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August 9, 2024
TIFF announces its 2024 programming lineup for Primetime and Short Cuts
Primetime welcomes legendary filmmakers presenting serialized formats for the first time and includes new series: Tomas Alfredson's Faithless, Alfonso Cuarón's Disclaimer, Mike Downie's The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, Courtney Montour and Tanya Talaga's The Knowing, Dylan River's Thou Shalt Not Steal, and Thomas Vinterberg's Families Like Ours
TIFF Short Cuts presents an international slate of 48 films, including narrative, documentary, live-action, and animated selections
Toronto — TIFF is pleased to announce its Short Cuts, supported by the Ontario Arts Council, and Primetime programmes for the 2024 season. Celebrating the very best of short and serialized content, audiences will be immersed in new worlds, experience lives unlike their own, and gain fresh perspectives through powerful storytelling and diverse narratives. The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, will take place September 5–15, 2024.
This year’s Primetime lineup features eight new series from around the world, and of those, five are World Premieres: Tomas Alfredson’s Faithless, Janicza Bravo’s The Listeners, Mike Downie’s The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, Courtney Montour and Tanya Talaga’s The Knowing, and Dylan River’s Thou Shalt Not Steal. The other three series are: Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, and Joe Wright’s M. Son of the Century.
Watch Primetime Lead Programmer Geoff McNaughton’s video on this year’s selection:
This year’s Short Cuts includes 48 short films from 23 countries, selected from a record-breaking 5,300 submissions, and features a variety of live-action narrative, animated, and documentary films, presented across seven screenings. This year’s short films include directorial debuts from Dakota Johnson and Maika Monroe, plus World Premieres of new films by Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Connor Jessup, Joyce A. Nashawati, Amanda Strong, and more.
New this year for Short Cuts is Strange Cuts, a programme of six bold genre films in the spirit of Midnight Madness that range from satirical horror, to mind-bending animation, to innovative thrillers. The programme includes World Premiere shorts by Matty Crawford, ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby, and Joyce A. Nashawati.
Watch Short Cuts Lead Programmer Jason Anderson chat about this year’s selections:
The 2024 Jurors for the Short Cuts Awards for Best International Film and Best Canadian Film are Luis De Filippis, Micah Kernan, and Shane Smith. TIFF is an Academy Award–qualifying Festival, and films that win a TIFF Short Cuts Award are eligible to submit for 97th Academy Awards consideration.
Disclaimer Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
Faithless Tomas Alfredson, Sara Johnsen | Sweden
World Premiere
Families Like Ours Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark/France/Sweden/Czech Republic/Belgium/Norway/Germany
North American Premiere
M. Son of the Century Joe Wright | Italy/France
North American Premiere
The Knowing Courtney Montour, Tanya Talaga | Canada
World Premiere
The Listeners Janicza Bravo, Jordan Tannahill | United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie | Canada
World Premiere
Thou Shalt Not Steal Dylan River | Australia
World Premiere
Deck 5B Malin Ingrid Johansson | Sweden
World Premiere
Silent Panorama Nicolas Piret | Belgium
North American Premiere
Fantas Halima Elkhatabi | Canada
World Premiere
Amarela André Hayato Saito | Brazil
North American Premiere
Maybe Elephants Torill Kove | Norway/Canada
North American Premiere
Sauna Day Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash | Estonia
North American Premiere
welima’q shalan joudry | Canada
World Premiere
Julian and the Wind Connor Jessup | Canada
World Premiere
Percebes Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves | Portugal/France
North American Premiere
Fuck Me Anette Sidor | Sweden/Norway
World Premiere
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah | Canada
World Premiere
Every Other Weekend Mick Robertson, Margaret Rose | Canada
World Premiere
Mercenaire Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Canada
World Premiere
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine | Canada
North American Premiere
The Yellow Maika Monroe, Simone Faoro | USA
World Premiere
Serve the Country Fabián Velasco, Miloš Mitrović | Canada
World Premiere
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba | Canada
North American Premiere
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia/France/Bulgaria/Slovenia
North American Premiere
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong | Canada
World Premiere
Masterpiece Mommy Dorothy Sing Zhang | United Kingdom/China
World Premiere
Loser Baby Dakota Johnson | USA
World Premiere
A Son & a Father Andrés Ramírez Pulido | France/Colombia
