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 TIFF 2022: September 8–18
The 476th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 8–18, 2021. in Canada's most vibrant and exciting metropolis, it has become one of the most important film events on the festival calendar.
Showcasing more than 300 films and hosting industryites from around the world, Toronto can "make or break" films looking for international distribution and a chance at Oscar gold. From glitzy red carpet premieres to challenging art films to cutting edge new media, the Festival offers something for every taste.
Past Coverage 2014 2015 - Coverage 2016 in French English
Reimagined physical and digital festival will feature exciting new films, talks, and interactive experiences
Click above for a social distanced sit-down with TIFF Co-Heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey
TIFF announced today that the 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, taking place September 10–19, is tailored to fit the moment, with physical screenings and drive-ins, digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences and industry talks. This year&rsq...
TIFF is planned for September 10–20, 2020
These past few weeks have been unlike anything we’ve all experienced before. To help limit the spread of COVID-19, we made the necessary decision to close our Toronto cinemas and offices at TIFF Bell Lightbox. During these times, we are acutely aware of the challenges of staying connected as creators, audiences, friends, and family. TIFF is an organization that believes in bringing together communities by creating transformational fi...
Directed by Anthony Chen, director of Ilo Ilo (Cannes Golden Camera 2013).
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VARIETY
“Without artificial-seeming contrivance, Chen masterfully builds resonance through rhyming scenes, repeated images and reoccurring dialogue.”
“With the bittersweet drama “Wet Season,” Singapore writer-director Anthony Chen again proves himself a perceptive observer of life and social class in his tropical nation-state and a sensitive chronicler of issues confronting wo...
Contemporary World Cinema
The Long Walk
2019 / Mattie Do
Midnight Madness
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Congrats to all filmmakers which films have been launched at the Locarno Film Festival and are now screened at the Toronto International Film Festival
Piazza Grande
Instinct by Halina Reijn (Variety Piazza Grande Award - Special Mention Swatch First Feature Award) - CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Tabi no owari sekai no hajimari (To the ...
By Alex Deleon
While Toronto prides itself on being the most important film festival in North America it might not rank so high in importance without the crop of films cloned from Venice across the seas.
No less than sixteen of 21 world premieres unspooled at Venice will have their second unveiling in Toronto which runs from September 5-15 right on the heels of the Italian Mostra Cinematografica which closed on the 7th of September.
The Venice films that will have North American premieres a...
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson’s young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. The film is a moving story of Robertson’s personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music and who together made their mark on music history. Once Were Brothers ble...
Summer's end got you down? Have a laugh with these hot comedies from Summer Hill. These are available for select territories. Please contact us for more info and visit our website at www.summerhillfilms.com!
It's never too late to restart. When a mysterious woman shows up in Chubby's Cafe packed in a suitcase, Chubby and her crazy employees, Lazy, Petty, Anger and Simple, race to discover who she is and what they all have in common.
Ge...
This Saturday evening, September 7th, The Creative Coalition honors Nicolas Cage (Color Out of Space), Keke Palmer (Hustlers), Imogen Poots and Alex Wolff for Castle in the Ground, and Chloe Bennet (Abominable) as 2019 Spotlight Initiative Gala Honorees at the Film Festival in Toronto.
The Creative Coalition's Spotlight Initiative Awards are a prestigious honor in the independent film arena, recognizing and bringing ...
The film tells the story of a group that went from backing up Bob Dylan to become one of the most influential groups of its era.
Directed by Daniel Roher (Ghosts of Our Forest) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard, the feature documentary follows Robertson from his early life in Toronto and on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, in Southern Ontario, to the creation of legendary roots-rock group The Band.
He made music history several times o...
The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival ® unveiled its In Conversation With… slate. Honouring five remarkable, multi-talented industry heavyweights, this year’s lineup stands out for the richness and diversity of the experiences that these accomplished artists will share with Festival goers.
TIFF audiences will have the opportunity to hear about the fascinating careers — both in front of and behind the camera — of Michael B. Jordan & Jamie Foxx, Antonio Ban...
