGBT Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, ImagineNative, and Inside Out LGBT Film Festival. Bretten is a Fellow of the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters, Outfest Screenwriting Lab, Whistler’s Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship, and the CFC Screenwriter’s Lab.

ABOUT SHUT UP & COLOUR PICTURES
Shut Up & Colour Pictures is a boutique production company from Nova Scotia that develops and produces feature films. S&C most recently world premiered The Queen of My Dreams by Fawzia Mirza at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, BFI’s London Film Festival and SXSW 2024. The film stars Amrit Kaur and Hamza Haq. S&C has recently announced the World Premiere of Jason Buxton’s completed title Sharp Corner (starring Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders) at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

ABOUT PROSPERO PICTURES
Founded by producer Martin Katz, Prospero Pictures is one of the most prolific production companies in Canada, with credits including Hotel Rwanda, which was nominated for three Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, and over two decades producing films with celebrated director David Cronenberg, including The Shrouds, Spider and Cosmopolis which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and Maps to the Stars, for which Julianne Moore received the Best Actress Palme d’Or at Cannes, and A Dangerous Method, which had its world premiere in competition at the Venice film Festival.

ABOUT BELUGA TREE
BELUGA TREE is a new independent production company run by one of Belgium’s most successful producers, Diana Elbaum. BELUGA TREE’s mission is to develop and produce visionary and high-quality films, TV series and documentaries for international audiences and to build a creative hub where powerful and distinctive stories are nurtured and brought to the screen with energy and passion.

ABOUT MAGNIFY
MAGNIFY is the international sales arm of Magnolia Pictures overseeing a diverse catalog of more than 100 features from Magnolia Pictures and 2929 Productions. Over the years, MAGNIFY has worked on the international distribution of many groundbreaking documentaries including RBG, ASSASSINS, JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, THE WOLFPACK, and IRIS; critically acclaimed narratives such as SWAN SONG, QUEEN OF GLORY, TANGERINE, LISTEN, MARS ONE; and genre films THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, MAYDAY, and THE WIND. Our most recent acquisitions include Sundance breakout LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING, Sundance & Berlinale winner KOKOMO CITY, SXSW selections CORA BORA and I USED TO BE FUNNY, Cannes Un Certain Regard selection THE DELINQUENTS, Venice Orrizonti selection HESITATION WOUND, Austrian satire VENI VIDI VICI that premiered in World Competition in Sundance Film Festival, Taiwanese fencing thriller PIERCE, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT, and near futuristic Venice Orrizonti selection HAPPYEND by Neo Sora.

ABOUT VVS FILMS
VVS Films is a leading motion picture production and distribution company with over 40 years of operation in Canada. In October 2023, VVS announced their expansion into Australia and New Zealand. VVS is best known for their success in launching major franchises in the Canadian market, including TALK TO ME and the “HAS FALLEN” and “HITMAN’S BODYGUARD”. Recent notable releases include THE BEEKEEPER, HIT MAN, THELMA, and MAXXXINE. VVS Films recently financed and served as executive producer for Xavier Dolan’s French language mini-series LA NUIT OÙ LAURIER GAUDREAULT S’EST RÉVEILLÉ. They also served as executive producers on Christian Sparkes’ THE KING TIDE which had its world premiere at TIFF 2023. Upcoming releases for Canada include Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s HERETIC, Anna Kendrick’s WOMAN OF THE HOUR, and Robert Zemeckis’ HERE. Upcoming releases for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand include Benny Safdie’s THE SMASHING MACHINE.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the tradition of sharing mooncakes takes center stage. This beloved pastry is more than just a treat; it symbolizes unity and togetherness, as families and friends gather to celebrate the full moon and give thanks for the harvest.

With that in mind, Bake Code is offering a selection of mooncakes that blend traditional flavours with a modern twist. This year’s lineup includes returning favourites and a new limited-edition flavour that brings something fresh to the table.

Returning Flavours:
Lotus: Traditional Lotus Paste with a molten salted egg yolk center.
Black Sesame: A black sesame exterior with rich black sesame paste and molten salted egg yolk.
Taro: Taro-flavoured exterior filled with taro paste and molten salted egg yolk.
Matcha Red Bean: Red bean paste and salted egg yolk wrapped in matcha-flavoured skin.
Double Salted Egg: Savoury-Sweet Custard and Custard Paste Filling with Egg Yolk Bits.

New for 2024:
Chocolate Wafer: This limited-edition flavour features red velvet custard paired with a chocolate wafer filling, perfect for those looking to try something a little different this year.

Pricing & Availability:
Singles: $10 + tax
Gift Set Box of 2: $19 + tax
Gift Set Box of 6: $58 (tax-free)

These mooncakes are available at Bake Code locations across Ontario and select Chatime locations in Ontario and British Columbia until September 17, 2024. They’re also available online and through delivery platforms like Uber and Doordash.

Today we get a brand-new Trailer for Azazel Jacobs’ HIS THREE DAUGHTERS. This Dramedy arrives September 20, 2024 on Netflix.

