The world of an employee of a chicken packing factory turns upside down with the return of her old friend and love interest in Chuck Chuck Baby. Helen (Louise Brealey) is a woman in North Wales working in a chicken packing factory, with half of her wages going to her ex-husband Gary (Celyn Jones). Despite […]
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A Polish nurse shelters a group of Jews while working as a housekeeper for a S.S. Major in Irena’s Vow. Irena Gut Opdyke (Sophie Nélisse) is training to be a nurse in 1939 when the Germans invade and she ends up working in a factory for Officer Kruger (Marcel Sabat). Irene is hired by Major
A 17-year-old girl discovers something sinister at a resort in the German Alps in Cuckoo. 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) is forced to move with her father Luis (Marton Csokas), stepmother Beth (Jessica Henwick), and half-sister Alma (Mila Lieu) to the Resort Alpschatten in the German Alps run by Mr. König (Dan Stevens). Gretchen finds out
Cuckoo – TIFF Next Wave 2024
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A former child actor tries to make a sequel to a film he had a bit part in Hey, Viktor!. Cody Lightning is living off the fact that he had a bit part in the 1998 film Smoke Signals, playing the child version of Adam Beach‘s protagonist Victor Joseph. Cody hopes to produce a sequel
A farmer seeks justice for the gang rape of his 13-year-old daughter in To Kill a Tiger. One night in Jharkhand, India, a 13-year-old girl is raped by three men. However, when her rice farmer father Ranjit reported the incident to police, they instead suggested that his daughter just marry one of the rapists. Ranjit
After the sudden death of her father, the Canadian daughter of a Pakistani immigrant learns that she is not all that different from her mother in The Queen of My Dreams. Azra (Amrit Kaur) used to idolize her mother Mariam (Nimra Bucha), with the two sharing a love of the 1969 Bollywood film Aradhana. However,
The Queen of My Dreams – TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2023
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Two sisters reconcile past trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tautuktavuk (What We See). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Saqpinak (Carol Kunnuk), who lives in Igloolik, regularly has Zoom conversations with her younger sister Uyarak (Lucy Tulugarjuk) in Montreal. Uyarak has been dealing with a past traumatic event that resulted in her having to leave Nunavut. With
Tautuktavuk (What We See) – TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2023
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A Montreal Drag Queen deals with self-esteem issues in his personal and professional life in Solo. Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is a makeup artist by day, who performs in Montreal’s drag scene at night. Things seem to be looking up for Simon, as he falls for new drag artist Olivier (Félix Maritaud), who recently moved to
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A cantankerous professor at a boarding school is left to watch those left behind during the Christmas holidays in The Holdovers. Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) is one of the longest-tenured professors at the Barton Boarding School. As punishment for his strict methods, Paul must stay behind during the 1971 Christmas holidays to look after the
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Two identical twin salesmen try to reunite their divorced parents in Dicks: The Musical. Craig (Josh Sharp) and Trevor (Aaron Jackson) are two bitter rival salesmen competing to be the top seller for their girl boss, Gloria (Megan Thee Stallion). However, when they discover that they have the same birthday and matching lockets, Craig and
Dicks: The Musical – TIFF 2023
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