TIFF- Toronto Internation Film Fedstival 2021
List of Movies that can be seen in the Festival from Sept 11th - 18th
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- DirectorAlexandre MorattoStarsChristian MalheirosRodrigo SantoroLucas OranmianTo provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca, but becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking.
- DirectorShipei WenStarsEddie PengSylvia ChangYanhui WangOn a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dead man's wife, Mrs Liang. Meanwhile, the body is discovered - riddled with bullets. Chen, the detective in charge of the investigation, becomes obsessed with the case. Years later, all three remain caught in a tangled web of memories and lies, desperately searching for a truth that refuses to be revealed.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- DirectorClint BentleyStarsClifton Collins Jr.Moises AriasMolly ParkerAn aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
- DirectorBlaine ThurierStarsAlanna BaleLuke BilykBenjamin SutherlandWhen Anna, a centuries old vampire, watches Robbie, a charming but reckless young man, recover from his alcoholism, she decides to quit blood and restore her humanity.
- DirectorSébastien PiloteStarsSara MontpetitSébastien RicardHélène FlorentMaria, teen of a pioneer family in Québec, is coming of age and a few young men show interest. The «coureur des bois» is her prefered, then the city man, and the neighbour establishing his own farm. Events will help her decide her future.
- DirectorAnita Rocha da SilveiraStarsMari OliveiraLara TremourouxJoana MedeirosIn order to resist temptation, Mariana and her girlfriends try their best to control everything and everyone around them. However, the day will come when the urge to scream will be stronger than it ever has been.
- DirectorAntoneta Alamat KusijanovicStarsGracija FilipovicLeon LucevDanica CurcicA teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
- DirectorTim MielantsBouli LannersStarsMichelle FairleyBouli LannersAndrew StillPhil, a robust middle-aged man suffers a stroke, causing him to lose his memory. Millie, who takes care of him, tells him falsely that they were secretly in love before his accident.
- DirectorJuanjo Giménez PeñaStarsMarta NietoMiki EsparbéLuisa MerelasA sound designer finds refuge from broken relationships with her ex, her colleagues and her mother in the studio, where she can spend hours recording Foley and wild tracks, editing and mixing. But is her brain starting to slip out of sync?
- DirectorWi Ding HoChih Hsin HuStarsPo-Hung LinMoon LeeJ.C. LinThe intersecting lives and relationships of a group of 20-somethings in Taipei are tested after a tragic incident that connects them all.
- DirectorManuel Martín CuencaStarsJavier GutiérrezPatricia López ArnaizIrene VirgüezA pregnant teenager comes to a tense agreement with the couple sheltering her.
- DirectorLuàna BajramiStarsLuàna BajramiAndi BajgoraEra BalajThree young and free-spirited women decide to escape their daily lives and form a gang.
- DirectorNeus BallúsStarsMohamed MellaliValero EscolarPep SarràA peculiar team of three handymen has to face a series of eccentric clients. Their everyday job becomes a surrealist and exhilarating experience.
- DirectorSteve PinkStarsAmber MidthunderTaylor GrayBethany Anne LindAlbee and Walker, a couple on the verge of divorce. Albee wants out, while Walker wants to make it work, no matter the damage. A weekend in the mountains to work through a book that might save their relationship via total, brutal honesty.
- DirectorHarry WootliffStarsRuth WilsonTom BurkeHayley SquiresIt follows a young woman living on the fringes of society who becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
- DirectorRadu MunteanStarsMaria PopistasuIlona BrezoianuAlex BogdanA humanitarian mission arrives in Transylvania, offering goods to locals. Maria and Dan, despite conflicts, find themselves assisting a disoriented local.
- DirectorRuth PaxtonStarsSienna GuilloryJessica AlexanderRuby StokesA widowed mother is radically tested when her teenage daughter insists a supernatural experience has left her body in service to a higher power.
- DirectorThyrone TommyStarsThomas Antony OlajideEmma FerreiraAndrea DavisTwo contemporary jazz musicians develop a stormy and tragic romance.
- DirectorJavier AndradeStarsAnahí HoeneisenMatilde LagosJuan Lorenzo BarragánWhen Luisa, 45, returns from a psychiatric clinic after a bout with severe postpartum depression, she enters a new confinement in her dazzling home, surrounded by family members and a brigade of servants who expect her struggles to remain invisible. Unable to continue playing the role of the perfect housewife, Luisa's only escape is to waltz elegantly into madness.
- DirectorHaya WaseemStarsArooj AzeemAshir AzeemBushra Ashir AzeemA young Pakistani-born woman navigates her coming-of-age story while being a newcomer to Canada.
- DirectorShasha NakhaiRich WilliamsonStarsLiam DiazMekiya FoxAnna Claire BeitelScarborough is the film adaptation of the award-winning novel by Catherine Hernandez. Over the course of a school year, 3 kids in a low-income neighbourhood find community and friendship at a drop-in reading program.
- DirectorEvan Jackson LeongStarsSung KangAmy TsangPerry YungA Chinese immigrant get caught up in an international crime ring of human smuggling while attempting to make a better life for her family.