Sweetness in the Belly starring Dakota Fanning and Yahya Abdul Mateen. World Sales Hanway Films (Photo by Chris Katsarov)
Promotional Push for 23 New European Films
The Toronto International Film Festival is one of EFP's (European Film Promotion) most important promotional platforms for European films outside of Europe. With the core aim to support the promotion and sales of the latest European titles, EFP's FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS) sc...
11th Annual Spotlight Initiative Awards to Light Up Toronto honoring NICOLAS CAGE
IMOGEN POOTS and ALEX WOLFF on behalf of Castle in the Ground CHLOE BENNET
The Creative Coalition is pleased to announce honorees headlining the 2019 Spotlight Initiative Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday evening, September 7, 2019 at Nordstrom Supper Suite at MARBL (455 King Street West, Toronto).
The Creative Coalition's Spotlight Initiative Awards are a pr...
2019 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FACT SHEET
(Numbers in parentheses are 2018 statistics)
333 Titles in the Festival: 245 features, 82 shorts, 6 series (342 titles: 250 features, 88 shorts, 4 series)
229 Features or series that are World, International, or North American Premieres: 133, 25, and 71, respectively (232 total: 138 World, 22 International, 72 North American Premieres)
7,925 Total submissions: 6,866 international; 1,059 Canadian (7,926 total: 6,846 internati...
Expected guests attending TIFF 2019
This list is not complete and is subject to change.
David Aaron Olivier Assayas Nicolas Bedos Leslie Adlam Christopher Auchter Zazie Beetz Hiwot Admasu Getaneh Barry Avrich Tawheda Begum Kwaku Adu-Poku Minhal&...
Josefine Frida is the first Norwegian Rising Star at the Toronto International Film Festival. Photo: Asger Mortensen.
First Norwegian Rising Star in Toronto
Josefine Frida, currently best known as Noora in Skam, is, through her role in Disco, the first Norwegian actor to be invited to TIFF’s Rising Stars program, and in 2019 the only European Rising Stars.
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Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today announced that Academy Award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins will be honoured with the Variety Artisan Award at this year’s TIFF Tribute Gala awards event. Th...
TIFF DISCOVERY PROGRAMME UNVEILS DEBUTS FROM CAPTIVATING NEW VOICES SPANNING THE GLOBE
Includes World Premieres from Hinde Boujemaa, Oren Gerner, Antoneta Kastrati, Filippo Meneghetti, Mahnaz Mohammadi, Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, and María Paz González among others
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The Toronto International Film Festival announced today that the World Premiere of Rocks, director Sarah Gavron’s intimate, honest, and precise third feature, will open the 2019 Platform programme. The follow-up to her earlier Suffragette and Brick Lane stars Bukky Bakray in a career-launching role as Rocks, a teenager who suddenly finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother.
“Rocks brilliantly reimagines the coming-of-age n...
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Fox Searchlight
Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today announced that Academy Award–nominated New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi will be honoured with the TIFF Ebert Director Award at this year’s new TIFF Tribute Gala awards event. The award recognizes and honours a distinguished filmmaker for their outstanding contribution to cinema. Taking place on Monday, September 9 at Fairmont Royal York, duri...
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TORONTO — Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today announced the new documentary David Foster: Off the Record will have its World Premiere at TIFF. The film’s premiere will be followed with a special tribute to David Foster at the TIFF Tribute Gala.
With his latest film, award-win...
Photo credit: Brigitte Lacombe
TORONTO — Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today announced that three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep will be honoured with the TIFF Tribute Actor Award, Sponsored by RBC at this year’s new TIFF Tribute Gala awards event. Taking place on Monday, September 9 at Fairmont Royal York, during the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, the Gala is an annual fundr...
The Toronto International Film Festival’s Industry Conference — the hub for business, learning, and networking at the Festival — returns this year, tackling relevant topics in an ever-evolving landscape. Welcoming over 5,500 delegates each year, the five-day conference will explore the global impact of the changing media landscape, with a focus on growing development and sustainable practices for creators and business practitioners. This year’s Industry Conference takes p...
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