To indonesia now, and the struggle that some people have to get clean water. In one village, during the summer drought people had to venture deep into a remote cave and climb down ten metres to fill their buckets. Now, to tackle rising demand and help ease the pressures on local people, the government has made plans to provide 10 million homes with running water. Indonesias struggle to get clean water. It is 5 32am. Now on bbc news, talking movies. Hello and welcome to talking movies. Im tom brooke. It is Film Festival season. We had venice and toronto, soon it will be new york and londons festivals. In tonights programme will be looking at the festival films that have been making an impact, films that have been breaking new ground, films that might win 0scars. All that and more in this special festival season addition of talking movies. Film festival season really began at the end of august when the venice Film Festival got under way. In recent times, venice, the oldest Film Festival in the world, has become a bit of an 0scars launchpad, and that has brought it considerable attention. Emma jones is in venice at talking movies. Its nojoke. There are those who think the best picture 0scar was already given out at venice. Amidst all the famous faces that this years festival, on a carpet, his glamour is only rivalled by camp. 0ne event stood out. Joker Starring Joaquin Phoenix is directed by todd phillips. It shows the results when a lonely man with Mental Health problems is given a gun. One small thing. Yeah . When you bring me out, can you introduce me asjoker . Phoenixs performance was one of the most talked about performances of the festival. It scooped a traditionally arthouse prize, venices golden lion. Its all so exciting the way the movies been impressed by the venice Film Festival. This festival has always been known for bold decisions, i think they did that this year with a lot of these movies, we really took a bold swing with the film. The venice Film Festival has become the place to launch an oscar winner. From gravity to birdman to the shape of water. They all had their first screenings here. Creating a buzz at venice can often launch it straight into awards contention. Whilejoker continued its progress towards toronto, another film also appearing at both festivals picked up venices golden lion for best screenplay. No. 7 cherry lane is a two hour hand drawn animation, penciled on rice paper, no less. Inside by chinese paintings and written by chinese born director yonfan. This is his first animation, and his first film for a decade. Set in hong kong in 1967, voiced by local talents that include sylvia chang, zhao wei and alex lam, its an intergenerational love triangle, set against protests and huge social changes in the then british governed territory. The film has a very controversial opinions, but art is controversial. And it looks like an ordinary love movie, but then this movie deals with sexuality, it deals with the human mind and all those its a complicated movie. Its very nostalgic for me, seeing hong kong the way it was with the aeroplane right on top of everybodys rooftops. But, you know, for me, its a very courageous film. You know, yonfan did it with a lot of courage. Because he never did any animation before, but he felt with the subject matter and what he wanted to express can only be done with animation. What really rocked audiences yonfans was scenes of protests and riots of a population on the streets. It seems to uncannily echo recent pictures from hong kong. Even though in 1967, the protesters were demanding chinese rule. I think this film is one of those weird times when life imitates art because its another Pivotal Moment for hong kong. I think that is the power of art. When something that was made without the intention, but now has a different meaning, it makes you think of things differently. I think the whole world is trying to make sense of everything and they have a lot of questions. But for me, someone who didnt experience of the political arrest in the 60s, it makes you think, you want to understand history. What did you want to say to hong kong with this movie . I would say to hong kong, hong kong, i love you. You know . When i first moved to hong kong and smelled the freedom in the air, in the . On the street, the word freedom in hong kong. And then until 1967 there was this strong force from the north, the continue station does make continuation of the cultural revolution came to hong kong and there were big rides in hong kong. Hong kong was upside down. But no. 7 cherry lane should mainly be taken as a story of two womens emotional liberation, and a work of exquisiteness nostalgia. Elsewhere in the festival, films that meant to provoke did well. The grand jury prize went to Roman Polanskis an officer and a spy, an intricate historical look at anti semitism in france through the dreyfus affair. Polanskys inclusion in the venice lineup was a source of fury to some. As was nate parkers american skin, in which he also acts. The film earned an 8 minute standing ovation despite mixed critical reviews. It may have rehabilitated his career, after his last film was derailed by historic rape allegations, from which parker had been acquitted. The most talked about film went on to toronto unrewarded. The painted bird is by czech director Vaclav Marhoul is 169 minutes, a black and white study, in a made