- DirectorAna LazarevicStarsBranislav TrifunovicYousef Al KhaledSloboda MicalovicStrahinja, a smuggler with a failed marriage, becomes stranded with teens he's to take across the border to Hungary. The boys' open-hearted approach to life makes Strahinja aware of the walls he has built around his own.
- DirectorBretten HannamStarsPhillip Forest LewitskiJoshua OdjickAvery Winters-AnthonyTwo brothers embark on a journey to find their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts; along the way, they reconnect with their indigenous heritage and make a new friend.
- DirectorMia Hansen-LøveStarsVicky KriepsTim RothMia WasikowskaA couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsBen PlattJulianne MooreKaitlyn DeverFilm adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with social anxiety disorder, and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance after a classmate's suicide.
- DirectorAlison KlaymanStarsAlanis MorissetteNicola GledhillHanif AbdurraqibDocumentary centers on the life and work of Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette while making her breakout album 'Jagged Little Pill'
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsNaomi WattsColton GobboAndrew ChownA mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.
- DirectorDanis GouletStarsElle-Máijá TailfeathersBrooklyn Letexier-HartAlex TarrantA mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try to rescue her daughter from a state-run institution.
- DirectorCamille GriffinStarsKeira KnightleyMatthew GoodeRoman Griffin DavisNell, Simon, and their 3 sons are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
- DirectorMélanie LaurentStarsLou de LaâgeMélanie LaurentEmmanuelle BercotA woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieHerbert NordrumThe chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsElina LöwensohnPaula LunaVimala PonsA chimeric future on After Blue, a planet from another galaxy, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna. The story is of a punitive expedition.
- DirectorRob SavageStarsAnnie HardyAmar Chadha-PatelAngela EnahoroTwo friends embark on a horror-fueled road trip and livestream the most terrifying night of their lives.
- DirectorJean Luc HerbulotStarsYann GaelEvelyne Ily JuhenRoger SallahIn 2003, a trio of mercenaries escaping a coup in Guinea-Bissau take refuge in a hidden region on the Saloum river of Senegal. But something from beyond the grave awaits them there.
- DirectorKate DolanStarsHazel DoupeCarolyn BrackenIngrid CraigieIn a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
- DirectorArsalan AmiriStarsNavid PourfarajPourya Rahimi SamHoda ZeinolabedinInvestigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.
- DirectorLucile HadzihalilovicStarsPaul HiltonRomane HemelaersRomola GaraiA 50-year-old caretaker is employed to look after 10-year-old girl. His most important task is to maintain her dentures that are made of ice and must be changed several times a day.
- DirectorScott McGeheeDavid SiegelStarsHaley Lu RichardsonOwen TeagueGilbert OwuorTwo estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsTilda SwintonAgnes BrekkeDaniel Giménez CachoA woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.
- DirectorClio BarnardStarsAdeel AkhtarClaire RushbrookMacy ShackletonAli and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava's past relationship, and Ali's emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.
- DirectorMichael McGowanStarsAlison PillSarah GadonMare WinninghamBased on the 2014 international best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows is the poignant story of two sisters, one a concert pianist obsessed with ending her life, and the other a writer who, in wrestling with this decision, makes profound discoveries about her herself.
- DirectorMichael PearceStarsRiz AhmedOctavia SpencerLucian-River ChauhanTwo brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsMaren EggertDan StevensSandra HüllerIn order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
- DirectorFabrice du WelzStarsBenoît PoelvoordeMélanie DouteyAlba Gaïa BellugiThe lives of a wealthy publisher and her novelist husband are changed by the arrival of a mysterious young woman at their country mansion.
- DirectorEva HussonStarsOdessa YoungJosh O'ConnorColin FirthJane Fairchild, a maidservant for the Niven family, is surprised when her wealthy neighbor, Paul Sheringham, invites her to spend the day with him.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsJoséphine SanzGabrielle SanzNina MeurisseNelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsTim RothAlbertine Kotting McMillanSamuel BottomleyNeil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
- DirectorMichael ShowalterStarsJessica ChastainAndrew GarfieldCherry JonesAn intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
- DirectorStephen KaramStarsRichard JenkinsJayne HoudyshellAmy SchumerDuring one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.
- DirectorBent HamerStarsPål Sverre HagenNicolas BroTrond FausaFrank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsBenedict CumberbatchKirsten DunstJesse PlemonsCharismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsLéa SeydouxGijs NaberLouis GarrelJacob Störr, a sea captain, makes a bet in a café with a friend, to marry the first woman who enters the place. And in walks Lizzy.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsRiccardo ScamarcioElena LiettiAlba RohrwacherThe story of three families living in three apartments in the same bourgeois condominium.
- DirectorJustine BatemanStarsOlivia MunnLuke BraceyJustin TherouxViolet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.
- DirectorNathalie BiancheriStarsGeorge MacKayStuart GrahamHelen BehanYoung Jacob who suffers from zoanthropy believes he is a wolf and is committed to a mental asylum following an attack on his brother. There he meets and befriends the other patients and witnesses the brutal methods of treatment.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsJude HillLewis McAskieCaitríona BalfeA young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.