Yesterday TIFF announced a scorching Primetime programme with auteur names such as Janicza Bravo, Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg and Joe Wright alongside their Short Cuts programme – which is our main focus here. Comprised of international world premieres, Canadiana, high-profile names dabbling in the short form and a cherry-picking of some of the better shorts from recent fests there is plenty to look forward too. Actresses trying out their hand in the short form we have a first from Dakota Johnson (Loser Baby), and then Maika Monroe with Simone Faoro (The Yellow). Canucks getting world preems include Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Connor Jessup and Arshile Khanjian Egoyan. The Palme d’Or competition is well repped here with four shorts — Palme d’Or winner Nebojša Slijepčević‘s The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent leads the pack of Alison McAlpine, André Hayato Saito and Samir Karahoda. In North Amercain premieres we have former Oscar-winner in Torill Kove, Cannes Critics’ Week winner for his feature (La Jauria) Andrés Ramírez Pulido (here with A Son & a Father) plus Rúnar Rúnarsson will see his latest short paired with his Cannes preemed feature When the Light Breaks. Here are the shorts:
Short Cuts Programme 1
Deck 5B Malin Ingrid Johansson | Sweden – World Premiere
Silent Panorama Nicolas Piret | Belgium – North American Premiere
Fantas Halima Elkhatabi | Canada – World Premiere
Amarela André Hayato Saito | Brazil – North American Premiere
Maybe Elephants Torill Kove | Norway/Canada – North American Premiere
Sauna Day Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash | Estonia – North American Premiere
welima’q shalan joudry | Canada – World Premiere
Julian and the Wind Connor Jessup | Canada – World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 2
Percebes Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves | Portugal/France – North American Premiere
Fuck Me Anette Sidor | Sweden/Norway – World Premiere
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah | Canada – World Premiere
Every Other Weekend Mick Robertson, Margaret Rose | Canada – World Premiere
Mercenaire Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Canada – World Premiere
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine | Canada – North American Premiere
The Yellow Maika Monroe, Simone Faoro | USA – World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 3
Serve the Country Fabián Velasco, Miloš Mitrović | Canada – World Premiere
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba | Canada – North American Premiere
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia/France/Bulgaria/Slovenia (NAP)
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong | Canada – World Premiere
Masterpiece Mommy Dorothy Sing Zhang | United Kingdom/China – World Premiere
Loser Baby Dakota Johnson | USA – World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 4
A Son & a Father Andrés Ramírez Pulido | France/Colombia – North American Premiere
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris | Canada – World Premiere
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut | Canada (WP)
On The Way Samir Karahoda | Kosovo – North American Premiere
Out for Ice Cream Rachel Samson | Canada – World Premiere
The Best Ian Bawa | Canada – World Premiere
Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time James P. Gannon, Matt Ferrin | USA – World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 5
Solemates James Rathbone, Mike Feswick | Canada – World Premiere
Quota Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw | Netherlands – World Premiere
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Philippines/USA/Singapore – World Premiere
The Wolf Theodore Ushev | Canada – North American Premiere
Aïda Neither Elisa Gilmour | France – World Premiere
Alazar Beza Hailu Lemma | Ethiopia/France/Canada – North American Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 6
The Cost of Hugging Louis Bhose | United Kingdom – North American Premiere
Marion Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine | France/United Kingdom – North American Premiere
La Voix des Sirènes Gianluigi Toccafondo | France/Italy – North American Premiere
After Sunday Omolola Ajao | Canada – World Premiere
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin Catherine Boivin | Canada – World Premiere
Before They Joined Us Arshile Khanjian Egoyan | Canada – World Premiere
Tenderness Helen Lee | Canada/South Korea – World Premiere
Strange Cuts Programme
Gender Reveal Mo Matton | Canada – North American Premiere
The Sunset Special 2 Nicolas Gebbe | Germany – North American Premiere
The Beguiling ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby | USA – World Premiere
Don’t F*ck With Ba Sally Tran | USA – International Premiere
Stomach Bug Matty Crawford | United Kingdom – World Premiere
Never Have I Ever Joyce A. Nashawati | France – World Premiere
O Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland/Sweden – North American Premiere
