Premieres at TIFF 2019: TAMMY'S ALWAYS DYING, COPPERS and SOFIA BANZHAF's: BLACK CONFLUX & I AM IN THE WORLD AS FREE AND SLENDER AS A DEER
TAMMY'S ALWAYS DYING
Director: Amy Jo Johnson Writer: Joanne Sarazen Starring: Anastasia Phillips, Felicity Huffman, Clark Johnson & Lauren Holly
Directed by: Alan Zweig
Synopsis: The thirteen retired police officer in COPPERS tell stories of fights, shootings, accident scenes and sudden death. There are sweet stories and funny ones but the gruesome stories dominate because this is what cops see everyday. At its heart that’s what this collective story is about - the trauma we expect the police to clean up and what that experience does to them
Sofia Banzhaf is a German-Canadian writer, actress and filmmaker whose work in front of the camera has garnered praise at TIFF and abroad. Sofia has two films at TIFF 2019 this year; Black Conflux directed by Nicole Dorsey, and her short film I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer.
COPPERS
Directed by: Alan Zweig
Synopsis: The thirteen retired police officer in COPPERS tell stories of fights, shootings, accident scenes and sudden death. There are sweet stories and funny ones but the gruesome stories dominate because this is what cops see everyday. At its heart that’s what this collective story is about - the trauma we expect the police to clean up and what that experience does to them.
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