{"id":20655,"date":"2021-07-27T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/?p=20655"},"modified":"2021-09-06T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T20:38:16","slug":"tiff-2021-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/tiff-2021-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"TIFF 2021 Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
Key:<\/span>\nFeatures (40min. and up) are in bold<\/strong>\nShorts are in italics<\/em>\n\u2605 - I have seen this film and feel that it is worth seeing (5.5 and higher)\n\u2718 - I have seen this film and wish I hadn't (3.9 and lower)\n\u25cf - I have seen this film and am more or less okay with that\n\u25cb - I am seriously considering making an attempt to see this film during the festival\n16mm<\/strong><\/span>, 35mm<\/strong><\/span>, 70mm<\/strong><\/span> - It'll be screened from a film print\n\nColour coding:<\/span>\nNYFF<\/strong><\/span> - Slate and Main\nSUNDANCE<\/strong><\/span> - All slight, everywhere \nBERLINALE<\/strong><\/span> - Taste\nCANNES<\/strong><\/span> - FRANCE\nLOCARNO<\/strong><\/span> - Zeros and Ones\nVENICE<\/strong><\/span> - They Carry Death\nNOTABLE<\/strong><\/span> - Movies I am actively looking forward to, for whatever reason\n\n(Colours trump whatever is below them, so e.g. a film that played both Cannes and Locarno will be gold, unless e.g. it ends up in the NYFF Main Slate in which case it will become purple)\n<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Special Presentations (30; Two years ago: 55)<\/span>
\nAhed\u2019s Knee<\/strong> (Nadav Lapid)<\/span> \u2605
\nAli & Ava<\/strong> (Clio Barnard)<\/span> \u25cf
\nAll My Puny Sorrows<\/strong> (Michael McGowan)
\nBenediction<\/strong> (Terence Davies)<\/span> \u25cb
\nCharlotte<\/strong> (Eric Warin & Tahir Rana)
\nThe Box<\/strong> (Lorenzo Vigas)<\/span>
\nDionne Warwick: Don\u2019t Make Me Over<\/strong> (Dave Wooley & David Heilbroner)
\nDrive My Car<\/strong> (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)<\/span> \u2605
\nEncounter<\/strong> (Michael Pearce)
\nThe Eyes of Tammy Faye<\/strong> (Michael Showalter)
\nThe Falls<\/strong> (Chung Mong-Hong)<\/span> \u25cb
\nFrance<\/strong> (Bruno Dumont)<\/span> \u2605
\nThe Guilty<\/strong> (Antoine Fuqua) \u25cb
\nThe Humans<\/strong> (Stephen Karam)
\nI\u2019m Your Man<\/strong> (Maria Schrader)<\/span> \u25cf
\nInexorable<\/strong> (Fabrice du Welz) \u25cb
\nInu-Oh<\/strong> (Masaki Yuasa)<\/span>
\nLingui, the Sacred Bonds<\/strong> (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)<\/span> \u25cf
\nThe Middle Man<\/strong> (Bent Hamer)
\nMothering Sunday<\/strong> (Eva Husson)<\/span>
\nOfficial Competition<\/strong> (Mariano Cohn & Gast\u00f3n Duprat)<\/span>
\nPetite Maman<\/strong> (C\u00e9line Sciamma)<\/span> \u2605
\nThe Power of the Dog<\/strong> (Jane Campion)<\/span> \u25cb
\nThe Starling<\/strong> (Theodore Melfi) \u25cb
\nThe Story of My Wife<\/strong> (Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi)<\/span> \u25cf
\nSundown<\/strong> (Michel Franco)<\/span> \u25cb
\nThree Floors<\/strong> (Nanni Moretti)<\/span> \u25cf
\nViolet<\/strong> (Justine Bateman) \u25cb
\nWhere Is Anne Frank?<\/strong> (Ari Folman)<\/span>
