EMILY
EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.
WORLD PREMIERE
Section: Platform
Directed by: Frances O’Connor
Written by: Frances O’Connor
Cast: Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling, Adrian Dunbar, Amelia Gething, Gemma Jones
Produced by: Piers Tempest, David Barron, Robert Connolly
Festival Screenings:
Friday, September 9th at 8:30 pm at Royal Alexandra Theater (World Premiere)
Sunday, September 11th at 12:20 pm at Scotiabank Theater, Aud. #14
GOOD NIGHT OPPY
(Prime Video)
Good Night Oppy tells the inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. The film follows Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans millions of miles away.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Section: Special Presentations
Director: Ryan White
Genre: Documentary, Space/Science
Festival Screenings:
Monday, September 12th at 5:45 pm at Scotiabank 3 (International Premiere)
Wednesday, September 14th at 6:00 pm at Cinesphere Theatre
Saturday, September 17th at 8:55 am at Scotiabank 12
THE HUMMINGBIRD
(Acquisition Title)
Based on the novel by Sandro Veronesi, this profoundly moving nonlinear epic depicts the strange, wondrous life of Marco Carrera (Pierfrancesco Favino) from childhood through adulthood to his final years.
WORLD PREMIERE
Section: Gala Presentation
Director: Francesca Archibugi
Based on the novel: Il Colibrì by Sandro Veronesi
Written by: Francesca Archibugi, Laura Paolucci, Francesco Piccolo
Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Kasia Smutniak, Pierfrancesco Favino, Benedetta Porcaroli, Nanni Moretti
Producers: Domenico Procacci, Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Festival Screenings:
Friday, September 16 at 9:00 pm at Roy Thomson Hall (World Premiere)
Saturday, September 17 at 10:00 pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema
Sunday, September 18 at 12:30 pm at Scotiabank Theatre Aud. #4
THE KING’S HORSEMAN
(Netflix)
When Elesin (Odunlade Adekola), the king’s chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfill his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction between the unborn, the living, and the dead, thereby setting in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world. THE KING’S HORSEMAN marks the final film from renowned Nigerian novelist, playwright and filmmaker Biyi Bandele (Blood Sisters, Half of a Yellow Sun) who died in August of 2022.
WORLD PREMIERE
Section: Special Presentation
Director: Biyi Bandele
Written by: Biyi Bandele
Adapted from: An original Stage Play titled ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’ by Professor Wole Soyinka
Cast: Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Mark Elderkin, Jenny Stead, Deyemi Okanlawon, Olawale “BrymO” Olofooro, Jide Kosoko, Omowunmi Dada, Langley Kirkwood, Ajoke Silva, Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett
Executive Producer: Mo Abudu
Creative Producers: Mo Abudu and Heidi Uys
Producers: Judith Audu, James Amuta, Adeola Osunkojo, Quinty Pillay
Festival Screenings:
Saturday, September 10 at 6:00 pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 1 (World Premiere)
Wednesday, September 14 at 9:30 pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 3
Saturday, September 17 at 7:00 pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 3
PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS
(Acquisition Title)
Through the stories of everyday citizens resisting against the status quo, PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS, the new documentary from filmmaker and journalist, Sinéad O’Shea confronts Ireland’s recent history of brutality against children and women from corporal punishment to state-sanctioned mother and baby homes.
World Premiere
Section: TIFF Docs
Director: Sinéad O’Shea
Producers: Maya Derrington, Sinéad O’Shea
Executive Producer: Katie Holly
Festival Screenings:
Saturday, September 10th at 2:30 pm at Scotiabank Theater, Aud. #13 (World Premiere)
Sunday, September 11th at 3:35 pm at Scotiabank Theater, Aud. #11
Thursday, September 15th at 11:35 am at Scotiabank Theater, Aud. #11
