2024 Toronto International Film Festival

The 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 5–15, 2024.[1]

2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmNutcrackers by David Gordon Green
Closing filmThe Deb by Rebel Wilson
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Founded1976
AwardsThe Life of Chuck (People's Choice Award)
Festival dateSeptember 5–15, 2024
Websitetiff.net/tiff
Toronto International Film Festival
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The festival opened with David Gordon Green's film Nutcrackers, and closed with Rebel Wilson's directorial debut film The Deb.[2]

Key programming announcements

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The first programming announcements were released on June 18, 2024.[3] A second batch of films was announced on July 9,[4] and the opening and closing galas were announced on July 16.[2] Full program announcements began on July 22, with the gala and special presentations lineups announced that day and several other programs announced over the course of that week.[5] The full festival schedule, including numerous late additions, was announced on August 13.[6] In addition to new and current films, the schedule included anniversary special event screenings of Damien Chazelle's Whiplash and Mina Shum's Double Happiness.[7]

Nutcrackers marked the first time that an acquisitions title not already attached to a commercial distributor opened the festival since Creation launched the 2009 edition.[8] Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail linked this choice to the festival's announcement earlier in the year that it plans to launch a full film market in 2026, suggesting that it signaled an effort by the festival to play an active role in helping the film to secure a distribution deal and thus demonstrate the business case for the market project.[8]

The choice of The Deb as closing film was effectively leaked a few days earlier than the official announcement, when Wilson posted a video to her Instagram account to accuse the film's producers of having tried to block the film's premiere at TIFF.[9]

Awards

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Tribute Awards

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The TIFF Tribute Awards recipients included David Cronenberg as recipient of the Norman Jewison Award, and Amy Adams as a recipient of the performer award.[10] Actor Jharrel Jerome was also honoured in the performance category, and actress Zhao Tao received a special tribute award.[11]

Cate Blanchett was the recipient of the Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award for women who have made a positive difference in the film industry.[12] Angelina Jolie was the recipient of the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media.[13]

Mike Leigh received the Director Award, Camille Dalmais and Clément Ducol received the Variety Artisan Award, and Durga Chew-Bose received the Emerging Talent Award.[14]

Regular awards

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Awards for films, including the People's Choice Award, were announced at the conclusion of the festival.[15] The awards program included a return of the Best Canadian Discovery Award, previously presented by the festival as "Best Canadian First Feature" until being discontinued after the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[16]

Award Film Director
People's Choice Award The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan
People's Choice Award, First Runner Up Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard
People's Choice Award, Second Runner Up Anora Sean Baker
People's Choice Award: Documentaries The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie
Documentary, First Runner Up Will & Harper Josh Greenbaum
Documentary, Second Runner Up Your Tomorrow Ali Weinstein
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Midnight Madness, First Runner Up Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道) John Hsu
Midnight Madness, Second Runner Up Friendship Andrew DeYoung
Platform Prize They Will Be Dust (Polvo serán) Carlos Marqués-Marcet
Platform Prize, Honorable Mention Daughter's Daughter (女兒的女兒) Sylvia Chang (performance)
Best Canadian Feature Film Shepherds (Berger) Sophie Deraspe
Best Canadian Discovery Universal Language (Une langue universelle) Matthew Rankin
Best Canadian Discovery, Honorable Mention You Are Not Alone (Vous n'êtes pas seuls) Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien
Best Canadian Short Film Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut
Best International Short Film Deck 5B (Däck 5B) Malin Ingrid Johansson
Best International Short Film, Honorable Mention Quota (Quotum) Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw
FIPRESCI Award Mother Mother K'naan Warsame
NETPAC Award The Last of the Sea Women Sue Kim

Award juries

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Events

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In Conversation with... events were held featuring Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña, Steven Soderbergh, and Hyun Bin and Lee Dong-wook.[17]

