The World Premiere of “Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman” at the Toronto International Film Festival
"Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman” coproduced by the EbonyLife Studios and Netflix premiered at the 2022 annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Saturday, September 10. But I am still waiting for the reviews of the premiere.
How was the reception?
How did the audience react?
What of the reviews by the film critics and journalists?
Bella Naija simply reported that it premiered at TIFF with the Executive Producer Mo Abudu, Odunlade Adekola, the lead actor, Omowunmi Dada, and Deyemi Okanlawon and showed their photos.
That's all.
No reviews and no interviews.
Biyi Bandele who directed the film adaptation of Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka‘s play “Death and the King’s Horsemen.” unfortunately passed on suddenly weeks ago before the world premiere.
- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, The Publisher/Editor, NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series
The 46th annual Toronto International Film Festival begins on September 9 to 18, 2021. And following the strict protocol for the control and prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it will be a "hybrid" of physical and digital screenings of both the official selection and special presentations and for other programmes.
The opening film is "Dear Evan Hansen" by Stephen Chbosky, an adaptation of the Tony-winning musical of the same title.
“This film is ultimately about healing, forgiveness, and reaffirms how connected and essential we all are to one another. We couldn’t think of a more important idea to celebrate this year as we come together once again to share the power and joy of cinema in theaters together," said Cameron Bailey, the Artistic Director and Co-Head of TIFF.
The closing film is "One Second" by Zhang Yimou.
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Wen Shipei)
The Box (La Caja) (Lorenzo Vigas)
Costa Brava, Lebanon (Costa Brava) (Mounia Akl)
The Daughter (La Hija) (Manuel Martín Cuenca)
The Hill Where the Lionesses Roar (Luaneshat e kodrës) (Luàna Bajrami)
Întregalde (Radu Muntean)
Kicking Blood (Blaine Thurier)
La Soga 2 (Manny Perez)
Maria Chapdelaine (Sébastien Pilote)
Medusa (Anita Rocha da Silveira)
Murina (Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović)
Nobody Has to Know (Bouli Lanners)
The Odd-Job Men (Sis dies corrents) (Neus Ballús)
The Other Tom (El otro Tom) (Rodrigo Plá)
OUT OF SYNC (Tres) (Juanjo Giménez)
Terrorizers (Ho Wi Ding)
Unclenching The Fists (Kira Kovalenko)
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas) (Edwin)
The Wheel (Steve Pink)
Whether the Weather is Fine (Kun Maupay Man It Panahon) (Carlo Francisco Manatad)
DISCOVERY
Aloners (Hong Sung-eun)
Anatolian Leopard (Anadolu Leoparı) (Emre Kayış)
A Banquet (Ruth Paxton)
Dug Dug (Ritwik Pareek)
As In Heaven (Du som er i himlen) (Tea Lindeburg)
Farha (Darin J. Sallam)
The Game (Ana Lazarevic)
Learn To Swim (Thyrone Tommy)
Lo Invisible (Javier Andrade)
Paka (River of Blood) (Nithin Lukose)
Quickening (Haya Waseem)
Scarborough (Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson)
Snakehead (Evan Jackson Leong)
To Kill The Beast (Agustina San Martín)
Tug of War (Vuta N’Kuvute) (Amil Shivj)i
Wildhood (Bretten Hannam)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Ali & Ava (Clio Barnard)
All My Puny Sorrows (Michael McGowan)
Benediction (Terence Davies)
Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Løve)
Charlotte (Eric Warin, Tahir Rana)
Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over (Dave Wooley, David Heilbroner)
Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
Encounter (Michael Pearce)
The Guilty (Antoine Fuqua)
I’m Your Man (Maria Schrader)
Inexorable (Fabrice du Welz)
Lakewood (Phillip Noyce)
The Middle Man (Bent Hamer)
Official Competition (Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat)
Paris, 13th District (Jacques Audiard)
Petite Maman (Céline Sciamma)
The Starling (Theodore Melfi)
The Story of My Wife (Ildikó Enyedi)
Three Stories (Nanni Moretti)
Violet (Justine Bateman)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier)
GALA PRESENTATIONS
Opening Night Film: Dear Evan Hansen (Stephen Chbosky)