\nWolf<\/strong> (Nathalie Biancheri)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Contemporary World Cinema (25; Two years ago: 55)<\/span>
\nAre You Lonesome Tonight?<\/strong> (Wen Shipei)<\/span>
\nCompartment No. 6<\/strong> (Juho Kuosmanen)<\/span> \u25cf
\nCosta Brava, Lebanon<\/strong> (Mounia Akl)<\/span> \u25cb
\nThe Daughter<\/strong> (Manuel Mart\u00edn Cuenca)
\nThe Gravedigger\u2019s Wife<\/strong> (Khadar Ayderus Ahmed)<\/span>
\nThe Hill Where the Lionesses Roar<\/strong> (Lu\u00e0na Bajrami)<\/span>
\n\u00centregalde<\/strong> (Radu Muntean)<\/span> \u2605
\nJockey<\/strong> (Clint Bentley)<\/span>
\nKicking Blood<\/strong> (Blaine Thurier)
\nLa Soga 2<\/strong> (Manny Perez)
\nMaria Chapdelaine<\/strong> (S\u00e9bastien Pilote) \u25cb
\nMedusa<\/strong> (Anita Rocha da Silveira)<\/span> \u25cb
\nMurina<\/strong> (Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovi\u0107)<\/span> \u25cb
\nNobody Has to Know<\/strong> (Bouli Lanners)
\nThe Odd-Job Men<\/strong> (Neus Ball\u00fas)<\/span>
\nThe Other Tom<\/strong> (Rodrigo Pl\u00e1 & Laura Santullo)<\/span>
\nOut of Sync<\/strong> (Juanjo Gim\u00e9nez)<\/span> \u25cb
\n7 Prisoners<\/strong> (Alexandre Moratto)<\/span>
\nSmall Body<\/strong> (Laura Samani)<\/span>
\nTerrorizers<\/strong> (Ho Wi Ding) \u25cb
\nTrue Things<\/strong> (Harry Wootliff)<\/span>
\nUnclenching the Fists<\/strong> (Kira Kovalenko)<\/span> \u25cb
\nVengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash<\/strong> (Edwin)<\/span> \u25cb
\nThe Wheel<\/strong> (Steve Pink)
\nWhether the Weather is Fine<\/strong> (Carlo Francisco Manatad)<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Discovery (16; Two years ago: 37)<\/span>
\nAloners<\/strong> (Hong Sung-eun) \u25cb
\nAnatolian Leopard<\/strong> (Emre Kay\u0131\u015f)
\nAs in Heaven<\/strong> (Tea Lindeburg)
\nA Banquet<\/strong> (Ruth Paxton)
\nDug Dug<\/strong> (Ritwik Pareek) \u25cb
\nFarha<\/strong> (Darin J. Sallam)
\nThe Game<\/strong> (Ana Lazarevic)
\nLearn to Swim<\/strong> (Thyrone Tommy)
\nLo Invisible<\/strong> (Javier Andrade)
\nQuickening<\/strong> (Haya Waseem)
\nRiver of Blood<\/strong> (Nithin Lukose)
\nScarborough<\/strong> (Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson)
\nSnakehead<\/strong> (Evan Jackson Leong)
\nTo Kill the Beast<\/strong> (Agustina San Mart\u00edn) \u25cb
\nTug of War<\/strong> (Amil Shivji)
\nWildhood<\/strong> (Bretten Hannam)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Gala Presentations (15; Two years ago: 20)<\/span>
\nBelfast<\/strong> (Kenneth Branagh) \u25cb
\nBergman Island<\/strong> (Mia Hansen-L\u00f8ve)<\/span> \u2605
\nDear Evan Hansen<\/strong> (Stephen Chbosky)
\nThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain<\/strong> (Will Sharpe)
\nThe Forgiven<\/strong> (John Michael McDonagh)
\nThe Good House<\/strong> (Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky) \u25cb
\nJagged<\/strong> (Alison Klayman)
\nLakewood<\/strong> (Phillip Noyce)
\nLast Night in Soho<\/strong> (Edgar Wright)<\/span>
\nThe Mad Women\u2019s Ball<\/strong> (M\u00e9lanie Laurent)
\nNight Raiders<\/strong> (Danis Goulet)<\/span>
\nOne Second<\/strong> (Zhang Yimou) \u25cb
