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The latest collaboration between director Sofia Bohdanowicz and actor Deragh Campbell focusses on the power of art to sustain our emotional lives

This high-minded, dense and in many ways impressive drama about classical music from Canadian director Sofia Bohdanowicz could serve as an introspective companion piece to Tár. Where Todd Fields’ film was concerned with artists out in the world and modern cancel culture, here the focus is unswervingly on art itself: its inner sustaining emotional function for the artist and, more widely, for all of us.

Deragh Campbell stars as academic researcher Audrey Benac, a character she has played before for Bohdanowicz, including in Veslemøy’s Song, the 2018 short...

Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara is now streaming exclusively on Mubi in many countries.Deragh Campbell in Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto. Styled by Mara Zigler. Photograph by the author.To the horror and delight of Toronto filmgoers, there is a moment in Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara (2024) when the lead actress cups a palmful of water from the outdoor fountains at Yonge-Dundas Square and splashes her face, her mouth slightly agape. One does not do this (locals will note a vague air of urine around the intersection). The action is especially baffling for this previously reserved character, who then jetés over the spurting jets. It’s a moment of modest physical comedy that reveals the protean mannerisms of both the character and the actress, Canadian indie stalwart Deragh Campbell.There was a certain hum around this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, with the double-barrelled Canadian premieres of...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.NEWSChicken Run.After earlier claims that they were “not in jeopardy,” the 29-location Landmark Theatre chain now faces foreclosure, though IndieWire reports that may not be such a bad thing.After releasing a trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis that included phony, apparently AI-generated pull quotes attributed to real film critics, Lionsgate has issued an apology and ceremonially fired a marketing consultant.The fast-food chain Chick-Fil-a plans to launch a streaming service, which will apparently include game shows and reality programming.FESTIVALSAhead of its premiere this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, we are pleased to share the first poster for Sofia Bohdanowicz's Measures for a Funeral (2024), designed by Charlotte Gosch of studio other types.

Paris-based Totem Films has acquired world sales rights, excluding Canada, to Canadian filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz’s “Measures for a Funeral” in advance of the film’s world premiere in the Toronto Film Festival’s Centrepiece program.

Margot Hervée, Totem’s head of sales and acquisitions, first encountered Bohdanowicz’s work a few years ago. “It immediately resonated with me,” she told Variety. “We’re thrilled to now have her as part of the Totem family and to represent her latest film.”

Vortex Media is the film’s Canadian distributor.

As part of today’s announcement, Totem has shared with Variety a first teaser for “Measures,” which stars Deragh Campbell as Audrey Benac — a “family detective” character she has played in previous Bohdanowicz films, including the feature “Ms Slavic 7,” which premiered in Berlin in 2019 and also screened in Toronto.

Filmed in Canada, the U.K. and Norway, “Measures”— which won the...

IndieWire can exclusively unveil the official 2024 Doc NYC 40 Under 40 list of rising filmmakers.

The annual honor celebrates young creatives that are making an impact in the field of documentary, ranging from documentarians to editors and sound designers. This year, the seventh annual season for the list, celebrates emerging documentary talent from filmmakers based in the U.S., Canada, and/or Mexico. The 2024 cohort will be honored during the November festival at a private cocktail reception, with the 15th edition of Doc NYC taking place in theaters in New York and online November 13 through 21.

“Doc NYC is proud to honor the accomplishments of these exceptional artists in the documentary field,” Doc NYC Artistic Director Jaie Laplante said. “We’re also excited to highlight for our industry and audiences powerful work and diverse voices that are worthy of close attention.” The honorees include “Measures for a Funeral” director Sofia Bohdanowicz, whose feature...