Astral Media Inc. is pleased to announce that 14 films supported by its pay-television networks - The Movie Network and Super Écran, and production fund, Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund/Fonds Harold Greenberg - have been selected for the 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival, running from September 8 to 18, 2024. Astral's slate of supported films for 2024 includes A Dangerous Method from David Cronenberg, Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz and Ken Scott's Starbuck.
Contributing nearly $150 million in Fiscal 2024, Astral continues to be the country's largest private-sector investor in Canadian feature film with significant contributions towards the development and production of home-grown film and television projects through The Movie Network, Super Écran and The Fund/Le Fonds.
The following feature films selected for the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival have been supported by Astral through story optioning, script development, pre-licensing, equity investment, acquisition, exhibition and promotion:
- AFGHAN LUKE - MIKE CLATTENBURG
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- cafÉ de flore - jean-marc vallÉe
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- pre-buy and equity investment by Super Écran
- A DANGEROUS METHOD - DAVID CRONENBERG
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- edwin boyd - nathan morlando
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- Script development by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- Equity investment by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund
- HARD CORE LOGO II - BRUCE MCDONALD
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- i'm yours - leonard farlinger
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- Equity investment by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund
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- Equity investment by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund
- MONSIEUR LAZHAR - PHILLIPE FALARDEAU
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- pre-buy by Super Écran
- Story optioning, script development and equity investment by Fonds Harold Greenberg
- the moth diaries - mary harrON
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- Equity investment by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund
- SISTERS&BROTHERS - CARL BESSAI
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
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- pre-buy and equity investment by Super Écran
- SURVIVING PROGRESS - MATHIEU ROY AND HAROLD CROOKS
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- TAKE THIS WALTZ - SARAH POLLEY
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- pre-buy by The Movie Network
- Script development and equity investment by Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund