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The First 25 Selections Announced

The Pendance Film Festival excited to announce the first 25 selections for our 2020 edition, taking place between Tiff Bell Lightbox and the Art Gallary of Ontario’s Jackman Hall.

The features program highlights some of the top emerging filmmakers in the world, and some of the most critically acclaimed titles from Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca. The shorts program features a blend of emerging talents and festival veterans and is not to be slept on.

Submissions for the 2020 edition are now closed. Tickets are on sale. For the 2020 edition, the Pendance Film Festival will be hosting downtown at TIFF Bell Lightbox, The AGO’s Jackman Hall & Velvet Underground.

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We're proud to co-present 'Africa' by @orengerner

We're proud to co-present 'Africa' by @orengerner at @tjffgrams on November 1st and 2nd. It's an incredible film and we're thrilled to be partnered up with the Toronto Jewish Film Festival for the second year in a row. For 25% off regular tickets enter discount code PFF@TJFF.
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Blending fact and fiction, filmmaker Oren Gerner directs his own parents in this deeply touching, cinema-verite style film about the challenges of aging and self-reinvention. 68-year old Meir suffers an existential crisis after he learns that he has not been invited to plan the annual festivities in his village, a job he had held for more than 30 years. Battling the forces of old age, illness and creeping social irrelevance, Meir channels his rage into building a wooden bed for his grandson to restore his sense of purpose and give meaning to his life.
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What's your favorite Matt Damon film? Today's Matt

What's your favorite Matt Damon film? Today's Matt's 50th birthday, so join us as we take a quick look back at some of the best performances that have made him one of Hollywood's best and brightest for over two decades.
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Do you value connections? Here's an interesting st

Do you value connections? Here's an interesting story about David Fincher, Jordan Cronenweth, Jeff Cronenweth, and Trent Reznor.
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Cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth (Blade Runner) signed on for David Fincher's 'Alien 3', which would mark the somewhat obscure Fincher's feature directorial debut. The film was riddled with production problems, and Cronenweth left the film's production for medical reasons just a few weeks into production. It would be his last feature, and he would die just a few years later in 1996 due to Parkinson's.
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Fincher would go on to complete Alien 3 with 'Leviathan' cinematographer Alex Thomson before disowning the film entirely. But fate would bring Fincher and another Cronenweth together, as Jordan's son Jeff began emerging as a narrative cinematographer.
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Fincher had already worked with Jeff Cronenweth on George Michael's music video for Freedom! 90. But Jeff was a hot commodity as a music video DOP. Turning over to film and following in his father's footsteps as a narrative DOP was anything but obvious. But he took that plunge on Fincher's third film 'Fight Club' in 1999.
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Cronenweth had refined his narrative style in music videos much like Fincher did, having worked with artists like Nine Inch Nails, Shakira, Alanis Morissette and Macy Gray among others.
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As a final twist to this story, NIN head man Trent Reznor would ultimately dive into film composing, and in 2010, Jeff Cronenweth worked with both Fincher and Reznor on 'The Social Network'. The trio would milk their magic chemistry on Gone Girl and 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' as well.
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So there you have it. Foster connections. You never know how many projects or generations later they may bloom.
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It's David Fincher week at @ringer in celebration

It's David Fincher week at @ringer in celebration of Se7en's 25th anniversary, and the 10th anniversary of 'The Social Network'. A stylish purist, Fincher's work has made as large a cultural dent as any filmmaker working today.
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This article (link in bio) covers an underlying theme in the 'Zodiac' director's work to put himself into his films, without ever stepping in front of the camera. You'll never watch a David Fincher film the same way after this.
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Illustration by @mario_zucca
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