Our 2024 Toronto International Film Festival Coverage
TIFF 2024 runs from September 5–15, and we’ll be covering it — with a special focus on under-the-radar films and films directed by women.
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Index of films covered at TIFF 2024
| Film Title | Director | Country | Section | Coverage | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Truths | Mike Leigh | UK | Special Presentations | Listen to Episode 4 | *Distributed by Bleecker Street | |
| Queer | Luca Guadagnino | Italy/US | Centrepiece | *Distributed by A24 | ||
| A Missing Part | Guillaume Senez | Belgium, France | Centrepiece | Read the Review Listen to Episode 5 | Sales Title | |
| No Other Land | Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway | TIFF Docs | Read the review Listen to Episode 2 | Sales Title | |
| To a Land Unknown | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine | Centrepiece | Read the review. Listen to Episode 2 | Sales Title | |
| Happy Holidays | Scandar Copti | Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar | Centrepiece | Listen to Episode 2 | Sales Title | |
| From Ground Zero | Various Directors | Palestine, France, Qatar, Jordan | TIFF Docs | Listen to Episode 2 | Sales Title | |
| Winter in Sokcho | Koya Kamura | France | Platform | Read the Review Listen to Episode 5 | Sales Title | |
| My Father’s Daughter | Egil Pederson | Sápmi (Norway/Sweden/Finland) | Discovery | Read the Review Listen to Episode 5 (Coming soon!) | Sales Title | |
| Julie Keeps Quiet | Leonardo van Dijl | Belgium, Sweden | Centrepiece | Read the review Listen to Episode 3 | Sales Title | |
| The Swedish Torpedo | Frida Kempff | Sweden | Centrepiece | Listen to Episode 3 | Sales Title | |
| My Sunshine | Nabin Subba | Nepal | Centrepiece | Listen to Episode 3 | *Distributed by Film Movement | |
| Crocodile Tears | Tumpal Tampubolon | Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany | Centrepiece | Read the Review | Sales Title | |
| Short films | Various Directors | Various | Short Cuts | 8 Must-See Shorts at TIFF 2024 | https://seventh-row.com/2024/09/05/8-must-see-short-films-at-tiff-2024/ | |
| Pepe | Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Germany, France, Namibia | Wavelengths | Sales Title | ||
| Bird | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | Special Presentations | Listen to Episode 4 | *Distributed by Mubi | |
| The Return | Uberto Pasolini | United Kingdom | Gala | Listen to Episode 6 | *Distributed by Bleecker Street/Mongrel Media | |
| Conclave | Edward Berger | United Kingdom | Special Presentations | Listen to Episode 6 | *Distributed by Focus Features/Elevation Pictures | |
| Tata | Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc | Romania, Germany, Netherlands | TIFF Docs | Read the Review | Sales Title |
Index of films covered at TIFF 2023
While we wait for TIFF 2024 to begin, see below for the list of all the films we covered at TIFF 2023.
| Film Title | Director | Country | Section | Coverage | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet | France | Special Presentations | Review | ||
| Chuck Chuck Baby | Janis Pugh | UK | Centrepiece | Capsule Review | ||
| Fair Play | Chloe Domont | USA | Gala | Listen | Podcast from Sundance | |
| A Happy Day | Hisham Zaman | Norway, Denmark | Centrepiece | Review | This is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF. | |
| Here | Bas Devos | Belgium | Wavelengths | Listen | https://seventh-row.com/2023/03/01/ep-133-berlinale-2023-here-teachers-lounge-delegation/ | Podcast from Berlinale 2023 |
| I Don't Know Who You Are | M.H. Murray | Canada | Discovery | Capsule Review | Full Review coming for 2024 Canadian release; still seeking international distribution | |
| Limbo | Ivan Sen | Australia | Centrepiece | Review | ||
| Mimang | Kim Taeyang | South Korea | Discovery | Review | One of the best acquisition titles at TIFF | |
| The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan/France/USA/Taiwan | Centrepiece | Review | This is one the best acquisition titles at TIFF | |
| Not a Word | Hannah Slak | Germany/Slovenia/France | Platform | Review | ||
| Pictures of Ghosts | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil | Wavelengths | Review | ||
| A Road to a Village | Nabin Subba | Nepal | Centrepiece | Review | This is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF. | |
| Sisterhood | Nora El Hourch | France | Platform | Capsule Review | ||
| Snow Leopard | Pema Tseden | China | Centrepiece | Review | This is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF. | |
| Solitude | Ninna Pálmadóttir | Iceland/Slovakia/France | Discovery | Review | This is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF. | |
| Songs of Earth | Margareth Olin | Norway | TIFF Docs | Capsule Review | One of the Best Acquisition Titles at TIFF | |
| The Teacher | Farah Nabulsi | UK | Discovery | Capsule Review | One of the best acquisition titles at TIFF. | |
| The Teachers' Lounge | Ilker Çatak | Germany | Centrepiece | Listen | https://seventh-row.com/2023/03/01/ep-133-berlinale-2023-here-teachers-lounge-delegation/ | Podcast from Berlinale 2023 |
| What We See (Tautuktavk) | Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk | Canada | Discovery | Review | Inuit film | |
| Without Air | Katalin Moldovai | Hungary | Discovery | Review |