"The Special Presentations description at TIFF is as laconic as it is cogent: "High-profile premieres and the world's leading filmmakers." The films in this dispatch boast star all-star casts and tell coming-of-age stories of a sort, but they're really stories about people who have to accept parts of themselves they'd rather keep hidden, and begrudgingly accept ways community can help ground them while all else spirals out of control."
"Chandler Levack's "Mile End Kicks" is like a song that I liked-but didn't love-upon first spin, but its melodies and lyrics grew on me to the point where I can't help but recommend it. "How can someone who is a people-pleaser critique with integrity?" is a question at the heart of her Montreal-set film, and it all-too-relatably explores what happens when we conflate good performance in our work with our goodness as a person."
Special Presentations at TIFF features high-profile premieres and the world's leading filmmakers. The films in this dispatch pair star-studded casts with coming-of-age narratives about people forced to accept hidden parts of themselves and let community ground them amid chaos. Chandler Levack's Mile End Kicks centers on Grace, a music journalist and people-pleaser who aims to write about Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. Life logistics and scars from a former editor's workplace make Grace doubt her work and conflate professional performance with personal goodness. Grace's new Montreal community is colorful if underdeveloped, using archetypes to further enrich her journey toward acceptance.
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