up language, slavic esperanto. It is about how a young jewish boy survives world war ii. It was made for arthouse awards, but its so unrelentingly grim that pummelled critics, never mind audiences, found it hard to stay in their seats. Screaming the Toronto International Film Festival began while venice was still in progress. This year, toronto had some 2115 full length features in its lineup, films that included challenging artistic work, and pictures hoping for 0scars glory. Toronto had its share of film based on true stories. One of the more celebrated was a Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood, starring tom hanks who plays beloved american childrens tv pioneer fred rogers. Please wont you be my neighbour . Rogers wanted every child to feel loved. Mr fred rogers is the first person i have played that is not undergoing the great crisis of their business or their lives. Mr rogers doesnt want anything except for people maybe to understand themselves in the world a little bit better. So that is a different kind of gig. Thankfully, this story isntjust formulaic biographical picture, starring the life of mr rogers and a cynical journalist. During the film we see the journalists values transform over the time he spends with rogers. I spent a lot of time going oh, my god, it is tom hanks. Then watching him transform into this embodiment of fred rogers, certainly not an impersonation, but really embodying him was something to behold. The film was directed by talented filmmaker mario heller, it is her first main studio venture. She was going to fred rogers wisdom. He wanted children to know that they were lovable and 0k exactly how they were loved. That was incredibly radical, to tell a child you are loved for you, not for what you do, not for what you wear, not for anything else, that you are loved just the way you are. Thats everything. Tom hanks was made to play this role, just about everyone admired his performance, which will definitely get the attention of oscar voters. Another toronto film based on a real story wasjust mercy, Brian Stevenson, an activist played by Michael B Jordan. All my people say youre going to fight for me. It means a lot. He fought to save a man on death row in alabama, a man wrongly convicted of murder of a white woman. The case was based on false testimony. It was in many ways the result of racism. Things were really, really bad. Its 2019 and some things are still in the same place. Not a lot has changed. Being able to tell this story, use my platform to get the story out of the masses is really important. We cannot understand each other a bit better and become closer to things we see on tv and film. Making it a a little bit more personal and having some mercy. This film examines what justice and mercy are in america right now. And it contains with our racist past but also our racist present. Just mercy went over well with toronto audiences but there were complaints that the direction was pedestrian, lacking in flair. The central performances, those given byjamie fox and Michael B Jordan as Brian Stevenson were seen as outstanding, a real triumph. 0ne toronto film which had been greatly anticipated was jojo rabbit, a dark comedy set in world war ii. It is the story of a young german boy smitten with nazi ideology who has an Imaginary Friend who happens to be adolphe hitler. Jojo, my old friend, how are you . Hi, adolphe. He is a totally brainwashed, innocent child who hasnt had much parenting and is alone, scared in the world. What kind of relationship does he have with hitler . Hes his conscious, he is his only friend, he is who he looks up to. Mother, played bass go that johansson does not his mother, played by scarlettjohansson has been found to be hiding a jewish girl in the house. Scarlettjohansson thinks it is done well to have this coming of age story told through a childs eyes. There is a way of innocence, and i think roman is such a lovable actor and his performance is so touching and innocent. It really made the atrocity feel that much more visceral. Its a very unique film and its impossible to get people any sort of line for the story because it just doesnt do itjustice. But the film drew a mixed reaction with many critics expressing frustration. Some thought the film somehow minimised the horrors of nazism. Others thought the cartoonish depiction of the nazis as a bit of a gimmick, dressing up what is quite a conventional story, but audiences loved the film and it won the festivals peoples choice award, often a strong indicator of the 0scars best picture winner. Yelling and an explosion. A strong dose of reality came through in the toronto film rocks. Set in london, its the story of a teenage girl called rocks with a set of friends and her younger brother trying to survive after being abandoned by their mother. This is not presented as a story of a victim but a joyous celebration of Close Relationships between girls. 