Newfoundland sea monster saga Below, starring Josh Harnett, will open this year’s Primetime at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) and Mike Flanagan’s Vancouver-shot adoption of the Stephen King classic Carrie will close the program.
Audiences get to see one or two episodes of each series and participate in conversations with cast and creators.
Other must-see world premieres include Canadian witchy mystery series Yaga, starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Hudson Williams and Noah Reid,, which was filmed in Victoria, BC.
And Shawn Ryan’s anthology series American Hostage, starring Jon Hamm ,which was shot in Winnipeg.
Plus the season 6 premiere of the UK spy thriller Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman.
Dates, times and theatres will be available on August 11th.
In Alphabetical Order:
2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback – Australia
A gripping cinematic documentary series that reconstructs one of Australia’s defining contemporary events, exposing the enduring legacies of race, justice, and colonial policing.
Alice – France, Canada
Amidst the advent of modern cinema, trailblazing artist Alice Guy becomes the first female film director in this lush historical series starring Academy Award nominee Bérénice Bejo.
American Hostage – USA. Filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Jon Hamm stars in this adaptation of the hit podcast, which tells the true story of an Indianapolis radio reporter thrust into a high-stakes situation when a local man takes a bank employee hostage and demands to be interviewed live on air.
Related: American Hostage Season One With Jon Hamm in Production in Winnipeg
Below – Canada. Filmed in Newfoundland.
Something monstrous lurks off the coast in this suspenseful, Newfoundland-set limited series, starring Josh Hartnett (Trap) and Mackenzie Davis (Station Eleven).
When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a remote Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman (Josh Hartnett) must fight to protect his family, his community, and his vanishing way of life.
Blindspot Berlin – Germany
This gripping thriller depicts the investigation — and its shortfalls — in the months before the December 2016 attack at the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz, Berlin.
Carrie – USA. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Master of character-driven horror Mike Flanagan returns to episodic storytelling with this kinetic adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel, about the cruelty faced by a sheltered young girl entering high school.
Crystal Lake – USA
Set long before the events of Friday the 13th, Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees in this captivating, A24-produced origin series.
Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically – Brazil
The first-ever series from renowned Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Gomes portrays the true story of a group of young flight attendants who smuggle treatment drugs from America into the hands of patients with AIDS in 1980s Brazil.
Slow Horses – UK
The sixth season of this smash hit series finds the motley crew of disgraced MI5 agents in Slough House, working under the cantankerous Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), thrown once again into the fray.
Yaga -Canada. Filmed in Victoria, British Columbia.
Starring Canadians Hudson Williams, Noah Reid, and Carrie-Anne Moss, this adaptation of Kat Sandler’s award-winning play unfurls the truth behind a mysterious disappearance in a small coastal town.