Toronto Film Festival Adds Cannes Winner ‘Titane,’ Documentary ‘Attica’ to Lineup
New nonfiction films from directors Liz Garbus, Stanley Nelson, and E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the TIFF Docs program, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday.
Nelson’s documentary “Attica” will serve as the opening-night film in the section, while other docs at the festival will include Garbus’ “Becoming Cousteau,” Barry Avrich’s “Oscar Peterson: Black + White,” Penny Lane’s “Listening to Kenny G” and Vasarhelyi and Chin’s “Rescue.”
The festival’s Midnight Madness section will open with the Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Titane,” by Julia Ducournau, while TIFF has also added three Special Presentations films that also premiered in Cannes: Nadav Lapid’s “Ahed’s Knee,” Bruno Dumont’s “France” and Ari Folman’s “Where Is Anne Frank?”
In the Contemporary World Cinema section, additions include Juho Kuosmanen’s “Compartment No. 6” and Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s “The Gravedigger’s Wife.”
The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival will run from Sept. 9 through Sept. 18, and will include physical screenings in Toronto as well as a substantial virtual component.
The new additions to the lineup:
*TIFF DOCS*
*Attica *Stanley Nelson | USA
World Premiere – Opening Night Film
*Beba *Rebeca Huntt | USA/Mexico
World Premiere
*Becoming Cousteau* Liz Garbus | USA
International Premiere
*Burning* Eva Orner | Australia
World Premiere
*Comala *Gian Cassini | Mexico
World Premiere
*The Devil’s Drivers* Mohammed Abugeth, Daniel Carsenty | Qatar/France/Lebanon/Germany
World Premiere
*Flee *Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Denmark/France/Sweden/Norway
Canadian Premiere
*Hold Your Fire* Stefan Forbes | USA
World Premiere
*Listening to Kenny G* Penny Lane | USA
World Premiere
*Oscar Peterson: Black + White* Barry Avrich | Canada
World Premiere
*The Rescue* E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | USA/United Kingdom
International Premiere
*Three Minutes – A Lengthening* Bianca Stigter | Netherlands/United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
*Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace* Heather Hatch | Canada
World Premiere
*WAVELENGTHS FEATURES*
*Futura *Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher | Italy
North American Premiere
*The Girl and the Spider **(**Das Mädchen und die Spinne**)* Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland
North American Premiere
* Wavelengths Opening Film *
*Neptune Frost *Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman | Rwanda/USA
North American Premiere
*A Night of Knowing Nothing* Payal Kapadia | India/France
International Premiere
*Ste. Anne *Rhayne Vermette | Canada
North American Premiere
*The Tsugua Diaries **(**Diários de Otsoga**)* Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes | Portugal
North American Premiere
*MIDNIGHT MADNESS *
*After Blue **(**Dirty Paradise**)* Bertrand Mandico | France
North American Premiere
*DASHCAM *Rob Savage | United Kingdom/USA
World Premiere
*Saloum *Jean Luc Herbulot | Senegal
World Premiere
* Midnight Madness Opening Film *
*Titane* Julia Ducournau | France
North American Premiere
*You Are Not My Mother* Kate Dolan | Ireland
World Premiere
*Zalava *Arsalan Amiri | Iran
North American Premiere
*SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS*
*Ahed’s Knee **(**Ha’berech**)* Nadav Lapid | Israel/France/Germany
North American Premiere
*The Box **(**La Caja**)* Lorenzo Vigas | USA/Mexico
North American Premiere (previously announced in Contemporary World Cinema)
*France* Bruno Dumont | France/Germany/Italy/Belgium
North American Premiere
*Where Is Anne Frank?* Ari Folman | Belgium/France/Netherlands/Luxembourg/Israel
North American Premiere
*CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA *
*7 Prisoners (7 Prisioneiros) *Alexandre Moratto | Brazil
North American Premiere
*Compartment No. 6* Juho Kuosmanen | Finland/Germany/Estonia/Russia
North American Premiere
*The Gravedigger’s Wife* Khadar Ayderus Ahmed | France/Somalia/Germany/Finland
North American Premiere
*Jockey *Clint Bentley | USA
International Premiere
*Small Body* Laura Samani | Italy/France/Slovenia
North American Premiere
*True Things* Harry Wootliff | United Kingdom
North American Premiere