Official selections

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Galas

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The following films were selected to the Gala Presentations section:[5]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe Cosima Spender United Kingdom
Better Man Michael Gracey Australia
The Deb Rebel Wilson
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Embeth Davidtz South Africa
Eden Ron Howard United States
Elton John: Never Too Late R.J. Cutler, David Furnish United States, United Kingdom
The Friend Scott McGehee, David Siegel United States
Harbin 하얼빈 Woo Min-ho South Korea
Meet the Barbarians Les barbares Julie Delpy France
Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola United States
Nutcrackers David Gordon Green
Oh, Canada Paul Schrader
The Penguin Lessons Peter Cattaneo Spain, United Kingdom
The Return Uberto Pasolini Italy, United Kingdom
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Thom Zimny United States
The Shrouds David Cronenberg Canada, France
Superboys of Malegaon Reema Kagti India
Takin' Care of Business Tyler Measom Canada, United States
Unstoppable William Goldenberg United States
Will & Harper Josh Greenbaum
The Wild Robot Chris Sanders
William Tell Nick Hamm Italy, United Kingdom

Special Presentations

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The following films were selected to the Special Presentations section:[5]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
40 Acres R. T. Thorne Canada
All of You William Bridges United States
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Anora Sean Baker United States
The Assessment Fleur Fortuné United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Babygirl Halina Reijn United States
Bird Andrea Arnold United Kingdom
Bring Them Down Christopher Andrews Ireland, Belgium
The Brutalist Brady Corbet United States, United Kingdom, Hungary
Can I Get a Witness? Ann Marie Fleming Canada
Carnival Is Over Os Enforcados Fernando Coimbra Brazil, Portugal
Caught by the Tides 风流一代 Jia Zhangke China
Conclave Edward Berger United States, United Kingdom
The Cut Sean Ellis United Kingdom
Dahomey Mati Diop France, Senegal, Benin
Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard France
The End Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, United Kingdom
The Fire Inside Rachel Morrison United States
The Girl with the Needle Pigen med nålen Magnus von Horn Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Hard Truths Mike Leigh United Kingdom, Spain
Harvest Athina Rachel Tsangari United Kingdom
Heretic Scott Beck and Bryan Woods United States
Hold Your Breath Karrie Crouse, Will Joines
I'm Still Here Ainda Estou Aqui Walter Salles Brazil, France
I, the Executioner 베테랑2 Ryoo Seung-wan South Korea
K-Pops! Anderson .Paak United States
The Last Showgirl Gia Coppola
The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan
Love in the Big City 대도시의 사랑법 E.oni South Korea
The Luckiest Man in America Samir Oliveros United States
Millers in Marriage Edward Burns
Misericordia Miséricorde Alain Guiraudie France, Spain, Portugal
Nightbitch Marielle Heller United States
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland
On Swift Horses Daniel Minahan United States
The Order Justin Kurzel Canada, United States
Paul Anka: His Way John Maggio United States
The Piano Lesson Malcolm Washington United States
Piece by Piece Morgan Neville
Queer Luca Guadagnino Italy, United States
Quisling: The Final Days Quislings siste dager Erik Poppe Norway
Relay David Mackenzie United States
Rez Ball Sydney Freeland
Riff Raff Dito Montiel
The Room Next Door Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson Canada, Germany
The Salt Path Marianne Elliott United Kingdom
Saturday Night Jason Reitman United States
Sharp Corner Jason Buxton Canada, Ireland
Shell Max Minghella United States
Shepherds Berger Sophie Deraspe Canada
Sketch Seth Worley United States
Vermiglio Maura Delpero Italy, France, Belgium
We Live in Time John Crowley France, United Kingdom
Went Up the Hill Samuel Van Grinsven New Zealand, Australia
Without Blood Angelina Jolie United States, Italy
Young Werther José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço Canada

Special Events

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Double Happiness Mina Shum Canada
Dune Denis Villeneuve United States
Dune: Part Two
Whiplash Damien Chazelle

