The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the full lineup for its Wavelengths and Classics programme, with a few familiar Canadians among the filmmakers.
The Wavelengths programme screens experimental and visionary work from international filmmakers. This year’s selection includes 11 features, three shorts programmes, and an in-cinema looped presentation.
Among the features is the North American premiere of Canadian-Mexican filmmaker Nicolás Pereda’s Lázaro at Night (Lázaro de noche). Set in Mexico City, Lázaro at Night (pictured) follows three friends in their early forties who become entangled in a love triangle.
The film world premiered at the Marseille International Film Festival this past June, and is a Canada/Mexico copro produced by Pereda and Catalina Pereda. Sales are being handled by Kino Rebelde.
Also screening as part of Wavelengths are the world premieres of Canadian shorts A Black Screen Too from Rhayne Vermette; Notes of a Crocodile (Cambodia/China/Canada) from Daphne Xu; and Go Between (Canada/Australia) from Chris Kennedy.
Two ’90s Canadian features are world premiering their 4K restorations as part of the Classics programme, which screens iconic films from international and homegrown auteurs.
Srinivas Krishna’s 1991 musical Masala follows a recovering heroin addict attempting to make peace with his extended family. Starring British–Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey, the film was produced by Krishna and Camelia Frieberg, with Dan Howard serving as executive producer.
Rounding out the Canadian features is Atom Egoyan’s 1997 Oscar-nominated film The Sweet Hereafter. The film is based on a Russell Banks novel and follows a lawyer who arrives in a small town after a bus crash to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn’t what it seems.
The film stars Sarah Polley and Ian Holm. Egoyan received Oscar nods for directing and best adapted screenplay. The film was produced by Egoyan and Frieberg, with Andras Hamori and Robert Lantos executive producing.
TIFF runs from Sept. 5 to 15.
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