22/08/2018 - The section has this year increased its selection, reaching 51 titles, the highest number ever

The 43^rd Toronto International Film Festival (6-16 September) has announced its full line-up after revealing the Discovery programme, which this year has increased its selection, reaching the highest ever number of 51 titles by first- or second-time filmmakers from all around the world.

In the programme, which aims to promote and suggest new and emerging filmmakers to the whole world, the European presence is once again highly impressive, as 55% of the selected titles (28 films) are European productions or co-productions - ten more than the last edition - with most of them having their world premieres, while many are being presented to North American audiences for the first time.

Also, this year, TIFF has a relatively modest line-up on a par with last year, with 255 feature films set to be screened, 138 of which as world, 22 as international and 72 as North American premieres. The festival boasts a juicy selection of films in its Galas and Special Presentations (read more here and here - in which there have been two late additions, including Greta [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Neil Jordan), the Platform section (see the news), TIFF Docs (see the news), Midnight Madness (see the news), Masters (see the news), Contemporary World Cinema (see the news) and Wavelengths (see the news).

The complete list of films announced is as follows:

Discovery

aKasha (The Roundup) [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - hajooj kuka (Sudan/South Africa/Qatar/Germany)
An Elephant Sitting Still - Hu Bo (China)
ANIARA [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja (Sweden)
Blind Spot [+see also:
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interview: Tuva Novotny
film profile] - Tuva Novotny (Norway)
Clara - Akash Sherman (Canada)
Complicity - Kei Chikaura (Japan/China)
Consequences [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Darko Štante
interview: Timon Sturbej
film profile] - Darko Štante (Slovenia/Austria)
Edge of the Knife - Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown (Canada)
Emu Runner - Imogen Thomas (Australia)
Cardinals - Grayson Moore, Aidan Shipley (Canada)
Disappearance - Ali Asgari (Iran/Qatar)
Five Fingers For Marseilles - Michael Matthews (South Africa)
The Future Ahead - Constanza Novick (Argentina)
Ever After [+see also:
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interview: Carolina Hellsgård
film profile] - Carolina Hellsgård (Germany)
Farming [+see also:
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film profile] - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (United Kingdom)
Fig Tree [+see also:
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film profile] - Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian (Israel/Germany/France/Ethiopia)
Firecrackers - Jasmin Mozaffari (Canada)
Float Like a Butterfly [+see also:
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interview: Carmel Winters
film profile] - Carmel Winters (Ireland)
Freaks - Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein (Canada)
Girl [+see also:
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interview: Lukas Dhont
film profile] - Lukas Dhont (Belgium)
Gwen [+see also:
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film profile] - William McGregor (United Kingdom)
Helmet Heads - Neto Villalobos (Costa Rica/Chile)
Her Job [+see also:
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interview: Nikos Labôt
film profile] - Nikos Labôt (Greece/France/Serbia)
Icebox - Daniel Sawka (USA)
Jirga - Benjamin Gilmour (Australia)
Mary Goes Round - Molly McGlynn (Canada)
Light as Feathers [+see also:
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interview: Rosanne Pel
film profile] - Rosanne Pel (Netherlands)
Lionheart - Genevieve Nnaji (Nigeria)
Manta Ray [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Phuttiphong Aroonpheng (Thailand/France/China)
Orange Days - Arash Lahooti (Iran)
Our Body - Han Ka-ram (South Korea)
PARADE [+see also:
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film profile] - Nino Zhvania (Georgia/Russia)
Phoenix [+see also:
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interview: Camilla Strøm Henriksen
film profile] - Camilla Strøm Henriksen (Norway/Sweden)
Rafiki [+see also:
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interview: Wanuri Kahiu
film profile] - Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya/South Africa/France/Lebanon/Norway/Netherlands/Germany/USA)
Saf [+see also:
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interview: Ali Vatansever
film profile] - Ali Vatansever (Turkey/Germany/Romania)
Screwdriver - Bassam Jarbawi (Palestine/USA/Qatar) (closing film)
Summer Survivors [+see also:
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interview: Marija Kavtaradzė
film profile] - Marija Kavtaradze (Lithuania)
Tel Aviv on Fire [+see also:
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interview: Sameh Zoabi
film profile] - Sameh Zoabi (Luxembourg/France/Israel/Belgium)
The Chambermaid - Lila Avilés (Mexico)
The Crossing - Bai Xue (China) (opening film)
The Day I Lost My Shadow [+see also:
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interview: Soudade Kaadan
film profile] - Soudade Kaadan (Syria/France/Qatar/Lebanon)
The Dig [+see also:
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film profile] - Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill (United Kingdom)
The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia [+see also:
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film profile] - Arturo Infante (Cuba/Germany)
The Load [+see also:
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interview: Ognjen Glavonić
film profile] - Ognjen Glavonic (Serbia/France/Croatia/Iran/Qatar)
The Mercy of the Jungle [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Joël Karekezi
film profile] - Joël Karekezi (Belgium/France/Germany)
The Third Wife - Ash Mayfair (Vietnam)
Tito and the Birds - Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar, André Catoto (Brazil)
Too Late to Die Young [+see also:
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film profile] - Dominga Sotomayor (Chile/Brazil/Argentina/Netherlands/Qatar)
Touch Me Not [+see also:
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interview: Adina Pintilie
film profile] - Adina Pintilie (Romania/Germany/Czech Republic/Bulgaria/France)
Twin Flower [+see also:
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film profile] - Laura Luchetti (Italy)
Woman at War [+see also:
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interview: Benedikt Erlingsson
interview: Benedikt Erlingsson
film profile] - Benedikt Erlingsson (Iceland/France/Ukraine)

Special Presentations

Greta [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Neil Jordan (USA/Ireland)
Vox Lux - Brady Corbet (USA)