2015 TIFF: Maris Curran, Thomas Bidegain & Josh Mond Among Discovery Programme Selections

With about two weeks left until the ’15 edition kicks off, the festival heads at TIFF have made the final announcements to their upcoming edition with the unveiling of the Discovery programme. With thirty offerings from several first time filmmakers, the section is populated by items that have preemed elsewhere in the awards tipped, Sundance sensation James White from Josh Mond, to the Cannes debuted Les Cowboys from scribe and now director Thomas Bidegain, to the world premiere of Maris Curran’s Five Nights in Maine starring David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest and Rosie Perez. Here are the offerings:

DISCOVERY
“The Ardennes” Robin Pront, Belgium
“Beast” Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith, Australia/Philippines
“Black” Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Belgium
“Born to Dance” Tammy Davis, New Zealand
“Dégradé” Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Palestine/France/Qatar
“Desde Allá” Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela
“Downriver” Grant Scicluna, Australia
“Eva Nová” Marko Škop, Slovakia
“Five Nights in Maine” Maris Curran, USA
“The Here After” (“Efterskalv”) Magnus von Horn, Poland/Sweden/France
“Ixcanul” Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala/France
“James White” Josh Mond, USA
“Keeper” Guillaume Senez, Belgium/Switzerland/France
“Les Cowboys” Thomas Bidegain, France/Belgium
“Meghmallar” Zahidur Rahim Anjan, Bangladesh
“Mountain” Yaelle Kayam, Israel/Denmark
“My Name is Emily” Simon Fitzmaurice, Ireland
“The Paradise Suite” Joost van Ginkel, Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria
“A Patch of Fog” Michael Lennox, United Kingdom
“Semana Santa” Alejandra Márquez Abella, Mexico
“Spear” Stephen Page, Australia
“Very Big Shot” (“Film Kteer Kbeer”) Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, Lebanon/Qatar
“The Wait” (“L’attesa”) Piero Messina, Italy
“We Monsters” (“Wir Monster”) Sebastian Ko, Germany
“Wedding Doll” (“Chatona Meniyar”) Nitzan Gilady, Israel