Toronto International Film Festival 2023

Awards

Opening Film

The Boy and the Heron

Hayao Miyazaki.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s first feature in a decade and the first time in history that an animated film has opened the festival.

Lineup

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

A Difficult Year 
Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | France
International Premiere

A Normal Family 
Hur Jin-ho | South Korea
World Premiere

American Fiction 
Cord Jefferson | USA
World Premiere

Anatomy of a Fall 
Justine Triet | France
Canadian Premiere

Close to You 
Dominic Savage | Canada/United Kingdom
World Premiere

Days of Happiness 
Chloé Robichaud | Canada
World Premiere

El Rapto 
Daniela Goggi | Argentina
North American Premiere

Ezra 
Tony Goldwyn | USA
World Premiere

Fingernails 
Christos Nikou | USA
International Premiere

Four Daughters 
Kaouther Ben Hania | France/Tunisia/Germany/Saudi Arabia
North American Premiere

His Three Daughters 
Azazel Jacobs | USA
World Premiere

Hitman 
Richard Linklater | USA
North American Premiere

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon 
Alex Gibney | USA
World Premiere

Kidnapped 
Marco Bellocchio | Italy/France/Germany
North American Premiere

Knox Goes Away 
Michael Keaton | USA
World Premiere

La Chimera 
Alice Rohrwacher | Italy/France/Switzerland
North American Premiere

Last Summer 
Catherine Breillat | France
North American Premiere

Les Indésirables 
Ladj Ly | France
World Premiere

Memory 
Michel Franco | USA/Mexico
North American Premiere

Monster 
Kore-eda Hirokazu | Japan
North American Premiere

Mother Couch 
Niclas Larsson | USA
World Premiere

North Star 
Kristin Scott Thomas | United Kingdom
World Premiere

One Life 
James Hawes | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Pain Hustlers 
David Yates | USA
World Premiere

Poolman 
Chris Pine | USA
World Premiere

Reptile 
Grant Singer | USA
World Premiere

Rustin 
George C. Wolfe | USA
International Premiere

Seven Veils 
Atom Egoyan | Canada
World Premiere

Shoshana 
Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom/Italy
World Premiere

Sing Sing 
Greg Kwedar | USA
World Premiere

Smugglers
Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea
North American Premiere

Swan Song 
Chelsea McMullan | Canada
World Premiere

The Beast 
Bertrand Bonello | France/Canada
North American Premiere

The Burial 
Maggie Betts | USA
World Premiere

The Convert 
Lee Tamahori | Australia/New Zealand
World Premiere

The Critic 
Anand Tucker | United Kingdom
World Premiere

The Dead Don’t Hurt 
Viggo Mortensen | Mexico/Canada/Denmark
World Premiere

The Holdovers 
Alexander Payne | USA
International Premiere

The Peasants 
DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Poland/Serbia/Lithuania
World Premiere

The Zone of Interest 
Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom/Poland/USA
Canadian Premiere

Together 99 
Lukas Moodysson | Sweden/Denmark
World Premiere

Unicorns 
Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd | United Kingdom/USA/Sweden
World Premiere

Uproar 
Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett | New Zealand
World Premiere

Wicked Little Letters 
Thea Sharrock | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Wildcat 
Ethan Hawke | USA
International Premiere

Woman of the Hour 
Anna Kendrick | USA
World Premiere

GALA PRESENTATIONS 2023

Concrete Utopia 
Um Tae-Hwa | South Korea
North American Premiere

Dumb Money 
Craig Gillespie | USA
World Premiere

Fair Play 
Chloe Domont | USA
International Premiere

Flora and Son 
John Carney | Ireland/USA
Canadian Premiere

Hate to Love: Nickelback 
Leigh Brooks | Canada
World Premiere

Lee 
Ellen Kuras | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Next Goal Wins 
Taika Waititi | USA
World Premiere

NYAD
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | USA
International Premiere

Punjab ’95 
Honey Trehan | India
World Premiere

Solo 
Sophie Dupuis | Canada
World Premiere

The End We Start From 
Mahalia Belo | United Kingdom
World Premiere

The Movie Emperor 
Ning Hao | China
World Premiere

The New Boy 
Warwick Thornton | Australia
North American Premiere

The Royal Hotel 
Kitty Green | Australia/United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere