apprenticeAli Abbasi’s hit film about a young Donald Trump never received an official screening invitation from the Toronto Film Festival, instead heading to the Atlantic Film Festival for its Canadian premiere.
So the producers of the future-presidential film, written by Trump chronicler Gabriel Sherman and starring Sebastian Stan, have scheduled a Sept. TIFF holds private invitation-only screenings. apprenticeAlso starring Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump, it will be shown at TIFF Lightbox Theater on Thursday at 7 p.m.
News that the film will screen three times at AIFF from September 15 to 18 prompted Lisa Haller, director of programming at the Nova Scotia Film Festival, to say it will officially premiere in Canada.
“After the surprise screening in Telluride, and after much speculation about whether North American audiences would be able to see the film, apprentice No doubt this will be a source of hot topic, discussion and even controversy long after the election season. Abbasi’s film is not only a critical portrait of Trump’s early years, but also a poignant and insightful study of the American political system, and we are extremely excited to share it with Atlantic Canadian audiences this year,” she said in an interview.
this apprentice Explore Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America under the influence of firebrand right-wing lawyer Roy Cohn. Guests at the Toronto private screening may easily recognize the local landmarks, as the film was filmed in Toronto and the Canadian city is New York City.
Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff Entertainment acquired the film and released it on October 11 ahead of the US election, along with an awards campaign. Trump’s Origin Story, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, will be screened on September 5, which will be the film’s only screening during the Toronto Film Festival.
