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TIFF 2019 Lineup Stacked with Innovative Clients' Work
July 23, 2019
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We are excited to announce that seven of the films premiering at 2019's Toronto International Film Festival (taking place September 5-15) were created in part by Innovative Artists clients. 

See more about their films below! 

 

CLEMENCY

A death row prison warden (Alfre Woodard) grapples with the psychological fallout of her job following years of executions, in Chinonye Chukwu's Sundance Grand Jury Prize–winning drama.

Lensed by DP Eric Branco

Edited by Phyllis Housen

Gala Presentations, International Premiere

 

DOLEMITE IS MY NAME

Eddie Murphy leads this hugely entertaining period piece from Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) with his hilarious and finely honed turn as comedian Rudy Ray Moore, who became a legend in midlife with his outlandish 1970s Blaxploitation character Dolemite.

Production Design by Clay Griffith

Special Presentations, World Premiere

 

ENDINGS, BEGINNINGS

An idealistic woman (Shailene Woodley) attempts to get her life on track financially and romantically, but gets caught in a love triangle with a free-spirited bad boy (Sebastian Stan) and his more stable, scholarly best friend (Jamie Dornan), in this tender exploration of love and heartbreak from Drake Doremus (Like Crazy).

Line Producer: Paul Davis

Special Presentations, World Premiere

 

THE FRIEND

Based on the award-winning Esquire article of the same name, a man (Jason Segel) puts his own life on hold to move into the family home of his best friends (Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck) and support them through a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Costume Design by Alana Morshead

Special Presentations, World Premiere

 

 

HONEY BOY

Shia LaBeouf mines his own troubled childhood in this raw confessional, which traces a decade in the toxic relationship between a famous child actor and his abusive alcoholic father.

Line Producer: David Grace

Special Presentations, International Premiere

 

KNIVES OUT

Director Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last JediLooper) assembles an all-star cast — Daniel Craig, Toni Collette, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, and LaKeith Stanfield — in this intelligent whodunit about a famed southern detective (Craig) who joins forces with local police to investigate a group of eccentric suspects following the murder of a wealthy crime novelist (Christopher Plummer).

Lensed by DP Steve Yedlin, ASC

 

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