Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

With the goal of making a big-screen Australian musical in the vein of movies like Muriel’s Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert that made such an impression on her growing up, Rebel Wilson has in many ways measured up to the delights…

In 2008, Faiza Ahmad Khan made a documentary, Supermen of Malegaon, that focused on the making of a parody-style movie by amateur director Nasir Shaikh, who found success with his friends in the poor small Indian city of Malegaon, where they used their…

DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHTSection: Gala PresentationsDirector: Embeth DavidtzLogline: Based on the book of the same name., Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight is a memoir by British-Rhodesian author Alexandra Fuller about her childhood in Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. Panelists: Dir. – Embeth…

RIFF RAFF Section: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Dito Montiel Logline: Vince (Ed Harris), a former criminal, finds his life turned upside when his estranged son turns up unexpectedly with his pregnant girlfriend and Vince's ex-wife (Jennifer Coolidge) in tow.Distributor: Roadside…

THE RETURN Section: Gala Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Uberto PasoliniLogline: Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes), the king of Ithaca, washes up on the shores of his kingdom to find it much changed since he left to fight in the Trojan War. His wife and queen Penelope (Binoche) has been waiting…

THE PIANO LESSONSection: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Malcolm WashingtonLogline: In his auspicious feature directorial debut, Malcolm Washington brings August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize–winning play to the screen, adapted from a 2022 Broadway revival and carrying over many of the same cast…

K-POPS!Section: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Anderson .PaakLogline: Anderson .Paak is best known for his brilliant music career, but this first feature film opens up a vibrant new avenue for him as an artist. In K-Pops, .Paak directs and acts opposite his real-life son Soul Rasheed for…

CONCLAVESection: Special PresentationsDirector: Edward BergerLogline: Conclave unfolds over a tension-riddled 72 hours, depicting a gripping confrontation between tradition, politics, and faith. Featuring brilliant supporting performances — most notably from Isabella Rossellini as the silent yet…

ANORASection: Special PresentationsDirector: Sean BakerLogline: Sean Baker's latest casts Scream star Mikey Madison as a sex worker named Anora. She may live in a shabby Brooklyn apartment, but every night she glams up and puts on a flirty smile for the men at a local strip club. A chance encounter with…

HARD TRUTHSSection: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: Mike LeighLogline: Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste reteams with Mike Leigh for his first contemporary film since Another Year in 2010. She plays Pansy, an increasingly unmoored London housewife who takes out the frustrations of…

YOUNG WERTHER Section: Special Presentations (World Premiere)Director: José Avelino Gilles Corbett LourençoLogline: Alison Pill and Douglas Booth star in this adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 18th-century novella The Sorrows of Young Werther, relocated to modern-day Toronto in the form of a…

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