100 , thats one of the main themes throughout the story, friendship. Its like, as girls you have to stick together and always back each other through everything, yeah. The film is cast with non professional actors. It was developed collaboratively through workshopping. The dialogue is improvised. The picture is directed by sarah gavron whose previous films include brick lane and suffragette. She likes to tell womens stories. Rocks was a very female production. It had 75 female crew which is hugely unusual and they were also young and there were also many women of colour involved. We wanted the girls themselves in the film to look behind the camera and see women who they could imagine themselves being one day. They could imagine maybe one day theyd be a writer, maybe one day they would be a producer, director, a member of the camera team, a member of the sound team, and that felt organic and it also created an environment that felt safe for them to do their best work. Rocks is bringing to audiences characters that dont get a lot of screen time, in this instance, young women of colour. So many people who have felt like the screen hasnt loved them back, i hope they feel loved and they take away that feeling of validation and of being seen and being worthy. Rocks like a lot of young black girls i know, young women of colour i know, young women i know, who are stronger than they should have to be and because of that, arent offered help and who dont ask for help in return and but inside shes a well ofjoy, of hope, of love, of generosity, but can appear tough on the outside. The performances in the film were strong. The actress playing rocks, bukky bakray, was adept at moving between strength and vulnerability. She really kept the picture anchored. Rocks was one of the more refreshing films at toronto, it told a very emotional story without becoming bound to any kind of formula. Toronto makes a big effort to define itself as an international Film Festival with a wide reach. Among the offerings this year was a film from nigeria. Its a satire exploring some big ideas. Its called the lost 0koroshi. Tristan daley reports. Director abba makama came to toronto with a film that delivers comedy and questions about traditional beliefs in the modern age. The lost 0koroshi is a movie about raymond 0binwa, a man who is disillusionment with modern life. The ideal situation would be moving back to the village, live off the land, farming, and he has been haunted in his dreams by a 0koroshi masquerade. A masquerade, for people who dont know, is a man dressed up in a costume that represents an ancestral spirit. People worship this masquerade, so i made a film about a man who is transformed into a masquerade and cant turn back into human and starts a spiritual journey as a 0koroshi in the city of lagos. Unlike an 0koroshi one would see at a masquerade film in nigeria, in the film, raymond cant take off the mask because he is irreversibly transformed into a spirit. He cant communicate with the words or interact with the world as a normal human would. He wanders the streets, dancing and receiving offerings from pedestrians, doling out divine punishment to wrongdoers and making acquaintances with a Strange Group of characters. My inspiration for making this film stems back from my childhood. There would always be a masquerade festival. At night, when the masquerades would come out and roam the streets, we would all be in bed and i would just obsess about what was going on. I got older and i realise, yo, its just a guy dressed up in a costume but what amazed me was there was an unspoken agreement that the moment this guy wore this costume, hes now been elevated to a spiritual being and thatjust blew my mind. There is also that thing of it being anonymous, there is power in that. I dont care who you are, if you see a masquerade, its intimidating. Thats magicalfor me. Though there are many comedic elements, the lost 0koroshi is a film with an unconventional structure and main character. Something you might not see in some of the more popular comedy films made by makamas contemporaries in hollywood or the nigerian Film Industry. An actor who plays in the lost 0koroshi relished the chance to work with him for this reason. In my acting career so far, ive done huge movies, ive done small movies, but when i got the call from abba to come and look at the script, i ran to it. Yes, its an indie film but it has a unique voice and that is what is critical. Big productions can mimic this but i think its important coming from a singular voice. Makamas independence of the nigerian Film Industry leaves him with limited budget, perhaps evident in the rough style of his production. However, it also gives him freedom to explore complex subject matters. His dedication to realising his unique vision offers festivals like toronto a film to run on their projectors and gives him a shot at an International Platform for his artistic voice. Listen, cocoyam head, i dont want him in my compound. The first feature film to land makama at Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, green white green, addressed issues of National Identity in nigeria and tensions between the ethnic groups that composed the west african nation. But with the lost 0koroshi, the titular masquerade wanders the streets of lagos aimlessly, begging the audience to ask whether traditional african spirituality has a place in modern nigeria. With my work i dont give answers, i ask questions and again, im asking the question, who are we, where are we going, whats going on . Are we displaced culturally, like, as a people . I think self awareness is important but you can only be self aware if you ask the tough questions about who you truly are and thats exactly what im doing with this film. Luckily for me, the 0koroshi followed makama to toronto. Although the director claims not to have answers to the questions posed by his film, i made an offering to the ancestral spirit, just in case. Toronto is being followed by the new york Film Festival which kicks off here in manhattan next week. It will show a relatively small number of films, including one very big attraction, the 3. 