From yesterday’s TIFF Platform section we now move to two dozen film offerings that populate the Discovery programme and at the top of the list we have the opening film titled Stuffed by Theo Rhys starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling in what the fest calls the year’s most original, hilarious, and unexpectedly heartfelt romance, where love, death, and taxidermy collide. Six films are international premieres (it appears that only Anna Foglietta‘s A Common Story is coming from Venice) and naturally the section is loaded in world premieres. Among the standout names we find Alexandra Pechman‘s directorial debut to be Magazine (she had the high profiled package of The Murderous Miss Highsmith on the docket a couple of years back) which is about a young intern gets thrown into the intoxicating power dynamics of a prestigious literary magazine in New York. We have Ione Hernández‘s fiction debut in Sisters which stars Emma Suárez and Elena Anaya in a tale about a sexual assault within the family. Here are all the selections:
A Common Story | Anna Foglietta | Italy (International Premiere)
Ancestors | David Turpin | Ireland, United Kingdom
Arne Goes to Space | Lars Vega | Sweden
Bedford Park | Stephanie Ahn | USA (International Premiere)
Drifter | Sung Kang | USA
Head to Head | Ghasideh Golmakani | Iran, Germany
I Am Mario | Sharon Kleinberg | Mexico (International Premiere)
In Waves | Phuong Mai Nguyen | France, Belgium (International Premiere)
Krux | Tony Vahl | Germany, Poland
Magazine | Alexandra Pechman | USA
Memories of a Forest | Katharina Rabl | Germany, Austria (International Premiere)
Nosotros | Joaquín Ruano | Guatemala, Mexico
Purgatory | Lindsay Lanzillotta | Canada, USA
Salvation | Tom Nicoll | United Kingdom
Seventeen | Justin Ducharme | Canada
Sisters | Ione Hernández | Spain
Strong Son | Ian Bawa | Canada
Stuffed | Theo Rhys | United Kingdom (Opening Film)
The Daughters of Abraham | Hanaël El Yousfi | France (International Premiere)
The Fortunate Isles | Helena Girón, Samuel Delgado | Spain, Greece
Voices | Deantè Gray | USA (International Premiere)
We Are Born Good | Leung Chuen Yeung | Hong Kong
What Lies Between Us | Amalie Næsby Fick | Denmark
Zjili: A Story of Sisterhood and The Burdens of Excess | Christine Boateng, Hajara Musah Chambas | Ghana