\nSilent Night<\/strong> (Camille Griffin) \u25cb
\nThe Survivor<\/strong> (Barry Levinson)
\nThe Worst Person In The World<\/strong> (Joachim Trier)<\/span> \u2605<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
TIFF Docs (14; Two years ago: 25)<\/span>
\nAttica<\/strong> (Stanley Nelson)
\nBeba<\/strong> (Rebeca Huntt)
\nBecoming Cousteau<\/strong> (Liz Garbus)
\nBurning<\/strong> (Eva Orner)
\nComala<\/strong> (Gian Cassini)
\nThe Devil\u2019s Drivers<\/strong> (Mohammed Abugeth & Daniel Carsenty)
\nFlee<\/strong> (Jonas Poher Rasmussen)<\/span> \u25cb
\nHold Your Fire<\/strong> (Stefan Forbes)
\nJulia<\/strong> (Julie Cohen & Betsy West)
\nListening to Kenny G<\/strong> (Penny Lane)
\nOscar Peterson: Black + White<\/strong> (Barry Avrich)
\nThe Rescue<\/strong> (E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin)
\nThree Minutes – A Lengthening<\/strong> (Bianca Stigter)<\/span>
\nWochiigii lo: End of the Peace<\/strong> (Heather Hatch)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Platform (8; Two years ago: 10)<\/span>
\nArthur Rambo<\/strong> (Laurent Cantet)
\nDrunken Birds<\/strong> (Ivan Grbovic)
\nEarwig<\/strong> (Lucile Had\u017eihalilovi\u0107)<\/span> \u25cb
\nGood Madam<\/strong> (Jenna Cato Bass)
\nHuda’s Salon<\/strong> (Hany Abu-Assad)
\nMontana Story<\/strong> (Scott McGehee & David Siegel) \u25cb
\nSilent Land<\/strong> (Aga Woszczy\u0144ska)
\nYuni<\/strong> (Kamila Andini) \u25cb<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Special Events (8; Two years ago: 5)<\/span>
\nDune<\/strong> (Denis Villeneuve)<\/span> \u25cb
\nA Hero<\/strong> (Asghar Farhadi)<\/span> \u25cf
\nMemoria<\/strong> (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)<\/span> \u2605
\nMemory Box: Echoes of 9\/11<\/strong> (Bj\u00f8rn Johnson & David Belton)
\nSurprise Screening of New Steven Soderbergh Film<\/strong> (Steven Soderbergh) \u25cb
\nSpencer<\/strong> (Pablo Larra\u00edn)<\/span> \u25cb
\nTriumph: Rock & Roll Machine<\/strong> (Sam Dunn & Marc Ricciardelli)<\/p>\n
NBA Films For Fans created with OLG<\/strong>
\n– Born Identities<\/em> (Kat Jayme)
\n– Draft Day<\/em> (Thyrone Tommy)
\n– Inheritance<\/em> (Shawn Gerrard)
\n– Shorty<\/em> (Romeo Candido)
\n– The Shot<\/em> (S.M. Turrell)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Wavelengths (7, including shorts programmes; Two years ago: 16)<\/span>
\nFutura<\/strong> (Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, & Alice Rohrwacher)<\/span> \u2605
\nThe Girl and the Spider<\/strong> (Ramon & Silvan Z\u00fcrcher)<\/span> \u2605
\nNeptune Frost<\/strong> (Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman)<\/span> \u25cb
\nA Night of Knowing Nothing<\/strong> (Payal Kapadia)<\/span> \u25cb
\nSte. Anne<\/strong> (Rhayne Vermette)<\/span> \u25cf
\nThe Tsugua Diaries<\/strong> (Miguel Gomes & Maureen Fazendeiro)<\/span> \u2605<\/p>\n
WL shorts: Present, Tense<\/strong>
\n– Dear Chantal<\/em> (Nicol\u00e1s Pereda) \u25cb
\n– The Capacity for Adequate Anger<\/em> (Vika Kirchenbauer) \u25cb
\n– Inner Outer Space<\/em> (Laida Lertxundi) \u25cb
\n– \u201cThe red filter is withdrawn.\u201d<\/em> (Minjung Kim)<\/span> \u25cb
\n– Polycephaly in D<\/em> (Michael Robinson) \u25cb
