#TIFF: 2024 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT GALAS ANNOUNCED
The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival will kick off with David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers starring Ben Stiller on September 5, 2024 and close with Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut The Deb on September 15, 2024 both making their World Premiere at Roy Thomson Hall as part of the Gala programme, sponsored by Dyson.
“This year’s Festival is shaping up to be a star-studded event with highly anticipated films that reflect the world around us with humour and empathy, like our ...
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#TIFF24: ADDITIONAL FIVE WORLD PREMIERES TO TAKE PLACE AT 2024 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Toronto International Film Festival, renowned for bringing global cinema to Toronto’s local and international public audiences, is announcing five more exciting World Premiere titles from the Gala programme, sponsored by Dyson, and the Special Presentation programme. Today’s films are from internationally acclaimed filmmakers and feature stories from Canada, France, India, the United Kingdom, and the USA: Eden is a survival thriller based on true events about the lengths we will go to ...
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#TIFF: CATE BLANCHETT TO BE HONOURED WITH TIFF SHARE HER JOURNEY GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF is thrilled to announce that the renowned Australian actor and producer Cate Blanchett will be honoured at the 2024 TIFF Tribute Awards as the recipient of the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award. Blanchett will also participate in an In Conversation With… event, offering audiences an intimate look into the two-time Academy Award winner’s illustrious career.
A trailblazer in advocating for greater representation and equality in the film industry and one ...
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#TIFF: AMY ADAMS, SANDRA OH AND DAVID CRONENBERG AMONG HONOUREES AT TIFF 2024 TRIBUTE GALA
Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF, is delighted to announce the first honourees of this year’s Tribute Awards: Oscar-nominated actor Amy Adams, who will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award; and iconic Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter David Cronenberg, who will be recognized with the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award. Sandra Oh, the award-winning Korean Canadian actor and producer, will serve as the inaugural Tribute Awards Honorary Chair. The sixth annual Tribute Awards will take place ...
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#TIFF: TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCE FIRST ROUND OF FILMS FOR 2024
The Toronto International Film Festival is getting ready to roll out the red carpets to welcome the world’s largest public audience of local and international film lovers to Toronto from September 5–15, 2024. Setting the stage for an exciting Festival ahead is today’s announcement of six highly-anticipated titles from the Gala programme, sponsored by Dyson, and Special Presentation programme from internationally acclaimed filmmakers making their World Premieres at the 49th edition of the ...
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#TIFF: “WOMEN IN ACTION” SERIES COMING THIS SUMMER
TIFF is excited to announce Women in Action, a new marquee series helmed by women, celebrating the trailblazing actors and stunt performers who have advanced the action genre both on and off screen. Spanning 70 years with a focus on American and Asian cinema, this 25-film series explores various themes and sub-genres, shining a light on today's action stars and the women who paved their way. The incomparable Michelle Yeoh bookends Women in Action with two standout performances in the ...
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#TIFF: ARIEL NASR WINS 2024 TIFF-CBC FILMS SCREEWRITER AWARD
TIFF is delighted to announce Ariel Nasr as the recipient of this year’s TIFF–CBC Films Screenwriter Award for his screenplay Daudistan. As part of the award, he will receive a prize of $15,000 along with support from a script consultant and access to the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and TIFF Industry Conference. Nasr will be celebrated in person this evening at the TIFF–CBC Films: Celebrating Screenwriters Cocktail event at TIFF Lightbox, along with the previously announced ...
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#TIFF: MICHAEL POWELL AND EMERIC PRESSBURGER FILM SERIES & ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH 2024 PROGRAMMING
Hot on the heels of the BFI’s major UK-wide film program, CINEMA UNBOUND: THE CREATIVE WORLDS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, and in partnership with the BFI, TIFF Cinematheque will be debuting Of Myth and Magic: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, presented by ISTIC ILLIC PICTURES, on May 10. A celebration of one of the greatest and most enduring filmmaking duos in the history of cinema, this is the first stop on its North American tour. Michael Powell (1905–1990) ...
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#TIFF: TIFF ANNOUNCES WRITERS’ STUDIO CLASS OF 2024
TIFF is thrilled to unveil the lineup for the 2024 Writers’ Studio, the prestigious annual program fostering the next generation of storytellers. This year marks the 13th edition of the collaborative, five-day intensive lab, designed to empower Canadian and international screenwriters and writer-directors. From a fiercely competitive pool of more than 200 submissions, TIFF has selected a cohort of exceptional talents. The following writers have been selected: Zhannat Alshanova, Aram Collier, ...
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#TIFF: 2024 NEXT WAVE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCED
TIFF is excited to announce the highly anticipated return of the Next Wave Film Festival, supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto back for its 13th edition, which invites young audiences and cinephiles for a weekend of exciting new films and special events. This year, TIFF Next Wave will open the weekend with Battle of the Scores, during which four up-and-coming bands score the silent short film Moontime, directed by Julia Harris and Adlyn Gilbert, and compete for a grand ...
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