Celebrating Ontario at #TIFF24!

The Toronto International Film Festival returns for its 49th edition from September 5-15, 2024, and we’re thrilled to see Ontario showing up on screen throughout the festival.

This impressive lineup of 13 features screening at TIFF showcases the strength of Ontario’s film industry, both on the screen and behind the scenes.

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Keep reading for our full preview of Ontario films at #TIFF24!

In a post-apocalyptic future where food is scarce, the last descendants of a Black family of farmers who settled in Canada after the American Civil War must protect their homestead from an organized militia hell-bent on taking their land. Premieres September 6th at 9pm. Produced by: 4T Productions; filmed in Ontario.

Durga Chew-Bose’s adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s unforgettable coming-of-age novel of the same name, is a sun-soaked heralding of a singular artist. Premieres September 5th at 9pm. Produced by: Babe Nation (co-production).

Struggling with a new baby and a distracted husband, an academic is more than happy to hang out with a college pal who crashes back into her life. But what sort of relationship are they resuming, precisely? Premieres September 11th at 6pm. Produced by: MDFF, Arbitrage Pictures, Zapruder Films; filmed in Ontario.

This film brilliantly spotlights a young academic’s run towards one woman — acclaimed early 20th-century Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow — as she simultaneously flees from another, her failed musician mother. Premieres September 7th at 8:15pm. Produced by: Greenground Productions, Maison du Bonheur Films Inc.; filmed in Ontario.

A cultural snapshot of turn-of-the-millennium Toronto with subtle comic energy and a great cast, Sook-Yin Lee’s adaptation of Chester Brown’s autobiographical 2011 graphic novel is a movie only Lee could make… because it’s her story, too. Premieres September 6th at 9:30pm. Produced by: Wildling Pictures, Hawkeye Pictures; filmed in Ontario.

A rising musical-theatre star before his transition, Z (Breton Lalama) has to figure out how to sing in his new register in order to return to the thing he loves most — and, in the process, integrate his past and present selves. Premieres September 8th at 9:45pm. Produced by: Really Happy Someday; filmed in Ontario.

Kaniehtiio Horn (Alice, Darling, TIFF ’22) wrote, directed, and stars in Seeds, a tense thriller that weaves Kanienʼkehá꞉ka connections to the land with a cat-and-mouse game. Premieres September 6th at 12pm. Produced by Carpe Dee Yum Productions Inc.; filmed in Ontario.

After a car crashes into his front yard, a family man develops an unhealthy obsession with being ready for the next accident. And the next. Premieres September 6th at 6:30pm. Produced by Aclina Pictures (co-production).

Struggling writer Ashish is thrown for several loops when he falls for barista Claire and learns his estranged father has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, in Amar Wala’s first dramatic feature. Premieres September 7th at 5:15pm. Produced by Scarborough Pictures; filmed in Ontario.

Renowned cinematographer Rachel Morrison makes her feature directorial debut with this film about boxer Claressa Shields’ true-life ascent to the Olympics. It’s a unique sports story that goes beyond the triumph of the underdog to ask what comes after. Premieres September 7th at 2:30pm. Filmed in Ontario.

Still grieving the loss of his wife, a technological entrepreneur (Vincent Cassel) finds what’s left of his world collapsing into a nightmare of sex, paranoia, and grief in David Cronenberg’s most personal film. Premieres September 11th at 9:30pm. Produced by Prospero Pictures; filmed in Ontario.

After a massive loss, an overwhelmed Toronto mother discovers a very unusual way to process her grief. Premieres September 11th at 7pm. Produced by Smallaxx Motion Pictures; filmed in Ontario.

Inspired by the popular 1770s novella The Sorrows of Young Werther, this modernization stars Douglas Booth and Alison Pill in a fast-paced and bright romantic comedy, set in Toronto. Premieres September 9th at 9pm. Produced by Wildling Pictures; filmed in Ontario.

Photos and capsule descriptions courtesy of TIFF.