TIFF is excited to unveil the Short Cuts and Primetime programs

TIFF is excited to unveil the Short Cuts and Primetime programs for its 2024 season, with support from the Ontario Arts Council. These programs celebrate the pinnacle of short and serialized content, offering audiences the opportunity to explore new worlds, witness diverse lives, and experience powerful storytelling that challenges perspectives. The 49th Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, will take place from September 5 to 15, 2024.

This year’s Primetime lineup showcases eight exceptional series from around the globe, including five 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. Additionally, the lineup features Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, and Joe Wright’s M. Son of the Century.

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.

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 Programme

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.

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.

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