Documentary Now! at TIFF 2022, & Armani Beauty LIP MAESTRO

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It has been announced that three episodes of Documentary Now! season 4 is part of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Docs lineup. Also, check out another video from Armani Beauty for their LIP Maestro ad.

Documentary Now! at TIFF

One of the Documentary Now! episodes premiering at TIFF is Two Hairdressers of Bagglyport, which stars Cate Blanchett as a salon staff and Harriet Walter as the salon owner. The festival will run from September 8th to 18th with tickets for general public to go on sale on September 5th, full schedule will be released on August 23rd.

In a whimsical touch, Thom Powers (TIFF Docs Programmer) has tucked something unexpected into the TIFF nonfiction slate—episodes from the upcoming new season of Documentary Now!, the IFC comedy series created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Myers and Rhys Thomas that lovingly parodies the earnest rigor of documentarians and the documentary form.

“We’re going to be previewing three new episodes from season 4,” Powers says. “One of those episodes is called My Monkey Grifter, which is a take on My Octopus Teacher, with the British actor Jamie Demetriou who people will know from Fleabag and other shows. Fred Armisen also makes an appearance in My Monkey Grifter. The second episode is a really warmhearted homage to Agnès Varda, starring the French actress Liliane Rovère, who fans of Call My Agent! will know as the endearing older agent in that series. And she is just pitch perfect as Agnès Varda in that episode. And the third episode is a pet project of Cate Blanchett, who has previously appeared on Documentary Now! And we’re expecting several of the people involved with these episodes to be at TIFF.”

Powers continues, “To have Documentary Now! as part of the [TIFF] selection not only brings a smile to our face, but [the show] is also just such a deeply researched and deeply appreciative reverie about documentary filmmaking that I couldn’t resist inviting it to be part of the program.”