Following the announcement of its first wave of selections (read news) and its more compact Platform section, all composed of world premieres this year (read news), the Toronto International Film Festival (running 8-18 September) has announced its second large batch of titles for the Discovery, Midnight Madness and Wavelengths sections. The three strands will host 54 films, of which 16 are full European productions or co-productions. Particularly in Wavelengths, the festival’s left-field and experimental section, the majority are enjoying their first full North American showings after excelling at Cannes and Berlin.

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Discovery, reserved for debuts or second features, has many notable Middle Eastern films amongst its European-financed contingent. Basil Khalil’s A Gaza Weekend [+lire aussi :
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Dorota Lech, TIFF’s Discovery lead and international programmer, said, “The program is a showcase of cinema and talent from around the world — a place to unearth work that is bold, distinctive, and, above all, passionate. This year’s robust program offers 24 films that shook us to the core, filled us with joy, broke our hearts, and, most importantly, reminded us that the future is bright.

Wavelengths, almost a festival-within-a festival with its off-site exhibition and shorts programmes, will allow Toronto audiences first looks at the likes of Albert Serra’s acclaimed Pacifiction [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a queer Portuguese musical that brought its audience to mid-film applause at its Cannes Quinzaine screening. For Senior Curator Andréa Picard, “The selections in this year’s Wavelengths line-up reimagine the possibilities of cinema in ways both inspiring and rejuvenating. The program itself continues to champion film as art in a climate increasingly challenging for non-commercial and non-conforming work.”

The titles announced so far for the three sections:

Discovery

The Inspection - Elegance Bratton (USA) (opening film)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Aitch Alberto (USA)
Baby Ruby - Bess Wohl (USA)
Carmen [+lire aussi :
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Daughter of Rage [+lire aussi :
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A Gaza Weekend [+lire aussi :
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I Like Movies - Chandler Levack (Canada)
A Long Break [+lire aussi :
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Pussy - Joseph Amenta (Canada)
Return to Seoul [+lire aussi :
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ROSIE - Gail Maurice (Canada)
Runner [+lire aussi :
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SHIMONI - Angela Wanjiku Wamai (Kenya)
Snow and the Bear [+lire aussi :
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interview : Selcen Ergun
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Something You Said Last Night [+lire aussi :
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Susie Searches - Sophie Kargman (USA)
Sweet As - Jub Clerc (Australia)
The Taste of Apples is Red [+lire aussi :
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This Place - VT Nayani (Canada)
Unruly [+lire aussi :
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Until Branches Bend [+lire aussi :
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When Morning Comes - Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Canada)
The Young Arsonists - Sheila Pye (Canada)

Midnight Madness

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - Eric Appel (USA) (opening film)
The Blackening - Tim Story (USA)
Pearl - Ti West (USA)
The People’s Joker - Vera Drew (USA)
Project Wolf Hunting - Kim Hongsun (South Korea)
Sick - John Hyams (USA)
Sisu [+lire aussi :
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Venus [+lire aussi :
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V/H/S 99 - Flying Lotus, Johannes Roberts, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa & Joseph Winter (USA)
Leonor Will Never Die - Martika Ramirez Escobar (Philippines) (closing film)

Wavelengths

Feature films

Concrete Valley - Antoine Bourges (Canada)
De Humani Corporis Fabrica [+lire aussi :
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interview : Véréna Paravel et Lucien C…
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Dry Ground Burning [+lire aussi :
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Horse Opera - Moyra Davey (USA)
Pacifiction [+lire aussi :
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interview : Albert Serra
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Queens of the Qing Dynasty - Ashley McKenzie (Canada)
Unrest [+lire aussi :
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Will-o’-the-Wisp [+lire aussi :
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Short films

After Work - Céline Condorelli, Ben Rivers (UK)
Bigger on the Inside - Angelo Madsen Minax (USA)
EVENTIDE - Sharon Lockhart (USA)
F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now - Fox Maxy (Mesa Grande Reservation/USA)
Fata Morgana - Tacita Dean (UK/USA)
Hors-titre - Wiame Haddad (France)
I Thought the World of You - Kurt Walker (Canada)
Moonrise - Vincent Grenier (USA/Canada)
The Newest Olds - Pablo Mazzolo (Argentina/Canada)
Puerta a Puerta - Jessica Sarah Rinland, Luis Arnías (Mexico/USA/Venezuela)
The Time That Separates Us - Parastoo Anoushahpour (Canada/Jordan/Palestine)
What Rules the Invisible - Tiffany Sia (USA)