TIFF According to Neon Non-Fiction Head Dan O’Meara

Dan O’Meara heads up non-fiction at indie powerhouse Neon, the place he has just lately labored on movies like Andrew McCarthy’s Brat Pack title Brats and GameStop inventory doc Rise of the Gamers. He might be on the bottom on the Toronto Movie Competition with the documentary Males of Battle.

Described by TIFF programmers as “Rambo meets Fyre Fest,” the title from director Billy Corben and Jen Gatien follows a former U.S. Inexperienced Beret who’s recruited to take away Venezuela’s president in an operation that fails in spectacular vogue.

Forward of the fest, O’Meara shared with THR some suggestions and methods for serving the fest (ask a Canadian for a cigarette), in addition to one humorous encounter with Jamie Foxx.

My “solely in Toronto” second?
Bought a last-minute invite to the premiere of No Nation Previous Males.

My “Canadians are so good” second?
I requested a man on Bloor St if I may bum a cigarette. He gave half a pack + a lighter. True story.

The one place I’ve to go to when in Toronto?
Ravis’ Soups.

The place I keep away from in the course of the pageant is?
The Soho Home (too removed from every part).

My favourite Canadian director/expertise is (and why)?
Sarah Polley. Away From Her broke me.

Essentially the most Canadian factor about Toronto?
Tim Hortons.

The one factor I received’t journey with out (moreover my cellphone)?
If not my cellphone, then a charger…for my cellphone.

Greatest star encounter in Toronto?
Jamie Foxx sat down for breakfast with me at The Intercontinental and commenced speaking to me believing I used to be his agent’s assistant.

Ryan Gosling or Ryan Reynolds?
Gosling. No contest.

In Toronto, it is best to all the time?
Take a protracted stroll in Excessive Park.

In Toronto, it is best to by no means?
Order a breakfast burrito from a meals truck at first of an 18-hour day.