The organization behind the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has released its annual list of best Canadian titles of the year, with a diverse range of established and new directors making the cut.

The TIFF Canada’s Top Ten features of 2022 include Clement Virgo’s Brother (pictured; Conquering Lion Pictures, Hawkeye Pictures); Luis De Filippis’ feature directorial debut Something You Said Last Night (JA Productions, Cinédokké); Crimes of the Future by David Cronenberg (Serendipity Point Films, Argonauts Productions); and Chandler Levack’s feature directorial debut I Like Movies (VHS Forever).

Other scripted features on the list include Anthony Shim’s TIFF Platform Prize winner Riceboy Sleeps (Lonesome Heroes Productions); Gail Maurice’s feature directorial debut Rosie (Maurice/Jamie Manning/Mélanie Bray); and Stéphane Lafleur’s Viking (micro_scope).

Documentary features on the list include Hubert Davis’ Black Ice (Uninterrupted Canada in partnership with DreamCrew Entertainment, The SpringHill Company and Bell Media); To Kill a Tiger by Nisha Pahuja (Notice Pictures, National Film Board of Canada); and Cette Maison by Miryam Charles (Embuscade Films).

The Top Ten shorts list includes Belle River, directed by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin (Kinomada); Alanis Obomsawin’s Bill Reid Remembers (National Film Board of Canada); The Flying Sailor by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (National Film Board of Canada); Lay Me by the Shore by David Findlay (Asymetric); and Matthew Rankin’s Municipal Relaxation Module (Matthew Rankin, Sacha Ratcliffe).

The shorts list is rounded out by Nanitic by Carol Nguyen (Marie Lytwyknuk, Carol Nguyen); No Ghost in the Morgue by Marilyn Cooke (Kelyna N. Lauzier, Macha Houssart); Lee Choi’s Same Old (Collective Pictures, Division 7); Simo by Aziz Zoromba (Rosalie Chicoine Perreault); and Claire Sanford’s Violet Gave Willingly (Claire Sanford).

The lists are determined by TIFF’s programmers in consultation with industry panelists, including filmmakers and festival programmers from across Canada.

The Canada’s Top Ten selections will screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto from Jan. 26–29. TIFF will hold a reception to celebrate this year’s selections as well as an industry forum on Jan. 26.

Photo by Guy Godfree, courtesy of Elevation Pictures