The Toronto International Film Festival announced today films included in the TIFF Docs presented by A&E IndieFilms, Wavelengths and Midnight Madness programs and exciting, recently confirmed additions to the Special Presentation and Contemporary World Cinema programs.  Main highlights include titles from Cannes including the North American premiere of the Palme d’Or winner “Titane” from filmmaker Julia Ducournau, Bruno Dumont’s “France” starring Lea Seydoux, and Ari Folman’s celebrated animated film “Where is Anne Frank?

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Well, that’s a wrap on the 2021 Cannes Film Festival; 56 reviews and counting (there might be one or two more stragglers to come, but we are basically done). It was a pretty great festival and strong year despite the COVID-19 protocol confusion, those changing rules, and Spike Lee spoiling the Palme d’Or prize early (Spike!!).

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2021 was a strong year, and perhaps that’s not a surprise since films like Wes Anderson‘s “The French Dispatch,” Paul Verhoven‘s “Benedetta,” and other movies basically waited an entire year waiting for the global pandemic to subside so they could premiere under optimal conditions.

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A storm rages in Amsterdam, but that doesn’t deter visitors from lining up outside of the Anne Frank House to get a glimpse of her famous diary and gaze upon the rooms she once inhabited. A home address refashioned as a must-see tourist attraction for quick photos and perhaps some short-lived introspection. Outside its doors, a family of refugees becomes homeless when the inhospitable weather tears apart their makeshift shelter.

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That’s how Ari Folman’s spellbinding animated feature “Where Is Anne Frank” opens, a storytelling epiphany that reframes the past and interrogates our present.

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The diary of Anne Frank is an item that most people are very familiar with. Whether it’s something you studied in school or perhaps a story that you’ve seen adapted in films and TV series, the story of a young girl being hidden away from the Nazis during World War II is one of the most well-known in modern history. But her story has never quite been seen like it is in the new animated feature, “Where is Anne Frank?

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Another early morning, another early announcement from France. As promised by the organizers previously, new titles have been added to the Cannes Film Festival, nine of them in total. Highlights include new films by Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman,  Argentinian/Italian provocateur based in France, Gaspar Noé, a new project from Bill Murray, and the directorial debut from French actress Noémie Merlant (“Portrait Of A Lady On Fire“).

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