From Iran’s Between Dreams and Hope to Argentina’s The Currents to Canada’s Meadowlarks, here are the best acquisition titles (films still seeking distribution in Canada, the US, and/or the UK) at TIFF 2025
Toronto International Film Festival
Ep. 180 Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value (TIFF 2025)
On the podcast, Alex Heeney unpacks Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value at TIFF 2025, tracing its echoes of Louder Than Bombs and what it adds to Trier’s ongoing explorations of family, grief, and memory.
Interview: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne on The Unknown Girl
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne discuss the making of The Unknown Girl, the sound design, and creating reality on screen.
TIFF 2024 Ep. 10: Marianne Elliott on directing for stage vs. screen and The Salt Path
Alex interviews legendary theatre director Marianne Elliott about directing for stage vs. screen and her first film, The Salt Path.
TIFF 2024 Ep. 9: Brady Corbet’s 4-hour fictional architect biopic The Brutalist
Angelo Muredda joins Alex to discuss Luca Brady Corbet’s fictional architect biopic The Brutalist.
TIFF 2024 Ep. 8: Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical The End
Angelo Muredda joins Alex to discuss Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, which adapts the William S. Burroughs novel of the same name.