North American Premiere
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris | Canada
World Premiere
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut | Canada
World Premiere
On The Way Samir Karahoda | Kosovo
North American Premiere
Out for Ice Cream Rachel Samson | Canada
World Premiere
The Best Ian Bawa | Canada
World Premiere
Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time James P. Gannon, Matt Ferrin | USA
World Premiere
Solemates James Rathbone, Mike Feswick | Canada
World Premiere
Quota Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw | Netherlands
World Premiere
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Philippines/USA/Singapore
World Premiere
The Wolf Theodore Ushev | Canada
North American Premiere
Aïda Neither Elisa Gilmour | France
World Premiere
Alazar Beza Hailu Lemma | Ethiopia/France/Canada
North American Premiere
The Cost of Hugging Louis Bhose | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Marion Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine | France/United Kingdom
North American Premiere
La Voix des Sirènes Gianluigi Toccafondo | France/Italy
North American Premiere
After Sunday Omolola Ajao | Canada
World Premiere
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin Catherine Boivin | Canada
World Premiere
Before They Joined Us Arshile Khanjian Egoyan | Canada
World Premiere
Tenderness Helen Lee | Canada/South Korea
World Premiere
Gender Reveal Mo Matton | Canada
North American Premiere
The Sunset Special 2 Nicolas Gebbe | Germany
North American Premiere
The Beguiling ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby | USA
World Premiere
Don't F*ck With Ba Sally Tran | USA
International Premiere
Stomach Bug Matty Crawford | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Never Have I Ever Joyce A. Nashawati | France
World Premiere
Screening prior to the Centrepiece selection When the Light Breaks:
O Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland/Sweden
North American Premiere
Luis De Filippis
Luis De Filippis is a Canadian Italian filmmaker. Her films include the short For Nonna Anna (2017), which received a Sundance Special Jury Prize, and her debut feature, Something You Said Last Night (2022), which received the TIFF Change Maker Award, Sebastiáne Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, and the Rotterdam Youth Jury Award. De Filippis is an alum of the TIFF Talent Lab, TIFF Writers’ Studio, and CHANEL writing fellowship.
Micah Kernan
Micah Kernan is the Development Manager for both Drama and Comedy at CBC. She coordinates the management, tracking, and distribution of projects, and supports the team by evaluating pitches and being the point of contact for creators to connect with the CBC. Kernan is the current programmer for Canada’s longest running short film showcase, Canadian Reflections. At the CBC, inclusion and representation are a priority, and Micah works to reflect all regions and the country’s multi-faceted nature while programming for Canadian Reflections.
Shane Smith
Shane Smith is a documentary programmer at TVO. From 2015–2023 he was Programming and Artistic Director at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Smith previously worked at the Toronto International Film Festival as the Director of Special Projects and Director of Public Programs. His other roles include Short Film Programmer at Sundance, Director of Programming at Channel Zero Inc., and Executive Producer In-Flight Entertainment at Spafax Canada. Smith has served on juries and spoken on panels at festivals and events globally.
This concludes the second TIFF Takeover of programming alerts. Tickets for TIFF ’24 go on sale to TIFF Members by level beginning on Friday, August 16. For more details, visit tiff.net/join. The full Festival schedule will be released on Tuesday, August 13.
Note: All rights availability details are subject to change. Accredited industry professionals, including buyers, can download the full TIFF 2024 Rights List in the Delegate Resources section of tiff.net/industry. The complete list will be posted in late August.
This year’s Primetime lineup features eight new series from around the world, and of those, five are World Premieres: Tomas Alfredson’s Faithless, Janicza Bravo’s The Listeners, Mike Downie’s The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, Courtney Montour and Tanya Talaga’s The Knowing, and Dylan River’s Thou Shalt Not Steal. The other three series are: Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, and Joe Wright’s M. Son of the Century.
Watch Primetime Lead Programmer Geoff McNaughton’s video on this year’s selection:
New this year for Short Cuts is Strange Cuts, a programme of six bold genre films in the spirit of Midnight Madness that range from satirical horror, to mind-bending animation, to innovative thrillers. The programme includes World Premiere shorts by Matty Crawford, ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby, and Joyce A. Nashawati.
