TIFF23 Schedule

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Thursday, September 07

6:45 PM 8:15 PM

Copa 71

In this documentary executive produced by Serena and Venus Williams, the filmmakers use archival footage and new interviews to tell the story of the unofficial 1971 Women’s World Cup, a moment virtually erased from the history of soccer.

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Friday, September 08

9:30 PM 11:34 PM

Perfect Days

Wim Wenders returns with a poignant character study and a deeply moving, poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

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Saturday, September 09

2:30 PM 4:29 PM

The Convert

Lee Tamahori’s action-filled historical epic stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the centre of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes.

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6:00 PM 7:58 PM

Days of Happiness

A young orchestra conductor faces a crossroads in her life and career in this ambitious drama that reunites writer-director Chloé Robichaud with actor Sophie Desmarais.

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9:10 PM 11:05 PM

KILL

In Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s relentless martial arts thriller, a passenger train bound for New Delhi becomes a bloody battleground of brutal close-quarters combat as a pair of commandos square off against a 40-strong army of invading bandits.

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Sunday, September 10

5:30 PM 7:26 PM

Lee

Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in this fascinating portrait of the great American war correspondent Lee Miller, whose singular talent and ferocious tenacity gave us some of the 20th century’s most indelible images.

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9:00 PM 11:09 PM

The Dead Don't Hurt

Set in the 1860s, Viggo Mortensen’s second outing as writer-director (after Falling, TIFF ’20) is an elegantly realized feminist western starring Mortensen himself and Vicky Krieps as immigrants attempting to forge a life in a corrupt Nevada town.

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Monday, September 11

12:00 PM 1:34 PM

The Pigeon Tunnel

David Cornwell, a.k.a. spy novelist John le Carré, opens up to Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris for the author’s final interview, reflecting on the influences he took away from his father’s life as a con man.

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3:00 PM 5:06 PM

Monster

Acclaimed Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to his homeland with a powerful yet delicate story of love and humanity, a moral tale about school bullying, scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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Tuesday, September 12

6:05 PM 10:05 PM

Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros

Esteemed documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s latest is a food-lover’s heaven — a long, behind-the-scenes excursion into the world of France’s venerable restaurant La Maison Troisgros, which has held three Michelin stars for more than five decades.

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Wednesday, September 13

8:45 PM 10:36 PM

NAGA

In Meshal Aljaser’s exhilaratingly madcap thriller, a young woman stranded in the Arabian desert races to be home before curfew under the threat of extreme punishment from her scary strict father.

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Thursday, September 14

11:30 AM 1:26 PM

Ru

Based on the Governor General’s Award–winning novel by Kim Thúy, Ru is the story of the arduous journey of a wealthy family fleeing from Vietnam, before landing in Quebec.

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5:30 PM 7:13 PM

Next Goal Wins

Michael Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss, and Oscar Kightley star in Taika Waititi’s comedy about the American Samoa soccer team’s attempt to make a World Cup — 12 years after their infamous 31-0 loss in a 2002 World Cup qualifying match.

Royal Alexandra Theatre

Friday, September 15

7:00 PM 9:52 PM

Farewell My Concubine

One of the landmark films of China’s Fifth Generation, Chen Kaige’s 1993 historical epic encompasses 50 turbulent years of Chinese history in a riveting backstage drama about lifelong friends who become stars of the Peking Opera.

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Saturday, September 16

12:30 PM 2:00 PM

In Conversation With... Andy Lau

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Premium
2:45 PM 4:19 PM

Flora and Son

The latest from writer-director John Carney (Once, Sing Street) features a revelatory performance from Eve Hewson as a young mother trying to connect with her teenage son through a shared love of music.

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Sunday, September 17

12:00 PM 2:05 PM

The Movie Emperor

Andy Lau is perfectly, cheekily cast as a movie star seeking relevance via a film festival–baiting art-house role in director Ning Hao’s sharp satire of movie industry pretension.

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3:05 PM 4:55 PM

Uproar

Julian Dennison delivers another charismatic performance in a witty and wise story about a young student trying to find his place among New Zealand’s fight for its national identity in the ’80s.

Scotiabank 8
7:00 PM 8:35 PM

Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero

Watch superstar Lil Nas X transcend genres and defy expectations in this revealing, jubilant, and inspiring musical documentary.

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