TIFF announces Wavelengths, adds galas

The Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled a lengthy list of new films to its 2013 program, including  its Wavelengths and Kids programs, additional galas, Special Presentation and Contemporary World Cinema programs.

Wavelengths

The experimental, artist-driven Wavelengths program features short, medium and feature-length films from established auteurs like Albert Serra and Ben Wheatley, and Canuck filmmakers including Stephen Broomer and Chris Kennedy.

The Wavelengths 1: Variations On… short film program includes the world premiere of the Academy Film Archive’s restoration of David Rimmer’s Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper, while Wavelengths 2: Now & Then includes Stephen Broomer’s Pepper’s Ghost, and Wavelengths 4: Elysium selection includes Chris Kennedy’s Brimstone Line.

In the Wavelengths features lineup, Canada-Denmark-Mexico-Philippines copro La ultima pelicula, from Raya Martin and Mark Peranson will have its world premiere.

The full Wavelengths lineup is as follows:

Wavelengths 1: Variations On…

Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper David Rimmer (Restoration courtesy of Academy Film Archive), Canada

Pop Takes Luther Price, USA

Airship Kenneth Anger, USA

El Adios Largos Andrew Lampert, Mexico/USA

The Realist Scott Stark, USA

Wavelengths 2: Now & Then

Instants Hannes Schüpbach, Switzerland

Pepper’s Ghost Stephen Broomer, Canada

Man in Motion, 2012 (Homme en mouvement, 2012) Christophe M. Saber, Ruben Glauser and Max Idje, Switzerland

Flower Naoko Tasaka, Japan/USA

Constellations (Konstellationen) Helga Fanderl, Germany

Wavelengths 3: Farther Than the Eye Can See

Farther Than the Eye Can See Basma Alsharif, United Arab Emirates

Main Hall Philipp Fleischmann, Austria

45 7 Broadway Tomonari Nishikawa, USA

Bann Nina Könnemann, Germany

Dry Standpipe (Suchy Pion) Wojciech Bakowski, Poland

Gowanus Canal Sarah J. Christman, USA

Nefandus Carlos Motta, USA/Spain

Wavelengths 4: Elysium

Trissákia 3 Nick Collins, UK

Brimstone Line Chris Kennedy, Canada

Listening to the Space in my Room Robert Beavers, Switzerland

Mount Song Shambhavi Kaul, USA/India

Natpwe, the feast of the spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel, France/Burma

Medium length films

Screening together:

Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub North American Premiere

The King’s Body (O Corpo de Afonso) Jõao Pedro Rodrigues North American Premiere

Redemption Miguel Gomes North American Premiere

Screening together:

A Thousand Suns (Mille soleils) Mati Diop International Premiere

Letter to a Refusing Pilot Akram Zaatari North American Premiere

Screening together: Three Landscapes preceded by Song and Spring

Song Nathaniel Dorsky Canadian Premiere

Spring Nathaniel Dorsky World Premiere

Three Landscapes Peter Hutton World Premiere

Features

A Field in England Ben Wheatley, United Kingdom North American Premiere

A Spell to Ward off the Darkness Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, Estonia/France North American Premiere

I’m the same, I’m an other Caroline Strubbe, Belgium World Premiere

La ultíma película Raya Martin & Mark Peranson, Canada/Denmark/Mexico/Philippines World Premier; preceded by RP31 Lucy Raven, USA Canadian Premiere

MANAKAMANA Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez, USA/Nepal North American Premiere

Pays Barbare Yvervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi , France North American Premiere

Story of My Death Albert Serra, Spain/France North American Premiere

Stray Dogs (Jiao You) Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan/France North American Premiere

The Battle of Tabatô Joao Viana, Portugal/Guinea-Bissau North American Premiere; preceded by The Disquiet, Ali Cherri World Premiere

The Missing Picture (L’image manquante) Rithy Panh, Cambodia/France North American Premiere

The Police Officer’s Wife Philip Gröning, Germany North American Premiere

The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher, Germany Canadian Premiere

‘Til Madness Do Us Apart Wang Bing, France/Hong Kong/Japan North American Premiere

Three Interpretation Exercises (Trois Exercises d’Interprétation) Cristi Puiu, Romania/France North American Premiere

TIFF Kids

The TIFF Kids lineup includes five films from across the globe, including France/Brazil, Denmark, South Africa, India and Spain.

The full lineup is as follows:

Amazonia Thierry Ragobert, France/Brazil North American Premiere

Antboy Ask Hasselbalch, Denmark World Premiere

KHUMBA Anthony Silverston, South Africa North American Premiere

The World of Goopi and Bagha Shilpa Ranade, India World Premiere

Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang Oskar Santos, Spain World Premiere

Additional galas and special presentations

The festival additionally announced the addition of three galas, and more Special Presentation films at this year’s festival. They include Alex Gibney’s The Armstrong Lie, Kevin MacDonald’s How I Live Now, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises.

