Toronto: “Humanist Vampire,” “Solo” Heat Up Market for Toronto’s Quebec Feature SlateBy Jennie PunterToronto has long been a go-to place for Quebec filmmakers to launch new work, connect directly to the U.S.
marketplace and, by extension, propel their careers to the next level — Denis Villeneuve, Phillippe Falardeau and Jean-Marc Vallée, for example, premiered most of their early films here.Many of this year’s bumper crop of mostly world-premiering Quebec titles explore less familiar corners of society — First Peoples and newcomer stories, the drag scene — and there are also fresh takes on romantic dramedy (Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love”), true-story-inspired WWII drama (Louise Archambault’s “Irena’s Vow”) and horror comedy.Five of the festival’s eight Quebec features are directed by women.
Sophie Dupuis, whose third film, the drag-scene character study “Solo,” told Variety that support from government funding agencies Telefilm and Sodec (Quebec…
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