2024 TIFF Docs Program Featuring New Films by Eddie Huang, Billy Corben, Raoul Peck and Leila Amini
Today, TIFF announced the lineup for the 2024 selection for its Docs program presented by A&E IndieFilms, featuring 21 titles from 24 countries around the world. The program will open with Eddie Huang’s Vice is Broke, in which the former Vice contributor, and creator of the ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat, investigates the media company’s rise and fall.
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 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.
Several directors return to TIFF with 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.
2024 TIFF Docs Program (in alphabetical order):
A Sisters’ Tale Leila Amini | Switzerland/France/Iran
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Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story Sinéad O’Shea | Ireland/United Kingdom
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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Raoul Peck | France
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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
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Living Together Halima Elkhatabi | Canada
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Men of War Jen Gatien, Billy Corben | USA/Canada
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Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo | China/USA
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No Other Land Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor | Palestine/Norway
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Patrice: The Movie Ted Passon | USA
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Russians at War Anastasia Trofimova | Canada/France
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So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson | Canada
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Space Cowboy Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt | USA
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Sudan, remember us Hind Meddeb | France/Tunisia/Qatar
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Tata Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc | Romania/Germany/Netherlands
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Temporary Shelter Anastasiia Bortuali | Iceland
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The Freedom of Fierro Santiago Esteinou | Mexico/Canada/Greece
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The Last of the Sea Women Sue Kim | USA
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The Last Republican Steve Pink | USA
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Vice is Broke Eddie Huang | USA
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Wishing on a Star Peter Kerekes | Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia
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Your Tomorrow Ali Weinstein | Canada
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