Centrepiece

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The Centrepiece program was announced on August 6.[18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Addition Marcelle Lunam Australia
Anywhere Anytime Milad Tangshir Italy
April Dea Kulumbegashvili Italy, France, Georgia
Beloved Tropic Ana Endara Panama, Colombia
Bliss Hemda Shemi Zarhin Israel
Bound in Heaven 捆绑上天堂 Huo Xin China
By the Stream Suyucheon Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Cloud クラウド Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan
Crocodile Tears Tumpal Tampubolon Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany
Don't Cry, Butterfly Dương Diệu Linh Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia
Edge of Night Türker Süer Germany
The Exiles Los Tortuga Belén Funes Spain, Chile
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara Erin Lee Carr United States
Flow Straume Gints Zilbalodis Latvia, France, Belgium
Front Row Merzak Allouache Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France
Happyend Neo Sora Japan, United States
Happy Holidays Scandar Copti Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Jane Austen a gâché ma vie Laura Piani France
Julie Keeps Quiet Leonardo van Dijl Belgium, Sweden
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End Michael Jonathan New Zealand
Kill the Jockey El jockey Luis Ortega Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, United States
The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos Agbajowo Collective: James Tayler, Ogungbamila Temitope, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, Tina Edukpo, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, A.S. Elijah Nigeria, Germany, South Africa, United States
Little Jaffna Lawrence Valin France
Matt and Mara Kazik Radwanski Canada
Measures for a Funeral Sofia Bohdanowicz
A Missing Part Une part manquante Guillaume Senez Belgium, France
The Mother and the Bear Johnny Ma Canada, Chile
The Mountain Rachel House New Zealand
My Sunshine Boku No Osihama Hiroshi Okuyama Japan, France
Pimpinero: Blood and Oil Andrés Baiz Colombia
Presence Steven Soderbergh United States
Santosh Sandhya Suri United Kingdom
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof Iran, France, Germany
Seven Days Ali Samadi Ahadi Germany
Souleymane's Story L'histoire de Souleymane Boris Lojkine France
Sunshine Antoinette Jadaone Philippines
The Swedish Torpedo Den svenska torpeden Frida Kempff Sweden
Sweet Angel Baby Melanie Oates Canada
To a Land Unknown Mahdi Fleifel United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine
Under the Volcano Pod wulkanem Damian Kocur Poland
An Unfinished Film 一部未完成的电影 Lou Ye Singapore, Germany
Universal Language Une langue universelle Matthew Rankin Canada
The Village Next to Paradise Mo Harawe France, Austria, Germany, Somalia
When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France

TIFF Docs

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Documentaries were announced on August 7.[19] One late addition, Alexis Bloom's The Bibi Files, was added to the program just a few days before the festival opened.[20]

The film Russians at War was pulled from the festival following protests accusing it of being Russian propaganda whitewashing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a characterization which the film's producers and TIFF organizers denied.[21] According to CEO Cameron Bailey, "In emails and phone calls, TIFF staff received hundreds of instances of verbal abuse. Our staff also received threats of violence, including threats of sexual violence."[22] TIFF subsequently proceeded with a screening on September 17, outside of the festival dates.[23]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Bibi Files Alexis Bloom United States
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story Sinéad O’Shea Ireland, United Kingdom
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Raoul Peck France
The Freedom of Fierro La Libertad de Fierro Santiago Esteinou Mexico, Canada, Greece
From Ground Zero Wissam Moussa, Nidal Damo, Ahmed Hassouna, Alaa Ayoub, Karim Satoum, Bashar Al Babisi, Khamis Masharawi, Nida’A Abu Hasna, Tamer Nijim, Ahmed Al Danaf, Rima Mahmoud, Muhammad Al Sharif, Basil El Maqousi, Mustafa Al Nabih, Rabab Khamis, Mustafa Kulab, Alaa Damo, Hana Eleiwa, Mahdi Kreirah, Aws Al Banna, Islam Al Zeriei, Etimad Washah Palestine, France, Qatar, Jordan
The Last of the Sea Women Sue Kim United States
The Last Republican Steve Pink
Living Together Cohabiter Halima Elkhatabi Canada
Men of War Jen Gatien, Billy Corben United States, Canada
Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo China, United States
No Other Land Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor Palestine, Norway
Patrice: The Movie Ted Passon United States
A Sisters' Tale Leila Amini Switzerland, France, Iran
So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson Canada
Space Cowboy Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt United States
Sudan, Remember Us Soudan, souviens-toi Hind Meddeb France, Tunisia, Qatar
Tata Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc Romania, Germany, Netherlands
Temporary Shelter Tímabundið Skjól Anastasiia Bortuali Iceland
Vice Is Broke Eddie Huang United States
Wishing on a Star Peter Kerekes Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia
Your Tomorrow Ali Weinstein Canada

