Tito (2019 film) explained

Tito
Director:Grace Glowicki
Producer:Grace Glowicki
Miriam Levin-Gold
Ben Petrie
Starring:Grace Glowicki
Ben Petrie
Music:Casey Manierka-Quaile
Cinematography:Christopher Lew
Editing:Brendan Mills
Studio:Featured Creatures
Hawkeye Pictures
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Tito is a 2019 Canadian drama film written and directed by Grace Glowicki. Glowicki plays Tito, a man terrified of the outside world and hunted by sexual predators. The refuge he finds in an abandoned house is disturbed by the arrival of John (Ben Petrie), a cheerful and protective neighbor.

The film premiered at the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival,[1] where it won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award.[2] It also won the first Audacity Award at the 2019 Oldenburg International Film Festival.[3]

The film was shortlisted for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[4]

Critical response

The New Yorker's Richard Brody called it "the most remarkable feature that I saw at the Maryland festival."[5]

Production

On August 16, 2018 a post-production Kickstarter campaign was launched with a fundraising target of $18,000. Funding closed with $23,027 pledged by 121 backers.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: McNary . Dave . SXSW Awards: 'Alice,' 'For Sama' Win Top Prizes . March 12, 2019 . . January 11, 2020.
  2. News: Ramos . Dino-Ray . SXSW: 'Alice', 'For Sama' Among Feature Film Grand Jury Award Winners . March 13, 2019 . . January 11, 2020.
  3. News: Roxborough . Scott . 'In Full Bloom' Wins Oldenburg Independence Award . September 9, 2019 . . January 11, 2020.
  4. Web site: Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations. https://web.archive.org/web/20210330161247/https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/. dead. March 30, 2021. March 30, 2021. ET Canada. Brent Furdyk. en-US.
  5. Brody . Richard . 'Highlights from the 2019 Maryland Film Festival . May 13, 2019 . . January 11, 2020.
  6. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/449341300/tito-feature-film/description Tito Feature Film – Kickstarter