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This morning, the Toronto International Film Festival continued their 2024 announcements, with the latest being for their Docs Program. The documentaries come from two dozen countries and feature all manner of subjects. It makes for yet another part of this year’s TIFF that everyone should be looking forward to. More below.
Here is the press release:
| TIFF is delighted to announce the 2024 selection for its Docs programme presented by A&E IndieFilms, featuring 21 titles from 24 countries around the world. This year’s lineup covers a wide range of experiences: comical, infuriating, revelatory, audacious, and profound, with an underlying theme of pushing back against corrupt systems. Audiences will encounter unforgettable figures such as former Vice host Eddie Huang, novelist Edna O’Brien, US politician Adam Kinzinger, disability rights activist Patrice Jetter, aerial cameraman Joe Jennings, and the haenyeo fisherwomen of South Korea. The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, will take place September 5–15, 2024. |
| The TIFF Docs programme features candid and unscripted stories, and the best in non-fiction cinema from around the world. The programme will open with Huang’s Vice is Broke, in which the former Vice contributor investigates the media company’s rise and fall. Several directors return to TIFF with attention-grabbing World Premieres, including Men of War, directed by Billy Corben (Screwball,Cocaine Cowboys) and Jen Gaiten, following someone recently arrested for arms smuggling in connection with a plot to overthrow Venezuela’s government; The Last Republican, directed by Steve Pink (The Wheel, Hot Tub Time Machine), profiling US conservative politician Kinzinger as he breaks ranks with the GOP to criticize Donald Trump; Space Cowboy, directed by Marah Strauch (Sunshine Superman) and Bryce Leavitt, which captures the stunning cinematography and complicated life of skydiver Jennings; So Surreal: Behind the Masks, directed by Neil Diamond (Reel Injun) and Joanne Robertson, which covers the effort to return cultural artifacts to the Yup’ik and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw nations; and Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story, directed by Sinéad O’Shea (Pray for Our Sinners, TIFF ’22), which profiles the groundbreaking Irish novelist who broke taboos with her sexual candour. Other World Premieres include Halima Elkhatabi’s Living Together, Ted Passon’s Patrice: The Movie, Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc’s Tata, Anastasiia Bortuali’s Temporary Shelter, Santiago Esteinou’s The Freedom of Fierro, Sue Kim’s The Last of the Sea Women, and Ali Weinstein’s Your Tomorrow. These TIFF Docs titles join a number of documentaries already announced for TIFF ’24 as part of the Gala programme, including the World Premieres of Elton John: Never Too Late, Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, and the Canadian premiere of Will & Harper; as well as non-fiction works previously announced for the Platform competition, The Wolves Always Come at Night, which blends observed moments and recreated scenes, and Viktor; and for Centerpiece, Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara. |
| 2024 TIFF Docs Programme (in alphabetical order): A Sisters’ Tale Leila Amini | Switzerland/France/Iran International Premiere Sales Title Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story Sinéad O’Shea | Ireland/United Kingdom World Premiere Sales Title Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Raoul Peck | France North American Premiere From Ground Zero Wissam Moussa, Nidal Damo, Ahmed Hassouna, Alaa Ayoub, Karim Satoum, Bashar Al Babisi, Khamis Masharawi, Nida’A Abu Hasna, Tamer Nijim, Ahmed Al Danaf, Rima Mahmoud, Muhammad Al Sharif, Basil El Maqousi, Mustafa Al Nabih, Rabab Khamis, Mustafa Kulab, Alaa Damo, Hana Eleiwa, Mahdi Kreirah, Aws Al Banna, Islam Al Zeriei, Etimad Washah | Palestine/France/Qatar/Jordan North American Premiere Sales Title Living Together Halima Elkhatabi | Canada World Premiere Men of War Jen Gatien, Billy Corben | USA/Canada World Premiere Sales Title Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo | China/USA North American Premiere Sales Title No Other Land Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor | Palestine/Norway Canadian Premiere Sales Title Patrice: The Movie Ted Passon | USA World Premiere Russians at War Anastasia Trofimova | Canada/France North American Premiere Sales Title So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson | Canada World Premiere Sales Title Space Cowboy Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt | USA World Premiere Sales Title Sudan, remember us Hind Meddeb | France/Tunisia/Qatar North American Premiere Sales Title Tata Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc | Romania/Germany/Netherlands World Premiere Sales Title Temporary Shelter Anastasiia Bortuali | Iceland World Premiere Sales Title The Freedom of Fierro Santiago Esteinou | Mexico/Canada/Greece World Premiere Sales Title The Last of the Sea Women Sue Kim | USA World Premiere The Last Republican Steve Pink | USA World Premiere Sales Title Vice is Broke Eddie Huang | USA World Premiere Sales Title Wishing on a Star Peter Kerekes | Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia North American Premiere Sales Title Your Tomorrow Ali Weinstein | Canada World Premiere Sales Title This is the sixth TIFF Takeover announcement and will be followed by Wavelengths and Classics tomorrow, and Primetime and Short Cuts on Friday. More Festival details will be announced in the coming weeks. 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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