It also will receive a theatrical release in TORONTO, MONTREAL, OTTAWA AND VANCOUVER ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2024.

ABOUT HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

DIRECTOR: Azazel Jacobs
WRITER: Azazel Jacobs
PRODUCERS: Azazel Jacobs, Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, Matt Aselton, Marc Marrie, Mal Ward, Lia Buman, Tim Headington, Jack Selby
CO-PRODUCER: Diaz Jacobs
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Neil Shah, Max Silva, Peter Friedland, Sophia Lin
KEY CAST: Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus, Jasmine Bracey, with Jay O. Sanders and Jovan Adepo

RELEASE DATE: On Netflix September 20, 2024

SYNOPSIS | From writer-director Azazel Jacobs (French Exit, The Lovers) comes this bittersweet and often funny story of an elderly patriarch and the three grown daughters who come to be with him in his final days. Katie (Carrie Coon) is a controlling Brooklyn mother dealing with a wayward teenage daughter; free-spirited Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) is a different kind of mom, separated from her offspring for the first time; and Rachel (Natasha Lyonne) is a sports-betting stoner who has never left her father’s apartment — much to the chagrin of her half-sisters, who share a different mother and worldview. Continuing his astute exploration of family dynamics in close-knit spaces, Jacobs follows the siblings over the course of three volatile days, as death looms, grievances erupt, and love seeps through the cracks of a fractured home.

Universal Language is representing Canada in the nomination process for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards®, to be held on March 2, 2025. The film is directed by Matthew Rankin, written by Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi and produced by Metafilms. It is being distributed in Canada by Maison 4:3. International sales are handled by Oscilloscope Laboratories.

“This year’s film submissions brilliantly showcase the exceptional talent that makes Canada shine. Universal Language by director Matthew Rankin has been selected by a jury of industry peers to represent Canada in the race for the Oscar® for Best International Feature Film,” says Julie Roy, Executive Director and CEO of Telefilm Canada. “This film is emblematic of our national cinematography: with the success it has enjoyed since its launch at Cannes, no matter what the language, it reaches audiences here and abroad. That’s the power of cinema! We wish Matthew Rankin, Sylvain Corbeil and the entire creative team the best of luck!”

“We are amazed by this improbable selection and we will do our very best to represent Canada at the Oscars,” said director Matthew Rankin. “Universal Language is an expression of very great collective joy between myself and my friends Pirouz Nemati, Ila Firouzabadi, Sylvain Corbeil and all the beautiful and hilarious people who created this strange, triangle-shaped, Irano-Winnipego-Québécois brain which became our film, beh naamé doosti (in the Name of Friendship).”

Universal Language, which world premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, will have its North American premiere at TIFF on September 10, 2024. The film stars Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Pirouz Nemati, Mani Soleymanlou and Matthew Rankin.

As the appointed non-voting chair of the committee, Telefilm Canada organizes the annual pan-Canadian Selection Committee for Canada’s submission to the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards®.

The vote was determined by a pan-Canadian committee of industry organizations and guilds, as well as filmmakers and industry professionals appointed to represent organizations. Twenty-six films were submitted for consideration as Canada’s Choice this year. The committee met the morning of August 27th to select the film.

So far, nine countries have submitted their entries for the Best International Feature Film category. Last year, 88 countries submitted a film. 

Key dates:

September 20, 2024 – Theatrical release date of Universal Language
October 2, 2024– Deadline for country submissions for the Best International Feature Film category
December 17, 2024 – Academy shortlist of 15 titles selected to move forward.
January 17, 2025 – Academy Award® nominations announced
March 2, 2025 – Academy Awards® ceremony
 

About Universal Language

Synopsis :

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a large sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-absurd walking tour of Winnipeg monuments and historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother. Time, geography and identities crossfade, interweave and collide into a surreal comedy of misdirection.

Structured like a Venn diagram – at the point of confluence between Jacques Tati and Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy – Universal Language is at once a diary film, an absurdist city symphony and a welling-up of confinement-era emotion exploring the mysterious interzone where one person ends and the rest of the world begins. An elusive, half remembered dream of home, solitude, our responsibilities to others and the wild turkeys that haunt us.

About Canada in the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars®  

In the history of the Oscars®, eight Canadian films have been official nominees in the Best International Feature Film (formerly known as the Best Foreign Language Film category): in 2013, Rebelle, by Kim Nguyen; in 2012, Monsieur Lazhar, by Philippe Falardeau and In Darkness, by Agnieszka Holland (a minority coproduction with Poland and Germany); in 2011, Incendies, by Denis Villeneuve; and, in 2007, Water, by Deepa Mehta. The list also includes three films by Denys Arcand: Le Déclin de l’empire américain, in 1987, Jésus de Montréal, in 1990 and, in 2004, Les Invasions barbares, the only Canadian film to have won the Oscar® in this category.  

