TIFF ’22’s DISCOVERY, WAVELENGTH and MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme selections were announced earlier today and among the titles to premiere at the Festival this year are Weird Al Yankovic Biopic WEIRD, starring Daniel Radcliffe! While these are only some of the titles, more announcements are coming! The Festival runs September 8-18, 2022.
DISCOVERY
âTIFFâs Discovery programme is a showcase of cinema and talent from around the world â a place to unearth work that is bold, distinctive, and, above all, passionate,â said Dorota Lech, Discovery Lead and International Programmer, TIFF. âThe section has a rich history of championing the first and second features of visionary filmmakers such as Chantal Akerman, Julie Dash, Yorgos Lanthimos, IldikĂł Enyedi, Jafar Panahi, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Steve McQueen, Michael Haneke, Christopher Nolan, Lav Diaz, Barry Jenkins, Alfonso CuarĂłn, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Warwick Thornton, Maren Ade, Joachim Trier, David Gordon Green, Pablo LarraĂn, Valeska Grisebach, and Jean-Marc VallĂ©e, to name just a handful. This yearâs robust programme offers 24 films that shook us to the core, filled us with joy, broke our hearts, and, most importantly, reminded us that the future is bright.â
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aitch Alberto | USA
World Premiere
Baby Ruby Bess Wohl | USA
World Premiere
Carmen Benjamin Millepied | Australia, France
World Premiere
Daughter of Rage (La Hija de todas las Rabias) Laura Baumeister | Nicaragua
World Premiere
A Gaza Weekend Basil Khalil | United Kingdom, Palestine
World Premiere
I Like Movies Chandler Levack | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Discovery Opening Night Film
The Inspection Elegance Bratton | USA
World Premiere
A Long Break Davit Pirtskhalava | Georgia
World Premiere
Pussy Joseph Amenta | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Return to Seoul Davy Chou | South Korea, France, Germany, Belgium
International Premiere
ROSIE Gail Maurice | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Runner Marian Mathias | USA, France, Germany
World Premiere
SHIMONI Angela Wanjiku Wamai | Kenya
World Premiere
Snow and the Bear Selcen Ergun | Turkey, Germany, Serbia
World Premiere
Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis | Canada, Switzerland 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Susie Searches Sophie Kargman | USA
World Premiere
Sweet As Jub Clerc | Australia
International Premiere
The Taste of Apples is Red Ehab Tarabieh | Israel, Germany
World Premiere
This Place V.T. Nayani | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Unruly (Ustyrlig) Malou Reymann | Denmark
World Premiere
Until Branches Bend Sophie Jarvis | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
When Morning Comes Kelly Fyffe-Marshall | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
The Young Arsonists Sheila Pye | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
*** An additional title to be confirmed at a later date.
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
âI am thrilled to announce that Midnight Madness has returned to its traditional 10-film configuration and has a new home at the Royal Alexandra Theatre,â said section curator Peter Kuplowsky. âI also couldnât have hoped for a more appropriate Opening Night film than Weird: The Al Yankovic Story â a beautifully deranged âbiopicâ made in the great Midnight movie tradition of challenging conventions and forging oneâs own path, no matter how weird.â
Starring Daniel Radcliffe as music and comedy legend âWeird Alâ Yankovic, the film leads a gonzo Midnight Madness lineup that includes a double dose of gore-filled action (Sisu and Project Wolf Hunting), two wildly surprising new instalments to iconic horror films (Pearl and V/H/S 99), some magnificently meta genre comedies (The Blackening, The Peopleâs Joker, and Leonor Will Never Die), and a few killer creative horror team-ups (John Hyams and Kevin Williamsonâs Sick, Jaume BalaguerĂł and Ălex de la Iglesiaâs Venus).
Concluding, Kuplowsky added: âThis year, fans of the weird and the wicked will be spending most of their TIFF living in a Midnight Madness paradise.â
The Blackening Tim Story | USA
World Premiere
Midnight Madness Closing Night Film
Leonor Will Never Die Martika Ramirez Escobar | Philippines
Canadian Premiere
Pearl Ti West | USA
North American Premiere
The Peopleâs Joker Vera Drew | USA
World Premiere
Project Wolf Hunting Kim Hongsun | South Korea
World Premiere
Sick John Hyams | USA
World Premiere
Sisu Jalmari Helander | Finland
World Premiere
Venus Jaume BalaguerĂł | Spain
World Premiere
V/H/S 99 Flying Lotus, Johannes Roberts, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa & Joseph Winter | USA
World Premiere
Midnight Madness Opening Night Film
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Eric Appel | USA
World Premiere
WAVELENGTHS
âThe selections in this yearâs Wavelengths lineup reimagine the possibilities of cinema in ways both inspiring and rejuvenating,â said Senior Curator AndrĂ©a Picard. âThe programme itself continues to champion film as art in a climate increasingly challenging for non-commercial and non-conforming work. The filmmakers and artists in this yearâs edition expand the language of film and video, employing narrative, documentary, hybrid, and formalist approaches to assert filmâs status as an autonomous art form and the cinema itself as an essential, communal experience.â
Showcasing a mix of established auteurs, celebrated visual artists, and emerging filmmakers, this yearâs Wavelengths presents eight features, two shorts programmes, and an exhibition, placing timeless, durational works alongside projects of the utmost contemporary urgency â each political by nature of its very existence and, by extension, resistance. Additionally, we are honoured to present a number of important moving-image works from recent gallery and museum exhibitions in the cinema, including an exceptional theatrical screening of Tacita Deanâs latest 16mm film, Fata Morgana. Another of this yearâs highlights includes the first Canadian solo exhibition of Brooklyn-based Moroccan artist Meriem Bennani in an exciting partnership with The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and The Vega Foundation. Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS will be exhibited free to the public at The Power Plant from September 9 through 18.
Features
Concrete Valley Antoine Bourges | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor | France, Switzerland
North American Premiere
Dry Ground Burning (Mato Seco em Chamas) Joana Pimenta, Adirley QueirĂłs | Portugal, Brazil
North American Premiere
Horse Opera Moyra Davey | USA
Festival Premiere
Pacifiction Albert Serra | France, Spain, Germany, Portugal
North American Premiere
Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie | Canada 🇨🇦
North American Premiere
Unrest (Unrueh) Cyril SchÀublin | Switzerland
North American Premiere
Will-oâ-the-Wisp (Fogo-FĂĄtuo) JoĂŁo Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal, France
North American Premiere
Shorts
After Work CĂ©line Condorelli, Ben Rivers | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Bigger on the Inside Angelo Madsen Minax | USA
World Premiere
EVENTIDE Sharon Lockhart | USA
World Premiere
F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now Fox Maxy | Mesa Grande Reservation/USA
Festival Premiere
Fata Morgana Tacita Dean | United Kingdom, USA
Festival Premiere
Hors-titre Wiame Haddad | France
North American Premiere
I Thought the World of You Kurt Walker | Canada 🇨🇦
North American Premiere
Moonrise Vincent Grenier | USA, Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
The Newest Olds Pablo Mazzolo | Argentina, Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Puerta a Puerta Jessica Sarah Rinland, Luis ArnĂas | Mexico, USA, Venezuela
International Premiere
The Time That Separates Us Parastoo Anoushahpour | Canada, Jordan, Palestine 🇨🇦
World Premiere
What Rules the Invisible Tiffany Sia | USA
North American Premiere
Exhibition
Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS (2022) and 2 Lizards (2020)
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, September 9â18
Free Admission
Presented in partnership with The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and The Vega Foundation.
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