The added films are as follows:

Galas

Blood Ties Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere

Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere

Words and Pictures Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere

Special Presentations

A Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte, Belgium/France North American Premiere

The Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney, USA North American Premiere

Blind Detective Johnnie To, Hong Kong North American Premiere

Child of God James Franco, USA North American Premiere

The Face of Love Arie Posin, USA World Premiere

Fading Gigolo John Turturro, USA World Premiere

The Finishers Nils Tavernier, Belgium/France World Premiere

How I Live Now Kevin Macdonald, United Kingdom World Premiere

The Last of Robin Hood Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, USA World Premiere

The Liberator (Libertador) Alberto Arvelo, Venezuela/Spain World Premiere

Love is the Perfect Crime (Amour Crime Parfait) Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France/Switzerland World Premiere

Lucky Them Megan Griffiths, USA World Premiere

Rock the Casbah Laïla Marrakchi, France/Morocco International Premiere

Singing Women (Sarki Söyleyen Kadinlar) Reha Erdem, France/Germany/Turkey World Premiere

Southcliffe Sean Durkin, United Kingdom International Premiere

Sunshine on Leith Dexter Fletcher, United Kingdom World Premiere

Therese Charlie Stratton, USA World Premiere

Unforgiven (Yurusarezarumono) Lee Sang-il, Japan North American Premiere

The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) Hayao Miyazaki, Japan North American Premiere

Contemporary World Cinema

Returning this year as part of the Contemporary World Cinema lineup is the Contemporary World Speakers series, a partnership between TIFF and the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. The initiative pairs five films in the program with Munk School scholars for extended discussions between the filmmakers and scholars following each film’s second public screening.

This year’s lineup and speakers are as follows:

A Place in Heaven (Makom be-gan eden) Yossi Madmony, Israel North American Premiere

A Wolf at the Door (O Lobo atrás da Porta) Fernando Coimbra, Brazil World Premiere

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Epizoda u životu beraca željeza) Danis Tanović North American Premiere, Bosnia-Herzegovina/France/Slovenia

Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) Mariana Rondón, Venezuela World Premiere

Bastardo Nejib Belkadhi, Tunisia/France/Qatar World Premiere

The Bit Player (Ekstra) Jeffrey Jeturian, Philippines International Premiere

Blind Dates (Brma Paemnebi) Levan Koguashvili, Georgia World Premiere

Brazilian Western (Faroeste Caboclo) René Sampaio, Brazil Canadian Premiere

Break Loose (Vosmerka) Alexey Uchitel, Russia World Premiere

Child’s Pose (Pozitia Copilului) Calin Peter Netzer, Romania North American Premiere

Club Sandwich (Club Sándwich) Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico World Premiere

Cristo Rey Leticia Tonos Paniagua, Dominican Republic/France/Haiti World Premiere

The Dinner (Het Diner) Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands World Premiere

Eastern Boys Robin Campillo, France North American Premiere

El Mudo Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, Peru/France/Mexico North American Premiere

Friends from France (Les Interdits) Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski, France/Germany/Canada/Russia World Premiere

Giselle Toa Fraser, New Zealand International Premiere

Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydän) Dome Karukoski, Finland/Sweden World Premiere

Honeymoon (Líbanky) Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovakia International Premiere

Hotell Lisa Langseth, Sweden/Denmark World Premiere

The Immoral (De Umoralske) Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen, Norway World Premiere

Intruders (Jo Nan-ja-deul) Noh Young-Seok, South Korea World Premiere

The Kids from the Port (Los Chicos del Puerto) Alberto Morais, Spain North American Premiere

iNumber Number Donovan Marsh, South Africa World Premiere

Ladder to Damascus (Soullam iIa Dimashq) Mohamad Malas, Syria/Lebanon/Qatar World Premiere

Le Grand Cahier (A Nagy Füzet) János Szász, Germany/Hungary/Austria/France North American Premiere

Life’s a Breeze Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden International Premiere

Little Feet Alexandre Rockwell, United States of America World Premiere

The Major Yuri Bykov, Russia North American Premiere

Manuscripts Don’t Burn (Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoozand) Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran Canadian Premiere

McCanick Josh C. Waller, USA World Premiere

Metalhead (Málmhaus) Ragnar Bragason, Iceland World Premiere

Ningen Guillaume Giovanetti and Çagla Zencirci, Japan/Turkey World Premiere

October November (Oktober November) Götz Spielmann, Austria World Premiere

Old Moon (Luna Vieja) Raisa Bonnet, Puerto Rico World Premiere

Palestine Stereo (Falastine Stereo) Rashid Masharawi World Premiere, Palestine/Tunisia/France/Norway/United Arab Emirates/Italy/Switzerland

Paradise: Hope (Paradies: Hoffnung) Ulrich Seidl, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere

Qissa Anup Singh, Germany/India/The Netherlands/France World Premiere

Rags and Tatters (Farsh wa ghata) Ahmad Abdalla, Egypt World Premiere

The Sea Stephen Brown, Ireland North American Premiere

The Selfish Giant Clio Barnard, United Kingdom North American Premiere

Something Necessary Judy Kibinge, Kenya/Germany North American Premiere

Stop the Pounding Heart Roberto Minervini, Belgium/Italy/USA North American Premiere

Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie, France North American Premiere

This is Sanlitun Róbert I. Douglas, China/Iceland/Ireland World Premiere

Unbeatable Dante Lam, China/Hong Kong North American Premiere

Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) Dyana Gaye, France/Senegal World Premiere

When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (Cand se lasa seara peste Bucuresti sau Metabolism) North American Premiere

Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania

White Lies (Tuakiri Huna) Dana Rotberg, New Zealand International Premiere

The Wonders (Plaot) Avi Nesher, Israel International Premiere

To Repel Ghosts: Urban Tales from the African Continent

Homecoming (African Metropolis) Jim Chuchu, Kenya International Premiere

Berea (African Metropolis) Vincent Moloi, South Africa International Premiere

To Repel Ghosts (African Metropolis) Philippe Lacôte, Ivory Coast International Premiere

Kwaku Ananse Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ghana/Mexico/USA North American Premiere

Noah’s Flood (Unogumbe, Noye’s Fludde) Mark Dornford-May, South Africa World Premiere