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The best acquisition titles at TIFF19

Here you'll find links to our reviews of must-see acquisition titles seeking distribution in at least one of the US, the UK, or Canada. Catch these films while you can, and help us spread the word that distributors should take notice.

In alphabetical order:

Balloon

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

Clemency

Comets

Corpus Christi

Ema

Hope

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Kuessipan

Lina from Lima

The Lost Okoroshi

Made in Bangladesh

Murmur

Noura's Dream

Our Lady of the Nile

Paris Stalingrad

Proxima

Rocks

White Lie

A still of Eva Green in a space suit in Proxima next to a headshot of director Alice Winocour. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / November 9, 2020

‘Astronauts are so fragile’: Alice Winocour on Proxima

Proxima director Alice Winocour discusses drawing a connection between motherhood and space exploration. Read more on Proxima >> “The idea of the …

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Disco, Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, Josefine Frida

Orla Smith / October 5, 2019

Interview: Disco shows “the journey to become radical”

Director Jorunn Mykelbust Syversen and actress Josefine Frida on Disco, a dark drama about the dangers of fanatical religion. Discover more TIFF acquisition …

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Atiq Rahimi, Our Lady of the Nile

Orla Smith / October 1, 2019

Atiq Rahimi on uncovering the seeds of war in Our Lady of the Nile

Atiq Rahimi discusses Our Lady of the Nile, a poetic retelling of the brewing prejudice in Rwanda that led to genocide. Read our review of the film here. …

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Anne at 13,000 ft, Kazik Radwanski, Deragh Campbell

Orla Smith / October 1, 2019

Life in closeup: Kazik Radwanski on Anne at 13,000 ft

Director Kazik Radwanski discusses the two year journey of making Anne at 13,000 ft, which premiered in the Platform competition at TIFF. Read more about our …

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Haifaa Al-Mansour, The Perfect Candidate

Orla Smith / September 27, 2019

TIFF interview: Haifaa Al-Mansour on her political crowdpleaser, The Perfect Candidate

Director Haifaa Al-Mansour discusses returning to Saudi Arabia for her fourth feature, The Perfect Candidate, a crowdpleaser about women in …

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Alex Heeney / September 20, 2019

‘Everyone is orbiting around her’: Pablo Larraín and Mariana di Girolamo on Ema

Director Pablo Larraín and lead actress Mariana di Girolamo discuss their pulsing, colourful, bonkers, and utterly invigorating film, Ema, revealing character …

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