Video Highlights from #TIFF25!

Videos and text by Jeff Harris
EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert
Director Baz Luhrmann explains about the years it took to piece together various pieces of rare Elvis footage, even resorting to lip-reading footage that lacked audio. Fortunately for fans he plans to share everything once the film is released.
Ballad Of A Small Player
Actor Colin Ferrel explains how difficult it is to get over your vices. A memorable scene in the film involves him gorging out on an incredible spread of food.
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution…
Actors Eugene Levy and Victor Garber, along with musician Paul Shaffer revisit the stage that they once performed on fifty years earlier.
Blue Moon
A rare sighting of Ethan Hawke walking on Festival Street without a mob of people hounding for selfies.
Christy
Sydney Sweeney explains her training regimen to prepare for her boxing role… including the fast food and other sweets that helped get her up to fighting weight.
The Fence
Tom Blyth (far right) explains the real reason he thinks Claire Denis (far left) hired him for The Fence… the fact that he comes from Nottingham, the same place as her favorite band Tindersticks. (Actors Matt Dillion and Mia McKenna-Bruce sit in between).
Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie
Actor/Director Matt Johnson explains how Taylor Swift played a role in getting a complicated scene completed for their film, without interference from the police.
Easy’s Waltz
Having grown up in the rougher 1970s decade, Vince Vaughan secretly wishes to be part of the softer millennial generation.
Sentimental Value
Director Joachim Trier (far right) explains about casting the house in his film… The house is essentially a character that bears witness to all the lives that live within it. (Actors Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård, and Renate Reinsve sit to his left)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Actress Rose Byrne explains how Conan O’Brien ranks as a therapist.
Maddie’s Secret
Actor/Director John Early’s retro 80’s inspired film is peppered with plenty of modern anachronisms, like “Hulu” and “Chili Oil”.
Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie
Actor / director Matt Johnson and co-star / screenwriter Jay McCarrol explain the challenges filming at the CN Tower with a prop that looks suspiciously like a giant pipe bomb.
Easy’s Waltz
Director Nic Pizzolatto (far right) explains the challenging task of getting Shania Twain in his movie. (with Actors Vince Vaughan and Simon Rex)
Christy
Despite Sydney Sweeney’s presence on stage, Champ – the dog of real life boxer Christy Martin, stole the show at the premiere of Christy.
Maddie’s Secret
Actor/Director John Early shares his obsession for the 1986 made-for-TV movie Kate’s Secret (starring Meredith Baster Birney as a seemingly perfect suburban housewife secretly suffering from bulimia).
IMDB
IMDB Founder Col Needham explains his role (actually six roles) in 28 Years Later, and reveals the everyday camera that director Danny Boyle used to make the film.
Hamnet
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s beautiful film about Shakespeare’s family tragedy, won TIFF’s prestigious People’s Choice Award. The Director’s acceptance speech appeared to be beamed in from Down Under, much to the embarrassment of TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey.
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