The Party

58th TIFF: Closing Film

A comedy wrapped around a tragedy, in which a celebratory gathering of friends goes violently wrong under extreme pressure, in a confined environment... A “bare-bones” film turning confinement of place and constraints of real-time into a virtue, a great achievement in cinematography and acting that leaves us no place to hide, but rewards us with healing power of bitter-sweet laughter, at a moment when events in the world make us all want to weep.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Sally Potter

Script: Sally Potter

Cinematography: Alexey Rodionov

Editing: Anders Refn, Emilie Orsini

Actors: Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas

Producers: Christopher Sheppard, Kurban Kassam

Art Direction: Carlos Conti

Costumes: Jane Petrie

Make Up: Naomi Donne

Format: DCP

Color: B&W

Production Country: United Kingdom

Production Year: 2017

Duration: 71'

Distribution in Greece: Feelgood Entertainment

Contact: Great Point Media

Sally Potter

Sally Potter made her first 8mm film aged fourteen. Orlando (1992), Potter’s bold adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, was nominated for two Academy Awards and brought her work to a wider audience. She has also directed many short films and a television series, and has directed opera and other live work. Her background is in choreography, music, performance art and experimental film, her films have won over forty international awards and she has had full career retrospectives of her film and video work. Her book Naked Cinema – Working with Actors was published by Faber & Faber in 2014.