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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

Orla Smith / September 9, 2019

TIFF19 review: Kuessipan , a standout Indigenous coming-of-age story

Myriam Verreault’s Kuessipan is a captivating story about two teenage girl’s friendship on a Quebec Innu reserve

Alex Heeney / September 9, 2019

Noura’s Dream is a must-see film at TIFF19

Alex Heeney reviews Maria Søhndal’s Hope, one of the best acquisition titles screening at TIFF19, which stars Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellen Skarsgård.

Brett Pardy / September 8, 2019

TIFF19 film review: Balloon is a must-see acquisition title

Tibetan director Pema Tseden’s new film, Balloon, captures a family torn between their traditional farming community and modernity. The film is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF!9. Tibetan director Pema Tseden’s family drama, Balloon, captures a family torn between their traditional farming community and modernity. Set in the picturesque Tibetan plains, shephard Dargye […]

Orla Smith / September 8, 2019

TIFF19 review: Lina from Lima, a must-see acquisition title

Lina from Lima is part realist drama about the immigrant working experience and part flamboyant musical, and it’s one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.

Alex Heeney / September 8, 2019

TIFF19: An interview with the creative team behind the film Rocks

Director Sarah Gavron and her team of collaborators discuss the making of their film Rocks, collaborating with teenage girls to develop the film’s characters, and the importance of music.

Alex Heeney / September 8, 2019

TIFF19 review: Corpus Christi, a must-see acquisition title

The Vicar of Granchester meets Suits (he’s faking his priesthood), but darker because this is Poland where everyone’s a hypocrite and the church is the worst of all.

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