\n– earthearthearth<\/em> (Da\u00efchi Sa\u00efto) \u2605
\n– Train Again<\/em> (Peter Tscherkassky)<\/span> \u2605<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
TIFF Cinematheque (7; Two years ago: 5)<\/span>
\nAtanarjuat: The Fast Runner<\/strong> (2001, Zacharias Kunuk) \u25cf<\/p>\n
Celebrating Alanis \u2013 The Dignity of Children: Programme 1<\/strong>
\n– Snowshoes<\/em> (1972, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Walking Is Medicine<\/em> (2017, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Our People Will Be Healed (2017, Alanis Obomsawin)<\/p>\n
Celebrating Alanis \u2013 The Dignity of Children: Programme 2<\/strong>
\n– Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair<\/em> (2021, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Mount Currie Summer Camp<\/em> (1975, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Children<\/em> (1972, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Sigwan<\/em> (2005, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– When All the Leaves Are Gone<\/em> (2010, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Christmas at Moose Factory<\/em> (1971, Alanis Obomsawin)<\/p>\n
Celebrating Alanis \u2013 Lighting the Fire: Programme 1<\/strong>
\n– The Canoe Picture of Maple leaf<\/em> (1972, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993, Alanis Obomsawin)<\/p>\n
Celebrating Alanis \u2013 Lighting the Fire: Programme 2<\/strong>
\n– Moose Call<\/em> (1972, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Amisk (1977, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Incident at Restigouche (1984, Alanis Obomsawin)<\/p>\n
Celebrating Alanis \u2013 Portraits: Programme 1<\/strong>
\n– Puberty – Part 1<\/em> (1975, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Puberty – Part 2<\/em> (1975, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– Mother of Many Children (1977, Alanis Obomsawin)<\/p>\n
Celebrating Alanis \u2013 Portraits: Programme 2<\/strong>
\n– Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a M\u00e9tis Child<\/em> (1986, Alanis Obomsawin)
\n– No Address (1988, Alanis Obomsawin)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Midnight Madness (6; Two years ago: 10)<\/span>
\nAfter Blue (Dirty Paradise)<\/strong> (Bertrand Mandico)<\/span> \u25cb
\nDASHCAM<\/strong> (Rob Savage) \u25cb
\nSaloum<\/strong> (Jean Luc Herbulot)
\nTitane<\/strong> (Julia Ducournau)<\/span> \u2605
\nYou Are Not My Mother<\/strong> (Kate Dolan)
\nZalava<\/strong> (Arsalan Amiri)<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Primetime (4; Two years ago: 6)<\/span>
\nColin in Black and White<\/strong> (Ava DuVernay & Colin Kaepernick)
\nHellbound<\/strong> (Yeon Sang-ho)
\nThe Panthers<\/strong> (Tom Hern & Halaifonua Finau)
\nSort Of<\/strong> (Bilal Baig & Fab Filippo)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Masters (R.I.P.; Two years ago: 11)<\/span>
\n–<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Short Cuts [Both “Canada” and “International”]<\/span>
\nCheck the festival website for info about films playing in this section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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