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The 46th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 9–18, 2021. in Canada's most vibrant and exciting metropolis, it has become one of the most important film events on the festival calendar. Showcasing more than 300 films and hosting industryites from around the world, Toronto can "make or break" films looking for international distribution and a chance at Oscar gold. From glitzy red carpet premieres to challenging art films to cutting edge new media, the Festival offers something for every taste. Past Coverage 2014 2015 - Coverage 2016 in French English  Films from Canada at The 43rd Toronto International Film Festival
The 43rd Toronto International Film Festival added another 19 Canadian features and 24 short films to its lineup today. "Ranging from science fiction to fantasy, myth to documentary, and romance to a dystopic vision of our neighbours to the south, this year’s Canadian films come from every region in the country, stretching from east to west and north to south," said Steve Gravestock, Senior Programmer, TIFF. 
The Grizzlies 
Edge of the Knife TIFF presents the World Premieres of three films that showcase Indigenous talent: Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s Edge of the Knife, the first feature-length film made in Haida, which is classified by UNESCO as an endangered language; Darlene Naponse’s Falls Around Her, starring renowned Métis actor Tantoo Cardinal; and Miranda de Pencier’s feature directorial debut The Grizzlies, a creative collaboration between De Pencier and Inuit producers Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and Stacey Aglok MacDonald that tells an inspiring, true story and that was shot on location in MacDonald’s home community in Nunavut. "The films feature characters who push hard against prescribed boundaries, asking vital questions about the state of the world and the status quo. We are especially excited to have a strong slate of bold and dynamic women-centric stories. Forty percent of the Canadian film slate this year is directed by women," said Danis Goulet, TIFF Canadian Features Programmer. 
Anthropocene 
Clara A highlight of the festival will be a Special Event World Premiere and tribute showcasing the illuminating documentary Sharkwater Extinction, the final work by the late filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart. The Festival's Canadian short-film selection showcases masterful films that tell stories of complex human relationships and introduce a range of characters facing diverse challenges, from coming to terms with one's own identity to understanding the importance of heritage, family, and the fragility of friendships. Highlights from the Festival’s Canadian short-film selection include new works by Amanda Strong, Caroline Monnet, Guy Maddin, Sofia Bohdanowicz, Celia Perrin Sidarous, and Lina Rodriguez. 
Brotherhood 
The Subject For the eighth year, the TIFF Rising Stars programme returns with a diverse crop of participants. This year’s Canadian lineup consists of Devery Jacobs, Lamar Johnson (The Hate U Give), Michaela Kurimsky (Firecrackers), and Jess Salgueiro (MOUTHPIECE). "Hungry, new talent is the lifeblood of this industry," said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. "This year’s group are some of the most captivating, charismatic, and promising young Canadian talents Rising Stars has ever seen, so it’s no surprise they’re featured in some of the Festival’s most highly anticipated films. They are the ones to watch." The 43rd Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 6 to 16, 2018. Ticket packages are now on sale. 
Courtesy of TIFF Norman Norman 
Courtesy of TIFF Animal Behaviour Canadian feature films screening as part of this year's Toronto International Film Festival include: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Anthropocene | Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky, Canada The Fall of the American Empire | Denys Arcand, Canada The Grizzlies | Miranda de Pencier, Canada SPECIAL EVENT Sharkwater Extinction | Rob Stewart, Canada 
Courtesy of TIFF Carmine Street Guitars 
What Is Democracy? TIFF DOCS Carmine Street Guitars | Ron Mann, Canada Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz | Barry Avrich, Canada What is Democracy? | Astra Taylor, Canada DISCOVERY Clara | Akash Sherman, Canada Edge of the Knife | Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown, Canada Firecrackers | Jasmin Mozaffari, Canada Freaks | Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein, Canada 
Courtesy of TIFF Firecrackers 
Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA Falls Around Her | Darlene Naponse, Canada The Fireflies Are Gone | Sébastien Pilote, Canada The Great Darkened Days | Maxime Giroux, Canada Kingsway | Bruce Sweeney, Canada Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin | Renée Beaulieu, Canada Splinters | Thom Fitzgerald, Canada 
Courtesy of TIFF Falls Around Her 
Courtesy of TIFF Kingsway WAVELENGTHS Fausto | Andrea Bussmann, Canada/Mexico The Stone Speakers | Igor Drljača, Canada/Bosnia and Herzegovina Previously announced Canadian features at the Festival include Keith Behrman’s Giant Little Ones (Special Presentation), Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project(Special Presentation), Patricia Rozema’s MOUTHPIECE (Opening Special Presentation), and Don McKellar’s Through Black Spruce (Special Presentation). 
Courtesy of TIFF Accidence 
Courtesy of TIFF Biidaaban Canadian short films screening as part of this year's Toronto International Film Festival include: SHORT CUTS 7A | Zachary Russell, Canada Accidence | Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Canada Animal Behaviour | Alison Snowden, David Fine, Canada Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) | Amanda Strong, Canada Brotherhood (Ikhwène) | Meryam Joobeurn, Tunisia/Canada Caroni | Ian Harnarine, Canada/Trinidad and Tobago/USA Dziadzio | Aaron Ries, Canada Emptying the Tank | Caroline Monnet, Canada EXIT | Claire Edmondson, Canada/USA 
Courtesy of TIFF Emptying the Tank 
Courtesy of TIFF Good Boy Fauve | Jérémy Comte, Canada GIRLFRIENDS (AMIES) | Marie Davignon, Canada Glitter's Wild Women | Roney, Canada Good Boy | Fantavious Fritz, Canada If This Isn't Love (Si ce n'est pas de l'amour) | Luiza Cocora, Canada Little Waves (Les petites vagues) | Ariane Louis-Seize, Canada My Boy (Mon Boy) | Sarah Pellerin, Canada Norman Norman | Sophy Romvari, Canada Paseo | Matthew Hannam, Canada The Subject (Le sujet) | Patrick Bouchard, Canada Veslemøy's Song | Sofia Bohdanowicz, Canada 
Courtesy of TIFF Caroni 
Courtesy of TIFF Veslemøy's Song WAVELENGTHS ALTIPLANO | Malena Szlam, Chile/Argentina/Canada ante mis ojos | Lina Rodriguez, Colombia/Canada Sira | Rolla Tahir, Canada Slip | Celia Perrin Sidarous, Canada 
The Fall of the American Empire 
Paseo
01.08.2018 | Toronto Film Festival Dailies's blog Cat. : FILM
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