TIFF 2023 TIFF Docs 2023 showcases world premieres, global controversies, contested histories, big personalities
Toronto/IBNS: The 2023 selection for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Docs programme presented by A&E IndieFilms, featuring 22 titles from 12 countries around the world.
The 2023 TIFF Docs lineup brings premieres that showcase a wide variety of documentary filmmaking: personal, political, observational, essayistic, historical, biographical, and indescribable.
Unforgettable figures such as mountain climber Lhakpa Sherpa, Japan’s reality TV star Nasubi, Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, Indigenous activist Layla Staats, historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, and Canadian icon Mr. Dressup would reportedly be encountered by the audiences
“We believe documentaries have a unique power to illuminate untold stories, challenge perspectives, and inspire meaningful change…As someone with a background in documentary production myself…We invite all documentary filmmakers to join us at TIFF as we continue to champion their vital contributions to the world of cinema,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF.
“This year’s slate of TIFF Docs titles is guaranteed to start conversations,” said TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers.
“Audiences can expect big emotions that run the gamut…Many of these attention-getting titles will be coming to the Festival looking for buyers.”
These TIFF Docs titles join a number of documentaries already announced for TIFF 2023 as part of the Gala and Special Presentations programmes, including Leigh Brooks’ Hate to Love: Nickelback, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters, Alex Gibney’s In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, and Chelsea McMullan’s Swan Song.
2023 TIFF Docs programme:
Boil Alert Stevie Salas, James Burns | Canada/USA
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Bye Bye Tiberias Lina Soualem | France/Belgium/Qatar/Palestine
North American Premiere
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Copa 71 Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine | United Kingdom
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Defiant Karim Amer | Ukraine/United Kingdom/USA
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Flipside Chris Wilcha | USA
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God is a Woman Andrés Peyrot | France/Switzerland/Panama
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Homecoming Suvi West, Anssi Kömi | Finland/Norway
World Premiere
In the Rearview Maciek Hamela | Poland/France/Ukraine
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Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros Frederick Wiseman | France/USA
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Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Lucy Walker | USA
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Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe Robert McCallum | Canada
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Silver Dollar Road Raoul Peck | USA
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Songs of Earth Margreth Olin | Norway
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Sorry/Not Sorry Caroline Suh, Cara Mones | USA
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Stamped From the Beginning Roger Ross Williams | USA
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Summer Qamp Jen Markowitz | Canada
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The Contestant Clair Titley | United Kingdom
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The Mother of All Lies Asmae El Moudir | Morocco/Egypt/Saudi Arabia/Qatar
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The Pigeon Tunnel Errol Morris | United Kingdom/USA/Hungary
International Premiere
The World is Family Anand Patwardhan | India
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Viva Varda! Pierre-Henri Gibert | France
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Walls Kasia Smutniak | Italy
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(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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