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Qatar's Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced that Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández and Jim Sheridan will serve as Qumra Masters at the 10th edition of its respected talent incubator event, running from March 1 to 6. They join a long list of top professionals to have…

SEVEN VEILS Director: Atom EgoyanScreenwriter: Atom EgoyanLogline: Atom Egoyan and his Chloe star Amanda Seyfried reunite for this knotty psychodrama about a young theatre director forced to re-examine her own trauma while working on a remount of Salome. Panelist: Atom Egoyan (director/ writer…

TIFF has added the world premiere of Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils to their 48th lineup. It’s the director’s 18th title to premiere at TIFF. Egoyan here reteams with Seyfried after 2009’s Chloe. She plays Jeanine, an earnest theatre director tasked with remounting her former mentor's most famous work…

Toronto New Wave filmmaker Atom Egoyan has set a Toronto Film Festival world premiere for his newest feature, Seven Veils, reteaming him with Oscar nom Amanda Seyfried following their work together on the 2009 thriller Chloe. Related Stories …

EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Mark O'Brien (Arrival), Rebecca Liddiard (Alias Grace) and Vinessa Antoine (Diggstown,) have been cast opposite Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout) in Seven Veils, the new feature from filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter). The project wrapped principal…

Director Atom Egoyan found inspiration from a very different field of work when he was writing Guest of Honour. David Thewlis’ character Jim is a health inspector in this story of a father and daughter trying to connect after the latter is imprisoned. “I opened a bar here in Toronto about 15 years ago called Camera…

EXCLUSIVE: David Thewlis has been set to star in Oscar nominee Atom Egoyan's latest feature, Guest Of Honour. Thewlis will be joined by Laysla De Oliveira and Luke Wilson in the father-daughter drama. From a script by Egoyan, filming begins on November 5 in the Toronto area. The Film Farm's Simone Urdl and Jennifer…

The Toronto Film Festival has revealed the lineup of titles that will make up its Canadian offerings next month. Running the gamut from documentaries to dramas, biographies, thrillers and animation, the roster includes veteran filmmakers and emerging talent. Among the world premieres are docs The River Of My Dreams…

UPDATE Friday noon: Remember opens today in NYC. In Los Angeles, it opens next Friday, March 18, at the Laemmle Royal. EXCLUSIVE: Atom Egoyan’s Remember, a revenge drama you won’t easily forget, opens Friday in limited release. The film builds to its powerful climax on the strength of Christopher Plummer and Martin…

Eighty-six-year-old Oscar winner Christopher Plummer ages up a bit in Remember as a 90-year-old World War II Auschwitz concentration camp survivor named Zev. He’s hell-bent on avenging the death of family members when he discovers the Nazi commandant responsible is still alive and living somewhere in America…

Last night brought another 10-minute standing ovation to the Venice Film Festival, accompanying the screening of Atom Egoyan’s Remember. The title is one of the last to play in Competition here as the final films bow today and the jury deliberates for the last time ahead of tomorrow night’s prize ceremony. Remember…

UPDATED with more details: A24 is launching its Cannes campaign early by acquiring rights to Remember, the Atom Egoyan-helmed thriller that stars Christopher Plummer. This is one that has Oscar bait potential, and could see Plummer make a run at a second Oscar (he won Supporting Actor for Beginners in 2012). Deal is…