Ten Dutch films, including an animated short by Oscar-nominated directors and six minority co-productions, are set to cross the Atlantic to screen at the 40^th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), unspooling from 10-20 September.

Leading the Dutch contingent is David Verbeek’s Full Contact [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]. The Lemming Film production, which was part of the Cannes Cinéfondation Atelier back in 2011, will be screening in the new competition section, Platform. Starring Grégoire Colin, Slimane Dazi and Lizzie Brocheré, Full Contact is a psychological thriller about a military operator who controls American drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan from his base in Nevada. One day, by accident, he bombs a school, and this tragedy will lead him to begin a quest for new meaning in his life. September Film will handle the distribution in Dutch cinemas in 2016, while BAC Films is managing international sales.

Joost van Ginkel’s The Paradise Suite [+lee también:
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Alex van Warmerdam's dark comedy Schneider Vs Bax [+lee también:
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The animated title Otto by Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw and Job Roggeveen is being shown as part of the Short Cuts programme. The trio of filmmakers was also behind the Oscar-nominated A Single Life.

Dutch talent is also spread around six minority co-productions. Viking Film has co-produced Neon Bull [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro, which is competing in Platform. Meanwhile, the Special Presentations section is showing both Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol [+lee también:
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Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos
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The N279 Entertainment co-production Francofonia [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Sergei Loznitsa, co-produced by Atoms and Void, will be screened within the Wavelengths programme. Lastly, D’Ardennen [+lee también:
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entrevista: Robin Pront
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