Discovery

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The Discovery program lineup was announced on July 24.[24]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Aberdeen Ryan Cooper, Eva Thomas Canada
Bonjour Tristesse Durga Chew-Bose Canada, Germany
Boong Lakshmipriya Devi India
The Courageous Les Courageux Jasmin Gordon Switzerland
Diciannove Giovanni Tortorici Italy
Do I Know You from Somewhere? Arianna Martinez Canada
Freedom Way Afolabi Olalekan Nigeria
Gülizar Belkıs Bayrak Turkey, Kosovo
Horizonte César Augusto Acevedo Colombia, France, Luxembourg, Chile, Germany
Ink Wash Sarra Tsorakidis Romania, Greece, Denmark
Linda Mariana Wainstein Argentina, Spain
Meat Dimitris Nakos Greece
Mother Mother K'naan Warsame Canada, Kenya, Somalia, United Kingdom, United States
My Fathers' Daughter Biru Unjárga Egil Pedersen Norway, Sweden, Finland
On Falling Laura Carreira United Kingdom, Portugal
The Paradise of Thorns Wiman Nam Boss Kuno Thailand
The Party's Over Elena Manrique Spain
The Quiet Ones De Lydløse Frederik Louis Hviid Denmark
Really Happy Someday J Stevens Canada
Saba Maksud Hossain Bangladesh
Sad Jokes Fabian Stumm Germany
Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn Canada
Shook Amar Wala
U Are the Universe Pavlo Ostrikov Ukraine, Belgium
Village Keeper Karen Chapman Canada
You Are Not Alone Vous n'êtes pas seuls Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien

Platform

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The Platform Prize program lineup was announced on July 23.[25] The jury comprised filmmakers Atom Egoyan, Hur Jin-ho and Jane Schoenbrun.[25]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Daniela Forever Nacho Vigalondo Spain, Belgium
Daughter's Daughter 女兒的女兒 Huang Xi Taiwan
Mr. K Tallulah H. Schwab Netherlands, Belgium, Norway
Paying for It Sook-Yin Lee Canada
Pedro Páramo Rodrigo Prieto Mexico
They Will Be Dust Polvo serán Carlos Marqués-Marcet Spain, Italy, Switzerland
Triumph Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva Bulgaria, Greece
Viktor Olivier Sarbil Ukraine, United States
Winter in Sokcho Hiver à Sokcho Koya Kamura France
The Wolves Always Come at Night Gabrielle Brady Australia, Mongolia, Germany

Midnight Madness

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The Midnight Madness program lineup was announced on July 25.[26]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Dead Mail Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy United States
Dead Talents Society 鬼才之道 John Hsu Taiwan
Else Thibault Emin France, Belgium
Escape from the 21st Century 从21世纪安全撤离 Yang Li China
Friendship Andrew DeYoung United States
The Gesuidouz ザ·ゲスイドウズ Kenichi Ugana Japan
Ick Joseph Kahn United States
It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This Rachel Kempf, Nick Toti
The Shadow Strays Timo Tjahjanto Indonesia
The Substance Coralie Fargeat United Kingdom, United States, France

Primetime

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Primetime selections were announced on August 9.[27]

The public premiere of The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal was followed by a public singalong of the Tragically Hip songs "Ahead by a Century", "Bobcaygeon" and "Grace, Too", led by Choir! Choir! Choir!, as part of the Festival Street activities.[28]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Disclaimer Alfonso Cuarón United Kingdom
Faithless Tomas Alfredson, Sara Johnsen Sweden
Families Like Ours Familier som vores Thomas Vinterberg Denmark, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Belgium, Norway, Germany
The Knowing Courtney Montour, Tanya Talaga Canada
The Listeners Janicza Bravo, Jordan Tannahill United Kingdom
M. Son of the Century M. Il figlio del secolo Joe Wright Italy, France
Thou Shalt Not Steal Dylan River Australia
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie Canada