Watch Short Cuts Lead Programmer Jason Anderson chat about this year’s selections:
Primetime (in alphabetical order)
Disclaimer Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
Faithless Tomas Alfredson, Sara Johnsen | Sweden
World Premiere
Families Like Ours Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark/France/Sweden/Czech Republic/Belgium/Norway/Germany
North American Premiere
M. Son of the Century Joe Wright | Italy/France
North American Premiere
The Knowing Courtney Montour, Tanya Talaga | Canada
World Premiere
The Listeners Janicza Bravo, Jordan Tannahill | United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie | Canada
World Premiere
Thou Shalt Not Steal Dylan River | Australia
World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 1
Deck 5B Malin Ingrid Johansson | Sweden
World Premiere
Silent Panorama Nicolas Piret | Belgium
North American Premiere
Fantas Halima Elkhatabi | Canada
World Premiere
Amarela André Hayato Saito | Brazil
North American Premiere
Maybe Elephants Torill Kove | Norway/Canada
North American Premiere
Sauna Day Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash | Estonia
North American Premiere
welima’q shalan joudry | Canada
World Premiere
Julian and the Wind Connor Jessup | Canada
World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 2
Percebes Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves | Portugal/France
North American Premiere
Fuck Me Anette Sidor | Sweden/Norway
World Premiere
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah | Canada
World Premiere
Every Other Weekend Mick Robertson, Margaret Rose | Canada
World Premiere
Mercenaire Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Canada
World Premiere
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine | Canada
North American Premiere
The Yellow Maika Monroe, Simone Faoro | USA
World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 3
Serve the Country Fabián Velasco, Miloš Mitrović | Canada
World Premiere
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba | Canada
North American Premiere
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia/France/Bulgaria/Slovenia
North American Premiere
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong | Canada
World Premiere
Masterpiece Mommy Dorothy Sing Zhang | United Kingdom/China
World Premiere
Loser Baby Dakota Johnson | USA
World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 4
A Son & a Father Andrés Ramírez Pulido | France/Colombia
North American Premiere
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris | Canada
World Premiere
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut | Canada
World Premiere
On The Way Samir Karahoda | Kosovo
North American Premiere
Out for Ice Cream Rachel Samson | Canada
World Premiere
The Best Ian Bawa | Canada
World Premiere
Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time James P. Gannon, Matt Ferrin | USA
World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 5
Solemates James Rathbone, Mike Feswick | Canada
World Premiere
Quota Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw | Netherlands
World Premiere
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Philippines/USA/Singapore
World Premiere
The Wolf Theodore Ushev | Canada
North American Premiere
Aïda Neither Elisa Gilmour | France
World Premiere
Alazar Beza Hailu Lemma | Ethiopia/France/Canada
North American Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 6
The Cost of Hugging Louis Bhose | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Marion Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine | France/United Kingdom
North American Premiere
La Voix des Sirènes Gianluigi Toccafondo | France/Italy
North American Premiere
After Sunday Omolola Ajao | Canada
World Premiere
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin Catherine Boivin | Canada
World Premiere
Before They Joined Us Arshile Khanjian Egoyan | Canada
World Premiere
Tenderness Helen Lee | Canada/South Korea
World Premiere
Strange Cuts
Gender Reveal Mo Matton | Canada
North American Premiere
The Sunset Special 2 Nicolas Gebbe | Germany
North American Premiere
The Beguiling ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby | USA
World Premiere
Don't F*ck With Ba Sally Tran | USA
International Premiere
Stomach Bug Matty Crawford | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Never Have I Ever Joyce A. Nashawati | France
World Premiere
Screening prior to the Centrepiece selection When the Light Breaks:
O Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland/Sweden
North American Premiere
Short Cuts 2024 Jury
Luis De Filippis
Luis De Filippis is a Canadian Italian filmmaker. Her films include the short For Nonna Anna (2017), which received a Sundance Special Jury Prize, and her debut feature, Something You Said Last Night (2022), which received the TIFF Change Maker Award, Sebastiáne Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, and the Rotterdam Youth Jury Award. De Filippis is an alum of the TIFF Talent Lab, TIFF Writers’ Studio, and CHANEL writing fellowship.
Micah Kernan
Micah Kernan is the Development Manager for both Drama and Comedy at CBC. She coordinates the management, tracking, and distribution of projects, and supports the team by evaluating pitches and being the point of contact for creators to connect with the CBC. Kernan is the current programmer for Canada’s longest running short film showcase, Canadian Reflections. At the CBC, inclusion and representation are a priority, and Micah works to reflect all regions and the country’s multi-faceted nature while programming for Canadian Reflections.
Shane Smith
Shane Smith is a documentary programmer at TVO. From 2015–2023 he was Programming and Artistic Director at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Smith previously worked at the Toronto International Film Festival as the Director of Special Projects and Director of Public Programs. His other roles include Short Film Programmer at Sundance, Director of Programming at Channel Zero Inc., and Executive Producer In-Flight Entertainment at Spafax Canada. Smith has served on juries and spoken on panels at festivals and events globally.
This concludes the second TIFF Takeover of programming alerts. Tickets for TIFF ’24 go on sale to TIFF Members by level beginning on Friday, August 16. For more details, visit tiff.net/join. The full Festival schedule will be released on Tuesday, August 13.
Note: All rights availability details are subject to change. Accredited industry professionals, including buyers, can download the full TIFF 2024 Rights List in the Delegate Resources section of tiff.net/industry. The complete list will be posted in late August.