Opening Night
Siân Heder’s long-awaited follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2021 film, CODA, will finally make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, titled Being Heumann, will be one of three films that will have their world premieres at the event. Apple TV has just unveiled the teaser for Being Heumann and even advertises the opening night screening at TIFF. Joblo will be attending this year’s event, so stay tuned for our review from the festival!
Being Heumann
Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo star in the film that is from a script written by Heder and Rebekah Taussig.
The official synopsis from the press release reads,
They wouldn’t take Judy Heumann’s phone calls, so she took their building. In 1977, a young disabled woman (Ruth Madeley) and a scrappy coalition of outsiders decide they’ve had enough. What begins as one impulsive act becomes the longest occupation of a federal building in American history, as hundreds spontaneously seize government offices and refuse to leave until the bureaucrat in their way (Mark Ruffalo) takes action. Bringing rebellion in all its forms to the hallowed halls, a movement’s accidental leaders struggle to find their path forward where none has ever been paved for them. Directed by Academy Award winner Siân Heder (“CODA”) and based on true events, “Being Heumann” is the revolutionary, irreverent and deeply human story of the least likely people trying to pull off the impossible and change the lives of millions.
The film marks the second collaboration for Apple Original Films and writer/director Siân Heder, who directed the multi-Academy Award-winning CODA, which made history as the first with a predominantly deaf cast to receive the Best Picture honor.
“We’re thrilled to open this year’s Festival with Siân Heder’s inspiring follow-up to her Oscar-winning CODA,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF. “Being Heumann features an electric performance from Ruth Madeley in the story of Judy Heumann, a world-changing advocate for accessibility. We’re also glad to reveal the news that Toronto audiences will be the first to see Cynthia Erivo in Susanna White’s searing legal drama Prima Facie, and that the South Korean power duo of director Hur Jin-ho and superstar Lee Min-ho will launch their thriller The Assassin(s) at our 51st Festival. Lots more to come.”
Being Heumann will debut in select theaters November 6 and premiere globally on Apple TV Friday, November 13.
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