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Globe and Mail, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival organizers expanded the event’s worldly scope yesterday, announcing the addition of 13 Asian titles and 10 more Spanish-language titles to the 2008 lineup.
The Asian films include three special presentations: from Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking, the world premiere of Indian filmmaker Priyadarshan’s Kanchivaram and a Chinese/Brazilian co-production by Yu Lik-wai entitled Plastic City, which follows the pirated-goods racket of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho, whose film Opera Jawa appeared at TIFF in 2006, returns with the world premiere of Under the Tree, and South Korean director So Yong Kim makes her second appearance with Treeless Mountain.
Other offerings hail from Thailand and the Philippines; a four-country co-production directed by Uberto Pasolini is set in Sri Lanka.
The Spanish additions are headlined by a gala presentation of Daniel Burman’s sixth feature Empty Nest, making its international premiere. Dioses by Josue Mendez of Peru, and Mexican Gerardo Naranjo’s Voy a Explotar will join the Vanguard screenings… [Full Story]
