TIFF Docs programming team announced some big guns in their line-up comprised of some high value world premieres and a sprinkling of North American preems. Following his premiere in Venice, Frederick Wiseman will bring four-hour docu Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros to the fest while Errol Morris will be coming from Telluride with The Pigeon Tunnel (which Apple TV+ made public just a couple of days ago – this is about the storied life and career of former British spy David Cornwell, better known as bestselling author John le Carré. A big winner in the Un Certain Regard section, Best Director (and L’Oeil d’or winner) Asmae El Moudir brings The Mother of All Lies – one of my personal faves on the Croisette. Also from Cannes, Pierre-Henri will gift us with Viva Varda! a portrait on the female filmmaker legend. And finally three world premieres to watch out for from established vets, we find Raoul Peck with Silver Dollar Road, Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa by Lucy Walker and Roger Ross Williams with Stamped From the Beginning. Here is the TIFF Docs section line-up:
Boil Alert – Stevie Salas, James Burns | Canada/USA – World Premiere
Bye Bye Tiberias – Lina Soualem | France/Belgium/Qatar/Palestine – North American Premiere
Copa 71 – Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine | United Kingdom – World Premiere OPENING NIGHT FILM
Defiant – Karim Amer | Ukraine/United Kingdom/USA – World Premiere
Flipside – Chris Wilcha | USA – World Premiere
God is a Woman – Andrés Peyrot | France/Switzerland/Panama – North American Premiere
Homecoming – Suvi West, Anssi Kömi | Finland/Norway – World Premiere
In the Rearview – Maciek Hamela | Poland/France/Ukraine – North American Premiere
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros – Frederick Wiseman | France/USA – North American Premiere
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa – Lucy Walker | USA – World Premiere
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Robert McCallum | Canada – World Premiere
Silver Dollar Road – Raoul Peck | USA – World Premiere
Songs of Earth – Margreth Olin | Norway – North American Premiere
Sorry/Not Sorry – Caroline Suh, Cara Mones | USA – World Premiere
Stamped From the Beginning – Roger Ross Williams | USA – World Premiere
Summer Qamp – Jen Markowitz | Canada – World Premiere
The Contestant – Clair Titley | United Kingdom – World Premiere
The Pigeon Tunnel – Errol Morris | United Kingdom/USA/Hungary – International Premiere
The World is Family – Anand Patwardhan | India – World Premiere
Viva Varda! – Pierre-Henri Gibert | France – North American Premiere
Walls – Kasia Smutniak | Italy – World Premiere
