Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Toronto >> 2024 >> Centrepiece
View other Toronto International Film Festival Films by strand: Discovery, Gala Presentations, Lightbox, Luminaries, Midnight Madness, Platform, Special Presentations, TIFF Docs, Wavelengths
Cloud and Santosh
An Unfinished Film
(Year: 2024; Director: Lou Ye)
Details to come...
April
(Country: Georgia, Italy, France; Year: 2024; Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili; Writer: Dea Kulumbegashvili; Stars: Merab Ninidze, Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili)
After a newborn dies during delivery, the morals and professionalism of an ob-gyn, Nina, come under scrutiny amid rumors that she performs illegal abortions for those in need.
Beloved Tropic
(Country: Panama, Colombia; Year: 2024; Director: Ana Endara Mislov; Writer: Ana Endara Mislov, Pilar Moreno; Stars: Paulina García, Juliette Roy, Jenny Navarrete)
A tropical garden provides the setting for the meeting between two lonely souls who accompany one another for a time: that of an upper-class woman with dementia and that of her carer.
Bound In Heaven
(Country: China; Year: 2024; Director: Xin Huo; Writer: Yu Pan; Stars: Ni Ni, You Zhou, Fan Liao)
This film narrates the poignant tale of a terminally ill man and a woman caught in violence, weaving through their fugitive journey after an unforeseen incident.
By The Stream
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Writer: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-hee, Cho Young)
Tale of loneliness, connection, and creativity that transpires during an annual skit festival at a women’s university.
When The Light Breaks and Souleymane's Story
Cloud (Kuraudo)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2024; Director: Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Writer: Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Stars: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Masataka Kubota)
An online scammer, reselling faulty products at preposterously high rates, is on the run after some of his customers decide to hit back.
Crocodile Tears
(Country: Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Tumpal Tampubolon; Writer: Tumpal Tampubolon; Stars: Marissa Anita, Yusuf Mahardika, Zulfa Maharani)
Don't Cry, Butterfly
(Country: Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines; Year: 2024; Director: Duong Dieu Linh; Writer: Duong Dieu Linh; Stars: Nguyen Nam Linh, Bui Thac Phong, Le Vu Long, Le Tu Oanh)
Surreal portrait of a middle-aged woman who finds out her husband is cheating on her.
Flow
(Year: 2024; Director: Gints Zilbalodis)
Animated adventure about a group of animals who must work together to survive.
Front Row
(Country: Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2024; Director: Merzak Allouache; Stars: Nabil Asli, Bouchra Roy, Fatiha Ouared)
Two feuding matriarchs behave badly at the beach
Julie Keeps Quiet and Presence
Happyend
(Country: Japan, US; Year: 2024; Director: Neo Sora; Writer: Neo Sora; Stars: Makiko Watanabe, Ayumu Nakajima, Shirô Sano, Yukito Hidaka, Hayato Kurihara, Shina Peng, Kilala Inori, Arazi, Yûta Hayashi, Pushim)
Best friends Yuta and Kou are on the brink of graduating from high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake casts a shadow over daily life.
Happy Holidays
(Country: Germany, France, Italy, Qatar, Palestine; Year: 2024; Director: Scandar Copti; Writer: Scandar Copti; Stars: Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Merav Mamorsky, Toufic Danial, Raed Burbara, Neomi Memorsky, Shani Dahari, Sophie Awaad, Imad Hourani, Rana Matar, Michal Dasberg, Juhaina Habib Kandalaft, Issam Hadad, Amal Harb, Riyad Houssari)
Four interconnected characters share their unique realities, highlighting the complexities between genders, generations, and cultures.
Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie zwijgt)
(Country: Belgium, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Leonardo van Dijl; Writer: Ruth Becquart, Leonardo van Dijl; Stars: Tessa Van den Broeck, Grace Biot, Alyssa Lorette, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Pierre Gervais, Claire Bodson, Laurent Caron)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet…
Kill The Jockey (El Jockey)
(Country: Argentina, Spain, United States, Mexico, Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Luis Ortega; Writer: Fabian Casas, Luis Ortega, Rodolfo Palacios; Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mariana Di Girólamo, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Roly Serrano, Luis Ziembrowski, Daniel Fanego, Roberto Carnaghi, Osmar Núñez, Adriana Aguirre)
A jockey embarks on a new identity after an accident but a mobster is on his tail.
Matt And Mara
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Kazik Radwanski; Writer: Kazik Radwanski; Stars: Matt Johnson, Simon Reynolds, Deragh Campbell, Georgia Tannis, Jim Phu, Alejandra Zapico, Cristina Paoletta, Kinshuk Dhingra, Linda Theresa Young, Jack Nguyen)
Mara, a young professor, is struggling with marital problems when she suddenly meets Matt, a man from her past, who wanders onto her university campus.
To A Land Unknown and The Village Next To Paradise
My Sunshine (Boku No Ohisama)
(Year: 2024; Director: Hiroshi Okuyama)
Drama centring on two kids with opposing personalities who become a figure-skating pair.
Presence
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Steven Soderbergh; Writer: David Koepp; Stars: Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, West Mulholland, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday)
A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.
Santosh
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Sandhya Suri; Writer: Sandhya Suri; Stars: Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Bishnoi)
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
(Year: 2024; Director: Mohammad Rasoulof)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Souleymane's Story (L’Histoire de Souleymane, The Story of Souleymane)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Boris Lojkine; Writer: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut; Stars: Abou Sangare, Nina Meurisse, Alpha Oumar Sow
Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Diallo)
Two days in the life of a bike delivery guy who is trying to get asylum.
Beloved Tropic and Kill The Jockey
To A Land Unknown
(Country: Greece, Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Mahdi Fleifel; Writer: Fyzal Boulifa, Mahdi Fleifel, Jason McColgan; Stars: Angeliki Papoulia, Mahmood Bakri, Manal Awad, Mohammad Ghassan, Monzer Reyahnah, Aram Sabbah, Mouataz Alshaltouh, Mohammad Alsurafa)
Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages.
Under The Volcano
(Country: Poland; Year: 2024; Director: Damian Kocur; Writer: Damian Kocur, Marta Konarzewska; Stars: Sofia Berezovska, Roman Lutskyi, Anastasiya Karpenko, Fedir Pugachov, Anthony Rathbone, Alba Victoria Quintana Garcia, Ignacy Perchel, Aron Alejandro Gascon Raga, Clara Ileana Rivera Barreto, Paula Jordi de la Rosa, Brendan Lund, Marlene Fernandez Diaz, Isaac Awuah, Guillermo Marmol Lynch, Marcos Burgio Lloret)
Universal Language
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Matthew Rankin; Writer: Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin; Stars: Matthew Rankin, Mani Soleymanlou, Danielle Fichaud, Pirouz Nemati, Sobhan Javadi, Saba Vahedyousefi, Rojina Esmaeili)
Multilayered film that interweaves a story about a group of people trying to get frozen money out of the ice, a tale of a tour guide and a man who quits his job to visit his mother.
The Village Next To Paradise
(Country: France, Austria; Year: 2024; Director: Mo Harawe; Writer: Mo Harawe; Stars: Axmen Cali Faarax, Canab Axmed Ibraahin, Ahmed Mohamoud Salleban)
In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them.
When The Light Breaks
(Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France; Year: 2024; Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Writer: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Stars: Elín Hall, Katla Njálsdóttir, Mikael Kaaber, Ágúst Wigum, Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsson, Baldur Einarsson)
From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:
Cheltenham International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The world's longest continuously running film festival
Cannes Film Festival
Archive of festival coverage.
Sundance Film Festival
Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.
Berlin Film Festival
Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.
Search Movie Database
Browse our full archive
Browse our short film archive
Browse our media archive