5 hour gangster drama the irishman from director Martin Scorsese. Its the festivals Opening Night film. I heard you paint houses. It stars Robert De Niro and al pacino. It features lots of expensive de ageing technology to make the actors look younger at different points in the movie. The film is generating a must see cachet. Well, its Martin Scorsese so i think its obviously this huge thing looming there in an award season. I think a lot of question marks around it too, though. You have him getting back into form in this particular kind of gangster movie but also he is working with netflix which is a new partner. You have some of the masters of acting and filmmaking involved in this, so i do not think that it is going to go awry. I think its just New Territory for a lot of these people and from the trailer, i wasnt sure how i felt about the digital de ageing yet. I didnt feel like it really gave me enough to let me immerse myself in it and see if i could really lose myself in the effect. Is this frank . Yes. Hiya, frank, this isjimmy hoffa. Well, that brings the special festival review edition of talking movies to a close. We hope youve enjoyed the show. Please remember, you can always reach us online at bbc. Com talkingmovies and you can find us on facebook too. From me tom brook and the rest of the talking movies Production Team here in new york, its goodbye as we leave you with a clip from number seven cherry lane which was shown both in venice and toronto. Hello there. While saturday brought us another warm, dry september day across much of the uk, things are now changing from sunday and through the course of this coming week its a more unsettled picture. Rain or showers at times through the day on sunday and things will start to feel a bit cooler than they have done recently, too. And the reason for that is that weve got low pressure out towards the north west of the uk. And thats going to be driving in some weather fronts through the day. And weve got further low pressure systems waiting out in the wings for later on in the week. So we start off sunday morning with some heavy showers, particularly across south west england, the midlands, wales, northern ireland, too. Some thunderstorms likely with some of those showers. They drift their way northwards and eastwards across the uk, followed by another band of rain. Some drier and brighter weather working in from the south west in the day. So a bit of sunshine around. And i think northern and eastern scotland probably holding onto the sunshine for a good part of the day. 18 23 degrees, so cooler than it has been, but still reasonably warm for some eastern areas where you do see the sunshine at times. Now that showery rain should start to clear away towards the north and the north east as we move through sunday night and into the early hours of monday morning. There could be some mist and fog patches around first thing monday. And it will be a slightly resonate sunday night compared to this current night. But still frost free around 11 13 degrees. Now heading on into monday, and this next area of low pressure moving in, thats associated with the remnants of ex hurricane humberto, so it will bring some wet and some windy weather eventually to the uk, but nothing unseasonable here. In fact, much of monday looks dry and fine with some sunshine, still a bit cloudy and damp across the north of scotland. Late in the day that is where we see the wind speaking up in the rain arriving across south western england and wales and northern ireland, too. Central and Eastern England should keep the sunshine through much of monday, 20 degrees also here. Typically the high teens for most of us. Certainly cooler than it has been recently. More blue on the map for tuesday. More rain. Some of it could be quite and thundery, too. Also still quite breezy, especially towards the south. But some sunny spells in between the showers, so not a complete washout on tuesday. But its certainly feeling cooler than it has done recently, with most of us seeing temperatures at 17 18 degrees also on tuesday. And then with low pressure not far away as we look through the rest of the week, plenty of shower symbols on the outlook chart for the Capital Cities over the next five days or so. Showers around, particularly across parts of scotland, and northern ireland, too. Some sunnier spells for the south and east, but an unsettled story for much of the week ahead. Bye bye. Good morning welcome to breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today free prescriptions for all labour seeks to put policy back in the spotlight at a Party Conference so far overshadowed by infighting. Thomas cook will hold crunch talks this morning in a last ditch attempt to find a rescue deal to prevent it going bust. Three of the home nations begin their Rugby World Cup campaigns in the next few hours. Ireland take on scotland while england face tonga. Still warm for many of us today and breezy too, but with some rain. In fa ct, breezy too, but with some rain. In fact, there
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