About the selection process for the Best International Feature Film category 

Telefilm Canada coordinates and chairs the pan-Canadian Selection Committee, without voting right. The committee comprises some 10 members representing key government agencies and national film industry associations. Each of them may appoint a representative to the jury, in accordance with Academy rules. It is responsible for choosing the film that will represent Canada at the Oscars®, which accepts only one film per country for the Best International Feature Film category.

Academy rules were modified in 2023, specifying that juries must include a minimum of 50% craftspeople that are currently active in the film industry. Jury members must screen all submissions before participating in a virtual conference to evaluate and vote on which film will best represent Canada at the Oscars®. Jurors are encouraged to consider the quality of the films, as well as their international competitiveness.

Submitted films must have been produced outside the United States in a language of at least 51% other than English and must have been theatrically exhibited in the submitting country for at least seven consecutive days between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.

About Telefilm Canada  

As a Partner of Choice, Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation dedicated to the success of Canada’s audiovisual industry, fostering access and excellence by delivering programs that support cultural resonance and audience engagement. With a lens of equity, inclusivity and sustainability, Telefilm bolsters dynamic companies and a range of creative talent at home and around the world. Telefilm also makes recommendations regarding the certification of audiovisual coproduction treaties to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and administers the programs of the Canada Media Fund. Launched in 2012, the Talent Fund raises private donations which principally support emerging talent. Visit telefilm.ca and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/Telefilm_Canada and on Facebook at facebook.com/telefilmcanada.  

Following IMAX screenings of Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two, the Academy Award–nominated French-Canadian filmmaker invites you into his creative process in adapting the conclusion of Frank Herbert’s epic saga for the screen.

Having reconciled profound and deeply relevant human themes with an intimate and layered narrative, Villeneuve will share insights into the cinematic craftsmanship and collaboration that led to this visionary artistic achievement.

Public tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 28 at 10AM on the TIFF website. 

Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF is honoured to present Angelina Jolie, the multi-hyphenate Academy Award–winning actor, Tony Award–winning producer, writer, director, and humanitarian with the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media. Previously bestowed upon such luminaries as Pedro Almodóvar, Mira Nair, and Alanis Obomsawin, the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media is presented by Anne-Marie Canning and recognizes leadership in creating a union between social impact and cinema. Jolie will be honoured at the 2024 TIFF Tribute Awards on Sunday, September 8, at Fairmont Royal York Hotel and marks the final honouree announcement. She will be honoured alongside Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Durga Chew-Bose, David Cronenberg, Clément Ducol and Camille, Jharrel Jerome, Mike Leigh, and Zhao Tao, with Sandra Oh serving as the inaugural Honorary Chair of the fundraising gala.

“Angelina Jolie is a multifaceted talent who has entertained audiences for decades while consistently using her platform to champion important causes,” said Bailey. “We’re honoured to present her with the 2024 TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media. This award recognizes her exceptional achievements in filmmaking, and her unwavering commitment for positive change, solidifying her status as a veritable humanitarian and global force to be reckoned with.”

Jolie returns to the 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, following the success of her TIFF 2017 features, First They Killed My Father, which she wrote and directed; and The Breadwinner, which she executive produced. Her dedication to social justice is evident through her films Unbroken (2014), In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), and her latest project Without Blood, which will have its World Premiere on September 8.

Without Blood, written, directed, and produced by Jolie, is based on the acclaimed bestselling novel by renowned Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, and stars Salma Hayek Pinault and Demián Bichir. It’s an unforgettable saga set in the aftermath of an unidentified conflict that explores universal truths about war, trauma, memory, and healing.

With more than 20 years of humanitarian work focusing on refugees and human rights, Jolie also champions local leadership in environmental conservation, and has funded schools, health, and education initiatives globally. Additionally, she is President of the Maddox Foundation, an integrated development program headquartered in Cambodia, with a focus on conservation, agriculture, education, and economic development projects in the area.

Now in its sixth year, the Tribute Awards is TIFF’s largest fundraiser. Proceeds from the gala fundraiser will go towards TIFF’s Every Story Fund, which champions diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in film.

The Tribute Awards has served as an awards-season bellwether, honouring the film industry’s outstanding contributors and their achievements. Past honourees Colman Domingo, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Chastain, Roger Deakins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Joaquin Phoenix, Taika Waititi, and Chloé Zhao, have gone on to win awards on the international stage.

Angelina Jolie Bio
Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award–winning actress and director, with numerous film credits including Walt Disney Pictures’ Maleficent series, Salt and Girl, Interrupted, and the upcoming Pablo Larrain–directed Maria. Jolie directed, produced, and co-wrote the critically acclaimed First They Killed My Father, as well as directed the Oscar–nominated Unbroken, among others. She is a Tony Award–winning producer on the acclaimed new Broadway musical, The Outsiders.

Jolie is the founder of Atelier Jolie, a hub for artists that empowers people to participate in creating their own fashion, with a focus on sustainability. She is also the co-author of Know Your Rights and Claim Them, a guide for youth.

For more details, visit tiff.net/join. The 49th Toronto International Film Festival takes place September 5–15, 2024.