The TIFF Rising Stars programme, now in its 13th year, shines as an invaluable talent development initiative The Toronto International Film Festival® is excited to announce this year’s global cohort of Rising Stars for 2023. The TIFF Rising Stars programme features actors on the verge of making a large impact on the international stage and provides them with an exclusive opportunity to experience and engage in professional development and mentorship sessions and industry events that...

  Photo Credit:  Atsushi Nishijima   TIFF CEO, Cameron Bailey, is excited to announce that filmmaker Ava DuVernay will return to TIFF with her latest offering, Origin. DuVernay’s film will have a Gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall on Monday, September 11th. DuVernay will be in attendance.   Written, produced, and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, Origin chronicles the remarkable life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson (played...

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everyth...

  Photo credit: Riccardo Vimercati Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF, is delighted to announce that Academy award–winning actor, women’s rights activist, and entrepreneur Patricia Arquette will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award presented by Bulgari during the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Arquette is the final honouree to be announced ahead of the 2023 TIFF Tribute Awards, taking place Sunday, September 10 at Fairmont Royal York Hotel,...

Award-winning actor will be honoured in Toronto on September 10, joining previously announced recipients to date: Pedro Almodóvar, Spike Lee, Andy Lau, Carolina Markowicz, Łukasz Żal, Colman Domingo, and Shawn Levy Photo credit: CHANEL   Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF, is delighted to announce that award-winning actor Vicky Krieps will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award at the fifth annual Awards gala on Sunday, September 10, at Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Presented by Bulga...

  TIFF is proud to announce this year’s Talent Development programmes and participants, including TIFF Filmmaker Lab, TIFF Series Accelerator, the Sloan Science and Technology Project Pitch, the CHANEL Women Writers’ Network Micro Talent Summit, and the TIFF Every Story Accelerator.  “At TIFF, we’re dedicated to fostering emerging talents from all walks of life,” said Anita Lee, TIFF Chief Programming Officer. “The 2023 Talent Development progr...

The call for films & projects is now open! The call for non-fiction films and projects for the 55th edition of Visions du Réel (12-21.4.2024) is now open. Our selection committees are looking forward to discovering all films and projects that will light up the Festival next year!  We are looking for films for the official selection and for projects for VdR–Industry activities. The films in competition are screened in world, international or European premier...

This 16th edition of the Festival is shaping up very nicely, with a special visit from Terry Gilliam, the outstanding director who has succeeded like no other in combining imagination and social satire with frequently caustic humour. He will receive a lifetime achievement award and the Festival will present a retrospective of his work. Gilliam will also take part in a master class and, as a first this year, we have given him carte blanche to choose two films, which will close the first weekend...

  The Academy is pleased to unveil the new logo for the European Film Awards Berlin 2023!   Berlin-based designer Christin Franke used the Pantone colour of 2023 – „viva magenta“ and the concept of “blossoming” for this year‘s awards logo, indicating the celebration of films and life. From this year onwards, the Academy aims to introduce a new logo for each of the following awar...

  World Premiere of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND October 25 We’re excited to share that LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND – starring Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts, Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali, Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke, Myha’la and more – will make its World Premiere at AFI FEST on October 25! This highly anticipated apocalyptic thriller writt...