Short Cuts

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Short Cuts selections were announced on August 9.[29]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
After Sunday Omolola Ajao Canada
Aïda Neither Aïda non plus Elisa Gilmour France
Alazar Beza Hailu Lemma Ethiopia, France, Canada
Amarela André Hayato Saito Brazil
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin Catherine Boivin Canada
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut Canada
Before They Joined Us Arshile Khanjian Egoyan Canada
The Beguiling ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby United States
The Best Ian Bawa Canada
The Cost of Hugging Louis Bhose United Kingdom
Deck 5B Däck 5B Malin Ingrid Johansson Sweden
Don't F*ck With Ba Sally Tran United States
Every Other Weekend Mick Robertson, Margaret Rose Canada
Fantas Halima Elkhatabi Canada
Fuck Me Anette Sidor Sweden, Norway
Gender Reveal Mo Matton Canada
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Inkwo à la défense des vivants Amanda Strong Canada
Julian and the Wind Connor Jessup Canada
Loser Baby Dakota Johnson United States
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti Nebojša Slijepčević Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia
Marion Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine France, United Kingdom
Masterpiece Mommy Dorothy Sing Zhang United Kingdom, China
Maybe Elephants Kanskje det var elefanter Torill Kove Norway, Canada
Mercenaire Pier-Philippe Chevigny Canada
Never Have I Ever Joyce A. Nashawati France
O Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Sweden
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris Canada
On the Way Rrugës Samir Karahoda Kosovo
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah Canada
Out for Ice Cream Crème à glace Rachel Samson Canada
Percebes Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves Portugal, France
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine Canada
Quota Quotum Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw Netherlands
Sauna Day Sannapäiv Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash Estonia
Serve the Country Fabián Velasco, Miloš Mitrović Canada
Silent Panorama Nicolas Piret Belgium
Solemates James Rathbone, Mike Feswick Canada
A Son & a Father 1 Hijo & 1 Padre Andrés Ramírez Pulido France, Colombia
Stomach Bug Matty Crawford United Kingdom
The Sunset Special 2 Nicolas Gebbe Germany
Tenderness Helen Lee Canada, South Korea
La Voix des Sirènes Gianluigi Toccafondo France, Italy
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan Philippines, United States, Singapore
welima’q shalan joudry Canada
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba Canada
The Wolf Le Loup Theodore Ushev Canada
Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time James P. Gannon, Matt Ferrin United States
The Yellow Maika Monroe, Simone Faoro United States

Wavelengths

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Wavelengths selections were announced on August 8.[30]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Adrift Potentials Potenciais à deriva Leonardo Pirondi Brazil, United States
Archipelago of Earthen Bones: To Bunya Malena Szlam Canada, Australia, Chile
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich United States
Being John Smith John Smith United Kingdom
A Black Screen Too Rhayne Vermette Canada
Collective Monologue Monólogo colectivo Jessica Sarah Rinland Argentina, United Kingdom
The Damned Roberto Minervini Italy, United States, Belgium
The Diary of a Sky Lawrence Abu Hamdan Lebanon
Drama 1882 Wael Shawky Egypt
exergue - on documenta 14 Dimitris Athiridis Greece
Exposé du film annonce du film “Scénario” Jean-Luc Godard France, Japan
Go Between Chris Kennedy Canada, Australia
Grand Tour Miguel Gomes Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China
Lázaro at Night Lázaro de noche Nicolás Pereda Canada, Mexico
Notes of a Crocodile Daphne Xu Cambodia, China, Canada
October Noon Octubre al mediodía Francisco Rodríguez Teare Chile, France
Pepe Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias Dominican Republic, Germany, France, Namibia
Perfumed with Mint Moattar binanaa Muhammed Hamdy Egypt, France, Tunisia, Qatar
Revolving Rounds Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik Austria
Scénarios Jean-Luc Godard France, Japan
The Sojourn 暫棲 Tiffany Sia United States
Someplace in Your Mouth Beatrice Gibson, Nick Gordon Italy
Viet and Nam Trong lòng đất Minh Quý Trương Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Vietnam
Youth (Hard Times) Qing Chun (Ku) Wang Bing France, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Youth (Homecoming) Qing Chun (Gui) Wang Bing France, Luxembourg, Netherlands

TIFF Classics

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Classics selections were announced on August 8.[30]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Awaara Raj Kapoor India
Bona Lino Brocka Philippines
Essene Frederick Wiseman United States
Masala Srinivas Krishna Canada
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Canada
Time of Maturity Reifezeit Sohrab Shahid Saless Germany

Festival Street

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Free outdoor screenings of classic films with thematic or production connections to films in the main festival program at David Pecaut Square.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Arrival Denis Villeneuve United States
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Rawson Marshall Thurber United States
Drumline Charles Stone III United States
Footloose Herbert Ross United States
Gattaca Andrew Niccol United States
Ghost Jerry Zucker United States
Ghostbusters Ivan Reitman United States
The Karate Kid John G. Avildsen United States
The Outsiders Francis Ford Coppola United States
Pitch Perfect Jason Moore United States

Film Market

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With the launch of a full film market having been announced for 2026, the 2024 festival included a larger selection than previous years of films that were screened for film buyers and all industry professionals at the festival, but not open to the general public.[31] This included a mixture of films that had yet to be released at all, and films that had already been released in other countries but had not yet secured distribution in North America.

