2024 TIFF Lineups for Primetime and Shorts Include Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Disclaimer,’ New Films from Dakota Johnson, Maika Monroe, Connor Jessup
TIFF announced Primetime programs for the 2024 season and its Short Cuts, supported by the Ontario Arts Council. The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, will take place September 5–15, 2024.
This year’s Primetime lineup features eight new series from around the world, and of those, five are World Premieres: Tomas Alfredson’s Faithless, Janicza Bravo’s The Listeners, Mike Downie’s The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, Courtney Montour and Tanya Talaga’s The Knowing, and Dylan River’s Thou Shalt Not Steal. The other three series are: Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, and Joe Wright’s M. Son of the Century.
This year’s Short Cuts includes 48 short films from 23 countries, selected from a record-breaking 5,300 submissions, and features a variety of live-action narrative, animated, and documentary films, presented across seven screenings. This year’s short films include directorial debuts from Dakota Johnson and Maika Monroe, plus World Premieres of new films by Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Connor Jessup, Joyce A. Nashawati, Amanda Strong, and more.
The 2024 Jurors for the Short Cuts Awards for Best International Film and Best Canadian Film are Luis De Filippis, Micah Kernan, and Shane Smith. TIFF is an Academy Award–qualifying Festival, and films that win a TIFF Short Cuts Award are eligible to submit for 97th Academy Awards consideration.
Primetime (in alphabetical order)
Disclaimer Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
Faithless Tomas Alfredson, Sara Johnsen | Sweden
World Premiere
Families Like Ours Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark/France/Sweden/Czech Republic/Belgium/Norway/Germany
North American Premiere
M. Son of the Century Joe Wright | Italy/France
North American Premiere
The Knowing Courtney Montour, Tanya Talaga | Canada
World Premiere
The Listeners Janicza Bravo, Jordan Tannahill | United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie | Canada
World Premiere
Thou Shalt Not Steal Dylan River | Australia
World Premiere
Short Cuts Program 1
Deck 5B Malin Ingrid Johansson | Sweden
World Premiere
Silent Panorama Nicolas Piret | Belgium
North American Premiere
Fantas Halima Elkhatabi | Canada
World Premiere
Amarela André Hayato Saito | Brazil
North American Premiere
Maybe Elephants Torill Kove | Norway/Canada
North American Premiere
Sauna Day Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash | Estonia
North American Premiere
welima’q shalan joudry | Canada
World Premiere
Julian and the Wind Connor Jessup | Canada
World Premiere
Short Cuts Program 2
Percebes Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves | Portugal/France
North American Premiere
Fuck Me Anette Sidor | Sweden/Norway
World Premiere
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah | Canada
World Premiere
Every Other Weekend Mick Robertson, Margaret Rose | Canada
World Premiere
Mercenaire Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Canada
World Premiere
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine | Canada
North American Premiere
The Yellow Maika Monroe, Simone Faoro | USA
World Premiere
Short Cuts Program 3
Serve the Country Fabián Velasco, Miloš Mitrović | Canada
World Premiere
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba | Canada
North American Premiere
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia/France/Bulgaria/Slovenia
North American Premiere
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong | Canada
World Premiere
Masterpiece Mommy Dorothy Sing Zhang | United Kingdom/China
World Premiere
Loser Baby Dakota Johnson | USA
World Premiere
Short Cuts Program 4
A Son & a Father Andrés Ramírez Pulido | France/Colombia
North American Premiere
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris | Canada
World Premiere
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut | Canada
World Premiere
On The Way Samir Karahoda | Kosovo
North American Premiere
Out for Ice Cream Rachel Samson | Canada
World Premiere
The Best Ian Bawa | Canada
World Premiere
Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time James P. Gannon, Matt Ferrin | USA
World Premiere
Short Cuts Program 5
Solemates James Rathbone, Mike Feswick | Canada
World Premiere
Quota Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw | Netherlands
World Premiere
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Philippines/USA/Singapore
World Premiere
The Wolf Theodore Ushev | Canada
North American Premiere
Aïda Neither Elisa Gilmour | France
World Premiere
Alazar Beza Hailu Lemma | Ethiopia/France/Canada
North American Premiere
Short Cuts Program 6
The Cost of Hugging Louis Bhose | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Marion Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine | France/United Kingdom
North American Premiere
La Voix des Sirènes Gianluigi Toccafondo | France/Italy
North American Premiere
After Sunday Omolola Ajao | Canada
World Premiere
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin Catherine Boivin | Canada
World Premiere
Before They Joined Us Arshile Khanjian Egoyan | Canada
World Premiere
Tenderness Helen Lee | Canada/South Korea
World Premiere
Strange Cuts Program
Gender Reveal Mo Matton | Canada
North American Premiere
The Sunset Special 2 Nicolas Gebbe | Germany
North American Premiere
The Beguiling ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby | USA
World Premiere
Don’t F*ck With Ba Sally Tran | USA
International Premiere
Stomach Bug Matty Crawford | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Never Have I Ever Joyce A. Nashawati | France
World Premiere
Screening prior to the Centrepiece selection When the Light Breaks:
O Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland/Sweden
North American Premiere
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