Toronto/CMEDIA: The 2022 selection for TIFF Docs programme presented by A&E IndieFilms was announced earlier this week by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
TIFF DOCS
Presented by A&E IndieFilms
* Previously announced
*752 Is Not A Number
Babak Payami | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Laura Poitras | USA
North American Premiere
*Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Madison Thomas | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Casa Susanna
Sébastien Lifshitz | France, USA
North American Premiere
Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels
Mila Turajlic | Serbia, France, Croatia, Montenegro
World Premiere
*The Colour of Ink
Brian D. Johnson | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Documentary Now!
Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas, Micah Gardner | USA
World Premiere
*Ever Deadly
Tanya Tagaq, Chelsea McMullan | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
Free Money
Sam Soko, Lauren DeFilippo | Kenya, USA
World Premiere
Mariupolis 2
Mantas Kvedaravičius | Lithuania, France, Germany
North American Premiere
The Grab
Gabriela Cowperthwaite | USA
World Premiere
In Her Hands
Tamana Ayazi, Marcel Mettelsiefen | USA, Afghanistan
World Premiere
TIFF DOCS OPENING NIGHT FILM
*Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
Sacha Jenkins | USA
World Premiere
Maya and the Wave
Stephanie Johnes | USA
World Premiere
Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova
Daniel Zarvos, Liliane Mutti | Brazil, France
Canadian Premiere
My Imaginary Country (Mi País Imaginario)
Patricio Guzmán | Chile, France
North American Premiere
Patrick and the Whale
Mark Fletcher | Austria
World Premiere
Pray for our Sinners
Sinéad O’Shea | Ireland
World Premiere
Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot
William Kentridge | South Africa, USA
World Premiere
Theatre of Thought
Werner Herzog | USA
International Premiere
*To Kill a Tiger
Nisha Pahuja | Canada 🇨🇦
World Premiere
While We Watched
Vinay Shukla | UK
World Premiere
DOC CONVERSATIONS @ TIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
On September 13, the Industry Conference will focus on conversations covering both the craft and business of documentary filmmaking. Access to the programming will be available to all press and industry pass holders. For public audiences interested in attending, limited day packages will be made available.
VISIONARIES: Inside the Brain of Werner Herzog
Presented by SHOWTIME®
In his new film Theatre of Thought, Werner Herzog (celebrating his 80th birthday in September) joined by two figures who appear in the film, brain scientist Rafael Yuste and entrepreneur Jamie Davies, to discuss the cutting edge of research on the brain, hopes, and fears for the future of brain exploration.
VISIONARIES: What Laura Poitras Learned from Nan Goldin
Presented by SHOWTIME®
Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) of her new film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed discusses what she learned over three years in its making. The film profiles the artist Nan Goldin, who has campaigned for museums to disassociate from the patronage of the Sackler family, owners of the opioid company Purdue Pharma.
DIALOGUES: Covering Afghanistan for In Her Hands
Presented by SHOWTIME®
A Share Her Journey initiative generously supported by Betty-Ann Heggie
Focusing on Afghanistan’s youngest woman mayor, Zarifa Ghafari, the new documentary In Her Hands, reveals the tumultuous period of the Taliban’s return to power. While reflecting on the challenges of filming under wartime conditions, Filmmakers Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen share clips.
PERSPECTIVES Truth, Lies, and a Million Dollar Board Game
Presented by SHOWTIME®
Filmmaker Vinay Shukla would discuss his new film While We Watched, which profiles the journalist Ravish Kumar of NDTV India as he struggles to maintain journalistic independence under death threats.
Shukla’s team had created a board game, for a previous documentary An Insignificant Man, that gained massive support on Kickstarter. He’ll discuss plans to follow that model by pairing a board game with his new film.
PERSPECTIVES DocuMentality: The Growth of a Movement
Presented by SHOWTIME®
While seeking to normalize conversations about mental health in the documentary industry, DocuMentality is an expanding initiative that provides best-practice guidance for filmmakers.
With efforts in starting the project by the UK and US., the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), is spearheading a new wave of focus groups with support from the Canada Media Fund.
Audiences will hear from DocuMentality team member Malikkah Rollins and DOC’s Sarah Spring about the past, present, and future of the movement, filmmaker Rebeca Huntt describes what she learned about maintaining mental balance in the making of her intensely personal film Beba which premiered at TIFF last year. Moderator: Inney Prakash (Maysles Documentary Center).
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