TIFF 2021: Focus on World Cinema
by KM, Movie Lightbox
The second wave of films selected for the 46th Toronto International Film Festival have been revealed. The focus of today’s announcement is on the Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery section of the festival. Through the years, both of these sections feature compelling stories from around the world, mostly from emerging filmmakers and storytellers.
“With these two programmes, Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery, audiences can look forward to this stellar lineup to immerse themselves in. TIFF is dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black and Indigenous filmmakers and filmmakers of colour, emerging Canadian talent, and powerful storytellers who identify as women, and we are eager for Festival-goers to experience this lineup that showcases these unique perspectives.”, said Diana Sanchez, Senior Director, Film, TIFF.
Highlights include films from Lorenzo Vigas’ The Box from Mexico, Manuel Martin Cuenca’s The Daughter from Spain and Carlo Francisco Manatad’s Whether the Weather is Fine from Philippines. Films from Toronto filmmakers will also have their world premieres at TIFF 2021, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s Scarborough and Thyrone Tommy’s Learn To Swim.
The Box by Lorenzo Vigas
Here’s the list of films playing at Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery programme:
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Are You Lonesome Tonight? Wen Shipei | China North American Premiere
The Box (La Caja) Lorenzo Vigas | USA/Mexico North American Premiere
Costa Brava, Lebanon (Costa Brava) Mounia Akl | Lebanon/Norway/Sweden/France/Spain/Denmark/Qatar North American Premiere
The Daughter (La Hija) Manuel Martín Cuenca | Spain World Premiere
The Hill Where the Lionesses Roar (Luaneshat e kodrës) Luàna Bajrami | Kosovo/France North American Premiere
Întregalde Radu Muntean | Romania North American Premiere
Kicking Blood Blaine Thurier | Canada World Premiere
La Soga 2 Manny Perez | USA World Premiere
Maria Chapdelaine Sébastien Pilote | Canada World Premiere
Medusa Anita Rocha da Silveira | Brazil North American Premiere
Murina Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović | Croatia/Brazil/USA/Slovenia North American Premiere
Nobody Has to Know Bouli Lanners | France/Belgium/United Kingdom World Premiere
The Odd-Job Men (Sis dies corrents) Neus Ballús | Spain North American Premiere
The Other Tom (El otro Tom) Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo | Mexico/USA North American Premiere
OUT OF SYNC (Tres) Juanjo Giménez | Spain North American Premiere
Terrorizers Ho Wi Ding | Taiwan World Premiere
Unclenching The Fists Kira Kovalenko | Russia North American Premiere
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas) Edwin | Indonesia/Singapore/Germany North American Premiere
The Wheel Steve Pink | USA World Premiere
Whether the Weather is Fine (Kun Maupay Man It Panahon) Carlo Francisco Manatad | Philippines/France/Singapore/Indonesia/Germany/Qatar North American Premiere
DISCOVERY
Aloners Hong Sung-eun | South Korea International Premiere
Anatolian Leopard (Anadolu Leoparı) Emre Kayış | Germany/Denmark/Turkey/Poland World Premiere
As In Heaven (Du som er i himlen) Tea Lindeburg | Denmark World Premiere
A Banquet Ruth Paxton | United Kingdom World Premiere
Dug Dug Ritwik Pareek | India World Premiere
Farha Darin J. Sallam | Jordan/Sweden/Saudi Arabia World Premiere
The Game Ana Lazarevic | Serbia/USA World Premiere
Learn To Swim Thyrone Tommy | Canada World Premiere
Lo Invisible Javier Andrade | France/Ecuador World Premiere
Paka (River of Blood) Nithin Lukose | India World Premiere
Quickening Haya Waseem | Canada World Premiere
Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson | Canada World Premiere
Snakehead Evan Jackson Leong | USA International Premiere
To Kill The Beast Agustina San Martín | Argentina/Brazil/Chile World Premiere
Tug of War (Vuta N’Kuvute) Amil Shivji | Tanzania/South/Africa/Germany/Qatar World Premiere
Wildhood Bretten Hannam | Canada World Premiere
The 46th edition of Toronto International Film Festival runs September 9 - 18.
Image courtesy of TIFF