The Invader, the debut feature by creative video artist Nicolas Provost, has been confirmed for the line-up of the 36th Toronto International Film Festival (8-18 September). The film is selected for the fest's Discovery section, which puts a 'spotlight on the most exciting work from up-and-coming directors from around the world'.
In early September, The Invader is to receive its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. Together with Provost's new short, Moving Stories, The Invader is screening in the Horizons competition.
With selections for both a high profile North American and European film festival so close together, Provost's films once again confirm their international festival appeal.
The Invader is the story of an illegal African immigrant whose journey begins in Brussels as he searches, like many other immigrants, for a better life. Through his confrontation with a harsh society, he slowly but irreversibly starts to embody our worst fears and becomes the monster we have created. The film features talent such as Italian actress Stefania Rocca (The Talented Mr Ripley) and Issaka Sawadogo, who also features in Hotel Swooni by Kaat Beels.
With the recent confirmations of Kaat Beels' Hotel Swooni and Christophe Van Rompaey's Lena for TIFF's Contemporary World Cinema programme, Toronto will show the new work of three Flemish filmmakers.
The Invader is a co-production between Versus Production and Antonino Lombardo's Prime Time, which has been produced Fien Troch's recent films. Hotel Swooni, The Invader and Lena were all supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF).
Read the interview with main actor Issaka Sawadogo in our Flanders (i) magazine
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