Industry Selects

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
100 Litres of Gold Teemu Nikki Finland
Code 3 Christopher Leone United States
Locked David Yarovesky United States
London Calling Allan Ungar United States
Monsieur Aznavour Mehdi Idir France
Noise Kim Soo-jin South Korea
Rich Flu Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Spain
Skeet Nik Sexton Canada
Transamazonia Pia Marais France, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan, Brazil
Yuppie Sergio Navarretta Canada

Market Screenings

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The 47 El 47 Marcel Barrena Spain
Africa, Cradle of Humankind and Modern Civilizations L'Afrique, berceau de l'humanité et des civilisations modernes Bénita Jacques Canada
The American Backyard L'orto americano Pupi Avati Italy
Americano Deny Gallagher United States
And Their Children After Them Leurs enfants après eux Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma France
Average Joe Harold Cronk United States
Battlefield Campo di battaglia Gianni Amelio Italy
Compound Eyes of Tropical Fish Wang Taiwan
Disciples in the Moonlight Brett Varvel United States
Diva Futura Giulia Steigerwalt Italy
Dullsville and the Doodleverse Ingi Erlingsson, Burnt Toast Canada, United Kingdom, United States
Embrace Again 穿過寒冬擁抱你 Xue Xiaolu China
Endless Journey San da dui Mo Dai China
Feeling Better Nonostante Valerio Mastandrea Italy
Forty-Seven Days with Jesus David M. Gutel, Emilio Palame United States
Four Mothers Darren Thornton Ireland
Ghost of the Dark Path Fish Wang Taiwan
God's Not Dead: In God We Trust Vance Null United States
Hitpig! Cinzia Angelini, David Feiss Canada, United Kingdom
I Am No Queen Minu Basi Canada
ICONS by Women in Cloud Dillion Leavitt United States
Inexternal Kim Wai Yuen Hong Kong
Inquiry of Shadows Rayah Ali Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom, United States
Juna Jiban Century Nepal
Last Breath Costa-Gavras France
The Last Romantics David Pérez Sañudo Spain
Like Family Leah Walker Canada
Love Never Ends Yan Han China
Love, Courage and the Battle of Bushy Run Dave Alan Johnson, Larry A. McLean United States
Marco, the Invented Truth Marco, la verdad inventada Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi Spain
Matador Giampaolo Manfreda Spain
Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot Australia
Mother Mara Mirjana Karanović Switzerland, Serbia, Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia
Old Fox lǎo hú li Hsiao Ya-chuan Taiwan
Once in a Blue Moon Andy Lo Hong Kong
The Otherside of History Onyeka Nwelue Canada, Nigeria, United States
Peg O' My Heart Nick Cheung Hong Kong
Post Truth Chengpeng Dong China
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure Olivier Masset-Depasse France
Ravens Mark Gill Japan, France
Rita Paz Vega Spain
The Rule of Jenny Pen James Ashcroft New Zealand
The Ruse Stevan Mena United States
The Saint of Varet Munnawar Bhagat India
Sicilian Letters Iddu Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia France, Italy
Skeleton Coast Robert O. Peters Namibia
Sorry Mom Nabin Bogati Nepal
Tara and Akash: Love Beyond Realms Srinivas Abrol India
Taste the Revolution Daniel Klein United States
Three Friends Trois amies Emmanuel Mouret France
Transmitzvah Daniel Burman Argentina
Trust Confidenza Daniele Luchetti Italy
The Unwavering Brotherhood Terry Ng Hong Kong
Viva La Vida Yan Han China
The Wailing El llanto Pedro Martín-Calero Spain, France, Argentina
When Fall Is Coming Quand vient l'automne François Ozon France
When the Monsters Come Out James Amuta Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago

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